It's a Chocolate World

What is a Mom?

2007-01-14T14:21:00.000-06:00

Why God made Moms -- BRILLIANT Answers given by
2nd grade school
children to the following questions!!

Why did God make mothers?

1. She's the only one who knows where the scotch
tape is.

2. Mostly to clean the house.

3. To help u s out of there when we were getting
born.

How did God make mothers?

1. He used dirt, just like for the rest of us.

2. Magic plus super powers and a lot of stirring

3. God made my Mom just the same like he made me.
He just used bigger
parts.

What ingredients are mothers made of?

1. God makes mothers out of clouds and angel hair
and everything nice
in the world and one dab of mean.

2. They had to get their start from men's bones.
Then they mostly use
string, I think.

Why did God give you your mother & not some other
mom?

1. We're related

2. God knew she likes me a lot more than other
people's moms like me.

What kind o f little girl was your mom?

1. My mom has always been my mom and none of that
other stuff.

2. I don't know because I wasn't there, but my
guess would be pretty
bossy

3. They say she used to be nice.

What did mom need to know about dad before she
married him?

1. His last name.

2. She had to know his background. Like is he a
crook? Does he get
drunk on beer?

3. Does he make a t least $800 a year? Did he say
NO to dr ugs and YES
to chores?

Why did your mom marry your dad?

1. My dad makes the best spaghetti in the world.
And my Mom eats a lot.

2. She got too old to do anything else with him.

3. My grandma says that Mom didn't have her
thinking cap on.

Who's the boss at your house?

1. Mom doesn't want to be boss, but she h a s to
because dad's such a
goof ball.

2. Mom. You can tell by room inspection. She sees
the stuff under the
bed.

3. I guess Mom is. But only because she has a lot
more to do than dad.

What's the difference between moms & dads?

1. Moms work at work and work at home & dads just
go to work at work.

2. Moms know how to talk to teachers without
scaring them.

3. Dads are taller & stronger, but moms have all
the real power 'cause
that's who you got to ask if you want to sleep
over at your friend's.

4. Moms have magic, they make you feel better
without medicine.

What does your mom do in her spare time?

1. Mothers don't do spare time.

2. To hear her tell it, she pay s bills all day
long.

What would it take to make your mom perfect?

1. On the inside she's already perfect. Outside, I
think some kind of
plastic surgery.

2. Diet, you know, her hair. I'd diet, maybe blue.

If you could change one thing about your Mom, what
would it be?

1. She has this weird thing about me keeping my
room clean. I'd get
rid of that.

2. I'd make my Mom smarter. Then she would know it
was my sister who
did it and not me.
3. I would like for her to get rid of those
invisible eyes on the back
of her head.

Just another day.....

2006-11-29T15:31:00.000-06:00

So Mr. Goodbar has taken another job with FedEx, so we don't get to see much of him around here. So far the kids really haven't notice, but I know that they will sooner or later. Rolo has been doing REALLY good with Butterscotch....they play so good. They have been playing dress-up ALOT, and school. It's cute just to sit and watch them play. Then when we do our alphabets and numbers and shapes, they help eachother out.

Well we got our cabinets ordered and they said that it will take 3-4 weeks b4 there even here grrrrrrrrr......that means my kitchen won't be done till after the holidays...NOT COOL!!!! We also picked and ordered our floor, so hopefully they can put that in while were waiting for the cabinets.It will be nice to walk on something other than concrete when i go to get a glass of water!

Welp nothing else to report. Hope everyone has a great day!!!

CHOCOLATE FACT: Semisweet chocolate contains 15% - 35% chocolate liquor.

QUOTE: Man cannot live by chocolate alone - but woman can!

Just a little Christmas Spirit....

2006-11-28T13:45:00.000-06:00

I heard this song, and it brought tears to my eyes......

Twas the night before Christmas, he lived all alone,

In a one bedroom house made of plaster & stone.

I had come down the chimney, with presents to give

and to see just who in this home did live

As I looked all about, a strange sight I did see,

no tinsel, no presents, not even a tree.

No stocking by the fire, just boots filled with sand.

On the wall hung pictures of a far distant land.

With medals and badges, awards of all kind,

a sobering thought soon came to my mind.

For this house was different, unlike any I'd seen.

This was the home of a U.S. Marine.

I'd heard stories about them, I had to see more,

so I walked down the hall and pushed open the door.

And there he lay sleeping, silent, alone,

Curled up on the floor in his one-bedroom home.

He seemed so gentle, his face so serene,

Not how I pictured a U.S. Marine.

Was this the hero, of whom I’d just read?

Curled up in his poncho, a floor for his bed?

His head was clean-shaven, his weathered face tan.

I soon understood, this was more than a man.

For I realized the families that I saw that night,

owed their lives to these men, who were willing to fight.

Soon around the Nation, the children would play,

And grown-ups would celebrate on a bright Christmas day.

They all enjoyed freedom, each month and all year,

because of Marines like this one lying here.

I couldn’t help wonder how many lay alone,

on a cold Christmas Eve, in a land far from home.

Just the very thought brought a tear to my eye.

I dropped to my knees and I started to cry.

He must have awoken, for I heard a rough voice,

"Santa, don't cry, this life is my choice

I fight for freedom, I don't ask for more.

My life is my God, my country, my Corps."

With that he rolled over, drifted off into sleep,

I couldn't control it, I continued to weep.

I watched him for hours, so silent and still.

I noticed he shivered from the cold night's chill.

So I took off my jacket, the one made of red,

and covered this Marine from his toes to his head.

Then I put on his T-shirt of scarlet and gold,

with an eagle, globe and anchor emblazoned so bold.

And although it barely fit me, I began to swell with pride,

and for one shining moment, I was Marine Corps deep inside.

I didn't want to leave him so quiet in the night,

this guardian of honor so willing to fight.

But half asleep he rolled over, and in a voice clean and pure,

said "Carry on, Santa, it's Christmas Day, all secure."

One look at my watch and I knew he was right,

Merry Christmas my friend, Semper Fi and goodnight.

CHOCOLATE TUESDAY!!!!!!!!!!

2006-11-21T15:12:00.000-06:00

AND MAAAAAAAAAAAAAN have I eaten my share of it today!

Nothing really new here. Cept awhile back when I didn't have the internet in my house, I forgot to tell you folks that my water heater hmmmmm LEAKED! and got water all over the kitchen. So I called State Farm and they got some people out here w/in 48 hrs, and GUESS WHAT....I NOW HAVE NO KITCHEN!!!!!! They tore up the floor, so now there's concrete, they took out the stove, sink, w/d, all the doors, and come to find out they h ave to replace ALL THE CABINETS in the kitchen, cause they can't match them. yes yes even the cabinets were ruined!!! WANT TO KNOW THE BAD NEWS HUH HUH???? WE HAVE A BRAND NEW WATER HEATER SITTING IN OUR CLOSET HERE, WITH NO ONE TO INSTALL IT!!!!!!!!!!!!!! GRRRRRRRRRRR Its REALLY starting to pi$$ me off!!!! They can't put the floor down till we get that fixed. Someone "tried" to put the new one in, BUT it was too talll and he didn't have the "tools" to do anything! Now come to find out, the cabinets won't be in for 3-4 weeks.....I will be lucky if I get my kitchen back b4 christmas!!!!

Welp I hope you all have a great Chocolate Tuesdays. The factory is waking up from nap time, so I have got to go!!!

Take care everyone!!!

QUOTE: "There can be no progress if people have no faith in tomorrow."

CHOCOLATE FACT: Myth: Confectionery has a high fat content and will lead to weight gain.
Truth: "Candy, in moderation, can be part of low-fat eating. In fact, an occasional sweet treat helps you stick to a healthy eating plan." - Annette B. Natow, Ph.D., R.D., author of The Fat Counter and The Fat Attack Plan.

IM BACK......!!!!

2006-11-17T15:22:00.000-06:00

Wonder Pets Wonder Pets

We're on our way

To help [baby animal for this episode] and save the day.

We're not too big

And we're not too tough

But when we work together, we've got the Right Stuff.

Gohhhhhhhhhh Wonder Pets, YAY!!!!!

Linny, Tuck, and Ming Ming too

We're Wonder Pets and we'll help you.

What's gonna work?

Teamwork!

What's gonna work?

TEAMWORK!

You have just heard the theme song to (well wonder pets, but I changed the words) to our little club here. I now watch 5 kids. I have one brother and sister team, and one brother and brother team, and of course there's Rolo, and my neice (baby ruth).....
together we make a GREAT mess, and dance and sing. I have them already counting to 8 (IN ORDER HURRRRRRRRRRRAY!!!!) Of course 3 of them speak jibberish, which is ok, cause its never to early to learn to count or your abc's. I have one little girl here, we'll call her Butterscotch...she is 2 and is SO SMART. you can talk to this little girl like an adult!!!

I have Butterscotch )2yrs) and her brother Cinnamon (11months) and then theres Butterfinger (2yrs) and his brother Buddy Bear (5 months. and my neice baby ruth (8 months) and Rolo (3yrs, just turned three last weekend) so we have a full house!

Rolo is coming this weekend. Don't know what were going to do cause its supposed to be cold, darn the winter months!
Thanksgiving is next weeked, and were going to parent wonka's house for dinner.....she makes a MEAN stuffing!!

Welp that's all I have for now. Hope everyone has a GREAT weekend!!

CHOCOLATE FACT: In the United States, chocolate was first manufactured in 1765. It was introduced at Milton Lower Mills, near Dorchester, Massachusetts by John Hanau and James Baker who opened a processing house.

QUOTE: The 12-step chocoholics program:
NEVER BE MORE THAN 12 STEPS AWAY FROM CHOCOLATE!

It's been a while

2006-09-22T12:43:00.000-05:00

It's been a long while since I have been on here. I only get the computer every weekend if that.
Since the last time I have been on, the circus left town (they started school/daycare) krackel has been in school for about a month now, and Kit-Kat started 1st grade.
Grandma Wonka is in town for a month which is great. We had a suprise 75th birthday party for her last weekend. She sure was Suprised! It was great. Her daughters came into town, and our family was there. Was AWSOME!
Rolo and I have been lounging around with little Baby Ruth (if anyone doesn't know, she's my neice/goddaughter)
Next week I will start watching two boys....should be interesting.
I really miss the circus and wish the ALL well!!!

so true.....

2006-08-22T08:47:00.000-05:00

While I was watching some College Football, my wife and I got
into a conversation about life and death, and the need for living
wills. During the course of the conversation I told her that I never
wanted to exist in a vegetative state, dependent on some machine and
taking fluids from a bottle.

She got up, unplugged the TV, and threw out all my beer.

Sometimes it's tough being married to a smartass.

just a little fun....

2006-08-21T09:35:00.000-05:00

My young grandson called the other day to wish me Happy Birthday.
He asked
me how old I was, and I told him, "62." He was quiet for a moment,
and then
he asked, "Did you start at 1?"
*****
After putting her grandchildren to bed, a grandmother changed into old
slacks and a droopy blouse and proceeded to wash her hair. As she
heard the
children getting more and more rambunctious, her patience grew
thin. At last
she threw a towel around her head and stormed into their room,
putting them
back to bed with stern warnings. As she left the room, she heard the
three-year-old say with a trembling voice, "Who was THAT?"
*****
A grandmother was telling her little granddaughter what her own
childhood
was like: "We used to skate outside on a pond. I had a swing made
from a
tire; it hung from a tree in our front yard. We rode our pony. We
picked
wild raspberries in the woods." The little girl was wide-eyed,
taking this
in. At last she said, "I sure wish I'd gotten to know you sooner!"
*****
My grandson was visiting one day when he asked, "Grandma, do you
know how
you and God are alike?" I mentally polished my halo while I asked,
"No, how
are we alike?" "You're both old," he replied.
*****
A little girl was diligently pounding away on her grandfather's word
processor. She told him she was writing a story. "What's it
about?" he
asked. "I don't know," she replied. "I can't read."
*****
I didn't know if my granddaughter had learned her colors yet, so I
decided
to test her. I would point out something and ask what color it
was. She
would tell me, and always she was correct. But it was fun for me,
so I
continued. At last she headed for the door, saying sagely,
"Grandma, I
think you should try to figure out some of these yourself!"
*****
A Sunday school class was studying the Ten Commandments. They were
ready to
discuss the last one. The teacher asked if anyone could tell her
what it
was. Susie raised her hand, stood tall, and quoted, "Thou shall
not take
the covers off thy neighbor's wife."
*****
Our five-year-old grandson couldn't wait to tell his grandfather
about the
movie we had watched on television, "20,000 Leagues Under the Sea."
The
scenes with the submarine and the giant octopus had kept him wide-
eyed. In
the middle of the telling, my husband interrupted Mark, "What
caused the
submarine to sink?" With a look of incredulity Mark replied,
"Grandpa, it
was the 20,000 leaks!!"
*****
When my grandson Billy and I entered our vacation cabin, we kept
the lights
off until we were inside to keep from attracting pesky insects.
Still, a few
fireflies followed us in. Noticing them before I did, Billy
whispered,
"It's no use, Grandpa. The mosquitoes are coming after us with
flashlights."
*****
When my grandson asked me how old I was, I teasingly replied, "I'm not
sure." "Look in your underwear, Grandma," he advised. "Mine says
I'm four
to six."
*****
A second grader came home from school and said to her grandmother,
"Grandma,
guess what? We learned how to make babies today." The grandmother,
more
than a little surprised, tried to keep her cool. "That's
interesting," she
said, "How do you make babies?" "It's simple," replied the girl.
"You just
change 'y' to 'i' and add 'es'"
*****

A nursery school teacher was delivering a station wagon full of
kids home
one day when a fire truck zoomed past. Sitting in the front seat
of the
fire truck was a Dalmatian dog. The children started discussing
the dog's
duties. They use him to keep crowds back," said one youngster.
"No, said
another, "he's just for good luck." A third child brought the
argument to a
close. "They use the dogs", she said firmly, "to find the fire
hydrant."

Another Day....

2006-08-16T12:26:00.000-05:00

Today is wed....Another day in the week. I'm not feeling too good. I think I have a kidney stone. I'm in a lot of pain, but don't like to tell anyone. Just don't want to hear the doubts in peoples minds...know what I mean.
Anywho....I took Krackel to the doctor, and it turns out that she's allergic to cats, dogs, trees, feathers, weeds, molds....They put her on singular and it seems to be helping ALOT! I gave it to her this morning, and she has yet to sneeze.
Last night when I got home from work, she was still up, so I layed by her for a few, and Tiger the cat jumped up, and the moment he did, she started to sneeze and sneeze and sneeze.....Normally I wouldn't mind if we got rid of the cat, but this cat is part of the family, and I love him ALOT! But if I have to get rid of him to a NICE house because krackel's health depends on it, then HECK YES I would get rid of him!!!
Welp Rolo has decided that she's too "old" for taking naps, so she lays down stairs with the "bigger" kids. grrrrr....cause around 6pm she gets VERY cranky!
Well I hope EVERYONE Has a GREAT day!

