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Happy Homemaker Monday 05.16.16

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It’s late, but it’s still Monday 😀  I worked late tonight, came home, made myself something to eat, and watched Blindspot with my daughter.  One more episode to go!!  Have a great week!!

 

Linking-up with Sandra at Diary of a Stay at Home Mom.

 

THE WEATHER OUTSIDE IS:

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WHAT’S FEEDING MY BOOK ADDICTION:
I have the second book in the Tradd Street series by Karen White, The Girl on Legare Street. I haven’t had the chance to start reading it yet, ugh…hope to start it soon.

LOL CHUCKLES, AND GIGGLES:

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RECIPE I TRIED/ONE I WANT TO TRY:
I made the Carbonara Mac & Cheese, and it was good!! Pretty surprising, since I had to substitute some of the ingredients. It calls for Campenelle noodles, which the store didn’t have, so I used Penne Pasta, and it also calls for Fontina chesse. I Googled that to see what it was, and what kind I could substitute it with. It said to use Provolone. So I just bought the Italian Blend cheese. Next time I make this, I will probably add more bacon. I served it as a side dish to my Italian Beef Sandwiches.

FAVORITE VIDEO FROM THE WEB:
Taking a minute to watch some adorable bunnies never hurt nobody!! The brown one…look at the brown one!!  I can’t even….I am unable to even…I will never be able to even!!

WHAT I’M LOOKING FORWARD TO:
Wednesday will be the season’s first Cruise Night, and they will have the Smash Cancer Car. I just found out that in June for Super Hero Saturday, we will have Iron Man, Captain America AND Thor!! Rumor has it that they are actually coming from Disneyland…we shall see!!

FROM THE CAMERA:
These trees line the walkway to our library, and I live right across the street. I love looking out my window when they are in full bloom. It only lasts a couple of days…they are all already green.

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Happy Homemaker Monday 05.09.16

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Morning!!  Hope all you moms had a nice relaxing day yesterday, and got spoiled a little bit.  I Had a really nice Mother’s Day, see below on how I spent my day.  The weather was beautiful!!  Looks like warmer weather for us but of course with some rain.  Have a wonderful week!!

 

Linking-up with Sandra at Diary of a Stay at Home Mom.

 

THE WEATHER OUTSIDE IS:

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MOVIE REVIEW:
The boys took me to see the Captain America Civil War movie, and it was awesome!! It was nice that we were able to see it in town at the local theater, which was built in the 1930’s and has been restored. I just love the Avengers, especially Black Widow, and Hawkeye. There were a couple of new characters in this movie, including Scarlet Witch, she is also pretty awesome. This movie is action packed, and I really enjoyed it. I would suggest if you go to see it, check out the movie Ant Man before you do, he is also in this movie. I wasn’t too excited about watching Ant Man, I just couldn’t picture Paul Rudd as a super hero, but it was really good. He’s a lot of fun.

LOL CHUCKLES, AND GIGGLES:
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RECIPE I TRIED/ONE I WANT TO TRY:
Nothing this past week. I really wanted to make some bread pudding, but didn’t get around to it, I still have the ingredients, so that will be in my near future 🙂

LOOKING FORWARD TO:
May is Paint the Town Pink month in our town, so we have several events to raise money for breast cancer that are fun. The “Smash” Cancer at Cruise Night where you can take a sledgehammer to a car painted by the students of the high school. It’s not as easy as it looks. Also the Battin’ for Boobies Softball Game where the Police and Fire Department play against a local business, as well as the rival high schools’ staff and alumni face off. Fun in the sun for a good cause.

FROM THE CAMERA:
My youngest son was on top of planning this whole Mother’s Day thing, he was responsible for getting me all of this:


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Happy Homemaker Monday 05.02.16

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Hey there!!  So we’ve had one day of spring, one day of summer, and a week of fall.  It has been rainy and cold for the past couple of days, but last night we had a nice spring storm, lots of lightning and thunder, love spring storms…until the wifi goes out!!  This week looks like we’ll see some sunshine…finally.  Have a great week!!

Linking-up with Sandra at Diary of a Stay at Home Mom.

THE WEATHER OUTSIDE IS:

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WHAT’S FEEDING MY BOOK ADDICTION:
I have been reading, will never stop doing that, lol, but haven’t really had the time to finish anything lately. Once I do, I’ll give you my review. Toggling between a few books, maybe that’s why I can’t finish one 😉

 
LOL CHUCKLES, AND GIGGLES:
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RECIPE I TRIED/ONE I WANT TO TRY:
So I made the Mozzarella-Stuffed Chicken Fingers. These were interesting. They are pretty thick, and the ground chicken was difficult to work with. I actually tasted them, and thought the taste wasn’t bad, but the texture of the fried ground chicken was different. Usually my son eats several regular cheese sticks for a meal, but these were thick and filling. Both boys were not overly impressed with them, but they did think they were pretty good. We dipped them in a marinara sauce, which added to the flavor. If you’d like to give it a try, you can find the link to the recipe here.

I would like to try this next, Carbonara Mac & Cheese. My sister makes a delish Spaghetti Carbonara, so when I saw this, thought it might be worth the try.

FAVORITE VIDEO/ARTICLE FROM THE WEB:
It’s baseball season, and the Cubs are killin’ it!! How fun is this, the whole team dressed in these crazy suits for their three-game series in Pittsburgh.


Coach Joe Maddon calls it “a minimalist zany suit trip.” Everyone must wear some part of the suit everyday during the three-game series or face a $100 fine.

The article goes on to say that “The Cubs finished the month of April at 17-5, the best in baseball”. Wait…what? Did I read that right? The best in baseball? Yep…

The. Best. In. Baseball!!
#LetsGo #EmbraceTheTarget

You can read the whole article and see video here.

CREATIVE CORNER:
Elijah created this collage using pictures of his mini figures, some of his actual ships and photos.

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QUOTES:

For all Mom’s…
Have a Wonderful Mother’s Day Weekend
You Deserve the Best!!

Adulting All Over the Place

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If anyone has stopped by my blog in the last couple of days, you obviously heard crickets. I did not get a chance to do my Monday post or join in the Blogbattle this week. Everything is fine over here, it’s just that this week, I started a job outside the house. What?!?!? Yep, after 16 years of being a stay-at-home-mom, I got myself a part-time job. Mind you it’s not rocket science or anything, it’s actually quite fun. I’m working at the local Photography Studio, and I’m really enjoying it. But being that this did not replace my main job as home school mom, and the keeper of EVERYTHING, it’s going to take a bit to get my schedule in order.

I hope to get back to some writing, I want to continue the story I started about being locked in the library, there was more to that story when I wrote it, the word count gets me every time 🙂 But at the least, hopefully I’ll get to continue my Monday posts. Hope everyone is doing well, I’ll drop by my favorite blogs when I get the chance.  So my absence is not from a major crisis, or someone being sick, it’s just me…adulting, LOL.