Five on Friday!

1.) The kids are enjoying the cold temps of Ohio. Mom.... not so much.




2.) We went to West Virginia with our BFF's, the Vogel's. The boys wanted to go to Cabela's. Cabela's is the hunting mecca and they wanted gear. Laurel and I were on a hunt of a different kind. We wanted to check out the Homer Laughlin factory. The what? Homer Laughlin is the birthplace of Fiestaware, the best dishes ever created!
Here is my treasure from Newell, West Virginia!




3.) I have the best friends a girl could ask for.




4.) I was so happy that I found exactly the type of table I was looking for at half the price I was going to pay! I love sitting and doing my homework here!



5.) Here I am enjoying the Homer Laughlin factory!

Ten on Tuesday

1.) I enjoyed getting together with my girls for an evening of great food, drinks, gabbing and desserts!



2.) Holy Moly! Week 2 of winter quarter is kicking my rear! The kids and I had snow days last week, which put my classes behind. Would you believe that these instructors want to catch up!! So I get twice the work this week. They are so mean!!

3.) But those snow days were oh so much fun! Who wants to listen to lectures on educational studies when you can watch this snow bunny on the slopes?



4.) The room is booked for our West Virginia trip. Silly winter vacay but I am really excited to be going. The boys are going to Cabela's for hunting gear. I'm sure the Chief will come home with quite a wish list for next season. Laurel and I are going to be doing some hunting of a different kind. We are heading to Newell, West Virginia! The home of the Homer Laughlin factory! We are both big collectors of Fiestaware and are hoping to find some great deals at the factory store and outlet.

5.) My ears are regretting that I ordered Madie's songflute for music class. Let's just say "Hot Crossed Buns" is my least favorite song anymore....

6.) Noah has a way with the ladies. His girlfriend called to talk about what they did over break and he broke into listing multiples of 9 to her. Midway he covered the phone and whispered to me, "She likes it!". Look out Brad Pitt, you will have some serious competition in about 10 years!

7.) At lunch today I asked Annika to finish the sentence, "I like..." she responded without thinking, "big butts and I can not lie!" Where do they come up with this stuff?

8.) I have picked my recipes for the next "Sassy Supper Sisters" gathering. Paula Deen is a wicked cool woman!!

9.) Aaron is now officially training for the full Flying Pig marathon. 26.2 miles. I now have the daunting task of maping all the starbucks along the route. It's ok, my iPhone has an app for that!

10.) I'm now ready to do tax returns and counting the days to going shopping for our basement supplies. Looking forward to another project!