CHOCOLATE FACT: The Aztecs drank chocolate in a bitter drink which also contained chilies, cornmeal and hallucinogenic mushrooms. Imagine that!

QUOTE: " You may hate the rain for its wind, cold and seeming destruction. But after the sun appears, from behind the clouds, you'll realize, you're as strong as the earth, maybe a few landslides here and there, but still relatively whole. Have faith."

So they say...

2006-08-14T23:18:00.000-05:00

So people ALWAYS say "Like Mother Like Daughter" well I have pictures to PROVE that Krackel IS JUST LIKE ME!!!! Whether she likes it or not thehehehehe

OK OK I'm up, IM UP....

2006-08-14T06:12:00.000-05:00

I'm up, may not be awake, but I am up. It's 6am and I have been up since 5 am. Well I have been up on and off all night. You know what like about being up this early. They play good "old" movies on TV. You know, the ones that have GREAT actors and actresses who know how to act based on there ability to act, and not by the way they look. Right now there's a movie on with Spencer Tracy and Katherine Hepburn. Now there's class! They never worried about plastic surgery, or how much they got paid, and they TRULY know how to act! Not like today's "actors" who get paid just cause their blonde and have big boobies (hint Pamela Anderson hint)

The weekend was alright. We had kit-kat this weekend. Was good to see her. =-) We went to the movies and saw "Zoom" with Tim Allen and Chevy Chase...Boy that man is aging =-) tehehehe....

Other than that, nothing much has been going on. Mother Wonka has a cold. Mr. Goodbar has a cold, I'm getting a cold, Rolo has a cold...It's in the air.
I take Krackel today to the doctor to get her allergy testing done. It's going to be interesting. We will be there for at LEAST and hour and a half (Mother Wonka will be here) but they have to press something into krackels skin, and then poor liquid into the indents ,and then she has to sit still AHAHAHAHAHAHA you HEAR THAT...SIT STILL ahhHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA I have NEVER known that child to sit still....Even when she's sleeping! I will let you all know how that went as soon as I get the results....
Oh yeah, speaking of results, we had to take Rolo to the hospital for a ecocardiogram and a chest xray. When she went for her check up at the doctors, the doctor heard a heart murmur. Now heart murmurs usually go away on there own, but he did some kind of test, that when its done the murmur was supposed to disappear, and hers didn't, so she sent her for these test as a "precaution" I REALLY like this doctor! Wont have those results though for almost a week. SO I will let you all know how those turned out too!
Anyhow, gunna lay on the couch and wait for the circus to get her (minus one clown) hope you ALL Have a wonderful day!

CHOCOLATE FACT: Once upon a time, money did grow on trees. Cocoa beans were used as currency by the Mayan and Aztec civilizations over 1400 years ago. When they had too much money to spend, they brewed the excess into hot chocolate drinks.

QUOTE: Whatever you do and wherever you
go, whether near or far or in between,
may your road be paved with
chocolate, for flattery will get you
nowhere; chocolate, everywhere.

WOOOHOOO

2006-08-10T22:31:00.000-05:00

Now I don't usually stay up late (unless im working) BUT on the history chanel tonight, can you believe it "THE HISTORY OF CHOCOLATE!!!!!!!" that's my kind of show!!!!

Mini Me....

2006-08-10T09:51:00.000-05:00

Now I don't usually post pictures, but everyone tells me that Rolo looks JUST LIKE ME.....what do you think?

CHOCOLATE FACT: 1765
Chocolate is first manufactured in the United States.

QUOTE: "Chemically speaking, chocolate really is the world's perfect food".

CHOCOLATE TUESDAY........

2006-08-08T09:09:00.000-05:00

and man, do I need chocolate. I don't know why I have been so tired. I have had a bout of bad luck. I swear, if I don't have bad luck, I wouldn't have any luck at all! First the garage door, then other things, NOW the stupid van is acting up, and OF COURSE it is NOT under warranty!!! They say its the emissions....who knows.

Krackel is so ready for school. She's going into the 2nd grade. She's doing well. Her and Punkin have been studying math and reading EVERY DAY! I'm so glad she has Punkin in her life! You always want good friends for your kids. One's that won't lead them into trouble. I sure hope that they stay friends for a LONG time!

We had Kit-Kat for the month of July. Her and I got REALLY close this past month. She said something so cool to me. It just melted my heart! I called them on the phone like I do every night when I'm at my second job. I always call to say goodnight, and she said "Mommy when are you coming home, your the ONLY one who knows how to take care of me!!!!" when it was time for her to go back to her mom's house, she was crying and saying "I wanna stay with you mommy, you only know how to take care of me, I love you" I called her on the phone yesterday cause her grampa is watching her for the remainder of August till school starts....She was in tears (her dad was there watching same with her grampa) and she said "I miss you so much mommy, my ear hurts and your the only one who can take care of me with my ear" That girl has melted my heart!

Rolo, well what can I say about ROlo....She's 2 almost 3...and she is S P O I L E D!!!! She's mommies girl though. EVERYONE calls her mini me...I will have pictures tomorrow to show everyone, and you tell me =-)

Anyway, I hope EVERYONE is doing well!!! Its a beautiful day outside, and the kids are all in good moods! Who could ask for anything more =-)

CHOCOLATE FACT: The amount of caffeine in chocolate is lower than most people think. A 1.4 ounce piece of milk chocolate contains about the same amount of caffeine as a cup of decaffeinated coffee. There is an average of 6 mg. of caffeine in both an ounce of milk chocolate and a cup of decaffeinated coffee, while a cup of regular coffee contains between 65 and 150 mg. of caffeine.

QUOTE: "My therapist told me the way to achieve true inner peace is to finish what I start. So far I've finished two bags of M&M's and a chocolate cake. I feel better already."

HAPPY BIRTHDAY SWEET PEA!!!

2006-07-26T10:08:00.000-05:00

Today is Sweet Pea's 4th birthday.....I can't believe it's been almost 2 years since I first started watching the circus family. She has grown so much. She truly is growing into a BEAUTIFUL young lady. (though I know circus kelli wishes she would stop growing)
Sometimes I just sit with her and talk too her. The things that comes out of her mouth is TRULY amazing....She cracks me up, and the wonder that is in her eyes, it makes you look at like in a different perspective.
She will be going off to school in August, and my heart feels sad. I have grown really close to this family and I love these kids so much....!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY SWEET PEA!!! YOU TRULY ARE AN AWESOME GIRL!!!!

CHOCOLATE FACT: It is reported that Napoleon carried chocolate with him on his military campaigns, and always ate it when he needed quick energy

QUOTE: Grow old along with me!
The best is yet to be, the last of life, for which the first was made.

In the words of chicken little....

2006-07-19T07:29:00.000-05:00

Today is a new day! Tho the cat seems to be in a bad mood....prolly cause we got home late with his food. I tell you...this cat!
Anyhow, today should be a good day!
I had a hand doctor's appt. yesterday....He said that I prolly have tendinitis in the wrist...*GREAT* and it will hurt for a while.....grrrrrrrrrrrreat.....Then I had a head doctor (as momma wonka says, "my crazy doctor" gave me new migraine medicine to try. Let's hope this works! I'm, tired of being tired.....(does that make sense)

We have a few grumpy kids here, which is ok. up early, out early, but with some breakfast and some fresh air, they will be AWESOME!!! Today is supposed to be 90....Which means no fishing, and more water play. It's ok, cause I left the worms in the garage...And now there dead. Speaking of garage OH MY GOSH! My boss gave me a WHOLE bunch of food, it's considered stuff that is "damaged" but still good, but we can't sell it, so he gave it to me WOOOHOOO....These pictures are just half, cause I gave some to the circus, and some to the brother wonka's.....welp I'm off to color now....Then eat breakfast, and the outside time.
hope EVERYONE has a GRRRRRRRRRRRRRREat day!!!

CHOCOLATE FACT: Chocolate has long been heralded for its value as an energy source. Think of it this way: a single chocolate chip provides sufficient food energy for an adult to walk 150 feet; hence, it would take about 35 chocolate chips to go a mile, or 875,000 for an around-the-world hike.

QUOTE: "Each friend represents a world in us, a world possibly not born until they arrive, and it is only by this meeting that a new world is born."

ugh!

2006-07-17T10:04:00.000-05:00

Yesterday was one of those days that you just wish you never woke up....beginning with Mr. Goodbar going to church, and driving into a pot hole, well it bent the rim of the tire which made it flat. Then putting up the mini blinds the side broke off so now there broke. THEN we went to put up the garage door and SNAAAAAAAAAAAAP CRAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAASH, down goes the garage door....yup the chain broke off of it. THEN i Forgot to log in my hours for work on saturday DUH ME! After that you just kinda wanted to stop breathing just in case something else went wrong....
so now we need a new rim for the tire (est. $145) and a new chain for the garage (i dont even want to know) im going to get paid late from my second job.....

and to top it all off, i woke up this morning with TERRIBLE cramps and am in a bad mood.....but hey the sun is shinning, the kids are playing in the kiddie pool, and there all happy, so it should be a good day.....

CHOCOLATE FACT: Milk chocolate
Is chocolate liquor with extra cocoa butter, sugar, milk and vanilla added. This is the most popular form for chocolate. It is primarily an eating chocolate.

QUOTE: Living your dreams can only begin by placing one foot in front of the other. You can do this. I believe in you.

great day!

2006-07-13T09:34:00.000-05:00

Its' a beautiful thursday outside. Already fixed pancakes for breakfast. The kids are out back playing on the nemo slip n sline. its nice cause i can see them from my computer chair. all of them. buddy is sitting on the picnic table watching them, cheering them on. punkin and krackel are sliding on there knees. sweet pea is laughing at all of them. My nephews (im still thinking of names for them tehehe) are sliding crooked and falling wich is making sweet pea laugh hysterically. There's nothing better than listening to little kids laugh and laugh and have a GREAT time playing and playing and playing....theres nothing more innocent than that either. DOnt you wish sometimes that your life can be like that too. Oh yes, and Little Rolo is yelling at everyone....of course. I hope EVERYONE is having a GREAT day.

CHOCOLATE FACT: There are about 5 to 10 milligrams of caffeine in one ounce of bittersweet chocolate, 5 milligrams in milk chocolate, and 10 milligrams in a six-ounce cup of cocoa; by contrast, there are 100 to 150 milligrams of caffeine in an eight-ounce cup of brewed coffee. You would have to eat more than a dozen Hershey Bars, for example, to get the amount of caffeine in one cup of coffee.

QUOTE: You are worried about seeing him spend his early years in doing nothing. What! Is it nothing to be happy? Nothing to skip, play, and run around all day long? Never in his life will he be so busy again.

My Goodness....

2006-07-10T09:14:00.000-05:00

Didn't realize it's been so long since I have posted....didn't feel well for a while, and I have been working ALOT. Both jobs have been keeping me busy...have to keep up you know ( go to the second job to buy bon bons, to eat them at the first job)
Found out that I am going to be my neice's godmother. AIN'T THAT JUST THE COOLEST THING!!! Also found out that the little clowns will be leaving me in the fall to go to school. I think that has to be the most depressing thing since my first born went to kindergarten. You know it's going to happen, but you are never really prepared. I have seen these kids blossom into some great kids....They sure are part of the family!

The Elves and Tony the tiger is keeping me busy. Stocking and stuff. Didn't think it would be that much fun, but it is. I put on my iPod keep to myself, and do it to it....no one to answer to, no one yelling...its nice. I get to think. I also get free merchandise. Its nice...cookies, crackers, chips, COOKIES.....did I mention COOKIES hehehehe....
Welp I'm off....I promise it wont be a month before I post again......hope everyone takes care!

CHOCOLATE FACT: The Swiss consume more chocolate per capita than any other nation on earth. That's 22 pounds each compared to 11 pounds per person in the United States.

QUOTE: “Children are like wet cement. Whatever falls on them makes an impression.”

good movie...

2006-06-22T09:54:00.000-05:00

So we had "family night" last night, where we pick a movie, eat popcorn or ice cream and we all watch a movie together. Well last night's choice was Eight Below...OMG....It made me cry, it made Krackel cry and even mr. Goodbar! It was a great movie....altho if you don't want to cry, don't watch it =-)

CHOCOLATE FACT: Rumor has it that Napoleon carried chocolate with him on all his military campaigns for a quick energy snack.

QUOTE: Romance fails us....and so do friendships...but the relationship of mother and child remain indelible and indestructible....the strongest bond upon the earth.

WOW....

2006-06-21T08:55:00.000-05:00

And so we were driving to look at some house's the other day when Krackel pops up from the back...
Let me set the scene.....were driving through the hills of lake in the hills just looking at some houses for sale....when I told Krackel that her girlfriend from kindergarten is going to be coming for a play date on friday. She was SO EXCITED!!! She started making a list in the back seat of all the stuff that ALL of us have to clean......

"Rolo you have to clean up your toys"

"Kit-Kat well she's not going to be here, so she get's off the hook this time"

"Mr. Goodbar, you and mom have to clean up all the SHHHHHH S H I T on your bedroom floor....."

and yes my friends, she spelled out the word, thinking that if she spelled it, it wouldn't be as bad as if she said it.
I guess there will be no spelling words in front of her anymore.....remember the days when you didn't want the kids to know something, so you just spelled it...then they grow up and learn how to read and spell, and then you can't keep anything from them.......humph!

CHOCOLATE FACT: The largest box of chocolates ever made was a Frango mint chocolates box weighing 3,226 lbs. created by Marshall Field's, Chicago, Illinois, USA on November 14, 2002. The box contained 90,090 individual chocolates.

CANDY FACT: Candy is made simply by dissolving sugar in water. The different heating levels determine the types of candy: Hot temperatures make hard candy, medium heat will make soft candy and cool temperatures make chewy candy.

QUOTE: "Chemically speaking, chocolate really is the world's perfect food"

It's Chocolate Tuesday!!!

2006-06-20T07:39:00.000-05:00

And I got myself a pack of 6 Hershey Bars...they were only $1.99 WOOHOO....
Been doing really good at my second job. It's kinda nice cause when I come home i'm tired. I don't have to wait till I get tired, i'm already tired when I get home hehehe.....

Well summer is almost here. We have been playing outside recently. I bought a new slip and slide....wow how the kids love it, altho Rolo walks down it like she's walking down the cat walk. Its really cute!
Krackel is doing really really good with Punkin. They do there math together, and reading, and drawing, and they play SO good together....I'm so happy that she and Punkin have eachother to get along with. Sometimes playing with littles get's boring, so they have eachother.....it's great.

I hope everyon ehas a great day!

CHOCOLATE FACT: The word "chocolate" comes from the Aztec word "xocolatl", which means "bitter water".

QUOTE: "A new British survey has revealed that 9 out of 10 people like chocolate. The tenth lies."

Happy Father's Day!!!

