Pinterest fail

Note to self... Just because you see it on Pinterest and it looks yummy delicious in a picture, does NOT mean it will be.  I have tried two recipes so far and they've both been disgusting. But, boy oh boy, "everyone" on Pinterest raved about them. The first one was the oven baked fajitas. Blech. Scott liked them. But I can't use him as a barometer. Bless his soul, he will eat anything I put in front of him. Love. That. Man.  The second one was the "make your own tortilla chips". Now, I will say that perhaps if I used corn tortillas, the end result would be different. But I only had flour torts on hand. And several people even commented that they were just as good. Lie!  ;).   They even looked good as I was preparing them...

I will probably try again with corn torts.  Anyone one of my handful of readers ever tried them?  I would love to know. I love love restaurant chips and salsa. 

So, now I need to go check on my husband, whom I've sent outside to spray paint a picture frame... Just like one on Pinterest. ;)

7/365

Yay for Saturdays. When Daddo is home. 

Day 6/365

Not the best picture, but cute, nonetheless. These are build a bear glasses.

365 day challenge

I had a whole blog post explaining my 365 day photo challenge. This "blogsy" app is crap though and my post was deleted. So here it is... But without the story, because I refuse to waste anymore time tonight on this project. I'm going to bed.  I want to throw this "time saving", "easy to use", "you'll never want a computer again" iPad across the bedroom.  

Kids trees

Both Ella and Shep have trees in their rooms. Small ones. With colored lights. Each tree displays their personality so well. Ella's is a Charlie Brown looking tree. It is scraggly and messy and colorful just like her. TO's has tractors on his.  We all know tractors are his life passion right now.  I found a four pack of tractor party favors at Walmart for $2 and hung them on his tree. Score!

Christmas tree

Since the tornado damaged our trees beyond repair, we opted for a real tree this year.  It's been up a few weeks and we we've enjoyed it so so much. We headed over to Wadsworth Christmas Tree Farm hoping to chop down a tree. Little did we know that the type tree we wanted is grown up North and shipped down South.  With all of the ornaments we have, we weren't going to be able to use a cedar or pine so we settled for a precut tree. At the Christmas tree farm.  Go figure.

So, we get home with the tree. Check. In the stand. Check. Lights on. Check. Ornaments. Check.  Ornaments are in the attic, right?  Umm, no.  They are NO WHERE TO BE FOUND. Now, these aren't just any ornaments. They are the ornaments that mean nothing to anyone but us.  Our sentimental ornaments. Scott and I have had a yearly Christmas ornament since 1992. Heartbroken was an understatement in describing my feelings. We aren't sure what happened to them other than knowing it has something to do with the tornado. It seems the tornado still affects us. So, the ornaments you see on the tree are just ones we've had (with the exception of a few) but have no sentimental value. It's a beautiful tree but when I look at it, it just looks store bought. So, with this tree, we are starting over...

Christmas cards

I love receiving Christmas cards each year. So much fun watching kids we know grow. I scrapbook so usually after the Christmas season is gone, I put them in our scrapbook so we can look back year after year at the cards. One idea I recently ran across that I think is worth mentioning... After you take the cards down, put them in a basket near the dinner table. Each night, pick out a card and pray for that family. We may do that this year. Ella enjoys anything like that.
Here is a pic of our cards on display. This is only the beginning of a slew of cards!