Ever seen that show "Destroyed in Seconds" on Discovery Channel?
I hate it!
Why don't they call it "Killed in Seconds"? I'm pretty sure that most of the people in the show die in what they show.
Brett thinks it's cool--Not that they die - Just the Destroyed part. I don't.
Monday, January 26, 2009
I've Been Watching You
Have you heard the song that goes something like this...
"I've been watching you Dad, aint that cool
I'm you're buckaroo, I want to be like you
Eat all my food, and grow as tall as you are..."
I don't know who sings it, but it is cute. The little boy wants to be just like his dad.
Well, for the past few nights I have realized that I have a little one that wants to be a lot like ME.
She's cute. (No, I'm not saying I'm cute...She is!)
Anyway.
The boys (Ryan and Brett) play Guitar Hero, and the girls (Sydney and myself) fix dinner.
I remember being very young and wanting to help in the kitchen. Sydney is actually really good in the kitchen. The other night we made Cream Cheese Chicken. It is a recipe that is supposed to be made in a crock pot, but I rarely plan ahead, and I am a 30 minutes MAX to the table type of gal, so this is what we did...here's the recipe....then the directions...you get it.
1 8oz pkg cream cheese
1 pint jar of chicken (we canned these a couple of weeks ago) - Other canned chicken will do, or boil a couple chicken breasts (that takes longer though)
1 can cream of chicken soup
A little bit of chicken broth from the jar, or water/milk....you choose - you'll want the liquid just to make a nice consistency
1 pkg of italian dressing (the powder) or 1 pkg ranch dressing (the powder) - or 3 T ranch powder - whatever is in your kitchen.
Mixy all together and Heat thoroughly. I like to put the cream cheese in the microwave for a few seconds to soften it.
In a separate pan, boil water, add some pasta and cook until al dente and VOILA - Dinner. It's good. It's probably more fattening than I should eat since I am not a regular excersizer - Ok, so maybe that isn't a word...
But...
It is 30 minutes to the table
Oh yeah, back to Sydney. She did almost everything with this meal. I do a little supervising, but she does most of it and she is proud to help.
I am proud to let her. She's been watching me.
"I've been watching you Dad, aint that cool
I'm you're buckaroo, I want to be like you
Eat all my food, and grow as tall as you are..."
I don't know who sings it, but it is cute. The little boy wants to be just like his dad.
Well, for the past few nights I have realized that I have a little one that wants to be a lot like ME.
She's cute. (No, I'm not saying I'm cute...She is!)
Anyway.
The boys (Ryan and Brett) play Guitar Hero, and the girls (Sydney and myself) fix dinner.
I remember being very young and wanting to help in the kitchen. Sydney is actually really good in the kitchen. The other night we made Cream Cheese Chicken. It is a recipe that is supposed to be made in a crock pot, but I rarely plan ahead, and I am a 30 minutes MAX to the table type of gal, so this is what we did...here's the recipe....then the directions...you get it.
1 8oz pkg cream cheese
1 pint jar of chicken (we canned these a couple of weeks ago) - Other canned chicken will do, or boil a couple chicken breasts (that takes longer though)
1 can cream of chicken soup
A little bit of chicken broth from the jar, or water/milk....you choose - you'll want the liquid just to make a nice consistency
1 pkg of italian dressing (the powder) or 1 pkg ranch dressing (the powder) - or 3 T ranch powder - whatever is in your kitchen.
Mixy all together and Heat thoroughly. I like to put the cream cheese in the microwave for a few seconds to soften it.
In a separate pan, boil water, add some pasta and cook until al dente and VOILA - Dinner. It's good. It's probably more fattening than I should eat since I am not a regular excersizer - Ok, so maybe that isn't a word...
But...
It is 30 minutes to the table
Oh yeah, back to Sydney. She did almost everything with this meal. I do a little supervising, but she does most of it and she is proud to help.
I am proud to let her. She's been watching me.