2006-06-18T09:15:00.000-05:00

Hope all the father's have a great Father's day!
Anyone doing anything special? Unfortunatly I have to work my 8 hours =-( but my father understands hehehe oh wait, he's out of town....yeah yeah, mr.goodbar understands...
Hope all have a great day!

CHOCOLATE FACT: The amount of caffeine in chocolate is lower than most people think. A 1.4 ounce piece of milk chocolate contains about the same amount of caffeine as a cup of decaffeinated coffee. There is an average of 6 mg. of caffeine in both an ounce of milk chocolate and a cup of decaffeinated coffee, while a cup of regular coffee contains between 65 and 150 mg. of caffeine.

QUOTE: I've had a hard life, but my hardships are nothing against the hardships that my father went through in order to get me to where I started.

It's been a while...

2006-06-16T08:30:00.000-05:00

OH MY....I was without internet for almost a week...I almost went crazy...Thought the stray jacket was gunna have to come out....
Not much has been happening though ehehe....I did start my second job, and its AWESOME. I already got some free "samples" and some toys for the kids....Two BIG blow up cars from the movie "cars" there awesome....
I worked three days in a row and Rolo every day would say "I go to wok, I go to wok" "Mommy no go to wok" then she would cry and cry....It broke my heart cause I have been with her everyday for over a year.....Forgot what it was like.
Grandpa Wonka asked me at dinner the other night if there was room for advancement....I told him there was LOTS of room for advancement...He asked if I would consider doing that...."Sure but only as a part time cause I want to stay with daycare" I would NEVER stop doing the daycare.
Today is cousin milky Way's birthday. Were going to celebrate it at the daycare by having McDonald's for lunch and some cupcakes and ice cream, and games, and presents, and outside time and and and yeah....the Monday grandma wonka is taking the "bigger" kids to the movies to see Over the Hedge.

Mr. Goodbar is furious with work. Couple weeks ago they told him that he was going to be getting a 4% raise wOOOHOOO....BUt then they had this HUGE meeting on monday and told EVERYONE that "Due to budgets, we will not be giving any raises this year" WHAT THE #@%^ %&*(*%^&*^&$%%#$#$%
So Mr. Goodbar is looking "around" to further his career. I tell you, this is why IM SO GLAD I am not in the corporate game.......
Well I will keep everyone update.....Hope you all have a WONDERFUL weekend and a GREAT Friday!!!

CHOCOLATE FACT: Once upon a time, money did grow on trees. Cocoa beans were used as currency by the Mayan and Aztec civilizations over 1400 years ago. When they had too much money to spend, they brewed the excess into hot chocolate drinks.

QUOTE: "It's not that chocolates are a substitute for love. Love is a substitute for chocolate. Chocolate is, let's face it, far more reliable than a man."

PS THANK YOU TO CIRCUS KELLI FOR THESE T-SHIRTS, HOPE YOU DON'T MIND ME "BORROWING" THEM, BUT THEY WERE HOW I FELT TODAY =-)

Today I start.....

2006-06-09T09:46:00.000-05:00

Well today I start my second job working for the kelloggs/Keebler Co. I'm happy to get out of the house, but sad cause I will be working on the weekends.....but we gotta do what we gotta do right? =-)
Sometimes I question "Am i doing the right thing." "Will my girls be ok at night w/out me." I'm sure every parent asks themselves this, more mom's than dad's in my opinion (and this is just my opinion) But I am home all day with my girls, they wake up and i'm here, and when they go to bed, and im "usually" here....i'm going to be throwing off there whole routine.
Lot's of things going on. Some good some not so good....turning 30 has brought up alot of quesitons in my life. "Am I where I want to be?" "Am I providing good for my kids?" "Am I providing good daycare for the kids i Take care of?" Sometimes I lose sleep over this...I don't know...I guess i'm just being silly....Well wish me luck on my first day of my second job.....

CHOCOLATE FACT: Chocolate syrup was used to represent blood in the famous 45 second shower scene in Alfred Hitchcock's movie, "Psycho" a scene which took 7 days to shoot.

QUOTE: My therapist told me the way to achieve true inner peace is to finish what I start. So far I've finished two bags of M&M's and a chocolate cake. I feel better already."

QUOTE #2: "A new British survey has revealed that 9 out of 10 people like chocolate. The tenth lies."

Hump Day....

2006-06-07T08:01:00.000-05:00

Today is Wed...as if you all didn't know that =-)
It's a BEAUTIFUL day outside. But its not even 8am and the oopma loompa's, and the circus is already bugging me to go outside. I told them that after we eat breakfast than we can go for a walk to the bike path, over to the pond, and we can feed the birds. So they all asked "Well were hungry n ow, can we eat?" How cute are these kids!!!

Well I hope everyone has a great day! Update: My headache is gone (THANK GOODNESS) and i'm feeling really, really good! Pretty soon I will be starting my second job with the Kelloggs/Keebler Co. As Krackel would say "Mommy's going to work with the little elves" She's too cute! But hey, think about the discount on cereal, cereal bars, cookies and stuff I will get for the daycare WOOOOOHOOOOOOOOO.....

CHOCOLATE FACT: Cocoa liquor is used to make chocolate through the addition of additional cocoa butter. Other ingredients such as sugar, condensed milk or cream, emulsifying agents, flavors and cocoa butter equivalents are also added and mixed using a machine. The proportions of these ingredients depend on the type of chocolate.

QUOTE: A nice box of chocolates can provide your total daily intake of calories in one place. Isn't that handy?

QUOTE#2: Diet tip: Eat a chocolate bar before each meal. It'll take the edge off your appetite and you'll eat less

H A P P Y B I R T H D A Y ! ! ! ! ! !

2006-06-05T08:07:00.000-05:00

Yes yes yes today is my birthday...my 30th b-day....I cant believe it....I feel old. But I can't think of a BETTER way of spending my birthday than with the chocolate factory, the circus, and the oompa loompa's. We celebrated my birthday of the weekend. Grandma Wonka and Grandpa Wonka got me a tinker bell watch (it's AWSOME!!!) and an IPod Nano....this thing is AWSOME!!! It's so little and cute. Mr. Goodbar got me some Nike Tennis Shoes (which i needed, my other pair is about 11 years old) and some Nike flip-flops. And a really cute tank top. He also got me some really nice flowers. Yesterday we went for about a mile walk. Was REALLY nice outside....I love this weather. This is the kind of life that you just look up at the sky and say "Thank you" I hope EVERYONE has a great day! I know I will...I got BROWNIES!!!!!!! hehehehe

CHOCOLATE FACT: Cole Porter got a kick from fudge. He had nine pounds of it shipped to him each month from his hometown.

QUOTE: " The grass may look greener on the other side; go over and you will see the brown patches and yours will look even greener."

Busy busy...

2006-06-02T22:09:00.000-05:00

This weekend is going to be VERY busy indeed.....well it's gunna be my 30th birthday weekend. No big plans really. Were all going to go over to my mom's house and have my dad's FAMOUS taco's....they had them when i was in the hospital, and was pretty upset that I didn't get them. So I told them that all I wanted was dad's taco's for my birthday WOOHOO....
We went to the fair today. Only for an hour, but the kids had ALOT of fun. I love to see the smiles on there faces!
Sunday, is going to be a kick back day. Monday is my real birthday, so I really don't want to do anything on sunday. Hey maybe we will go to the movies or something....who knows....
Well I hope EVERYONE has a great weekend!!!

CHOCOLATE FACT: In the eighteenth century, chocolate was regarded as an aphrodisiac (it still is!). The celebrated Italian libertine, Giacomo Casanova, took chocolate before bedding his conquests.

QUOTE: We worry about what a child will become tomorrow, yet we forget that he is someone today.

QUOTE #2: “Never be afraid to try something new. Remember, amateurs built the ark. Professionals built the Titanic.”

Last Day of school

2006-06-01T07:03:00.000-05:00

Don't know if that's a good thing, or a bad thing -=) Krackel is a great kid, but she has her "I'm going to rip my hair out because of this child" moments. Of course I guess they all have those. Summer will be fun. We have LOTS and LOTS of outdoor time and water time, and play time. The kids sure do get tired out from all the fresh air! I will have my new niece this year WOOOHOOO>....baby oompa.....She's almost 3 months old right now. She's AWSOME! Little Rolo LOVES it when she's here. She gets picked up early, before Rolo get's up from her nap, and she goes through the whole house yelling "BABY WHERE ARE YOU" and very sad that she didn't get to say goodbye to her. But VERY happy that when she wakes up in the morning, the "baby" is back. I think they will be close cousins =-0
Well today the sun is shinning, its PERFECT weather outside. I do have a doctors appt. today to make sure my brain is still in my head. Then i get to pee in a cup (a little more info aye hehe) for the second job that I got. I will be working for the Kellogg/Keebler company (dont they make chocolate cookies) HOW PERFECT IS THAT....cereal, breakfast bars, COOKIES, etc etc with the babysitting, ITS PERFECT.....yeah I thought so to hehehe....Though my weekends will be filled up, but that's ok.
Well i hope EVERYONE has a WONDERFUL day!!!

CHOCOLATE FACT: White chocolate is made from cocoa butter, which is the fat extract from crushed roasted cacao beans. White chocolate contains no caffeine.

QUOTE: Q. Why is there no such organization as Chocoholics Anonymous?
A. Because no one wants to quit.

QUOTE #2: Put "eat chocolate" at the top of your list of things to do today. That way, at least you'll get one thing done.

Howdy....

2006-05-30T21:31:00.000-05:00

TOP 20 Reasons Chocolate Is Better Than Sex

1) You can GET chocolate.
2) "If you love me you'll swallow that" has real meaning with chocolate.
3) Chocolate satisfies even when it has gone soft.
4) You can safely have chocolate while you are driving.
5) You can make chocolate last as long as you want it to.
6) You can have chocolate even in front of your mother.
7) If you bite the nuts too hard the chocolate won't mind.
8) Two people of the same sex can have chocolate without being called nasty names.
9) The word "commitment" doesn't scare off chocolate.
10) You can have chocolate on top of your workbench/desk during working hours without upsetting your co-workers.
11) You can ask a stranger for chocolate without getting your face slapped.
12) You don't get hairs in your mouth with chocolate.
13) With chocolate there's no need to fake it.
14) Chocolate doesn't make you pregnant.
15) You can have chocolate at any time of the month.
16) Good chocolate is easy to find.
17) You can have as many kinds of chocolate as you can handle.
18) You are never too young or too old for chocolate.
19) When you have great chocolate it doesn't keep your neighbors awake
20) With chocolate size doesn't matter. It's ALL good!

TGIF.....

2006-05-26T07:38:00.000-05:00

Today I woke up with no headache, which is good. But as the morning is progressing, I am slowly getting the headache back. This isn't good. This weekend is not only supposed to be a NICE weekend, and not only is it memorial day weekend BUT it's also Mr.Goodbar's and mine ONE YEAR anniversary. Yup, we actually made it to one year. Can you believe that.

Krackel's last week of school is next week. Then she's out for the summer, and gunna be a second grader. Man how the time flies. I remember when she was a few months old, and grandma Wonka and I would always say "It's gunna be the hardest day when she goes to kindergarten" and now she will be starting second grade. Her reading is AWESOME! She loves books, and I couldn't be happier with that!! We just have to help her with her math. That was always my hardest subject.

Kit-Kat is doing really well. She will be getting out of school next week as well. She will be in the first grade in the fall. I can't believe how these kids are growing up so fast. She's REALLY into riding her bike right now. Which is good, cause she didn't even know how to peddle the thing last summer, and it was frustrating.

Rolo is well rolo. She''s a pistol. She is VERY VERY good at being 2. I don't remember any child defining the "terrible two's" as much as this child does...She has no fear. She wants no discipline....Sometimes I tear my hair out with this child. I could color my hair, but the next hour it would be grey again from this child. Love her to DEATH, but I cant wait till she's out of these terrible two's!!!!

Well I hope EVERYONE has a WONDERFUL 3 day weekend!!! The sun will be out, im not in the hospital, and I will have all of my girls with me!!

CHOCOLATE FACT: It was World War I that really brought attention to the chocolate candies.

QUOTE: If you can't eat all your chocolate, it will keep in the freezer. But if you can't eat all your chocolate, what's wrong with you?

Feelin a little better.....

2006-05-25T07:48:00.000-05:00

Thought I would post...it's been over a week. I'm doing a little bit better. Still have a headache though, from the spinal tap they did. I think the doctors messed me up over at that hospital, more than they helped. I ended up having a blood infection, so they had to make sure it wasn't meningitis by doing a spinal tap....NOT HAPPY!!!!!
Well I'm doing alright, hope everyone else is!!!

CHOCOLATE FACT: Older children are significantly more likely to prefer chocolate than younger children (59 percent of 9-11year-olds prefer chocolate vs. 46 percent of 6-8 year-olds), according to an NCA survey.

QUOTE: " The whole world steps aside for the person who knows where he is going."

It's Chocolate Tuesday!!!

2006-05-16T14:07:00.000-05:00

And the sad thing is....I don't feel like eating chocolate. All of a sudden I feel like crud! i had this about 2 1/2 months ago, when they diagnosed me with viral menengitis...."GOD I HOPE NOT" I cannot afford to be sick! It's not fair to my kids, mr. goodbar NOR the Circus!!! I will just ignore the symptoms *S*...wish it were that easy. yes yes yes i will call the doctor soon.
Yes you also know im sick when I say OUTLOUD "I dont feel like eating anything, including chocolate"
Well I hope all is well with everyone else.......this will pass i know......
take care everyone!!!

CHOCOLATE FACT: Chocolate was introduced to Spain when Christopher Columbus returned from his fourth voyage to the New World in 1502.

DIET TIP: Eat a chocolate bar before each meal. It'll take the edge off your appetite and you'll eat less

QUOTE: Chocolate has many preservatives. Preservatives make you look younger.

A good day...

2006-05-15T09:46:00.000-05:00

Hope everyone had a great mother's day. I was with the oopma loompa's and Mr. Goodbar. Grandma Wonka is still in California with Great Grandma Wonka. But she's doing good EVERYDAY. Grandma Wonka is coming home this saturday. Which is good, cause I miss her SO MUCH!!!!
Yesterday the family took me to Olive Garden where we had brunch. And then came home and we all had a nap. Was a good day of relaxation. The weather is really rainy and has been all last week, and they say it supposed to be the same this week. ewwwww....makes for a gloomy mood.

Today is going well. The oopma loompa's are all good, the circus is being quite well too. They all had a bath (they got messy in the garage, and well, I threw them in the bath hehehe) now there all clean and watching James and the Giant Peach (wonder what stories will come of that movie hehehe)

Krackel only has 2 more weeks of school. She cannot wait till it's over! I have mixed feelings on that one hehehe....
Kit-Kat is doing very well. VERY talkative...and boy does that girl have an imagination! It runs wild sometimes!
Rolo was up at 1am and didn't want to go back to sleep. That will be 3 days in a row that she has gotten up in the middle of the night, only to not go back to sleep after that. So she slept until it was time to take Krackel to the bus stop.
Well I hope EVERYONE has a great day!!!!

