Saturday, May 21, 2011
Thursday, May 19, 2011
Bacon
I am accumulating quite a list of recipes that involve wrapping things in bacon.
Pork in Pork in Sugar (a la Matthew Howell)--Little smokies wrapped in 1/4 piece of bacon, then copiously sprinkled with brown sugar and baked to perfection
Bacon wrapped pineapple--also involving brown sugar
Bacon wrapped blue cheese stuffed dates (had them at the Pascha feast...holy yum Batman!)
I feel like finding two or three other ideas, then having a bacon party. Perhaps this will take the place of my annual Pulled Pork dinner on Sts. Peter and Paul day this year. It still involves pork, right? :)
In other news, I think Marina is going to be a scientist. But not just any scientist--the mad scientist kind that has crazy hair and causes gigantic explosions in their lab while cackling maniacally.
Pork in Pork in Sugar (a la Matthew Howell)--Little smokies wrapped in 1/4 piece of bacon, then copiously sprinkled with brown sugar and baked to perfection
Bacon wrapped pineapple--also involving brown sugar
Bacon wrapped blue cheese stuffed dates (had them at the Pascha feast...holy yum Batman!)
I feel like finding two or three other ideas, then having a bacon party. Perhaps this will take the place of my annual Pulled Pork dinner on Sts. Peter and Paul day this year. It still involves pork, right? :)
In other news, I think Marina is going to be a scientist. But not just any scientist--the mad scientist kind that has crazy hair and causes gigantic explosions in their lab while cackling maniacally.
Monday, May 16, 2011
Monday mornings
I got inspired to coupon again recently, and completely rocked some great deals this weekend. Cheap Doritoes, contact solution, cereal, diapers, and yogurt, plus free pistachios anyone? Also got a coupon for a free gallon of milk and $5 a $5 diaper purchase. Loving it. Now I just have to keep up with the program and continue to pay very little to feed and diaper my family.
My first Friday Fling went well. It was a little slow, but the weather was awesome, and Melanie and I thoroughly enjoyed spending the day outside in the sun. I'm hoping it picks up in the next few weeks so I can pay off my business credit card and start saving for preschool.
Speaking of preschool, it looks like both Megan and Marina will be going this fall! The kicker for Marina was potty training, but she's doing really well (knock on wood). We'll make our final decision closer to August, but she has a space reserved for now. Of course, on the flip side, that means I have to get a kid to school every morning from now on...I thought I had another year before that would be happening. Ah well.
Marina's potty training is being met with more successes than failures, so I'm really really REALLY happy about that. Oddly enough, she's quit peeing in her pullups at night too. I figure it's her body making up for the horror of potty training her over the last six months. Like all things, we have good days and bad days, but we're definitely on the up and up.
My first Friday Fling went well. It was a little slow, but the weather was awesome, and Melanie and I thoroughly enjoyed spending the day outside in the sun. I'm hoping it picks up in the next few weeks so I can pay off my business credit card and start saving for preschool.
Speaking of preschool, it looks like both Megan and Marina will be going this fall! The kicker for Marina was potty training, but she's doing really well (knock on wood). We'll make our final decision closer to August, but she has a space reserved for now. Of course, on the flip side, that means I have to get a kid to school every morning from now on...I thought I had another year before that would be happening. Ah well.
Marina's potty training is being met with more successes than failures, so I'm really really REALLY happy about that. Oddly enough, she's quit peeing in her pullups at night too. I figure it's her body making up for the horror of potty training her over the last six months. Like all things, we have good days and bad days, but we're definitely on the up and up.
Sunday, May 15, 2011
Havoc
At the request of Megan's Godfather, here is a weekly recap of the havoc Marina has recently caused...
Not once, but TWICE in the last week, she has pulled the stopper out of the bathroom sink and scrubbed the inside of the pipe with our toothbrushes.
At our friends' house yesterday (we were there for a graduation party), she picked lettering off the cake so it read: "Congratulations ade, Class of 201."
On Thursday, she escaped from the preschool playground and was missing for about ten minutes. After following her "trail" (like the open jelly bean container on the floor of the school office), Dn. Tom and I found her in the upstairs school bathroom washing rocks.
At least three bathroom floods have been attributed to her.
Also at our friends' house yesterday, she got into their dog food and water bowls and had a grand time pouring them back and forth until soggy dog food littered the kitchen floor.
We're also in week two of potty training, so many many pairs of underwear and pants top the list of being destroyed.
