Well, what an eventful evening yesterday! Osama Bin Laden is dead and gone, two to the head. Everyone is celebrating and exciting. But while I am happy to know he is no longer in charge, am I the only one thinking the party is a little premature?
I mean unlike, say Hitler, Osama was not the head of the whole thing, he was not their main leader, they think Allah is heading their operation. And Allah is a god, he cannot die or be caught. So is the war on terror any closer to being done? Really?
Monday, May 2, 2011
Friday, April 29, 2011
New layout!
Hi ya'll.
Now that I'm back to posting more regularly, I decided I needed to up the pretty factor. I don't know how many of you have tried to find a decent free template, but it can be hard! So I made my own. Took over an hour this morning to get what I wanted, but I did it! I couldn't be happier!
I was hoping to give it some flair and femininity while being true to me, which is always nice!
Anyways, I have been having a blast with a new little super food called Quinoa. Now I don't know how many of you have tried it, but I am in love. If you don't know what it is, it's a grain that cooks up a lot like rice. With the texture of tiny frogs eye pasta. It is yummy hot or cold, with fruits and veggies. It can be a side, or main dish. I'm in love.
Here are my 2 favorite recipes so far:
Side dish/Salad
1 Cup Quinoa (Prepared as directed on packaging) Let cool
1 small tomato, finely chopped
Half a cucumber, finely chopped
Garlic (I like to use garlic paste, it's finer than I can chop)
Salt and pepper to taste
Toss it all together and serve cold, I like it for lunch
Breakfast
1 cup quinoa( Properly prepared) Keep hot
1 cup milk (I like to do 1/2 cup milk, 1/2 cup heavy cream. It's richer)
A sprinkle of cinnamon and ground cloves
Honey or Agave to sweeten to taste
Fresh berries/peaches/apples or any other fruit
Toasted nuts if you like
Heat milk with Quinoa in a pan until warmed through, add spice and sweetener, ad fruit last, let cook for 2-3 minutes for softer fruit, remove from heat for fresher.
Any other recipes would be welcome, share 'em in the comments!
Now that I'm back to posting more regularly, I decided I needed to up the pretty factor. I don't know how many of you have tried to find a decent free template, but it can be hard! So I made my own. Took over an hour this morning to get what I wanted, but I did it! I couldn't be happier!
I was hoping to give it some flair and femininity while being true to me, which is always nice!
Anyways, I have been having a blast with a new little super food called Quinoa. Now I don't know how many of you have tried it, but I am in love. If you don't know what it is, it's a grain that cooks up a lot like rice. With the texture of tiny frogs eye pasta. It is yummy hot or cold, with fruits and veggies. It can be a side, or main dish. I'm in love.
Here are my 2 favorite recipes so far:
Side dish/Salad
1 Cup Quinoa (Prepared as directed on packaging) Let cool
1 small tomato, finely chopped
Half a cucumber, finely chopped
Garlic (I like to use garlic paste, it's finer than I can chop)
Salt and pepper to taste
Toss it all together and serve cold, I like it for lunch
Breakfast
1 cup quinoa( Properly prepared) Keep hot
1 cup milk (I like to do 1/2 cup milk, 1/2 cup heavy cream. It's richer)
A sprinkle of cinnamon and ground cloves
Honey or Agave to sweeten to taste
Fresh berries/peaches/apples or any other fruit
Toasted nuts if you like
Heat milk with Quinoa in a pan until warmed through, add spice and sweetener, ad fruit last, let cook for 2-3 minutes for softer fruit, remove from heat for fresher.
Any other recipes would be welcome, share 'em in the comments!
Monday, April 25, 2011
My kid is weird
Vinny is an odd duck. While at times he is a normal 4 year old boy, playing Star Wars and trains, other times he is just plain strange.
Example: Last night he was watching The Simpsons when a commercial came on. I'm in the other room and hear "Up next on the 10 o'clock news" and I hear him say "YEA!" and from that moment on he kept talking about the 10 o'clock news.
Often times the nut will ask me to turn off PBS Kids and turn on "The 8 o'clock News" because he loves watching what's going on. And sometimes, when he wakes up early enough, he'll watch BBC News on OPB with me. And he LOVES it!
The other day he played tsunami in the front yard, which meant he explained how Japan was flooded and people lost their homes.
I just find it so strange that he likes this so much.
So my boy's a nut.
