The Fence

Sunday Funday #28

2012-04-15T11:57:00.000-05:00

The amount of time I actually have to write anything lately is non-existent these days. The house is slowly coming back together. We had to tear out all our cabinets to remove flooring underneath them. We had to re-plumb our entire downstairs. ALL of the pipes downstairs had to be replaced. There was drywall to patch since there were no access panels to the pipes in the walls. To say that this

April Fool's Sunday Funday

2012-03-31T22:36:00.000-05:00

Remember how LAST WEEK I said that life was NUTS? OK, I was only setting myself up for an even crazier week. April Fool's Day came a little early at my house. Spring Break was great in that I didn't have to shuttle the RiceCakes to school and we could sleep in... sorta. BUT, the week ended up being INSANE in terms of house stuff. My kitchen currently looks like this : How it came to look like

Spring Break Sunday Funday

2012-03-24T23:28:00.000-05:00

This has been one of the busiest weeks EVER at our house. The RiceCakes were gearing up for Spring Break which meant no one felt like going to school. Isn't that how it always goes? They hardly do anything in class for that whole week but, you're supposed to go anyway! We're WAY into baseball/softball mode which means we spent a LOT of time up at the ballpark. Monday night, we actually had 4

Sunday Funday #25

2012-03-17T20:22:00.001-05:00

It's time to hang out in my backyard, link up for Sunday Funday, and hop around the blogosphere! You remember the sitch right? Please grab the button from the sidebar!Please don't link up giveaways! Please DO turn off your captcha!Please visit the other posts and leave some comment love!And please tweet that you linked up for #SundayFunday with me (@MamaRiceCake)! The more links we get, the

Spring Forward Sunday Funday!

2012-03-11T10:37:00.000-05:00

It's that Sunday where most of the country does that stupid Spring Forward clock thing! Yeah, I know, at some point in history it made sense to do this! But now? I'm not so sure! I think it just jacks with parents of small children. It's a conspiracy to make them even more tired than they already are and late for stuff Sunday morning OR Monday morning, if they didn't get the memo. Word on the

Follow the Yellow Brick Road with my Naughty Ninja

2012-03-08T11:40:00.001-06:00

The first time I saw The Wizard of Oz I was really little and we lived in New Orleans. I vividly remember thinking that those ruby slippers were the most beautiful thing I'd ever seen. I got obsessed with Dorothy and playing The Wizard of Oz was my favorite game. My brother was too little to talk at the time and so, he was Toto... and of course had to follow me around wherever I was going. (To

Today I'm Over at Amy's!

2012-03-07T09:20:00.000-06:00

Who's got two thumbs, a serious love for coffee and They Might Be Giants, a disdain for laundry, and is one of my best Twitter buddies?! Amy, also known as @coffeeluvinmom on The Twitter! Amy is wonderful. She does some pretty groovy giveaways... usually with some pretty awesome coffee swag! You should totally go check out her blog www.coffeelovinmom.com and follow her adventures through

Sunday Funday

2012-03-04T05:00:00.001-06:00

The weather in my backyard is finally nice enough to fill up my birdfeeder again! Hooray! That means it's almost time to bust out Grammy's World Famous Bourbon Slushies and hang out with friends in the sunshine! Baseball/softball season is about to get underway and that means lots grass stains will be going through my laundry! What's going on in your world? Tell me about it and link up! You

Busyness to Joy

2012-03-03T21:28:00.000-06:00

OK remember how last month I said that I hadn't posted much because life was BUSY? How I had my gall bladder out? How my husband and I FINALLY got to go out on a date and he hit an owl with the car? Here's what else I've been doing that's been keeping me from blogging: We went to Ft. Walton Beach, FL and stayed at a beach condo where the kids went swimming, in January, in the fog! That's

Sunday Funday #22

2012-02-25T21:00:00.009-06:00

Hooray! It's time for Sunday Funday! This past week was wild and crazy and hectic! The RiceCakes had a 4 day weekend for... nope, not President's Day... MARDI GRAS! Life on the Gulf Coast means letting the good times roll and not being in school for Mardi Gras Weekend! We went to a parade, danced to the music, caught loads of beads, stuffed animals, and plastic cups (hooray for free junk!)

Great Expectations Guest Post

2012-02-21T09:59:00.000-06:00

Ever since I met Greta over at Not Enough Patience and Never Enough Jewelry, I knew we'd be buddies. Greta's a SAHM of four kiddos... I'm a SAHM of four kiddos. Greta's got a husband who doubles as her BFF and partner in the battle of raising the four little cupcakes! I've got that in my hubby too! She lives out in the country. I love living where I can't see my neighbors. We've got the same

Sunday Funday #21

2012-02-19T14:18:00.000-06:00

Things around here are about to get really busy! Baseball/softball season starts in a couple weeks and so, our family will be spending a LOT of time outside! Even though juggling four different teams can be a challenge sometimes, you can bet that I WON'T really be missing housework. Yeah, laundry might pile up but, when does it NOT?! No one will die if dishes sit in the sink for a few more hours

Sunday Funday #20

2012-02-12T13:37:00.000-06:00

How can it possibly be the middle of February already? Am I the only one who feels like time is FLYING by? Sheesh! The good news is that Sunday is a great day to chill out from all the other stuff we have going on the rest of the week. While you're chilling out, come link up a post! Blog hops are a fun way to make bloggy buddies and meet some writers that you might not have found on your own!

