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This weekend was MY TIME!

On Saturday, I had the pleasure of joining 13 other women at the Harrison House Bed and Breakfast in downtown Columbus for a Twilight Moms overnight.

We had the most wonderful time, meeting new people and spending time with those we already knew and obsessing over all things Twilight. In fact, I only knew one person before going. My friends and Brian thought I was crazy, but I knew I would have a lot of fun and I did just that!

Lynn, the owner of the B&B, told us the history of the house, that the Anthony Thomas candy family had lived in the home at one time, about the 4 spirits (Cedric, Jakob, Moby and a woman) who currently resided there.  Cedric liked to smoke and occasionally you would walk through the upstairs and smell cigarette smoke briefly. I smelled it a few times in different areas and before I fell asleep, I smelled smoke in our room for about 15 seconds. The woman spirit likes to sit on the beds, leaving behind a butt print. Our linens were smoothed out and there were two butt prints left on my roommate Mandy and I’s bed in the Meadow Room. It was very creepy but cool.

We watched Twilight, New Moon and Eclipse. Had oven fried chicken, salad and mushroom ravioli for dinner. Cupcakes, complete with Team Jacob and Team Edward rings in the icing. Lots of wine, though I didn’t have any. I did have some vodka and strawberry banana though!

The coordinators, Kendra and Lori, did an amazing job! They even made sure we had some swag to take home with us. An Eclipse cup, magnets, bookmarks, stickers.Twilight Sweethearts. One girl made chocolate chess pieces in honor of Breaking Dawn. Another girl contributed a Twilight Blend of coffee. And Lori made floral arrangements for all of the rooms and we got to take them home with us.

Sunday came way too quickly and before I knew it, we needed to pack up and go our separate ways. I came away with new friendships and memories.

I look forward to the next Twilight Moms get together.

I also look forward to next weekend when it becomes MY TIME again with a scrapbooking/craft weekend at LCC, Friday night and all day Saturday.

Sometimes it’s nice to take off the Mom hat and take a little break to refresh.

MY TIME was definitely worth it.

Awhile back I went out with some friends, Kelly and Tammy to be exact.

We had an exciting desperately needed girls night out planned.

First a fantastically yummy Teriyaki Marinated Sirloin accompanied by some mashed potatoes and a salad doused in ranch at Outback. I had my first martini ever, Strawberry Passion. It was good, real good.

We then made our way to the dollar theater and watched Date Night. Yeah, that was hilarious. You must see it!

Our night wasn’t complete though, we ended it with a bang, yeah, that’s right, we went to Walmart!

I was in the mood to be healthy and fun. I loaded up my cart with apples, bananas, peaches, nectarines, strawberries, blueberries, carrots, and sugar snap peas. Super proud of myself and couldn’t wait to bite into those nectarines, they smelled absolutely amazing!

One problem, the kids don’t really like blueberries.

They turned up their noses when I brought out the full fresh pint. Well two out of three did. Alex wanted some, I obliged by placing a few on his plate. He tasted, made a face and said, “No like it,” and then proceeded to spit out the smooshed blueberry. Gross!

So I did what I needed to do.

I googled “blueberry muffins made from scratch” and clicked on a few recipes.

I ultimately decided on this one, the best blueberry muffin recipe evah!

Seriously these are amazing! You must try them. You will never go back to your regularly scheduled muffin recipe again!

The best part, the kids devoured them. As did Brian and I. I also had to give some to Jason, Daph and Beth.

They thought they were amazing too!

I think I may need to go out and buy some blueberries. It would make a great treat for the girls teachers.

I can’t believe they start school this week. Where did the summer go?

Awesome Blueberry Muffins

Found on Food.com

Ingredients:

• 1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
• 3/4 cup white sugar
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 2 teaspoons baking powder
• 1/3 cup vegetable oil
• 1 egg
• 1/3 cup milk
• 1 cup fresh blueberries
• 1/2 cup white sugar
• 1/3 cup all-purpose flour
• 1/4 cup butter, cubed
• 1 1/2 teaspoons ground cinnamon

Directions:

1. Preheat oven to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C).
2. Grease muffin cups or line with muffin liners.
3. Combine 1 1/2 cups flour, 3/4 cup sugar, salt and baking powder.
4. Place vegetable oil into a 1 cup measuring cup; add the egg and enough milk to fill the cup.
5. Mix this with flour mixture.
6. Fold in blueberries.
7. Fill muffin cups right to the top, and sprinkle with crumb topping mixture.
8. To Make Crumb Topping: Mix together 1/2 cup sugar, 1/3 cup flour, 1/4 cup butter, and 1 1/2 teaspoons cinnamon.
9. Mix with fork, and sprinkle over muffins before baking.
10. Bake for 20 to 25 minutes in the preheated oven, or until done.