Example: Last night he was watching The Simpsons when a commercial came on. I'm in the other room and hear "Up next on the 10 o'clock news" and I hear him say "YEA!" and from that moment on he kept talking about the 10 o'clock news.
Often times the nut will ask me to turn off PBS Kids and turn on "The 8 o'clock News" because he loves watching what's going on. And sometimes, when he wakes up early enough, he'll watch BBC News on OPB with me. And he LOVES it!
The other day he played tsunami in the front yard, which meant he explained how Japan was flooded and people lost their homes.
I just find it so strange that he likes this so much.
So my boy's a nut.
Wednesday, April 20, 2011
50 Parks by October
One of my big goals is to spend more time outdoors with my family. My way to make sure that happens? I have made a list of 50 parks in the Salem Keizer area and I am going to make sure Vinny makes it to ever last one by the time October rains roll around. That averages 2 per week, or with Oregon whether in mind, 3 parks a week.
We already have Riverfront, Royal Oaks, Unnamed park in South Salem, Weather Street Park and Hillview City Park under our belts! I am so excited!
Vinny is loving it too, because playgrounds rock!
If anyone has any ideas for the area, let me know, because I still need to weed out the no playground parks, so I will probably need a few more. Especially in West Salem.
Also, if anyone wants to join me and the boys, let me know. Vinny likes finding friends to play with, even if he's never met them!
We already have Riverfront, Royal Oaks, Unnamed park in South Salem, Weather Street Park and Hillview City Park under our belts! I am so excited!
Vinny is loving it too, because playgrounds rock!
If anyone has any ideas for the area, let me know, because I still need to weed out the no playground parks, so I will probably need a few more. Especially in West Salem.
Also, if anyone wants to join me and the boys, let me know. Vinny likes finding friends to play with, even if he's never met them!
Monday, April 18, 2011
Beautiful Day.
Today probably the best day of the year so far! Busy, tiring and all manner of crazy, but such a great day! Started out with getting to sleep in, which was great, and then dishes. Then I got on to the laundry.
I am so far behind on laundry, it's not even funny, but I made a HUGE dent in today. I started a load in the washer and then decided to hand wash a load in the tub. When the tub load was done I guess I was just so into the whole homemaker thing I decided to hang it up on a line in the back yard.
By 1:30pm I had 3 loads washed and hanging out to dry (and my hands were KILLING me from wringing out all those clothes) and another soaking in the tub. Add to that 2 loads folded and put away from the washer and dryer and one load in each waiting to go.
When it started to rain I got out and took it all inside, but most of it was just barely damp at all! So while the last dryer load was running, I mowed the front lawn and took down the Christmas lights. When that was done I loaded the line clothes into the dryer and finished them up and got them put away.
With all that done I got out and cleaned the grill (My fabulous husband went and got the propane tank filled after his doctors appointment today) and made burgers! The first of the year! And some grilled bell peppers and zucchini for me!
Finally settled down to eat, folded some more laundry, put Vinny to bed with a story, got Will fed, got the LAST load of laundry in the dryer and started on my first attempt at homemade, soft-baked, sugar cookies! Woot! They turned out great, better than I had expected!
So now I am enjoying some cookies, relaxing on the computer and waiting for the very last load to be done so I can fold, put it away and go to bed.
What a day!
I am so far behind on laundry, it's not even funny, but I made a HUGE dent in today. I started a load in the washer and then decided to hand wash a load in the tub. When the tub load was done I guess I was just so into the whole homemaker thing I decided to hang it up on a line in the back yard.
By 1:30pm I had 3 loads washed and hanging out to dry (and my hands were KILLING me from wringing out all those clothes) and another soaking in the tub. Add to that 2 loads folded and put away from the washer and dryer and one load in each waiting to go.
When it started to rain I got out and took it all inside, but most of it was just barely damp at all! So while the last dryer load was running, I mowed the front lawn and took down the Christmas lights. When that was done I loaded the line clothes into the dryer and finished them up and got them put away.
With all that done I got out and cleaned the grill (My fabulous husband went and got the propane tank filled after his doctors appointment today) and made burgers! The first of the year! And some grilled bell peppers and zucchini for me!
Finally settled down to eat, folded some more laundry, put Vinny to bed with a story, got Will fed, got the LAST load of laundry in the dryer and started on my first attempt at homemade, soft-baked, sugar cookies! Woot! They turned out great, better than I had expected!
So now I am enjoying some cookies, relaxing on the computer and waiting for the very last load to be done so I can fold, put it away and go to bed.
What a day!
