Well, she didn’t check herself into the local nuthouse (at least not YET) but she did have an OH SHIT my big “little” kids are gonna be in 6th and 8th grade moment….and i haven’t a clue WHERE TIME HAS GONE. I accidentally started this crazy biz when the “babies” were 2 i think (now they are 7:()…and life has been like a hurricane ever since and i KNOW my priorities got completely jumbled in the whirlwind! I own it. I admit it….i CANNOT do my life worth a damn…sure, it looks like i am freakin superEM from the outside lookin in BUT I CAN ASSURE U I AM SOOOOO NOT! I am lost in a world of hectic CHAOS and the chaos has started to define meeee:(. If that makes ANY SENSE AT ALL TO NORMAL MORTALS THAT SLEEP?…soooooo it hit me randomly when both of my GOOD kiddos were getting into trouble at school (and i swear im not claiming they are saints by any means BUT THEY ARE GOOD KIDS)..but Haydn had to write a paper about himself aspart of a punishment and (remember im an OPEN BOOK..ur gettin the truth and u can bet yo a$$ on that)…part of it simply said “i want my old mom back”…OUCH…hit like a damn ton o’ bricks but i KNEW exactly what he meant! And the airheaded 7th grade athlete who hates homework was SPOT ON! I had to STOP, DROP, and EVALUATE my life BIG TIME.(NOTE: turning into a prune in the tub so this will BE CONTINUED)…

PART 2:

SOOOOO ….lemme try to explain my head…which unless u have crazy adult ADHD/anxiety from HELL, and severe insomnia chances are it will make ZERO SENSE but it does somehow to me….SOOOOO i realized i was “LOST” when a friend who i knew had “been there, done that” and survived replied to a text with honest, raw advice that i will “remain LOST until i figure out what I NEED”…and i realized i was doing JUST THAT…i had to walk away from work for first time in 5 years and work on regaining some control over MY LIFE and what I NEED…in short, i realized until i catch up on all the SHIT that has built up and been scattered all over our freaking house for the years I’ve been in this whirlwind and reorganize, regain my home office that the kids WRECKED when i made it an “art room”…and TRY to find or make some space for ME and a home to come home to and chill out at…sad to report we are NOT there YET but i have decided i can’t let anything stop me from finishing in the very near future….We rented a junk bee gone dumpster TWICE and put it under the deck so i could just launch shit off the deck while blasting jeffrey lewis on the kitchen tv (just off the deck) for inspiration! if i got stuck i’d send mom a picture and say “WWJLD”…(what would jeff lewis do)….my mom ALWAYS texted back “JEFF SAYS GET RID OF THAT SHIT NOWWWW”…ROFL…soooo it was working. i was doing it and doing it RIGHT for first time in YEARS. color coded my closet and kris’ closet (he wasn’t quite as pumped about this as i was) but ya know…color coded my extremely WARPED library i have managed to collect over the years…(NOTE: remember when u color code them like on interest the subjects don’t matter…just the COLOR..soooo we got martha stewart holiday crafts right alongside sex tips from a gay man for strait women (and YES, i am drop dead NOT JOKING…the title sounded interesting..bahahaha)…but look how pretty my screwed up library is..ooh and life is too short to fold fitted sheets i think falls right by 101 days of red hot quickies…which i am positive my husband would assure you has NOT been cracked yet..but again, sounded quite interesting and inspirational dontcha think? LMAO. (told ya this would be real, raw and nothing to hide, didn’t i??)….if you are offended probably STOP reading NOW bc i haven’t a clue where the crap this is headed now to be honest w/yall….

