Mixed up!

I had an awesome day working on my Christmas in July Craft swap crafts yesterday that I totally got my days messed up.  I was told Thursday instead of Wednesday, so instead of reading my emails about the info I mixed it up somehow! It really was Wednesday not Thursday!  Ugh, I hate letting people down. However in the end things ended up okay.  The boys still arrived to scout camp on time. I did however not understand the road signs driving home and was in the wrong lane and crossed the bridge missing the toll payment centers. I'm sure I will get a bill in the mail and it will be more than paying cash which I intended to do, but I will pay it and all will be well.  From mixing things up I am just going to take it easy the rest of today so I don't make any more mix ups and get my other scout to his activity tonight! I guess all is well and at least I got the right kid to camp! I hope all the scouters have fun!

Mom's do this when they have a lot going on!  It's okay! Fix it and make it best as we can!

What children's summer plans have you mixed up lately?

Vacation Time

I love getting away from home.  Then coming back.  I always miss my bed the most.  We went to the Oregon Coast to celebrate the Fourth of July 2013 with family. We had a grand time! We saw family we haven't seen since we moved away from Washington in 2010. The two youngest are not fond of animals or any thing furry. Not to mention spiders, bugs, insects whatever you want to call them.  They scream.  Especially dogs. My daughter surprised us all.  Her first encounter with Diesel the big black lab, she was more shocked that he made the rounds (circled her play space) sniffed her and left.

We had fireworks. We went to the river, twice.  We went to Happy Camp (beach), but it was so windy it made your bones hurt. We went to the Tillamook Cheese Factory, but it was so crowded we left to get ice cream somewhere else.  The production lines were down too, so no watching how cheese gets made!  We made fires in the fire pit in the back yard at night. We played at the park during the day.  We had some awesome BBQ food.

The guys caught a few crawdads at the river and had bbq them to go with dinner!  This particular one was putting up a fight for life!  He did not want to become food!

This is a view in the forest as they got lost trying to find where the shooting hole is at.

Beautiful picture.  I just love this.

 

 

And ribs!  YUM!!!

Hope you had a great holiday!  Happy Independence Day everyone!

BBQ from the Weekend

I just wanted to share with you some pictures from our BBQ this weekend! First here is a picture of the brand of grill my hubby wants!

He's dying for a Traeger! He really wants one.  This picture is from the McLendon's ad. We went to check out the other grills they have. We were blown away with all the accessories the Traeger makes!  Of course my hubs decided he wants the medium size grill.  One day!  Maybe in a few paydays! For now he will have to keep using the propane grill he has!  It's about 7 years old but it still works!

This is an early stage of grilling the corn and potatoes. The corn was soaked in water before cooking.  The husks were actually black when he brought them in the house!  The windows were open and he ended up setting off the house smoke alarm before bringing it inside!!

Here's the steak!  We tried this new seasoning by Tom Douglas. (His Rub With Love line.) He is known for his restaurants in the Seattle area.

 

 

Here's what the potato looked like, and the steak and of course the corn on the cob!  This was absolutely delicious! I don't think we got a picture with all the food on the plate!  Just a side note the things to the right, a recipe from Pintrest, turned into disaster! Also the cheese was swapped out for Colby Jack. This cheese has taco seasoning in it!  Not to be put on a potato! I had started to put things away and the hubby pulled this one out instead of the right cheese just for the photos! My husband deleted the photos before we got them on the computer!

 

I hope you enjoyed this post.

 



Purse Change

I've been absent for about a week now. Sorry!  I've picked up a side job doing some stuff for a relative. It's really quite boring and I would rather be crafting or baking up a storm!  Really!!  We had two birthdays in the family this last week. My daughter turned 7 and my hubby, well I won't tell you how old he turned but I will tell you he got his birthday wish!  Overtime!! Wahooo!  Now if only he would let me get my crafty thing I want! He said he would get it for me but still hasn't!  Okay enough of that!  My purse has been getting really heavy lately.  My oldest needed some money for a camp he is going to so I cleaned it out just for him!  He's been working hard.  He deserves some money!  I should have put it in my change cup but I started earlier this year, or was it the end of last year?  I can't remember. Anyways here is what I found!!

