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G took a trip this week and on his way home rode in the Beaver plane!

Those "other schools" have planes as well as do our very own Portland Timbers.   Wonder if they will redo the plane when we get our new logo.   We are supposed to be having a redo on that but I've yet to hear much about it.  I think it was supposed to be in time for the 2012 season and since we are getting our field redone I would think the new logo would be there as well.   Will be interesting.........

For the freezer

So needless to say these pictures are very old but I just found them on the camera and downloaded and thought I would still share them with you.

Before I started growing a jellybean---I had energy and spent Sunday's prepping and getting ready for the week.   Although those days are on hold - for the time being - I wanted to share this great idea for you

Breakfast Burritos for the freezer

You will need:
Tortillas - I use flour
Eggs
Turkey Sausage
Cheese - I use cheddar
Aluminum Foil

This is done best in an assembly line style.   For quantities it just depends how many burritos you are going to do.  For each tortilla you will need one egg, one sausage, and a sprinkle of cheese.   So you can do your quantities based on this.

I scramble the eggs and cook them - you can see that in the background.  As they are cooking (remember low heat to cook eggs or they will get tough) I put out the tort's and sprinkle the cheese on them.

I use the Jimmy Dean turkey sausage so you have to defrost and cook in the microwave and them slice them into small pieces

 Sprinkle a little bit of egg over the sausage and cheese and wrap them as you would a traditional burrito.

 Wrap the burrito's individually in foil and put in a pan for the freezer!

When you are ready to have one just take out of the freezer and pop in the microwave - I use the reheat button on mine and that seems to do the trick.

My caution is to eat these within the month or so.   I just think stuff like this is better eaten in a timely manner.

Enjoy!

Testing

This is the first post I will be writing to you on my new computer!
Today - thanks in part to some saved gift cards - we purchased a new member to our existing apple family a MacBook Pro.

Have to say so far so good.......

And look at the fun things I can do!  This is me via photo booth as an alien!

You can see the new wall color and the bookcases in this shot as well.   As you can see I'm still working on the finishing touches on the bookcases.   More pictures of that to come soon.   Especially now that I have the new apple.

Wednesday Wisdom

from here

This is an ongoing mantra of mine but even more important to me since I realized that Little J would be joining us in October.   Every morning I wake up and I feel great (this can or can't be the case later in the day) and I want to take some time to sit down,  gather my thoughts and think about what it is that I'm grateful for.   It's amazing when you think about it how much you have to be grateful for.   My list is ever changing every day - except for that one thing I am most grateful for growing in my belly - and that bears mentioning each day.  I also firmly believe this helps me to face the day with a better outlook and more energy.  

Counting

For J....
fingers - 10
toes - 10
arms -2
legs - 2
heart chambers - 4
weight - 12 (ounces)

For me....
weight gained - 6 (lbs)

Weeks....
Completed - 20


And the journey continues........

How does your garden grow?

I did it!  I finally got the garden in!  I have to say I had my doubts but was determined to still complete the task.   This is the latest I think I've ever planted but to be honest but also we have had a colder spring so far so I don't really think I've missed much on the timeline.  I can see the edges of it from my kitchen sink and it makes my heart sing that it is out there finished and will soon have veggies for us!   G asked why we couldn't just skip it this year - silly boy.  I do need to remember however to do a better job of prepping for the winter as the beds were a mess!   Also, we need to add more dirt next year.   There really isn't enough in there this year but I was too the point where I didn't so much care about that and I'm sure it will be fine for one year.

So as of last weekend here's how it looks.......

Prepped and ready to go

This is the bed closest to the lanai.   Those are lettuce starts and the rest is filled with rows of spinach, lettuce, and chard.

Tomatoes!   I realize that one is not centered in the bed right but again my level or caring is on that kind of stuff is low this year.  Love my cages although by the end of summer you don't really see there pretty colors.

All three beds - the back bed has cukes and squash

Before the cages and drip system went in

I am so very lucky to have the drip system.   G put it in and takes care of it every spring and fall.   It allows us to not have to worry about watering and to be honest probably water more efficiently.  It also allows us to go away and not worry about things no matter how hot it is which is nice.   We won't be taking any big long trips this summer as I'm saving all my fto for when Jellybean arrives this fall but its still good not to have to worry about it. I also did the front flower boxes and will have to take a pic this weekend and will post it as well.  Now I just need mother nature to cooperate and give me a little warm weather to encourage things to grow..........