Food!!!!

I dislike the term "stealing" when it comes to these things. Lets just say I am "borrowing" this from Anna and leave it at that.

How do you like your eggs?
I rarely eat breakfast out. I have never found any restaurant eggs that I liked at all. At home I eat eggs 2-3 times a week. Usually over-easy and runny, cooked in real butter, but sometimes I scramble them. I eat them with ciabatta or an English muffin.

How do you take your coffee/tea?
Being a Texan and a Southerner you'd think I would drink sweet iced tea but I don't. I drink UNsweet iced tea, decaf only.

Favorite breakfast food?
Cold pizza hands down. Or, if you mean "real" breakfast food, then biscuits and ham gravy(although I rarely make this meal). I love reading about breakfasts from other cultures because they are mostly all about the savory and spicy. Sweet stuff that early in the day makes me sick to my stomach.

Peanut butter: Smooth or crunchy?
Extra crunchy! I have to have something in it to chew or I'll gag.

What kind of dressing on your salad?
I love ranch but don't eat it often. Mostly I make my own from olive oil and raspberry balsamic vinegar with seasonings. If I have a lemon it is that much better!

Coke or Pepsi?
Here in Texas its all "coke" to us! Just like asking for a Kleenex will get you anything from a Puffs Plus to a napkin from Dairy Queen dug out from the bottom of someone's purse or glove box. You have to specify what KIND of coke you want, Pepsi, Sprite, Dr. Pepper, Mr. Pibb, or Mountain Dew. I'd prefer Dr. Pepper please, but I'll drink whatever we have. I'd rather have my tea though and tend to take it with me when I'm out(but not to restaurants).

You're feeling lazy, what do you make?
Our lazy meals are usually baked potatoes with butter, cheese and sour cream(and scallions if we have them) or easy tostadas with canned refried beans, cheese, and salsa.

You're feeling really lazy. What kind of pizza do you order?
We don't order pizza but occasionally will get a pepperoni from Little Caesar's. I really love homemade but rarely remember to start dough.

You feel like cooking. What do you make?
Enchiladas, spaghetti, stir fry, a casserole or skillet dish. I love to cook but don't have as much time to do so as when the kids were little(we are in the car too often these days). I don't really follow recipes, mainly just get inspiration from them and do things my own way.

Do any foods bring back good memories?
I used to eat Cheetos with a friend of mine in elementary school, pretty much til the bag was gone. I remember my grandmother's big family lunches with fried okra and squash, fried chicken, green beans, fresh tomatoes and rolls. Oh my. And tacos at home, I would start the meat cooking before my parents got home from work.

Do any foods bring back bad memories?
No, not really.

Is there a food you refuse to eat?
I am not sure. It isn't like I'm confronted with weird stuff to eat. I can't think of anything I really don't like.

What was your favorite food as a child?
Kraft mac and cheese! I still love it.

Is there a food that you hated as a child but now like?
As a small child I didn't like tomatoes but love them now.

Favorite junk food?
Potato chips

Do you have any weird food habits?
My normal is some other person's weird and vice versa. I don't like syrup on my pancakes, is that weird?

Favorite dessert?
Oh gosh, I really don't love sweets all that much. I'd probably have to say birthday cake or brownies with ice cream appeal to me more than cheesecake or pudding or pies, usually anyway.

Friday Fifteen...

A glimpse into our June, in random order...


(weather)


(laundry shenanigans)


(cousins)


(viand)


(harvest)


(me)


(creating)


(thrift store score)


(temp-june 2nd)


(sad day)


(monkey suit)


(sweet boy)


(sweeter boy)


(spied)


(respite)

Friday 15, in no particular order...

One day I'm gonna share about our hoarding experience(my mother-in-law) but all the pics are on a computer I don't have access to right now. For now, I'll focus on the work and play from earlier this Spring...


(house minus some really ugly bushes!)