soooooo anyway basically i decided that i could NOT wind down and decide what it is that make ME HAPPY until i feel a place to go home to and RELAX (or try to…not much of a relaxer but that’s another thing that must change or ill be dead by the age of 40 no doubt)…soooo i frantically went on a “OPERATION regain my SHITHOLE or else…MISSION IMfunk’nPOSSIBLE”…and am still not there but to do it right it is sooooo time consuming it’s not even funny but the kitchen is perfectly organized w/o all the excess crap, i have almost finished regaining my home office space and our bedroom and closets are done…tons of crap is dumped and we now have a mail/homework closet thing going on so everyone can find what they need for whatever project without yelling for “MOOOMMMYYYYYY”…geesh I’m sooo tired of being the ONLY one who can MAYBE find a damn thing in this 4000sq feet of chaos! GOTTA CHANGE…..soooo i still have no idea how to make things manageable or what I NEED TO BE HAPPY or anything …yep, still no answers but i do know that owning a biz in a shit economy today SUX and i have to get back to work or else so look for a big ole sale to be coming really soon but I’m also freaking out because i feel like no matter where I’m at or what i am doing i am letting someone down. ugh. BUTTT i do feel like the fact that i have stopped denying myself the truth that i lost MEEE in the chaos I’ve been living in is definitely a step in the right direction. while i hate that still i have no resolution or ANSWER to my own question i feel like i have AT LEAST ADMITTED THE PROBLEM TO MYSELF….my priorities have been completely FUNK’d up which in turn is most likely the main reason that “I CANT DO MY LIFE”…me and my friend Jill talk about the “good ole days” when we would haul all 8 kids to the pool EVERY SINGLE DAY OF THE SUMMER and our kids totally remember that and the fun, not so fun, and just downright FUNK’n HYSTERICAL times we’ve had while just trying to SURVIVE the summers with 4 kids and i think that making those kinda memories for my kids IS WHAT MAKES ME HAPPIEST and hanging w/my husband and good friends times and just being PRESENT in the damn MOMENT is what i have totally lost sight of and KNOW IT. And i wish i could finish my story here but dang it i CANT bc i have no idea how it ends….ughhhhhhh….but anyway, hate me or love me…im a person…a dang honest person that tells the TRUTH…and well….THAT’S EXACTLY WHERE IVE BEEN…still looking but trying to find Haydn and his siblings “his old mom back”.

Stephanie Williams and Kristin Carver grew up friends in Maryville. They befriended each other in elementary school, played on the same youth basketball team, took modern dance in middle school and graduated from Maryville High School.

After high school, like so many other friends, they went their own ways. Williams went to the University of Tennessee. Carver went to Clemson University, then to medical school and training to be a radiologist who specializes in breast imaging. They saw each other occasionally, at a wedding or holiday party, through the years.

Each woman married and had two children. Williams moved to Mississippi with husband Craig Williams and children Stella Mae, now 5, and Walt, 7. Carver came home to Maryville last year to work with LeConte Radiology that provides radiology services for Blount Memorial Hospital.

Then cancer reconnected them.

Last July, Williams found a lump in one of her breasts. Then 35, she had a double mastectomy.

Dr. Kristin Carver

The Jackson, Miss., resident didn’t want to talk to many people about her health. One of her best friends, Emily Tanner of Knoxville, became her link to childhood friends. “My husband called Emily and told her. I wanted to get it done, get it out and move on. So I would talk to Emily, tell her my status and she was my outlet,” says Williams.

That circle of friends Tanner shared with helped Williams and Carver reconnect. Friends told Carver of Williams’ cancer fight. “In my profession I have seen many young women diagnosed with cancer,” says Carver. “It really hit home with someone you grew up with.”

Williams discovered Carver specialized in breast cancer detection. After her mastectomy, she texted Carver. “I texted her some questions about me, about my treatment. That’s how it got started,” Williams recalls.

The two communicated by text and e-mail. Soon the conversation turned to a product Williams created for women recovering from a mastectomy.

Home days after her surgery, Williams felt great. But she had to deal with postoperative surgical drains that prevent blood and lymphatic fluid from collecting under her skin. The tubes started under her skin near her incisions and ended at small plastic bulbs that hung near her waist. “It looks like you are a robot,” Williams said.

She asked her mother, Diane Newman of Maryville, to use some knit material and “sew a scarf with pockets.” Williams crossed the scarf across her chest so it held the tubing. She tucked the drain bulbs in the scarf end pockets. “Because of the way it crosses it hides the tubing,” she says. She could wear her own blouses and didn’t need to hide the drains and tubes in a big sweatshirt or pin them to a camisole.

