Cut up tomatoes, yellow squash and spinach (as much or as little as you want)
saute in a pan with a tiny bit of oil (grape seed oil for light taste)
cut up chicken( whatever you have on hand)
using milk butter and favorite cheese ( parmesan, romano etc.)and pepper make your own white sauce if you want to thicken it add a little flour.
5 minutes for prep
20 minutes cook time
Wednesday, April 20, 2011
Thursday, April 14, 2011
Corvette and 20 year old tennis shoes
Who does that? Drives a corvette and doesn't bother with a nice looking pair of shoes. I truly admire this trait of not trying to prove something! Doing it because you like it not because someone will give you a nod.
Years ago I remember hearing about a guy who lived in a shack and had more money than Elvis. He didn't show it off and I think that is truly remarkable in a world where the Joneses are on every city block.
Years ago I remember hearing about a guy who lived in a shack and had more money than Elvis. He didn't show it off and I think that is truly remarkable in a world where the Joneses are on every city block.
Random Rantings Quotes from the trenches of Motherhood
regarding falling over the baby gate 1000 times, "I hate that gate! I'm going to sacrifice it to the fire!"
You know what driving has taught me, "to believe that people everywhere are unintelligent and prone to murder by default!"
"I'm whipping up some junk- pretty sure Martha Stewart would never day that."
"Gum gives intelligent people cow-like qualities."
"I am not June Cleaver!"
"So I cooked an oven mit, it's happened before."
FEEL FREE TO ADD YOUR OWN QUOTES FROM THE TRENCHES I'D LOVE TO READ THEM!
You know what driving has taught me, "to believe that people everywhere are unintelligent and prone to murder by default!"
"I'm whipping up some junk- pretty sure Martha Stewart would never day that."
"Gum gives intelligent people cow-like qualities."
"I am not June Cleaver!"
"So I cooked an oven mit, it's happened before."
FEEL FREE TO ADD YOUR OWN QUOTES FROM THE TRENCHES I'D LOVE TO READ THEM!
A way whe there is no way
My Dad has explained creative people as lazy although I understand his point of view I disagree.
I believe that creative people work very hard for a little while perhaps harder than anyone else to secure a more desirable outcome whether that be a way to spend less money and have what you need and like or by creating something yourself because it doesn't exist and it's existence would greatly increase quality of life.
This next person I'll call Miss Resourceful
I have been observing her for years and she is an inspiration for sure!
When she first got married she had furniture with upholstery that she didn't care for so she went shopping and reupholstered everything transforming her entire home.
She would shop for something and not want to pay for it and create it herself for a fraction of the cost. From shower curtains to bibs. In some cases she generated things that she could very easily sell. Talk about a proverbs 31 lady.
She is very organized and you would never know that she in a lack of a pantry, stores boxed cereals under her bed. When I laughingly questioned her about it she said, " there is not a square inch of this place that we don't use." But you would never know it her house is beautifully arranged and not a bit of clutter.
She has grapefruit and tangerine trees in her yard and her family eats them regularly she used wood from a pool deck she had as a kid to construct her children a swing set and fort and it is pretty great if you ask me! This should be an indicator to everyone that creativity is intelligence with a purpose!
I believe that creative people work very hard for a little while perhaps harder than anyone else to secure a more desirable outcome whether that be a way to spend less money and have what you need and like or by creating something yourself because it doesn't exist and it's existence would greatly increase quality of life.
This next person I'll call Miss Resourceful
I have been observing her for years and she is an inspiration for sure!
When she first got married she had furniture with upholstery that she didn't care for so she went shopping and reupholstered everything transforming her entire home.
She would shop for something and not want to pay for it and create it herself for a fraction of the cost. From shower curtains to bibs. In some cases she generated things that she could very easily sell. Talk about a proverbs 31 lady.
She is very organized and you would never know that she in a lack of a pantry, stores boxed cereals under her bed. When I laughingly questioned her about it she said, " there is not a square inch of this place that we don't use." But you would never know it her house is beautifully arranged and not a bit of clutter.
She has grapefruit and tangerine trees in her yard and her family eats them regularly she used wood from a pool deck she had as a kid to construct her children a swing set and fort and it is pretty great if you ask me! This should be an indicator to everyone that creativity is intelligence with a purpose!
Funny thing about Dreams
The I wish kind of dreams or I'd like to have... kind of dreams is that once it's a reality it loses it's flavor. It become a.. I am thankful for..
The best dreams are ones that are possible but not realized. The I wish I could fly dream has no possibility so it stops shortly after we first think it. Dreams that are possible are fabulous if they are not quickly gratified because you can spend a large amount of time detailing every aspect of it's greatness! Designing, redesigning and walking through it in your mind. The mind is a fanciful thing, the thought is generally exponentially greater than the object. Even if the object is all it's cracked up to be when the dream becomes reality we are left with a void where that dream used to sleep. We then develop another dream to take it's place.