Tuesday, February 22, 2011
2 weeks later
Well, it's been two weeks and William is doing great! You would never know he even had surgery. He looks good and it progressing just fine. And one Friday he can start playing on straddle toys again!
Things have been crazy lately, with helping Will recoup, business pouring in, Dan still working full time for the state and Vinny becoming too smart for all our good we hardly have time for anything else.
Speaking of Vinny, he's started going to my sister-in-laws daycare, which is really more preschool than daycare, once a week. And he is loving it! He has such a blast playing with them all day, and it is giving him more socializing opportunities, which is wonderful for everyone.
Also, the 4 year old pain in the rear is almost potty trained. I know, I know, 4 and not potty trained! What the heck? This kid would not for the life of me use the dang toilet until recently. He is prefect with going potty, but #2 is still an issue. We are working on it and hoping the kid will get it together sooner than later.
Things have been crazy lately, with helping Will recoup, business pouring in, Dan still working full time for the state and Vinny becoming too smart for all our good we hardly have time for anything else.
Speaking of Vinny, he's started going to my sister-in-laws daycare, which is really more preschool than daycare, once a week. And he is loving it! He has such a blast playing with them all day, and it is giving him more socializing opportunities, which is wonderful for everyone.
Also, the 4 year old pain in the rear is almost potty trained. I know, I know, 4 and not potty trained! What the heck? This kid would not for the life of me use the dang toilet until recently. He is prefect with going potty, but #2 is still an issue. We are working on it and hoping the kid will get it together sooner than later.
Tuesday, February 8, 2011
Back on the blog
Hi to anyone who views this anymore. So... No one! :) I am trying to get this started back because there has been a lot going on in my family, my state and my country.
Family first. As anyone who knows me knows by now, my 10 month old son had surgery last week. Doernbecher's was amazing, the staff were absolutely fantastic. In particular there was Twila and Emma. Twila was "the numbers lady" who took his stats and all that prep. She could have just come in and taken the numbers. Instead she showed William everything that she was going to use and explained to HIM how they worked. Will was just mesmerized. She showed him the sounds the machine made, let him place with the toe sensor before putting it on him. She cooed and played him, he brightened up whenever she came in.
Emma was our other main nurse. She explained everything to us and even got Will his last drink before the deadline. She made us feel comfortable and at easy. Everything was just fantastic.
The wait was long, of course, but the waiting room was comfortable, the view was amazing. They had free wifi (Dan and I both had our laptops) so we got to check out e-mail and play some on-line games.
The whole time I felt calm and assured. Our Doctor, Aaron Bayne was simply wonderful from day one! I KNEW he would do everything he could for our little guy. And he did. After hours of waiting he came out and told us that it was 100% success. He said everything was now in the right place and that our little trooper was doing fantastic.
An hour later we got to go into the recovery room. Once he was waking up I got to hold him. Once he started he was wide awake and we got to leave the recovery room and move into our own little corner of the hospital. Within an hour we were able to take him home.
I have to say, while having a baby go under the knife is never ideal, things went swimmingly. I could not be more pleased with all involved.
Family first. As anyone who knows me knows by now, my 10 month old son had surgery last week. Doernbecher's was amazing, the staff were absolutely fantastic. In particular there was Twila and Emma. Twila was "the numbers lady" who took his stats and all that prep. She could have just come in and taken the numbers. Instead she showed William everything that she was going to use and explained to HIM how they worked. Will was just mesmerized. She showed him the sounds the machine made, let him place with the toe sensor before putting it on him. She cooed and played him, he brightened up whenever she came in.
Emma was our other main nurse. She explained everything to us and even got Will his last drink before the deadline. She made us feel comfortable and at easy. Everything was just fantastic.
The wait was long, of course, but the waiting room was comfortable, the view was amazing. They had free wifi (Dan and I both had our laptops) so we got to check out e-mail and play some on-line games.
The whole time I felt calm and assured. Our Doctor, Aaron Bayne was simply wonderful from day one! I KNEW he would do everything he could for our little guy. And he did. After hours of waiting he came out and told us that it was 100% success. He said everything was now in the right place and that our little trooper was doing fantastic.
An hour later we got to go into the recovery room. Once he was waking up I got to hold him. Once he started he was wide awake and we got to leave the recovery room and move into our own little corner of the hospital. Within an hour we were able to take him home.
I have to say, while having a baby go under the knife is never ideal, things went swimmingly. I could not be more pleased with all involved.
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