“I felt normal. I didn’t feel like people were looking at me and saying,’ Oh, she has breast cancer.’ And because my kids are so young, I didn’t want them to be scared of me having surgery. If they couldn’t see the drains, it was like they were not there.”

Williams and friend Susan Steckler decided to sell the scarves to other women recovering from a mastectomy or tummy tuck operation. Their company is called Flowerpotz because a drain bulb resembles a flower bulb. They perfected the original design, added a snap for security and offered it in four color options of denim, pink, brown or gray. They sell the scarves to stores and for $35 at www.flowerpotz.com.

Williams texted Carver about the scarf, and Carver invited her to send a sample. Now the scarves are sold in the newly reopened Perfect Fit boutique at Blount Memorial. The store offers products for women who have had a mastectomy. Carver also has given Williams leads of other places nationwide that might be interested in the Flowerpotz scarf.

“I was glad for the chance to reconnect with Stephanie and in a positive way,” says Carver. “This young woman with children had cancer, and she has this great outlook.”

http://www.knoxnews.com/news/2012/apr/07/friends-reconnect-because-of-ones-cancer/

Monday- Chicken and Rice Soup and grilled cheese sandwiches

Chicken and Rice soup. Recipe from Pinterest- Gotta love Pinterest! Super Yummy~

Ingredients-
1 Tablespoon of EVOO
1 med onion
2 garlic cloves, minced (I cheat and use the jar minced garlic)
2 med carrots cut diagonally into 1/2 inch pieces
2 stalks of celery cut into 1/2 inch pieces
4 fresh thyme sprigs
1 bay leaf
2 quarts of chicken stock or broth
1 cup of water
1 cup of long grain white rice
1 1/2 cups of shredded chicken breasts
salt and pepper

Directions-
Place a soup pot over med heat and add EVOO. Add onion, garlic, carrots, celery,thyme and bay leaf. Cook and stir for about 6 minutes until veggies are softened but not brown. Pour in broth and water. Bring to a boil. Add rice and chicken. Season with salt and pepper. Cook on med/low until rice is tender. About 30 minutes. Serve hot with cheese bread or grilled cheese sandwiches.

Tuesday- Hamburger Stroganoff and Green Beans

Hamburger Stroganoff

1 to 1/2 pounds of ground chuck
1 can of cream of mushroom
1 small container of sour cream
1 small package of baby bella mushrooms- sliced (optional)
1 small onion
package of egg noodles

Directions-
In a large skillet melt a pat of butter and sautee onion and mushrooms for about 5 minutes. Add ground chuck and brown. Drain then add soup and sour cream and salt and pepper to taste. Cook on med heat until hot then serve over cooked lightly buttered egg noodles. I serve with Allens green beans cooked in butter.

Wednesday- Angel Chicken

Angel chicken recipe from Pinterest. Cooked in a crockpot. Serve with a salad which for me is a bag of salad and a sliced cucumber and a Grainger County tomato! Pour some “homemade” Hidden Valley Ranch dressing on top and its the best simple salad ever!

Angel Chicken

4-5 skinless, boneless chicken breasts halves
1 8oz package of fresh button mushrooms, quartered
1 6 oz package od Shitake mushrooms, stems removed, caps sliced
1/4 cup of butter
10.7 oz package of dry Italian salad dressing mix
1 can of cream of mushroom
1/2 cup of dry white wine
1/2 cup of an 8 ounce tub of chive and onion cream cheese
hot cooked rice or angel hair pasta

Directions-
Melt butter in a saucepan. Add Italian dressing mix. Stir in soup, wine, and cream cheese until it is combined and is melted. Cut up mushrooms. Place mushrooms in bottom of a slow cooker. Top with Chicken. Pour sauce on top. Cook on low for 5 hours. Serve over rice or pasta.

Thursday- Hamburgers with roasted new potatoes

Thursdays I like to take a little break and let DAJ grill something. This week its going to be burgers. Simple enough. I just mix ground beef with a little steak sauce and make patties for him and let him take it from there, (not really. He actually does all the prep. I just wanted to sound important) I like mine with Pimento cheese on top but the kids usually do the traditional lettuce and tomato and mayo. SOmetimes I like to slice an Avacado and put it on top with some swiss cheese. You know how you like your burger. My recipe for roasted new potatoes is complicated so pay attention.

