How I work from home...

I am a super lucky lady.  I have a job that I really like, and I get to work from home 2 days a week.  We started out having Mia stay with me both days, but that got to be a bit much.  We've settled into a routine that one day a week, Mia stays home with me.   This is what those days are like.

You may think that those days look like this:

This is how my day starts.  But at any random moment during the day, this happens:

Mia brought her toys so that she could play next to me.

Then, she leaves to watch Team Umizumi, and the toys are left on the desk next to me.  Sooner or later she shows up like this:

"Mommy - watch a moovie?"

Well, no.  You can't watch Legally Blonde 2.  First of all - it's not a good movie.  Secondly, I don't know why we have it.  And third, it's really not for kids - although, because of point one, she might like it better.  Oh well - maybe next time.  Maybe she can relate with the whole blonde thing?  Or maybe she's just excited that it comes in pink packaging.  I'm going with the blonde thing - it kinda explains it either way.

Next, it's "Come see the train!!"  So, we go to look out our front windows and across yards to see the freight train pass by.  This is SUPER exciting because I try to read all the graffiti, but usually get bored in a couple of seconds and head back to work.

Next this shows up:

Sissy's shoes and sissy's hat.  Did I mention that if she sees a Squinkies commercial, she immediately heads upstairs to try to find Sissy's Squinkies?  Mostly, because I don't care if she plays with them, but Sister refuses to share and has taken to hiding them when she is not home.

Today, we added to the adventure.  I hear a noise that sounds suspiciously like the deadbolt being turned on the door.  "Mia?  Whatcha doin'?"

"Nuthin' Mama."

Click, clack.

I get up to find my 3 year old at the door, the cat waiting patiently at her heels to run outside as soon as the door is open.

We did not go outside.  It's cold, and I had to work. 

So, then, I hear a crash from the bathroom.  "MIA!  What are you doing?!"

"Nuthin' Mama."

I go to the bathroom to find her trying to wash her hands - no water and the soap container is in the sink.  Why is she trying to wash her hands?  Oh, because she got into mommy's night cream that we have been using on Mia to quickly heal her dry skin.

Thankfully, she takes a nap at 1.

That's when the adventure continued today.  After she got up, we went to pick up sissy from day care and then proceed to the grocery story for our mid week pick up.

"Mommy - the car is thirsty."  "Ok, we'll get it filled up later."  How did she know I needed gas?

Once we get to the store, sister entertains while I shop.

Look what I found:

Pre-pasted.  Gross.

As we were leaving, Mia put on her coat.

She got the arms right, but apparently hasn't figured out that her ass doesn't go in the hood.

This was one of the more entertaining days of my week. I truly am lucky to get these kinds of interruptions and adventures on a random Wednesday!

Super Bowl Sunday on my iphone....

Like 80% of America, we watched the Super Bowl yesterday.  No, I am not a Giants fan.  No, I am not a Patriots fan.  However, I would have rather seen the Pats win.  But, that is neither here nor there.

The big action this weekend was going on with my new iphone.  That's right ya'll, I finally got an iphone!  So, I was taking pictures:

These are the pretty candle holders I got with my share of the Amazon gift card, thanks to Uncle Dee Dee.

My pretty little Mia that has been quite cuddly since she's not feeling super hot.

 And then.... I found Instagram....

Miss Liv playing with her Lego Tree House.  Girl Legos are AWESOME!

During the Super Bowl, they finally decided to be nice to each other and were playing and wrestling.  BTW, if you don't have girls, girl wrestling consists mostly of hugging.  I grew up with brothers, so our wrestling involved weapons and jumping on each other, among other things.

Mia getting her twirl on.

I got all this done, in between the Super Bowl, finishing a book, and playing about 5 Words with Friends games.

What is your favorite thing to do on the iphone, or your other Smart phone?

Tasty treats...

I've been making these treats for the past few years.  They're called Salted Nut Roll Bars.  They have peanuts, cake mix, butter, marshmallows, rice crispies, peanut butter chips.  They are totally awesome.  My family loves these and I bring them with us when we go to visit my dad too.

Then, I got this cook book.  I am going through and baking every recipe in it.  One was a called Candy Cereal Bar.  The are very similar to the nut bars, but they have M&M's, and the crust isn't made from a cake mix, but from scratch.

These bars were incredible.  I was amazed.  Better even than the nut bars mentioned above.  Tony took them to work, and he is taking orders for entire pans.  Hmmm, making money doing something I like to do?  I could get used to that.

Some pictures of my awesome bars:

Blurry yummy goodness.

This was about the best thing I've made in awhile.  Yummers.