CHOCOLATE FACT: In France, chocolate was met with skepticism and was considered a "barbarous product and noxious drug". The French court was doubtful and accepted it only after the Paris faculty of medicine gave its approval. A French queen finally saved the day. In 1615, Anne of Austria, wife of Louis XIII declared chocolate as the drink of the French court.

QUOTE: If you've got melted chocolate all over your hands, you're eating it too slowly

QUOTE#2: If calories are an issue, store your chocolate on top of the fridge. Calories are afraid of heights, and they will jump out of the chocolate to protect themselves.

Can you believe it.....

2006-05-12T12:30:00.000-05:00

So this morning, I went to Dunkin Donuts, thinking I'm going to do a nice thing and get donuts for the gang, and coffee for Mr.Goodbar (he was off today) and GUESS WHAT.......still thinking.......THEY DIDN'T HAVE ANY DONUTS....WHAT THE?!$#>?#?$%$?^%?*&^?%?$ no donuts at a donut shop....Inconceivable!!!! Well I had to get gas, so I trailed my tired butt in to the gas station and bought little bags of donuts for the kids. They don't know the difference, I mean a donut is a donut right??? But seriously, NO DONUTS.......HUMPH!

Well I hope everyone has a GREAT weekend!!!

CHOCOLATE FACT: Every connoisseur knows that chocolate can be either bitter or sweet. But who would ever imagine that even bitter chocolate contains two fifths sugar in order to make it palatable?

QUOTE: The problem: How to get 2 pounds of chocolate home from the store in a hot car.
The solution: Eat it in the parking lot.

QUOTE #2: Chocolate covered raisins, cherries, orange slices & strawberries all count as fruit, so eat as many as you want

QUOTE #3: If not for chocolate, there would be no need for control top pantyhose. An entire garment industry would be devastated

AWSOME!!!!

2006-05-09T13:23:00.000-05:00

Leave it to Circus Kelli for my AWSOME blog.....she's done a gRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRREat job on it....don't think I could figure this out without her help!!!!
Thanks Kel YOUR AWSOME!!

CHOCOLATE FACT:Sixty-five percent of American chocolate eaters prefer milk chocolate.

QUOTE: Chocolate: Here today .... Gone today!

Just one more day....

2006-05-08T06:45:00.000-05:00

Just for this morning, I am going to step over the
laundry and pick you up and take you to the park to play.
Just for this morning, I will leave the dishes in the sink
and let you teach me how to put that puzzle of yours together.
Just for this afternoon, I will unplug the telephone
and keep the computer off, and sit with you in the backyard
and blow bubbles.
Just for this afternoon, I will not yell once, not even
a tiny grumble when you scream and whine for the ice cream
truck and I will buy you one if he comes by.
Just for this afternoon, I won't worry about what you
are going to be when you grow up, or second guess every
decision I have made where you are concerned.
Just for this afternoon, I will let you help me bake
cookies and I won't stand over you trying to fix them.
Just for this afternoon, I will take us to McDonald's
and buy us both a Happy Meal so you can have both toys.
Just for this evening, I will hold you in my arms and
tell you a story about how you were born and how much I love you.
Just for this evening, I will let you splash in the tub and not get angry.
Just for this evening, I will let you stay up late while we sit
on the porch and count all the stars.
Just for this evening, I will snuggle beside you for hours,
and miss my favorite TV shows.
Just for this evening when I run my finger through your
hair as you pray, I will simply be grateful that God has given
me the greatest gift ever given.
I will think about the mothers And fathers who are searching
for their missing children, the mothers and fathers who
are visiting their children's graves instead of their
bedrooms, and mothers and fathers who are in hospital rooms
watching
their children suffer senselessly, and screaming inside that they can't
handle it anymore.
And when I kiss you good night I will hold you a little tighter,
a little longer. It is then, that I will thank God for you, and
ask Him for nothing, except one more day.............

CHOCOLATE FACT: Dove is a brand of chocolate candy produced by Mars, Incorporated. Its history dates back to the mid-fifties, to a small candy shop in Chicago, Illinois. As the story goes, the owner of this candy shop, Leo Stefanos, would often worry about his two sons as they would run off chasing the local ice cream truck. To keep his sons safe, he decided to create his very own ice cream bar, the original Dove Bar. His son later took over the business and eventually sold the Dove Bar company to M&M/Mars in 1985. Then in 1990 the Dove Chocolate bar, inspired by the chocolate on the original Dove bar, was introduced nationally. In the USA, it's considered to be a high-end mass market brand of chocolate. The popularity of the brand has continued to grow throughout the years and is now one of the most popular chocolates sold.

QUOTE: " A Life without ambition is, a journey without destination."

One of them days....

2006-05-04T07:25:00.000-05:00

Don't know what it is, but I awoke in a cranky mood. Just not a very talkative mood. The kind where you just want to pull the covers over your head and not be bothered. i had planned on cleaning the garage to get ready for a garage sale that I told Krackel she could have this weekend. I did get the window's washed from Rolo putting chapstick all over it....Krackel and Rolo are already going at it and it's only 7:30am...krackel is giving me heck about taking the bus to school. Rolo poured nerds all over the chair. The birds are staring in the window cause I don't have any food for them. I ran out of milk, i ran out of bread. I RAN OUT OF CHOCOLATE!!!!!!!
So.....How's everyone else's day????

CHOCOLATE FACT: Chocolatiers have their own technical terms, for example, "praline" which means a mixture made from a paste of chocolate and crushed hazelnuts; or "ganache", which is a mixture of chocolate and cream with a smooth texture. The ganache chocolate was born when a French 19th-century apprentice knocked some cream into a tub of chocolate. His boss called him, "un ganache" - an imbecile!

QUOTE: " Without the stones of life being thrown at you, you would have nothing to step on to get to the next level."

GET BACK TO WORK!!!!

2006-05-02T18:44:00.000-05:00

Just in case you ever get the two environments confused, this should
help clear things up!

IN PRISON..........you spend the majority of your time in an 10X10
cell.
AT WORK............you spend the majority of your time in an 8X8
cubicle.

IN PRISON.........you get three meals a day.
AT WORK...........you get a break for one meal and you have to pay for
it.

IN PRISON..........you get time off for good behavior.
AT WORK............you get more work for good behavior.

IN PRISON..........the guard locks and unlocks all the doors for you.
AT WORK............you must often carry a security card and open all
the
doors for yourself.

IN PRISON..........you can watch TV and play games.
AT WORK...........you could get fired for watching TV and playing !
games.

IN PRISON.........you get your own toilet.
AT WORK..........you have to share the toilet with some people who pee
on
the seat.

IN PRISON..........they allow your family and friends to visit.
AT WORK............you aren't even supposed to speak to your family.

IN PRISON.........all expenses are paid by the taxpayers with no work
required.
AT WORK............you get to pay all your expenses to go to work, and
they deduct taxes from your salary to pay for prisoners.

IN PRISON..........you spend most of your life inside bars wanting to
get
out.
AT WORK ..........you spend most of your time wanting to get out and go
inside bars.

IN PRISON .........you must deal with sadistic wardens.
AT WORK...........they are called managers.

Now get back to work. you're not getting paid to check emails!

bed time....

2006-05-02T06:59:00.000-05:00

You know it's time to go back to bed when......
You wake up to go exercise early in the morning, only to get there and find it doesn't open for another hour.
When you try and do a good thing and get coffee for yourself and spouse, only to get home and to the door and drop the coffee on the ground.
When you go to sit down on your chair and it flips backwards...
You go outside to feed the birds and you slip on the wet grass....
You go to fold the laundry when a 2 yr old comes and unfolds all of it...(Rolo)
When you walk into the kitchen only to walk right into the wet cat food.
When you go to the bathroom only to find that (the spouse) did not replace to toilet paper roll....

WOOOOOHOOOOOOOO and all before 7AM!!!!!
*DEEP BREATH* IM SO CHILLED OUT MMM RUM RUM...

CHOCOLATE FACT...Chocolate was available only as cocoa or as a liquid until 1879. It was Rodolphe Lindt who thought to add cocoa butter back to the chocolate. Adding the additional cocoa butter helped the chocolate set up into a bar that "snaps" when broken as well as melting on the tongue.

QUOTE....Giving chocolate to others is an intimate form of communication, a sharing of deep, dark secrets

Oh to be 2

2006-05-01T08:15:00.000-05:00

Need I say more????

Picasso in training....

2006-04-29T21:35:00.000-05:00

Need I say more??? YES it is yogurt that she is fond of in these pictures for painting.....Oh ROLO!!!

CHOCOLATE FACT: By the end of the War when the doughboys arrived home, the American chocolate business was assured. Why? Because the returning doughboys had grown fond of chocolate candy and now as civilians wanted more of the same.

QUOTE: I never met a chocolate I didn't like.

Encouragement

You thought you were happily smiling at your child
from a hard stadium seat or a hot packed auditorium......
But your child looked at your face and saw approval of him
and joy in what he was doing.

You thought that you were just patting him
on the back or on the head, or just ruffling his hair.....
But your child cherished the warm loving touch
and his heart was brightened.

You thought you were reading a bedtime story
with all the funny and scary voices......
But your child enjoyed the fact you read every word
even though he had heard them a hundred times before.

You thought you were letting your child help paint the house
even though the paint got kind of runny and drippy in places......
But your child knew that you were working together
as a family and felt a sense of accomplishment as a family.

You thought you were singing silly songs
or counting the cows on a long boring trip......
But your child learned that it was fun
being together no matter where you were.

You thought you were spending a few minutes of your time
by throwing a ball in the back yard or baking some cookies......
But your child, who realized that your time is precious,
knew you were investing it in him.

You thought that you asked your child's opinion
about something that wasn't too important......
But your child thought you asked
because his opinions and thoughts were important.

You thought you were being a good host
by inviting your child's friends in for a cool snack
on a warm summer day......
But your child knew that his friends were important to you
and always welcome in your home.

You thought the tears in your eyes went unnoticed
when your child accomplished an important goal in his life......
But your child knew that he was deeply imbedded
in your heart and you sensed his accomplishment.

You thought that the refrigerator was as good of a place
as any for hanging all the art work and "well done"
papers that came home from school......
But your child felt important when he came home
from school each day with something to show you
and tack up in his personal hall of fame.

You thought you gave your child some simple chore
or job to do and told him, "Well done," with a smile when he did it......
But your child learned responsibility
and began to realize he could tackle even tougher things.

You thought you were helping a troubled restless child
get some sleep by fixing a cup of hot cocoa......
But your child felt that you were opening your heart around
a kitchen table and making all the problems a lot smaller.

You thought the vacation wasn't much of a success
because the fish didn't bite and the sun didn't shine......
But your child still remembers everything
that happened and he still laughs at all of the funny parts.

You thought you were just giving him a quick hug
at a special moment or "just because"......
But your child carried it with him for a long time,
because what you really said was,
"I'm proud of you!", or "I love you!"

You thought you were just giving him a little kiss
on the cheek to tell him good bye as he left for school......
But your child felt warm and loved
because he knew there would be another one
waiting for him when he got home.

It's Friday....

2006-04-28T13:30:00.000-05:00

Passion to have fun
Eager to live
Outrageously different
Pieces of the world
Long living
Everyone's different

CHOCOLATE FACT: In France, chocolate was met with skepticism and was considered a "barbarous product and noxious drug". The French court was doubtful and accepted it only after the Paris faculty of medicine gave its approval. A French queen finally saved the day. In 1615, Anne of Austria, wife of Louis XIII declared chocolate as the drink of the French court.

QUOTE: Researchers have discovered that chocolate produced some of the same reactions in the brain as marijuana. The researchers also discovered other similarities between the two, but can't remember what they are. Matt Lauer on NBC's Today Show, August 22

Mmmm... Chocolate!!!

2006-04-27T07:51:00.000-05:00

Here I sit, eating chocolate chips.
To quit eating chocolate, I need more than tips.
There are so many kinds of chocolate, it's hard to choose.
No matter which one you pick, you just can't lose.

There is milk chocolate, sweet chocolate, and semi-sweet.
I really like dark chocolate! It's such a treat!!!
There is also mint chocolate & white chocolate -- I'm not through!
There is cereal, cake, cookies, candy, pudding, pie & ice cream too.

Chocolate tastes so rich, and sweet, and sometimes smooth.
It can help make you feel better, or help your heartache sooth.
There are many chocolate drinks. Have some, just for fun --
cappuccino, chocolate milk, mocha & cocoa -- try more than one!

Is chocolate as good as a hug, or a pat on the back?
What if I'm out of chocolate, when I have my next attack??!!
I could just imagine that I'm eating chocolate, I suppose.
If I eat lots of chocolate all day long, would I overdose?

Where would I go... what would I ever do... without chocolate?
Nothing can compare. Not even one word rhymes with chocolate!
Do I take it for granted that I can always get more?
I could eat chocolate candies, by the score!

Is chocolate something to fear -- is it really a curse?
Is it something to be avoided, or is it much worse?
Or... is chocolate the eighth wonder? Is it a total delight?
Something you savor for so long? Or love with all your might?

CHOCOLATE FACT: It was World War I that really brought attention to the chocolate candies.

QUOTE: Chocolate is good for three things. Two of 'em cannot be mentioned on public television.

Hi.....

2006-04-26T09:02:00.000-05:00

Today is a new day.......
The clock just chimed at 9am....kids are eating breakfast, of course seeing who could be the messiest.....I have a squirrel, a chipmunk, a rabbit, 2 geese, 4 ducks, and hundreds of birds eating on my deck....we have the nature channel in our back yard....the chipmunk, the smallest of them all, is chasing all the other animals away from the BIG pile of seeds on the lawn. and he won.

It's a beautiful day outside, a little on the chilly side, but who's complaining, the sun is shining, the kids are happy, the cat is crazy....who could ask for anything more....

Hey did you know that Britney Spears is pregnant again. Her other child is only 7 months old....man is she ever in a hurry to grow up. From the day she started in the industry she was in a hurry....There's one person my children will NEVER look up too. Sad that these stars know that kids look up to them, just like sports stars, and yet they do what they do. And the worst thing is, THEY GET AWAY WITH IT!!! I mean seriously, how many chances should Robert Downey Jr. Get...If that was anyone of us, we would rot in prison. BUT NOT HIM....I just don't agree with politics in the entertainment industry.

Anyhow, I hope everyone has a great day! Were going to play outside today. Since yesterday it was raining and FREEZING....My poor tulips =-( there confused!

CHOCOLATE FACT: U.S. chocolate manufacturers use about 3.5 million pounds of whole milk every day to make chocolate.

QUOTE: See the chocolate...tasted the chocolate......BE THE CHOCOLATE......!!!

CHOCOLATE.....Give me CHOCOLATE....