It's about 10 bucks in purse money, purse change, whatever you want to call it!  I should do this more often!!  I feel rich!  Okay I did for a small moment till I gave it to my son!

I'll be back tomorrow to share with you something else!

What have you found in your purse?  How often do you clean it out?

Back In School!

The kids are back in school!  Hooray!!! I am so excited to have the house back to myself.  Okay, well almost!  My five year old is feeling left out that he still doesn't get to go to school.  I told him next year when Spring Break is almost over he will get to get up early in the morning like the rest of the kids and get on the school bus to give mom a break!  I told him they have Spring Break to give the teachers a break!  The husband is home sleeping or should I say snoring away!

We didn't go anywhere or do anything.  The weather was sunny and nice the first few days and then turned rainy on us.  The kids got out and rode bikes in the neighborhood.  The oldest got the lawn mower out and made some money on the sunny days. My husband still worked and me, well I had some good days and bad days!  My "bug bites" aren't bug bites.  I'm having an allergic reaction to something and the doctors can't figure out what it is.  When I have to take a lot of meds for it, well I have no energy and don't sleep.  You get the idea.  Hopefully we can figure out soon what the issues are.

On a side note.  I picked up a small part time job working at home for my fabulous brother in law again. (I did this last year for a few months on and off.)  Some of it is really easy and some of it is not so easy and challenges me.  I think I will use the money to go back to school since my hubby says I can't use any money from his paycheck or I might use it to buy some crafting toys. I don't know yet. Save it? Vacation? Okay now we are talking!

This past weekend we BBQ'd!  I'll post pictures in the coming days! Yum, yum!  I love it when my husband isn't working overtime on the weekends!

I hope your Monday is FABULOUS whatever you are doing!

More Funnies For Friday!

TGIF!!  Is everybody ready for some football??  I know my kids are!  They have been practicing the football tackle which my 6 year old came to me saying her big brother gave her a tickle hug!  Aka he tackled her and started to tickle her!  She could barely stop giggling while she was telling me!  Sometimes kids have the funniest things to say!

I know this might not be the funniest thing, but I was at the dollar store earlier this week.  My buddy wanted this one particular toy. I looked at him and asked are you going to clean your room for it? Yes mommy his sweet innocent lips replied with big puppy dog eyes.  Good thing he can't get the droopy puppy ears going too!  I broke down and told him he could get it!  As soon as we walked in the house when we got home he told me he was going to put this toy right here and go clean the room!  I found him half an hour later going to town on the room cleaning.  He was doing an excellent job!  I've never seen him clean like this before!  If I had taken a picture of the before, there would have been toys covering the entire floor!  Not a spot to step without stepping on something!  That's how messy it is! He cleaned and put everything away!  Nothing was left out!  Amazing!  I am truly shocked he could clean this well!  Time for a chore chart for him!!

It's timbe to roll out the grills to the driveway, open up the garage, bring out the camping chairs and start the pre game TV watching!  BBQ up some hot dogs and cheesy hamburgers with some icy cold soda.  Invite the neighbors over! TGIF!

Have a fabulous weekend and stay safe in whatever you are doing!  Here's a shout out to my baby brother!  HaPpY bIrThDaY!!  Have a faboulous day!

Tell me are you planning on watching the big superbowl game? Getting out of the house so the spouse can have a party with his friend?

Funnies For Friday!

It's been a long week in our household.  This isn't really a normal funny I want to tell you about this week, but it's a funny story when I think about it. Everyone seems to be catching a bit of the flu bug around here. No fun!  I've been pushing vitamin c into everyone.  My first grader missed two days of school.  She's been walking around the house all wet, hair around her face, shirt drenched & water sometimes dripping from her face. I asked her what she was doing & she told me splashing water on her face.  When she was heating up and not feeling good she was at the bathroom sink cooling off!  She didn't want to lay in bed with a wet washcloth on her head!  She went to the doctor right after school Thursday.  She has a really deep ear infection.  It would not have been found sooner if I took her in any earlier.

I'm hoping this weekend my hubby will grill up something delicious!  If he does I will share it with you.  Have a great weekend!

