I do not like mornings.

To say I am not a morning person is like saying the Grand Canyon is a cool hole in the ground.

Sometimes I do better than others... some days I seem to be able to get up, refreshed, glad to be awake FIRST, happy to have a cup of coffee and some time to myself before we start the day.

Other days... not so much.

Breakfast is one thing that makes me insane in the mornings. I do not wake up famished and dragging my starving body into the kitchen searching for some form of edible nourishment to keep me from shriveling up into a pile of emaciated bones on the ground. As do my children. So if I do not wake up earlier than anyone else... before I have had a chance to pour the cream in my coffee, someone is saying "can you make me oatmeal?" or "can I have cereal?" or worse... "can you make pancakes today?" It's almost like fingernails on a chalkboard before the first cup of coffee is gone.

So, aside from the obvious -  -setting the alarm and greeting the day before the rest of the family - I am going to try to "lay out" breakfast the night before like I try to figure out diner in the mornings of school days.

Tonight my crockpot is the ginuea pig. I am making some overnight rice pudding recipe I found online... I will let you know if it works out. It sure smells yummy. I love rice pudding... hot, cold, anywhere in between... so I hope its not a dissapointment!

If you hate breakfast too... go check out www.mrbreakfast.com he has some cool ideas... if you can get over him looking just like a cross between Vin Diesel and Mr. Clean.