Last weekend we spent time with our extended family, and the lads got a chance to go to “Little Gym” with their cousin Helen. I pretty much knew how each of the lads would react to the whole experience, but all in all they said they had a fun time! There’s lots of pictures in …
Monthly Archives: January 2012
Mushroom and Steak Stroganoff
This has become my favorite crock-pot dish. For now anyway. I have made it several times since discovering it. Stroganoff is one of my favorite dishes!! My Grandma makes an amazing Stroganoff, and I have to hold myself back from licking the dishes! Ha ha! She coached me through the steps one time, and I …
Low Carb Pancakes
I found THIS RECIPE and had to try it. I get excessively tired of eggs for breakfast! This recipe turns out to be pretty good and surprisingly pancake like even though there’s no flour. It’s a great way to get my morning protein without going egg-bonkers! The recipe calls for Oat bran which I don’t …
Decorating Fun
The boys spent part of a day with their good friend “Miss Karen” who has bailed me out on several occasions when I needed someone to watch the kids. She’s SO great with children, and the boys go wild with excitement every time they get to go to her house! On this occasion, she had …
Christmas Moment
You remember that I “forgot” to take photos of us opening gifts on Christmas day? Ha! Oh my. Anyway, here’s De Bella opening her princess riding toy from Grandma and Popeye Noggle. I think she likes it!!
My Favorite Split-Pea Soup
When we were kids… though it was more like jr high and high school age that I remember this. We’d sometimes have split pea soup for lunch. Most of the time along with a sandwich of some kind. My preference was always tuna. The soup that we had was the condensed kind which you have …
Dairy
Dairy I so totally flopped on my diet last week. And it was obvious since I didn’t lose any more weight. 😉 Oh well. Today is a new day… My downfall was dairy. I told you I was trying to cut back on it since I’ve read in more than one place, that dairy can …
This’n’That
I’m sore! The kettlebell is to blame! Yesterday was such a beautiful day! It warmed up so nicely in the afternoon that the lads were able to play outside sans coats! They were thrilled with that! I sat outside for some time watching Ella and her “sea legs” on the uneven terrain. She tends to …
Fiesta Chicken!! Ole’!!
When I pinned this recipe I wrote, “You had me at the words easy and crock-pot” And it’s true, I have a weakness for easy meals, especially the kind I can toss in the crock-pot and forget about. Really though, doesn’t “Easy Crock-Pot Fiesta Chicken” just sound like a dish that you HAVE to try? …
Life Without Toys
Twas the weeks before Christmas and all through the house not a toy was to be found, not even for a mouse! This was the culmination of some grumbly issues the lads had been having about keeping their toys neat and cleaning up the messes that they made. Their favorite activity at that time was …