Tuesday, December 1, 2009

Day 1 of Me, Then!

Well, tonights dinner only got a before pic, I forgot to take the after! HA! I had a WHIRLWIND of a day (I will explain below), but for dinner I had a pack of deer/hamburger meat out and NO IDEA what I was doing with it and I was NOT going to the store! I browned it, drained the grease off and stirred in two jars of Ragu Pizza sauce. Poured into the bottom of a glass baking dish, covered it in grated cheese (only had cheddar) and placed biscuits on top with butter. How long did I bake it for you ask? I don't know, about 30 minutes or so. I took it out when the biscuits were done, let it cool for about 10 minutes and my family LOVED LOVED LOVED it! Check 1 for mom!


What did I do today? Let's see:

-woke up a 6:00 A.M. hit the snooze until 7:00. Not smart, should have known then it was going to be a crazy day!

-7:00 A.M. Got everyone up, well, my son and husband that is. I screamed at my daughter until 7:30 when she finally decided to get up off of our couch in our sitting room (might I add its in our master bedroom).

-somewhere between 7:00 and 7:45 I managed to get dressed from head to toe and put a pony tail through a ball cap and start biscuits in the oven and flip sausage over as I walk past the kitchen getting two lunches ready and backpacks packed!

-7:45 the four of us sit down to breakfast at the table and might I also add that the juice glasses and paper plates are still on the table as I type and its almost bed time! HA! Who cares it smells like juice in here! Could be worse right? Pass out vitamins and we enjoy!

-8:05 I am out the door with my daughter and her best friend that gets dropped off daily and we are headed to school. Daddy offers to bathe Bubba (our son) and I leave Sissy outside with the keys to start the car so I can run back in and find his outfit for school. PANTS PANTS PANTS, where are any of his pants! Oh wait, all dirty from the fact that I haven't done laundry in a week!

-8:15 my son runs outside to pee off the back porch in front of the world and then runs back in to take a bath. I am off!

-8:37 I drive back up, my son is clean as a whistle and looking for his socks. I clean up all the "food" parts of breakfast, put the milk, butter and jelly away, and then I am back in the car. Gotta take my son to school!

-9:10 Home again! I will throw in here that my husband and brother (that works for us in our commercial landscaping company) are hovering around the house the entire time taking calls, doing invoices, and planning their day which was VERY rainy and slow. Now, I am putting some makeup on and decided to change clothes into something cute and "college" like! I have school Mondays and Wednesdays (hence the reason I am still at a junior college, I only take 1-2 classes at a time. This semester 1 online, 1 on campus) and I refuse to put my kids in daycare while they are/were young, SO here I am. The house is a TORNADO times 10 but who cares, I am out the door at 10:15 (supposed to be out the door by 10:00). Not too bad!

-10:50 I get right in front of the college and there are armed police officers everywhere! Stopping cars, moving traffic. I am freaking out! I suddenly see helicopters as well. I get re-routed around to my school and decide I want out of my car but the school is on lock down. A convict has overtaken officers transporting him to another facility and he is loose in the area. FAN-FLIPPING-TASTIC! I call my husband and he tells me to come meet him far away from there for lunch and some Christmas shopping. I then head to Bass Pro Shop and end up enjoying my mid day.

-2:30 Pick up my son from school and hear all about his day and peeing in the potty, standing up that is, and how he stayed on green. I get home and look at the wreck of a house and decide, forget it, I watch Mama Mia with my son. He LOVES it!

-3:45 Daddy drives up, hurries and gives me our daughters gifts to hide and I head out to get her off the bus at 4:00.

-4:10 after hearing about her day and that she needs new bras and tanktops NOW, I start dinner.

-5:30 We all eat everywhere! Hubby and son outside playing around in the shop, me in front of my DVR'ed shows and my daughter at the computer. This is not like us, but we are ALL emotionally drained from being with one another all last week!


It's 7:00, my house is HORRIBLE, my ovaries hurt (yes, I can tell when they hurt, I can tell which side hurts more because I have a cyst on one ovary), I am MOODY, I don't want to bathe, I don't want to even watch TV, I just want to be left alone with Christmas music BLASTING in the background!


It's 9:20, I have done NOTHING tonight! I am happy that my husband doesn't care that I've done nothing! He has kept our son outside watching football and my daughter has not left the computer. This would sadden others but I needed NOTHING tonight, a night of NOTHING!


This is Me Then, Remember I Change from Day to Day!

