Chats

I'm linking up with Patrice at Everyday Ruralty.



1. Do you have any fun plans for the summer?
Just the usual stuff: go to the lake a few times, enjoy fireworks with friends, hang out at the library, drag my children all over, visit with friends and work on pinned projects.

2. Are you currently dieting or following a specific food plan?
I try to avoid gluten but still eat a small amount.

3. How often do you wear blue jeans (or any other color denim)?
Everyday

4. Who is your favorite singer?
I don't have a favorite right now- I do like Phillip Phillips--my favorite as a young teen was Leif Garrett, then Bob Seger---but nobody I would say was my favorite of all time.

5.Have you cooked anything interesting lately?
Nothing interesting but my 12 year old cooked meal worms for a Girl Scout meeting.

Pinned It, Made It! Monday

I love to make all different  flavors of slaw, I usually prefer vinegar based instead of mayo. Years ago I had a recipe for Firecracker Slaw and if I dig through my recipes I might be able to find it, but who has time for that?  I was looking for a fast recipe to make for Mother's Day using what I had at home. I did not use jalapenos in the slaw, because I wanted my in-laws to eat it, but next time I make it I'm adding the jalapenos and hot sauce. This had a nice kick just from the juice, my mother in-law said it would be good with hamburgers.    

Firecracker Coleslaw-my version

I used: 1 bag of slaw mix, 1/2 cup broccoli cut  small, half of a red pepper,  handful of cilantro leaves chopped( I forgot to put onions in but will either add green onions or onion next time)

for the dressing: 1/2 cup apple cider vinegar, 2 T olive oil, 2 T jalapeno juice from a jar of jalapenos  1 t. celery seed, 1 clove garlic minced, coarse black pepper(to taste), 1-2 T organic sugar

This is the recipe I found and started my dressing with, I left out the mustard, hot sauce and salt. Here is one recipe  that is pinnable and pretty close to the first.  Other slaw recipes I make I add sunflower seeds and almonds. I use to make the ramen noodles slaw but now make it without adding the noodles.  I first stopped using the seasoning packets since they are full of stuff I didn't want to put in my body and would still use the noodles but found I like it  without the noodles best. I'll post my recipe for that one soon. 

 I'm linking up with Tammy at Country Girl at Home, check out all the other Pinned It, Made It! Monday

Mother's Day Past

 I didn't take any pictures this year on Mother's Day but found this picture from 93 or 94. It was probably Easter but hey it works. I miss my mom.

Last soccer game of the season

and now we're moving on to T-Ball!

Band Concerts

 

This week was filled with band concerts, the last one for the high school, Melissa is playing the flute on the second row, last person you can see.  Ha -- Last year was her first year in band and when I went to the 1st concert I saw all these open seats on the side, I was like yay! great seats till I realized that I could only see backs. So this year I did better at the winter concert but don't know what I was thinking picking out my seats this time. I could see Melissa but not much of the rest of the band. Ok--- next year I'll get it right!

 Jaime playing the clarinet at the 6th Grade Academy. This was the first year they combined all the 6th graders together. She wanted to stay at the grade school but one happy thing was they all had Ipads. Onward to middle school for her.

RIP Callie

This is our sweet Callie girl. She was 12 years old.  We noticed that her mouth seemed a little swollen and we took her to the vet a couple months ago. They said she had a tumor/cancer in the jaw.

  We probably held onto her a little longer then we should have, we called a mobile vet and he came out today and we had her put to sleep. She couldn't clean herself and eating had became too hard. She was a sweet cat and will be missed.

Chats

I'm linking up with Patrice at Everyday Ruralty.

Questions
1.How many loads of laundry do you do a week (about)?
It varies but I'll go with 6-8.

2.Where do your household pets sleep?
Some inside and others outside.

3. What is your favorite thing to listen to while you drive?
Ha ha the radio--- I like a variety of music but Indie music like The Lumineers, Avett Brothers and many other bands are my favorite at this time.
 
4.Do you have to do a big clean-up when you have company or are you always ready for guests?
Hahahahaha usually a big cleanup

5. What's your favorite breakfast food?
I've been eating peanut butter with coconut oil and a drop of honey for the last few years. We eat my favorite breakfast items at supper time, bacon, fried eggs and potatoes