A New Addition To the Reicherts Clan

Okay so Jon's older brother is getting married this Saturday and though I am glad for them it sure has been inconvenient for us. We have had to shell out money for the suit to wear (which when he was in our wedding we had to pay for his tux), the dress for me to wear, a hotel room (though to their upset not at the $200+ a night place the wedding is at), gas money down there because it is out of town (in a town that neither of them are from), the bachelor party that we had to pick up his older brother for, everything included in the bachelor party, and now it gets better....
The best man (jon's other older brother) who we had to pick up becaues he didn't have gas money to come to the bachelor party we again have to find a way to go get him because he has no money for him and his kids to get to the wedding. Jon's little brother is already paying for the hotel room so they can stay on Saturday but now they want us to go up north 1.5 hrs to get them to drive south 1.25 hrs then let them stay in our room Friday because they don't have one. WHAT?!!? Then the brother getting married thought Chris (the youngest) could go get them Friday drive back from Red Wing to Bloomington (another 1.25 hrs) and stay at MY house without us (no thankyou the oldest has 5 kids who taunt my dog and have never not broken anything) just so Chris can take them all down to Redwing 1.25 hrs Saturday before the wedding... Oh and Chris is driving MY jeep.

WTF!!! Joe (the groom) should go get them himself and NOT put it on us because we are all (jon, chris, and I) already paying dearly for their wedding and for the oldest to get his shit together. Did I mention that Joe has a larger company vehicle than my Jeep that he gets FREE FREE FREE gas in?!?!?!?

Serioulsy, what more can people ask of me?
Oh and I may have forgot to mention that after the weekend of basically giving Joe and Rob (the oldest 2) money we woke up Monday to find that our refridgerator has died and taken our food hostage. So we had to go out and spend $1,000 to get a new one on the spot (the vacation money we had to finally take a trip together with).

DUMB DUMB DUMB

Cupcakes

I love cupcakes! However, I have been having a problem maybe someone knows how to fix. I make my treats super moist but when I make them this way it makes it really hard to put the frosting on. Think, think, think, I am trying to find some way to get the frosting to stay on and look delicious without taking up all the top of the cake.
Nevertheless, spring is here and with the weather warm and sunny I really get cooking. Something about waking up to a beautiful sunshiney day makes me just so happy. Hopefully soon I will be adding some pictures.

Help

So I must be doing something wrong... every time I go and post a new blog it does not show up unless I click on the month then it magically appears.
Ugh!!!

Tribute to Redheads

Okay so I am clearly I am partial to redheads...being one of them but did you know:We Redheads make up 3% of the world's population? That makes Red hair the rarest natural hair color! Though commonly thought of in the United States as being an Irish trait, many redheads -- particularly those of us in Minnesota -- attribute their hair color to German, Scandinavian or English heritage. However, some of us just pretend we're Irish on St. Patrick's Day.Because the gene for red hair is recessive, having a red-headed child requires both parents to pass along a mutated version of the MC1R gene. Genetic carriers, therefore, aren't necessarily redheads, making generational gaps fairly common.Indeed, numerous reports and rumors have circulated declaring redheads a dying breed. Researchers generally agree, however, that while red hair may become increasingly rare because of intermingling among varying ethnic populations, the gene itself isn't going anywhere. So never fear we are not going anywhere...for now. :-)

Earth Week

So I have decided that my my contribution for earth week will be to save paper and start my diary online. Now I currently do lots of other things to help make our happy little planet a little better but each year I try to add something new.
My husband and I are big believers in trying to make the planet a little better for our children...I just wish my parents would have done the same.I understand that not everyone believes in global warming... okay fine but I don't understand what issue they have with at least trying to make the place a little better? It's amazing how everyday I see people go out of their way to use more energy, literally! On a daily basis I see people take several extra steps just to hit the handicap button to open the door. Really? Do you need to use the extra energy to open that door...how about opening it the old fashion way saving energy and extra steps?
I am glad to see more places every day are adopting a greener attitude. Though my husband thinks it is shameless that people are marketing things that are "green" in order to attract more buyers. I guess I feel that if nothing else it maybe conveys the message that green is important to those who maybe wouldn't believe in it.So, turn off that light when you leave the room, say pass to the bag at the store, and recycle that bottle...even one little step is better than nothing at all.:-)