It is JUST like a Monday. #TuesdayAfterLaborDay

ANNNND I need a pedicure...

School Starts Next Week.

I sure hope you are having as great of a summer as we are - we spent time with family, went to a wedding in Houston, celebrated a friend earning their Karate Black Belt at TEN YEARS OF AGE!!! Went to San Diego, swam, ran around and enjoyed the general merriment of the warmer months.  

School starts a week from tomorrow - so of course we have to fit in some end of summer fun!

State Fair anyone?  

Cheers to that with a Grain Belt Blu - a most delicious blueberry beer! Yum.

 

We ate, rode, and saw cool people like Senator Amy Klobuchar!

We pet the animals - everyone but Grandma who said, "No thank you." 

We bought stuff, made stuff, and showed Dad where to get something for ME! :)  

And of course we rode the big slide, but got a TERRIBLE video this year.

Watch this one instead! 

Happy Summer!

Memories of a Mommy Blogger - Part Deux

I think I got us all a scolding on this video.

We got an email reminding us to be safe while we were out their making our videos.

  :)

2010 Chevy Traverse Cool Feature from Lisa Scherber on Vimeo.


Happy Wednesday Peeps!

Happy Tenth-aversary YouTube & 91 Month-aversary to Mommy's Nest!

I posted my first video on YouTube on November 7, 2006.  I did it so I could email it to friends and family.

It went like this:



Fun - Huh? No?

Well, I got more adventurous.

See?  From November 2007 - we can now rake!



And then in November 2008 we learned to Vote - not Boat!



And in March of 2011 We shook it like we just didn't care who was watching at the MN Zoo!



And now - Boo Boo even has her very OWN YouTube Channel with gems like this one with Gma.


What I learned from Ten Years of YouTube?  It's fun to look back at how silly we can be...

And YOU? (Tube?)

Happy Fourth of July!

If you have spent any time on this blog at all you know that I spend time telling you about this little goofball...

Boo Boo La La is the biggest reason I get up in the morning. She is fun to be around,(most days!)  She is super creative and smart. And she has a FLAIR for fashion.

Who could ever forget the Project Runway Boo?

I could not ask for a better child. I am truly a lucky mommy to have this child. Not because she is smart or funny or a snappy dress-up partner...

She is thoughtful and kind.

She wants to hold and feed her baby cousin, she wants to help friends with their school work, she put on a magic show for the "little kids" at daycare, she thinks about how other people feel. 

Since pre-school every teacher has described her as a "mother hen". 

I want my child to be kind to others no matter what.  

Not naive, just kind. 

Where does that come from?  How did it happen?

And, more importantly, how do I not screw that up?

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Give it away, give it away, give it away now....

I am busy today selling my old stuff!  In our hood there is an annual sale the First Saturday in June and this year we are hauling our stuff out to the yard to see if we can con anyone into taking it off our hands for a fair price.  ;)

Remember when I showed you how to make an Easy Canvas Print? It really is SUPER easy to do and I love the quality of their product.  So while I am SELLING to the neighbors I am GIVING to you!

You can make one of your own Easy Canvas Print's if you WIN! - just follow the raffle copter prompts and you will be entered!

Contest starts today, June 1
Contest closes Saturday, June 8th
Winner Announced Sunday, June 9th

The Winner will get one free 8" x 10" canvas print of your their own to create a memory.

Enjoy!

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Everything Old...

This video may be from four years ago, when Boo Boo La La was two (and a half!), but I know she still loves my man Barack - even now at six (and a half!) Enjoy my fellow Americans!

Soccer Mom - WW

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Merry Christmas!

Again a post from when we were at Breezy, or at least on the way

August 1, 2008


So, I think Boo Boo La La is the most charming, adorable, talented and fashion forward child in the UNIVERSE - and we are going on vacation Sunday AND I have accounting homework - so this is what you get.....lots of Boo Boo photos.

We also attended the most fun birthday party - Mason't turned one and got some sugar from Miss Natalie!!

So CUTE!

FYI, to make a fun party for toddlers - all you need is bubble soap and a few bubble wands. ;)

Rockin' The Baby! (it should work now)

I hope all is forgiven...I have but ONE baby and will only ever have this one baby.

So you get her first year of life condensed in 13 photos - up to the professional photo shoot on exactly her First Birthday! Just in case you are wondering - she is now 5 and a half.

Enjoy my fellow momma's!

"Rockin' The Baby"

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JewelMint?

So have you seen the ads on Facebook?  JewelMint is Kate Bosworth's jewelry version of Kim Kardashian's ShoeDazzle...

From the site: "A cool jewelry line by Kate Bosworth and Cher Coulter... The site gauges your style and curates a selection of jewelry for you to choose from. " -InStyle Magazine

Okay - they sent me a survey and I got 60% off so I thought I would try it out. 

P.S. They have NO idea I am blogging about their jewelry.  I got the offer by signing up at the site and not purchasing anything. 



This is the package that arrived

When I opened the package there was this pretty "Minty" box...

When I opened the box...uhhh.

I think this is how it was supposed to look.

A cute little note...

Meh...

So the Metal Mosaic Ring at JewelMint is valued at - uhhh - $109.99.  You can, or could, get it at the site for $29.99.  Of course I got it 60% off that and I conclude - it is no where NEAR worth over $100...

If I saw it at Target on clearance for $8 I would buy it.

I felt pretty much the same about ShoeDazzle.  Non-leather shoes for $30?  I can get leather on clearance at Macy's for less...