Game Time!

Not too far off in the future is the Superbowl!  A few years ago my hubby and I spent Superbowl Sunday in Vegas. It was fun to go from one hotel/casino to another.  We did a lot of people watching; definitely way more fun than gambling itself which I don't do.  We ate some really good food, watched the fountains outside at the Billagio Hotel, walked the strip shopping.  It was nice to have adult time for the first time in a while.  Anyways,  I am thinking of using the french bread recipe to make pizza for the game.  Kids would be able to build their own, putting toppings on it that they want to eat.  Maybe some yummy dip for chips and crackers too.  I'll see what I have this weekend and post a few things.  I'm excited!

This was just on my mind and I had a brain stump as to what to write about.  I can't remember what food we made last year.  I just remember my hubby going from our home to the neighbors to watch the game.  I think we BBQ'd before the game started, not sure what.  I'll have to ask him.

What are you doing for Superbowl Sunday?? Are you watching the game, buying a new tv for it, getting out of the house to let the spouse watch in peace?

BBQ Chicken Dinner

I hope everyone had an awesome Holiday Monday.  My husband loves to BBQ.  I love to eat it!  Here in the Pacific Northwest we have been freezing so we haven't been outside using the grill.  My husband will, but I wont. Not in the freezing cold when it hits 21 degrees during dinner time.  Here's my indoor, use the oven to warm up the house and avoid the outdoor cold, but still enjoy some finger licking good BBQ!  This is my recipe, something I know my kids will eat!

Here we go!

BBQ Chicken Recipe
1 bag of chicken wings/drummettes, frozen
1 bottle of BBQ sauce - I like to use Sweet Baby Ray's brand
handful of brown sugar (approx 3/4 cup)
1 can pineapple, drained (optional - can be made with or without it)

Directions:
Preheat oven to 400 degrees.  Place chicken in pan, sprinkle brown sugar over chicken, now is the time to add the pineapple if using, then squeeze BBQ sauce all over on top. Bake in oven. Every oven cooks differently, it will take 1+ hours to bake. Turn chicken about every half hour spooning sauce over it. When chicken is blackening on top it is done!

Whip up some corn bread too! Perfect with BBQ!

Here's a peek at our dinner plates!

All my kids gobbled this up! They were starving!  The hubby gets dinner when he gets home from work!  Ahh, the cornbread, I think I'll go have another piece before it disappears! YUM!

Funnies For Friday!

Hi,  I thought I would put my journal of funny things my kids say to use.  What's this journal you ask yourself?  Well, the beginning of the year one of my goals is to focus on the positive and kids.  I have a special journal that I write in funny things they say.  I thought this would be a great way to end the work and school week.  I think its going to be a weekly post.

The sixteen year old keeps telling his six year old sister to stop picking at her belly button or she's going to die!  I think he's just jealous that her belly button is half innie and half outie, not one or the other like his!

Its snowing! My oldest asked if we could go to the store to buy him waterproof gloves.  I told him not when its snowing and roads are slick!  His brother, 13 1/2 pipes in while waving two oven mitts, why go buy gloves when you can use mittens for free!!

No Mommy, I'm not tired, I don't want to go to bed!  Funny I found him in this position on his bed fast asleep!

Just a note these are things that my children have said recently within the last week or so.

What are some funny things your kids, kids you know or family has said lately?

Picking Something Out

Happy middle of the month day!  Ah, what a day!  I had a post ready to go earlier, just needed to add to it and perfect it, before publishing it.  It talked about Kiva and the loans we do. It's repayment day and my daughter loves to "pick people out"!!  She has her own account/profile as do the rest of the kids, my husband and self.  The youngest does not have one yet.  She usually helps pick out loans for mom and dad. Grandpa is going broke with paying his grandkids enough for one loan for every A they get on their report card!  Well I got a phone call and she is going to be picking out something else besides loans for other people, but also glasses for herself!!!  We talked about it on the way home from the bus stop.  She said she wants cheetah print glasses, maybe pink and tan just like a blanket she has!  The phone call sidetracked me!  I'll craft up something fun for ya tomorrow!