I sent an email to the Acrylics Painting instructor this morning with 5 photos in it. She told us last week that she would pick which photo I will start to paint on canvas this week. The next class is on Wednesday morning and I couldn’t be more excited! I sent this one that I [...]
I was thinking about my plants today and instead of buying more (since it is still technically winter) I decided to make a few more. You can make new plants simply by using cuttings from existing plants that you have. Pretty much any plant that is alive can be become their own independent plant. Once [...]
This morning when I was thinking about what to make for breakfast I remembered the leftover sausage and crawfish that we had in the fridge. I came up with an idea that turned out to be more than fabulous. Keep in mind that leftover seafood is never any good unless you prepare it correctly. You [...]
I have not been eating crawfish my entire life. I’m not even going to lie to you like that. I have, however, been eating crawfish for a couple years… and I love love love it! I was trying to think back to the first time I tried it… and I can’t even remember. I am [...]
Today I am going to teach you how to boil crawfish. In order to do a traditional Cajun Crawfish Boil you will need a large stock pot (about 1/2 full of water), Cajun seafood boil, lemons, andouille sausage (cut in medium sized chunks), corn on the cob, and red potatoes. You will need to purge [...]
Today I am going to teach you how to shuck oysters. It is a lot easier to order them in restaurants but also a lot more expensive. Oysters are one of those foods in restaurants in my opinion that are way overpriced. We only paid like $0.42 per oyster at Groomer’s Seafood (in a restaurant [...]
I think I’ve told you guys before about Groomer’s Seafood in San Antonio. Earlier this week they posted a message on facebook about pre-ordering crawfish for the Superbowl. This is the first shipment of crawfish they were getting this season so we were all over it. The only downfall was when I called to pre-order [...]
I found this gif file while surfing around the internet the other day. Enough said! Oh and this one… he he.
I have two angels who sit among my plants… kinda like a protector of sorts. This one is sitting next to the big boston fern. The planter is only suppose to have the fern in it but for some reason in the last couple weeks these little clovers grew all over the planter. Are clovers [...]
After writing my other post earlier today I started thinking about the movie Groundhog Day. I checked AT&T U-verse and it was only playing one time today at 8:00 pm. Since that’s after Lily’s bedtime I was gonna record it and have her watch it tomorrow. When I went to record it my DVR informed [...]
When I was driving Lily to school this morning the radio reminded us that today was Groundhog Day. Lily said she had heard of it but wasn’t exactly sure what it meant. I told her about Punxsautawney Phil who lives in Punxsutawney, PA. She asked me to spell Punxsutawney… yeah right. Then she asked me [...]
After school today Lily was sitting at the kitchen table finishing up her homework when she said “Mom, there are a lot of birds out there”. I told her that when she finished her homework we could go out and take a look. After she finished we went outside and sat on the porch swing [...]
I had my first Acrylic Painting class today. I signed up for this one because again it is something that I know very little about, but want to know more. What I didn’t realize when I signed up for the 6 week class was that I would spend more on supplies than on the actual [...]
This morning I was laying in bed and I could hear birds chirping like crazy outside the window. It made me start thinking about the warm warm San Antonio that I love. Sure I will totally take our 60-80° winter days that we currently have, but I really want some super hot 90° days. I [...]
I am technology crazy! If I couldn’t get on my laptop or iPhone I am pretty sure I would go CRAZY! I am always curious what other people have on their iPhone. The other day someone saw my phone and said “Wow, you have a lot of apps”. I was not even sure how to [...]
I remember when I was a kid my mom would ask us what kind of birthday cake we wanted. When we were younger the cake usually matched the theme of that birthday. For example look the 6 year old me… notice the cake and the doll that I am holding. I was thinking back and [...]
Nothing is better than a nice fun Saturday adventure. Lily, JP and Corey were all game so we hopped in the truck and left home to find some fun. Our first stop was for lunch at Henry’s Puffy Tacos. If you are ever in San Antonio be sure that we take you here for lunch. [...]
Today Corey and I headed to The Shops at La Cantera to walk around and buy a few things. My main reason for going was to go to Sur La Table for some new kitchen supplies. I ended up getting a few fun things and as I was walking through the store I spotted this. [...]
JP left this week for a couple days to go to Houston, TX. On Tuesday when we picked him up at the airport instead of wearing costumes we made signs. This picture is a couple days old but it still makes me smile! JP We Missed You!
One of the things on my “2012 – To Do List” is get a passport. I have been putting it off for years… but on 1/13/12 I had an appointment at the USPS to cross it off my list. Check out what I got in the mail today…. it took less than 2 weeks to [...]
I haven’t updated in a few days because I have been busy with visitors. Corey flew in from Michigan for the week. Stephanie flew in for a few days from Seattle, and Selena from here in San Antonio spent most of the time hanging out with us. It is hard to keep my site up [...]
TGIF everyone! I am so glad it’s Friday because I am going on a field trip for a few hours with Lily’s class and later tonight JP will land back in San Antonio. My Friday ritual is almost always the same. I do all of the dusting, vacuuming and wash the bedsheets. I know that [...]
After dinner Lily asked me if she could go across the street and see if Cameron was home. About 15 minutes later she came back and both her and Cam were holding their American Girl dolls. They played video games for a little while (with their dolls sitting next to them) and then they asked [...]
I have told you before that Lily is pretty fearless when it comes to animals… even dead ones. Right before I put her to bed last night I looked out the window and I saw a bird laying on the deck. It was right below the windows so I assume it must have flown into [...]