A dream I have had since I was a kid was to have pink Barbie Jeep, I never got one but we have been pondering buying one for out girls. They are crazy expensive and we like my parents have been afraid that they would never ride their bikes again, become sedentary, and be unhealthy all because of one purchase.
Nonetheless I still want one... I long to ride around in it with my hair blowing in the wind I even lost enough weight to abide by the no more that 110 pound limit stated on the box. Now that I'm here I understand that 5 miles per hour will not produce the desired thrill seeking adventure that it would have when I was 5 but it will for my kids and that's enough for me.
The best dreams are ones that are possible but not realized. The I wish I could fly dream has no possibility so it stops shortly after we first think it. Dreams that are possible are fabulous if they are not quickly gratified because you can spend a large amount of time detailing every aspect of it's greatness! Designing, redesigning and walking through it in your mind. The mind is a fanciful thing, the thought is generally exponentially greater than the object. Even if the object is all it's cracked up to be when the dream becomes reality we are left with a void where that dream used to sleep. We then develop another dream to take it's place.
A dream I have had since I was a kid was to have pink Barbie Jeep, I never got one but we have been pondering buying one for out girls. They are crazy expensive and we like my parents have been afraid that they would never ride their bikes again, become sedentary, and be unhealthy all because of one purchase.
Nonetheless I still want one... I long to ride around in it with my hair blowing in the wind I even lost enough weight to abide by the no more that 110 pound limit stated on the box. Now that I'm here I understand that 5 miles per hour will not produce the desired thrill seeking adventure that it would have when I was 5 but it will for my kids and that's enough for me.
What's your brand of neurosis?
My husband knows my brand inside and out so much so that he will occasionally open all of the cabinet doors while I am gone bless his sweet heart. For some reason 20 cabinet doors open just seems chaotic and once they are closed all is right with the world. Couch pillows out of order also disturb me which is an interesting thing when the house is usually filled with children who's greatest joy is to stack pillows on the floor and sling them about the room.
I will refer to this next person as Hercules because he is one strong little boy! When he was barely one years old he could drag his playpen around the room with no sign of strain. Now at nearly 4 he displays some quirky little traits such as telling me, "Aunt D. you really should clean this mess up." Or my favorite as we were walking across a bridge the other day, "we really need to clean that ditch out!" Messes really bother him which is totally natural but all the ditch had in it was grass and dirt. He makes me smile!
I will refer to this next person as Hercules because he is one strong little boy! When he was barely one years old he could drag his playpen around the room with no sign of strain. Now at nearly 4 he displays some quirky little traits such as telling me, "Aunt D. you really should clean this mess up." Or my favorite as we were walking across a bridge the other day, "we really need to clean that ditch out!" Messes really bother him which is totally natural but all the ditch had in it was grass and dirt. He makes me smile!
Driving Miss Daze (y)
It is an uncanny thing that a person can make it through school, graduate, then graduate from college, have children, a slew of different jobs and still have no sense of direction whatsoever! I really think there should be a clinical diagnosis for this impairment. I'd call it degenerative directionalism except for the fact that it hasn't actually gotten worse..
My family thinks that I am this way because I never paid attention when they were driving me around. Unlike a lot of people I don't get motion sickness from reading or writing. I didn't drive at all until the week I graduated from 12th grade except for the one occasion in which I hit a tree at 14 driving in the wooded area on my parents property. Evidently it was a traumatic experience which contributed to the fact that I failed the driving test twice, 3 times if you count Drivers ED. Who knew you couldn't hit 20 cones and still pass?
So my sisters, friends etc. drove me anywhere and everywhere. I learned that there was no need to figure out roads because someone else would inevitably always point me in the right direction. Not just in the car but in the hallways at school, college etc. Unfortunately someone was not always there to bail me out and I got hopelessly lost and was miserably late more often than not.
My mother which I will refer to as Caroline because she is so much like the Ma in little House on the Prairie realized I had a (condition) when I drove her onto the exit ramp. She was so calm Ok she said, "Just make a sharp turn right here you can't go this way Danielle." What a lovely lady, that woman.
If you told me to go North I would say how do I know which way is North and you would say something about the sun and I would say but what if it's noon then how would I know for sure? No one has had an answer for that I am sure. I have lived in the same town my whole life and I still get lost in it. Nearing 30 I have given up on ever really getting past this and have a Gps now that insidiously bosses me around now. I thought getting Mr. T programmed onto it would be a good thing but he calls me a fool and threatens me a lot! I thought he would have been more on my side? Ah well such is the life of the directionally challenged.
My family thinks that I am this way because I never paid attention when they were driving me around. Unlike a lot of people I don't get motion sickness from reading or writing. I didn't drive at all until the week I graduated from 12th grade except for the one occasion in which I hit a tree at 14 driving in the wooded area on my parents property. Evidently it was a traumatic experience which contributed to the fact that I failed the driving test twice, 3 times if you count Drivers ED. Who knew you couldn't hit 20 cones and still pass?
