Yesterday, we celebrated Princess P’s birthday with our family and friends. I really slacked off and it was not what I wanted but it turned out okay. I’m a procrastinator, and like always, put things off just a little too long. I meant to make cupcakes for the kids and then a pretty tiered cake for the adults but I wimped out. I also wanted to make some cookies for the kids to decorate. I thought that would be a lot of fun but I ended up having Big Daddy make a last minute run to WalMart for some playdough so the kids could play with it and put out a lot of my Wilton cookie cutters. I think the kids had a lot of fun and the adults had fun sitting around and talking and that is all that mattered. I’m happy with how her party turned out. I’m so thankful for everyone that loves my little girl and so glad that they were able to make it to her special day.

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2 cups solid Crisco

1 tbsp Wilton Meringue Powder

2 tbsp all purpose flour

1/2 tsp salt

1tsp vanilla, 1/2 tsp butter flavor then add water to equal 1/2 cup

Cream

Then slowly add 2 lbs of Powdered (Pure Cain) Sugar

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When I get notifications on Facebook they usually sit for at least a week before I get around to looking at them. This ‘event’ was no exception.  I wish I would have done it sooner, it’s such a neat idea. It’s not too late though and it literally takes just seconds. So take a little time to show some support for the troops that are far away from their friends, families, beds, and all of our comforts.

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For Christmas I got an Itouch (although what I really wanted for Christmas was Apple to come out with a CDMA Iphone for Sprint).

Here are some apps I really like and, well, I’m cheap so most are free.

Nike+ You can get a spiffy shoe to use with your Nike +,(which is $19.99 but the app is free) or you can do what I do and tie it in to your laces. It keeps track of your walk/run and will let you know how far you have gone in minutes, miles, or kilometers. Then when you’re done it hooks up to itunes and uploads it to Nike+ for you. On Nike+ you can join groups that set different goals and you all race against each other. i

If you’re a girl and using natural family planning to either get pregnant or not get pregnant. There is an app called Fertility Menstrual Calendar from Fertility Friend. Love it!

The next two are ones that I found only a couple of days ago and are already getting a lot of use.

Daily Burn, seriously I was shocked this was free. You can pay to get more but I can’t imagine needing more. It has an amazing food tracker with most foods already in there for you. There are workouts for you to join and then you can click through them when you are ready to start. There is also a place for your weight and body measurements. If you have an Iphone you can use your camera as a scanner and just scan the barcodes of the food you eat (for 99 cents extra).

The last one is Teach Me Kindergarten. I read about this one on a DAMers blog and had to try it out. It’s really cool and Monkey loves it. The only draw back is that my Itouch keeps disappearing because Monkey is constantly stealing it to play.  I did pay 99 cents for it but I probably would have paid much more for it.

Two more that are for the kids are izoo, where the kids can click on the pictures and listen to the animals, and Doodle Buddy, where they get to draw pictures, play with stickers, do a dot to dot, and when they are ready to erase they just shake the itouch like an etch a sketch.

So what are your favorite apps? If you have a blackberry list them too because I also love my blackberry apps.

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