What is this you ask? Well, let me tell you...one of Riley's chores is to empty the dishwasher. She has been doing this for at least 6 months or so. She is too short to put away the plates & cups so she leaves them on the counter for me to put away. Well, about a month into the process, I realized that she would stack them in these little patterns. She never said anything to me, just left them there to see if I would notice. Finally one day I asked her about it- she said she likes to make different configurations and she loves designing things- so I present to you- Riley's Dish Designs.....isn't she funny?



Please note: I realize that my glasses are cloudy - it is our water. I have tried everything that I can to get them to be clear, put vinegar & baking soda in the dishwasher, change detergents, etc...does anyone have any ideas....

From Ali Edwards site:



And the giveaways go to...

Art Journaling 102 with Dina at Get It Scrapped:

Posted by: shelley e • I am happy that I have a job right now.


How cool is that? That’s me that won a cool giveaway! I get to take a neat online class with Dina…I looked at what I get to do…and boy, is it going to be different than what I am used to doing. But I figure I will learn a lot!

DDDD

Daddy Daughter Dinner Dance.....for Indian Princesses. They had a great time, Mark even danced - the Chicken Dance, Hokey Pokey and the Electric Slide!

money saving tips....

I found this cool website called moneysaving mom through another website that Pam had a link to... Simple Mom Both of these websites offer some great info. Thanks Pam for the link.... :)

My family really needs to start living this way....

HAPPY VALENTINE'S DAY

So, about that dinner….

We went to a restaurant inside of Treasure Island where we were staying. It was called Social (Pan Asian cuisine)- the sign said, Social- Sushi, Sake, Socializing. And we all thought it sounded “fun”- which it was. There were six of us and we decided after we looked at the menu & talked to our waiter that we would do the “family style” chef’s recommendations. The waiter also knew that I was a vegetarian, so he said he would bring me separate items.

We had our own little room to dine in and we were served 9 courses…it took three hours! We each had a beverage (one) with our dinner…and the food was really good, I mean really good, but $725.00 good? I don’t think so. When we got the bill, we were all “shocked” for lack of a better word. I guess because we didn’t specify a dollar amount that we would like to spend the waiter just went to town on us. Maybe we had ‘Suckers’ written across our foreheads? Not sure.

There is a reason why I haven’t been to Las Vegas in 14+ years, and that would be one of them. It is hard for me to accept their inflated prices on EVERYTHING, and I am not a gambler, AT ALL…I never even touched a slot machine while we were there.

The dinner was an experience, truly. It was fun, we had good conversations & laughs, but……

Las Vegas

Well, we survived our trip to Vegas. The girls placed 4th in their cheer competition! They competed against 9 other teams and they really did a wonderful job. I thought they might place higher...the next day when we saw their actual scores, they missed third by .01 points and 2nd by .02, so they were right in there with the other teams.

The Hip Hop category that they competed in was the same way- they missed getting a trophy by .01! Their routine was cute, as well as their costumes, they wore the football jersey with striped socks & leggings...

When I get a chance I will have to write about the $725.00 dinner that we had on Saturday night.....yes, you read that right- $725.00!!!!!!

Birthday season...

It is birthday season for us....first Larry's, then Tanner's...then Mark's mom, my mom, my sister, Isabella, about 3 of Tanners friends (all starting the end of January & February)....two down bizzilion to go...