Breakfast: Hashbrown Pancakes

I am home with a sick boy today ... do I had time to make breakfast instead of choking down on a granola bar in the way to work.

Hashbrowns + eggs + sausage + cheese = yummy goodness

I don't measure but I make sure there is enough hash browns to make the mixture look like there isn't any egg there - I don't like eggs ... actually I don't like breakfast ... Anyway, dump it into a skillet with warm oil or butter,. Push the mixture together to make a potato pancake. Cook until the top looks cooked or at least thawed - you have to be able to flip it. It at least needs to be together enough to slide out on a plate and flip the plate back into the pan. And cook until nice and crusty on outside.

How does this happen?

Croup

Note to self ... When he sounds like a barking seal - its croup. Xman is a sick little boy today. His daddy took him to the doctor after he woke us up at 130am. So we are now doing breathing treatments, antibiotics and steroids. He has to be bark-free before we head back to daycare ... he just barked again, as if he knew knew what I was typing. I bet I have to call in tomorrow.

He went from laying on the couch like he was going to sleep (right after his breathing treatment) to playing peekaboo and "exploring the house" (my new term for getting into everything) in a matter of moments.

I am still hoping ... dreaming ... of sleep , but I would trade another night of sleep for a boy who is well. Poor baby!

More Christmas decorating

I have been working on the mantle and fireplace ... I have a picture frame and ornaments that I am loving and I have one stocking up and the other 2 to finish. Here are a few more photos.

Mommy posts

I had a "friend" (ex-coworker) unfriend me on Facebook because I had too many posts about my kid. I find this amusing since most of her actual status updates (not shared links) we about her pregnancy. I don't know why we were Facebook friends to begin with. It is really her loss - she will miss out on the amazingness of Xman!

Quote of the day (yesterday)

Life of a slug:

First your homeless
Then people pour salt on you
Then you die

Decorating for Christmas!

I finally have a white tree! Never in my life had I considered a white tree until the first year in our house, when I put up my green tree next to my sassy grass green walls - it was horrible! I have continued the green wall-green tree thing for years, waiting until I could get a larger tree also. This year I finally just bought a white tree that is the same size as my green one. What a difference!

It was lots of fun last night to put the tree up while Xman was hiding the beaches from me .... Once he went to bed I started putting ornaments on. I love going through the ornament box, because there are always a few that I forget about. It's a little like opening presents!

Last night I also went through all the Christmas balls I had for various other projects (a wreath for a friend that was never even started, a wreathe of mine that kept falling apart ...) and hot glued all the tops on. Then this morning I got up and laced them along a piece of ribbon to make a garland or ornaments. Check out the pics! I love it ... Just needed a few more!