Saturday breakfast in bed

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Here are the pictures from breakfast on Saturday. The first one is pulling my mini monkey bread experiments out of the oven. The second one is after I flipped it out. Thirdly the finished breakfast! It started out trying to figure out how to use a cinnamon roll tube that had been in the fridge. Personally I don't think they taste that good. So, looking online gave me an idea. take out your dough from the tube and cut into small pieces, roll in sugar, put in pan, pour butter and caramel over top. Let it sit overnight and bake in morning. Overall, it was ok. Dusty ate it so that works for me=) So, this is how we started our Saturday! I was a little bummed that our maid didn't clean up after herself... lol. We joke sometimes that our "maid" quit so we have to get our own coffee or clean up after ourselves. =) It's funny in the moment. After lounging we went to a birthday party for a friends son and we bowled. It was mainly adults and just a handful of kids and one baby. It ended up being a lot of fun. Dusty and I were 1st and 2nd place for the first half of the game, then I tanked and got gutter balls... I guess the pressure got to me. They treated us to lunch afterwards as well and had a good time talking. Afterwards, we scouted out publix for the deals on Sunday. I think we bought some things. There was a 5 off 30 in the winn dixie ad so if you broke up your transactions to close as you could to 30 then use coupons you could get lots of stuff for cheap. I will go into that later. So, we closed out the night cutting coupons and watching some episodes of a tv show. I would have liked to tackle some cleaning... Sigh, so much to do so little time.

Reflections

So today I am not subbing, :) I am helping my mil(patty), not saying I couldn't get a job because I kept getting calls from teachers I love subbing for! Boo why wait till the days I take off? Anyway, hubby left early and then I didn't fall back asleep... I started reading my blog and was just reflecting on life through my blogs. I am so blessed. I absolutely love my life, great husband, great house, great cars, good church, and very good friends. I also realized I have been procrastinating about the etsy project... Sigh I have been busy, but I am also scared. Scared you say? Why? Your just posting something and selling it,.. Well i am not fluent in online selling, and until I actually jump head first into it I will be nervous. It reminds me of skiing, I liked to go down really fast down a hill, but not till I scouted out the hill first. Especially if it was a blue black or black diamond. I would cautiously start and go zig zag for the first time down it, this was so the next time around I knew what to expect. You never know where a bump could cause you to flip and seriously be hurt. But the second time around I would fly down it! I say that more to myself that I just need to do it. It will be just for me to try and express my creative side and possibly get some spending money for myself!

Jealousy and ash Wednesday

So, this morning I was looking at someones pictures on Facebook and I started getting jealous. She is very beautiful and her husband seems to be very financially stable and they travel abroad. Now I am very happy and content with my life. I would not want to trade what I have with someone else's life. But I had to stop looking at pics because I felt jealous. I just had to remind myself that no one is perfect and be careful what you wish for. But again I would not trade my husband for anyone else, and money is just money, it comes and goes, and beauty is in the eye of the beholder. My husband thinks I am beautiful and I think I can be when I am smiling lol! :) today is ash Wednesday and it makes me wonder how many people actually celebrate lent after mardi gras. Years ago working at bagel heads I saw people with ashes on their forehead. Now some people may celebrate lent without going to a service, but I wonder how many actually do

Why are mornings so sleepy?

I realize I didn't have the best sleep due to the fact dusty worked nights, but why oh why do I have to be tired and sleepy. Today I am a home ec teacher with not the best set up... It is warm in the class due to the heat being on! Ugh, I don't need heat! I was productive last night and vacuumed the floor, did the dishes, finished washing the clothes, and even painted my nails! Saturday dusty and I went grocery shopping and went to sam's and publix. I still have more cleaning to do, but it felt good to get some done.

Much to update on..

