Being Domestic

I have to admit I miss being a wife. Oh, I have a husband, love him with all my heart. He is a truck driver and he has been gone for 7 days this time and it seems like forever.

I have been in a very domestic mood lately.... yes, even more so than usual. It sucks when there is no one to be domestic for!! Decorating, sewing, planting, cooking and cleaning. Maybe because I niss him so much. Maybe it is because school is back in and I need to prepare for the change of seasons and holidays. Yes, I live in Southern California, yes it is 100 degrees today and winter will not be all that harsh...but still I have been fighting the urge to bake and can fruit for the winter.

Today, I lost the battle. I was up at 5:00, fresh linens on the bed, apron on and fresh blueberry strusel muffins in the oven for hubbies return. Then I began sterilizing jars for plum preserves. I don't think I have ever eaten a plum but I have this uncontrollable desire to do this. Here is the reason... I have been reading a new blogs that have inspired me on so many different levels. My domestic side has been nurished by www.sugarpiefarmhouse.com/stocking-up-comfort-and-joy Look at those plums, look at the color, you can almost smell them, they feel like family, comfort and joy. More than a taste I guess I have been craving a feeling.

Oh well!! Too late now, plums are a cookin' and guess what you are gettingfor Christmas!!

I want to write a post on all the new blogs that I have been reading and the people who have been inspiring me but for now I have plums to pit....hey I wonder if I can plant these things???

ABCs On The Chalkboard

ABCs On The Chalkboard
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Back to school time already. Summer time is over as my little ones march off to school again. My youngest boy is now a Senior and my baby girl starts 5th grade. How I wish I could freeze time...back it up a few years, maybe 8 years. I miss those times when I didn't have to share my kids with the world.

This really should feel like vacation time for me because not only did I send my two own kids off to school but also 10 daycare kids. 3 that I have had since birth are now in kindergarten. I think I have empty nest syndrome! I still have 5 preschoolers with me during the day but after a summer of 15 kids in the house the quiet ( even with 5 under 4 years) I miss my big guys. ( Let me clarify that my big ones are only gone until 1:50, and stay here until 5pm, so they aren't really gone for good.)

What I really need is a baby. Nothing fills the days more than filling my arms. My littlest one is about to turn 2 and he would rather run and play in the dirt than snuggle in the rocking chair.

Days are not boring with my 5 little guys. They keep me hopping. Todays lesson plan was to be "All About Red". Everyone of them showed up in ORANGE !! Luckily I plan ahead and just switched plans and now our day is all about Orange, carrots and cantelope and big juicy oranges. I wonder were tomorrow will lead us, to the park, the farm or in the kitchen making someting messy.

Everyday is an adventure around here.

My Senior

Can you believe this picture??? My son went to have his Senior pictures taken, you know, cap and gown. The pictures that will hang on the walls of all the relatives for decades to come...my son looks like he is graduating from Pimp University!! The Lounge Lizard Academy !! What is up with this?? Where is the tradition?? Someone actually thought the cheetah print was a good idea!! Well at least he isn't holding a martini glass in his hand!! This looks perfect for his MySpace page but not clipped to college applications!!

Luckily they gave us another option, let me present my real son, the academic child that is proudly graduating class of 2010,

Cupcake Giveaway

I just found the cutest blog with a very funny, artsy/fartsy author! Also very talented!! She is giving away this adorable cupcake fairy which would look amazing in my kitchen ! I want everyone to enter to win it...and also promise that if you do you will give it to me for Christmas ( oh no....to early to think of Christmas....shiver!!) This enjoyable blog is called www.chinamommy04.blogspot.com . She also has an etsy shop called chinamommy. Lots of cute cuppycakes over there too!! HUgs to a new friend!!

The Incredible Bed

Isn't this the most amazing bed!!!! This is what my beautiful 10 year old chose for her birthday present. She has great and expensive taste!! She also chose the wall color. Happy birthday baby!!!

Polka Dot Panic

This is what started it all. It seemed harmless enough. $2.00 at a CVS in Virginia. Then suddenly the spots jumped off the dish and onto my walls !!

The spots were just the beginning of the ice cream take over of my kitchen. Next came the collection of old Ice cream scoops.

My daughter Bridgett, found polka dot plates, bowls and towels on clearance at K-Mart yesterday. Somehow my little pink cupcake kitchen is now my little polka dot Ice cream parlor. I did make these little cupcakes this weekend to even out the bakery section!!