The Good, Complaining and the Cute

The Good:
I have finally reached adulthood and joined the 21st century. After years of holding out, last night I finally bought a cell phone. I think I was the only person over the age of 10 that didn't have one as evident by all the probably 9 year old at the AT&T store getting her second cell phone. At any rate, I am now the proud owner of a shiny red cell phone! Now I just have to figure out how in the world to use it.

The Complaining:
This week at my dr. appointment I found out that my 28 week gestational diabetes test came back postive by ONE FREAKIN POINT!!!!! Now I get the privilege of doing the three hour fasting glucose test to make sure I really have diabetes.

For those who have never had this test done, I will tell you what it involves. Pretty much you go in fasting, drink the awful orange crud, have your blood sugar spike and have your blood drawn 4 times in 3 hours and try to not cry while it is all happening.

When I was pregnant with Claire I also had to have this test done. Boy was it a joyous experience! For those of you who know me really well know that I don't do well with blood/needles. I passed out in high school just reading a story about donating blood. I can't even get a TB test without passing out. So having this test done is right up there with Christmas and being drawn and quatered.

So this is how the glucose test went when I was pregnant with Claire. I went into the germ infested medical lab fasting. Drank the orange crud. Began to shake and room started to spin. Tried to crochet to pass time while still sitting in the germ infested waiting room. Had my blood drawn 4 times. Passed out. Couldn't find vains by the 3rd draw. Nurse had to dig around for vains. Blood gushed down my arm. Almost passed out again. Was sick for the rest of the day and into the next. And to add a cherry on top, walked in on an asian guy leaving a urine sample because he didn't lock the door or respond when I knocked on the door to see if anyone was in there.

So if you try and call me on my NEW CELL PHONE this week and I don't answer, I probably died from anxiety of having to get my blood drawn again or I died of some incurable disease I caught while in the waiting room of the medical lab.
p.s. The test with Claire came back negative for diabetes.

The Cute:

Bailey and Claire eating dry cereal while watching Saturday cartoons. Claire has her jammies unzipped because she dumped all her cereal down her jammies and was using a spoon to scoop them out and eat them.

Turkey fun!

Last night Scott was asking me why I haven't made rolls in a long time. Then this morning Bailey really wanted to do a Thanksgiving project. So I decided to combine the two requests and this is what I came up with. Can you tell what it is?

Here is a hint:

My girls snitched a few of the "feathers."

Names

Scott and I have been having a hard time coming up with a name for our new little one until my Granny came to our rescue. While working on family search, she came across some fabulous names for us to consider. They are so good I thought I would share them with everyone since so many people are having little ones soon. Here they are in no particular order:

Giddy
Euphemia
Typhosa
Portia
Sultana

I have dibs on Typhosa!

A little bragging

The other day I was sorting through my girls clothes, trying to get ready for the winter. Which by the way is SO NOT MY FAVORITE THING TO DO!!!!!! While doing this,I realized the girls did't have very many fall/winter clothes to wear to church. Well that just wouldn't do so I decided to dig through my pile of fabric and see if I could remedy the situtation. This is what we ended up with.
Two pretty darn cute skirts if you ask me. And the best part about it, I didn't spend any money, used up fabric that has been sitting around too long, it took me less than 2 hours start to finish and now I have two very pleased and might I add lovely little girls!!! The only down side, now I have 2 more articles of clothing to sort through when I put away all the winter clothes. Oh well!

Donuts!

This summer we started a family tradition of every Sunday night we try to bake a treat with as a whole family. Tonight we choose donuts.
On Halloween night we went to my good friend Becky Tiffanys parents house and had fabulous homemade donuts. Since that night, Bailey asks me at least once a day if we can make donuts. I always told her no because I can do without the frying aspect of the process since it makes everything smell. Well today, while blog hopping, I found a recipe for baked donuts. JACKPOT!!!!
So here is is the end result...

They actually taste pretty good, which isn't too hard since they are pretty much cinnamon roll dough with tons of sugar and butter.

I would consider our adventures into donut making a success. It left us with several big smiles and thumbs up from Bailey, Claire licking sugar off the table and Scott trying to figure out a good frosting for them. And as for me, I am in the process of slowly eating my way to obesity, one donut hole at a time.

It's over!!!

I am so glad elections are over and I can rest and hopefully my dads bloodpressure can go back down. Yesterday was a exciting and disappointing day. Yesterday morning I went to the polls to stand with my Yes 102 sign and encourage the people to "vote for Marriage." I was so encouraged that so many people treated me with respect and thanked me for "helping bring morality back to this lost world." Two years ago I stood outside the same polls, with the same sign and cause, and I had people glaring at me and saying nasty things to me. Then that night I watched the prop we worked so hard on fail.

Last night was a much better night. As I sewed my girls fall skirts, ( I was too anxious to just sit) my heart was so happy as I watched the polls close, the numbers come in and saw that Prop 102 was going to pass this time. Even though I am not happy about all the outcomes of the election, at least I know there are good people out there, who still have traditional values and are concerned about the future of our children and country.

I wish the war for good values was over and we could all rest. Unfortuately, I think we still have a long hard fight ahead of us, but at least one battle is done. Let us all keep faith and get ready for the next battle.

Yummy smoothie

One of my favorite things about winter is oranges are in season, which means fresh squeezed orange juice. Last winter I came up with a smoothie using orange juice and mangos that my family fell in love with. Since then I have had a few people ask me for my recipe for the smoothie. Rather then send out a bunch of emails I thought I would post it on my blog for anyone who would like it.

I usually eyeball the quantities of ingredients but this is about how much of each I use.

1 cup fresh squeezed OJ (about 3-4 oranges)
8 oz. (fill the blender about 1/2 full)of frozen mangos. If you live by a Trader Joes, they usually have frozen mangos for a really good price but I heard that Costco also sells them.
1 individual size cup of strawberry yogurt
1/2-1 banana
1 tsp. vanilla
*Sometimes I add fresh strawberries if I have them.

Blend it all up. Sometimes I have to add more juice to help blend it better. If I am serving it to my girls usually I add a little milk rather than extra juice, extra calcium. Play around with the ingredients until you find the combo you like.