In the Storm

This Weeks Menu 19 July - 28 July

Except for Tacos on Tuesday and Jalapeno's on Thursday we are eating new recipes this week (into next).

Monday - Teriyaki Sesame Stirfry

Tuesday - Tacos

Wednesday - Sliders and Corn on the Cob

Thursday - Jalapeno's Restaurant

Friday - Cajun Shrimp and Grits (recipe will be created from AJ's Dockside Restaurant Shrimp and Grits appetizer on Tybee Island, GA; I'm going to turn it into a meal with more shrimp and more grits) 

Saturday - Not sure (I've got to work)

Sunday - Red Lobster (for the boys' birthday dinner - their choice!)

Monday - Philly Cheese Steak

Tuesday - Tacos (hey! it is Taco Tuesday you know)

Wednesday - Green Chile and Ham Quiche with Potato Crust with Ceasar Salad and Sauteed Green Beans

Most of the recipes will be modified in some fashion to make them my own. The boys are especially excited about the Sliders. I'll post pictures and recipes as we go of course. Can't wait.

For Today

FOR TODAY... july 13, 2010 at 10:28 a.m.

 

outside my window... hazy skies, morning clouds dissipating...waiting on the storms

i am thankful for... work.

i am wearing... pajamas - still...of course

noticing that... I can’t wait until this class is over!

i am reading... By Order of the President by W.E.B. Griffin

on my mind... my college class, the digital album I’ll be making for boy scouts

pondering these words... I chose you (words spoken by God in the first chapter of Ephesians) to me...

around the house... all quiet on the eastern front.

from the kitchen... making leftovers for lunch and dinner

one of my favorite things... craft punches

i'm creating...  stories of summer album, family recipe book, and I’m beginning the planning of a boy scout album (digital) for Camp Rainey Mountain...all big projects

 a few plans for the rest of the week... try and swim, dinner at Jalapenos on Thursday, working all week

toward a healthier me....on new medications for rheumatoid arthritis

from my lens...Jeff and the boys were choppin’ wood the other day and Jeff kept seeing something move in the wood pile. It turned out it was the tiniest of birds, washed out, and haggard. It kept coming back to the wood pile even when Jeff moved it into the trees, and the marsh. Because they didn’t want it to get hurt they ended up stopping wood chopping.

 

Looks fun...

but it really isn't. Just a momentary playfulness amidst a couple days of cleaning because...well...they didn't do it right the first time. Hopefully, they've learned a lesson.

The punks are off to church camp this week. Just took them to the church. I made them laugh and blush when I reached up and hugged them and wailed out that I was going to miss them and pretended like I was crying. 

P.S. That means one whole week alone - with Hoosier Man - yum!

Sausage Peppers Rustica

 

Sausage Peppers Rustica

(adapted from SimplyRecipes.com)

Ingredients

8 Italian sausage links (4 hot, 4 mild), sliced while still half frozen for ease

2 Tbsp extra virgin olive oil

1 green bell pepper, sliced into strips and halved

2 red bell pepper, sliced strips and halved

6 garlic cloves, sliced into slivers, or chopped

1 large Vidalia onion, sliced into 1/4-inch half-moons

1 large can of crushed tomatoes

1 Tbsp of fresh, or dried, oregano

2 tsp crushed red pepper flakes

Kosher Salt

Freshly ground black pepper

Penne pasta

1 Heat the olive oil over medium heat in a large pan. When the oil is hot, add the sausages and brown them slowly. Cook them through, remove from the pan and set aside.

2 Increase the heat to med/high and add the onions and peppers. Toss so they get coated with the oil in the pan and sear them as well as you can, stirring every so often. You want some blackening. Once the onions and peppers soften, sprinkle some salt on them. Once you get some searing on the onions and peppers, add the garlic and cook for 1 more minute. Leave some crunch to the vegetables.

3 Add the tomatoes, oregano and red pepper flakes and stir to combine. Add the sausages back in. Stir to combine. Reduce to simmer until the penne are cooked.

