Seasonal Giving-Moshi Anyone? Part 1

 Ah, the season of giving is here. Is Christmas really only a week away? Yikes. I've realized this season I really don't want as much as I thought I might. The "wants" have seemed to have dwindled a little and I happy to have a surprised contentment in that I really don't need all that I want, or could want. Wait! There's a difference between want and need? Yes! Even though I have to remind myself this at times....or more.  


Still, I've already been given a surprise gift from my husband this season. It's a gift for me/a little more peace of mind for him kinda gift. This is what it was:

Moshi mean's hello

It's a moshi moshi retro pop handset for my iphone. Pepto pink and all. Beside's being cool and retro and  pink, the main reason why I got it is because of this:

 Eliminates up to 99 percentage of the radiation absorbed compared to a direct use of mobile phones (taken from amazon's website)

This is my husband's peace of mind in action. I have a tendency to forget to put on my headset. 

I have to admit I use this a lot. And I have seriously contemplated putting it in my purse so I can use it while I'm out and about.  I missed the cradling this handset gives between the chin and shoulder when I use it. Way more comfort. So, thank you Hubby! Though I kinda get warped into the 80's every time I'm on it. And yes, even my husband has used it. I should take a picture for proof. It just proves that peace of mind is colorblind.

Has anyone else seen this handset before? More importantly, does anyone have and use it? What color do you have?

Wait! I have more to say about seasonal giving....but I will say it later.

In the month of October

I've been:


Baking, cooking, eating, cleaning


I made 6 batches of play dough. Gifted some to a friend and her kids only to find out she made play dough the very same day I did. 
She liked mine because I made it with Kool aid. Smells great, tastes bad...as it should. There are so many recipe's for playdough. Here's the one  I used.

I finally logged on to Pinterest ....and haven't left since. 


I was super busy in my shop for Halloween. It was quite a rush. 


Speaking of Halloween, hubby and I went to a dress up party for his work. I was a sushi. It was epic, in a sushi kind of way.


And that is what I've been up to lately.

Funny Quotes for Mother's Day

I thought instead of just wishing everyone a wonderful Mothers Day, I would round up some funny, make you crack a smile, mother quotes. Because every mom out there needs a good laugh once in a while, especially when it comes to raising children. Heres some silly and funny quotes for all you fine mommies out there. I hope you are truly celebrated on this day.

"I'm a mother with two small children, so I don't take as much crap as I used to."

— Pamela Anderson

"There is only one pretty child in the world, and every mother has it."

— Chinese Proverbs

"I want my children to have all the things I couldn't afford. Then I want to move in with them."

— Phyllis Diller

"I'm not going to vacuum 'til Sears makes one you can ride on."                                  

~Roseanne Barr

"My mother had a great deal of trouble with me, but I think she enjoyed it."

— Mark Twain

"The phrase 'working mother' is redundant."

— Jane Sellman

"My mother's menu consisted of two choices: Take it or leave it."

— Buddy Hackett

"The hand that rocks the cradle usually is attached to someone who isn't getting enough sleep."

~ John Fiebig

"I'd like to be the ideal mother, but I'm too busy raising my kids."

~Unknown

"The moment a child is born, the mother is also born. She never existed before. The woman existed, but the mother, never. A mother is something absolutely new."

~Rajneesh

"You don't really understand human nature unless you know why a child on a merry-go-round will wave at his parents every time around - and why his parents will always wave back."                 

~William D. Tammelus

"Making the decision to have a child is momentous. It is to decide forever to have your heart go walking around outside your body."

~Elizabeth Stone

Do you have a favorite? I would love to hear it!My personal favorite was Pamela Andersons. I laughed out loud when I read it. There's nothing like children to toughen you up and melt your heart.

 If you had a good laugh, chuckle, or even cracked a smile while reading you can find more funny mother quotes at Nanny Deprived.

Danielle

Happy Birthday Lincoln

My sweet little man turned three. I have so enjoyed being a mom and a stay at home mom at that. This year I'm noticed growth in his personality, humor, and down right cuteness. Here are some pictures to show off how much he's grown. I'm sorry if this post is picture heavy, I do love him so.

Daddy and Lincoln meeting for the first time.

Guy smiley!

Hanging out with Funky Sock Monkey.

Picking out a pumpkin three times his size.

Goofy guys.

His Gap modeling day's, very short lived.

We seem to be into themes. Heres the "surfer ". When we grow his hair out it becomes curly and it looks like he just came back from riding the waves.

Super babies! Fighting crime before bedtime.

AND NOW!

Heres the birthday boy in all his glory! If you can't tell, he's a space cowboy. Combining the costumes of Buzz Lightyear and Woody the Sheriff, he's now more than qualified to fight crime. 

Where We Live Page

Want to know where we live? I just made a page called Where We Live. Its right under the banner, so take a look. Want to leave a comment? Do so on this post about the Where We Live page.

under construction

Just to let everyone know my blog is going through a makeover and is slightly under construction.  Hopefully not for long though.


Thanks,
Danielle

Yummy Flowers

MMMMM. I love flowers. I first noticed this about six years ago when I was going through a trying time in life and really wanted to look at something beautiful in such an un-beautiful season. This brought forth a desire to have a flower budget, but have never been able to justify it in some way or another. So I have said to myself that I will just grow flowers and have a overflowing abundance of them all the time. 

Well that hasn't happened yet, but thats ok because I noticed these flowers, yesterday, along the border of our property. I also noticed some growing in the middle of our field while I was walking our extremely long driveway (700 ft people). Flowers that I haven't sown. Flowers just for me to pick and look at their beauty.

  

Here's a closer look, it was hard to get the full beauty of them because they are huge. Some are 12 inches tall, and that just the actual flower head. I actually don't know their name so if any of you do, please let me know.

Kombucha Revenge

 Last night at 11pm I decided I needed some kombucha. 11 pm is late I know, but I stay up sometimes waiting for Gunnar to get home from work. A lot of times I will regret staying up so late because my son will wake up at who know's what time, like this morning (4:45 am). But it seems to become a cycle for me. 

So anyways, I took a bottle out that we've had in the back for awhile. Granted not a long while, but awhile. Ok, I did not shake it, bonk it or disturb it in any matter and yet when I opened it it started to bubble up so intensely that I couldn't slurp it down fast enough. At one point I decided to stop trying to save it and just let it have its moment. I'm sure it was taking its revenge for being left in back of the fridge for so long.

Have a good weekend everyone!

Danielle