Fighting A Pizza Roll

The other morning my husband woke me up with a plate of pizza rolls in his hands for me. *For all you health freaks, this post may not be for you.* 

Me, having just woken up and therefore not thinking very clearly; decided to instantly bite into one and a stream of oily hot cheese streaked down my chin. The pain should have forewarned me that there would be a burn, but my half awake brain told me there was no way the cheese could have actually been hot enough to truly burn my skin. Ignoring the pain, I continued to eat the rest of the plate of pizza rolls. Why? Well, to put it simply, they are delicious.

Of course, when I looked in the mirror a few minutes later, I saw that I had a very nice sized burn going down the left side of my chin. There was no way makeup could hide this, so I would just have to wear my battle wound for all to see. On top of that, now that it's been a few days, I know for a fact it will still be there for any pictures taken when I visit family during Christmas.

Oh, and as if to add icing on the cake, my boss literally busted up laughing when I told him what happened after he inquired about my injury. 

So, for anyone else who has burned their face while eating a pizza roll, you are not alone and I feel your pain.

For those of you who actually wanted to see a picture to get an idea of how bad the burn was, mine was significantly longer than this, and a brighter red from the flesh that literally got burned away. 

*No, I'm not dumb enough to share a picture of my own for all the world to see and for some to use as a meme later. 

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Whisper

The Power Of Santa

Just a random tidbit from my day so far...

This morning I was attempting to get my daughter ready for school, just like any other average weekday. Half of the time she loves going to school; the other half of the time she hates it. I'm sure many of you other mothers can relate. Well, as it happens, this was one of the mornings she decided she didn't want to go to school, and I quickly saw it would be a struggle to get her to do anything in a timely manner, (which was another problem as we were already running late). 

As she stood there arguing with me about going to get the hairbrush from the bathroom so I could brush her hair, an idea came to me. 

Me: "You need to get ready for school, and if you continue arguing with me I will call Santa and tell him you are being naughty by not listening to your mommy."

My Daughter: "You don't have Santa's phone number."

Me: "Yes I do, and I can call him right now."

My Daughter: "How do you have Santa's phone number?"

Me: (while thinking about how Santa's number is making it's rounds on facebook) "Because I'm your mother."

The look of shock on her face was priceless. Needless to say I had no further problems this morning with her getting ready for school. Now no judging; for all of us parents have used that threat at least once in our child's life. Let's be honest, we all need a little help from Santa every once in awhile to have a peaceful morning. 

*For those who need Santa's number, here you go...

If for some reason the number listed above doesn't work, the link for Image 2 will take you to another blog with a different number for Santa.

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Image 1: Free Design File

Image 2: The Balance

Image 3: Money Saving Sisters

Christmas Countdown Traditions

Hey everyone! I know, it's been months since I have posted anything, but my family and I have been making many transitions lately. We made a move across state, I went back to work after two years of being a stay-at-home mom to my baby girl, and that same baby girl has started Kindergarten. (Where has the time gone?) I swear it was just yesterday that she was learning to walk, and now she is learning to read and write!

Well, I wanted to get back into the blogging spirit by sharing a Christmas Countdown tradition that my Stepmother used to do with my sisters and I, (which I now also do for my daughter). 

Every year we would awake on December 1st to see a chain of green and red paper rings hanging from the wall. Each child gets their own, but they will all say the same thing.

Every day has it's own activity to get the family in the Christmas spirit, and it's also a great way to get even the teenagers partaking in family time.

There are certain days that were always the same every year. 

December 1st- The ring always said Look in oven. Inside the oven we would each have a chocolate countdown calendar.

December 24th- This ring would say open one present early. This present would always be a set of warm Christmas pajamas (believe it or not, I still have a couple of the pajama sets because they were so comfortable).

Other rings would consist of, but were not limited to: set up the christmas tree (christmas carols and christmas cookies were always a must during this activity), decorate the house with christmas decorations, pull out the christmas books, pull out the christmas movies, go ice skating (if you have a rink near you), go drive around to look at christmas lights, make christmas cards, read the first Christmas story, and go see Santa.

For those of you who have some children who aren't with you every day during the countdown, you only put enough rings for the number of days they are with you and plan the activities according to what works best for you and your family. It really is a fun tradition. My daughter loves it just as much as I did. It does take a bit of planning, but it is truly worth it. 

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Blog: Our Family Lifstyle