Holiday break from school is over for Ethan and Dylan and as I type this they are whining about going to school.  Honestly, I would rather go back to the days of no set routine too.  I’d still be out of bed about the same time, but for some reason it feels a lot worse when I HAVE to get out of bed.  It doesn’t help that it is freezing cold outside and I see snow.  YUCK.  (Yes Sarah, I said YUCK to snow.)

Speaking of snow, I’m curious as to what other schools have set as policy in regards to snow and outdoor recess.  If there is any snow, our school WILL NOT let the kids on the playground unless they are wearing snow pants.  Putting on snowpants on the boys before school takes an awful long time, and should really count as some type of aerobic workout.  To top if off the kids apparently are forced to eat lunch in their winter gear… which explains why I am forever washing coats that become covered in food.  (Last year a kid spilled chocolate milk on Ethan several times and then BBQ sauce, which does wonders for a coat you intend to pass down the next year.)  They don’t get much time to eat at school, and if you need to have the kids are dressed to go outside before they even start eating, maybe its a sign they need a little bit longer at lunch?!?!?  Thoughts?

Last night I made Chop Suey.  I had to do most of it in the crock pot because we had people over for Dylan’s birthday.  I usually simmer mine for about 3 hours and clearly with people over, that wasn’t going to happen.  Well, I go ready to eat last night and the actual croc itself cracked.  Nice.  Thankfully after a phone call today to Cuisinart, they are sending me a new one.  It’s all of two months old or so, so honestly I’d expect them to replace it anyway.  I do have to say that they open at 7am EST for customer service calls… woo hoo, nothing I like better than getting that kind of stuff out of the way first thing.  Only bummer is I’m going to have to break out my spare for dinner later in the week.

I also spent yesterday evening, (during Desperate Housewives commercial breaks), to surf around the Scrapbook Calls blog to see what type of Design Team and PUblication opportunities I could find.  I did see two that stood out, so that is on my list for today.  I’m going to apply and cross my fingers for good news to follow.

Happy Monday everyone!  Stay warm!!!!!
~j