If you ever need to exercise your leg
muscles all you need to do is weed a
garden.
The backs of my legs hurt
so bad this morning.
And I'm sure giving
the dog a bath yesterday didn't help
with squatting over the bathtub sides.
Now if I could figure out how to
get rid of what the kids call either
bat flaps or chicken wings, the skin
that hangs on the underside of your
arms, then I be set.
Christmas in July. I'm gonna scream
if I see one more Christmas thing
on TV. HSN was selling Christmas trees,
they had Christmas cartoons on yesterday
and now they have something Christmas
on the news. Give it a break already.
When I think about Christmas all I see
are dollar signs!
Well I need to make some breakfast
for a hollering kid. Then work
on getting the salmon in the crock.
Will be glad to get that thing
outta the fridge because fish can
get stinky. Will probably stink
up the house while it's cooking.
Think I'll cut up some candles
and throw them in my potpourri
crock to help mask the scent.
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9:55AM
Just got done with my salmon fillets.
I marinated them overnight in some
Italian dressing, a little lemon juice
and soy sauce.
Today I breaded them with Italian bread
crumbs. I placed them on buttered
aluminum foil then topped with orange
zest and dill.
I crumpled up some aluminum foil and
placed it in the bottom of the crock
then added a little water in the bottom.
I then placed the salmon foil
packets on top. The crock is on
medium heat.
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Here's an idea I had.
Some stores are starting to have Summer
clearances so that means those lawn
and garden items will start getting
marked down.
I was thinking about trying to find
some cheap solar lights. (should
have gotten some when I saw them at
Dollar Tree but figured they didn't
work too good for a buck).
I can have Tony drill holes into
the center tops of the fence posts
and insert the stake of a simple yard solar
light into them to illuminate
the tops of the fencing in the yard.
To get an actual cap solar light for
a fence post would run about $15 to $20 each!
I know at the moment Big Lots
has solar lights for 30% off.
Oh and if the power ever goes out
you could grab a couple solar lights
to use indoors instead of candles!
Just a thought I had.
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10:35AM
What to do, what to do!
Just got a phone call from Proctor & Gamble.
I was actually supposed to of had my paperwork
sent to them last week if I was to go through
with the contest. I didn't turn it it pretty
much for fear of having to fly on a plane.
People with anxiety or panic attacks
would have a hard time with this.
I explained to the lady on the phone that
I won't fly on a plane. And she said
that they would probably cover the expense
of driving if we chose that route. I have
another 2 days extension on my paperwork
if I chose to go.
So driving expense would possibly be paid for.
I think any expense we would have to come up
with would be for meals.
So now I'm sitting here wondering what to
do. I'd have to get a babysitter for the kids
for two days. And I don't have a date
for when the trip would be.
Still need to send them a photo.
Think I'll use the one from Facebook.
They say they need one to use for publicity
all around the WORLD! Oh yeah that makes
me wanna puke! Well at least it would just
be a picture and not my actual self!
Too many thoughts going through my head!!
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11:30AM
Today's garden goodies.
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11:45AM
Well I woke up not feeling too bad
and in a half way decent mood.
Tony's getting rid of the pager today
so that's a good thing.
Now I don't feel like doing much of
anything! Maybe I'll try to go clean
the bathroom or something not too hard.
Guess it's the place to be when
you feel like crap or made to feel like
crap. In some people's eyes you cannot
seem to say or do anything right!
No it's not anyone in this
household. And here I was all excited
about the contest and possibly going
to do that. Didn't take long for someone
to ruin that moment.
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2:30PM
Just discovered that Betty Crocker's
cookie contest is going on NOW through
July 31st!!! AHHHH when did this happen???
It's only from July 5th to July 31st.
Wowzer the entry time has gotten a
whole lot shorter than what it used
to be.
You would think if you were a member
of their website they would send
you something in your email about it!!
I have ONLY 6 days to enter anything!!!
AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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4:30PM
Took Salmon out of crock.
I made salmon fillets once awhile
ago and they were horrible.
Not sure how I fixed them or if
I even marinated them.
I'm slowly learning how to make
fresh fish. Tired of the boxed
kind.
I sampled a little today from
the ones made in the crock pot
and I give it thumbs up!!
Very good!
Here it is all put together.
I served it with sweet Italian buns,
cut in half and grilled with butter
and garlic. Melted some velveeta
and sour cream french onion dip in
microwave and spread it on top of bread.
Topped with a Tuscan blend seasoning.
For the pasta I used a box of
parmesan hamburger helper
(just the pasta and mix no hamburger),
boiled the pasta, drained. Then
added butter, a little milk,
parmesan mix from Helper box and a
couple squirts of Italian dressing.
This was not at all from a recipe.
Just something I threw together
as usual with ingredients I have
in the cupboard or fridge.
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Tony has to work late tonight due
to a property inspection tomorrow.
I still need to run to Kroger to
get a few things to start cookie baking.
So much for not using the oven.
At least the humidity level is
not like it was.
I have one, possibly two, recipes
I want to create. Who knows what
to expect with last minute entries.
The one that became a finalist before was
one of the last ones I entered
a couple years ago.