I was wondering why I was so emotional and depressed.

I did NOT want to do anything or go anywhere. I was barely getting on the computer, and I love my computer time.

When “she” showed up all the pieces came together. “She” can be such a hassle.  My hormones do NOT like to be disrupted. Now that my first post partum “Aunt Flo” has left the building, I can resume my life again!

Wahoo!

And this Saturday is Valentine’s Day, so to have “her” out of the way before then equals a double wahoo!

And in honor of Valentine’s Day I am doing another giveaway, one that I feel is highly important. So look for that soon

The highlight of my weekend was the Annual Scrap Weekend the my friend Stephanie throws. It was at church this year. I didn’t really attend last year. I hung out a bit and helped Ann-Morgan with her pages. The year before that was awesome.

This time around I didn’t even scrap.

I worked hard on Rachel’s hat and scarf, and it’s almost complete. I have the scarf to finish, but I can knock that out today. I need to get some more yarn, I ran out of the color.

I *finally* finished  the blanket for our family room! I started it forever ago and got done except for the last bit of edging. So I finished it up and weaved in all the ends! Go me! It is huge. It had to be big enough for Brian and I to share! And it’s so soft. I absolutely love it.

Friday night after getting organized, Kelly, Kendra, Michelle and I all went to see “He’s just not that into you“. Great movie, it is really funny. There were parts that were predictable, but all in all, it was just a fun movie. I recommend it for a girl’s night out! Saturday morning, we did breakfast at Bob Evan’s. My favorite meal of the whole weekend was lunch. Kelly, Kendra and I went to Max & Erma’s and I got the Tomato Mozzarella Chicken on Kelly’s reccomendation. It was fabulous. Seriously, a party in my mouth. I want to eat it again and soon! So if you are ever at a Max & Erma’s, you must try it! I got home around 10:30pm.

Brian did awesome. He even took all three kiddos to Dave and Buster’s for lunch and games. I was highly impressed!

I can’t wait until next year.

I think I might have been bit by the scrapbooking bug again. I went out and got some much needed adhesive. This is a good thing. I am way behind.

Alright, I’ve rambled on enough.

Happy Monday everyone!

I’ve been quiet.

There has been a lot going on.

Alex has been sick. Bronchiolitis. That has not been fun. He is on the mend and doing much better now.  I took him in to the doctor and they neb’d him in the office, but it didn’t do anything for him. That is actually a good thing. I really didn’t want to give him breathing treatments at home. He screamed and cried the whole 8 minutes. It was awful. But it means that he has a much lower chance of being asthmatic. Such a praise.

I am in the process of having my domain switched over to and being hosted at Girly Website Hosting. Heather is amazing and her customer service is beyond excellent! If you are looking for an affordable host I highly recommend them!

I was making my own template and that was taking me forever. I’m still not exactly pleased, but I’m getting there.

I’ve been working on the hat and scarf for Rachel.

I’ve been slightly depressed.

We’ve had the Jacob’s over for dinner on Sat. night. It was really nice. I made Kelly’s lasagna recipe and it was fabulous as usual. We also had garlic bread and salad. Steph brought apple pie, apple pie ice cream and this chocolate coconut swirl ice cream. It was all so yummy. We talked, played MarioKart and talked some more.

Last night I went to the movies with Carrie, Daphne and Beth. We saw Bride Wars. I liked it. Most of the funny parts had already been seen in commercials. One of my pet peeves. It was predictable, especially towards the end.  I also thought it ended way too abruptly. That being said, it was an alright movie. I don’t think it was worth $9 to see it, but if you have a redbox near you when it comes out, it’s a nice chick flick to rent.

It’s snowing/sleeting. I’m hoping for a snow day tomorrow.