Tuesday, January 20, 2009
Random Thoughts
So, I've been laying in bed most of the day today. I fear what tonight will bring as far as sleep goes.
You know the drill...
Get Sick
Lay around in bed all day
Sleep a little, or a lot
Bedtime rolls around, can't sleep
Repeat tomorrow
Anyway...
What does a girl do when there is nothing else to do but lay in bed?
She blog surfs, reads message boards, comments on blogs, etc, makes some amazing soup....all from food items that can be stored long term....recipe to follow
As I spent countless hours reading what people had to post, I thought "Is it just me that gets what people post?"
Follow me here.
Say a girl with a blog writes something about her little family, an experience perhaps.
Is it the duty of the people who might stumble across this blog to let the author know that she is self-centered or that the post was out of line or that they are concerned about the post?
I must say that I do not believe so. It is kind of like the people who call in to the radio and rant and rave about the topic of discussion.
TURN THE DIAL PEOPLE!!!
If you don't like a post from a PERSONAL Blog - Move on your merry way. Don't comment to the author about how terrible they are.
Tell yourself that a few times and see how it feels. If comments are allowed on a blog, be kind. There is enough rudeness in this world. People don't need to hear the effects of your bad day.
Ok, on to the recipe, whew!
This one came from a neighbor from an Enrichment activity we had with recipes that come from food storage. I would add a little salt to this recipe, probably not as many carrots, and a little more water/beef bouillon. It is delicious.
Beef Barley Stew
1 - 14 1/2 oz can beef chunks (I did not have this, but I did have stew meat. I browned it in some olive oil and cooked it in a pressure cooker for an hour at 15lbs pressure, mmmm)
7 cups water (I ended up using about 13 cups water...I'll explain)
3/4 c. dried diced carrots
3 T dried minced onion
3 T dried celery
2 T dried red peppers or green (I had a mixture of both...that's how they came)
2 T dried parsley
1/2 t. basil
1/8 t. black pepper
1 bay leaf
3/4 c. pearled barley
Combine all ingredients except barley in large pot and bring to a boil. Add barley and simmer, covered, for 45-55 minutes until barley is tender. Remove bay leaf before serving. Serves 4-6
Ok, to my explanation. Since I didn't have beef chunks canned, and I used stew meat, I needed water to cook it in. I added 4 cups of water to my pressure cooker, along with two teaspoons of beef bouillon granules. As I said before I cooked it in the pressure cooker for 55 minutes at 15lbs pressure. It came out so tender.
In a second pot I put 7 cups of water and the other ingredients and cooked it for 45 minutes. When the beef was done, I added the two together and added some more liquid to make it go farther. Add salt and pepper to taste. Enjoy.
You know the drill...
Get Sick
Lay around in bed all day
Sleep a little, or a lot
Bedtime rolls around, can't sleep
Repeat tomorrow
Anyway...
What does a girl do when there is nothing else to do but lay in bed?
She blog surfs, reads message boards, comments on blogs, etc, makes some amazing soup....all from food items that can be stored long term....recipe to follow
As I spent countless hours reading what people had to post, I thought "Is it just me that gets what people post?"
Follow me here.
Say a girl with a blog writes something about her little family, an experience perhaps.
Is it the duty of the people who might stumble across this blog to let the author know that she is self-centered or that the post was out of line or that they are concerned about the post?
I must say that I do not believe so. It is kind of like the people who call in to the radio and rant and rave about the topic of discussion.
TURN THE DIAL PEOPLE!!!
If you don't like a post from a PERSONAL Blog - Move on your merry way. Don't comment to the author about how terrible they are.
Tell yourself that a few times and see how it feels. If comments are allowed on a blog, be kind. There is enough rudeness in this world. People don't need to hear the effects of your bad day.
Ok, on to the recipe, whew!
