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Dedicated to my Mom

sorry haven't posted in awhile, but my beautiful Mom passed away 7/7/16 I am absolutely devastated and am not in any  mood to post on my blog. and my blog has pretty much fallen off the radar right now. maybe will post again, but for now need a break and haven't posted in maybe over a month? see you again soon. thank you

me my mom and daughter - 2012

My #MotorOilMatters (MOM) oil change

Hey guys. Remember my post awhile back (giveaway) on Motor Oil Matters (MOM)? Well as a follow up to that post. I was able to get an oil change with the gift card I received.

Here's a picture of my "baby"

I took this on Instagram, which I am having fun with lately.

Anyway, I looked on the Motor Oil Matters website  to check if there was a MOM licenced distributor in my area. After putting in my zip code, nothing came up.

But that is ok, because I decided to study/print up a copy of the MOM checklist that I had. Remember that from my other post? Well if not here it is again:

click here for pdf version: MOM checklist

I decided to go to Walmart - because last oil change that is where my husband took it, and it is right up the street from me. I went over everything on the checklist. And I am very happy with how it turned out. And I am also proud of myself, because I was able to do it myself, and not rely on my husband to do it for me.

(c) stay at home mom

I should be set for another 6 months! Check out the MOM website for yourself for all kinds of tips and information!

Also follow them on Facebook & Twitter.

Disclosure: I had previously received a GC from Motor Oil Matters for an oil change. All opinions are my own. 

Going on a Train Ride

Hi everyone. The kids and are are going on a train ride. We are going from Virgina to Massachusetts for a week.

We are going to visit my Mom. Over 10 hrs on an Amtrak train. Never did it before. Depending on if anything comes up in the mean time - I may not be back on here until next Tuesday or Wednesday.

This should be interesting! 

Visited My Mom

Just an update on my previous post "My Mom Has Osteoporosis." I was able to visit my Mom this past Saturday. It was a good thing we went Saturday instead of Sunday. Because Sunday into Monday we got about 10 more inches of snow.

The kids and I got there around noon time on Saturday. My husband decided to stay home. I made an apple pie the night before. And brought the rest of the ingredients for a dinner for everyone. I didn't want my Mom to have to cook for everyone, with a broken shoulder and her leg bruised up. One of my sisters lives with my Mom. And has been doing the shopping and cooking while my Mom is sick. But my sister is pretty spoiled, since regularly my Mom does all the cooking.

I didn't realize until I was there for about a half an hour, that my other sister and my brother-in-law, where coming too. The had planned on coming even the week before, but canceled because of the snow. Then decided to come Saturday too. My mother never told me they were coming. My sister thought I knew. Luckily I had enough food for everyone. I made shepherds pie, and salad, apple pie & vanilla ice cream for dessert. My mother should have told me they were coming though! It was nice though to do something for my mother instead of the other way around, for a change.

My mother is doing better, but her shoulder hurts from breaking it. Her leg, though actually hurts more, even though it isn't broken. She has a really nasty bump on her leg. She has this huge lump (about the size of a grapefruit) sticking out on the side of her leg. And it's very bruised along with her whole foot being bruised too. She went back to the Doctor's last week, because she was worried about her leg. But they told her it is a hematoma and could take up to 3 to 6 months to go away. And they said it may never completely go away.

It's scary to think about how she fell down her cellar stairs. She is lucky in a way it was not worse. I really hope she will be more careful in the future!

My Mom Has Osteoporosis

My Mom was diagnosed with osteoporosis about 10 years ago. She has a severe case of it. She has broken many bones in the past ten years. Including a bad break 10 years ago. That had her practically bed ridden for 3 or 4 months.

The most recent case was last Monday she fell down her cellar stairs. My sister called me later that night to tell me our mother broke her shoulder and at first they thought her ankle too. She went for another x-ray the following day. And they discovered she didn't break her ankle. She just severely bruised it and sprained it. But she did break her shoulder.

They said she will have to get an MRI to determine if she did damage to her rotary cuff. If she did she may need an operation. I hope that is not the case!

My poor mother! It is one thing after another with her. And she has not had the best of luck with her health the last 10 years. I was so upset about this last incident. I had planned on going down to visit her this past Sunday. But we ended up getting a pretty big snowstorm Saturday night. And it was still snowing Sunday morning.

There was even a 59 car pile up, you may have heard about in Derry, NH. Which is not to far from me. That is not they highway I would have been on. But after hearing that I decided not to risk traveling that day. My mother even called to say don't come. It wasn't worth the risk.

I also was thinking I do not want to get in an accident because I know it's not a good idea, but I have let my auto insurance slip. And am not insured right now. It is actually not a law in NH. You are not required by law to have auto insurance. I'm not sure what other states require, for example Alabama auto insurance may be required. But in NH it is not illegal not to have auto insurance. So let's just say I can't risk getting into an accident right now.

I plan on visiting my mother either this Saturday or Sunday. Of course that's weather permitting.

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Here's a cool slogan generator. I remember seeing this on someone's blog before (forgive me I can't remember whose.) But thought it was fun.

You can type in any word you want, and it will give you a cool slogan to use. I typed in MOM and it gave me "Try Mom, you'll like it." I thought that was cute.

If you get a slogan you like you could also get it put on a T-shirt, which is kind of cool.Type in a word here and see what you get. What slogan did you get? Anything you want to share?

Or head over to their website and get your own slogan generator. You can get the html, to paste it into your blog.

Making Sugar Cookies

My daughter was home sick from school yesterday, so when she started to feel better by the end of the day, and wanted to make some cookies (for a doll tea party), it was hard to say no. Even though I wasn't sure what we had for ingredients.

We ended up making sugar cookies. I didn't end up having all or enough of certain ingredients. But I improvised. Because that's what mother's do, when there "little girls" are sick and want to make cookies for a tea party! (My son also liked them, just to eat, not a tea party.)

Here's the recipe I used:
2 3/4 cups flour
1 1/2 cups sugar
1 tsp. baking soda
1 egg
1/2 tsp. baking powder
1 cup butter
1 tsp. vanilla extract
1. Cream together butter & sugar. Beat in egg & vanilla, gradually blend dry ingredients. Roll rounded teaspoons of dough into balls, place on ungreased cookie sheet.
2. Bake 8 to 10 minutes at 375 degrees.

*Note: I only used (had) 1 cup sugar, 1 3/4 cups flour, 1/2 cup of butter & no baking soda, but they still came out good!