And this is how is started off...
The bus is supposed to be here at 8:30am.
IT DID NOT COME UNTIL ABOUT 9:10AM, 40 minutes later!!
It's was like 18 degrees out and we were all froze!!
The roads aren't bad and they are clear,
and there is no snow falling. So what was the deal????
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After the bus showed up me and mom went to one Walgreens looking
for the Acu Check Diabetic meters.
They were out of the one that I had a coupon for.
Next we went to another Walgreens and they did
have them.
They are $14.99
then I had $10 off manufacture coupons
and I received a coupon for $5.00 off my next purchase.
I got 2 meters so with the $5.00 coupon
it pretty much makes them free.
I did not find a Walgreens coupon for the $5.00 off.
I looked everywhere and in all Walgreens ads front
and back by pharmacy and even asked the pharmacist.
We did not find them in any booklet.
I get home and look inside one of the boxes to check
out the rebate form. And do you know those forms
expired 1-31-10, YESTERDAY!!! GRRRR.
I'm thinking about taking one of the meters back
but keeping the other one.
And that is how my morning went.
Can't wait to see what the rest of the day has in store.
I'm sure it will only get better considering Tony
is on call this week. AHhhh!
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It's 5pm and the day has not gotten better.
I called the doctor to make an appointment.
That alone says a lot about me!
The willingness to see a doctor, lol.
Sure they gave me an appointment BUT
it was for the 12th of February.
That's 11 days away!
Mom and Tony both said I should go to
Urgent Care instead. So I called the doctor
back and canceled the appointment.
Mom will take me to Urgent Care tomorrow morning
after the kids get on the bus.
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I had an appointment set up last year to get
our taxes done on the 6th of February.
I got a phone call not long ago to say our
tax person had a family emergency so we
had to set up another appointment for
the 21st of February. So have to wait another
15 days on that.
When it rains it pours around here when we have
our bad luck days.
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Tony has on call, the pager, this week at work.
And as luck would have it, today two guys called off work.
Just thought I would throw that in there with
everything else that has been going on.
So when there are about 4 maintenance guys
and two call off that leaves 1 maintenance guy
and the supervisor.
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I did a switch-a-roo for supper. I decided
to have the rotisseri chicken tonight.
Then this evening I started the pork roast
in the crock pot so all I would have to do
tomorrow is heat it up.
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Jonathan had to turn in a baby picture
for school today. I think they will play a
guessing game to see who can figure out which
student is in the photos.
My picture is crappy because I didn't want to
send actual photos to school to get ruined.
Instead I took a picture of it with my camera.
Everyone still oohs and ahhhs over how much
hair he had when he was born. I remember the nurses
calling other nurses from different floors of the hospital
to come see the baby with all the hair, LOL.
He was an attention getter in the stores that's
for sure with all that hair being a newborn!
The old saying about women who have lots of heartburn
when pregnant will have a baby with lots of hair is soooo true.
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Oh it keeps getting better and better.
I just got a recorded phone call from the school
saying I should send a note in tomorrow so
Christopher would not get an unexcused absence for today.
Helloooo??? He WAS in school today.
So there's another letter to school to get that rectified.
Maybe if the freakin bus would make it on time just
once we wouldn't be having these problems!!!
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As promised I am posting my recipes I
submitted to the Betty Crocker cookie contest.
HOT FUDGE COOKIE BAR SUNDAES
Ingredients
1. Betty Crocker Double Chocolate Chunk Cookie Mix
2. 1/2 cup milk
3. 1/3 cup butter
4. 21 ounce can cherry pie filling
5. 1/2 cup sugar
6. 1/2 cup light brown sugar, packed
7. 1/4 cup unsweetened cocoa
8. 1 1/4 cups boiling water
9. vanilla ice cream
Instructions
Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
Spoon cherry pie filling into the bottom of an ungreased 9 x 9 inch baking pan.
In a medium sized bowl add contents of cookie mix.
Stir in milk and butter
until smooth and creamy.
Spoon cookie batter evenly over cherry pie filling.
In a small bowl combine sugar, brown sugar and cocoa.
Evenly sprinkle the sugar and cocoa mixture over the top of the cookie batter.
Pour boiling water over top. Do not stir.
Carefully place in oven.
Bake for 55 to 60 minutes.
Remove and allow to cool for 15 to 20 minutes.
Cut into 9 pieces.
Remove each piece and carefully flip over when transferring to a dessert bowl.
Top with a scoop of ice cream.
Spoon hot fudge and cherries, from bottom of pan, on top of ice cream.
Provide tips or variation ideas for making this recipe:
You can replace the boiling water with freshly brewed coffee.
Place 9 inch square pan on a cookie sheet so it is easier to transfer to oven. Also makes clean up a breeze in case any fudge sauce bubbles over out of the pan.
RASPBERRY ROULETTE
CRUST
1. Betty Crocker Sugar Cookie Mix, reserving 1/4 cup dry mix
2. 1 egg
3. 1/3 cup butter
4. 1 cup finely chopped dates
5. 1/2 cup chopped pecans
FILLING
6. 8 ounce cream cheese, softened
7. 1/4 cup sugar
8. 1 egg
-1/4 cup reserved cookie mix
TOPPING
9. 1/2 cup black raspberry
preserves
10. 1/2 cup Betty Crocker
Cream Cheese Frosting
Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
Empty contents of cookie mix into a medium sized bowl. Remove and reserve 1/4 cup of dry cookie mix.
Stir in dates. Add egg and butter and stir until combined.
Press cookie dough into the bottom of an ungreased pizza pan.
In another bowl, combine cream cheese, egg, sugar and reserved cookie mix together with mixer until smooth.
Spread cream cheese mixture over top cookie dough.
Bake for 30 minutes.
Remove from oven and allow to cool
for 15 minutes.
Add raspberry preserves to a small bowl and stir until smooth.
Spoon evenly over top of the cream cheese.
In a small baggie add cream cheese frosting. Snip a small corner off the bottom of the baggie. Pipe frosting in crisscross pattern over top the raspberry preserves.
Cut like a pizza into 16 slices.
