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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 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.

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 [...]

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 [...]

I remember the first time I saw it I asked JP “What is this?”. I asked him a couple times and he gave me a vague answer. He told me to put it in a safe spot because we would need it someday. Today I was doing something in the tiki room and all of [...]

Yesterday my friend Corey posted a picture on facebook of a dessert that looked so yummy! After I saw the picture I thought about it a couple times and totally decided that next time I was at the grocery store I would get the things to make it. In my mind I was gonna make [...]

We had a beautiful day here in San Antonio today. It was perfectly sunny and about 60°. The winter weather is one of the reasons we enjoy living here. When I started thinking about what to make for dinner I decided we should take advantage of the nice weather and use the bbq. I also [...]

Do other people eat soft boiled eggs? I never hear anyone talk about eating them. I love love love them and so does Lily. I am not a big fan of hard boiled eggs because I like them cooked less. I think it is perfect when you crack into the egg and the yolk is [...]

I have been telling Lily for a few weeks that we need to go through everything in her room and figure out what she needs and doesn’t need. Lily has a hard time getting rid of things but if I go in her room with a box and talk about each thing then it makes [...]

During Lily’s lifetime we have done a lot of kid oriented projects. LOTS OF THEM! Most of them I blog about but there are lots in the past that we did before the days of my blog. Through a process of trial an error I have learned a lot about getting kids together and sitting [...]

Today is my first day of having Lily on her two week long Christmas vacation. I figured it would be a good day to a few projects to get her into the Christmas mood. Ok, who am I kidding she is 100% ready to open those gifts under the tree! I put this tray in [...]

I haven’t really had a lot to blog about this week. JP was out of town in Atlanta, GA and I was home. I did the usual Domestic Goodess stuff (laundry, cleaning, organizing, etc.). I also prepared us for Christmas 2011. This is the first year since we have lived in Texas that we will have Lily [...]

A couple years ago I discovered that Nike makes the worlds best socks. Not only are they super soft and oh so comfortable, they are also labeled left and right. Lately when I tell Lily to go put on a pair of socks she sneeks into my rooom and steals a pair of mine. Last week when I [...]

One of our favorite rooms in the house is the Tiki Room. It was decided that this year we should put the Christmas Tree in the Tiki Room instead of the living room like last year. I had to move the furniture around a little bit but I totally made it work. Lily asked me the other [...]

When JP isn’t traveling he works from his office upstairs. I love these times because even though he is working and constantly on conference calls I can still walk upstairs and bug him. When he is in town he usually makes the coffee in the morning but I always bring him his breakfast and lunch [...]

We had another bright and sunny 70° day today. Sure it gets chilly at night but the afternoons are wonderful. I was working on some stuff inside and I kept looking outside and imagining I was out laying but the pool on a hot summer day. The water in the pool is super cold so [...]

Anyone who has been to our house knows that JP is a sports fan. We have lots and lots of sports memorabilia around. Anything from basketball to baseball to football to racing. You can definitely tell that he lived in Seattle because a majority of it is of the Sonics, Seahawks, Pilots and Mariners. We [...]

I have had a bunch of thoughts running through my head lately so I figured I could share a few with you. I feel very lucky. If you asked me what my favorite part of my life so far has been I would say TODAY. You guys all know that I am a live in [...]

Since winter is drawing near it is time to winterize the pool area. This means cleaning out and organizing the pool house, removing and storing all of the cushions and taking down the umbrella. I was standing there looking at the pool today and it kinda made me sad to think that we won’t be [...]

We have all heard the term Spring Cleaning but have you ever heard of Fall Cleaning? This is exactly what I have been doing this week. As I have told you before we have a pretty big backyard and there is a lot going on back there. I actually just used the compass on my phone [...]

We have had a small leak in one of the parts on our pool pump for awhile now. Usually it only leaks when the pump is on high. Today when I looked out the window I noticed that there is a lot of water coming out of the side of the pool house and the [...]

Remember the sugar cookie batter that we made yesterday? Well today we turned them into cookies! It was Lily, Cameron, Selena and I ready to be cookie chefs! Rolling out the dough. Lily’s favorite part was cutting them out. Here is our first batch fresh out of the oven. This is a batch that I [...]

I was starving this morning and when I looked in the fridge an uncooked portabella mushroom from last night caught my eye. I love love love those things but I have never considered them a breakfast item… until today. I had the mushroom and a dozen of these. First I chopped up the mushrooms and [...]

When I was a kid my mom made a ridiculous amount of cookies for the holidays. My favorite cookies where the sugar cookies that she made for Halloween. I also remember that she would make the cookie dough the night before. I totally used the recipe from my mom’s cookbook. I set everything out and had Lily add it [...]

JP is out of town again this week in what seems like his other home state of California. I’ve told you before that things are a lot lazier around here when he is gone. Today after gymnastics I told Lily we needed to head to the grocery store to buy some ingredients for something that we [...]