2006-04-25T07:21:00.000-05:00

So I don't have as much energy as yesterday, but I'm awake. The wind woke me up last night, heard my house creaking...Thought someone was in here....But it was the wind....Or my fat cat *S*

Took a shower this morning...I know I know, write it on the calendar...(you all will have a better day since I told you that!!) Then I did the silliest thing....Went OUTSIDE and fed the birds....Now why is that silly....Well I will tell you....I walked outside in the wind/rain/ 40 degree weather WITH WET HAIR....Man it was cold...But I did not complain, cause it was my own stupidity....Felt like I had ice coming from my hair when I walked back in......Sure was cold...(am I complaining now hehe)

So I'm sitting here, talking to Buddy, helping him drink "REAL" Orange juice as Sweat Pea says....I have "real" juice and "fake" juice....Just like "real" chips and "fake" chips....But I tell you, when any of these kids smile...I know why I do what I do.

So I was thinking that I might have to get an "out of the house" job. You know, get up, dress up, make up, drive up, kinda thing. Go back to the "office" life. I sat and thought and thought and thought about it, even applied at some places. BUT then I see the kids, and I play with them, and they tell me "I wuv you k" nope, not going back to the office life. I love what I do. I love being with these kids, and it will be a SAD day when they go off to school. In hopes I still have contact with them as they grow up *S* But the office thing flew out the window and was carried with the wind. I don't and will not go back. I love providing a "comfotable" place for these kids to feel like home away from home. I know how hard it is for a parent to be away from their kids. And I want them to know that there taken care of, that I take care of them like my own kids. I take pictures and send them to the parents, so they (in hopes) don't feel to guilty about having to leave the kids. It's hard. That's why I don't say "Its my way, or you can't come here" I have been to places that do different things, and when Krackel would come home, she would always say "well that's how we do it there or here" well not here.....Working with the parents to keep the same routine as home, and to discipline, or teach the same things as home. I remember for a while when Krackel would go to a babysitter, it started to get about the "money" (always well this month we have to increase the rate) seemed the older she got, the more it got raised, which was weird, since she was becoming more self sufficient. Then when Rolo was born, we took her to the same place as Krackel. BIG MISTAKE. This babysitter would leave her either in the crib upstairs, or in her car seat. And till this day, Rolo HATES her carseat, and would NEVER sleep in a crib. I tell you, these kids are small, but they do remember. Sometimes I think, that even though they can't talk, they are ALOT smarter then us adults. So my conclusion is that I will be in this line of business until the next ice age (altho sometimes in Chicago land it feels like an ice age) I love this work, and can think of nothing better or more rewarding that what I am doing now......

I hope everyone has a GREAT day! It's hard typing right now cause Buddy is on my lap helping me type....He's talking to my pictures *wink* looooooooooooooove it!!!

ttfn

CHOCOLATE FACT: The Northwest Fudge Factory in Ontario, Canada, created a slab of fudge that weighed 2,002 lbs, making it the record-holding largest slab of fudge. The chocolate-and-vanilla-swirl fudge measured 166 ft. long, 9 in. wide and 3 in. high. The fudge took a total of 86 hours to prepare and 13 individuals to pour it into shape.

QUOTE: Exercise is a dirty word... Every time I hear it, I wash my mouth out with chocolate.

And it's monday.....

2006-04-24T12:18:00.000-05:00

Woke up early today....Rolo asked for some water at 4am....so I got the water, and couldn't go back to sleep. So finally at 515am I got out of bed. Cleaned up the living room, did the swifter on the carpet, ate a yogurt, and drank a coke hehehehe......I finally got enough energy to make it over to curves by 6am and exercised for about 35 minutes, came home and felt great!!

Kit-Kat's birthday was this past weekend. She got a new bike and FINALLY knows how to peddle the darn thing by herself....LOVE IT! We went to Colonial Cafe for her birthday dinner, and had a GREAT time. She really enjoyed herself this past weekend. Krackel and I went to WalMart to spend her birthday gift card from great grandma Wonka. She got a new outfit and a jacket ($3) was awsome.....

Great Wonka is doing WONDERFUL from the surgery. She's up and walking again. She had a hip replacement surgery. Momma Wonka is doing good. She's still in California, though she's trying to get sick. I think it's just the smog, but smog will do that to you when your used to clean air for many years *S*

Well I hope everyone has a great day!!

CHOCOLATE FACT: The largest chocolate bar ever manufactured weighed 5,026 lbs. and was exhibited by Elah-Dufour United Food Companies at Eurochocolate in Turin, Italy in March 2000.

QUOTE: This guy found a bottle on the ocean, and he opened it and out popped a genie, and he gave him three wishes. The guy wished for a million dollars, and poof! there was a million dollars. Then he wished for a convertible, and poof! there was a convertible. And then, he wished he could be irresistible to all women... poof! he turned into a box of chocolates.

100 UNSEXY men of all times......(Times)

2006-04-23T20:21:00.000-05:00

001. Gilbert Gottfried
002. Randy Johnson
003. Roger Ebert
004. Dr. Phil McGraw
005. Alan Colmes
006. Chad Kroeger
007. Mike Mills
008. Osama Bin Laden
009. Jay Leno
010. Don Imus
011. Michael Jackson
012. Wallace Shawn
013. Mike D. of the Beastie Boys
014. Richard Simmons
015. Jon Lovitz
016. Carrot Top
017. Jerry Seinfeld
018. Malcolm Gladwell
019. Chevy Chase
020. Raffi
021. Ron Howard
022. Clint Howard
023. Bill Gates
024. Paul Shaffer
025. Axl Rose
026. Tim Burton
027. Edward James Olmos
028. Gerard Way
029. Don Zimmer
030. Tony Kornheiser
031. Chris Kattan
032. Otis Nixon
033. Julian Tavarez
034. Christopher Lloyd
035. Willie McGee
036. Pat Cummings
037. Scottie Pippen
038. Larry David
039. Michael Moore
040. Al Franken
041. Paris Latsis
042. Rush Limbaugh
043. David Gest
044. Gary Busey
045. Nick Nolte
046. Leif Garrett
047. Andy Dick
048. Scott Stapp
049. Lyle Lovett
050. Ric Ocasek
051. Bill Wyman
052. Danny DeVito
053. Peter Jackson
054. Drew Carey
055. Newt Gingrich
056. Rob Schneider
057. Ed O'Neil
058. Bill O'Reilly
059. Clay Aiken
060. Joe Lieberman
061. Jim Gaffigan
062. Bill Maher
063. John Popper
064. Dennis Miller
065. John Madden
066. Robert Englund
067. Robert Patrick
068. John Ashcroft
069. Joe Gannascolli
070. Kevin James
071. George Steinbrenner
072. Grady Little
073. Harvey Pekar
074. DJ Qualls
075. Joey Buttafuoco
076. Garry Shandling
077. Meat Loaf Aday
078. Joe Walsh
079. Tom from Myspace
080. Art Garfunkel
081. Brian Posehn
082. Howie Mandel
083. Barry Bonds
084. Dick Vitale
085. Richie "La Bamba" Rosenberg
086. Jeff Van Gundy
087. Jimmy Johnson
088. John Clayton
089. Don Vito
090. Lemmy Kilmister
091. Jose Canseco
092. Bill Parcells
093. Ric Flair
094. Ralph Nader
095. Dennis Kacinich
096. Horatio Sanz
097. Dom DeLuise
098. Emeril Lagasse
099. Kevin Federline
100. Brad Pitt

question of the day...

2006-04-21T12:32:00.000-05:00

What is a computer: An electronic device for the storage and processing of information.

What is a typewriter: A typewriter is a mechanical, electromechanical, or electronic device with a set of "keys" that, when pressed, cause characters to be printed on a document, usually paper. (DUH!)

and that is that....Hope EVERYONE has a great weekend!!! ITS KIT-KAT'S BIRTHDAY WOOOHOOOOO she turned 6 today *S*
HAPPY BIRTHDAY KITKAT

CHOCOLATE FACT: Henri Nestle was the first to create milk chocolate by adding condensed milk to the mixture when making chocolate bars.

QUOTE: I don't understand why so many "so called" chocolate lovers complain about the calories in chocolate, when all true chocoholics know that it is a vegetable. It comes from the cocoa bean, beans are veggies, 'nuff said.

So many choices.....

2006-04-20T07:38:00.000-05:00

Frustration tests greatly the humour in me,
Some people, their actions, and things that I see.
Perhaps I am mean to not suffer them gladly,
But I find it quite irksome when people act badly.
Or when systems in place, just fail to make sense,
I am tempted to pass comment that may cause offence.
But why suffer in silence when lunacy reigns,
And not mention, improvements are afforded by brains?
Perhaps it is arrogant to think this at times,
But some things are so stupid they should be a crime.
So if rude I must be, then rude I shall stay,
Till the fools of the world either think or go away.

CHOCOLATE FACT: In seventeenth-century Europe, chocolate became popular as a sweet drink made with sugar and vanilla.

QUOTE: If it ain't chocolate, it ain't breakfast!

When pigs fly.....

2006-04-19T08:53:00.000-05:00

CHOCOLATE FACT: The Aztecs drank chocolate in a bitter drink which also contained chillies, cornmeal and hallucinogenic mushrooms. Imagine that!

QUOTE: Seen recently on a tee shirt ~ EMERGENCY ALERT: If wearer of this shirt is found vacant, listless, or depressed, ADMINISTER CHOCOLATE IMMEDIATELY.

CHOCOLATE TUESDAY......

2006-04-18T09:15:00.000-05:00

AND IM OUTTA CHOCOLATE AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH

CHOCOLATE FACT: Chocolate liquor - extracted from crushed, roasted beans - is solid at room temperature but melts at 92 degrees Fahrenheit, round about tongue temperature and hence the melt-in-the-mouth pleasure effect.

QUOTE: The 12-step chocoholics program:
NEVER BE MORE THAN 12 STEPS AWAY FROM CHOCOLATE!

ALMOST.....

2006-04-17T07:23:00.000-05:00

This week is over YAYYYYYYYY.....
BUT we almost had a accident hehe....the easter bunny was almost seen! Well not almost, you see Krackel and Rolo were opening there easter baskets, and I figured this year I would buy stuff that they "need" and put them in a basket that they wanted. So I bought like sandals for them, skirt outfits, books for krackel, a jump rope for Rolo. Well Krackel was opening up her basket and said outloud "I think the Easter bunny shops at Target" DOH! Then Krackel said "I think the Easter Bunny is daddy (Mr. Goodbar)" WOW.....so I had to think of something quickly. I said "Well the Easter Bunny is like Santa, he has special powers that he can get stuff at stores too...along with all the little bunnies helping him make stuff" So that stuck this year, but don't know about next year =-( We also hid plastic eggs with candy in them instead of real eggs, cause last year we threw away 3 dozen eggs almost....not alot of people cept Mr.Goodbar eat eggs in this house...and he's watching his eating habits, so none of them prolly would have gotten eaten. So I thought this a better way. Krackel wasn't too happy, but still had fun doing it!
Well I hope all have a great day!!

CHOCOLATE FACT: Cocoa butter makes a sensuous massage cream.

QUOTE: Simply put... everyone has a price, mine is chocolate!

HAHAHAH funny!!!

2006-04-15T13:20:00.000-05:00

Its thursday...

2006-04-13T08:39:00.000-05:00

This morning is ok. We've had a little scare here at the chocolate factory...Buddy from the circus fell on some shoes and hit his nose really hard. He's doing good tho *S*....Rolo slipped down the stairs (dont know how many time I have told her and all the kids NOT to play on the stairs) Sometimes I feel like Charlie Brown's teacher! Wahwahwahwah
Tomorrow Krackel has off of school (Good Friday) altho it just says "teacher inservice" Today starts the 4 days of church for Mr. Goodbar...he goes today "last supper" then tomorrow "good friday" then sat "midnight easter mass" then of course Easter. But he's not serving easter.
Still don't know what were going to do for Easter tho...I know the easter bunny is going to come and hide eggs, and church, but that's about it. May get a ham, and invite grandpa wonka over for dinner since grandma wonka is in California. hey did you know that were having MUCH better weather then california hehehe....ok ok maybe i WILL stay here...
Well I hope EVERYONE has a great day....
Were going to do some painting today outside after nap...I bought these really cute things for the oompa loompa's to paint. They will have fun, just have to find shirts for them to put over there clothes so they dont get all painted up, altho its "supposed" to be washable stuff hehehehe....

CHOCOLATE FACT: White chocolate is made from cocoa butter, which is the fat extract from crushed roasted cacao beans. White chocolate contains no caffeine.

QUOTE: A day without chocolate is a day without sunshine.

WOOOHOOOO

2006-04-12T08:31:00.000-05:00

NO MESSES NO MESSES NO MESSES NO MESSE, AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAND NO HITTING NO HITTING NO HITTING.....we all just "got along" this morning...how wonderful is that!!!
It's cloudy outside with thunderstorms but its going to be 72....i'll take that!
Morning is good so far. BUT I do have a cold...congestion =( oh well...guess it was my turn with all the kids having stuffiness hehe.....week is almost over THANK GOODNESS!!! Don't know what were going to do for Easter tho with Grandma Wonka out of town. Was gunna cook BUT I dont have an oven hehe....its broke. Kids hate it cause they can't bake cookies. and i hate it cause i can't bake my chocolate cake that I wants so much.
Well i hope everyone has a great day!

CHOCOLATE FACT: Chocolate contains traces of Seratonin, a neurotransmitter found in the brain which has calming effects causing an improvement of one’s mood. (I KNEW I ATE IT FOR A REASON HEHE)

QUOTE: A balanced diet consists of items from the five major food groups:
dairy, grains, meats, fruits/vegetables, and chocolate.

And so it begins.....

2006-04-11T07:40:00.000-05:00

And so the day begins with a BANG.....
Already I have fought with Krackel about eating breakfast, cleaned up cereal that Kit-Kat spilled, and Buddy and Rolo got into.....OF ALL THINGS......the baby powder....didn't get to them fast enough. They have this thing about banging on the TV and windows. Buddy put a barette in the printer (i got it out) Rolo put sme toys in the vent....and buddy and rolo tag teamed on getting the cherrios and putting them down the vent. Guess they thought the ants were hungry. I need a coke! (with maybe some southern in it) Its partly cloudy outside...but if it's not raining, WERE GOING OUTSIDE!!!!
Gotta get Krackel off to school now....hope everyone has a GREAT day!!

CHOCOLATE FACT: White Chocolate is not chocolate
Absolutely correct. White chocolate is made from whole milk, sugar and cocoa butter but has no non-fat cocoa solids. White chocolate is even made with vegetable oil instead of cocoa butter.

QUOTE: Life is not measured by how many breathes you take, but how many moments that take your breathe away.

........

2006-04-10T08:34:00.000-05:00

Today the sun is shinning. I woke up at 530am, went to my parents house to let the dogs out since the parents are in California right now. Then I went to workout...then came home just in time for the circus to show up to the chocolate factory *S*
Then rolo and buddy got into the bag of straw and dumped them all over the floor, then tag teamed in the bathroom where they undid the toilet paper AND dumped out all the cotton balls on the floor, THEN they tag teamed AGAIN in the kitchen where they took Tiger's food and dumped it on the floor...all before 730am.....was an interesting few hours this am hehehehe....

