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er i hosted which means there was a low turn out are you un poopular do you pop out at parties name that redheaded comedic genius but we had a fabulous time and got to enjoy some wonderful food and best of all i had a marvelous excuse to make my yummy peanut butter stuffed hot fudge cupcakes sinfully divine and worth each and every 632 calories per cupcake i first made these babies for my birthday they were a huge hit especially with me so it was a total no brainer to make them again they re even fun to make there are several steps but my favorite is when i get to actually stuff the cupcakes with the luscious peanut butter buttercream frosting it might have something to do with the slightly messy nature of it because if it gets all over my hands that means that later i get to lick them clean i know i m naughty huh angel also brought a dessert some rich and decadent peanut butter chocolate bars sherie and heather both channeled asian cusine and brought noodle dishes they were both very different heathers was more peanut y and had fresh veggies on top i seem to have misplaced the recipe though as soon as i find it i will post and sheries had this fantastic spicy element to it thanks to the addition of chile oil i absolutely loved it it was called udon peanut butter noodles i highly recommend it so we sat around and chatted and ate laughed and joked and had a marvelous time i always really look forward to iron chef besides great food it s just some much needed girl time with friends until next month posted by shannan j at 10 34 am no comments labels iron chef me wednesday august 17 2011 the way things are did you know my printer broke i mean flat out busted and right when i was gearing up to do the most interesting weeks of summer school in my opinion two weeks of india france and australia i was so looking forward to these and then boom i guess i could ve begged people to print stuff for me but the fact is that it is a lot of paperwork worksheets coloring pages graphs and lets not forget my highly detailed and highlighted lesson plans but i felt guilty requiring that much ink from anyones printer but my own hey times are tough and ink is expensive likewise to go and spend hours at a kinkos sifting through my stuff and printing there didn t seem feasible either and besides i have been known to get a sudden idea and run to my computer look it up and print the directions or article or whatever all on the fly and i couldn t very well do that if my printer was well not here so we stopped i mean we still swam and went to the beach and the dollar movies we still did scripture study and had time for reading and i broke out the old handwriting worksheets but for the most part summer school ended and i was kinda sad my kids weren t although they won t admit it while they are in the throes of school they actually enjoy summer school when i m gearing up for it they get all excited about it starting and when it s over they are always mourning the loss but in the middle of it when they want to go out and play and i make them write their journal entries first there s a lot of moaning and groaning so at first they were all excited more time to play more time to be on the wii after about 4 days the mama what can i dooooooooo s set in i hate the mama what can i doooo s bane of my existence seriously anyway there are so many things to write about we have brighams short career in football and just like summer school yet another example of not appreciating what you ve got till it s gone and there s my birthday which really is just a story about a cupcake and might get relegated to the food chain portion of this blog and there s all the upcoming back to school what with insane supply lists they get more elaborate every year all the special circumstances that each child seems to have this year and even the weather we re already on storm name g can you believe it none of them have come close but still we re just careening through the alphabet and it s not even september but today i wanted to share this article from the new york times about over booking kids i am a purist parent and it s mostly because of finances we simply cannot afford to put 5 children in every activity they desire it s not that i wouldn t like to it s just not feasible i think kaitlyn would really benefit in private voice lessons and art or photography classes just to build on her strengths and joseph could use private music lessons as well along with joining a swim team and savannah wants to dance and cheer and play sports ride horses and learn music all at once and brigham needs a sport although his foray into football was a slight disaster but more on that later and nicolette has a serious talent for gymnastics and or diving and i would love to build on that but i just can t i have them signed up for scouts because it is the most reasonably priced activity there is and i stay very active and involved in it so they stay very active and involved in it but finances aren t the only reason i also believe that children gain more from being at home with their family than they do out in the world children learn everywhere how many of your kids picked up a swear word after hearing a random construction worker utter it as you walked past just for note my kids didn t need a construction worker they learn all the swear words they ll ever need plus many for special occasions right from their mothers mouth every time she stubs her toe i d rather have my kids getting those learning moments at home from me than from a coach teacher or other parent after all i think there s a lesson to be learned about seeing your mother wash her own mouth out with soap it s not that i don t believe in extra curriculars at all i just believe in moderation and in almost direct contradiction with the above statement i do wish i could do more and when i talk with other moms and the conversation rolls around to well my kid does____________________ fill in the blank with multiple activities i always get uncomfortable first of all these moms that talk about the expense and the time commitments like they re complaining but they re really not there s a hint of bragging in their voices like we re all supposed to be impressed that their kids do 20 different activities a week or spend every weekend traveling for various sports teams or that her husband and her haven t seen each other for weeks because they re so busy chauffeuring different children to different commitments and then when other moms chime in about their kids and the sacrifices they make to ensure their future soccer stars and art prodigies are successful in the world of fame and fortune it becomes an almost argument the whole my kid is better than your kid which is really a cover for i m a better mom than you are eventually these moms notice that i have not offered any assertions of my parenting prowess and like hungry wolves they stop bickering amongst themselves and collectively turn on me what do your kids do and i am caught like a deer in the headlights of a monster truck and i weakly offer scouting that s it they are condescending incredulous at my obvious lack of mothering pride they gang up and start spewing random facts they read in their latest issue of us weekly and better homes and gardens about how kids need sports and must have multiple extra curricular activities to fill in the gaps of what they are not receiving in our budget cut schools and how will my kids grow