Thursday, April 26, 2012

A Date With Our New Car

I'm bringing home a special someone on Saturday.  It is our family's new car.  Technically, it is my hubby's, as he traded in his old truck, but I am already head over heels in lust with it.  I even picked out an outfit to wear home in it.  I'm so excited for the size, and how many groceries, plants, ect. I can bring home in it on weekends when I go shopping.  Out here in the sticks, my usual grocery store is 20 some miles away, so I purchase large amounts when I head into town.  Also, with this new mom style car, I  feel like my grown up transformation is complete.  Perhaps I should now get the official mom haircut and highlights.  Just kidding, I am too much of a penny pincher.  Anyways, it is gold, so it should match the outfit I chose, which is pictured below in a dramitization from Polyvore.  Tell me about when you first felt like an official adult in the comments section.  Once again, if you have troubles, it is always easy to post as anonymous.  I love to hear from you!

Wednesday, April 25, 2012

Heebie Jeebies


This is a horrible surprise I hope none of you find.  Yesterday, when I grabbed a bowl out of the cupboard, there was a huge brown spider in it.  Now, every time I grab a dish, I have the heeby jeebies.  I hope the spider doesn't have any relatives left in the cupboard.  Who knows what dishes it touched.  What if you were to reach your hand into the cupboard, and one came down all sinister on its web?  Although the horrible surprise with the spider totally gave me the heebie jeebies, I would like to know if you have any gross spider stories.  Please comment (if you use anonymous it is extra easy) with your gross spider stories.

Monday, April 23, 2012

Spring Fever


The Spring Fever has taken hold.  I have my little “nursery” of baby plants I started indoors a couple weeks ago.  It was a little later than usual, but they should still be mature in time.  I have been scouring the Burpee and Gurney’s catalogs as well as` my new favorite catalog,  David Austin Roses.  There are such beautiful roses.  In all these catalogs, I have a wish list  total of about $1000 or more.  There are so many cool things, including royal purple potatoes, multicolored carrots, flowering trees, mini greenhouses, rain barrels, compost containers, raised beds, ect.  My ambition is always so big at the beginning of the season.  Then, I go on one out of town summer trip, and come back to weeds and kind of let things slip. This year, however, the weeds will not win.  I hope to give my garden tender, loving care all summer .

  So far, there are baby tomatoes and peppers in a rainbow of colors, herbs of all kinds, and some pretty Dahlia’s and Impatiens.  They are all growing adorably in my little indoor mini greenhouses.  I have seeds out the wazoo that can be planted directly outdoors as well.  There are several kinds of lettuces as well as fruits and veggies.  Hopefully, there will be room for everything.  The new life in the spring gives me little goose bumps of excitement.   The colorful spring flowers have provided the perfect appetizer for what I hope to be my garden’s best year.      

I am always jealous of “green thumbs” and wish my thumb were greener, but, as it stands, I believe a “green thumb” is developed over time, with experience and studying plants.  So, when I am an old lady,  I hope to have a fully-developed green thumb.  I want one of those cute English gardens with flowers everywhere the eye can look.  I want my fruits and veggies to always be plentiful, so anyone can walk out and have a taste straight off the plant.  That isn’t too lofty a goal, right?

Saturday, April 21, 2012

Famous Coleslaw


I sometimes dream of coleslaw.  There are certain resturaunt recipes that make you crave them.  KFC Coleslaw does that to me.  It is one of four recipes that does that to me (P.F. Chang’s lettuce wraps, Girl Scout Samoas, and Olive Garden salad are the other three) .  Summertime is a perfect time for coleslaw, and since it is just around the corner, there are plenty of warm days for a picnic.   I know I am not the only person who loves KFC Coleslaw.  So here is a delicious coleslaw recipe, that almost rivals, if it does not surpass KFC’s coleslaw.  Enjoy!

½ cup Mayo

1/3 cup Sugar

¼ cup Milk

¼  cup Buttermilk

2 tbsp Lemon juice

2 tbsp Vinegar

Dash of Salt and pepper

8 cups finely shredded Cabbage

¼ cup diced Carrot

2-1/2 tbsp minced Onion

Cut cabbage, carrot and onion into tiny pieces, and mix together.  Mix rest of ingredients in bowl with whisk, then add to cabbage mix.  Mix well and refrigerate overnight.  So yummy!

Thursday, April 5, 2012

Spring Break, Spring Cleaning, and Taxes



Starting today, my family and I are fortunate enough to have a five day break from school.  Sounds fun, right.  Wrong!  This is when I am finally making myself do taxes and Spring Cleaning.  Weirdly enough, even these tasks can be made fun.  I found the cutest site to help me with all my Spring Cleaning tasks in a fun, effective way.  Go check it out yourself, as it seems to have everything. http://housekeeping.about.com/cs/cleaning101/a/springclnngguid.htm

 As for taxes, perhaps they can’t be made fun, but you can get them done for cheaper if you do it yourself.  I am a fan of Turbo Tax.  I seem to get the same results as when I paid to have them done, for less than half the price.  You don’t even have to go to the store to buy it.  It can simply be downloaded on a rainy day.  If you already have your taxes done, hooray for you!  As for us procrastinators, we better get to it.  Happy Spring!