I had an early morning flight out of San Jose, CA this morning. When I landed in San Antonio I panicked because I had no idea where we parked the truck. I knew it was in long term parking and I knew it was off to the left but I wasn’t sure what floor it [...]
Let me tell you a story that goes back to September 2007. When my father was starting to get very sick I took Lily with me back home to Michigan for a week. I remember this trip really well because it was the last time I saw my dad alive. We spent the week mostly [...]
Since JP had to work today I took off on my own little adventure. I dropped him off at the office and headed back to downtown San Francisco. I seriously can’t get enough of this place. I didn’t really have a plan I just kinda went. I was not the only person heading into the [...]
We had a big day yesterday so today we slept in. Then it just kinda spiraled out of control and we ended up doing nothing. If we do it sometimes when we are home why can’t we do it when we are on vacation… we literally stayed in bed all day. I love days like [...]
Last night JP and I took an evening flight to San Jose, CA. We left on Saturday evening so that we could get some tourist time in before he had to be at work in Cupertino on Tuesday. We didn’t really do much on Saturday night because our plan was to wake up on Sunday [...]
I’ve told you before that one of the things we really look forward to every week is Saturday breakfast. There is nothing better than sitting with my two favorite people and having breakfast. As I was laying in bed this morning I realized that I didn’t really have anything to make for breakfast today except [...]
I love having projects for Lily to do because that way she is always learning and always busy. Seriously there is nothing better than a kid with something to do. Today I told her we were going to try again to make the rainbow cupcakes… again. Last time we used yellow cake mix and the [...]
It is no secret that we love holidays around here. Any excuse to decorate and celebrate and we are all over it. I was walking through the grocery store today and I saw that they have the Valentine decorations out. I grabbed a couple pages of window clings for Lily to decorate the kitchen windows [...]
If there is anything I know about Lily and JP it is that they like to snack. They like to be able to walk into the kitchen and grab something quick out of the pantry or fridge. If the snack they want involves any work they will move on to the next option. When I [...]
I was looking out the window today and I spotted this on our back fence. I didn’t want to scare him by trying to get too close. I grabbed my camera and my big lens and slowly walked out on the deck. This picture was taken from about 40 yards away. I assume he is [...]
After I picked up JP from work we headed over to Taco X-press and the tacos were just as good as I thought they would be. Good thing we wore our zapatos! The next thing we did was check into our hotel. And then we headed out on foot to explore a little bit more [...]
I had to pick up JP at the office at 2:00 so I had just a little bit of time left to kill. I found a place on my RoadsideAmerica app named Cathedral of Junk. I was a little hesitant at first… but I had about an hour to kill. I am dedicating an entire [...]
JP had to work in Austin today so the adventurer in me wanted to tag along. This was not my first trip to Austin so instead of seeing the bats under the Congress Street Bridge I took it in another direction. My plan was to find all of the off beat stuff that Austin, TX [...]
Let’s talk about a manhole… I mean you see them everywhere, right? Today I was at a stoplight in Austin and I actually saw a man go in and then come out of a manhole. Yup this was another first. Maybe I am to easily amused, oh well.
When I woke up this morning I went up to the office and told JP that I had a case of cabin fever and needed to get out of the house for awhile. I told him I was gonna go walk around Artisans Alley . It’s a pretty cool place not too far from our [...]
I discovered my first Muffler Man/Half-Wit last summer on our trip around Michigan (click here). It was one of the many things on the RoadsideAmerica iPhone app that I tell you about all the time. Once I saw him I became curious about what he was and why he was there. Last year when I [...]
I was on my sisters Pinterest today and I saw this. It made me laugh so hard. I think we have all been there before. And remember the Wonder Woman underwear that I posted about yesterday? Vanessa sent me this picture that she found. I am pretty sure we use to wear those.
We have had a completely lazy day today. This is pretty much how we feel. Oh and as I was surfing around online today I decided that I really want a pair of these pajamas!
Lately I have been looking at lots of different recipes for desserts. I have a few things on my list that I want to try and when I do I will be sure to post about them. I told Lily about two of them and we decided to give them a try. We made a [...]
The hot topic right now seems to be the price of gas. I know that our average price of gas is lower than most of the country. I only know that because they talk about it on the radio a lot. Is it because of all of the oil refinery’s here in Texas? I’m not [...]
I was driving through my neighborhood after dark the other day and I couldn’t help but notice how many people still have their lights up. We are guilty of still having our lights up, but we are not the same guilty as the dozen or so houses who have their lights ON! After school I [...]
Remember the gingerbread houses we made a few weeks ago? We had two houses sitting on the counter and today was the day that I decided I was done looking at them. My plan was to toss them in the garbage. Sometimes the plan doesn’t go as well as I hope… this was one of [...]
Lily grew out of her gymnastics leotard so we went to the store for a new one. First she tried on a childrens 12/14 but it was way to tight on her shoulders. Then the sales lady had her try on an adult XS… still to small. Can you believe Lily wears a womans size [...]
Last night I was on the phone with JP and we started talking about the future. Yes, the beautiful, exciting, wonderful, happy future! Sure a few years from now is hard to talk about because most of it is unknowns, but it is still fun to toss around ideas about what path we are going [...]
For as long as I can remember I have been tall. I have always heard the average height of a woman is 5’4″ and I got 6″ on all of those average people. But regardless of my height I still use a stool pretty often. We have a few of them around the house but [...]
