What's For Dinner?

  I don't know about you, but the last thing I want to do when my husband isn't home, is cook dinner. There aren't a whole lot of things that are easy to fix for one person unless it's a convenience meal or take out. My personal favorite is take out but not during these tough economic times! Tonight I share with you my favorite go to quick, one bowl meal. All the ingredients are really just suggestions. The Fully Loaded Potato can really be made with whatever your heart desires or have in the fridge. The potato is a microwave ready potato that cost me $.50! Tonight's meal consisted of deli turkey meat, bacon, cheese, sour cream and some green onion. Some other fun suggestions; chili, leftover steak, chicken, or veggies. It tastes much better than my picture depicts! I was too hungry to make it pretty tonight! Enjoy!

Cheese Balls!

If you have nieces or nephews and have ever wondered what to get them as a gift here's your answer!  This giant vat of cheese balls is courtesy of Aunt Meg and Uncle DJ! It's about half as tall as Liam!  At least it will help keep his hair orange!  This picture was really supposed to be at the end of the previous post but I couldn't get it to work for me.  

Life With a Red Head

Every Mommy in the World is convinced their child is the cutest and sweetest in the whole world. We have the right considering all the hard work we put into having such adorable kids. Life with an adorable red head is a little different. Every single day of Liam's 30 month life have been filled with silly questions, having his hair touched by strangers and fawned over. I only wish I was making this up!

In a typical day we are usually asked "where do you get that beautiful red hair?", "do you have red hair in your family?" We have been followed through stores, stopped and chatted to for way to long about some strangers family history, had people hunt us down in a store so they could show their spouse or friend Liam's hair! I know I am sounding mean but he isn't a freak show. Some attention is great and I love having the cutest kid (in my opinion anyway) but he is really starting to hate the attention. This worries me because my dream is for him to be the Oscar Meyer Wiener kid!!!

In the last 6 months I have been making up stupid answers to some of the stupid questions we get and even have Liam answering sometimes. "Where do you get that red hair" the mailman! So funny hearing Liam say that... even though I am sure some people think it's horrible! But the newest answer might be my favorite and we can thank Aunt Megan and Uncle DJ for the inspiration! So the next time Liam is asked where he gets his red hair I hope his answer is...

Cheese balls!

Yum Yum Yum!

Liam loves to help me "cooking" and today was no exception.  We made one of my super yummy peanut butter and chocolate pies for a dinner party this evening.  As you can see he got his first chance to have the mixer beater all to himself.  Typically, I am a mean mommy and don't let him but since there are no eggs in my recipe I let him go at it!  I am still perfecting the recipe but if you would like a copy just shoot me an email!  I will post a picture of the pie later.  Hope you have a Happy Valentine's Day!

Environmental Alert

  This is a public service announcement for the greater Pensacola area. There has been a new hole in the ozone layer detected over the E. Yonge St. area. Please be advised and wear extra sunscreen!

  Cleaning is one of my least favorite chores in the WHOLE world! Then again, I am sure it is the bane of most people's existence. I spent most of my day on Wednesday cleaning our new rental house. Unfortunately, I am not finished! For most people 5 hours would be enough to clean a house from top to bottom, but the fridge was so dirty it took me 45 min. I am half a gallon of bleach down and the place at least smells clean! 

  Liam was able to stay with my friend Brooke and her son Bryce all day. I can not tell you how wonderful it was to not have to deal with entertaining him while cleaning! She brought the boys over for lunch and when Liam walked in he said, "where the pool mommy?" I had been in the house for so long I didn't smell all the bleach! hahahaha! 

  Keep your fingers crossed I get the place clean before Saturday Move-In! Also keep your fingers crossed that most of our stuff will fit in this little house!