Experiment

The other night I tired this and it came out great.  I made peanut butter and banana french toast.  It was amazing.  I had leftover rolls.

Take bread and make a peanut butter and banana sandwich.  Note I did make a peanut butter and jelly sandwich too but I thought the banana was better.  Coat with egg and milk mixture ( 2 eggs and about 1 cup of milk for my family).  Then grill and serve with syrup.
Amazing.  So easy and so good.

One Step Forward

It has been a long time since we have had an adoption update but with my new slimmer sleeker husband we have made a step forward.  Since April my husband has faithfully been controlling his portions and exercising on the Wii.  With this persitance he has lost 30+ pounds and two pants sizes.  Well with this information forwarded to the Philippines we have been approved to move forward with the adoption.  ICAB the philippine agency that approves adoptions has said our paperwork is good to go.  So we are officially waiting to be matched with a child.  The average wait right now is 20 to 30 months so we will see how it goes.  Thanks for your prayers.

Tip

Well, I have had a vase with a candle in the bottom of it for a long time.  I had almost concluded that I was going to have to throw it out.  You can't put it on the stove to melt or the microwave.  I couldn't light the wick.  I had tried chiseling it out nothing.  Well I thought I would try one more thing... and it worked. 

Take a quart canning jar fill it 3/4 full of water and microwave it till the water is boiling.  Then set vase down in it.  Five minutes later candle slid right out.

Once in a while I succeed.

Little Red Hen

Before I get started I "upgraded" the blog so you have to hit more to get all of the pictures.

Now to the story of the Little Red Hen...this is a story you have probably heard. The little red hen keeps asking people to help her and everyone kept saying no. So she and her chicks plant the corn, take care of it and then pick it and eat the good results. When the rest of the animals come and ask for some she says no.

 So as worked on corn we talked about this story.  Well everyone helped with this corn and we are enjoying the good eats.  Mom and Dad planted and all of us have picked it even the boys.  This is last Sunday.  The boys shucking corn and racing mommy and grandpop.  With the game they stuck with the job really well and didn't complain. 

 By the end they were doing great even getting the silk.  I was able to freeze almost 20 quarts of corns and 15 bags of small ears to cook later.

 Thanks to all the hens that helped.

Fruit Punch

I have been meaning to put this recipe up for sometime.  I was asked to bring punch to a school function in May and this was a hit.  Super easy.  It should be noted I got it from allrecipes on line and I used Passion/Orange sherbet from the schwan's. 

Fruit Punch
64 ounces fruit punch
64 ounces pineapple juice
2 liters ginger ale
1/2 gallon sherbet

Mix together everything but the sherbet scoop on top.  After ten minutes gently mix and serve.

First day of school

Andrew has been counting the days till school started.  He has a new teacher and a couple of new students.  He wanted to wear his new soccer shirt and take soup for lunch. 

What Do you do While you wait?

What do you do while you are waiting to adopt?

The magazines tell you to go ahead dream and do something. Some people fix up the nursery which we did a little. Some shop and others find something else to do as they wait. Well I am going to confess to something that I did with Aaron but didn't tell anyone and I have started doing with our 3rd. Andrew was super quick so I didn't do it with him. I let my hair grow out. This didn't mean that I didn't get it trimmed from time to time. After Aaron got home I got it chopped. I found it therapeutic. I was able to physically mark time. So I have begun again. I am not promising that I won't get frustrated at some point and just chop it off. So as I wait...it begins to grow again. This adoption is to be a slow process so I don't know when the time will come. But for me this is how I wait.