January 27th

My mom would have been 80 years old today. In honor of her birthday, I will be celebrating later with some form of chocolate for sure!

Caramels Rock!! Rock Hard, That Is.

This is why none of you got delicious caramels from us this year. Because I suck at making caramels. They tasted great, but I didn't want you/us to spend the whole next year at the dentist's office (I'm dental phobic!)

It ticks me off, because I spent a while breaking the nuts, stirring constantly until it reached 250 degrees - just like the recipe says to. As I recall, last year's caramels turned out about the same. What am I doing wrong? I'm open to any hints anyone might have for me for next time. I will not give up until they're edible! HELP!

Christmas Day 2009

This picture was taken Christmas Day at the PT rehab place my dad is at. We exchanged gifts and had a nice time visiting. We're so happy my dad is doing much better and is expected to be discharged to go home soon. We love you, Dad!

Merry Christmas!

BURQA BARBIE?? WHAT THE ...??!!!??

Are you kidding me, Mattel? Well, apparently, they're not, because this is for real. Talk about being oppressed, suppressed, and depressed. Thanks, Mattel, for once again exploiting and degrading all women of the world.

"KALO"

My blog is so boring -- I know! I was sick of looking at my last post, and I like this picture of my mom, so I decided to post it. I apologize if you've already seen it before. I'll come up with something good soon. Promise.

He's Back!!

Yea! Les got reinstated in his job after being laid off in June! We are very grateful to everyone who worked to make that happen, because the other people that got laid off were not as lucky... they're still laid off.

One of Les's co-workers made this awesome cake in honor of his return to the department. I'm glad he works with people that care about people enough to go out of their way to do such nice things.