Lunch with the girls yesterday. Our friend Amy E works at a school and can never join us, but she's off for Thanksgiving week. Of course to help her celebrate, I joined her for a glass of wine. All the other ladies had water. Amy E and I are rebels.
After that I ran home and the maids were still in my house. They're never there that late, so I had to find excuses to stand around outside my house and not look stupid. It's weird to be in your house when a team of maids is doing all your dirty wor…
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Added by Kellie Rasberry on November 25, 2009 at 5:46am —
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Never in my life has my Christmas tree been up this early. I don't know what got into me yesterday, but Emma Kelly had just gone down for a nap and I took that as my golden opportunity. Id I didn't try to get that thing up when she was down for the count, it would be a nightmare trying to do it when she was awake. I got most of it done before she was up -- still need to do the finishing touches. But luckily she woke up Grumpy Butt and started huffing, "It's not Christmas yet! Put it back!" So sh…
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Added by Kellie Rasberry on November 24, 2009 at 4:41am —
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Emma Kelly is just exhausting right now. Much like walking and potty-training, she's delayed her terrible twos until now. I wish she would learn to be embarrassed. She'd be much easier to control.
The AMAs. Well, I missed the first hour of it. But apparently, I can't imagine I missed much because everything I'm seeing tweeted about is on the stuff I saw.
I'm going to give Jennifer Lopez a break on her fall. I didn't think it was that funny and I don't like to see somebody I like have an accide…
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Added by Kellie Rasberry on November 22, 2009 at 11:00pm —
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The best part about my child getting sick is how snuggly she is and how it also gave me an excuse to cancel my workout. I couldn't possibly be doing calisthenics and whatnot while my daughter is threatening to blow chunks again at any minute! Actually, the blowing of the chunks was done before I got home. Nanny Laura had to deal with the joy of cleaning that off the couch and going through three outfit changes for the BOTH of them. I can only imagine....But Emma Kelly still had fever and thus ca…
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Added by Kellie Rasberry on November 20, 2009 at 4:57am —
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Tuesday was a bit of a jumbled mess. After hearing so much about it, I finally got to Twisted Root for a jumbo messy ooey gooey cheeseburger. My friend got the one I wanted -- with buffalo wing sauce and bleu cheese. So with a promise that if I get something different, we'll share, I got the one with green chilis and guacamole. But did I ever hear "Do you want a bite?" leave her lips once the eating commenced?? That would be no. We went ahead and ordered the Fried Ride -- french fries, fried swe…
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Added by Kellie Rasberry on November 18, 2009 at 4:59am —
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So it looks like Thanksgiving is at Auntie Crazy's house this year. I don't have Emma Kelly and I got uninvited from my original offer to go to the Cowboys game, so Haven stepped in to rescue me. Honestly, I would've been perfectly fine lying around the house all day by myself. Thanksgiving just isn't the same as it was when I was growing up. I liked being the kid in that situation. But Haven invites all these random people with nowhere to go, so it should be quite interesting. Plus, J-Si and Ki…
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Added by Kellie Rasberry on November 17, 2009 at 4:26am —
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Friday night I decided to run out really quickly to Toy 'R Us because they were having a 2-day sale and I figured Saturday would be a nightmare. I knocked out all the kids on my list! Except for Emma Kelly, of course. She requires a toy-buying trip unto herself. So far, her list for Santa Claus includes a tea set, a doll and drums. Santa's going to have to get back to her on the drums. After shopping, I went home to finally watch "Twilight" on DVD. It was great to put faces to everybody I read a…
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Added by Kellie Rasberry on November 15, 2009 at 9:35pm —
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1 16 oz. pkg. macaroni noodles, cooked in salted water
1 pint of heavy whipping cream
At least 1 lb of medium cheddar cheese (or sharp, if you prefer)
about 1/2 lb. of muenster cheese
3 eggs, beaten up in the whipping cream
about 1/2 stick of butter (butter is better than margarine)
Boil the macaroni in salted water until tender. Taste it, and if it’s too salty, just rinse the noodles under running water right in the colander.
Melt a couple of tablespoons of butter in the bottom of your c…
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Added by Kellie Rasberry on November 12, 2009 at 11:38pm —
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This was a loooong day. Getting up at 3:15am to cook for the Kiddnation pre-Thanksgiving feast wasn't my favorite way to start the day, but I'm glad I did it. I can see why people like the idea of cooking -- it's very rewarding to have people truly love something you made. But dang. I hate cooking. Maybe not so much the COOKING, but the overwhelmingness of it. The mess is one thing, but the timing is the WORST.
Got messages from three different girlfriends today about Bon Jovi. Everybody wants…
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Added by Kellie Rasberry on November 12, 2009 at 11:32pm —
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How sad was it to hear Big Al fall apart over his dog today. It was even sadder to watch. How awful is it to have to make the decision to put your dog to sleep. Stretch was a good and loyal friend to Big Al for 13 years -- ever since he rescued her from the pound. I'd like to think there's a doggie heaven so Al can see her again. And there are a few wonderful dogs and a cat or two I'd like to see again, too.
