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Wednesday, April 22, 2009

Today is Wednesday, and in the grand scehme of things and how my work schedule operates, this is like my "Sunday". My oldest is turning nine years old in just 11 days, so I still have to finalize his birthday plans. We are having it at a local bowling alley, and today I ordered the cake! It is going to be a Tampa Bay Rays cake - one of his favorite teams. I would have ordered a Florida Marlins cake, but they didn't offer that at the Publix I went to. I also went by the bowling alley and finalized the plans there. All that is left is getting the final count of kids, and getting the favor bags together. Not too bad!

Also while I was at Publix, I had a $10 off coupon for Crest Whitestrips Advanced Seal - something I tried a sample of a few days ago. During that one "test trial", I swear my teeth were already beginning to whiten in just that 30 minute window, so I thought that I would go ahead and give this a try. Being a "Southerner" (and a MOM!), I drink lots of sweet tea and coffee and well, it shows. I am eager to have some sparkly teeth again! :)

Hans is at work right now until 5:30pm and he has a cold, so that's no fun for him. Bradley is also at school until 2:30pm, and Jakers is napping right now... I guess I should probably hop off here and do my wifely/motherly duties! Like finishing the never-ending cycle of laundry in my house...

Before I "sign off", here is a picture I just took of Mr. Jakers sleeping amongst all his toys... Ta ta!

-Kim

Tuesdays at the Table

Tuesday, April 21, 2009

So, while surfing around Blogger (yes, I have already become addicted, it is an issue I am dealing with...) - I came across this cool blog called "My Chihuahua Bites" by a woman named Andrea and each day she has a theme for her posts. Well, I thought to myself, self - maybe you can incorporate this into your blog! Hers is very interactive and well, that is what I would like as well! So here goes....

TuesdaysAtTheTable



The rules are simple: If you would like to post, do so on your own blog, and then mention hers in your post. Then go to her blog and sign the post with the link to your recipe. That way, there is a collection going... make sense?

Here is my recipe for today. I make this about once a month, and it is by far my husband's favorite recipe that I make.


Chicken, Garlic, and Sun-Dried Tomato Pasta


1 (16 ounce) package farfalle (bow-tie) pasta
1/2 cup butter
3 cloves garlic, minced
1 (10.75 ounce) can condensed cream of chicken soup
1/2 cup milk
1 tablespoon dried parsley
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/4 teaspoon ground black pepper
3 cooked skinless, boneless chicken breast halves, cut into bite-size pieces
1/3 cup sun-dried tomatoes, rehydrated in water
1/8 cup grated Parmesan/Romano cheese blend

Directions:
In a large pot with boiling salted water cook bow-tie pasta until al dente. Drain.
Meanwhile, melt butter in a large saucepan. Add garlic cloves and cook until garlic browns. Add the cream of chicken soup and milk, stirring until smooth. Stir in the dried parsley, salt, and ground fresh pepper. Let simmer for 2 to 3 minutes. Add bite size chicken pieces and hydrated sun dried tomatoes. Simmer for 6 to 8 minutes. Mix in grated Parmesan/Romano cheese.
Toss cooked and drained pasta with chicken sauce. Serve warm.

Jacob eating a snack...

I am in love with this picture! This is our youngest eating Gerber Banana Puffs this morning... I know I am pretty biased, but OMGosh isn't he just adorable? :)


Our Day So Far...

Yesterday Hans worked a 24 hour shift and got in this morning at 6:30am. He then had to get back up at 7:30am because here in Lakeland, today is the kickoff for the "Sun & Fun Fly-In" - which is an annual airplane event by our home. Since he is on the volunteer fire department, he had to "work" today until 5pm at the event. So, he is running on fumes right now I am sure! My poor husband. After 5pm he coaches our oldest son's flag football team, then he can come home, eat, and I am sure CRASH right afterword! He gets to wake up at 4:15am and leave for another 12 hour shift, but at least he will get a good night's sleep in beforehand.


What have I been up to, you ask? Well, lets see. I took my good friend's kids to school this morning in the Brandon area, and then went over to American Signiture Furniture to look around... of course this was AFTER waiting for a couple hours for all the stores to open. One would think they would open around 9:00am, but 10:00am... who knew? Anywho, back to the real happiness of my day so far. For about three years, Hans and I have been looking for decently priced, not to mention good looking barstools for our counter area. We saw that ASF had some that were on sale, so I went to look at them. I found a really nice one that was normally $109 - marked down to $39 a piece! They swivel and are also microfiber - SUH-WEET! I called Hans, asked if I may purchase, and he said to go for it! I almost didn't get them because apparently the "sale" ended yesterday, but after speaking with the manager he honored the price. We get to go pick them up on Friday. Here is he one we picked out:


Pretty nice, eh? I can't wait to be able to fill in that open area that we have right now. And get all that clutter off my countertop. Now, if only I knew where to put it all... that's another story... :)

More to come later,

Kim

A work in progress...

Please be patient! Since I figure I am going to go back into updating on our daily happenings full force, I am going to be changing the design of the page around until I am satisfied... just a head's up! Feel free to comment on the likes/dislikes, etc...

Gracias!

-Kim

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Monday, April 20, 2009

Yep... those are my boys! You can't tell by the picture, but Jacob was laughing just as hard as Bradley was after this picture was taken, I promise! These kids love their baths...


...and now back to our regularly scheduled program.

Finally...

Well, I am going to follow Ashley's lead here and get back into "blogging". I have never felt I have been really good at this, so if this bores you to tears, I do apologize. HOWEVER, I just spent the past hour or so trying to make it pretty, so even if I am not appealing to you on a particular day, at least you have a lovely red backround to look at! :)

Today was my "Friday" at work, so that means I have the next two days off. Thank goodness! For those of you (or all two of you that may read this) that don't know, I work at GEICO in Claims. I am a claims adjuster extrordinaire. Or something like that. Anywho, I love my job, but definitely look forward to my time off! I work four days a week (10 hour days) and have three days off. I thought at first I would not like having mid-week days off, but let me tell ya - there is nothing like going to WalMart in the middle of the week, at 10am, and there being no one there!

So what do I have planned for my two days off? Nothing. Not at the moment anyway. Getting Brad up and to school - maybe attempting to see if Jacob will let me sleep in, something along those lines. Sounds like a plan to me...

Well, guess that is all for me for this evening.

Til Next Time,
Kim (a.k.a. "The Wife" or "Mooooommmmm" or "Ma Ma Ma Ma Ma")
 
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