How to Make $120 fast!

man oh man

have you ever heard of Skylanders?

no?

well then you must not have a "gamer" husband and an almost 5 year old!

Skylanders we the "must-have" game/gift/toy/videogame thing-a-ma-gig this christmas and while I do believe Geoff got it for himself solely, Grant has taken quite a shining to them.

Its basically a video game of a fantasy world and instead of just having different characters in the game you game buy plastic play pieces of the characters. The game comes with this portal that hooks into your Xbox or whatever and when the plastic character is on the portal that character comes to life in the game.

Well apparently the creators didn't know just how popular it was going to be. I mean even Beiber loves them...

long story short, as a good behavior reward we had told Grant that if he listened and was polite and helped around the house all week that he could pick out a new character on Saturdays. Problem is now that they are hard to come by. So whenever we are in a store (BestBuy, ToysRUs, GameStop etc) we look to see if they are there and snap them up.

Recently Geoff saw a three pack at ToysRUs and got it. He came home to find out that Grant had 2 out of the 3, and it was not worth paying $20 for just one new character, so he was going to return it.... but out of curiosity he checked Ebay. We could not believe what we saw. That exact 3 pack was going for $150! So you better believe we set up shop, snapped a few pictures and got to selling.

24hours later the sale just wrapped up and the winning bid was $138 plus $4 for shipping!

WOOOOOOWHOOOOO for earning $120 sitting on our butts

LEAVES

We are LOVING the early fall/late spring (or is it early spring/ late fall?) like weather we're having! I'll take playing outside and throwing leaves like this in January any day!

Hello Neglected Friends

Hello Long Neglected Blog (Hello Leisa),

These two boys are kicking my free-time's butt!

but

We're chugging along

We're alive

We're happy and healthy

Geoff is out in the field all week so we're trying to pass the time and have some dance parties without him.

(Let me tell you, these boys know how to Party Rock!)

We had a blast in Cancun! The Boys had a blast playing with Grandparents! We had a great visit with Geoff's Aunt Lisa and now we're gearing up to travel again. Geoff is going to Spokane, WA to do his LAST requirement for his Masters at Gonzaga. I'm heading to Atlanta to celebrate Patty getting Principal of the Year!

How's that for a short blog update to make up for the past two months :o)

Homemade Oreos

oreo cookies
1 package of devil's food cake mix
2 eggs
3/4 cup of shortening
blend all together at once.

roll soft dough in small balls
on a cookie sheet.
(don't press down,
keep balls intact before baking)

bake at 350 degrees
for 8 minutes
(don't you dare over-bake)

frosting for the middle:

8 oz. cream cheese
1/2 stick of butter
2 tsp. vanilla

2 to 4 c. powdered sugar

mix until smooth.

when cookies are cool:
frost backs of cookies
and make sandwich with another cookie.

Oh, Future Grant

Grant just said "Mommy, when I grow up, instead of being a firefighter I'm gonna be a police"

so I asked what made him chug his mind (he's been wanting to be a firefighter for about 6 months)

he said "Police are cooler"... "yea, it is not so hot"

badum chh

apparently he's going to be a comedian too!

The Littlest Christmas Tree

...Ghost of Christmas Past...

...talk about two boys who are as happy as can be...

Christmas Cookies

Dear Santa,

We're getting ready for you!

Grant is trying really hard to be good.

He even told us yesterday that he was still on the "Nice" list because he had been mostly nice and just a little bit naughty (he even held up a pinch with his pointer and thumb to show us just how little naughtiness was happening)

We're making a different cookie everyday and trying our hardest to leave some for you.

-That is where Mommy is being a bit naughty herself-

We will see you soon

well, we'll see your effects soon

Grant can hardly wait

Considering I have a good inkling that the toy you're bring him is loud and has lots of small pieces I'm thinking I could wait a while, but oh well...

Sunday will be here soon!

Skoczył

...(Polish for "He Jumped")...

Last week Geoff got to jump (you know, out of an airplane) with a Jump Master from Poland, which means he, along with everyone else who jumped on his flight, earned Polish Jump Wings. So next time I get to see him in full Dress Blue regalia I'll snap a picture of his latest bling!

Holiday Breakfast Casserole

For my memory as much as anything else, but this is the recipe for a super yummy breakfast casserole that mom had made this weekend...

A Christmas Ham

Somebody was VERY excited about having a captive audience at his Christmas program tonight! Check back Christmas day to see the video of the performance~

New Love

I've just discovered worldofgood.ebay.com and am in love, its like 10,000 Villages meets ebay!

...time to go Christmas shopping with a purpose... here are some of my favorites from the last 10 minutes spent perusing the site, and everything shown here is between $10 and $40 including shipping!

p.s. we are all alive and happy, so very happy. just enjoying time together and soaking in some family time