This one came from a neighbor from an Enrichment activity we had with recipes that come from food storage. I would add a little salt to this recipe, probably not as many carrots, and a little more water/beef bouillon. It is delicious.
Beef Barley Stew
1 - 14 1/2 oz can beef chunks (I did not have this, but I did have stew meat. I browned it in some olive oil and cooked it in a pressure cooker for an hour at 15lbs pressure, mmmm)
7 cups water (I ended up using about 13 cups water...I'll explain)
3/4 c. dried diced carrots
3 T dried minced onion
3 T dried celery
2 T dried red peppers or green (I had a mixture of both...that's how they came)
2 T dried parsley
1/2 t. basil
1/8 t. black pepper
1 bay leaf
3/4 c. pearled barley
Combine all ingredients except barley in large pot and bring to a boil. Add barley and simmer, covered, for 45-55 minutes until barley is tender. Remove bay leaf before serving. Serves 4-6
Ok, to my explanation. Since I didn't have beef chunks canned, and I used stew meat, I needed water to cook it in. I added 4 cups of water to my pressure cooker, along with two teaspoons of beef bouillon granules. As I said before I cooked it in the pressure cooker for 55 minutes at 15lbs pressure. It came out so tender.
In a second pot I put 7 cups of water and the other ingredients and cooked it for 45 minutes. When the beef was done, I added the two together and added some more liquid to make it go farther. Add salt and pepper to taste. Enjoy.
A Day Off
Today Brett and I both have felt under the weather. It's not that often that we have both started with symptoms at the same time....the same symptoms.
So, for the day we lounged around in our VERY cluttered house. How can you clean up the clutter if you don't even want to get out of bed?
We dropped Ryan and Sydney off at a friend's birthday party just before 5pm. On our way home I ordered Chinese. I have the number programed into my phone you know.
As we were eating our meal, Brett handed me a fortune cookie and said "Whatever yours says you have to add 'in bed' at the end." I opened mine, all the while thinking of what I could say.
I said, "Take the night off from your labors."
I couldn't stop laughing....
Of course, that's not what it said, so he said - Read it!
I read it. It said "A nice surprise will come to you soon."
Translation: You can take the day off ;)
he he
So, for the day we lounged around in our VERY cluttered house. How can you clean up the clutter if you don't even want to get out of bed?
We dropped Ryan and Sydney off at a friend's birthday party just before 5pm. On our way home I ordered Chinese. I have the number programed into my phone you know.
As we were eating our meal, Brett handed me a fortune cookie and said "Whatever yours says you have to add 'in bed' at the end." I opened mine, all the while thinking of what I could say.
I said, "Take the night off from your labors."
I couldn't stop laughing....
Of course, that's not what it said, so he said - Read it!
I read it. It said "A nice surprise will come to you soon."
Translation: You can take the day off ;)
he he
Friday, January 16, 2009
Full Activity
Ryan signed up for Basketball this winter. I am proud of him for wanting to be active. He always talks about how skinny he is. One day he told me, crying, that he didn't want to be fat. I asked him why he would worry about that.
His reply, "Well, if I was fat, I wouldn't be able to feel my shots as much, but I don't want to be fat just for that." Ahh, good thinking.
Anyway...
Back to basketball.
He is so proud of himself. He has confidence. He has set goals to become a better player. It's good for him and our family.
His reply, "Well, if I was fat, I wouldn't be able to feel my shots as much, but I don't want to be fat just for that." Ahh, good thinking.
Anyway...
Back to basketball.
He is so proud of himself. He has confidence. He has set goals to become a better player. It's good for him and our family.
He's OPEN - Too Bad none of his teammates will pass to him.
In Ryan's league, they each wear a colored arm band and can only guard that person. Scroll down...you'll see Ryan's first match up...
Ryan's 2nd match up is #32. He said it was a much 'fairer battle'. I agree.
Wednesday, January 14, 2009
Science, Cells, and the like
It seems that many of our conversations around her have something to do with science, cells, you name it...