(Boopa and Macaroni)


(Amy having her arm signed by members of A Bullet for Pretty Boy)


(pine root in the front yard)


(spring flowers)


(rescued frog at Papaw's, a snake was after him)


(testing new paint color for the porch and shutters-Secret Garden by Valspar)


(Wisteria at Papaw's)


(Daisy from the block)


(mossy chair)


(new light, new paint-day)


(at night)


(perigee super moon)


(Sarah's piggy butt)


(Jefferson Mardi Gras)

I has a food blog

I post recipes on my facebook occasionally and have many on my previous blog(not so much here though). In the interest of saving them for my kiddos, not to mention finding them myself, I have decided to post them all in the same place.

Please visit me sometime at...

O hai my computer has a sick...

Soooo I'm blogging and everything else from Amy's laptop(complete with misfiring or non-firing keys-there is no comma among other things). Which means I have no access to my pictures or my music. Drat. Hopefully it will be fixed in the next week so I can get back to the usual.

We are having the wildest weather these days! Friends in Arizona and California have on my mind all week long. Our area had tornadoes Wednesday night... in JANUARY! But the oak tree has buds on it and I saw a robin last week on the fence so Spring is just around the corner. I can't wait!


(Tibert stuck in a tree last summer)

Growing Things...

Not necessarily things "I am" growing, just things that "are" growing.(click pics to biggify)


(remember when it was just a few sprouts?)


(I divided and relocated these cannas, one batch bloomed, the other 3 didn't)


(Jasper really wanted to come with me)


(I rescued these sweet potatoes from the back of my pantry)


(the other wanderer)


(our terrariums are doing well)


(if anyone knows, what are these plants called?)


(I'm still tickled that our homeschool group did such a great job of sharing materials for these, I LOVE ours!)

A Normal Day...

Live your life so that the fear of death can never enter your heart. When you arise in the morning, give thanks for the morning light. Give thanks for your life and strength. Give thanks for your food and for the joy of living. And if perchance you see no reason for giving thanks, rest assured the fault is in yourself. ~ Chief Tecumseh







Normal day, let me be aware of the treasure you are. Let me learn from you, love you, bless you before you depart. Let me not pass you by in quest of some rare and perfect tomorrow. Let me hold you while I may, for it may not always be so. One day I shall dig my nails into the earth, or bury my face in the pillow, or stretch myself taut, or raise my hands to the sky and want, more than all the world, your return. ~ Mary Jean Iron





The great Western disease is, 'I'll be happy when... When I get the money. When I get a BMW. When I get this job.' Well, the reality is, you never get to when. The only way to find happiness is to understand that happiness is not out there. It's in here. And happiness is not next week. It's now. ~ Marshall Goldsmith





If we just worry about the big picture, we are powerless. So my secret is to start right away doing whatever little work I can do. I try to give joy to one person in the morning, and remove the suffering of one person in the afternoon. If you and your friends do not despise the small work, a million people will remove a lot of suffering. ~ Sister Chan Khong

The difference a day makes...

I think I'm back!! I've been in a funk lately about my STUFF. The staggering amounts of junk in our house and not knowing how to deal with it, or having the time to address it has hog-tied me and kept me from enjoying anything. After a much-needed day of rest, I feel much better about things. It seems like something came up every weekend we thought we'd be able to relax. Finally, after spending most of the day Saturday running errands to the pool supply store, grocery shopping, mall shopping(ugh), and more, we stopped Sunday to rest(mostly). Ryan had a party from 1 to 6 so after we dropped him off we ran to Academy to get shorts for the girls($3.99 a pair) and then home to the pool. We stayed all day.


(Mark had to get up the last bits of glass first)


(my view from the pool)


(straight up from center of the pool)


(the girls swam while the adults floated)


Then, of course, comes Monday...


(my utility room shelf is going to the garage, being replaced by a rectangular table so the catboxes can go under)


(and this needs addressed, again)


(however, I have many obstacles in my way, some with fangs and claws and ill tempers)


(and some with the cute factor that keeps me from moving them)


(and the occasional distraction known as facebooking*)

*you can add me if you'd like, Molly Smith Sonier. Just tell me you know me from my blog if you've got a name I might not recognize.