Picking....

Picking up the girls on Sunday. Lara and Chris are taking them to Casi and Shane's to meet up with us. Will celebrate Casi's birthday with her and the boys, the girls, Lara and Chris and Shane..... OH BOY!
I think Kings Island is getting ready to open since it has been so crazy warm..... WOooooo HOoooo

Fake.....

What is up with a grandparent who think they have to be Santa and the Easter Bunny? If you want to have an egg hunt.... plan it at sometime other than Easter Day.... You are not either of these in your grandchildren's lives YOU ARE THE GRANDPARENT! Let their parents be the important part of this growing up stage.... STAY OUT OF IT, you are ruining it for their families.

Why?

Why do some men think it is okay to not support their children? Too bad they didn't love their children as much as they love themselves....

If....

If I won the megamillions..... what would I do? I have thought of this.... I would set up accounts for my grandchildren. Purchase a few acres of land. Build a new home, even though I love this one however I would like a different floor plan and a big yard and garden.
I would make sure each of my children got new homes and..... well dreams are great, reality is .... I love my home and I have as much luck to win as anyone else.....

Spring cleaning up date....

I accomplished more than I thought I would. Floor all cleaned and fresh wax. Curtains done. Windows washed.... down stairs complete. Bad thing.... smells of fresh waxed floors.... I can live with that though.
I am going to do the bathrooms tomorrow and my office. I have washed the sheets on the beds in the girls room and they are made again. I wonder if I will get more done tomorrow than I expect.

Price of gas....

UHHH why is gas $4.09? I guess I will just stay here in the house and garden and not travel any place. Bus well maybe I will use the bus! Who wants to waste money on gas?

where or where?

Where oh where did I get soooo much food coloring. I guess when I know I am baking a cake or cup cakes or making some kind of candy that you color, I purchase more food coloring. Any one need some, I have more than I think I can use.... lol

what to eat?

I am not sure what we are having for dinner tonight. I have a meatloaf I can warm up, with a salad .... hummm I think that is what I will do .

Kitchen... complete

Spring cleaning of the kitchen is complete.... Next room.... well it won''t take long. I think I will do the living room and the game room. The living room is a good dusting, wash the curtains, wash windows and wood work, and wipe down the walls and chandeliers, sweep, mop and wax the hardwood floors and vacuum cloth furniture and saddle soup on the leather furniture. Game room all the same except the floor. Vacuum the carpet.

chicken casserole recipe.... I forgot

I forgot to include the recipe in my post so here it is....
preheat oven to 350 degrees

1 stick butter
1 can cream of mushroom or celery soup
1 can cream of chicken soup
1/2 can water
2 cups minute rice
4 - 6 chicken half breasts (I skin and cut into smaller pieces.)
1 envelope dry onion soup

Melt the sitck of butter in a 9 x 13 pan.
Mix the soup and water in a medium mixing bowl. Stirring well.
When butter is melted mix in soup mixture and stirring well.
Cover this mixture with rice evenly sprinkled.
Lay chicken on top. Sprinkle with the dry onion soup mix.
Cover with foil - bake for 2 1/2 hours.

Family history okay just what can I find in Chicago.....

I need to contact the office in Chicago that may have a bit of information that I would like to have... I am going to Wales and England... So if I had this information I may be more successful there.

spring cleaning time

I have been spring cleaning. First room.... kitchen. I need to put new lining in the cabinets so off the computer and to the store to purchase some new. What color do I want? Well that might be limited to my choices at the store. I am thinking when I get back from Europe of painting the kitchen... What color... well maybe I will go with something that will match the lining for the cabinets... sounds good to me...

chicken casserole...

I am making a chicken casserole for dinner with potato au gratin and a salad. The chicken casserole calls for using whole chicken breast, however cut it into smaller pieces so it cooks and cuts easier. It is OOOOHHHH SO GOOD and easy.

Spring cleaning....

I have started my spring cleaning.... I have to complete it before I leave for Europe.... Wow I best get busy and stay off of here.

resurrection garden

I think I may try this.

http://wearethatfamily.com/2012/03/diy-mini-resurrection-garden/

Rachel has decided...

Rachel decided tonight that she wanted to roll her hair... Don't ask... just take it as a teenager thing.

Just what was the Colts owner thinking?

Just what was the "cheap" owner of the Colts thinking? Payton is getting stronger, he will come back and grind the Colts in the ground with his throwing arm. So now what will he do with an inexperienced quarterback and team.... Guess my disappointment in the Colts owner leads me to believe I may need to change teams... Ouch... I have been a Colts fan for almost 50 years.... this will be hard.....

Rachel and Me....

We are going to make the snacks for Rachel and Ashley's lunches this week. Slutty Brownies and Rice Krispie Treats.... so much fun. Love having my grandchildren visit.

Disney

My youngest granddaughter went to Disney with her parents. She absolutely loved it. Smiles and laughter the whole day. It was also her first time seeing fireworks.... loved them.

Baby boom in this here family....

I must say that our family is growing and many new babies have been born. ...
Katelyn first   then Reese and now Christian.....

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I was just thinking...