The Littlest RiceCake Turned 6!

2012-02-09T10:56:00.001-06:00

We love birthdays at our house. We don't usually have huge parties but, we love to celebrate with our closest buddies. Joshua's birthday last week was no exception! Things have been crazy around here lately! Dave went to a 2 week Water Well Drilling School with the Air Force. We've been battling our home builder over a mold problem under the vinyl flooring in our house due to their negligence

Sunday Funday #19

2012-02-04T22:18:00.000-06:00

Time to link up for Sunday Funday! Hooray! This week has been really busy at my house. SO BUSY that I've hardly had time to write at all! Between Joshy's birthday, teaching chess, music lessons for 3 out of 4 RiceCakes, and having the floor torn out of all of the downstairs of my house... right now is the first chance I've had to be still! PS... HOW the heck can it possibly be FEBRUARY?!

Sunday Funday #18

2012-01-29T04:00:00.001-06:00

Hey all! After having a couple of Sundays away from the link up, I'm back! My gall bladder recovery had a few days of crappiness but, over all went pretty darn well. I'm feeling MUCH better. And good news, I'm now in the running for the "Fewest Original Parts" trophy at my next family reunion this summer so... HOORAY for that! ha ha! So... without further blabbing... here's the linky!! Please

Reading and Chess

2012-01-27T10:05:00.000-06:00

I fell in love with reading and chess when I was in first grade. I had pneumonia and pleurisy and missed a ton of school in the fall that year. My birthday is in mid-October and I was absent starting about a week before my birthday until almost Thanksgiving. (I totally missed trick-or-treating that year and was really bummed out about it. My Dad took me to Baskin Robbins for ice cream that day to

The One Where I FINALLY Get Stitches

2012-01-18T23:55:00.000-06:00

People who follow me on Twitter and keep up with me on Facebook know that I've been recuperating from having gall bladder surgery. Fun right? Yeah... my belly button looks like it went thru a blender. Be jealous! Of all the surgeries a person could have... gall bladder isn't the worst. It's certainly better than anything heart related... or of the transplant variety. They do it laparoscopically

Long Time No Blog

2012-01-09T05:00:00.001-06:00

I've been waaaay behind on blogging. The last time I told you a story and didn't post the #SundayFunday link up was a month ago! Sheesh! That's soooo 2011... I know! Things have been busy around here for the last month. The RiceCakes' break from school was great. Seriously WONDERFUL. It was awesome to have a bunch of days to sleep in, not have homework, and just hang out. We hung out in

Sunday Funday #17

2012-01-07T21:56:00.000-06:00

Yay! It's Sunday Funday time!!! Come hang out! Pull up a lawn chair, grab a glass of Grammy's World Famous Bourbon Slushie, and link up a post! There are a few SIMPLE rules: #1 Turn off your captcha (That's word verification for any newbies!) It sucks. It makes your readers NOT want to leave comments. Turn it off. If you need help, ASK! Remember, captcha = stabby readers #2 Please don't

Sunday Funday New Year's Edition

2012-01-01T11:38:00.000-06:00

It's the first Sunday of 2012!!!!!And that means... it's time for a New Year's Edition of Sunday Funday! This year, our family went to a good friend's house for a cookie exchange. The Glad company (the one that makes trash bags!) donated 10 cents for EVERY cookie exchanged in the month of December that you registered with them, to Cookies for Kids Cancer. So, last night, while hanging out with

It's Date Night and OWL's Well!!

2011-12-18T22:33:00.000-06:00

I've hit a bunch of animals with my Suburban lately. We live out in the country and it's not uncommon for all kinds of critters to run out in front of our cars in the dark. In the last week, I've hit a possum (who looked RIGHT AT ME before he went *crunch*... I still feel bad about that!) and 2 squirrels! But last night, on our way home from our Date Night to go see Sherlock Holmes, A Game of

Sunday Funday #15

2011-12-18T10:23:00.000-06:00

It's Sunday again and that means it's time for another #SundayFunday link up! This is a great opportunity to link up a post from the past week that maybe didn't get as much attention as you wish it would've. Remember the rules! #1 Grab the Sunday Funday button from the sidebar and place it in your linked up post! #2 Please don't link up any giveaways AND please turn off your captcha! #3

My Trick for Taking Great Photos of My Kids

2011-12-17T13:15:00.000-06:00

Anyone with a kid will tell you that it's hard to get a sweet photo of their little cupcake that is useable for Christmas cards. Anyone with MULTIPLE children will tell you that the difficulty of getting a great photo of all of them together multiplies exponentially by the number of children you have! I have a trick for getting cute photos of the RiceCakes... all together... and smiling like

Candy Cane Meringue

2011-12-11T23:16:00.000-06:00

All the holiday baking photo sharing going on around the interwebs had me feeling like maybe I oughta try something new in the Christmas baking department. I LOVE making holiday cookies. I love making the ones with a bazillion ingredients that turn out looking amazing. I love making really simple cut-outs with my kids and letting them go hog wild with icing and sprinkles. I consider myself to be