Grandma Wonka's surgery is today, so were all praying for her...she will be fine, she's a STRONG lady and we love and miss her VERY much! Well I hope all have a great day!!

CHOCOLATE FACT: Chocolate causes hyperactivity in kids (so much sugar):
This is kind of an old wives tale, but not really true. According to numerous studies sugar does NOT cause hyperactivity in children. Among others, studies at Vanderbuilt University, reported in the New England Journal of Medicine [Feb. 1994] found absolutely no evidence that sugar and hyperactivity were linked at all.

QUOTE: Just give me the chocolate and no one gets hurt!

Palm Sunday....

2006-04-09T13:47:00.000-05:00

Man I hate to say this, but I can't wait till April is over with...so much to do, places to go, people to see. With church, family, family out of town, birthday's....seems never ending!!!

Mr. Goodbar served mass today for palm sunday and was VERY nervous! But he did a great job, and we were all very proud of him (it was his first time) He now has to do thursday, friday, saturday and sunday (easter) WOW thats allot of praying!

Rolo is stubborn as ever. Man does that child have a mind of her own. Her new thing right now is "mommy, why?" Were driving to go to grandma's house to let the dog's out, and i say "drive faster" to the car in front of me, and i hear this little voice in the back saying "mommy, mommy" so I look in the rear-view mirror and say "what honey" she looks at me and says "WHY?" goodness....now I have to explain everything....again and again, cause "because I said so" doesn't work with this 2 year old...she will keep asking why, till she thinks the answer I give is good enough for her *S*

Krackel has been full of pi$$ and vinager this weekend. She has been overly tired, so she wont eat all her dinner, then about 30 min later she will ask "can i have some ice cream" then when mr.Goodbar and myself tell her no, she will start in with the "but im hungry, what am i gunna eat now" So we have been saving her plate from dinner, and we tell her "if your hungry go finish your dinner" she gives us ALOT of grief!

Kit-Kat is turning 6 in 2 weeks., man she's growing up. But boy is she demanding! She is bossy too, but I would rather take her like that, than her being quiet and crying when daddy isn't near her (which she did for a year) made life, tough....

Well I hope you have a GREAT day!!!

CHOCOLATE FACT: Eat chocolate and live longer!!
A 1999 article said researchers reported that people who eat chocolate three times a month could add a year to their lives. They say antioxidants deserve the credit: 3 oz. of high quality Swiss chocolate has 410 mg. - more than a serving of broccoli. And an antioxidant-rich diet helps protect you from disease, said researcher Andrew L. Waterhouse, PhD. WOW... imagine if you ate chocolate three times a day!

QUOTE: Nobody knows the truffles I've seen!

Today's forcast.....

2006-04-07T07:49:00.001-05:00

RAIN RAIN RAIN.......rain rain go away, come back another day!!!!
Yes it's friday AND it's raining.....hey it could be worse right....It could be SNOWING!!!!
This weekend is farely quiet. We have church on sunday (palm sunday) brings me back to california days hehe...palms and all....We have Kit-Kat again this weekend. Don't think were going to do much cept play outside all weekend. Gunna try and teach Kit-Kat how to ride a bike. Might go down to the walking trail that we found, used to be an old raceway in the 50's and 60's, it's awsome...lot's of history there....

So Rolo has taken a liking to calling me by my first name....weird I tell you. When she gets REALLY man at me, she yells at me by my first name. Thought they start that at like 5 or something hehehe...

OH GOOD NEWS, our goose is back. The one that we helped....found out it's a girl, so scooby doo doesn't work. So we now call her Canadian. Appropriate *S* she's back and well. You can tell where she was hurt, but is healing VERY nicely...glad she's back..she comes up to the window all the time, and the oompa loompa's talk to her alot!! It's all good.

Well I hope EVERYONE has a GREAT weekend....any suggestions on a "cheap" (sounds bad) birthday party thingy to do for a 6th birthday???

CHOCOLATE FACT: Chocoholics may unite in celebration, for the news is good: dark chocolate possesses the highest antioxidant content of any food. Chocolates contain iron, magnesium, phosphorus, potassium, and, in milk chocolate, calcium. But it is the antioxidants and the flavonoids which boost good HDL cholesterol levels that has us dancing in pagan delight

QUOTE: I have this theory that chocolate slows down the aging process....
It may not be true, but do I dare take the chance?

It's a goooood day today S

2006-04-05T08:57:00.000-05:00

The sun is shinning YIPPPPPY for the sun....
Did I ever mention that I just LOVE THE SUN!
Well the next few weeks are busy busy busy, with easter and all...Mr.Goodbar has lots to do at church, and i have lots to do around the chocolate factory. Spring time brings dust bunnies, and these dust bunnies are invading the factory OH KNOW!
And then after Easter is Kit-Kat's birthday. Don't know what were going to do....Grandma Wonka is going to be in California cause Great-Grandma Wonka is having hip surgery =-( She will be there till mothers day. But ANYTHING for great-grandma Wonka!
Krackel is VERY happy about being back at school. She's doing very well there too. She has a new "boyfriend" as she says...I told her she can't date till shes at least 30!
My 30th birthday is coming up in June...not sure i'm happy about that. Means i'm getting old...Nope I won't give in...not even to the grey on my head!!! hehehe
Today we will be going outside after we watch Narnia....it's still a little chilly outside, i figure in about an hour it should be all good!!! Well hope everyone has a grrrreat day!!

CHOCOLATE FACT: 2002 Limited Edition Milk Chocolate Pretzel and While Chocolate Pretzel BITES candies are introduced.

QUOTE: I'll eat anything, as long as it's chocolate.

Nature Channel in my backyard

2006-04-04T09:10:00.000-05:00

Ok, so I have decided i don't want the nature channel in my backyard anymore....
Krackel was looking outside this morning, and got this real worried look on her face, and looked at me and said "Mom that bird has a cut on his wing" I had to explain to her that those birds are called the Red Winged Black Bird.....There supposed to have those red spots....she felt better.....
That same bird was still there when the factory and I took Krackel to the bus stop...and when we returned that same bird was still there eating....you can tell cause this brid was FAT..ok not fat, just fluffy *S*
Well I was sitting here looking out the window at that same bird, and WOOOOOOOOSH it was GONE......this HUGE hawk came down and got the "fluffy" bird. I looked out the window and the hawk was sitting on my deck with the bird in it's claws. OMG....I tried to change the channel but I guess my remote for the outside world just isn't working anymore*S*

CHOCOLATE FACT: Chocolate introduced to the United States in 1765 in Dorchester, Mass.; first chocolate factory in the country established there.

QUOTE: Ten excuses for eating chocolate:

1. I love it.
2. I love it.
3. I love it.
4. I love it.
5. I love it.
6. I love it.
7. I love it.
8. I love it.
9. I love it.
10. I love it.

(On the other hand, who needs an excuse??)

Monday, Monday.....

2006-04-03T12:36:00.000-05:00

Well I wish I had some of Circus Kellies energy hehehe....but today has been a good day. Nobody whinnying, nobody hurt, nobody hitting anyone else...its all good......
the wind is blowing, the sky is falling....WHAT THE SKY IS FALLING....CHICKEN LITTLE YOU BETTER HAVE A GOOD EXPLANATION FOR THIS!!!...
Yes yes yes I need to get out more!!!!
Did laundry, and it's still sitting in the dryer, guess I should get a movin on that huh? Or just wait till Mr. Goodbar gets home, and let him do it hehehehe.....
well I hope all have a great Monday...Remember CHOCOLATE TUESDAY IS TOMORROW!!!!

CHOCOLATE FACT: Mayans and Aztecs make a drink called "xocoatl." According to Aztec Indian legend cocoa seeds were brought from Paradise and wisdom and power came from eating the fruit of the cocoa tree.

QUOTE: Chocolate: Here today .... Gone today!

Sunday blues....

2006-04-02T14:31:00.000-05:00

Saw Ice Age 2 yesterday, was AWSOME! I love Sid the sloth....may have to venture over to target and get me a little stuffed animal of him =-)
Did a little spring cleaning today. Made upstairs room into a play room. They LOVE it. Cleaned krackel and kit-kats room, did a little in our room too. Rolo still will not sleep in her own bed. I have to figure out a way to get her in her own bed....any idea's??

Well as Chicken Little says "tomorrow is a new day!!"

CHOCOLATE FACT: The Mexican Indian word "chocolate" comes from a combination of the terms "choco" (foam) and "atl" (water).

QUOTE: There is nothing better than a good friend - except a good friend with chocolate.

TGIF......

2006-03-31T07:36:00.000-06:00

Hey guess what ICE AGE 2 STARTS TODAY WHOOOOOOOOHOOOOOO and I have to wait till tomorrow.....Anything for Sid the sloth...hehe
It's gloomy on and off today...I guess April showers bring may flowers right?? Well I dont plant, so I don't want the rain. =-)
The wind is blowing REALLY hard...it's actually kinda funny to sit here and look out the window and watch the birds fly in the wind....

Kit-Kat is coming tonight for the weekend...should be fun. Krackel can't wait to see her and neither can Rolo...I hope we have just one day of good weather so we can go out for a nice walk. Something about fresh air just renew's the spirit in my opinion.

So Krackel said to me the other day when we were driving...."Mom, you should REALLY stop drinking Coke!! It's bad for you and your health and there's was too much caffeine and sugar in it!!" So I asked her where she heard that...."My healthy teacher told me, and she know's what she's talking about cause she teaches kids!!" And I have noticed that this past week I have cut back on my coke intake...it's really weird. How can you argue with someone who "teaches" kids hehehe...i guess it's a good thing cause now Krackel drinks more water and milk, cause her "healthy teacher" told her its better for her.

Rolo is getting REALLY good at being 2. She throws her fits....her new thing is walking around nude with just socks on. No wonder she's always sick. But to keep clothes on the child is like taming a wild beast. If she spills ANYTHING on her shirt, she takes it off....even if were out to dinner..that shirt comes off...so I have learned to pack at least 5 shirts and at least 3 pairs of pants....i CANT wait for summer with this child...will be MUCH easier to keep a dress or shorts on this child!

Kit-Kat is doing good...she's got a cough again. I don't get to see her much and I don't like that. I really miss her. That little girl is awsome! I just wish we could have her more.

Mr.Goodbar is doing really well. He finally getting caught up at work. I let him stay late a coupld days a week so he doesn't fall behind there. The company he works for get's on his back if he has one thing due and its not turned in, in like 5 minutes they get on him...so he needs to be on top of everything, and sometimes 8 hrs isn't enough hours in a day, and our computer is REALLY slow at home, well the program that he needs anyhow. But 2 looooooong days a week is good....we can give him up for two days...at least we get him on the weekends this way, and he doesnt have to work at home or go into the office if he stays late a few days...

I'm doing good. My mood is slowly getting better. I have my moments of insanity, but then I take a deep breathe and a gulp of coke, and a chocolate candy bar, and i'm all good...I think right now, i am right where I want to be in life...I wish that me and Mr.Goodbar had a little more "free" time together, alone. We don't get that alot...but that's what happens with 3 kids I guess =-)

Well I hope EVERYONE has a great weekend!!! I found out that ANYONE can post now...not just people with blogs....so pleeeeeeeeeeeeeease leave me a message =-)
Take care

CHOCOLATE FACT: Fishermen from Gloucester, Mass., accept cocoa beans as payment for cargo in tropical America.

QUOTE:

A better day....

2006-03-30T08:43:00.000-06:00

Today started off a little slow. The past few nights I have fallen asleep, only to awaken with the feeling like I got no sleep at all. Of course last night Rolo got up at 1:30am and didn't go back to sleep until around 3am, so I know why I didn't feel like I slept. But all was good cause WE GOT TO GO OUTSIDE AND PLAY!!!!! And none of the kids have given me any hard time today.....

This weeked were going to say Ice Age 2...CANT WAIT....I have been waiting for this since the first one came out....I LOVE that movie....Target now has SID THE SLOTH stuffed animals, I'm gunna have to get me one of them!!!!!

Well I hope everyone has a great day. The sun is shinning, who could ask for anything more!!!

CHOCOLATE FACT: Christopher Columbus returns to Spain with cocoa beans but King Ferdinand (the fool!) overlooks them in favor of other treasures.

QUOTE: I should be patient with the annoying; the most questioning child could open a new door.

Eye of the tiger.......

2006-03-29T07:30:00.000-06:00

It's another gloomy day here in chicagoland....but that doesn't stop the birds outside....
It's weird, being from California when spring break hit, we were able to go to the beach, or go to Disneyland without jackets and wearing shorts, but it's spring break right now for Krackel and were still in pants and our winter jackets....Been here almost 8 years and i'm still not used to that.

Everything around the Chocolate Factory is going good. I think I may be coming down with a little cold. My energy just got wiped out, my mood is well it's hard to explain. When im with the kids, all of them, its great, and i play and laugh, but when im alone or during nap time I get really down. I stare out the window at the birds. Sometimes I wish I could just turn the brain off.

Going to work out tonight, should be fun. 30 minutes a day 3 days a week...It's nice. I go with my mom, nice conversation and it's nice to get out of the house for a little bit, even if it is only for 45 total =-)

Hope everyone has a great day!

CHOCOLATE FACT: The Mexican Indian word "chocolate" comes from a combination of the terms "choco" (foam) and "atl" (water).

QUOTE: The world is a wonderful place and everyone should shut up and enjoy it every once in a while.

Grumpy monday.....

2006-03-27T10:00:00.000-06:00

Today is a weird day. I slept good last night, but woke up and am cranky....I have no clue why. The kids however are making me laugh, so that's good. Krackel is on spring break and today she is doing ok. BUT it's only monday....we will see how she does AFTER nap.

Her reading is getting so good. She read the best book today, and I always said that "I can't wait till she can read this book".....its called "The Giving Tree" great book......

Today I sit next to a poster I have next to my puter, that says How to really love a child, and I sit and think.....these suggestions are great.....which one can I do. With kids, it's like looking at everything for the first time....or seeing it through there innocent eyes...its AWSOME.....

Hope everyone has a happy monday....

CHOCOLATE FACT: By the 1990s, annual world consumption of cocoa beans averages approximately 600,000 tons; chocolate consumption is on the rise.

QUOTE: The best place to go with a child is in their imagination.

Feeling a little blue on a nice day.....

2006-03-26T09:46:00.000-06:00

Don't know what it is....the sun is shinning, the wind isn't blowing, and its nice outside, but i'm still feeling kinda blue. Don't know if it's all the cabin fever catching up with me. Couldn't sleep last night, so i watched my daughters lava lamp night light most of the night. Maybe a nice walk is what the doctor order. Rolo is doing good. She is still a little green in the eyes and nose. Krackel is still awsome. She didn't want to go to sleep last night.