Roasted New potatoes-

Small bag of red potatoes
EVOO
Salt

Quarter new potatoes and spread in a pyrex dish. Drizzle EVOO on top and mix them around with your hands. Sprinkle salt on top. Bake at 400 degrees for about 30 minutes until tender. I warned you that it was complicated.

Friday- Pizza Palace (really) but Em asked for 5 recipes so I’ll pretend we are having Buttermilk Chicken with a salad

Buttermilk Chicken-
Soak 6 chicken breasts in buttermilk all day long. Mix Bisquick, salt and pepper or any other all purpose seasoning mix, and about a large handful of chopped pecans. Dredge chicken in Bisquick mixture and place in a Pyrex dish (sprayed with Pam). Melt a stick of butter and pour over the top. Bake on 350 for 45 minutes.

Theres a few Johnson family “go-to’s”. Hope you enjoy them!
-jjj

Here’s how to play or submit rather
(play with us sounds kinda rank..sorry:/):
1. EMAIL ME SIX DAYS of either your family faves, new ones you search for, whatever to facebook@emtannerdesigns.com–but this works…if we all do it once we get boatloads of great printable ideas that dont call for snooty ingredients such as a parsley snippet to garnish with (phrases like that send me strait to the pizza delivery number)

2. Tell all your busy, crazy, even the organized moms that are rockin’ crazy to be our facebook fan and hang with us as we all TRY to live thru this thing called motherhood!!! The more submissions the easier our lives will become at 6pm!!!

3. I think i tried to post each weeks winner on Thursday or Friday so we could grocery shop over weekend. So each week i post a new winner on the blog. (tell all your mom friends to come “like” our page and play along…we all gain great recipes so the more the merrier!

Justa heads up to you other crazy mommas…START WORKIN ON GETTIN A 6 day meal plan of easy, quick family meals bc ive gotta get MY WEEKLY WARRIOR GAME BACK ON..and just to make sure it happens the featured SUPERMOM im startin it with is THE JILL JOHNSON (who no longer facebooks for lent) but has 5 kids and lotsa fast easy fixes under her hat. She is/was/always has been my GO TO MOM FRIEND to help me realize its GONNA BE CRAZY WITH 4 kids! Its tough 2 ONLY CHILDREN GET HITCHED and have had at one point 4 kids under 5. Ummmm my childhood as ive told yall WAS a martha stewart living cover…Barbie can make some shizzz happen but she reminds me daily that she had ONE, UNO, UN…granted she always adds that her “one is a huge pain in the a$$ even as an adult” and dad always mumbles in background “why the heck do u think we had only one…we were waiting to see how that one turned out”…i cant say i disagree with him. Two of me would be horrid! Sooooo get your submissions ready. Will post more details on the blog soon!!! xoxo hope yall r having a great weekend.

 NOTE: will post Jill Johnson’s “GO TO” list the kick this off again as soon as i can! sit tight.

this was actually VERY easy and pick up one of those sally hansen clean up nail polish remover pens and it is perfecto! Oh also, i used a kinda off white color the first go around like it looked on Pinterest but it didn’t show up at all so i would def suggest STARK WHITE even though it looks really bad before you soak them in the alcohol and apply the newspaper….i did my toes too…warning: it is definitely a conversation starter! Everytime i got a fresh sonic i was asked about it.lol. Then i had to tell the step by step directions so contemplating next time carrying around a business cardlike stack of directions like the deaf people do handing our fliers ya know. it honestly would save a lot of explaining time.(just a heads up)

click here to read Hutton Johnson’s Miracle of a story on her caringbridge page.(no way could i even begin to RETELL it and do it justice!!!).