Does my sanity get to make the list?? :)
Oh, and I almost forgot--last Sunday, Megan nearly lit my arm on fire while lighting a candle. I was standing there in one of those cartoon moments...the fire was there on my arm for a good 10 seconds before I realized I was in pain.
Not once, but TWICE in the last week, she has pulled the stopper out of the bathroom sink and scrubbed the inside of the pipe with our toothbrushes.
At our friends' house yesterday (we were there for a graduation party), she picked lettering off the cake so it read: "Congratulations ade, Class of 201."
On Thursday, she escaped from the preschool playground and was missing for about ten minutes. After following her "trail" (like the open jelly bean container on the floor of the school office), Dn. Tom and I found her in the upstairs school bathroom washing rocks.
At least three bathroom floods have been attributed to her.
Also at our friends' house yesterday, she got into their dog food and water bowls and had a grand time pouring them back and forth until soggy dog food littered the kitchen floor.
We're also in week two of potty training, so many many pairs of underwear and pants top the list of being destroyed.
Does my sanity get to make the list?? :)
Oh, and I almost forgot--last Sunday, Megan nearly lit my arm on fire while lighting a candle. I was standing there in one of those cartoon moments...the fire was there on my arm for a good 10 seconds before I realized I was in pain.
Monday, May 9, 2011
Do you have a case of the Mondays?
When you have a million things to do, it really only makes sense to put them all off and write a blog post, right?
My first jam show is on Friday, and it feels like I have 100 details to figure out before then. But once they're all taken care of, I will be ready to roll. It's a little crazy that my season is starting already, and it's going to be a busy, busy summer, but I'm sure I'll be glad I did it when I pay Megan's preschool fees in full this August. I got new labels designed and printed, and they look pretty darn awesome, if I do say so myself. The kids have been helping me label everything, and I only have two batches left to go. Of course, tomorrow I'll be making 10 dozen more, but then that's it. I'll then be caught up on my regular 16 flavors, but I'm planning on adding at least 3 more this summer, possibly 4. I'm submitting my paperwork this afternoon to have a booth at Bear Paw, and I'm also doing Colony Days, which is a three day festival in Palmer. Other than that, it's Friday Fling in Palmer every Friday, and Tuesday Market in Eagle River every Tuesday. Whew!!
I also need to get into the shed and get some bigger clothes out for Melanie and Marina. Melanie is busting out of her newborn stuff, and all of Marina's shirts are becoming belly shirts. That means extra laundry (on top of the usual potty-training piles I'm doing all the time now), so Dn. John will probably have to haul water when he gets home. Yeesh!
AND then on Wednesday, we're going to my oldest nephew's high school graduation. It does not seem possible that he is 18 and done with high school...nor that he is enrolled in college this fall. Yay Nate!! We're so proud of you.
My first jam show is on Friday, and it feels like I have 100 details to figure out before then. But once they're all taken care of, I will be ready to roll. It's a little crazy that my season is starting already, and it's going to be a busy, busy summer, but I'm sure I'll be glad I did it when I pay Megan's preschool fees in full this August. I got new labels designed and printed, and they look pretty darn awesome, if I do say so myself. The kids have been helping me label everything, and I only have two batches left to go. Of course, tomorrow I'll be making 10 dozen more, but then that's it. I'll then be caught up on my regular 16 flavors, but I'm planning on adding at least 3 more this summer, possibly 4. I'm submitting my paperwork this afternoon to have a booth at Bear Paw, and I'm also doing Colony Days, which is a three day festival in Palmer. Other than that, it's Friday Fling in Palmer every Friday, and Tuesday Market in Eagle River every Tuesday. Whew!!
I also need to get into the shed and get some bigger clothes out for Melanie and Marina. Melanie is busting out of her newborn stuff, and all of Marina's shirts are becoming belly shirts. That means extra laundry (on top of the usual potty-training piles I'm doing all the time now), so Dn. John will probably have to haul water when he gets home. Yeesh!
AND then on Wednesday, we're going to my oldest nephew's high school graduation. It does not seem possible that he is 18 and done with high school...nor that he is enrolled in college this fall. Yay Nate!! We're so proud of you.
Monday, May 2, 2011
Two months!
Two months ago this instant, I was in the hospital waiting waiting waiting for my unborn baby to cooperate so I wouldn't have to have a c-section. Ah well. She didn't cooperate in that way, but she came out anyway, and here she is, two months old, and thankfully snoozing in her swing so I can get the house cleaned up.
Teeny tiny little Melanie Anne, I love you to bits and pieces and thank God every day for blessing us with you.
Teeny tiny little Melanie Anne, I love you to bits and pieces and thank God every day for blessing us with you.
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