Sometimes I wonder where these kids get some of the things they say. Last night at 11pm, Krackel came walking into my room telling me that she couldn't sleep. So i walked her back into her room and tucked her back in and sat on her bed. I asked her why she couldn't sleep, and she told me that she was scared. i told her that we have been here a year and everything is the same. She looked at me and said "no its not mom, my bed is different then when we first moved in...and im different, cause when we moved in i was 6 and now im 7, so not everything is the same" How can you argue with that?

Rolo has taken to walking the house naked w/out a diaper on. She will only wear them when she goes to sleep. She has already pee'd on the floor once, but has gone potty on the potty most of the morning, and all day yesterday. I think this 2 year old is done with the whole diaper thing. So many big kids going potty in the potty, now she wants to do it. On the weekdays, Buddy does the same thing to me, tho he gets mad when I don't let him sit on the toilet. So be it....=-)

Well I hope everyone has a great day.....it's sunday, which means back to work tomorrow, so enjoy this wonderful day! the sun is out and shinning and tomorrow its supposed to rain!!

CHOCOLATE FACT: Christopher Ludwig Hoffmann's treatise Potus Chocolate recommends chocolate for many diseases.

QUOTE: No matter how old you are, you always think that there may be something hiding under the bed.

A snowy spring friday

2006-03-24T08:51:00.000-06:00

Nothing new today....cept the snow outside....I'm moving back to California till the sun decides to stay up.....my cat is trying to help me type...the kids are playing in the garage.....they didn't want to come in, they have cabin fever SO BAD...so I can see them while sitting in a warm house =-)
Rolo is trying to get sick again (actually i think its just allergies) Krackel is awsome...she's doing really good in school. Her reading is up to par and no longer needs the reading program at school. She is still having alot of trouble with math though. And I am no help in that department. Kit Kat is sick from what her mother says, but that's nothing new.
We will be going over to see the new baby this weekend. Will be the first time Krackel gets to see her, since they didn't let her back at the hospital to see her, cause she doesn't share the same "germs" as the rest of the family......something like that.
it's my sister-in-laws birthday saturday too.....wow full weekend....hopefully the sun decides to show its face sometime this weekend.....
hope everyone has a great weekend!!!

CHOCOLATE FACT: New York Cocoa Exchange opens October 1, 1925, located at the World Trade Center.

QUOTE: Sometimes the mind, for reasons we don't necessarily understand, just decides to go to the store for a quart of milk.

Another Hump day....

2006-03-22T10:30:00.000-06:00

It's wed...half way through the week...Sun is shinning, wind is blowing, birds are chirrrrrrrrping, cat is going crazy, kids are down for a nap, nothing but the sound of the humidifier going (very soothing i might add) This is a good day. Rolo didn't sleep good last night, she was up and down all night. I think it's cause Mr. Goodbar broke her routine...he had to work late and didn't get to put her to sleep. She doesn't like a break in routine...but who does aye =-)
hope everyone has a very lovely day!!!

CHOCOLATE FACT: In the 1870's, the Swiss add milk to chocolate to create the edible form Americans so often enjoy today.

QUOTE: Security is mostly a superstition. It does not exist in nature.... Life is either a daring adventure or nothing.

Darn this cold weather....

2006-03-21T10:42:00.000-06:00

I am so tired of the cold weather now.....the kids all have cabin fever, and I have cabin fever....If we step outside right now, we would get blown into Iowa...its THAT windy outside...Its the kind of wind that gets into your skin EWWWWWW.....
Everyone at the Chocolate house is goooood....saw my niece yesterday, cute as a button!!!
Hope everyone has a GR8 day!!!

CHOCOLATE FACT: In the seventeenth century, chocolate recognized as an appropriate drink for children. It is not just for wealthy, adult males anymore.

QUOTE: Winter is on my head, but eternal spring is in my heart.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY CASSIDY!!!

2006-03-20T14:33:00.000-06:00

Today my niece was born. Cassidy "Jack" Winder, weighing 7lbs 1oz and is 20 inches long.
Now the story behind "Jack" it stands for Jean, Anne, Cheryl, Kathy those are the grandma's and great granparents names...with all the first initials it spells JACK...Yes it reminds me of YACKITY YACK DONT TALK BACK....
Were going to see her tonight....can't wait...I have 2 nephews, but this is the first girl for my brother and sister in law. now she doesn't have to borrow my three, but Cassidy may have to come over to get "girl" time since she lives with 3 boys hehehehehe
Have a GRRRRRRRRRREat day!!!

CHOCOLATE FACT: Chocolate was considered an aphrodisiac by the Aztec Indians, and as such, was forbidden to women. Today, some postulate that chocolate triggers a brain chemical that produces the same reaction brought on by a passionate love affair. Perhaps that is why, when a love affair turns sour, many a spurned lover goes on a chocolate binge.

QUOTE: When I was born I was so surprised I didn't talk for a year and a half.

Happy monday!!!

2006-03-13T09:18:00.000-06:00

Not much happened this weekend. Did some shopping, ate some food, slept a little. Oh got my new glasses, and just in time, cause were having CRAZY winds today and the wind bothers my contacts. Watched the new Harry Potter...was good, but I like the others better. Cleaned the house, went by my parents house and chatted a little bit. Had Kit-Kat this weekend, and she was happy and well. Kit-Kat and little Rolo play SO WELL together. Poor Krackel sometimes feels left out. But Krackel is into the teacher/student thing right now, and art. She loves to draw and color and anything that has to do with art. Kit-Kat and Rolo are into playing with dolls and running around. Mr. Goodbar is now part of the church and has been doing that, and practicing...he has to say Latin (which is hard for him even tho he speaks spanish, guess its a whole different language hehe)
Welp hope everyone has a good day!!!

CHOCOLATE FACT: The term “white chocolate” is a misnomer. Under Fedaral Standards of Identity, real chocolate must contain chocolate liquor (see “A Short History of Chocolate”). “White” chocolate contains no chocolate liquor.

QUOTE: Man cannot live by chocolate alone - but woman can!

Scooby doo

2006-03-10T10:51:00.000-06:00

I got a call from the Animal Control and they said that they gave it to a
woman (who does rehabilitation for birds) and she says that it will take a
little time, but the goose is going to be JUST FINE!!!!!!!
All the kids here are jumping for joy cause we saved the gooses life!!!!
YIPPPPPPPYYYY

now they are convinced its "our" goose....BUT "our" goose that lives in the
wild and we can't touch but can only look at from the window.....Oh and they
want to name the goose "scoobydoo"

Bad Luck

2006-03-09T09:08:00.000-06:00

So last night Mr. Goodbar was sleeping on the couch (he fell asleep watching tv) and at about dawn he heard something strange, but didn't think anything of it. So this morning I was going out to feed the birds and something hissed at me...scared the living daylights outta me. But I looked down, and it was a goose, apparently hurt. It was just laying there, still alive but hurt. So I called Animal control and there sending someone out here to get it and HOPEFULLY save it, but somehow i don't think that's what they do. But the goose is still out there, and still alive. I had to tell Krackel that they would probably put it in a zoo cause it probably won't be able to fly. There's no way I would tell her anything else!!!
Well I hope all of you have a great day!!!

CHOCOLATE FACT: The botanical name of the chocolate plant is Theobramba cacao, which means “Food of the Gods.”

QUOTE: Chocolate: Here today .... Gone today!

make the sun come out

2006-03-08T13:32:00.000-06:00

I AM SO READY FOR SPRING!!!! The kids all have cabin fever, I have MAJOR cabin fever....Everytime i think "today we may get to go outside" either one of the kids is sick OR that darn sun goes away and it gets CHILLY....the kind of chilly that just goes right through you, and if you stay out long enough your hands turn into little ice cubes. Yeah not a good thing with 5 kids!! Nothing new is happening...OH YEAH...my heater finally bit the dust...i figured since this weather is keeping up i must get someone to come look at it. OUr second car is almost biting the dust, so Mr. Goodbar thinks he want's to purchase a scooter (its kinda kool) to get to and from work so i can have our goobermobile....like I go anywhere during the day. But it is nice to have "in case of ermergency" know what im saying....anyhow, hope everyone has had or will have a good day!!!

CHOCOLATE FACT:“Giri Choco” is a japanese custom which means “duty chocolate.” It calls for employees to give chocolates to their managers as a token of loyalty.

QUOTE: I have this theory that chocolate slows down the aging process....
It may not be true, but do I dare take the chance?

testing....

2006-03-07T13:58:00.000-06:00

just seeing if this works. haven't been able to get in here....

My first weekend post

2006-03-05T20:02:00.000-06:00

Its sunday and I finally got the kids to bed. Mr. Goodbar had to lay down with little Rolo to get her to sleep, so he will be asleep in no time too. Krackel is watching TV upstairs while trying to fall asleep. So i'm down here taking time for myself.
Didn't do much today cept go to the store to get juice...I can't believe its March and it's sn owing....The wildlife outside are very confused. i can hear the geese honking prolly wondering why mother nature can't make up it's mind. I'm sure it will be like 70 for easter (I can wish can't I)
So we were getting ready to do our errands and go eat Mexican food, when Mr. Goodbar was straping in little Rolo in her car seat, I looked out and saw two GIANT birds swarming down. It caught something in the air, and went down in the grass (well there would be if it wasn't covered with this damn white stuff) and was EATING it.....It was two red tailed hawks, right in front of my house....Being from California, i get excited about these things!!! I get excited when I see deer...cause the only birds and deer we saw was at the San Diego zoo.....
Well I hope all had a GREAT weekend!!!

CHOCOLATE FACT: The shelf life of chocolate is generally a year. Ingredients such as nuts will shorten the shelf life. Chocolate kept beyond 1 year may suffer flavor loss or texture changes.

QUOTE: I'd give up chocolate, but I'm no quitter....

YIPPY its friday....

2006-03-03T10:31:00.000-06:00

And i have absolutly NOTHING planned for the weekend.....I think I may just sit in my jammies all weekend long. Wait I do that all week long....AHHH WHO CARES.....Went and got my eyes checked yesterday...EWWWW
I have to get new contacts, new glasses AND I have to see a nuerologist....yippppy....she saw something in my eye that "wasn't normal" I tried to tell her that I'm just not a normal person, but she just said "we should get this fixed" blah blah blah
Anyhow, we will be doing that one day....who knows when =-) Of course, she did tell me this could be the reason I am getting my headaches...and if we can cure that I WOULD LOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOVE IT!!!!!
EVERYONE HAVE A GREAT WEEKEND!!!!

CHOCOLATE FACT: Tooth decay is primarily the result of poor oral hygiene. Dental caries (another word for cavities) are caused by any foods containing fermentable carbohydrates that are left on the teeth for too long. In fact, there are ingredients found in chocolate products that may retard the tooth decaying process.

QUOTE: Insanity: doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results.

It's getting better, better all the time....

2006-03-02T09:41:00.000-06:00

It's thursday.....my heat is going out in my house (guess i should call someone) my girls's hampster bit me on my finger (was about to feed it to my cat) It's snowing outside (and fridgen cold) were getting our 2nd car back (unfixed) BUT the kids are all HEALTHY!!!!! WHOOOHOOO .....
Hope everyone has a good day!

CHOCOLATE FACT: "Candy, in moderation, can be part of low-fat eating. In fact, an occasional sweet treat helps you stick to a healthy eating plan."

QUOTE: I believe that uncertainty is really my spirit's way of whispering, "I'm in flux. I can't decide for you. Something is off-balance here."

CHOCOLATE TUESDAY.....

2006-02-28T09:15:00.000-06:00

And I think we all deserve a little chocolate today!!!
hope everyone has a great day!!

CHOCOLATE FACT: The amount of caffeine in a piece of chocolate candy is significantly lower than that in coffee, tea or cola drinks. For instance, a 5 oz cup of instant coffee has between 40 and 108 mg of caffeine, while a one oz milk chocolate bar contains only 6 mg and many confectionery items have no caffeine at all.

QUOTE: It is possible to store the mind with a million facts and still be entirely uneducated.

Monday, yucky!!!

2006-02-27T09:33:00.000-06:00

Today is monday, and I am sick. Little Rolo is sick with a middle ear infection and an upper respitory infection. Krackel is doing ALOT better since being on her medicine, even though it's world war 3 getting her to take the medicine. Mr. Goodbar is doing ALOT better. He even did some laundry for me...=-)
I did ALOT of grociery shopping yesterday. More than I thought I needed. But I didn't feel good, so anything I "thought" we needed went into the cart, cept of course what I really needed.....so I must go back to the store and get those things.
Well I hope everyone has a GREAT monday and the rest of the week!!!

CHOCOLATE FACT:Hawaii is the only state that grows cacao beans to produce chocolate.

QUOTE: Courage is doing what you're afraid to do. There can be no courage unless you're scared.

hi

2006-02-24T09:19:00.000-06:00

Never hold your farts in.

They travel up your spine,

into your brain,

and that's where

shitty ideas come from.

Have a great day!

CHOCOLATE FACT: The Dutch are the biggest eaters of candy, at 65 pounds per person a year; Americans eat about 21 pounds a year.

BLAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH

2006-02-23T14:47:00.000-06:00

That's all I have to say about that....
Well it's happened. I truly believe that I am sick now. Mr. Goodbar went to the doctor and found out that he just has a BAD case of the flu...you know the one they can't do ANYTHING about cept wait it out, and spread your germs hehe.....
I go to the doctor today with Krackel to see what's up with us....keep the fingers crossed....
Kit Kat is FINE...and Little rolo....shes ok, I think she's trying to fight off something too.....
On a funnier note, this morn ing, when i was opening all our mini-blinds, my cat was going crazy and I couldn't figure out why. Our backyard is basically a marsh, and a forest perserve...so I looked out the big window and didn't see anything. I thought it was just birds, but he was going CRAZY....So I opened the last set of mini-blinds and BAM I saw why he was going crazy...
There were 2 raccoons in the tree outside the window...yes 2...and can ANYONE guess what they were doing......THEY WERE MAKING LITTLE BABY RACCOONS.....or a raccoon porno..I scared them away when i went to feed the birds.....
In a tree, that HAD to be uncomfortable.....I bet your all picturing that now huh *wink* dowwy.......

CHOCOLATE FACT: Cole Porter got a kick from fudge. He had nine pounds of it shipped to him each month from his hometown.

QUOTE: Don't knock the weather. If it didn't change once in a while, nine out of ten people couldn't start a conversation.

Here I go again on my own.....

2006-02-22T10:22:00.000-06:00

My goodness...what can I say about today...oh yeah IM THE ONLY ONE HEALTHY.....Krackel is still not 100% and little Rolo is sneezing and green snotty and miniture Kit-Kat is sneezing and snotty. I am the only one NOT sneezing, and am not snotty. I figured it out though. Iw ill probably be the one next week who's laying on the floor, sneezing and snotty while everyone else runs around me....yup that's gunna be me!!! But I have it in my head that I WILL NOT GET SICK, and if I do, i'm sticking my head in the toilet! Strep throat is going around Krackel school AGAIN!!! I tell you, kids these day's need to be in a bubble!!! Other than that, nothing else is new.
This weekend though I have my sister-in-law's babyshower....ITS A GIRL....yup she's gunna have a girl....which is good, cause they already have 2 boys. It's a break from all the soccer, baseball, football games and practices...now my sister-in-law can do girlie stuff w/out borrowing my 3 girls hehehehe.....
Welp gotta jet.....hope all have a WONDERFUL day!!! And I hope something magical happens to at least one person today!

