I still feel like I've been hit by a truck today. I slept until 3 in the afternoon, LOL! Ah, but I had at least enough energy to make dinner and clean up the kitchen.
We watched a couple of movies tonight. Charlie St. Cloud and Disney's A Christmas Carol which was AWESOME. The first movie was a bit too sappy for me, and I was cooking during the serious part. So my review of it may be a bit biased towards the dislike side. I also think Zac Efron should've been the one to play Edward in Twilight. Moving on! The new Disney version of A Christmas Carol boasts stars like Jim Carrey, Cary Elwes, Gary Oldman, and Bob Hoskins. They made it with some new fangled animation thing, so if you see this film I suggest you also watch the "making of" option on the disc. It is pretty neat to see how they did it!
Well my headache is flaming back up, but my dad forgot to turn on the roaster when he started the turkey this afternoon. This means it was started at 7pm so it won't be ready to be cut up and put away until midnight. :( Which means~ I volunteered to carve it up so my parents could go to bed! What a stupid move. I think I'll just go lay down and set my alarm for midnight! :D
<3 THANKSGIVING IS COMING! <3
Saturday, November 20, 2010
Friday, November 19, 2010
The Elephants Within
Sandra from familycorner.blogspot.com has been so kind as to share the elephant she has sitting on her head and upsetting her sinuses. Thus, I feel as if I have an elephant sitting on my head upsetting MY sinuses.
I've been sleeping a lot all week.
That's all.
I've been sleeping a lot all week.
That's all.
Monday, November 15, 2010
Happy Homemaker Monday!
The weather in my neck of the woods:
cool and cloudy/rainy
Things that make me happy!
Listening to kids help eachother with homework.
Book I'm reading(listening to):
Dragonsdawn by anne McCaffrey
What's on my TV (fancast!) today:
Nothing!
On the Menu for Dinner:
Spaghetti. Should've been Ham and Beans, but I forgot to soak the beans. -.-
On my To Do List:
reorganize clothing
laundry :(
bathroom
New Recipe I tried or want to try soon:
Cheesy Hashbrown Chicken
Y-U-M!
In the craft basket:
I am STILL working on Kelly's blanket. I finished the hats for Amaya and Sarah, and a purse for Amaya!
Looking forward to this week:
Gearing up for TURKEY DAY! :D
My favorite blog post this week:
none :\
Blog Hopping:
http://driftwoodandsanddollars.blogspot.com/
Kelly doesn't post much, but his entries are always well thought out.
No Words Needed:
I know it says "No words needed" but it's sort of hard to tell...those little geese are laying in a small puddle of water!! The momma goose is just looking around like "I can't believe my kids are doing this!" It was such a cute family moment. :D
Lesson learned the past few days:
Working hard isn't enough, sometimes you have to work harder.
On my mind:
Family and friends.
Devotionals, Scripture Reading, Key Verses:
A friend loves at all times, and a brother is born for adversity. Proverbs 17:17
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I'm so sad that the surgery I had to make me feel better is causing me more stress than the situation that caused the surgery. I've never really understood people and their complete distrust for doctors until now. I'm getting bills from doctors I have never heard about for things I never recalled having done! They're all spiteful and I'm sure that every doctor who walked past my room has billed me and jumped on the bandwagon of "GIVE ME MONEY NOW BEFORE OBAMA CARE KILLS US ALL!" or something similar. It just doesn't make any sense!
Of course, even the bills I HAVE paid keep coming back because they "have no record" of my payment, even though it has gone through the credit company and been paid in cash as well!
What a headache, and a heap of stress.
I wonder if they'll give me a refund if I take the gal bladder back. >:|
Of course, even the bills I HAVE paid keep coming back because they "have no record" of my payment, even though it has gone through the credit company and been paid in cash as well!
What a headache, and a heap of stress.
I wonder if they'll give me a refund if I take the gal bladder back. >:|
Sunday, November 14, 2010
Menu and Such!
Menu is all planned out, unfortunately the shopping isn't done yet. Crest is having their annual holiday pricing on turkey, so we are buying our groceries in $25.00 chunks. LOL! :)
Dinner Menu~
Sunday~
Cheesy Hashbrown Chicken (from Sandra's full bellies blog!)
Monday~
Ham and Beans
Tuesday~
BBQ Chicken
Wednesday~
Pot Pies
Thursday~
Spaghetti
Friday~
Arozz con Pollo (family recipe!)
