Auntie Jo

Here's an oldie but a goodie!  I had it saved in my draft posts, so I figured I may as well post it!

Over Memorial Day weekend, we had Uncle Al and Aunt Joann over for a meal.  I don't think Cody had a good time with his auntie at ALL!  What do you think?

It's been way too long since we've seen Aunt Joann and Uncle Al, so hopefully we can get together with them again soon.

Good Earth Review & Giveaway!

I was recently provided the opportunity to try one of the new Good Earth dry dinner kits, thanks to a generous offer from Good Earth & MyBlogSpark.  Not only did they provide a Good Earth Mediterranean Chicken dry dinner kit, but they also sent two sets of bamboo flatware, two bamboo dishes, a bamboo utility board and a 100% recyclable grocery tote!

We received the package awhile ago, but we finally had a chance to try it tonight.  It was very simple to do and both my hubby and I participated in the preparation of the dinner.  My hubby prepared the chicken and got it cooking, and then I took over with the sauce and making the pasta.  It was very easy to do and probably took about 20 minutes total (if that).

While our 2-year-old didn't care too much for the dish, we thought it was pretty good.  The chicken turned out really tender and moist.  It was a good meal, but we thought it could use a bit more seasoning. Maybe some salt & pepper or a bit of garlic would do this dish good.  It also has lots of healthy things like whole grain pasta and whole wheat flour, which admittedly aren't things we usually eat, so that may be part of it too.  It was a well-rounded dish that paired nicely with a salad and bread.

(Here's a picture of the dinner cooking!  Can you see the steam?  Yummy.)

The good news is that Good Earth & MyBlogSpark also gave me another Good Earth gift pack to give away to my loyal readers!  :)  This gift pack (pictured below) includes the dinner kit, flatware, dishes, cutting board & reusable bag   All you have to do is comment on this post with your name, e-mail address and what your favorite kind of pasta dish is!  Comments will be taken until 8:00 pm on Tuesday, August 10 when a random winner will be chosen.  One entry per person, please!  :)

Good luck!

Blog Posts Are Coming Soon!

I have several ideas for blog posts, some are even saved in draft-mode with photos (!) attached.  Hopefully I will get around to writing them soon.  We have actually been quite busy over the last few weeks.  I hope my blog followers haven't given up on me yet!  Stay tuned!

This One is a Framer!!

I double-triple heart this photo oh-so-much!!

Hope to get back into blogging soon....for now, this will have to tide my loyal readers (ha) over!

Up North

A couple weekends ago, we ventured up north to visit my parents. We had not been "up north" since Thanksgiving! Oops. It was just difficult to get up there during the winter, since we never knew what the weather would bring. It worked out for us to take an extra day off so we could make it a 3 day weekend. We went up on Friday morning and came back Sunday evening. We had a nice, relaxing visit. We didn't do too much but Cody LOVED being at Grandma and Grandpa's house. So much to see & do for little boys!

He was SO grumpy the whole time, can't you tell?! 

  (If you haven't realized, this couldn't be further from the truth!)

One of the highlights of the trip was taking a ride on Grandpa's new toy, an Arctic Cat Prowler!  I'm not really sure of all the benefits of this contraption, but it basically looks like a glorified-four-wheeler to me!  (Sorry!)  Grandpa, Gordon and Cody went on two different rides, each of which were pretty lengthy and adventuresome.  Cody loved the ride and from what I understand, stayed perfectly still on Gordon's lap.    

We had pretty good weather during our visit, but the bugs.  Oh, the bugs.  I seriously do not remember them being that bad before.  I could barely stand to be outside.  Mosquitos, sandflies, and bullflies - OH MY!  We tried taking a walk one night (a walk on the ROAD!  Cody thought that was so neat.) but we didn't get too far - the sandflies and mosquitos were eating us alive!!

Gordon and I had a little break one night and drove into town to see "Shrek 3".  We weren't impressed.  Neither of us liked it and it really wasn't very funny.  Did any of you see it?  We were considering bringing Cody, but we were really glad we didn't.  It was kind of a dark movie!

My mom and I even did a little bit garage saling on Saturday morning!  Thanks to the guys for baby-sitting.  We didn't find much, but I did get a Doctor Kit for Cody and he has really been enjoying it.  He really "gets" it.  He's also learned the name of his eye doctor...Dr. P!  Hopefully we can impress her the next time we go in.

We were able to visit with Great G'ma Anderson, so that was nice.  I didn't get any pictures this time, but hopefully when we go up next time, we can take some.

Here's a couple of other random photos for the weekend.  We had a good, relaxing time.  We'll be going up again soon!

Wildlife

This spring, we've been enjoying watching a bit of wildlife out our windows. We have noticed that a family of fox (foxes?) has made their home under a pile of lumber in the farmer's pasture directly behind our house. We saw two fox this winter galavanting through the snow....and this spring, what do we see but what appears to be the same two fox and....BABIES!! Gordon claims he saw 4-5 babies! Here's a picture Gordon snapped the other night. (Click to enlarge) Aren't they cute?

We feel so fortunate to live in an area where we can see a bit of wildlife right out of our windows. It is really the best of both worlds...in only a matter of seconds, we can drive through wooded areas and farmland...and in a matter of minutes, can be in the middle of shopping and restaurants.

We're blessed.

eBay

Did you know that I've been a seller on eBay since 1999? Isn't that crazy - over 10 years!!! I still love it, but for some reason...the last couple of years...I haven't been selling much. Gee, I wonder why :)

I did manage to get a few items listed tonight. I think you should peruse my wares! If you bid on and win something, and I know you, I'll give you free shipping! Wahoooo!

I have bins-upon-bins of stuff to sell, but what I'm lacking is time and motivation. Still, if I can sell a few things here and there, it gives me some fun money and there's nothing wrong with that!