249/365.2011 {Orthodontist Appointment}

249/365.2011 {Orthodontist Appointment}
Teenager went back to Dr. Th@mes today for his first “tightening!”

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246/365.2011 {Auburn Football}

246/365.2011 {Auburn Football}

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Fill in the Blank Friday

1. My idea of pure perfection would be is a baby’s fingers and toes. Just love ’em.

2. Laughter is contagious.

3. If it weren’t for my college student workers work would not be nearly as entertaining

4. Bloggers are are interesting people, who don’t mind sharing thoughts, feelings, etc with the world!

5. If I had an iPhone, I would use inst.gram all the time!

6. I’m glad it’s Friday because I’m not feeling so great and I just want to go home and sleep.

7. Something I’m excited about is a friend of mine who is attending Emmaus next week!

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229/365.2011 {The Demise of Mell Hall}

The Demise of Mell Hall

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224/365.2011 {Birds Eye Chef’s Favorites}

Bird's Eye

The other day I received my frozen ice box of Birds Eye Chef’s packages. There were 4 different kinds:
– Lightly Sauced Primavera Vegetable Risotto
– Lightly Sauced Creamed Spinach
– Lightly Sauced Roasted Red Potatoes & Green Beans
– Lightly Sauced Mushroom & Green Bean Risotto

The one you see above it the Roasted Red Potatoes & Green Beans. I’ll be upfront and say my family and I are not usually fans of this type of frozen veggie concoction. I baked some chicken breast and mixed in with it and it was pretty good. The light cheesy sauce was nice and I did appreciate that the veggies were not soggy. The green beans really did seem fresh and not from frozen. The potatoes were still firm and not mushy. Most of the time with frozen foods similar to these the sodium is very high and this seemed much more reasonable.

Servings: 1 cup
Calories 120
Sodium 290 mg
Total Fat 3 g
Potassium 0 mg
Saturated 1 g
Total Carbs 20 g
Polyunsaturated 0 g
Dietary Fiber 3 g
Monounsaturated 0 g
Sugars 3 g
Trans 0 g
Protein 3 g
Cholesterol 5 mg

I hope to be able to sample these other packages soon.

As part of the Foodbuzz Tastemaker program, I was selected to receive free trial samples of Birds Eye Chef’s Favorites.

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223/365.2011 {Dragon Fly}

Dragon Fly

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221/365.2011 {Back to school Teacher Gift}

Back to school Teacher Gift
This is a little something I threw together for Monkey’s teacher for the 1st day of school. Since I was a teacher in my previous life, I know how nice it is just to get a little something from your students any day of the week. For this you need:
1 clear cup
24 count crayons
bag of mini-individually wrapped candy bars
post-it notes
plastic wrap

So basically what I did was got a piece of clear packing tape and lined the crayons on it. The size of the cup will determine how many crayons you need. After getting enough crayons, I taped the ends together and slid it down in the bottom of the cup. Then, quickly filling the middle with candy and post-it notes. The picture above was taken after it was completely full. After that I put plastic wrap on the top with a ribbon to ensure it didn’t spill out.

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218/365.2011 {FSU Circus}

218/365.2011 {FSU Circus}

See the rest of the circus pics here.

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Fill in the Blank Friday

1. My favorite color is
red. Yah, I used to where it all the time. Red and black, which worked out great when I was at a student at Texas Tech and that was our school colors. Now living in Auburn, the colors I sport mostly are orange and blue and I love them, but I do miss wearing red. Red doens’t go over very well here though.

2. My travel destination of choice is somewhere tropical via cruise ship.

3. My favorite food is Mexican. No doubt, I would eat it everyday if I could.

4. My happy place is… I’m not sure about this one. Where’s your “happy place?”

5. My favorite saying is


Source: quote-book.tumblr.com via MagnoliaMom on Pinterest

6. My dirty little secret is I enjoy watching the Bachelor & the Bachelorette. Yep, I know it’s total trash TV, but there’s just something about it. I love seeing the locations of their dates.

7. Something friends might say about me is that I am loyal to a fault. I don’t give up on friendships easily and I work hard to keep my friendships going. People get so busy that I think people shove friendships to bottom of their priority list and I think that’s sad.

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206/365.2011 {Braces}

See post here.

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205/365.2011 {Leopard Mushroom}


leopardmushroom1
As we took down camp, we noticed this really cool mushroom.
Full camp out post here.

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204/365.2011 {Fun at the Lake}


Monkey Boy

Full camp out post here.

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203/365.2011 {Cub Scout Camp Out!}


Camp is set up.
Full camp out post here.

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202/365.2011 {Pickles}

pickles

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201/365.2011 {Circ}

circ
Weathered cart….

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200/365.2011 {New Lighting}

Last month we put in some new lighting in our kitchen areas. As you can probably see here the old light fixtures were both way to big for the room and really overwhelming. Eventually I’d like recessed lighting in both these rooms, but this is a definite improvement.

273/365.2011 {New Lighting}

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198/365.2011 {Beetle}

Beetle

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197/365.2011 {Texting Away}

Last week we took the plunge and got Teenager a phone. With that we had to add texting to our plan. ivermectina cuantas gotas tomar Yes, it’s unbelievable that it’s 2011 and Rob and I didn’t text. Seriously! However, we knew that in order for communication to occur between us and Teenager, we had to have texting. So here ya go…

Texting Away

One of the main reasons why I really really want an iPhone is to be able to use instagr.am, but I did some searching and found some photoshop actions that do a pretty good job of letting me fake it. 🙂

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196/365.2011 {Ant on a Mushroom}

196/365.2011 {Ant on a Mushroom}

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Fill in the Blank Friday

1. I am a (morning, evening, middle of the day person)
To answer this one is hard. It really depends on how I’m feeling, but I think I’m really a night owl at heart, just like my Dad.

2. My favorite Pandora stations are
I don’t listen to Pandora! oops

3. 3 of my “must-have” songs for a road trip playlist are
Right Now by Van Halen
Don’t Stop Believin’ by Journey
Urgent by Foreigner

4. My favorite pattern changes through time, but right now I’m digging damask.

5. My favorite perfume is Cool Water.

6. Rules are there for a reason. Sometimes it’s a good reason, sometimes not.

7. My most overused phrase or punctuation is an exclamation point. Although, after getting unsolicited review of my blog, way back when, I’ve tried not be “excited.”

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