So my sisters, friends etc. drove me anywhere and everywhere. I learned that there was no need to figure out roads because someone else would inevitably always point me in the right direction. Not just in the car but in the hallways at school, college etc. Unfortunately someone was not always there to bail me out and I got hopelessly lost and was miserably late more often than not.
My mother which I will refer to as Caroline because she is so much like the Ma in little House on the Prairie realized I had a (condition) when I drove her onto the exit ramp. She was so calm Ok she said, "Just make a sharp turn right here you can't go this way Danielle." What a lovely lady, that woman.
If you told me to go North I would say how do I know which way is North and you would say something about the sun and I would say but what if it's noon then how would I know for sure? No one has had an answer for that I am sure. I have lived in the same town my whole life and I still get lost in it. Nearing 30 I have given up on ever really getting past this and have a Gps now that insidiously bosses me around now. I thought getting Mr. T programmed onto it would be a good thing but he calls me a fool and threatens me a lot! I thought he would have been more on my side? Ah well such is the life of the directionally challenged.
Wednesday, April 13, 2011
What are we known for?
People are known for all sorts of things. I spent all of the years from 11 to 18 telling people yes I know I look like Wednesday Addams from the Addams Family. Random people would come up to me on the street and say you look so much like.. that I began to emulate this character who if you can remember was disturbed to say the least. I even took drama classes all through high school because I realized I very much enjoyed acting which was so very different from public speaking. This is something I was also known for at that point. It was then that I noticed that it was possible to wear a mask and that many people did. That's why I am thrilled to find someone or some aspect of them that is raw and unspackled. So forgive me if I take notes.
This next person I will refer to as Victoria which by the way was her intended name until her father realized that the initials V.D. were undesirable.
She is the queen Bee of finding the least labor intensive way of doing things. If you want to know how to make your life easier just ask V.
She was the first person to discover that pancakes come in an aerosol can that you can shake up and neatly make perfect pancakes. No bowl no flour everywhere no drips - genius!
She can take an entire meal that was takeout and make it look homemade and delicious for that matter. although she doesn't do it anymore years ago it was a very interesting sight to see her transform a meal like that.
There was a day when she was the most productive girl in the world! She had someone mowing the lawn, someone painting and someone help cleaning. If it can be thought she can figure a way to make it happen all on the same day in the same 3 hour block.
This girl is so very close to my heart and has taught me so much about life what's necessary and what is just, not. She's iced coffee in a hot water world!
This next person I will refer to as Victoria which by the way was her intended name until her father realized that the initials V.D. were undesirable.
She is the queen Bee of finding the least labor intensive way of doing things. If you want to know how to make your life easier just ask V.
She was the first person to discover that pancakes come in an aerosol can that you can shake up and neatly make perfect pancakes. No bowl no flour everywhere no drips - genius!
She can take an entire meal that was takeout and make it look homemade and delicious for that matter. although she doesn't do it anymore years ago it was a very interesting sight to see her transform a meal like that.
There was a day when she was the most productive girl in the world! She had someone mowing the lawn, someone painting and someone help cleaning. If it can be thought she can figure a way to make it happen all on the same day in the same 3 hour block.
This girl is so very close to my heart and has taught me so much about life what's necessary and what is just, not. She's iced coffee in a hot water world!
A few people wish to remain anonymous
In accordance with that request everyone will have an alias. The person I will refer to as "Rose" says all sorts of strange things on a daily basis. Glad to know I have spawned a child who is already looking at things sideways.
Today's Quotes "Mommy has married a Mexican and we are all Mexicans even though we are peach!" She says this like it's a normal statement...
"Ni Hao Kai-lan is coming on, save us" I guess that's an indicator it's not her fav.
***Stay tuned something you say might be on the horizon***
Today's Quotes "Mommy has married a Mexican and we are all Mexicans even though we are peach!" She says this like it's a normal statement...
"Ni Hao Kai-lan is coming on, save us" I guess that's an indicator it's not her fav.
***Stay tuned something you say might be on the horizon***
It's only fair to start with me
When I was little I spent a great deal of time in a laundry basket that was of course my happy place. I also spent some time picking up four letter words from my teenage brother and trying them out on the neighbors. When a kid is 3 you have to cut them a break but I still at times get introduced that way and I'm 29. These things can not help but shape you. To this day clean laundry is therapeutic and every time someone cuts me off those words come to mind which I quickly replace with a sarcastic, "intelligence at it's best!" In AP psych Junior year we had to write a self analysis, I got a 100. Teacher said, " best analysis I've ever read." That was the first time I realized it could be a could thing to publicly slam yourself. It's not because people want to see you fail. It is because they long to see naked truth the kind of thing that breaks down the crazy little charade of pretending life isn't hard and that we have always got it under control. It lets them realize you are safe and you won't dispose of them because you know the truth. I lovingly refer to this as a beautiful mess. If we wanted perfection we'd order a robot instead of pursuing relationships. In all honesty peculiarity is just a pen name for originality which in my book is a great thing.
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