The Week In Review & A MeMe or Two...Oh Yeah and A LOT of photos

Okay, really just one MeMe, tagged by two people, June Cleaver Nirvana and Motherscribe. Thanks ladies. No really, thanks.

Here are the rules of the meme: Go back through your archives and post the links to your five favorite blog posts that you’ve written.

But there is a catch:
Link 1 must be about family.
Link 2 must be about friends.
Link 3 must be about yourself, who you are… what you’re all about.
Link 4 must be about something you love.
Link 5 can be anything you choose.

So, here we go.
Link 1, Family- Here's this one. And this goes along with it. Oh, yeah, and this one too.
Link 2, Friends- Here you go. A post about "Friends". Oh, you meant friends, as in people you hang out with, go out to lunch with and invite to parties? I thought you meant the TV show. And this post isnt' really ABOUT "Friends", but it does contain a few well placed quotes/references to/from the show.
Link 3, Me, Me, Me- Things About Me You Didn't Know You Wanted To Know, or something like that.
Link 4, Something I LOVE- I COULD link to something about my children, my husband, or my pets, but I choose this. I love it. I really do. REALLY. You will too, I promise.
Link 5, My Choice- So now I'll talk about my kids. Well one in particular. This is just funny to me. I hope you think so too.

Now, moving on to my week in review, mostly with pictures, because I've been working on this damn post for, like, 5 hours and I've gotten nowhere. Gak!

Because this sums up my feelings perfectly, and saves me the time of typing it all out. Please replace any reference to Texas with California or TX with CA or Texans with Californians. Got it? Good.

My new favorite words:
Spazzazoid
Horridity

Because I had a "FREAK OUT" earlier this week and because I'd like to close the book on the subject with a positive note. JCK of Motherscribe wrote this post about Heath Ledger. It's how he should be remembered.

Now to the pictures:

Do you like See Food?

He east squash now!

Cooking Lasagna, Baking Cake & Drinking Wine

Lasagna simmering...

The finished product...

Proof that Tahoe thinks he's a human baby.

Pioneer Woman's Chocolate Cake.

It really is the best ever.

What my sink looked like after all my cooking...

What it looked like later that same night...

Dylan's akward nap position...

Zach's Beer Belly...

Oh, and the lasagna? It was good, for plain ole' lasagna. BUT, and don't tell Pioneer Woman, it wasn't as good as my favorite lasagna ever. But for that, you'll just have to wait until Friday when it will be the featured recipe. And yes, it does involve cooking skills, to a degree. There's chopping, browning, slicing, shredding, a whole lot of special ingredients, a whole lot of prep time, but, oh, is it worth it in the long run. Trust me. It's special. And, my sister can cook it, which means you can too. I mean you. And you.

In My Effort to Move On...

I'm presently watching (& photographing for your viewing pleasure) the meat & tomato mixture simmer for my Pioneer Woman's Best Ever Lasagna. Oh, hold on to your seats, it's gonna be a bumpy ride. Next to the scrumptious looking pot of lasagna fixins' is a LUSCIOUS looking Pioneer Woman's Best Chocolate Cake Ever. OH MY GOD, my panties are in a bunch over this. I can hardly wait to dig in to the cake. Seriously. After the emotional roller coaster of a day I've had, thanks to previously mentioned JackHoles, it's looking like the best thing ever. If only it weren't for DJ's birthday (which is tomorrow) I'd dig into it right now. But I won't, because he should at least be able to eat his cake before any one else has had a crack at it. Right? Oh, but it's HARD!

I'm also getting my "menu" ready for tomorrow's Recipe. Remember when I teased you about the yummy cocktail? Remember? Well, you'll find out what it is tomorrow! I'm also adding a fave recipe, other people's fave, though, because I've never tasted it since the main ingredient is something I LOATHE, from Take Home Chef. How cute is Curtis?

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Okay, you didn't know I was gone, but I was. And now I'm back after putting Dragon Tales on for Dylan (Yay for TV as a babysitter) and changing Zach's diaper (disgusting, in case you wanted to know) after his hourS long nap.

I'm going to leave you with a few words of wisdom. I know you're excited. I won't keep you in suspense.

1) If you're going to make lasagna the old fashioned way and boil the noodles (WHO does that anymore?), remember to boil the noodles.
2) If you're going to make a chocolate cake and lasagna and you need 4 eggs and you only have 4 eggs, MAKE ABSOLUTE SURE that you don't accidentally let one egg roll off the counter. I'll let you know tomorrow if egg beaters works as a binder in lasagna.
3) If you hear a poop escape your just about asleep 5 month old, change the diaper and risk waking him up. You've been through too many white onesies to waste another one.
4) If it's your husband's birthday and he doesn't like lasagna (I KNOW!? WTF?) and you do, make it anyway. He should still be appreciative of all the effort you put into making it. Plus, make chocolate cake, which he does love, to make up for the entree. It's a win/win situation for you because you get lasagna AND chocolate cake.

Good night, good friends. I'm going to slip into a wine induced coma and dream about gouging Fred Phelps' eyes out with a Bic pen. Oh, did I say I was moving on? Apparently I'm going to need another glass of wine.