http://www.emtannerdesigns.com/gifts/hutton-s-heart-benefit-products/hutton-s-heart-official-tees.html

http://www.chw.org/display/PPF/DocID/26050/router.asp

http://www.caringbridge.org/visit/huttonjohnson

For the month of February 25% of the proceeds from the following products will be donated to Hutton’s Heart to benefit “Project Adam”. Project Adam is a benefit to put defibrillators into area schools and as a mother of an athlete that will be attending Catholic High School, I am happy to report they have received the first one! WOO HOO. Anyway, great cause and we’re always happy to help our very own little special BABY HUTTON JOHNSON…I am also happy to report that since receiving her new heart there have been some ups and downs but little Hutt and her new heart are doing great and sassy and as “DAVID JOHNSONISH” as she can be…I personally think she should have been named “Daveta”! She is going to be R-O-T-T-E-N (and they will even admit it=)!). As always, we appreciate all of you keeping our little buddy in your thoughts and prayers that she continues to ROCK her new heart for many years to come! She is one amazing little gal…have to bite my lip as i type this bc OMGAHHH she is soooo freakin’ CUTE and FUNNY…her personality CRACKS ME UP!!! The child is resilient. Amazingly resilient! She has SOMETHING she is SUPPOSED to be doing here on this crazy earth!!! I have NO DOUBTS she will figure it out and make it happen whatever it may be! NEVER DOUBT THE POWER OF HUTT! lol. (ask the docs at CHOP…many of them had to learn the hard way…haha)

NOTE: not meaning that AT ALL offensive to all the AMAZING doctors there…it’s just that Hutton seems to be a little more amazing than Science and medicine…really a walking miracle made possible only by those AMAZING DOCS she proved wrong!

xoxo

also participating are the following local businesses:

The Rustic Cradle

Send Julie @ The Rustic Cradle a message if you wish to purchase one of her beautiful “Hutton’s Hearts” canvases for your home…check out lots of other photos, styles and colors on her facebook page i have linked to.

The Cup

the cupcake flavor that will be benefitting Hutton’s Heart is chocolate covered cherry

i believe…will update if i’m incorrect!Remember for the entire month of February! YUMMO.

Gift & Gourmet

Mary Lee at Gift & Gourmet is selling plates in honor of Hutton’s heart for the month of February…Jill is working on getting me a photo in the meantime…I have also linked to this FAB local store’s website that you WON’T want to miss! It’s so very West-Knox-Shabby-Chic…it’s one of those boutiques that i can smell (a GREAT TO DIE FOR SMELL) that you can literally smell in your head when you think of it…lol…(if you are one of these crazy peeps that associate smells w/ happy places like me!). Regardless, it’s a great boutique!

Ok soooo because I have literally HUNDREDS of apps I use And love the thought of an app blog would overwhelm me!!! Yikes, where to start Is what would begin in this noggin’ and I’d run like hell to escape the ADHD/anxiety flood that followed. Soooooo I have decided to not try to “eat an elephant in one bite”(I think that’s the way it goes??…Laura gets this one from her dad and she often has to pull it out on me)….soooo I’m starting with my current favorite PHOTOGRAPHY APPS and there may be several parts to this blog. Hoping I can figure out a way to explain how to use them to BUT….let’s just say THERE IS A REASON I AM NOT A TEACHER!!!;)…I have huge appreciation for teachers and their skills and patience!!! I have none of the traits. ….ok here goes it:

1. idarkroom

(below pic completely edited in idarkroom…vignette also via idarkroom)—i probably think it’s safe to say i use idarkroom more than any app….at least for now. I do go thru phases.

ok so I use this one almost everytime I edit anything. I make the colors pop here before I take into another app and make a collage or I can also add my fave round border if I’m doing a single photo post and just use this app. If that makes a lick of sense.

2. Photoshop Express

If u are a photoshopper/adobe queen like myself u will enjoy this app for working with contrast/exposure/saturation and cropping….but other than that I feel the rest of the filters on here are kinda cheesy so I take the photoshopped photo or set into a different app.

3. PicFrame

This is THE MACK DADDY Collage app I use ALL THE TIME!!! and the labels to put words on them is an app within this app for an extra .99 and is well worth it! U can adjust the squares in each template as needed and it’s just SUPER DUPER ACCOMODATING APP abdomen probably my NUMBER ONE MUST HAVE IF I HAD TO PICK JUST ONE!!!