I said a prayer to God at the beginning of this school year that he would not have a bad winter for us so my sister's last year of having to drive that drive in the country to school each day would be good. Well we have had a great winter. Now she can look forward to her last parent-teacher conferences, last spring break and then the last classroom clean-up for the summer. Woohoo..... I was there last year....!

Rachel

Rachel has been hired by my mother to do the lawn this summer. Have fun Rachel. Don't spend your money unwisely..... You want to go to Harvard Law School... you will need it all and then some.

Slutty brownies

I made slutty brownies a few days ago. They were surprisingly good. I only ate a few and then gave the rest to the grandchildren.
Here is how you make them...
I used the rolled chocolate chip cookie dough.

grease an 8 x 8 pan good. (I used sprayed ) put a layer of chocolate chip cookie dough in the pan. Next take Oreo cookies side by side on top of cookie dough. Make a brownie mix from a box or bag, using their instructions. Use about 1 teaspoon extra of water and oil. Pour over the top of Oreo and chocolate chip cookie dough. Bake in a preheated 350 degree oven for 30 minutes. Allow to cool.
If you like while it is still hot scoop some out, add some ice cream and enjoy.

okay here goes....

I have been so busy with thinking of ideas and how to present my scrapbook of family history that I have neglected my blog. Sorry. The scrapbook is on the back burner today as I need to go to the library to do some research on my aunt Selma. I wanted to see if I could find out something about her death. I didn't stay long as I need to get lunches for my husband and daughter and I needed to go do my mother's hair... so I will try again tomorrow.

I am so far....

I am so far behind on this blog. I need to blog 10 posts I think. ..... Thinking..... thinking..... thinking.... k.... I have one.

Land of the Free... some quotes to think about government officials in the fed and states.......

I think our current republican candidates and members of congress on both the federal and state levels have forgotten why we are nicknamed the land of the free....

From Abe Lincoln: "America will never be destroyed from the outside. If we falter and lose our freedoms, it will be because we destroyed ourselves."

George Washington: "Government is not reason; it is not eloquent; it is force. Like fire, it is a dangerous servant and a fearful master."

"I am a freeman, an American, a United States Senator, and a Democrat, in that order." Lyndon B. Johnson.

Been so busy.....

I have been very busy putting together my family history scrapbook to take on my trip. I can't wait. Passport in hand... luggage sitting waiting to be packed.... laptop ready to go.... wait I don't leave for a while yet. I am debating if I should take our color nook. I don't think I will need it since I have my laptop.... Maybe  some music for on the plane....

Paris in the spring time.... ahhhhhhhh!

I need to brush up on my Welsh so I can speak at least a little. Aunt Eunice doesn't speak English, so I had better be able to say hello and good bye and fake the rest. I also thought I need to brush up on the Food words for Germany.  Haven't used those German words for a lot of years... lets see about  VN time.  Just want to make sure I am not eating cows tongue or snails or some other disgusting thing.... At least I knew enough Spanish when we were in Mexico to not order the food that was made with cows tongue!

So off of here for a while.... need to get my list done and my research notes prepared......
I am so lucky to  have such a  wonderful husband.... He is working lots of extra hours so I can take my dream vacation! Oh yeah... I have some great children, sons-in-laws and grandchildren.... they are all chipping in on this trip..... Look out Europe... I am a coming.

Started the scrapbook...

These are the first three pages to the scrapbook. I need to get busy. 

Just think 30+ years ago....

They are acting like this is something new... I know it's not because I know it happened when I was a teenager.... I won't name names, but some thought it was cute.... back then you were just asked to resign... I remember when it happened in a town high school called Westville. My friends and I thought...
OOOOUUUU SICK! We would never had thought of being with a teacher.

http://shine.yahoo.com/parenting/teacher-leaves-wife-kids-high-school-student-225300504.html

March 1, 2011

This is the first day of March. In 26 days my husband and I celebrate another anniversary. Wow ~ 36 years ~ and they said it won't last. LOL
I have been baking cupcakes for the church bake sale tomorrow and working on my scrapbook.
I love doing both things... cooking and scrapbooking. I also enjoy knitting, crocheting, sewing, quilting and my list goes on. Just not enough time to do it all.
My magazine stash is growing smaller. Ha I might defeat it after all.
Hubby has been working over so I can have plenty of spending money when I go on my trip. Such a wonderful man. (Even with his faults... LOL)
We have been concerned about our family in Tennessee because of the storms. A tornado hit the town our son lives in; however it did not hit his home or neighborhood. Our family in the Knoxville area are all safe. Our niece and her husband kept in contact with us, via Internet,  during the storm and then checked on everyone and let us know all were safe.
Tomorrow they are saying they will be getting hit again. Last fall my husband's brother's home was hit by a tornado, only a corner of the house. He lost trees and the neighbors had damage. So we thank our God in Heaven for keeping all safe.
Stay safe .... Talk later.

Davy Jones :(

I read yesterday morning of the passing of Davy Jones of the Monkees. This saddens me greatly. I was fortunate to see him in concert, one of his last, thanks to my daughter and her husband. My younger sister was also treated by them. My husband tagged along... but he did enjoy the concert. It was one of the last that the three Monkees played together. Rest in Peace Davy. I know everyone in Heaven will enjoy singing right along with you. May his music blare from my "music machines" for a long time....