Really? This Is The Only Way?

This is the way we match our paint, match our paint, match our paint.
This is the way we match our paint, by CUTTING IT OFF THE WALL!!!!
(sung not so merrily!)

So, I loved the fact that we found a forgotten certificate for a free gallon of our original wall color!  We have painted several rooms in our home (one at a time), but have left the bedrooms the original builder color.  I just haven't been able to decide on a color for Wook's room or our bedroom.

We really needed to touch up a few areas.


Who knew that pillowcases could color your walls?????
We were painting in our sleep folks!

The friendly helpful gentleman at Porter Paints informed me that since our paint is 5+ years old  (looks like they want you to use that certificate pretty soon after you move in...OOPS!)  we would have to CUT a sample off the WALL????

I giggled out loud at the thought of this!

So the hubby did just that...thankfully in our closet.
And to my surprise, Mr. Porter Paint matched it pretty close to perfect!
Ahhhh  at least a couple hours with no scuffs on the walls  AKA nap time!

Laughing Till It Hurts!

I seriously could not wait until my hubby got home to share this site!


Awkward Family Photos

You have to check out their Hall of Fame Photos.

Cheesy Tomato Chicken and Rice

This was one of my favorite recipes growing up!  Now I make it for my family, and it is easy-peasy!

Cheesy Tomato Chicken and Rice

Ingredients :  diced chicken,
1 cup cooked brown rice,
2 medium-large fresh tomatoes (or 1can of diced tomatoes)
1 med. block of Velveeta cheese.

 Directions:  In a 9X13 casserole dish, layer rice, diced chicken, diced tomatoes, cubed chunks of cheese.  Bake at 350 for 20-25 minutes until hot through and through. 

Menu Plan Monday...A Different Approach

I wanted to share my new approach to meal planning with you!    Momstheword always inspires me to do things that make life easier for my family, and on Mondays she encourages me to share how I Make My Home Sing!  Please take a minute to check her out, she is a very inspiring Christian Mom, and her blog is super fun!

I have decided, recently, to take a slightly different approach to meal planning.  Instead of planning meals for certain days of the week, I am now making a meal list (1-7).  Some days I find that I just don't feel like cooking what is planned, a last minute invite from friends/family comes up, or I simply don't get the meat thawed, any of these can throw off the entire plan!  (Oh, the horror!)

Using this plan, I have found that I can incorporate Leftover Buffet days more effectively.  If  I don't get to a meal on the list, then I already have one planned for the following week.

It has been a long little while since I posted my menu plan...but here goes!

I am cooking a whole chicken in the crock pot on Sunday, so we will be eating a lot of chicken dishes this week!

1. Cheesy-Tomato Chicken and Rice, Green Beans
  (crock pot chicken, fresh diced tomatoes from the garden, velvetta cheese, brown rice...casserole style!)

2. Venison Cheddar Meatloaf, Creamed Corn, Broccoli

3. Poppyseed Baked Chicken, Brown Rice, Green Beans
    (crock pot chicken, 8oz sour cream, 1 can cream chicken soup, topped with cracker crumbs and
     poppyseeds)

4. Chicken and Dumplins, Sweet Peas

5. Sausage and Cabbage, Scalloped Potatoes

6. Leftover Buffet (when needed)

7. Leftover Buffet (when needed)

Bottom of the List

I am a list maker.  One of my many lists is the one that I only keep in the back of my mind, the things I know I need to do but will put off until they absolutely have to be done.  I so very much despise these "things to do" that I DON'T EVEN WRITE THEM DOWN! 
The horror! 

These include but are not limited to:
-getting my yearly pap smear
-changing the sheets
-checking my voicemail
-going to the dentist

When my hubby and I were dating, he called me one night, and my Mama had to tell him that I couldn't talk because I was laying in the floor in horrific pain from a tooth I refused to go get looked at.   Yeah, I will put it off, a little!

I come from a long line of those afraid of visiting the dentist.  Well, not that long of a line, just my Mama and me.  My Mama once asked the dentist if he did pap smears, so she could go ahead and get it ALL over with in one visit!  It could have been the valium that they have to give her to even get her in office.  I think there were some legs raised and motions that when along with her request, I've tried to block it out.  Thank goodness he told her no, that he wasn't allowed to perform those procedures.  But if they ever invented a place...folks like us just might sign up!

For several visits, over the course of several years, I was known to them as the daughter of the "Pap Smear Lady". 


Several years ago, again in severe pain, I mentioned my situation to a secretary at the school where I was teaching.  She referred me to my current dentist.  She went on and on about him.  She wanted me to meet him and, I was skeptical.   I had been hurt before.

I called and made an immediate appointment...in Dental Heaven!!!!!!!

Dr. B (we will call him) was the first dentist that didn't laugh off, or dismiss my fears.  He was gentle and kind, explained to me what he was going to do "before" he did it.  He also has the sweetest assistant, V.  She literally  stroked my arm like the frightened little child I was being, the entire procedure.  They may have laughed themselves into hysterics behind my back after I left, but they were  sweeter than I could have ever imagined!!!  I had given up on dental relationships.  But this guy, he was different.

I still put off going to my dentist, but not until I am contemplating putting my head through a wall, anymore. 

They have me on the "special list" I am sure.  I see the most tender and gentle hygienist that works there.  She actually told me the other day that some people don't feel as if their teeth have been properly cleaned if they don't get a "rough" cleaning.  Those folks are just plain crazy!!! But I guess there are always two ends of the dental spectrum. 

I am so thankful that my friend set us up, where would I be without Dr. B?
If you too have dental commitment issues, or you are just not happy in your dental relationship,  I urge you to break it off.  There are dentists out there who know how to treat a girl, or patient.  I found my guy, and going to the dentist is no longer at the bottom of my list!

My Sick Look...and A Weekend Update

While I was checking email this morning I noticed the Wookster was standing nearby.  When I looked his way he said "Mommy Bye-Bye".  He was referring to my "bummed out / sick look".  This is what I saw. 



















I fix myself up folks (most of the time).  Here's a picture to prove it.  It was taken on a Sunday, but that's not relevant. 

It was a long weekend. 

 We celebrated Relay for Life on Friday night!  This year it was  "Celebrating More Birthdays".  I started with the sniffles.

(Please excuse our sweaty foreheads)

Saturday morning my Mama and I set up my crafty booth at Locust Grove Days.  It was misty and there was not a very big crowd.  The sniffles got worse.


My Hubby and Wookie, with Uncle Toe-Toe, in tow, came by for the bouncy houses and pony rides.   I found almost twenty pics of Wook in the bouncy house on our camera.  I am assuming "someone" was trying to catch him in mid-air, like they often try, and succeed in doing.  It is kinda cool.
 

I spared you and only shared a couple.  Wook had so much fun when his buddies came by to see us and bounce around.

It was a busy weekend, and I ended up with a sinus infection.  So I pulled my sick look!  I just didn't know mister mister would call me out on it.

Wookie Turns 2!

My baby boy turned two on Sunday!  Poor thing was tuckered out by his real birthday.

Friday we celebrated with a Grandparents Dinner!

Saturday we had a couple of his closed buddies over...and their sisters...cause all our buddies have older sisters...eerie!!

Here are a few pics!