For the Kindergarten field trip we went to the Gaylord Texan for their ICE exhibit.

Imagine a 14,000 square foot structure, kept at 9 degrees, filled with two million pounds of hand-carved ICE! The ice will be carved into magical life-sized holiday monuments and sculptures by artisans from Harbin China.

Amazing!! Since it is 9 degrees they give you warm coats to wear. They worked pretty good but I needed a ski mask for my nose and face.

For the money, I thought there would be more, but I think they focused on quality, not quantity.

They had cute, rocking and roaring, and sliding!

They had the whole nativity scene including the Wise Men. And a Texan Santa you can see in my header.

I am leaving out quite a bit, so many pictures.... To put in a plug for the Gaylord's, they also have similar displays at their locations in Nashville, TN and Kissimmee, FL. Make the trip if you are close.

I have some other pictures that I will be using for my blog designs for wintery themes.

We lost our last two games this season. One was to Kansas State, the last was to A&M. Why did we lose? I don't know. We sucked and we should have won. I don't like it when we lose. Football ceases to exist after a loss. It is not to be talked about. I usually get in about 5 minutes to get my husband's take on the way we played, but after that - nada. Nothing.

I have a friend with a husband just like mine. We talked after the first loss and even though I was downstairs and my husband was upstairs, I still whispered into the phone "How was it after the game?"

"You know better than to ask me that question!"

"I know, I know, but I just wanted to hear someone else went through the same thing."

We did have fun around the Aggie game. It was in Austin the day after Thanksgiving. My friend from above and her husband flew in from Pennsylvania. They had a great turkey meal with our family instead of eating at some Mexican restaurant. We drove down, they stocked up on Texas gear, found tickets to the game, and luckily we found many things to talk about on the drive home that was not related to Texas football. Friend's hubby is a great story teller and loves Texas football about the same as my husband. I am glad they came to visit with us and can't wait until the next time.

We may get to a Bowl Game but will not be attending. To quote my husband after the loss to the Aggies, "This season is over for me."

Has this promotion changed?

Amazon says: Yes. Due to the incredible volume of traffic stemming from the popularity of this feature, we have made some changes to Amazon Customers Vote.

What I would have said: Yes, Due to the incredible volume of whining, we have made some changes to Amazon Customers Vote.

Now it is a lottery. You vote, you will be randomly picked to buy the item within the 24 hour buying period.

Now they will whine about not getting picked. And how it is rigged. It can't be random!!!!

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Army Wife Toddler Mom is looking for cookie recipes. This one is from my Dad's side of the family and they are yummy!!!!

Texas Ranger Cookies

1 Cup sugar
1 Cup brown sugar
2 Large eggs
2 tesp. soda
1 tesp. salt
1 Tesp. vanilla
1 Cup shortning or butter ( I use all butter or 1/2 and 1/2)
2 Cups flour
2 cups Cornflakes
2 Cups Oatmeal

Bake at 375 degrees 10-12 minutes or 400 for 8 minutes

Mix 1st seven ingredients then add the other three one at a time

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From my Mom's side is a recipe that my Mom posted last year.

Gradual Dazzle has posted about a possible new show on FoodTV. If you don't read her blog, can you guess what kind of animal she does not like?

After reading the whole article, I am going to quote the same sections as other bloggers. But by the time I reached this section, my mouth did not have that much farther to drop. This is part of an interview by Pierre Heumann of the Swiss weekly "Die Weltwoche" with Al-Jazeera Editor-in-Chief Ahmed Sheikh.