So, am I cheap?  Have you tried JewelMint or ShoeDazzle and disagree? 

Tell me.

Happy Birthday Grandma!!! (and a recipe)

Even Physical Therapy gets her to smile.

That is my darling girl, age 5, with her Great-Grandmother about 6 weeks ago.  Granny turned 97 on Thursday and today we are in Albert Lea, MN celebrating the best granny EVER! 

I found the perfect card that talked about rule breaking and fun having.  Granny let us do all kinds of crazy things at her house. 

• Make corn-husk dolls
• Make up games
• Cook, bake, blender up a shake - and mix a martini or two
• Color with the iris and day-lily blooms we dead-headed
• Go swimming
• Be silly
• Stay up late and listen to the radio - even call in to those late night programs
• Play Scrabble
• Tell stories to each other in bed
• Sleep out on the porch
• Inspire, Love and Adore

The BEAUTIFUL Birthday Girl with 3 of her 5 Great-Grandchildren

Happy NINTEY SEVENTH BIRTHDAY Lausy!

Here is something she might love!

I was watching Food Network last weekend...per usual.  And I watched not one, but TWO hosts make a chicken stew of some kind.  It put me in the mood, but since I was NOT in the mood for beans Saturday with the idea of refried later that evening at my in-laws I made this stew up out of my head.

Enjoy.

3 Sausages - I used Chicken Apple without casings - here is where you can be flexible, use what you like.  I would suggest staying away from a spicy sausage as it would negate the herbs I used.  I considered Chicken Garlic/Spinach and a mild Itallian - but I just LOVE Chicken Apple.

1 chicken breast diced - raw or cooked/leftover - I was using up a lonely little breast in a bag from my freezer.  See, more flexible.  You could even use turkey - or just put in two more sausages and no chicken breast! 

1 cup rice uncooked - 2 cooked! (so semi-flexible here)

1/2 cup white wine - unless you are opposed, use more chicken stock.

4 cups of stock - I used chicken of course.  But you could substitute vegetable if you prefer.

The important parts are next and I don't consider them flexible!

3 carrots
1 large onion
1 red bell pepper
1/2 cup corn
2 T. Olive Oil
1 T. Garlic chopped
1 tsp salt
1 tsp black pepper
2 bay leaves
1 tsp. thyme - dried
1/4 t cumin

Directions:  Put two tablespoons water, carrots sliced to 1/4 inch and sausages in pan - cover over medium heat for five minutes until steamy.  Remove lid and brown sausages.  Remove sausages and carrots, set aside on a plate. Add onion, thyme, salt and peper, and olive oil to pan and cook until translucent, about 5 minutes on medium heat.  Add raw chicken and cook through about 5 minutes more. (If using cooked chicken you can just add after onions are translucent).

Deglaze the pan with 1/2-1/4 c. white wine that you would drink.

Add in red bell pepper sliced, cumin, garlic and cook on medium for 2-3 minutes.

Add stock, rice, bay leaves bring to a boil, reduce heat and let simmer for 15 minutes. Then check salt and pepper to see if you need more.  (if rice is cooked just heat through at this stage)

Add in corn, sausages sliced 1/2 inch thick and the carrots and let simmer for five minutes.

Serve and enjoy! 

Of course it was even better the next day.



Chicken & Sausage Stew

You know its gotten bad when...

You post a photo for Mama Kat's Weekly Writing Prompt...

4) Share a photo that captures your special Valentine(s)

This is an old photo from @BooBooLaLa's first trip to our vacation timeshare at Breezy Point.

I don't know how we look LESS tired when she was a baby and MORE tired now that she is five.  We must be OLD. 
I will be back with a review and giveaway - once it warms up and I get enough fluid back in me from having the flu...

Boo Boo Saturday - Project Runway Edition

And here we have @Iambooboolala modeling her latest design from her "UPS Truck" collection.  Note the subtle tone-on-tone stripe down the front of this lovely frock acheived using tape and an overlapping tecnique - very advanced!

And the shoes are fashioned after a style worn by noted fairy, Tinkerbell.  More kudos to 3M for supplying the tape used in this fashion-forward design.

Look for more @Iambooboolala fashions next time!

You know I am cooler than Klum, right?

WW - Growing Up Too Fast

WW - Choose our holiday card photo 2010!

One

 Just like years past...only newer.

Two

Three

Four

What will you not say today?

Guess who got a haircut???

THIS MAMA

 I am also rockin' fall in my favorite boots, knee-hi, sweater skirt combo...

Tales of the J-Dogg:

So he is recovering from jaw surgery of course...and I have been adamant about getting breakfast in him before school this first week back. 

Whilst I was cooking up his oatmeal this morning he said he was going out to "...turn his car around."

Uh, yeah.  Okay.

Goes out...comes in...huffs.  Goes back out, comes back in, huffs.

"My key fob won't work when the doors are locked."

Ummm.  Genius much?  You didn't test it BEFORE you shut the locked door with the car running??? And what frozen hell do you think is going on out there that you need to be "warming up" your car??
IT IS FIFTY DEGREES outside and we live in MINNESOTA!!!

Thirty minutes later we got it open. 

sigh.

I love being in sweaty gym clothes in my yard at 6:30 am.

And the cat got out.

At least I am still looking FABULOUS!  Even my boss said, "Wow Lisa you look NICE today." 

and he is a guy...

Now go visit Iris please to tell her just how FABULOUS you are.