Saturday, April 21, 2012

A Birthday...

It's a big day today.  My hubby is riding a 20 mile fundraiser ride for Charity for his birthday.  Danny's Fundraiser Page  He's allocated his donations to go to a local high school, Common Ground, that teaches through organic gardening.  It's a super cool place and we went there a few weeks ago for their maple sugaring festival.  Joey (and us) got to see how maple syrup is made and we got to sample some of their organic eggs, produce and syrup.  It was a super good time.  Joey was a little afraid of the chickens but Danny chased them around a bit.  We're planning on going to their seedling sale and festival this coming month.  Supposedly they go all out and have food and balloons and face painting for the kiddos.  I'm really stoked.  I plan on getting my tomato plants from there later on in the season.  I've already got so much in.  I just transplanted some things to my vertical garden this morning.

I've got more stuff to put out but I'm waiting on my buckets to get much further.  Danny's also going to be planting some things on his porch, but those are up to him.  

I made some homemade whole wheat english muffins the other day,they turned out awesome!  I did make one fatal mistake with them though.  Since I made them myself, there were no preservatives and I forget to refrigerate them and had to throw half of them out.  But they were delicious while they lasted.  I used a recipe from Budget Bytes.  Here are my pics of the process.  






And here are some of our recent impromptu trip to the beach:



skipping rocks is fun for all ages!
That's it for me for today! I have more to do before Danny's Birthday party tomorrow.


Monday, April 9, 2012

Back at it.

So, I've been going crazy for about a month or so.  We moved at the beginning of last month and it was a whirlwind.  Things just never seemed to fall into place after we moved.  It's just been a mess and I didn't fall back in to my schedule for a while and Joey had a vacation which threw things off more and then I took on way too many things for Easter and I got sick on top of all that.  My goodness, it's been insane.
I've finally been feeling better that past day or so and I'm determined to get back to things.  I've been really lazy (and lucky) up until now, baby food has been on sale or clearance every time I went to the store and haven't made much until now.  But I just can't be lazy anymore, baby food won't be on sale forever but it did help me stock up on baby food jars and the like so making my own is a touch easier now.
This morning I made three types of baby food for my little one.  Today made roasted grapes, roasted grapes with peaches, and apples with peas and spinach.  And it's so much easier now that Norah's bigger because I don't have to strain everything after it's pureed. On my cooking list for the day (after the baby food of course) is some ham (in the crock pot now) some lentils for baby, and homemade English muffins for my hubby.
I have some pictures of our new apartment and all the things that I've been making:
living room curtains

office curtains that coordinate with the living room

that painting that I've been working on for the kitchen for what seems like forever

On to my next thing on my schedule for the day, my meal planning:
Monday: Crock Pot 'baked' Ham with Spinach salad
Tuesday: baked fish Tacos
Wednesday: whole wheat Spaghetti & meatballs (baby food version too)
Thursday: Spinach and Ham Quiche (using Monday's leftovers)
Friday: Veggie Ravioli Florentine (spinach bechamel sauce)
Saturday: Nothing planned, it's my Grandfather's Memorial service and I may bring something but I'm not planning on doing any cooking that day.
Sunday: Mac and cheese and tuna salad or egg salad

Well, that's it for me today.  Here are some pics from Easter:






Thursday, April 5, 2012

Been Busy

Hey Folks,

Long time no blog,I know I'm a slacker.  Our move date got moved up on us and I'm just now starting to recover after moving and then curtain projects for the new apartment and the like.  Then sickness in the house and now it's Easter.  I just don't feel like I'm catching up so here's a link to the hubby's new blog so you all can catch up on the Palm Tree Quartet.