159/365.2011 {Taste Test Item}

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158/365.2011 {Pedestrians}

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157/365.2011 {Growing Fungi!}

Remember this?

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Well, look how quickly it’s growing.

Growing Fungi!

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156/365.2011 {Baby Tomato Plants}

Snapped this of my baby tomato plants, that I planted as seeds, right before I replanted them to spread them out. I’ll be happy if I get just a couple ‘maters from one of these!

Baby Tomato Plants

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155/365.2011 {Toad in Trouble}

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I was outside today looking at my seedlings, which sit right near our water feature in the backyard. Our water feature is not currently running because we need to replace something on it. And with the lack of rain the reservoir is very low and noticed this little guy struggling to make it up to the 2nd level. I got a shovel and helped him up and then eventually helped him to dry land. I guess the lesson in all this is we need to get the pump going on our water feature!

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154/365.2011 {Candle-lit}

Tonight Rob and Teenager are away for Teenager’s OA Ordeal, so I treated myself to a “home” spa after putting Monkey to bed. WOW! Who knew a few candles and hot bath could be so relaxing.

Candle-lit

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Memorial Day with Friends 2011::Lake Martin

Lake Martin is man-made; formed by the construction of Martin Dam on the Tallapoosa River.
It spans across Alabama counties: Tallapoosa, Elmore and Coosa. A 44,000-acre lake with over 750 miles of beautifully wooded shoreline. Lake Martin is a great place to swim, boat, fish, water ski, and camp. It’s a great quick getaway for many Alabama residents, especially those in Auburn.
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With it only being about a 30 minute drive from our house, it makes for a great day trip. This year our friends invited us back to Lake Martin for a Memorial Day celebration.

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Coolin' off in the water

Some other friends of our showed up in their new boat and took us all for a ride. Fun times!
Going on a boatride

Laddie kickin’ water in their faces
Laddie kickin' water in their faces

Monkey and Rob getting ready to take off in the tube
Riding the tube

He found a cool rock at the bottom of the lake
He found a big rock

Jambalaya for dinner!
Jambalaya & french bread almost ready!

Thanks to the F@rrows for inviting us!

More pics here.

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What we’ve been up to…

I have lots to catch you up on.
Let’s start with last Friday after I got off work.
– trip to Sam’s, Walmart, and Kroger for jambalaya fixings, drinks, and snacks for Saturday
– cut up 6 lbs of meat and gathered up everything for the lake
Saturday
– up at 7 am
– ran to Kroger for a spoon to stir the Jambalaya, since I threw the other one away
– got to the lake
– had a great time; visiting with friends and family, riding on a boat, cooking Jambalaya, getting some sun and relaxing
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Sunday
– up at 7 am
– headed to Moreland for my nephew’s baptism
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– to the park for lunch with family
My Nieces

– drove home
– made Jalapeno popper dip for party (recipe coming soon)
– went to our friends‘ house for a birthday/swim party
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– had a great time
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Birthday Party for our friend, David

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Monday
– chilled out
– I had to work in the evening

Tuesday
– Rob went dr. for earache = swimmer’s ear
– while I was at work, I got a call from Rob saying the tv had been destroyed thanks to a Wii Remote (cue: very sick feeling in my stomach!)
– on my dinner break, Rob and I went to Sam’s and Best Buy
– found a decent TV
– bought it

Wednesday
– came home after work to absolute darkness! you never realize how dark it really can be until something like this happens.

Thursday (that’s today!)
– took TV Boy to the dr. for earache that I was trying to treat at home with no luck = swimmer’s ear
– started a summer read with the boys
– went to work, power went out for over an hour
– Rob took the TV back to get a better one

So yah, that sums up what’s been going on! Still playing the waiting game….

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Chocolate Chip Pie

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Here’s one of the goodies I made for our Easter feast. This is so easy, but so yummy!

Servings: 6-8 pieces
Prep Time: 10 minutes + 8 hours to chill
Cooking Time: 0 minutes

Ingredients:
1 15 oz. package chocolate chip cookies (18-20 cookies)
1 cup milk
1 9 oz. graham cracker pie crust
1 8 oz. frozen whipped topping, thawed
1 cup chocolate syrup

Directions:
1. Dunk 7 cookies down in milk. Place in a single layer in graham cracker crust. Spread half of chocolate syrup. Then layer with 1/3 of the whipped topping.
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2. Repeat step 1 until you have a total of three layers of cookies and whipped topping.
3. Crumble 2 chocolate chip cookies, sprinkle over pie, and cover.
4. Chill 8 hours before serving.

~Adapted from Southern Living Incredible Chocolate Recipes

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153/365.2011 {Hibiscus Tree}

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