I spent $1 at the Dollar Store and it ended up costly me $100

Never buy Dollar Store Measuring Spoons. Shortly after Pepe and I were married, we saw some really nice stainless steal measuring spoons at the Dollar Store. We thought, on my, what a great deal!

Just this week I put two and two together when I was making Jiffy Rolls for Thanksgiving.

My measuring spoons have the wrong labels on them.

The tablespoons are actually labeled as teaspoons.

I'm sure this is how the conversation went at the manufacturing plant:

Quality Control Guy #1 -"Oh shoot, the engraving is supposed to say, TBSP not TSP."

Quality Control Guy #2 - "Ahh, don't worry. It's just one letter missing. Those Americans won't notice."

Quality Control Guy #1 - "Yeah, let's ship these off to the Dollar Store, that's were those American suckers will buy anything if it's just a dollar."

Quality Control Guy #2 - "You're right, I think they'd even buy used toilet paper if it was only a dollar."

They were right, I was the sucker who bought these and I probably ruined over $100 in food (and bruised by homemaker ego) by trying to be thrifty buying $1 measuring spoons.

To be honest, ever since we've been married, all my baked goods turned out awful, too salty, too yeasty, too much of something. Even though I learned how to cook from my mom and had made lots of decent baked good when I was younger, I just marked it up to the fact that maybe I didn't really know how to cook. Now, I know why.

Sorry to anyone who has had to eat any of my baked goods the past 4 years.

Junior High

Don't you wish you could have just skipped those years?

Enough said.

Snotty noses, especially on my baby

Poor Baby O has been sick all week and loves to rub his snotty nose all over his face. Hope he gets better soon.

Baby Colds

November 2, 2008 Baby O got his first cold...no...no...no. Around 11pm he woke up with a stuffy nose and smoker's cough.

So here's my frustration...at church on Sunday, Pepe starting handing out Baby O for people to hold. That's ok, not something I would do, but whatever. Anyway, you'd think the people would be careful...no...not the case, they kept touching his bald head, his face, his chubby cheeks, his hands...yuck! Don't people realize that babies suck on their hands almost every second of their waking existence?

Hot Dog Fingers

There are few body parts I have that I really like...my ears, my collar bone and my fingers.

Collar bone - 2 years ago when we were in a car accident, it mess up my collar bone, so that's shot.

My fingers - Ever since I was 7 months prego with Baby O, I've had hot dog fingers. You know, fingers that are like big fat sausages and don't get skinny towards the end of the finger...just big and chunky. They are huge! When I was voting tonight, I pushed the wrong button because my fingers are so big.

I don't even wear my wedding ring anymore because it doesn't fit...not even my fake wedding ring, that is extra big, fits.

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Hope nothing happens to my ears.

ps...I have great nails ever since I've had Baby O.