CHOCOLATE FACT:In the U.S. chocolate candy outsells all other types of candy combined, by 2 to 1.

QUOTE: "Forget love... I'd rather fall in chocolate!"

Just a joke today...I'm toooo tired (THAT DAMN CAT)

2006-02-21T10:25:00.000-06:00

"ESTROGEN ISSUES"
10 WAYS TO KNOW IF YOU HAVE "ESTROGEN ISSUES"

1. Everyone around you has an attitude problem.
2. You're adding chocolate chips to your cheese omelet
3. The dryer has shrunk every last pair of your jeans.
4. Your husband is suddenly agreeing to everything you
say.
5. You're using your cellular phone to dial up every
bumper sticker that says: "How's my driving-call 1-
800-"
6. Everyone's head looks like an invitation to batting
practice.
7. Everyone seems to have just landed here from "outer
space."
8. You can'! t believe they don't make a tampon bigger
than Super Plus.
9. You're sure that everyone is scheming to drive you
crazy.
10. The ibuprofen bottle is empty and you bought it
yesterday.

CHOCOLATE FACT: When Standard Brands Company, owner of Curtiss Candy Company, was acquired by Nabisco in 1981, they realized they had somehow lost the original recipes for the Baby Ruth and Butterfinger candy bars. No one at the old Curtiss factory remembered how to make the candy bars, and Nabisco had to develop new recipes that customers would accept.

QUOTE: “Strength is the capacity to break a chocolate bar into four pieces with your bare hands -- and then eat just one of the pieces.”

Happy Birthday

2006-02-20T08:04:00.000-06:00

Well I survived the birthday weekend, with 6 SCRRRRRRRRRRREAMING girls in one room, and I literally mean, IN ONE ROOM....Krackel turned 7 yesterday, and that poor girl got REALLY sick. She was running a 103 fever. Her throat was hurting. i took her to the doctor and she has strep throat...ON HER BIRTHDAY.....I had to keep her home from school today cause she was still running that fever (at least it's lower now 100) and she's cranky as all get out.

One of the girls on at her "slumber party" got sick (all over my bathroom i might add) and she had to go home early. I think she brought the flu home, although at Krackels school strep throat is going around. At least Kit-Kat and Rolo show NO signs (YET) of being sick. There actually running around driving Krackel crazy cause there (as she says) being loud....And they are, but Krackel doesn't want to go up and lay in her room.

Oh well just another monday....I hope Krackel start feeling better soon....Well I hope all have a good monday.

CHOCOLATE FACT: Americans consumed over 3.1 billion pounds of chocolate in 2001, which is almost half of the total world's production.

QUOTE: Energy is eternal delight.

Feels like monday

2006-02-17T07:08:00.000-06:00

Oh my goodness gracious....Today feels like monday...last night we had Krackels skating party for her school. Man am i out of shape. She kept falling, which made me fall cause I was "trying" to hold her up. Than Rolo (who is 2 mind you) wanted to skate. They have these skates that just fit over the shoe, so we got her some of those...i had to skate all the while bending down holding her....I could barely feel my knees and back after that day! Than we told Krackel that it was time to go, and she started crying cause she was frustrated that she couldn't skate (altho most of the kids were falling on her butt) than Rolo was being, well 2 and crying ALL the way home...and im not just talking the simple cry, im talking about the blood curling cry.
Of course the evening started at a pizza place, where they lost our pizza, so the kids were getting ansy. Let me set the setting....This place has "stuffed" animals, that look real all over the place...and Rolo wanted to "walk" EVERYWHERE and look at all the animals, than she "needed" to pet all the animals....Of course the nice thing was, since they lost the pizza, the manager took care of the check, which means we only paid $7 for a tip...(we only had that on us, and they couldn't take CC for just the tip) So Rolo was already ansy, plus she only had a 45 min nap that day.....My goodness My grey hair just went a shade darker!! Now for the BIRTHDAY weekend....
Hope all is good with everyone!!!

What a difference a day makes...

2006-02-16T09:24:00.000-06:00

Today is thursday, but i feel it should be friday. I didn't sleep good last night, cause Rolo decided she needed to sleep right on me last night. I don't know if she's teething or she's catching another cold, BUT all I know is that, i didn't get to sleep cause of it. Than Krackel was up most of the night coughing and sneezing...her allergies are really getting the best of her. To make things worse, I over slept this morning, when the Circus came, and made them stand outside in the freezing/windy/snowy weather...I hope that bag of Hershey's makes up for making them stand out there....I felt soooo bad =-(

Kit Kat is coming to stay with us for a week. Krackel is turning 7 on Sunday and she's having her very first sleepover this weekend. So far were having 8 girls here sleeping...Won't Mr.Goodbar just be in heaven, him and the (male) cat will have to go and get a hotel room hehe....Mr.Goodbar is in a house with 4 girls...poor man.. BUT Rolo is the closest thing to a boy...she would rather play with cars, and motorcycles, and wear pants or shorts than dresses. The other two are ALL girls, but this one is a COMPLETE tomboy....everyone calls her mini-me....she looks and acts JUST LIKE ME....I'm so proud of her =-)

CHOCOLATE FACT: Seven billion pounds of chocolate and candy are manufactured each year in the United States.

QUOTE OF THE DAY: If you haven't forgiven yourself something, how can you forgive others?

WOOHOOOO....

2006-02-15T15:08:00.000-06:00

See what my husband sent me....It's the first time EVER I have gotten flowers at home....=-)

Wed.....hump day!!!!

2006-02-15T08:55:00.000-06:00

Hope is the thing...

Hope is the thing with feathers
That perches in the soul,
And sings the tune without the words,
And never stops at all,

And sweetest in the gale is heard;
And sore must be the storm
That could abash the little bird
That kept so many warm.

I've heard it in the chillest land,
And on the strangest sea;
Yet, never, in extremity,
It asked a crumb of me.

- Emily Dickinson

CHOCOLATE FACT: Hawaii is the only state that grows cacao beans to produce chocolate.

QUOTE OF THE DAY: Most people ignore most poetry because most poetry ignores most people.

Happy V Day everyone....

2006-02-14T10:26:00.000-06:00

Today is Feb 14th...Another hallmark holiday. I'm not big on the halmark holiday's but sometimes I like to be suprised. So loandbehold my doorbell rang this morning. Who could that be, all the kids are here...don't know anyone coming over....so I open the door, WOW flowers...a beautiful assembly of flowers...my first thought "I love my husband" what a great thing...than the flower lady said "These are for next door, and she's not home, can I leave them with you and I will put a note on her door and let her know there here" "POOF" my excitment dropped.....Wow OUCH

And then there was my 5 gifts from the littles...puddles on the floor, that I got to step in FIVE times...AT LEAST it wasn't on the carpet....but on the floor where its easy to mop up WITH MY SOCKS.....=-)
But all is good, cause I got lots of sowwy's and hugs and kisses, and games, and smiles, and jokes, and lots and lots of giggles....Its all good now!!!!@

CHOCOLATE FACT: Chocolate syrup was used for the blood in the famous shower scene in the Alfred Hitchcock movie 'Psycho'. The scene lasts for about 45 seconds in the movie, but took 7 days to film.

QUOTE: Money Talks, but Chocolate SINGS........

Blahhhhh it's monday...

2006-02-13T09:52:00.000-06:00

Good morning all,
Hope everyone had a great and wonderful weekend. Mine was alright. Had a headache from the place down under. You know the headache is REALLY bad when you go to the store, and you see CHOCOLATE on sale and you walk right past it, cause your in a hurry to get what you "need" and get out of there....yup that was me, and of course, i am now regretting it today. Oh well, hope all have a happy monday.

CHOCOLATE FACT: Never give a dog chocolate, as it contains theobromine, which is a central nervous system stimulant. As little as 2 ounces can be lethal to a small dog.

QUOTE OF THE DAY: "If life is a bowl of cherries, then what am I doing in the pits?"

Today is Friday TGIF!!!!

2006-02-10T09:40:00.000-06:00

Nothing new today...cept when I woke up there was this white stuff all over the ground. I'm getting really sick of this "cold" The kids are getting MAJOR cabin fever, they want to go outside and play and ride bikes. I want to go outside, but if i even think about it, i'm afraid one of the kids will get sick, and I don't want that. We do freeze dance...they will dance and dance and dance till the music stops, than they will freeze...it's quite funny watching them....well hope all have a GRRRRRRRRRR8 weekend!!!

CHOCOLATE FACT: Hershey's Chocolate was introduced in 1900.

QUOTE FOR THE DAY: Strong reasons make strong actions.

Priceless!!!!

2006-02-09T10:36:00.000-06:00

Spagetti: $1.15
Spagetti Sauce: $1.75
Getting this reaction from dinner: PRICELESS!!!1
For everything else, there's oxyclean!!!!

CHOCOLATE FACT: Semisweet chocolate contains 15% - 35% chocolate liquor.

QUOTE OF THE DAY: To fear love is to fear life, and those who fear life are already three parts dead.

Stir CRAZY wednesday!!!!

2006-02-08T10:26:00.000-06:00

Ok, so I did the BIGGEST mistake a mother of a (terrible) two and a 6 year old could do. I TOOK THEM SHOPPING BY MYSELF. Yes, it started out good, went to eat, got there hair cuts, and than BAM...just like a tornado, they were both, well lets put it kindly TERRIBLE!!!! "I want this, I need that NOW NOW NOW" thank gooness the store wasn't crowded.
And because they were so bad, I didn't get to get anymore chocolate for me and my circus friend....how CRAZY is that...so now im stuck eating cheezit's with no chocolate in the house (cept ice cream) I may have to go devoure my ice cream right now....Hope all is well with everyone else!!!

CHOCOLATE FACT: Aztec emperor Montezuma drank 50 golden goblets of hot chocolate every day. It was thick, dyed red and flavored with chili peppers.
(Now that’s Hot Chocolate!)

QUOTE FOR THE DAY: Competence, like truth, beauty and contact lenses, is in the eye of the beholder

Chocolate Tuesday!!!

2006-02-07T09:37:00.000-06:00

Yes tuesday is here again...CHOCOLATE TUESDAY!!!! I have already eaten my chocolate. Needless to say that I will have more! We are now watching Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, the tuesday movie. Nothing really going on. It's been a farely quiet day today. Have to do some shopping, blah blah blah.....

TODAYS QUOTE: It is not giving children more that spoils them; it is giving them more to avoid confrontation.

CHOCOLATE FACT: Columbus brought cacao (chocolate) beans back to Spain on his fourth voyage in 1502.

And Monday comes again...

2006-02-06T11:24:00.000-06:00

We always seem to get hit with these mondays. But today the sun is shinning (altho it is still like 20 outside with a wind chill of 10) So I dont think the kids and I will be playing outside.
So I was watching a movie this weekend with my children, The Cat in the Hat. And you would think "well its based on the childrens books" yeah well let me tell you, there not. There is this one part that the cat get's the kids to jump on the couch. So my littlest (Rolo) decided that she needed to do the same thing. And this morning, when circus Kelli dropped off the littles it so happened that her littles picked up that bad habit too. you see, it goes to show that tv or movies do have a big influence on kids. Needless to say, we will NOT be watching that here again....at least not for a looooooong time. Hope everyone out there has a great day!! Even tho I know of 1 person who reads this blog hehehe

Quote Of the Day: Believe in yourself! Have faith in your abilities! Without a humble but reasonable confidence in your own powers you cannot be successful or happy

Chocolate Fact of the Day: Over the past 2 years, Americans have bought over 33,000 tons of HERSHEY'S BITES candies! That's enough to fill up over 28 olympic size swimming pools!!!!

Rainy Friday

2006-02-03T08:53:00.001-06:00

Yes it is rainy outside...wand what a dreary day it is....Inside it is nice and toasty, but outside they say it's supposed to change to snow. The kids are getting restless because they want so bad to play outside....
So the dentist went well yesterday with Krackel and Almond Joy...(sometimes you feel like a nut)
No cavities for either one of them....So far krackel has lost 8 teeth. Remember the days when we only got 25 cents from the tooth fairy....nowa days children get $5...there making money out of loosing teeth. Good thing they can only do it so many times =-)

So Krackel decided this morning that she wasn't feeling well. But like a bad mommy, I made her go to school. Of course I knew she was fine when she said "Let's call grandma and see If i can go over there, than maybe we can go and do something" So I got her up and got her ready for school. Well I'm going to close on the lazy, cold, crumy day! Hope all is well with everyone...

CHOCOLATE FACT: If you put all the hershey BITES cadies sold in the U.S. in one year end to end.....you could circle the earth at the equator 2.1 times.

QUOTE OF THE DAY:If you can give your son or daughter only one gift, let it be that of enthusiasm....

It's a Chocolate World

What is a Mom?

Just another day.....

Just a little Christmas Spirit....

CHOCOLATE TUESDAY!!!!!!!!!!

IM BACK......!!!!

It's been a while

so true.....

just a little fun....

Another Day....

So they say...

OK OK I'm up, IM UP....

WOOOHOOO

Mini Me....

CHOCOLATE TUESDAY........

HAPPY BIRTHDAY SWEET PEA!!!

In the words of chicken little....

ugh!

great day!

My Goodness....

good movie...

WOW....

It's Chocolate Tuesday!!!

Happy Father's Day!!!

It's been a while...

Today I start.....

Hump Day....

H A P P Y B I R T H D A Y ! ! ! ! ! !

Busy busy...

Last Day of school

Howdy....

TGIF.....

Feelin a little better.....

It's Chocolate Tuesday!!!

A good day...

Can you believe it.....

AWSOME!!!!

Just one more day....

One of them days....

GET BACK TO WORK!!!!

bed time....

Oh to be 2

Picasso in training....

It's Friday....

Mmmm... Chocolate!!!

Hi.....

CHOCOLATE.....Give me CHOCOLATE....

And it's monday.....

100 UNSEXY men of all times......(Times)

question of the day...

So many choices.....

When pigs fly.....

CHOCOLATE TUESDAY......

ALMOST.....

HAHAHAH funny!!!

Its thursday...

WOOOHOOOO

And so it begins.....

........

Palm Sunday....

Today's forcast.....

It's a goooood day today *S*

Nature Channel in my backyard

Monday, Monday.....

Sunday blues....

TGIF......

A better day....

Eye of the tiger.......

Grumpy monday.....

Feeling a little blue on a nice day.....

A snowy spring friday

Another Hump day....

Darn this cold weather....

HAPPY BIRTHDAY CASSIDY!!!

Happy monday!!!

Scooby doo

Bad Luck

make the sun come out

testing....

My first weekend post

It's a goooood day today S