(the below collages were created in Pic Frame AFTER a round of idarkroom and some photoshopping)

4. Instagram

I’ve had my IG account for a long time but then Kris got me interested after showing me some of the masterpieces running thru “Rooftop’s” IG feed (from LA ink show. He Kat’s best guy friend and old roommate)…and now I’m totally diggin it. There are soooo many fabulous iphoneographers both professional and ameture and just for fun….i could look at peeps photography for HOURSSSSSSS– Come follow me And I’ll follow you….I think I’m emietanner

5. Tiltshift Generator

(below photos totally edited within tiltshift app)

This is my fave app for blurring and shifting focus. I also think it rocks to adjust colors and such. I use this often PRE-PicFrame collage app if that makes sense.

6. PhotoSync

(SUPER HANDY FOR MULTI DEVICE PEEPS)

This ROCKS if u are a gadget hoe like we are!…you load on all devices and on your Mac and when both are opened u can wirelessly transfer photos to and from any device. It rocks. It occasionally crashes if u try to transfer too many at a time. I can do about 40 or so WO crashing.

7.Genius Camera

I use this one PRE-INSTAGRAM a lot…it makes the colors obnoxious and then w/the instagram filters it looks AHHHMAZING (most of the time) i have found. Very easy to use and pretty quick to edit since it is a “pre-edit”….i try not to take too long if i use several apps to achieve one post or collage on each app….i literally could spend hours playing with apps and which results i like the best but i try to keep as simple as possible for the most part because i do a lot of posting. But this is a good app to get the photo “prepped” for instagram filters if u are an instagrammer….and if you are NOT….dont do it unless you are okay w/being addicted to iphoneography!!! it’s amazing what all is done w/iphone cameras these days, really. very cool stuff. i enjoy looking at it ALLLLL

8. Storie

(below is one of my (unfinished of course=))”stories”)–NOTE:click on the arrow on the right to scroll through the storie.

LOVE this app if you just want to tell a photo story with few words…i did a “storie” of halloween costumes thru the years sooooo it’s great if you need to incorporate a lot of photos to tell your “STORIE”=). Very simple to use and if you are a blogger it is really blog friendly as far as embedding your storie into your blog. it’s very cool…oh and you follow people and stuff…kinda the same idea as on instagram…if ya wanna follow me on STORIE….my username is: emietanner  In fact i need to do a new Storie…havent used it in a while and i had forgotten how much i loved it! GREAT APP!!! I wanna follow all of you guys so go get moving on Storie and follow me so i can follow YOU!

9.Diptic

(below is a diptic creation)

Similar to PicFrame but i like this one too….you can round both inside corners and outside corners and it looks cool…BUUUUTTT i definitely use PicFrame the most…Basically this is just a tad different version of a similar collage app. Both are great and some of my very faves!!!

10. iQuikDoF

(below was created with idarkroom and iQuikDoF together..and a little photoshop)

Depth of field app…very cool, easy to use and just gives you the ability to control the focal point of all your iPhone photos. i very much so LOVE this app. Well worth paying for the pro version for sure.

11. Strip Designer

(below collage was edited in mobile photoshop and created in Strip Designer)

Another great app for combining several photos into one. I used this ALL THE TIME until i discovered PicFrame but still love this one too! I like variety and go back and forth to keep it from getting uber monotonous!

12.Montage

(advanced app i would say)

(below was run thru genius camera and then created in montage)…highly possible i am a moron but it did take me a little bit to figure this one out…just an FYI.

NOT saying everyone cannot go master this app but didn’t want you to feel like a moron if you take a while to figure it out but it took me a while to achieve what i wanted to but once i did i loved the result…Gives you full reign on the design and layout of a collage…You aren’t forced to stick w/a template…you make your own design layout. it’s fun, but definitely takes a little more “know how” and time. i never use this one for a quick photo post but it’s great for those nights in the tub where time is on my side…BAHAHAHAH…ya whatever like TIME IS EVER ON MY SIDE! sounded good though.

Okey Dokey….this is literally only a very FEW of my photo apps but these are the ones I’m using the most recently…if any of you have any questions post them here on the blog as a comment and i will do my best to help ya out. Hope you all enjoy these apps as much as i do!

xoxo

xoxo

Happy Stockin’ Stuffin’!

