Happy New Year

I have finally come out from under my piles of paper to say Happy New Year. I was recently possessed by Martha Stewart, Aunt Annie & The Fly-lady all in one weekend. I spent the entire weekend organizing our piles of paper all over the place. I actually baked home made biscuits and pizza! I have to do something with all that flour. It won't make it until next December will it? Maybe tomorrow we will make play-dough. Tonight when Chandler returned home from gymnastics, I gave her brownies to celebrate back to school. She said "Mom, did you bake again?" Nope, Aunt Annie left me and these were from a box, but it is the thought that counts right? We had a successful day returning to our schedule and I am exhausted! It feels better to enter a new year with all my ducks in a row.

We Baked!

Just before Christmas, I bought some flour and we baked a few cookies for the neighbors. It was a huge mess, but it was fun!

We Wish You A Merry Christmas!

John David & George sang a few songs with their Sunday school classes. George was just a step behind the others. We all enjoyed it very much. Merry Christmas to all of you!

One Cup Of Joe...

I really enjoy a good cup of coffee (or two or three) each morning. I have been thinking lately about how in Costa Rica this is the end of harvest season for the coffee beans. For a couple of months, men and women work from sun up to sun down picking berries (cherries) off of bushes. They make about $0.60- $1.50 per basket of cherries. They average 8-12 baskets per day.

Here is a bush full of cherries...


Here is a Costa Rican man picking...




Cherries in the basket...

You have to break open the cherry to find the coffee bean inside....


One of the hazards are the poisonous snakes and spiders that also enjoy the cherries and the bushes! Yuck! The pickers sell their baskets to men with trucks who take them to the processors to be pealed,roasted, packaged, & shipped- then right to my kitchen.

I really enjoy my cup of coffee in the morning. Now, I really appreciate it too.

Can we stop the growing?

Just yesterday, this was her....

Tagged..7 Random Things About Me

7. I am an addict... Coca Cola, Facebook, Travel.. There is probably more, but I don't want to share.

6. The 4th of July is my favorite holiday

5. I don't like to fly

4. I love to watch professional golf on tv

3. I know the words to rap music

2. I like to move... I am not discontent or wanting more. I just enjoy the change, the process, the excitement

1. I don't bake (I don't even have flour in my house. Sorry Annie and Laura R)

I tag Stacy, Leslie, & Becky C

Cutie Kids, Costumes, & Candy!