Serve over penne pasta, or even load up in a hoagie roll.

Serves 4-6.

Stories of Summer - the album

I've put together the album for my Stories of Summer. The album is a We R Memory Keepers album from their Raw Goods collection and most of the major scrapbook products decorating the album are from Fancy Pants Design - Rusted Sun Collection which I love + other miscellaneous embellishments.

Here is the front of the album with the cut out colored acetate flip flops and their awesome rustic summer papers and embellishments.

I decided to 'tab' the months (lower right corner). This page begins June. Again (from previous post) This isn't an everyday album but stories of our summer.

I added a photo booth photo set to the album, inserting it into the page with the story.

I added a few more details of the story using a 'journal' card/ tag from 7 Gypsies.

Ok, that isn't all the pages but just a few. As you can see it is primarily a digital album but I already have planned some non-digital, traditional scrapbooking pages. I may even print the overlays onto a piece of patterned paper and hand journal too. Endless possibilities - and still two + some days months to go of summer.   

For Today

FOR TODAY... july 7, 2010 at 8:27 a.m.

 

outside my window... clear, brilliant, blue skies

i am thankful for... my hubby.

i am wearing... pajamas - still.

noticing that... sometimes getting in the creative mode just isn’t there!

i am reading... all my books are closed

on my mind... my college class, things I want to do, things I should do, things I probably won’t do, applying for some jobs.... 

pondering these words... He Is...

around the house... Jarrod is reading and drinking a cup of coffee and John is still sleeping.

from the kitchen... making a chicken, broccoli, and stuffing casserole for dinner because I have to work

one of my favorite things... French Vanilla creamer

i'm creating...  stories of summer album, family recipe book, and I’m going to begin a boy scout album (digital) for Camp Rainey Mountain...all big projects

 a few plans for the rest of the week... swim with the boys, work (yeah!), merit badges for boys, school work,

toward a healthier me....spend time with my God

from my lens...this is a photo I did not take of fireworks on the 3rd (when my brother set off a fireworks display) because I was sick. In fact I have very few photos of the weekend with family.

Stories of Summer

Because yesterday held several stories of summer I'm going to incorporate some non=digital scrapping into those stories [inspired by Ali's blog today]. Looking forward to those. In the meantime, our day yesterday started out with a surprise trip to the pottery shop which was on my summer plans list. I think the end of summer I'm going to do a summer plans fulfilled list to see how we did (and add any amazing things I didn't have on my plans)

 

For Today

FOR TODAY... july 1, 2010 at 7:00 a.m.

 

outside my window... cloudy skies and humid

i am thankful for... that it wasn’t one of my sons who got bit by the wasp last nigh.

i am wearing... black dress slacks, pink/white/black frilly top

with to-die for matching earring and necklace set.

noticing that... I have a very busy couple days to get everything done before the weekend

i am reading... school books

on my mind... car repair issues, my to do list for this weekend, my school paper 

pondering these words... the stories of summer

around the house... the boys are helping a scout with his eagle project…mowing needs done…prep for trip.

from the kitchen... closed

one of my favorite things... picking blueberries

i'm creating...  stories of summer album, family recipe book...Camp Rainey Mountain album for the troop

 a few plans for the rest of the week... shoes for Jarrod, sandals for boys, car repairs, packing for the weekend, buy corn on cob, work on individual class assignment, two days of work

toward a healthier me....have a consultant in for GYN to get some issues resolved

from my lens... this is a photo not taken of my trip to the ER last night. We were blueberry picking at Brewers Tree Farm and I disturbed a snotty little wasp who decided to retaliate by stinging me. You know those pain scales the doctor’s offices have posted 1 = no pain, and 10 = tears. A wasp sting is a 12. Jeff was not happy with the ER because while they treated the swelling they did nothing for the pain. He left the ER and ran to the shopette and bought some Alka-Seltzer tablets. Breaking a tablet and wetting it turns it to paste and then rubbing it on a wasp sting neutralizes the pain to manageable.