Saturday~
Pork chops & baked potatoes
Sunday~
Cheeseburger Meatloaf (from Sandra's full bellies blog!)
I made Amaya this adorable hat!! Unfortunately it is too big for her, so Sarah is wearing it. I'm going to make Amaya a smaller one! :)
It didn't come out exactly like the picture, but it is still pretty cute! :)
That's all for now!
Dinner Menu~
Sunday~
Cheesy Hashbrown Chicken (from Sandra's full bellies blog!)
Monday~
Ham and Beans
Tuesday~
BBQ Chicken
Wednesday~
Pot Pies
Thursday~
Spaghetti
Friday~
Arozz con Pollo (family recipe!)
Saturday~
Pork chops & baked potatoes
Sunday~
Cheeseburger Meatloaf (from Sandra's full bellies blog!)
I made Amaya this adorable hat!! Unfortunately it is too big for her, so Sarah is wearing it. I'm going to make Amaya a smaller one! :)
It didn't come out exactly like the picture, but it is still pretty cute! :)
That's all for now!
Saturday, November 13, 2010
It's Almost HERE!
MY BLOG HAS TURKEYS!!! ;D
CUTEST blog background possible for the upcoming TURKEY DAY!!! :D
Thanksgiving is one of my FAVORITE holidays!
I love cooking, especially for my ungrateful and often horribly mean family. (Not my husband and kids, the other people! My husband and kids love me and my exploratory cooking style!!) It is a time for making yummies and enjoying the people you love and even expressing how awesome and wonderful they are! Sort of like Valentine's Day, only so much more fulfilling!
I went shopping today and bought my first turkey of the season! Overall I will end up cooking 3 or 4 with different flavors and styles of cooking! It's going to be an amazing and delicious dinner, to say the least! :D
Today we had leftovers, and I sliced up some ham and fried it up for Kelly and me to eat. I added some shredded cheese to make it melty yummy~ but then I had a bad idea. I thought it if put a little mayo on it, then it would be JUST like a ham sandwich without the gluten rich bread we used to eat sandwiches on!
.........Just in case you've never tried to make a sandwich with two slices of ham, cheese, and mayo let me help you and tell you it is a terrible idea. I think this is the first time my cooking made Kelly gag. HAHAHA :D Aw, well it sounded like a good idea in my brain! :)
I also made some delicious chocolate chip cookies. The recipe did not call for any plain white sugar, and so I was nervous to say the least. It came out pretty well, but the cookies pretty much collapsed. They looked all ...weird. Here, take a look!
You can't really tell, but the dough is all flat and the chips look like huge bulbous things. They look lumpy and while they are delicious, they are not big fluffy gooey cookies like I favor!
This is the recipe I used tonight:
1 1/4 cups firmly packed light brown sugar
3/4 stick Crisco Butter Flavor shortening stick
2 tbsps. milk
1 tbsp vanilla extract
1 large egg
1 3/4 cup flour
1 tsp. salt
3/4 tsp baking soda
3/4 cup semi-sweet chocolate chips
3/4 cup semi-sweet mini chocolate chips (we used regular size for both!)
Heat oven to 375.
Combine brown sugar, crisco, milk and vanilla in large bowl. Beat at medium speed until light and fluffy. Beat egg into creamed mixture.
Combine flour, salt and baking soda. Mix into creamed mixture until blended.
Stir in chocolate chips.
Drop rounded tablespoonfuls of dough 3 inches apart onto ungreased baking sheet. (I use parchment paper because it makes cleanup SUPER fast and easy if you have any accidental burnings!)
Bake 8-10 minutes for gooey cookies, 11 to 13 minutes for crisp cookies.
Cool 2 minutes on baking sheet on a cooling rack. Remove cookies to cool completely. (This step seems pointless, because the cookies don't last 2 minutes out of the oven!)
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Anyways, as I said~ an odd recipe in my opinion. We tried it! It was yummy but I didn't like the texture much, so we probably won't be including these ones in holiday boxes!
CUTEST blog background possible for the upcoming TURKEY DAY!!! :D
Thanksgiving is one of my FAVORITE holidays!
I love cooking, especially for my ungrateful and often horribly mean family. (Not my husband and kids, the other people! My husband and kids love me and my exploratory cooking style!!) It is a time for making yummies and enjoying the people you love and even expressing how awesome and wonderful they are! Sort of like Valentine's Day, only so much more fulfilling!