up and be functioning members of society without joining three separate traveling tennis teams i m all but accused of contributing to childhood obesity the fall in scholastic performance scores and the rise in crime busy children are happy children i m told and with a sniff and a flip of their 250 highlighted hair with feather extensions they stomp off to further berate me out of my presence i used to try and justify myself i ll admit it i was a little ashamed that we couldn t do more and i wanted to prove that i was a good mother too i d start by giving excuses because we have a large family on a single income only one car and that we do a lot of activities together as a family but these excuses often fell on deaf ears and i realized that no matter what i said these women held the opinion that i obviously didn t love my children because if i did i would happily go bankrupt paying their activity fees and so i stopped arguing and let them tirade against me figuring that they weren t exactly the kind of women i d want to make friends with anyway i personally can t stand reading us weekly and as time has gone on i ve stopped feeling as ashamed true i still wish i could do more but not to prove to other moms that i am indeed a qualified parent but rather because as i previously stated i see a lot of untapped potential in my kids and i wish i could help them develop it i would like to assist them in finding a sport or hobby that they truly enjoy but alas the world is an expensive place gone are the days that you could go to the local community center and sign your kids up for a slew of classes everything is privatized and expensive amounting in hundreds of dollars a month for membership fees supplies uniforms gear food gas and competition entry fees in my area some sports like swimming and horseback riding require you to enter so many competitions a month in order to stay on the team and i do believe that too many activities can hurt your children i believe kids need down time to relax to engage in creative play away from technology and structured activities getting my kids away from technology is tough getting me away from technology is tough i believe that families need time together that meals need to be shared that regular activities and meetings need to be scheduled and honored but also that impromptu moments need a chance to blossom and i believe that moms and dads need time to re connect time alone without the pressures of kids and family and that can t happen if you re always heading in different directions everyone has a different situation i m not saying that sports and classes are in of themselves bad things like i said i wish we could take part in more activities but not an endless conveyor belt of extracurriculars you may have that kid that really is a prodigy and traveling soccer is exactly what your kid needs but i believe the majority of activities are just overkill i think a lot of kids don t need ten different sports and five different classes i don t think that if the only time you spend with your kid is in the car while you shuttle him all over town necessarily makes you a good parent every once in awhile i find an article that agrees with me and this is one of them i encourage you to read it whether your a feather extensioned soccer mom or a dedicated homebody like me it s an interesting read and you can weigh in on this debate are children over booked and what does that say about us as their parents posted by shannan j at 8 21 am no comments labels family home kids me school sunday july 24 2011 hemingway days and the most brutal 5k ever jason and i had the chance to visit key west this past weekend believe it or not after slightly over 4 years living in south florida we have yet to visit key west this was our first excursion we went to take part in hemingway days a 5 day celebration festival that includes contests and festivals a huge 3 day marlin fishing tournament and a 5k race around the island we stayed in the douglas house an absolutely charming boutique inn right on the corner of duval and amelia streets we arrived late friday night and woke up at the crack of dawn to begin exploring key west our first stop was the obligatory photo op of southernmost point here we were able to not only get our picture but see several key west staples rampant chickens guys in drag and elderly cubans screaming asesino across the water towards fidel it was only 9am and already sweltering as i locked my bike sweat literally dropped from my face in pools my make up had already worn off and my shirt was plastered to my back i was already nervous about the upcoming 5k race i would be running in 10 and a half hours next stop was the ernest hemingway house this was amazing i learned so many colorful and unique stories about this prolific american author who actually completed most of his works here in key west i would love to share all these amazing stories with you but the post would be immense one of the things hemingway was famous for was his cats he had received a polydactyl cat as a gift from a captain of a wrecker hemingway believed these cats who are exceptional mousers thanks to their additional toes were good luck he collected and bred them they are featured in many pieces of artwork around the house including an original sculpture given to hemingway by his good friend pablo picasso who knew of his love for these cats that sculpture has it s own very real and immensely tragic story today more than 44 cats live at hemingway house and they are known the world over as hemingways most of the 44 are polydactyls just like our beloved cat jay who somewhere down his feline family tree is related to the famous first cats of hemingway after the museum we rode our bikes down duval street to hemingways favorite watering hole sloppy joes where we had conch fritters sloppy joes and several gallons of water while waiting for the papa hemingway look a like contest and the running of the bulls race event that took place just outside the bar i even managed to get a picture astride one of the hobby horse bulls with two papa hemingway contestants by now it was mid afternoon and the heat was really taking it s toll both jason and i were literally soaked to the skin and feeling the drain of heat and humidity so we rode back to the douglas house and changed into our swimsuits and cooled off in the pool we also stepped around the corner to share a piece of key lime pie figuring it would be indecent to visit key west without sampling that particular treat we tried to keep cool and rest the remainder of the afternoon venturing out only to get our race packets and a light bite of soup and salad at 7pm we headed back down to southernmost point for the 5k it was still sweltering there wasn t a large group of racers and looking around it was obvious that most of them were seasoned runners i guess you d have to be pretty dedicated to drive all the way down to key west to run a 5k in 93 degree weather with a 66 humidity i knew within the first half mile i was in trouble earlier in the week jason and i had run a mock 5k running casually and not racing per se but timing ourselves all the same on that day i ran a 10 14 mile my best time yet and i wasn t even working that hard t was an almost 2 minute improvement over my last race pace taken on july 4th when i ran the westin 5k i was confidant about my abilities alas although we ran through beautiful shaded and historically 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