My kid is so bad, I think Nanny Laura is giving up, too. How do you discipline a child…
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Added by Kellie Rasberry on November 10, 2009 at 9:47pm —
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I was so sick of myself when I got off that plane that instead of going straight home, I went straight to Whole Foods to pick up some fruit and some of that Ezekiel bread that crunchy granola people eat. I missed Emma Kelly, but I simply had to make that stop first. So when I got home, EK was in the bathtub and she was so excited to see me that she scrambled out and just clung to me -- all 40 pounds of wet, naked, not-so-baby-anymore baby. First words out of her mouth? "Mommy! What'd you bring m…
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Added by Kellie Rasberry on November 10, 2009 at 4:48am —
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Oh, my tummy. Tried to use up what was in the veggie drawer, so I ate broccoli, onion and tofu stir-fry tonight. Don't come near me until this wears off!!!
Emma Kelly is in this weird phase where she wants to inflict pain. I remember my cousin Suzanne would deal with it by giving back whatever her kid just did. If one of her kids bit another one, Suzanne would bite the biter. So, since it's me Emma Kelly is pummeling, I threaten to pummel her back. And she stands there with a big grin on her fa…
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Added by Kellie Rasberry on November 4, 2009 at 10:03pm —
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I paid $60 for this charity Partner's Card that gives me a 20% discount at all these stores all over town, but the thing is good only Oct 30-Nov 8. Since I spent the weekend chasing Cobra Starship and recovering from that debacle and we leave for Kidd's Kids on Thursday, I basically have 3 days to spend enough money to justify buying this card. So yesterday I hit a toy store and knocked a few kids off my list. What joy Christmas brings! Just knocking people off a list.........But at least I save…
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Added by Kellie Rasberry on November 3, 2009 at 4:40am —
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I've been pretty sick all day today. Yes, I drank my way through Halloween night and I woke up feeling fine after getting a solid 8 hours of sleep. But after I was up a couple hours, I downed a bottle of water and I don't know WHAT happened. It's like I got SICK drunk and couldn't hold my head up, which is quite convenient when your head is hanging over a toilet. I downed half a bottle of Pepto and Auntie Crazy brought me some nummy mashed potatoes and my tummy feels a lot better now. I love tha…
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Added by Kellie Rasberry on November 1, 2009 at 8:34pm —
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So I went in to work all dressed to work out as soon as I got off the air. Remember how I thought all day Wednesday was Tuesday? Well, my workout that I thought was today is actually tomorrow. What is going inside my head??? So I sat there at my house in my little workout pants, getting all frustrated because he was 10 minutes later. Finally looked at my planner and saw I had the date wrong. So I ate a big bowl of soup and a mini Reese's thingie left over from Emma Kelly's birthday party and the…
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Added by Kellie Rasberry on October 29, 2009 at 9:50pm —
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I kept thinking all day that Wednesday was Tuesday, which threw me off a bit. Right after work, I tore out to do a little boutique run and hopefully find something cute to wear Saturday night. Wow. Ten pounds really does make a huge difference. I'll never say it's "only" 10 pounds again. So! Since nothing cute fit, I bought jewelry. A bracelet, a pair of earrings and three rings. I also bought something called "Stiffs" -- you put them in the hem of your pants to keep them from slipping between y…
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Added by Kellie Rasberry on October 29, 2009 at 4:54am —
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I was going to attempt returning boots without a receipt today, but the weather prevented me from trying. I'd rather do something like that when it's brisk and sunny. It makes me feel more optimistic. So I'm hoping for clear skies tomorrow. Instead, I came home to my yummy daughter, who was ready and waiting to jump me and smother me with loads of hugs and kisses. Then it was nap time for her and and endless series of cellphone calls for me. So much for trying to grab a nap of my own.
I felt so…
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Added by Kellie Rasberry on October 26, 2009 at 11:22pm —
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When you have at least half a dozen people tell you over a two day period, "You look tired" -- translation, "You look like shit" -- you start to believe that maybe there's a problem here. I think it mostly boils down to two things for me -- lack of sleep and an urge to return to my bulimic ways. That usually happens when things feel like they're spiraling out of control. I've got to figure out how to get this back together.
Friday night was spent getting ready for Emma Kelly's birthday party. I…
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Added by Kellie Rasberry on October 25, 2009 at 8:29pm —
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I canceled my trainer because I could barely walk from the squats he had me do on Tuesday, I'm PMSing, and I was in desperate need of a nap. Just one step closer to easing myself out of this situation. But when I got home, Emma Kelly was waiting to be picked up by her daddy so I wanted to hang out with her before I tried to zonk out, and then once her dad got her, I realized I there were a few things that needed to be done now that I had the house all to myself -- like clean out the toys she's o…
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Added by Kellie Rasberry on October 23, 2009 at 4:46am —
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My Wednesday pretty much sucked in most ways. As soon as we got off the air, I drove to the dealership to get the "low tire pressure" light checked -- the light that's been on for about 6 weeks now. Turns out I had a nail in my tire and I had to sit in the waiting area for an hour with this man who slurped every ounce of his coffee as slowly and as loudly as possible and when he wasn't doing that, he was breathing! Other people breathing doesn't bother me unless I can hear it, and this man was a…
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Added by Kellie Rasberry on October 22, 2009 at 3:30am —
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