Sometimes I have these great ideas, and I think that a new project will be cool. I map out a plan in mind, and then FAIL hard… Here’s three to share.

12 Months 12 Projects

Shortly after I had Agnes, I looked around our current address and decided I couldn’t take it any longer. We needed to redecorate every square inch of the house. I made a list of 12 projects that I would tackle in 12 months, and I didn’t get a single one of them done…

Nicostuff’s Fried Chicken Quest

This one made it onto facebook and through the twitter-verse, but it never quite made it to Nicostuff, here’s why.

I had this cool idea… I currently live in the fried chicken capital of the world, and I thought it would be fun to check out all of the surrounding communities Fried Chicken restaurants, and see if my homemade fried chicken is better. I made a short list of about 6 places to go, and kept busy perfecting my recipe, and I headed out to enjoy our first meal on the quest for the best.

I drove about 12 miles away for a local favorite, brought it home, presented it to the family, and I got food poisoning. They ate the tenders, I had the one that was still on the bone. I was brutally sick for a good week and a half, and thus the quest was ended.

P.S. My chicken is the best!

Lastly….

February’s 2011 No Take-Out Month

I had a plan, I had a great menu, I had a family that couldn’t take it one minute longer. We made it to day 25, and I caved and picked up donuts, thus ending the project…I might just go and get Taco Bell for dinner and call it officially done.

Here’s to a new day, and maybe a noggin full of new projects. Some I might actually accomplish.

It started snowing and looks like there is no sign of it stopping too soon. It is pretty to look at, but oh my goodness I can’t drive in it, and today I spun out on some black ice taking my oldest to school. Not cool…

Thank goodness we were fine, but boy was I angry. The roads were untouched, and traffic was backed up everywhere. There were cars and vans stuck on the hills with their hazards on, and hmmm the school didn’t think it was a good idea to cancel. I’m scared to go back out there this afternoon and pick up my big kid. I’m planning on leaving extra early, and trying a different route, but it is going to be rough. The snow is in the forecast for the next few days, and I just want to stay put. I’m praying for a snow day tomorrow and Wednesday too.

The last time I was able to work on a painting project was over 10 months ago…

The last time I was able to get my sewing machine out was over 15 months ago…

I haven’t baked a single cookie for Christmas…

Being sick really sucks!

We headed out to the store early, and it was way too cold. We had a few items to get, and I was on a mission to find a hat for Agnes that she won’t immediately remove. We got all of our items, and headed towards the check-out, and that’s when I overheard that it was snowing outside… Snowing?!? It is way too early for snow!

Sure enough there was snow, it was teeny tiny little snowflakes, but Dylan is still ready for a snowball fight. We may be skipping out on the Christmas parade this year though, it is just too stinking cold.