Random Stuff About Me

I swiped this one from Carmen, but I added a fourth section. :)

THINGS I CAN'T STOP BUYING ALTHOUGH I DON'T NEED ANY MORE:
Scrapbooking Paper
Scrapbooking Markers
Icing - MBB likes the Betty Crocker Whipped Butter Cream and when it's on sale, I buy tons even though we already have tons!

THINGS I HAVE TOO MUCH OF BUT CAN'T GET RID OF:
Gray hair - My magician, I mean beautician, sees me more than some of my family
Laundry - I clean out the hampers and they are full again before I get the clean clothes put away
Exhaustion - I'm exhausted even when I get a good night's sleep and can't sleep anymore
Single Socks - For when I do, the mate appears. It's a curse (Stole this one from Carmen)...
Clutter - Mainly of the "filing" kind in the Den

THINGS I JUST CAN'T DO NO MATTER HOW HARD I TRY:
Stop cringing when I hear teeth scraping on silverware
Get Yeager-bomb to stop mewing at our door at 5:00am every morning
Figure out how to make the sweets I crave so that they don't destroy my waist line
Understand why Christmas Decorations get displayed in stores before Halloween and Thanksgiving Decorations
Maintain a "maintain" diet
Volleyball Bumping - even Wii Active Sport yells at me!
Give up caffeine - Diet Cherry Pepsi continues to be my favorite and to be honest, I don't wanna give it up!

THINGS I HAVE IMPROVED AT BUT AM STILL WORKING ON:
Couponing!
Cooking a few healthy meals that the entire family will eat - Harder than you think!
Driving the speed limit - HATE IT!
Getting back in an exercise routine!
Trying to be more positive. . .

Namaste.

Keeper

I received this recipe from one of my co-workers.
Based on feedback, I changed it up a bit for my family and it has been deemed a "keeper".

Mexican Enchiladas
1lb Chicken Breasts, shredded (I cheat and buy the frozen diced)
1lb Lean Ground Beef
1 big can Enchilada Sauce (mild)
1 stick butter (or the 0 calorie Butter Spray)
3 cups Cheddar Cheese (I use 2%)
1 bag Dorito's, corn flavor

In a 9x12 casserole container, layer the meat half and half on the bottom.
Crumble chips on top of meat, drizzle/spray with butter.
Pour enchilada sauce and add any "extras" (we put black olives on MaBell's part).
Cook for 20 minutes at 350.
Add cheese (I put the cheese on before I bake so that it is crispy).
Bake for an additional 10 minutes.

Namaste.

Patio

I was waiting until MBB removed the framing to get a picture.
We moved the trash cans to the other side of the house. . .
Notice the wind blowing over the trash can as I was taking the picture!

We have some touch up to do and a lot of furniture / decorations to move / buy. . .
But we are very happy to not have a huge step into the house now!
Namaste.

OB's 2nd Fashion Piece

OB has been sporting some new fashion accessories lately. . .
The first one already made its debut on the blog previously.

Now, we have graduated on to a second fashion accessory.
This one will be with us for awhile. He has to wear it in his shoe whenever he is out of the house for four weeks. After that, he will have to wear it during physical activity such as sports, exercising and horsing around.

Meet the sleeve!
Namaste.

Success!

See this?

In case you can't. . .there are:
> Two bottles of Welch's Juice
> Two bottles of Sunny D Smoothies
> Three bags of Steamfresh Birdseye Veggies w/ light sauce
> Two boxes of Betty Crocker potatoes
> Three boxes of Special K bars
> One box of Jose Ole Mini Tacos
> Seven bags of Chex Mix
Total priced value: $56.20

How much did I pay?

Drum roll please. . .
$10.90


Gotta love Krogers!
Even more - I love that I'm getting the hang of combining sales, paper coupons and e-coupons.

Namaste.

November - Can I Do It?

I have been horrible about blogging lately, so I am going to join Carmen on her quest. . .
Hey, get off of the floor - no reason to laugh that hard!

Yes, I am going to try to blog every day in the month of November (starting the 2nd through Dec 1st since I didn't know about it yesterday).
AND. . .I'm going to try to make them more than one liners.
Starting tomorrow. :P

Namaste.

Guest Poster

MaBell told me that I had to blog about this. I started to and then decided that she could tell the story much better than I. So, this post is from our guest poster - MaBell. . .

So you know when you have those "0h $%#@" moments? Well tonight, one of these moments happened to me.
I decided to through ALL OF MY WHITES in with blue jeans (genius). The lil voice in my head said "MaBell don't do it". Too late lil voice, the white hoodie is spotted black from the ink pen you use in English.
Now maybe I will start listening to SassyMarie when she tells me not to mix whites and colours while doing laundry. :( Can you say Bummer?


Imagine - I was standing in the kitchen and in walks MaBell. . .
"You know how you always tell me. . ."
"Guess that I'll start listening. . ."

Namaste.

Who Dey - MMQB

I started to post the "Bengals' type time" from MMQB, but then realized that there is way too much of it this week.
Feel free to click HERE to go read tons of Bengals verbiage - and most of it good, surprisingly!

On a sadder note: My condolences go out to the Zimmer Family!

Namaste.

Trash

A few thoughts:
-$500 isn't a steep enough penalty for littering. If you disagree, let me know and I'll sign you up to help with our next trash pick-up.
-Drivers who do not think it is necessary to slow down when groups are picking up trash should be ticketed. . .Especially when the road is narrow and there is no place for us to get off of the road.
-There may be a small boy out there missing an outfit. . .We found shorts, shirt, apron, hat, socks, one shoe and a pair of underwear.
-We think there may be a few people out there (three to be exact) who were so drunk that they thought they were throwing out an empty can / bottle when they were really throwing out a new, unopened container.
-I really didn't want to talk sex with my kid tonight, but one item found forced me to. Thankfully it was a VERY SHORT talk.
-I HATE PICKING UP TRASH, but the fund-raising money is GOOD!
Namaste.

OB's New Fashion Accessory...

This has been OB's constant companion for the last two weeks...The result of a quarterback keeper turning into a pile on the quarterback dance.

We go back tomorrow for another x-ray to see how his growth plate is healing.

Namaste.