Work in progress...YEAH!

This is so exciting to me. My backyard has never looked so beautiful. Mounds of dirty dirt, almost weedfree green lawn all torn up and trodden down, drain rock ground into the sifted garden soil, broken limbs on the lilac, backhoe-severed underground wire fence for the dog! All this means the addition is another step closer.

You can't see it in the picture, but Trevon took his breakfast to the window sill and was watching the construction while he was eating. Too cute!

Seven drainfield lines

Menu

Sunday - egg mcmuffins, fruit salad tossed with vanilla yogurt

Monday - orange chicken wtih rice; broccoli tossed with cheese, french fried onions, seasoning, tiny bit of mayo, bacon

Tuesday - poor man's steak (hamburger patties seasoned and grill like New York steak!), strawberry bran muffins (way yummy!!), broccoli casserole (made like green been casserole only with broc)

Wednesday - leftovers with salad and quesadillas

Thursday - marinated chicken largely chunked and put in a vege grill basket so it can be tossed while grilling, sauteed grean beans in olive oil with bacon and parmesan, lemon herb wild rice. (I got the rice at Winco in their bulk section. It made the pantry smell wonderful, it made the kitchen smell wonderful while simmering, but it was a tad blah and too much of a grown up taste for the whole family - we don't care much for the texture of all those extra "things" in wild rice!)

Friday - fajitas!! this just might make the "more than once a month list"!

Saturday - tried a Mexican restaurant in Mt V that was recommended to us by BethR. THANK YOU! it was awesome.

First day of school

I'm not even a full week behind schedule. I'm only six days past the first day of school. The kids were excited, all smiles, ready for the first day.

This week's menu

A few of us were talking over the Labor Day weekend about sharing our menu plans. I'm one that likes to fix something different (not necessarily new out of a cookbook) every night and not duplicate more than a couple of times in a months time. It is not always easy to come up with 30 dinners at once. I thought it would be fun to try posting at the end of the week what we had for dinner all week. Some like to plan ahead for the week, some figure it out at dinner time. Posting at the end of the week will give us something to post no matter how we do things!!!

Monday - grilled hamburgers/fruit tray

Tuesday - grilled salmon burgers/salad/fruit

Wednesday - Sundried tomato basil mozerella chicken burgers from Costco (kind of gross, in my opinion) /salad
(I had a lot of onion buns that I needed to use, thus the burgers, burgers, and more burgers!)

Thursday - oriental chicken wraps (popcorn chicken from Costco, lettuce, cheese, grated carrots, bacon bits, Yoshida's original sauce, lightly fried tortillas) (a favorite!)

Friday - end of the first week of school PIZZA by request/ ceasar salad

Saturday - NEW: tajitos (a cross between tacos and fajitas) fresh lemon chicken from Costco baked and chunked, lettuce, cheese, sauteed peppers/onions, guacamole, lime creme (50/50 mayo, sour cream, lime juice, tiny bit of sugar). YUM!

I'm looking forward to getting ideas from you all!

Summer's End

Lake Roosevelt marks our Summer's End

where...

...even the dogs have to "ruff" it by using rocks for pillows,

...each year something new and fun is engineered,

...mommy gets a little bit more brave,


...new rules get added to the game of golf,

...good books get read,
...sea monsters are up close and SCARY,

(you've get to enlarge the pictures to really see these faces!)


...bubbles fly,

...boys race,

...some mommys get bored with books and sunbathing,


...that same mommy knows how to create,...sand castles get more creative as the kids get older,

...dogs that don't like to swim find the nearest floaty toy,

...some floaty toys are just too big,

...fishing season begins,

...the sunsets are beautiful endings.