Gratituesday

After spending almost two weeks on vacation, I have to say that I am truly thankful for my family. I had a wonderful vacation spending time with my parents, in-laws (mom, dad, brother, sister), sister, brother, and aunt. I also had a great time with my own family just hanging out and having fun. I [...]

Cake Decorating Tip

Have you ever wanted to make a fancy birthday cake for you kids but didn’t know how to frost all those cake pieces? My friend, and cake decorator extraordinaire gave me this great tip. When you are frosting a cake that has been cut into different pieces put the cake in the freezer for about [...]

Birds

My in-laws live in between two lakes. One is more like a pond, but it has enough animal life for me to consider it a lake. While we were staying at their house the strangest thing happened. Two sand cranes (I think) walked from the lake towards my in-laws’ house and up their driveway. All [...]

Girls’ Room Tackle

Have I mentioned that we are moving in one week? I am trying not to stress out about this move, I mean it is only across the street, but as with every other move I hate to move junk. There are few things I dislike more than opening up a box of something I didn’t [...]

10 % Discount for Military at Lowe’s Today!

 
10% Off for Military Men & Women
Offer available for all active, reserve, retired and honorably discharged military personnel and their immediate families. 
Must show valid military ID. Discount limited to purchases of up to $5000.
Find your local Lowe’s here. 

 

Monday Meanderings

I am finally back from vacation, we returned Saturday night and quickly got to work unloading the trailer full of furniture we brought back from Florida. Today (Sunday) we worked on cleaning out our garage, which has been a storage area for everything we didn’t have room for when we moved here 7 months ago. [...]

Menu Plan ~ Last Week of 3 Moms

I am finally back from vacation and ready to enjoy my final week of 3 Moms, 3 Meals, 31 Days. 
My big kids are still on vacation so I will be cooking for six instead of eight. We are moving in two weeks so I hope to continue to empty out the pantry, although it is [...]

3 Moms ~ Catching Up and Breaking All the Rules

I realize it has been a few days since I last posted, travel, kids, and sickness have put me a little behind schedule. Here are our meals from the past few days.
Thursday- We had leftover shepherd’s pie for lunch and spaghetti for dinner. There were lots of yummy sides with dinner, but honestly, I can’t [...]

Important ~ Commissary Shoppers Please Read

 
A good friend passed this on to me.
DECA has announced a voluntary recall of 85% lean ground beef 
purchasedat 10 CONUS commissaries May 1-14 because of possible 
E-coli contamination. There are no reported illnesses at this 
time. Recall information has been passed to all ROCs for SA.

The 10 commissaries involved in the beef recall are:

Bolling Air [...]

3 Moms ~ Meals Day 20 and 21

Tuesday we enjoyed a fun day at Sea World. We ate cereal for breakfast at my in-laws’ house before we left.
We had a special lunch with friends at the Shark Encounter. Over the years we have found that sometimes you can find a better lunch at a theme park at some of the sit down [...]