Merry Christmas from the Muhlesteins!

A Salute to the Working Mom!

Last week I worked 40 hours on my feet the whole day long.
I am exhausted. I have two more days until my short term job comes to an end and let me just say to all those Moms who work outside the home, "You deserve a raise!"
When do you figure out what's for dinner?
When do you go grocery shopping?
When do you do your laundry?
Do you ever stay up past eight o'clock?
Here's to you, and to all mother's everywhere!

Up For a Good Laugh?

Please go here for a great laugh!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7trURFA3Xw8
Gotta love those pas de bourees!

Twilight.Saw Three Times. Already.

Okay, Here's my take on Twilight. After the third time, I'm seeing Edward in MY dreams. Take that Miss Bells!
Seriously, the first time was at the midnight showing and well, I was a tad bit tired and there were thousands of young(er) girls swooning and oogling over Edward. Yeah, yeah. Okay.
Then the second time was with Caroline (yes, I made her finish the book!) She kept telling me everything that was different from the book. We finally had to come to terms and realize "we" could not talk through the whole movie. (Right, Caroline, um humm)
The third took me completely by surprise because Chad wanted to go see it for a date!
I have never seen a movie more than once in the theater. I didn't start off loving it, but now I'm pretty sure we'll be buying the DVD!
Now, I'm off to shop the Black Friday deals. Gotta Go!

Happy Halloween!

GREETINGS FROM....

From Kirk, the IronMan

Jake's friend, Zack, and Jake
The Old Men

And
Caroline and her friend, Sara
The Bitty Baby Twins!


FYI: Skipper wouldn't keep a costume on
so helped Chad and Christian hand out candy.
He howled at EVERYONE!

HomeMadeApplesauce

A first grade class at Kirk's school made homemade applesauce

for Harvest Day yesterday. It smelled so good I decided to make some.

A bowl full of apples (probably a dozen med-large apples)

made about two cups of applesauce.

All I added was cinnamon, and it was so good!

It also made the house smell like I was cooking all day.

What did I learn?

It's way easy to make. Just core, peel and slice.

Throw in the crockpot with a shake or two of cinnamon and a half cup of water.

Cook until mushy, and then smash with a potato masher.

Eat it warm or cold, with a little vanilla ice cream or not. Yummy!

What else did I learn?

A dozen apples is not enough to provide enough applesauce for my clan.

No wonder applesauce is expensive. But...

Why is applesauce with sugar added less expensive than natural applesauce at the store?

Ponder that one for a minute!

Need a Good Laugh? Here You Go...

Mr. and Mrs. Fenton are retired, and Mrs. Fenton insists
her husband go with her to Walmart,
but he gets bored with all the shopping trips.
He prefers to get in and get out, but Mrs. Fenton loves to browse.
Here's a letter sent to Mrs. Fenton------

Dear Mrs. Fenton,
Over the past six months, your husband has been causing quite a commotion in our store. We cannot tolerate this behavior and may ban both of you from our stores. We have documented all incidents on our video surveillance equipment. All complaints against Mr. Fenton are listed below.
Things Mr. Bill Fenton has done while his spouse was shopping in Walmart:

June 15: Took 24 boxes of condoms and randomly put them in people's carts when they weren't looking.

July 2: Set all the alarm clocks in Housewares to go off at 5-minute intervals

July 7: Made a trail of tomato juice on the floor leading to the restrooms.

July 19: Walked up to an employee and told her in an official tone, 'Code 3' in housewares..... and watched what happened.

August 4: Went to the Service Desk and asked to put a bag of M&M's on layaway.

September 14: Moved a 'CAUTION - WET FLOOR' sign to a carpeted area.

September 15: Set up a tent in the camping department and told other shoppers he'd invite them in if they'll bring pillows from the bedding department.

September 23: When a clerk asks if they can help him, he begins to cry and asks, 'Why can't you people just leave me alone?'

October 4: Looked right into the security camera; used it as a mirror, and picked his nose.

November 10: While handling guns in the hunting department, asked the clerk if he knows where the antidepressants are.

December 3: Darted around the store suspiciously loudly humming the "Mission Impossible" theme.

December 6: In the auto department, practiced his "Madonna look" using different size funnels.

December 18: Hid in a clothing rack and when people browse through, yelled "PICK ME!" "PICK ME!"

December 21: When an announcement came over the loud speaker, he assumes the fetal position and screams "NO! NO! It's those voices again!!!!"

And last, but not least .....

December 23: Went into a fitting room, shut the door, waited awhile, then yelled very loudly, "There is no toilet paper in here!"

Regards, Walmart