I love the 4th of July. It’s one of my favorite holidays.
With my brother currently serving in Iraq as a member of the United States Army, the pride I feel as an American consumes me even more this year.
Outwardly, I’m the gal who makes the Good Housekeeping flag cake and sports an American flag do-rag.
Privately, I thank God for the liberties I have as an American and pray that our leaders possess the wisdom, maturity, and selflessness needed to keep Americans safe and enduring.
With our six American flags planted firmly in our yard this weekend, we’ll celebrate America’s birthday!
Cheers!
July 4th, 2008
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I didn’t menu plan last week and it was terrible. Although we ate at home most nights, dinners were very basic (shake’n'bake chicken, breakfast for dinner (twice!), and pizza).
Since I’m off work tomorrow, I plan on doing a wal-mart run later tonight to get groceries.
Here’s our Menu for the week:
Monday: Lasagna and garlic cheese bread
Tuesday: Hot dogs and beans
Wednesday: Grilled Salmon and veggies
Thursday: Black bean fajitas with veggies
Sunday: Fourth of July picnic with the family!
June 29th, 2008
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Boy were we tired last night! I feel asleep around 9:30pm and woke up at 7am, then went back to bed until 11am!
After lunch, Hubs and I continued working on the basement. With the carpet and tile people coming tomorrow, we had to clean out everything we could.
Here are pictures of the basement this morning before we cleaned it out and then after.
Family room before:
Family room after:
Hallway before:
Hallway after:
The carpet people are supposed to come “after 9am,” which means they’ll probably show up about 4:45pm. You know how those service calls usually go. I do hope they come early. I’m taking tomorrow off from work so I’d really like for them to get in and get done, so I can use the rest of my day off to get the family room put together.
Tomorrow night Bennie is coming over and they’re going to help us put the entertainment center together. Hubs is DYING to get his new Sony Bravia 55″ TV set up. Poor guy has been soooo patient (it’s been sitting in the basement boxed up for the past 4 weeks).
Debbie, our cleaning lady, also comes tomorrow. I hope she can work without being interrupted by the carpet guys. I say that because the kitchen is a disaster area…the table is shoved into the island so the basement door is clear and they can bring in the carpet.
Every time she cleans, I feel the need to leave a note apologizing for the big mess! For as organized as I claim to be, there’s always some reason why the house is a mess when Debbie comes over.
Its shaping up to be another busy week. But, it’s a short week due to the holiday on Friday.
My Aunt Sher comes into town Saturday and we’re having a big Fourth of July picnic at my parents house Sunday night. Swimming, bar-b-que, drinks… a good time will be had by all.
June 29th, 2008
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Life has been busy.
Busy. Busy. Busy.
We’re finishing our basement, so we’ve spent time perfecting the design, picking out fixtures, paint colors, and furniture. Although I usually wait until the finished product is complete to show off our work, I’m too excited about it, so here they are:
Before and (almost) Afters:
We’re very anxious to be done. I love it thus far and cannot wait for it to be finished! Once complete, we’ll have a family room, a bed room, unfinished storage with shelves, and a full bathroom with tiled flooring. For now, we don’t need a fourth bedroom, so until then, the downstairs bedroom will be MY room. I’ll have a tv/tivo, a craft table, and a recliner. Oh, I can’t wait.
Last weekend, me and 64,000 of my closest friends participated in the St. Louis Komen Race for the Cure. Rather than wearing the race shirts, we had “Got D” shirts made! With recent research showing that breast cancer patients with low D are 94% more likely to have their cancer spread and 76% more likely to die from the cancer, we couldn’t NOT wear the D shirts.
This year, several people from my office joined my team, so there were 11 of us (up from 4 last year)! It was another AMAZING year at the race. Good weather, good people, great cause, fun times!
(Notice my sisters pregnant belly on the far left?!)
And, we’ve been spending lots of time at my parents house swimming in the pool and relaxing in the hot tub.
Even Cooper got in on the action:
I’ve traded in my blogging for swimming, but I promise to post more often than I have been.
It’ll be another full weekend. Hubs brother and his wife and baby moved to STL this week! YEAH! I think we’re heading over there for dinner tomorrow night. Before that, we’ll clean out the debris from the basement and get some other big things done around the house. I have a three day weekend, as I’m taking Monday off since the carpet and tile are being installed then.
Alright, its past my bedtime. Have a great weekend!
June 27th, 2008
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Haven’t had much time to blog lately, but I read this article today and couldn’t believe it.
I try to stay positive and post fun things, but I’m just in such shock over this.
What a jackass.
June 25th, 2008
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Monday: Four-cheese and spinach stuffed shells
Tuesday: Bowling Night Grilled Turkey Sandwiches with tomatoes and provolone cheese slices and potato chips
Wednesday: Salmon, grilled veggies, and croissants
Thursday: Last Comic Standing- Dinner at Bennies
Sunday: Lasagna
Sorry I don’t have links. Both the Stuffed shells and the Grilled Turkey Sandwiches are from the Summer 2008 edition of Taste of Home’s Cooking for 2, though.
June 15th, 2008
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You MUST visit Heather’s website to see what she bought yesterday.
You won’t believe it!
I would NEVER buy these, but Heather has always been on the cutting edge. She posted her receipt to prove that she bought it.
June 9th, 2008
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In this heat:
jewelry of any kind, especially rings, though
pantyhose (ugh)
make-up
hair
skin
jeans
June 8th, 2008
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Monday: Meatloaf with veggies and mashed potatoes
Tuesday: Bowling League Hot Dogs and beans
Wednesday: Eggplant Parmesan -OR- Chicken Fettuccine Alfredo
Thursday: Last Comic Standing night at Bennies- dinner is on them!
Last weeks recap: Monday night I made stuffed chicken (compliments of the SchwanMan) and mac’n'cheese rather than the scheduled bourbon chicken. I forgot that chicken required overnight marinating, so I bagged that dinner for another night. Tuesday I worked late and didn’t get home in time to start the hot dogs and beans before we left for bowling, so I packed our snacks (grapes, jello cups, almonds, apple sauce, and fruit juice) which we enjoyed at the alley. Then, we hit Taco Bell on the way home (which means we ate a really bad meal for us really late in the evening).
Wednesday we enjoyed the the Southwest Black Bean Salad which was good (and HUGE). Hubs helped with the meal, so that made it even more enjoyable for me. Thursday we had the spinach artichoke calzones over at Bennies (I made them at their house). They were good, but I think they needed more flavor. I may add mushrooms next time (none for Ben, though, he HATES mushrooms). Oh yea, and the calzones were also HUGE. I only ate about 1/2 of mine.
The big Race for the Cure is coming up in 2 weeks. I’ve got a good sized team and we’re ready to go!
June 8th, 2008
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