Monday, November 30, 2009

31 Days of Just Me, Then!

Ok, you wanted it, you got it! Everyone is always saying, "How do you do it all", "Wow, you are so busy", "Another party", "How much school do you have left", "You haven't graduated yet", "Why do you like Twilight so much", "Are you really in a Twilight Sorority", "Did you really go to two New Kids on the Block concerts last year", "Is Cash potty trained yet", "How do you make those fish tacos you are always talking about", "I thought you would be at U of H by now", "Do you really do all Lance's office work for him", "Are you and Lance really that happy", and PLENTY more questions or comments!
What does all this mean? It means that over the next 31 days I am going to walk you through my day to day life. Some of its going to be boring, some of its going to be pretty darn exciting and some of it you are going to go, "WOW, that's her real life". I hope to post lots of pictures, and sometimes it will just be a description or timeline of my day. Some of it you will get tips and tricks for decorating or cooking, and other things you are going to go, "wow, they are kinda boring over there". HA!
Grab a seat, pour a cup of coffee AND click on the "Follow my Blog" button so you can check back daily or weekly on what I am doing. I won't be holding anything back, but remember, This is Me, Then. I change from day to day!

Sunday, November 22, 2009

Team Lance


Tuesday, November 17, 2009

Giveaway!


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Sunday, November 15, 2009

Give Me The Simple Life


I plan to blog much more as the holidays are approaching and the semester is winding down for me. Until then please take a moment to hug your little ones and your spouse even closer! My family is my world and we fight hard, play hard and love even harder. Why do I seem to GO GO GO so much? Because I was given the honor of being the mother to Taylor Nicole and Cash Andrew, and the privilege of being Lance Victor's wife. I wouldn't miss a minute of it for the world! LIVE IT, I say, LIVE IT!

Thursday, November 12, 2009

Julie's Carbonara (everything but the kitchen sink)!

Repost by request from last spring! Enjoy!
I was inspired by a dish I had at my friend Kristie's a few weeks ago and I couldn't stop thinking about it. Then I remembered a Carbonara I had made once from Southern Living's Quick and Easy Weeknight Favorites cookbook, that I decided to make it "My Way". This will SEEM like lots of ingredients, but it was SO much fun to make, my kitchen looked like a war zone and Lance about fell over when he took his first bite. He LOVED it! Said it tasted like something from a gourmet restaurant! You MUST try this at home! ;o)
Ingredients:
Angel Hair Pasta
6 strips of bacon
One Bag of Frozen Peas
Minced Garlic
1 Jalapeno Pepper chopped
1/3 of a green onion bundle chopped
1 cup of mushrooms sliced
1 lemon
Extra Virgin Olive Oil
3 Egg Yolks
Pepper to Taste
1. Start by frying 6 strips of bacon. (then begin prepping the other things) After the bacon is crispy (not too crispy) set on paper towels to absorb the grease and leave the bottom of the pan with the bacon grease lightly coating it (if you have too much pour it out, you just want a light cover).

2.Begin boiling your Angel Hair Pasta after you have started your bacon.


3. Chop your 1/3 of a green onion, 1 Jalapeno Pepper and cup of mushrooms.


4. Then Whisk together 3 egg yolks and set aside.



5. By this time your bacon should be done and your pan is still hot and on medium heat (don't forget to watch your pasta). Pour into the skillet your mushrooms, jalepeno pepper, green onions, tablespoon (or two) of your minced garlic and half the bag of frozen peas (give or take). Cook until all tender and to your liking.


6. This is the fun part and I am sorry my directions are a bit every where! I don't know how to tell people how I cook! HA! But you drain your pasta (I set half aside for the kids to butter and eat) and the other half I poured into a large bowl. I put the egg yolks in and mixed it all into the pasta. It was sticking a little so I sprinkled a bit of water as I mixed and once the yolks had coated my pasta I threw in all my cooked ingredients (chopped up cooked bacon as well) and poured olive oil in! Just drizzed it all over the pasta and mixed, mixed, mixed! Then I added some pepper on top and squeezed a lemon all over the pasta! (It could of used two lemons, I love lemon). There you go!




It was so good and you can change it into SO many different ways! Shrimp, or chicken, or no meat, or whatever you want!
*I used a whole wheat pasta.

It was fun and Lance wants it again really soon!








Sunday, November 8, 2009

I Must Fly!


If you aren't familiar with www.FlyLady.net then you MUST take a look at it! I have not flown in quite awhile but this house needs some flight time RIGHT NOW!
*This week I plan to get my zones set up again, shine my sink daily and post a daily schedule for us to keep up with this crazy thing called life!