They Did it Again!

Whoop! Another mom just called me from the car.... on the way back from our h.s. football team playoff game. Score was 66-21. We're going to state - Baby!

Now that is a road trip I wouldn't mind. We play Pflugerville in the State playoffs next weekend.

The Moose steals Christmas.......

is over. DS -the big bad wolf made an appearance and it went ok...... being add/adhd he had to add a little impromptu dancing on the state, but we made it thru ok. The pastor emailed the pics to us in adobe or I would post some with the blog. The highlight was 3 of the elder men at the church dressed as tooth fairy's in pink tights, shorts and assorted glitter and boas.... complete with cowboy boots. Oh yea, they are as great as you imagine.
The gist was that the Moose, Marty who makes an appearance every Sunday morning in a skit for the kids ( and the adults) steals all of the holidays and assorted characters from literature and fairy tales. There was a dancing chicken, the wicked witch and Dorothy, Goldilocks and the three bears, Darth Vader ( my older ds none the less) a 6' 4 leprechaun, and a group of singing cows , two angels and Joseph, Mary & Jesus. The characters were all freed as Jesus died on the cross to save all of us from our sins.

Pear Cobbler

DD had to do a report for food nutrition class picking a fruit or vegetable and then prepare a dish for the class. She chose the pear, and then poured over recipes online looking for the perfect one. Something that was going to be tasty , but economical to make. She finally selected one and chose a pear cobbler. She started preparing it last night and boy did the house smell great. The boys walked in from Christmas play practice and it immediately got their attention.

Today was the moment of truth. How would her classmates receive this culinary dish? It was very well received. Everyone was saying how good it was. She picked up the pan before the last period and took it to the class with her. One of the kids in the class asked for a sample and took a bite as the teacher began talking. He yelled out "Oh Mi Gosh! this is the best stuff ever!"

Well, there wasn't much left in the pan, not even a proper bite, so I have to say it is highly reccomended by the teenage demographic. Here is the recipe and the link to the site she found it on.

Easy Pear Cobbler
1 box yellow cake mix,

1 stick butter melted

1 large can sliced pears in heavy syrup

ground ginger or nutmeg

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Pour pears with syrup into an oblong baking pan. Sprinkle cake mix evenly over pears. Drizzle melted butter over cake mix. Lightly sprinkle with ginger. Bake for 35 minutes or until bubbly. Serve warm with ice cream or whipped cream.

I reccommended she use ginger, and she chose cool whip to top it with, YUM! Not bad. Will deffinately make an appearance again. It is really easy to make and pretty good as well. ( and oh yeah - the crust that forms on the side of the pan is some of the best part, so dont skip it!)

Ummm Yeah.

Ever just have "One of those days" ?

T-Day!

was different as 2/5ths of our family was gone ( see yesterdays post) , and some had to work. We were unable to leave town because of work commitments, so we decided to go to Luby's ! When we got there there were about 60 people in front of us, and it took about 45 minutes before we got to select our food, but it was a nice lunch. DH for some reason likes this baked fish they have there that has a thick white topping on top if it -and then if available he takes grey poupon and and adds this to the topping which is something like a mayonnaise- I.m telling you it is good, but there ought to be a low against warm mayonnaise - it just seems wrong!. DD and I had Turkey & dressing. I enjoyed a beautiful salad with the great italian dressing, cabbage with tidbits of bacon(yum) sweet potato's, and pecan pie. Of course I had cranberry sauce too :) and when I left a warm cup of coffee to take the chill out of the air. Great food, great company and no clean up! Sigh - wonderful!

MOOOOOOMMMMMMMM!

In order for my rambelings to make sense you need to read this post and the next one in time order, in other words backwards :D

"(11/20/07 tues after school: "pack your bag now." so you dont have to do it tomorrow." this am - "is your bag ready?" UMMMM, I uh dont have a bag. )
Umm - time is of the essence here - I have been fielding calls all week from "the others" to estimate my arrival time into the drop zone. well, now it is "I get there when I get there."

well before i even get out of the house, the trip and passengers are growing. take one to school, fill up truck. rush back pick up the other two , head to school - take corner on two wheels to try to beat the tardy bell. At least when they are in high school they have stopped screaming and just hang on :) then go back home get ready pick up the 1st one tke to houston to doctor, rush back , pick up other kids, for early dismissal,. fight the crowd like a salmon swimming upstream to get INTO the school on a holiday early dismissal day to trek to the principals office to pay fine for and retrieve a cell phone that was taken up yesterday. get back to the car, go by the house allowing 3 minutes to pick up "the bag" get last load of undershirts out of dryer and add to clothes crammed in bag ( betya a dollar that they are wadded in there.........yep i won that one.) knowing that 1/2 of all clothing in said will never return. Up to this point , had a couple of calls and found the other ds was getting to go vist his dad for the holiday - the kicker was were we going to be able to complete the "hand off" lol. so quickly let ds grab clothes to take in the event that this can happen. get back in the car drop the 2 extra passengers at the mall, get onthe road to meet his Uncle to take him the rest of the way to his mothers for Thanksgiving. Stop on the way after several calls, Meet the XH at a gas station , gt back on the road and continue. Get there........... andwait. and....wait some more. Turn around, come back thru Houston ( IS there time for a Chachos shrimp taco? - gotta love a drive thru) Pick up the kids at the mall, drop one off at work, then take the other one home, then home myself..... then phase two kicks in , lol.