I went shopping today and bought my first turkey of the season! Overall I will end up cooking 3 or 4 with different flavors and styles of cooking! It's going to be an amazing and delicious dinner, to say the least! :D
Today we had leftovers, and I sliced up some ham and fried it up for Kelly and me to eat. I added some shredded cheese to make it melty yummy~ but then I had a bad idea. I thought it if put a little mayo on it, then it would be JUST like a ham sandwich without the gluten rich bread we used to eat sandwiches on!
.........Just in case you've never tried to make a sandwich with two slices of ham, cheese, and mayo let me help you and tell you it is a terrible idea. I think this is the first time my cooking made Kelly gag. HAHAHA :D Aw, well it sounded like a good idea in my brain! :)
I also made some delicious chocolate chip cookies. The recipe did not call for any plain white sugar, and so I was nervous to say the least. It came out pretty well, but the cookies pretty much collapsed. They looked all ...weird. Here, take a look!
You can't really tell, but the dough is all flat and the chips look like huge bulbous things. They look lumpy and while they are delicious, they are not big fluffy gooey cookies like I favor!
This is the recipe I used tonight:
1 1/4 cups firmly packed light brown sugar
3/4 stick Crisco Butter Flavor shortening stick
2 tbsps. milk
1 tbsp vanilla extract
1 large egg
1 3/4 cup flour
1 tsp. salt
3/4 tsp baking soda
3/4 cup semi-sweet chocolate chips
3/4 cup semi-sweet mini chocolate chips (we used regular size for both!)
Heat oven to 375.
Combine brown sugar, crisco, milk and vanilla in large bowl. Beat at medium speed until light and fluffy. Beat egg into creamed mixture.
Combine flour, salt and baking soda. Mix into creamed mixture until blended.
Stir in chocolate chips.
Drop rounded tablespoonfuls of dough 3 inches apart onto ungreased baking sheet. (I use parchment paper because it makes cleanup SUPER fast and easy if you have any accidental burnings!)
Bake 8-10 minutes for gooey cookies, 11 to 13 minutes for crisp cookies.
Cool 2 minutes on baking sheet on a cooling rack. Remove cookies to cool completely. (This step seems pointless, because the cookies don't last 2 minutes out of the oven!)
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Anyways, as I said~ an odd recipe in my opinion. We tried it! It was yummy but I didn't like the texture much, so we probably won't be including these ones in holiday boxes!
Friday, November 12, 2010
SO ANGRY!
Today when I picked the kids up from school they were shivering! Of course it was like 50 degrees outside, and raining and dreary! The REASON they were all shivering is because the teachers at their school made them sit on the COLD, WET concrete waiting in the "car rider" line! Their pants were soaked, and they were shivering cold!!!
The principal had already left for the day, so she won't hear from me until Monday. I'm hopping mad!! Who makes kids sit in cold rain water?!!? Worst of all, we are all recovering from a pretty nasty cold (Kelly is still in bed with it!!) and I'm so worried it will be another week of coughing kids and nagging headaches! My poor babies! I'm so mad mad mad mad mad!!!!
In other news, I spent all day making yummy chicken and rice soup.
It is deeeelicious!! :D
Also, we had a girls day out at the library! It was a lot of fun, but I forgot the library here closes early (6pm!) on Friday nights, so it was an EARLY fun night! This is okay though, because we had soup waiting at home as well as Star Wars Clone Wars!
Aren't they cute reading together!?!?!? :D
We had a lot of fun, we found a lot of great books, too! I'm looking forward to listening to another Dragonrider book, which I've probably already read but I'll enjoy listening all the same! :)
<3
The principal had already left for the day, so she won't hear from me until Monday. I'm hopping mad!! Who makes kids sit in cold rain water?!!? Worst of all, we are all recovering from a pretty nasty cold (Kelly is still in bed with it!!) and I'm so worried it will be another week of coughing kids and nagging headaches! My poor babies! I'm so mad mad mad mad mad!!!!
In other news, I spent all day making yummy chicken and rice soup.
It is deeeelicious!! :D
Also, we had a girls day out at the library! It was a lot of fun, but I forgot the library here closes early (6pm!) on Friday nights, so it was an EARLY fun night! This is okay though, because we had soup waiting at home as well as Star Wars Clone Wars!
Aren't they cute reading together!?!?!? :D
We had a lot of fun, we found a lot of great books, too! I'm looking forward to listening to another Dragonrider book, which I've probably already read but I'll enjoy listening all the same! :)
<3
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