Google yourself

So I googled myself and found these 2 things

Janet Stoker - Care Nurse/Dental Assistant

I was hoping I had some amazing accomplishments

that I had forgotten about that I would find.

Old ladies may just look cute and sweet

It has been one of those days and it is only 3:44
in the afternoon. It started out with Henry not
taking a morning nap and so I had to take him to
the grocery store at 12:45 after Charlotte left for school
without a nap.
I was trying to go quickly but my list was very long.
I chose a cart that had a broken buckle and was
extra shakey. It took me well over an hour to get
the shopping done with Henry screaming and trying
to stand up in the cart every 2 seconds. As I am finally
checking out I realize that Henry has pooed and it is
quite honestly so bad tears come to my eyes. I finally get
the groceries on the cart(while holding stinky baby in my arms)
and go to hand the checker my value card and realize, wow, my
wallet is at home. He said that is fine and can just put it on hold
and I can come back and pay. At this point it is 2:00, Henry has
still not napped at all so he is super cheerful. I get Simon out
of the grocery store play area and he tells me he needs to
pee and thinks the parking lot is a great place to do this.
I convince him to do it at home. I get my wallet from home,
pay for my groceries and get ready to drive away. Simon is doing
up his buckle so I am just waiting and a cute little old lady
walks up to the car on the right side of me. She opens her door
and gives me the look "your car is too close for me to get in"
so I pull forward so she can open her door farther. "BANG"
What in the world? She totally hits my car with her hand.
Really? At this point I am in a very bad mood, bad enough to
not be super cheerful to the cute little grandma that just hit my
car.
Janet - Mam, what is the problem? I was just trying to move out
of the way for you

Lady - Sure, as you practically rip the door off of my car.(yelling
this & hand motions going)

Janet - Held my tongue, got back into my car, wow. I look in rear
view mirror and notice stuff in my teeth. Flax seed from my
oatmeal. That is perfect, remembering that I ran into a friend at
the store and talked to her for like 15 minutes.

I am now home, groceries put away and it is a sunny warm day so
hopefully it will get better.

Wonder Hanger

I know that I tend to have some sarcasm
sometimes, but when I was at the gym today
I saw an infomercial that I actually liked(really)

https://www.wonderhanger.com/ver6/index.asp

It is called the Wonder Hanger and really you can

hang 3 times as many clothes in your closet. It

also comes with a few hangers that are 'bendy'

for shirts that tend to slip off. Claims it can

hold up to 30 something pounds so it could be

a "plan B" time out. Is it bad to have your kid

attached to a hanger for a 5 minute period?

On that note.....today Charlotte dumped an entire

bag of Goldfish crackers(small bag) into a bucket

that Henry walks around the house with on his head.

(I am aware that was a run on sentence) Anyway, she

then was attempting to put them back into the

bag when she heard me coming. I told her the bucket

is dirty from Henry's head and that would be her

lunch. She proceeded to eat all but 20 or so of the

fish from the bucket. Jana, I am nominating my self

for the meanest mom contest on that one.

Spin class take 2

So I decided to try spin class one more
time.
Step 1. Apply Assos cream to any possible
friction spot. It is pronounced asos, it is from
Sweden. The name is appropriate though

Step 2. Put on padded biker shorts, and yes
I did look quite good in them

Get into the class and everyone knows each other
Inside jokes all over
chatting it up with the instructor

Within 2 minutes I am already in pain, ok only 58
more to go.
It was horrible. All I could think about was the pain
I was in the whole time.
As I left the class the girl at the desk was enjoying an XL
chocolate and peanut butter shake. It looked so delicious
and I pondered if I should have done that instead.
Sat on our comfy church pew the next morning and
realized I needed a doughnut to sit on.

The verdict......Never will attend spin class again

Painting like a foo!

So on Friday I painted our kitchen and our
upstairs bathroom. On Monday I painted our
dining room, family room and hallways. I was
being optimistic that the painting on Monday would
only take 3 hours and it took almost 8. My whole
house is now freshly painted, which I love.
The highlights include
1. Simon walking into the wet walls and getting
paint all over his carolina shirt
2. Me falling off stool and falling into the wall
3. Me falling off stool and sitting against the wall
4. Blisters all over my hands from the paint roller
5. Simon coming upstairs holding his underwear and
shorts telling me they have poo on them
6. realizing the walls are more greenish than taupe and
I was going to order a green couch, now what?

On a side note, today we were eating lunch at the bakery
at Gardners village and we saw the girl Megan from American
Idol. We let Charlotte know and looked her up on Davey's
phone. Linda(sister) thinks she may have seen Harrison Ford
this weekend but Dave upped her story by letting her know that
he has not only seen HF but that his dad went up to him and
spoke with him for a whole 5 minutes. Oh, and while on that note
I have seen Jaime Lee Curtis without her shirt on in Sun Valley, ID.

Brendan Fraser update

This is an update to a post I did last summer http://djstokerfamily.blogspot.com/2008/06/brendan-fraser-for-real.html

I came across this picture and knew it needed to be posted.

Don't really have words.

No, The Hawaii Chair is Not Dumb at All

No, The Hawaii Chair is Not Dumb at All
October 26th, 2007 Paul Lucas
Sure, I previously wrote that the Hawaii Chair and other electric hula chairs were in line to become the next stupid exercise gimmick, but after seeing the infomercial again I have now decided to change my mind and declare that the Hawaii Chair is not dumb at all.
The Hawaii Chair promises to “take the work out of your workout” for a “slimmer, sexier you.” So now all those Quacker Factory fans can stuff their faces with Eskimo pies, watch cubic zirconias on QVC, and end up looking at hot as a Playboy centerfold.
And I have no doubt that the Hawaii Chair will not end up collecting dust in the back of a closet or corner of a garage along with the Ab Roller, AbTronic, Ab Lounge, Slendertone Ab Belt, and Red Exerciser—because, after all, those things were just gimmicks.
Also, using the Hawaii Chair won’t make you look like a fool at all. Check out the Hawaii Chair in action:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E9_amg-Aos4

Let's dress up Henry

Henry is often dressed up by
Charlotte and Simon. That is a pair
of her pants around his waist and a
doll shirt on his head. He seemed
to think it looked good.

Braided french bread

1/2 C warm water
2 T Yeast
Dissolve together

2 C Warm water
3 T Sugar
1 T Salt
1/3 C Oil
6-7 C Flour

Dissolve the yeast with water. Mix in the remainder of the water, sugar, salt, oil and gradually the flour. Knead until smooth and elastic. Let rise until double in size (about 1-1/2 hrs). Punch down dough. Divide into two balls. Roll out into a rectangle 8 x 13. Visually divide the dough into thirds. With knife or pizza cutter cut 1 inch strips down both sides. Start at one end and fold strip into the uncut middle. Alternate from side to side with a downward angle. Oh how pretty. Tuck in the end pieces. Put on large cookie sheet. Let rise another 30 min. Bake in preheated 350 degree oven for 25-30 minutes. Top with butter and enjoy.

I had to redeem myself

So after the humiliating experience of the rolls
I made a couple weeks ago I had to redeem myself.
I made chicken noodle soup with homemade noodles

And Jeanette's amazing bread. It truly is my
favorite bread with homemade jam.

I got rave reviews from the kids

"This is disgusting"
"Why are these noodles so big?"
"I hate this"
"I don't like bread that is all twisted on top"