I am sure it has happened to anyone who has ever done laundry. You throw something in the washing machine and when the load is ready for the dryer you realize what you accidently did. Maybe it was a crayon or an ink pen or something like that. Or maybe you put something in the [...]

I have a purple Kenmore vacuum that does a pretty good job but it is getting old. We have been throwing around the idea of getting a Dyson vacuum because we have seen the cool commercials, and I have talked to a bunch of people that love the one that they have. Yesterday I finally did [...]

For my entire adult life I was under the impression that I didn’t like grapefruit. I would hear the word grapefruit and cringe. I think it goes back to my childhood when I would eat them with a huge pile of sugar on top but never really enjoy the taste. The funny thing is that [...]

When I first started talking to Lily about her birthday plans she didn’t want to do anything. She didn’t want a party and she didn’t want me to bring anything to her class. I told her we could plan something and invite the kids from her class. She was totally against it and said she [...]

A big part of my week is spent cleaning our house and doing laundry. These are two jobs that are never truly done. They also happen to be two jobs that are my responsibilty at home. Don’t get me wrong though cause I am certainly not complaining. I have however noticed that I get a [...]

We have been living in our house for a little over a year now and the last month it has been plagued with problems. First it was the water problems now it is air conditioning problems. Sometime last week JP noticed that it was hotter than normal upstairs. We walked outside to take a look [...]

In the last few years I have made an amazing discovery. Ok this might seem boring, and JP might want the credit for it, but in the kitchen I totally have a thing for tea towels. I have since learned that some people call them tea towels, some call them kitchen towels, some call them [...]

I find myself asking the people in my household on almost a daily basis “What do you want for dinner?”. I would say that 99% of the time the answer is “I don’t know”. Sometimes I wonder if I ask it for fun because, I already know what their answer is going to be. Today [...]

As promised our favorite plumbers from A-Tex Plumbing showed up today . I wasn’t actually home when they first got there but when I pulled up at home this is what I saw. It was 100°+ outside so I guess this was the best they could do to get some shade out there. When I [...]

It all started a couple months ago when I noticed a little water spot on the master bedroom ceiling. I mentioned it to JP and he went upstairs and looked and sure enough the same spot was on the ceiling on the second floor. We also had an issue with a puddle in our side yard [...]

Did you know that we have a candy machine in our house? It is usually one of the first things people notice when they walk in the door. After doing a little online research today I figured out that it is a 1950′s Stoner Candy Machine™. Based on all the pictures I saw online the [...]

My favorite place to be in the entire world is at home. Sure I like to go places and see things but I also really like to be home. Sometimes I like to relax and lay in bed and do absolutely nothing. But most of the time I like to keep myself busy doing stuff [...]

I have posted a ton of pictures taken out by the pool on this website. I have talked about the pool, the funiture and the ridiculous amounts of fun we have had out there. I have also said time and time again that there is no other pool I would rather hang out at. I [...]

I don’t think I have ever told you guys this before but I am a big fan of fish tacos. My love for fish tacos started a number of years ago when I discovered them at a place in Seattle named Blue Water Taco. I used to go there on my lunch hour… so good! [...]

Around 1:30 I got up and made lunch for JP and I. On the lunch menu today he had: Turkey & Cream Cheese Wrapped Green Onions, Grilled Turkey Sandwiches and Lays Potato Chips with a Hint of Lime, and a Diet Coke to wash it down! It is so satisfying to put it all together on the tray [...]

I woke up this morning around 9:30 not feeling so well. My head hurts a little bit and my body is achy. The achy part could totally have to do with the facct that I finally did some exercise this week ( I played in a flag football game on Monday night and a softball game on Tuesday [...]

I have been asked a few times in the last couple months what it is like to not have a job. Sure I might not have a “job” but that does not mean I don’t “work”. The big difference between my old job and new job is that I love love love the new one. [...]

This afternoon as I was about to leave to run errands the door bell rang. Once I got to the door I could see a UPS truck. I opened up the front door and this is what I saw. I also saw the UPS guy getting back into his truck. When Lily and I were [...]

Anyone who hass been to our house knows that we have more than a few vintage machines. They are all pretty cool to look at and people always ask about them. For as long as I have known JP he has told me that the gumballs inside the gumball machines have never been changed. I [...]

I was surfing around on line a few days ago and I was  inspired for today’s breakfast. The hardest part about making this breakfast is chopping everything up. It all looks pretty good, right? Then you make the French Toast batter. Add the milk, eggs and vanilla. I used buttermilk instead of regular milk this time.  [...]

After not seeing JP for like 17 days both Lily and I  missed him a lot! Since all of us have been out of town and eating in restaurants and other peoples homes I figured instead of going out to dinner after we picked him up from the airport eating at home would be a [...]