Summer TV…

July 21, 2010 By Leave a Comment

So, my beloved regular season shows are over and I’m having to make do with summer TV.

I have a bit of a Food Network and HGTV addiction. It’s as if I actually cook and try to decorate my house or something.

So, I’ve been following The Next Food Network Star and HGTV Design Star.

Three comments: Love Aarti, like Brad and Vern is a jerk. I don’t know if he really is or he’s just amping up the grumpy attitude for the TV.

So I’m watching those two lovely shows, but the best show of the summer is:

I’m loving  Hot in Cleveland. It’s a funny show and Betty White is hilarious!

We have also started back with Netflix this summer which has been great. Dan and have been watching movies almost every night- we were (and still are) so behind on movie watching!

The kids are loving the fact that we can watch things instantly. They have found their favorites for sure.

I’m not sure how many times Luke has watched Scooby Doo Abracadabra Doo! He LOVES this movie and quotes it and everything. J

And Daniel has found a new love:

I never even knew there was a Super Mario Bros. show (Dan of course did). It’s from the 80s and Daniel loves it, which is too funny to me. It even has an awesome 80s rap as a theme song. J

Oh, and how could I forget the kids favortie summer show?

They love Wipeout! They also like to *play* Wipeout, so we have to be careful with that one. 

So, we’re covered with our Summer TV watching.  Goodness knows we have to have shows to watch. ;-)

Filed Under: Daniel, Family, Luke, Summer, The kiddos, TV

Mawmaw’s Recipes…

July 20, 2010 By 3 Comments

Last week we had pork chops for dinner and whenever I think of pork chops, for some reason I think of my Mawmaw’s Rice and Corn Casserole. So, I went digging through my recipe box and found the recipe.

It got me thinking about how much I love that I have a handful of my Mawmaw’s recipes handwritten.

When I was getting married, she went and got her little notepad and pen and started writing down a few recipes for me.

Some of her favorites, some of mine favorites that she would fix for me.

My very favorite thing for her to fix was her vegetable soup and cornbread. So yummy!

I will never forget my surprise when I read to open up 5 cans of vegetables and dump them in a pot! I’m not sure what I thought she did with her recipes, but I surely didn’t think they might actually be easy to follow! J

Now when I make these recipes (even if they are just mixing cans of vegetables or dumping a box of cornmeal in a bowl) they don’t taste nearly as good as when she made them, but I love that I am able to make some recipes that remind me of my Mawmaw. And even more than that I love that she took her time and wrote out her recipes for me so that I could attempt to cook for my new little family.

{And just so you know, ten years later I am still in the ‘attempting to cook for my family’ phase!}

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When the Coast is Clear…

July 18, 2010 By Leave a Comment

We watched the Jimmy Buffett concert on CMT last Sunday night.  I loved that he put on a free concert to bring support to the people and businesses of the Gulf Coast.   The concert was great and I really wish I could have been there to show support!

By far my favorite moment was the last song, When the Coast is Clear.  I loved, loved, loved the new Gulf Coast lyrics.

The temporary cap seems to be working for the time being, but the Gulf Coast region is certainly still in need support in the way of finances, clean up and lots of prayer.

One Love One Ocean shirts @ LuLu’s

Katie@ Marriage Confessions Gulf Coast Oil Spill Fundraiser

National Wildlife Federation

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Summer at Home: Week 4

July 16, 2010 By 1 Comment

It’s not our 4th week of summer, but it is the 4th week of our Summer Vacation Chart. Each of the previous weeks I have said something along the lines of  ‘we survived another week of summer vacation’, but I’ll tell you the truth- this week the survival was by the skin of our teeth.

I think we have officially entered into the time in the summer where we have been together a lot, our schedules are completely different- staying up late and sleeping in and the boys are starting to act up.  Lots of fussing and fits and time outs this week.

The kids pulled their cards for this week.  They pull from a stack, so they are surprised with the card they choose.

Monday we took a mental health day and stayed in our jammies most of the day.

Tuesday the kiddos picked the card to make cupcakes.  Much to Luke’s delight.

After the kids argued over cake mixes and frosting at the grocery store (our theme of the week- arguing, that is) we decided on good old Funfetti vanilla cake and chocolate frosting.  There were only two crying episodes (and neither were mine) during the making of the cupcakes, so it was semi-successful. :-)

Wednesday was the day to hand wash the car.  Much to my delight this time.  My car was filthy.

There was only one rather large time out involved during the washing of the car, so another semi-successful activity.  Ha!

Thursday was to be Watermelon Day, but the kids behaved so terribly on Wednesday that they lost the treat.  Guess we’ll have to see how that will go another day!

Well, there’s the short version of our week.  You never know what you might get at our house!  Hopefully next week will be filled with much more agreeable family members.  :-)

Filed Under: Daniel, Luke, Summer, Summer Vacation Chart, The kiddos, Us? Organized?

Embrace the Camera: Walking to Camp…

July 15, 2010 By 3 Comments

Last week Daniel went to Weird Science camp. He had the best time with all of their fun experiments. He got to do experiments with eggs and make butter and ice cream and they did the fun trick with the mentos in a bottle of soda. He was all excited about that one. :-) The camp was held at a rec. center not too far from our house, so he wanted to walk a couple of the days. We somehow managed to make it over there super quick each day and it gave D3 a little bit of time to play around at the park before class started.

I had my cell phone with me, so we took a couple of pictures as we were hanging out at the park.

Here we are trying to both cram our faces in front of my cell phone.

I’m thinking that all of my {embrace} the camera pictures in the summer will involve sweaty people. It was h-o-t. Only 9:00 in the morning, but already 90°.

It was a fun few minutes each morning and a bit of exercise to boot. Now, there’s a novel idea!

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