Day after V day, Hubbie surprised me with ipad2! Did not expect that, and now we are selling my first gen to help pay for it. I got my passport and in record time, I think under two weeks! Maybe because I had one before? Dusty had to order a certified copy of birth certificate and that has finally arrived.. Took longer than my passport! Now he will send off to get his passport for our cruise!! I am getting excited, our cruise is in may and we are going to the Bahamas.
I received some family recipes from relatives in Texas as a wedding gift a couple years ago and recently came across them. I decided to make the taco soup yesterday and it is so easy and very good! Pretty healthy and cheap I think!
Taco soup
2 lbs ground beef
1 lg diced onion
2 (15 1/2) oz cans kidney beans
2 (15 1/2) oz cans pinto beans
1 (15 1/2) oz can whole kernel corn
1 (15 1/2) oz can hominy
2 cans of rotel (diced tomatoes with
green chilies or jalapeños)
1 pkg taco seasoning mix
1 pkg hidden valley ranch salad
dressing mix
Toppings may include: corn chips, sour cream, grated cheese, or even cornbread
Instructions: brown beef and onion. Open all cans leave them undrained And pour them into a crockpot or a big pot on stove. Heat on high for 2 hours or on low for 6-8.
-if you are concerned about sodium you could rinse the beans and put back in can and fill with fresh water before pouring into pot.
Weather here has been weird, windy, cold, warm, and the flu is in the air. Teachers are out sick left and right and tonight I myself are not feeling the best. Hope you try the soup, it's good! I am freezing half of it, for an easy dinner down the road. It makes quite a bit!

Friday turned out really well!

I found a friend that took me shopping at Cato! :) I got some really good deals on some nice clothes. It ended up being a really good day!

Sigh

So, my Hubbie suggested I take the day off today. Well I did, but now I am feeling blah. He went to study for the sergeants test with a friend. He suggested I relax and pamper myself with birthday money that i received from in laws. I have a headache, and I am a little bummed thinking about going out by myself. I miss having friends to hang out with on a whim. I realize it's Friday during the day, but still. :( Since I am heavier than before I have the hardest time finding clothes that look good on me. I know there are clothes out there for me I think I am just a little unmotivated. But I like looking nice and it's hard on a limited wardrobe! I am sure my day will brighten up once I shower and have coffee or something lol. I try not to be a downer, but sometimes you just feel down. I am also making dinner for a couple tonight that just had a baby and currently have a toddler! I signed up for meals for mommy and I volunteered today! They asked for no meat and no major spice. I have lots o pasta in the house so salad pasta and bread and maybe banana pudding? I have stuff to use up so we will see! :)

Party on Saturday and Super Bowl

We had a fun time eating and talking, just like old times. I got plenty of cards and gift cards, and even some orange roses! I made chicken salad and choc cupcakes with caramel icing. Friends brought strawberry and spinach salad, rolls, green fluff (I forgot the real name, it has marshmallow, pistachio pudding, and nuts), hummus, fruit and veggies, and chips and stuff. On Sunday we went to a church function, which was fun because we got to meet new people!

Bath and beauty

I feel like 13 being stocked up with all the lotion, bath soap, perfumes, make up that i could handle. And I recently got seven more scented oils. I don't do scentsy or candles... I am hooked on body shops scented oils. They fill up the whole house with the scent.

more pics!

                 Our new addition from Target!

                                          For some reason the table looks lighter in the pic, but its pretty dark

                                      Pic above the trash can lol

                                               Kitchen in the morning, a little messy

Birthday part 2

Well I am subbing today and I realized I never did the part 2. After leaving the condo we went for breakfast. Ran into one of dusty's old acquaintance, talked to him for a bit. Went and picked up our child from the in laws. Went home and ate lunch and dusty cleaned for me:). He also gave me my b day present. I received 2 mani and 1 pedi and some old movies I had wanted. Pete's dragon, sound of music, and the original parent trap 1&2! We ate our very yummy leftovers from lillian's and watched the parent trap. :) good day

Pics of our newly painted/arranged house!

 House is not perfect, but keeping it real here folks lol! You can actually see a part of our bedroom far away in the hallway. It is not decorated one bit yet. We do have some things for it, but we are going to paint first before we decorate.

 Abstract art= our nature pics from honeymoon and the red one is my bouquet up close

 whoops somehow they got out of order!

more to come after work, I was being productive and got this much done before heading to work!

My birthday part 1

So, I write this while looking over the balcony and listening to the ocean waves! Yesterday it rained and rained and rained some more... I was a little worried I wouldn't get to enjoy the hot tub or pool. But, thankfully they had an indoor heated pool and it was perfect cold weather for hot tub! It was lightly raining and a little chilly but that way we stayed a nice temp in the hot tub. :)

Free condo!

So, my in laws have had a pipe burst and insurance is replacing floor and stuff. Well, they have been paying for a condo and food. Tonight is the last night insurance is paying and my in laws are unable to use it. Here is where I come in !!! They offered it to dusty and I and free dinner! :) I am picking Lillian's pizza because it is really yummy, dusty used to work there, and because it's right there near condo! I know they have pool and I am hoping for a hot tub!!! Happy birthday to me! Much to do still, I wrote out my list of things I need to accomplish every day through Saturday. We have been working hard though and it is paying off!