Cupcake Flavored Toothpaste…probably bc I wanna try this myself!?
http://www.perpetualkid.com/search.aspx?find=cupcake+toothpaste

Scratch-n-sniff stickers…I loved these things when I was little!!! Check out these crazy flavors I found…
http://www.amazon.com/Peaceable-Kingdom-Press-38804509-SCRATCH/dp/B004C3BRE4

Crate & Barrel S’mores Baskets!!!

Looove these and they were ONLY $6.95!!!
http://m.crateandbarrel.com/search.aspx?query=Smores

Spinmallow battery operated marshmallow roaster sticks!

http://www.markysparkytoys.com/

http://www.lillianvernon.com/Product/Pas

i just love these on the side of our fridge for homework bc they look cute…bahaha..yep, totally serious…got each kid like 3 packs last year…pretty sure i was more excited about them then they were but hey i still love them!

philosophy holiday sets…so MAYBE MY GIRLS WILL LEAVE MINE ALONE!!!candy cane is AHHHH-MAZING!

http://www.philosophy.com/special-values/special-values-special-savings/value-sets-15andunder

milk straws
http://www.magicstraws.com/products.php

spit balls…these were fun;)…easter baskets last year:)!

http://www.thinkgeek.com/geektoys/cubegoodies/cd32/

rubber band shootin’ pen…oh yea the teachers will LOOVE ME I’m cartain!?!?;)
http://www.thinkgeek.com/geektoys/warfare/e5b8/?pfm=Search&t=Rubber%20band%20gun

stupid socks…just because middle schoolers like to look like MORONS. The more rediculous the outfit, the cooler they are?!?! WHATEV.
http://www.thinkgeek.com/brain/loot.cgi

Lego head lamp…Henry is all about Legos, period.
http://www.thinkgeek.com/geek-kids/7-13-years/c75a/

le whif chocolat…this product just sparked my curiosity–inhale your chocolate instead of eat! Only one calorie. Lol?

http://www.thinkgeek.com/caffeine/wacky-edibles/e67f/?pfm=Search&t=le%20whif

astronaut ice cream
http://www.thinkgeek.com/interests/giftsunder10/9e07/

Little Twin Stars Perfume!!!…can’t wait to open this! OMG I LOVED THIS SMELL IN THE HELLO KITTY STORE AS A KID!!!
http://www.perpetualkid.com/little-twin-stars-cologne-hello-kitty.aspx

Mommy TATTOO bandaids…I love these:)…Henry will wear them with pride, my little “mommas boy”!!!

http://www.perpetualkid.com/tattoo-bandage-assortment.aspx

Uhhhh. Ahhhhh. JUST KIDDIN;). Im warped. Yea i know! Cake that’s better than sex to be exact! Nahhhh, i DONT think its better than sex but im also 35 (you know what they say about women in their 30′s…i think it may be TRUE:))…But this cake is pretty DA-AMN GOOD. Just not quite “orgasmically good”. Bahaha. SORRY THAT WAS KINDA GROSS.

This cake is divine. Lusciously divine. Rich chocolate cake, drenched in caramel sauce, chocolate covered toffee and whipped cream! Ooooh yeah : )

BETTER THAN SEX CAKE

Recipe from: allrecipes.com

1 (18.25 oz) package Devil’s food cake mix (and the eggs, oil and water it calls for)

1/2 can (14 oz) Sweetened Condensed milk

6 oz Caramel Sauce

3 Chocolate covered Toffee candy bars ( I used Skors)

1 (8 oz) container frozen Cool-Whip, thawed

Directions: Bake cake according to package directions for a 9×13 baking dish. Remove from oven and let sit for 5 minutes. Using a fork, polk holes all over the cake.

Pour the caramel sauce evenly all over the top of the cake. Then pour only half of the can of sweetened condensed milk evenly over the top of the cake. Chop up one of the candy bars, and sprinkle evenly on top. Place cake in refrigerator and let chill for a few hours to cool completely.

Remove cake from refrigerator, and spread the thawed cool-whip evenly over the top. Chop up the remaining two candy bars, and then sprinkle evenly over the entire cake. Serve!