All things Science.
Well, tonight was no different. You remember when I told you that we were made out of molecules? Well our latests conversation went a bit like this:
Ryan: "Mom, you know all LIVING things are not made mostly out of water."
Me: "Oh, they're not?"
Ryan: "Nope. Take Stitch for example. If he were made out of water, his cells couldn't handle it."
Me: "Very Observant."
All things Science.
Well, tonight was no different. You remember when I told you that we were made out of molecules? Well our latests conversation went a bit like this:
Ryan: "Mom, you know all LIVING things are not made mostly out of water."
Me: "Oh, they're not?"
Ryan: "Nope. Take Stitch for example. If he were made out of water, his cells couldn't handle it."
Me: "Very Observant."
Shhh, don't tell Ryan - He thinks this guy is really ALIVE! You know, come to think of it, he probably is.
I'm a Model
Tonight Brett went to Young Men's so I had the kiddos to myself. While I cleaned the kitchen, the kids ran around the room playing. I asked them to get their jammies on and Sydney came up the stairs and said "Mom, look - I'm a model."
I present.
Sydney.
My Model.
I present.
Sydney.
My Model.
Tuesday, January 13, 2009
Intellectual Conversations
Ryan: "Mom, have you ever had a tooth ache?"
Me: "Yes, Ryan I have had a tooth ache."
Ryan: "Do you know where they come from?"
Me: "Yes, I think so."
Ryan: "Well, they start with a cavity and the pain travels to your bicuspids."
Me: "Hmm."
Me: "Yes, Ryan I have had a tooth ache."
Ryan: "Do you know where they come from?"
Me: "Yes, I think so."
Ryan: "Well, they start with a cavity and the pain travels to your bicuspids."
Me: "Hmm."
A lesson in life, my own....
Last night I spent quite a few hours going through old journals. I was looking for things I had written about a friend and her kids. I knew I had written a story, and I couldn't find it. What I did find however was a look into a life that I didn't realize I had.
With that said, if I die soon and you read my journal, and it has all things negative, maybe even about you, please know that I don't mean what was said.
It's amazing what stress can do to a person. It seems that when I would write in my journal it was almost undoubtedly a stressful moment where the actions of others around me where making my insides want to scream.
On one hand I want to go through and 'edit' my journal, taking out the negative and leaving the positive. If I did that, I would be editing hundreds of pages.
It is amazing to me what my words have taught just in the few hours since I read them.
Life is meant for joy.
I will work towards that joy.
I feel it more now.
Wounds have healed, and scar tissue has built up a wall that will likely protect me from future ailments as I have learned to react different. To love more, to judge less.
With that said, if I die soon and you read my journal, and it has all things negative, maybe even about you, please know that I don't mean what was said.
It's amazing what stress can do to a person. It seems that when I would write in my journal it was almost undoubtedly a stressful moment where the actions of others around me where making my insides want to scream.
On one hand I want to go through and 'edit' my journal, taking out the negative and leaving the positive. If I did that, I would be editing hundreds of pages.
It is amazing to me what my words have taught just in the few hours since I read them.
Life is meant for joy.
I will work towards that joy.
I feel it more now.
Wounds have healed, and scar tissue has built up a wall that will likely protect me from future ailments as I have learned to react different. To love more, to judge less.
Monday, January 05, 2009
What we are made of
Tonight Ryan let me know that we aren't really made out of water, we are made of molecules. Water is formed by several molecules forming together, thus making our bodies made of molecules.
Just thought you'd like to know.
Just thought you'd like to know.
Friday, January 02, 2009
Dehydration
Tonight as we were starting to gather around the table for dinner Ryan came into the dining room and proclaimed - I NEED A DRINK QUICK - I'm dehydrated!
He then went on to explain that he was seeing stars.
So, naturally he needed a drink - right?
He then went on to explain that he was seeing stars.
So, naturally he needed a drink - right?
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