Something I am thankful for

Both of my kids LOVE broccoli. No, really! Of course, the eldest won't touch corn, but whatever. Trent doesn't like broccoli raw, but he'll eat tons of it cooked. Tommy likes it raw too if he can dip it in ranch dressing.He also loves salad, and usually even asks for seconds. I just really think that is neat! Just thought I would share :)

My menu

Monday ~ Lemon Pepper Chicken, Couscous, steamed broccoli
Tuesday ~ The Best Lasagna. Ever ~ I don't follow this exactly, but it is SO YUMMY!!
Wednesday ~ Church
Thursday ~ not sure yet
Friday ~ hamburgers on the grill
Saturday ~ Taco pizza mmmmmmmm
Sunday ~ HAPPY BIRTHDAY HUBBY!!! We will have family over but I'm not sure what we are having.


Head over to www.orgjunkie.com for more menu ideas.

In progress

Today I started on my kitchen. I pulled everything out of the bottom cabinets and got rid of some stuff, and rearranged the rest. My kitchen looks like a tornado hit it, but when I am finished it will be much more organized. I decided to make a list of what needs to be done in each room. I really think that is helping, and it's nice to be able to mark things off. :) I'm not sure which room I will do next, but I can't wait to get started.


I have been wanting to try different foods for dinner. I have a bad habit of cooking the same things over and over (mostly because I don't get feedback from other family members even tho I beg for dinner ideas!) Tonight I decided to break out some southern cookin' and made red beans and rice, collard greens and corn bread. I found a red beans and rice recipe on another blog. It was good, but it wasn't like the red beans and rice that I was wanting, it was more like gumbo. It was still yummy tho and had really good flavor. The greens are going to take some adjustments. The corn bread was way yummy as always, but then again, it's really hard to mess up Jiffy corn bread. :)

Pictures and stuff

We have been in contact with the cable company. They have been talking to their insurance company, it's just a matter of getting someone out here. I am so ready for this to be over with.

I have been trying really hard to get rid of junk. I want a nice house that is not cluttered. This is proving to be difficult for me. I come from a long line of hoarders and clutter bugs. I am determined to make it stop with me! I did a pretty good job with our living room. I got rid of a lot of stuff. I bought a cute ottoman for the kid's toys, and have been good about making them put them away. Next, I worked on our bedroom. That has been used as a dumping ground unfortunately. There was lots of stuff stacked on dressers, beside dressers, and thrown in closets. I got to the point to where I didn't want to even be in there. It's not that it looked that bad, but it just was a sad reminder that I am unorganized and that I have too much stuff. I decided one day to just tackle it. I threw everything out of the closet onto the floor and vowed that I wouldn't rest until it was done. I threw away a lot of stuff. It felt good. Now the only clutter left in there is in 2 corners. One corner is the pictures off the wall from the living room that I can't put up until they fix it, and the other corner is stuff to haul to Goodwill. It's much more peaceful in there now. My next feat is the kids' rooms and PICTURES! I don't even know what to do with pictures. I was looking thru them today and pretty much the only ones I have organized are the first 2 months of Tommy's life. I have a whole album dedicated to his sweet face from June 12 to August 20. That filled the album and I guess I just didn't get another one. I have hundreds of pictures just sitting in boxes. I want to get them organized. Any tips on how to do this would be greatly appreciated!

Guess I should update

I don't have much to talk about. They sent a supervisor out on Friday to look at the damage from the water, and he said they would fix it, he was so so sorry, and it never should have happened. He said they would turn it into their insurance and send someone out to assess the damage. He said "early next week". Well, it's Thursday and we haven't heard back. I just want this done!

Just to give you an idea of what we're dealing with

We have to get into our wall also, to see what's in there. BLA

Murphy is about to get evicted!

It is ALWAYS something! BLA. We are FINALLY getting around to painting our living room. We are doing it tomorrow. So, today I have been getting everything ready. I'm moving the furniture out, and taping. Well, I went to move the bookshelf that sits beside our entertainment center. I was walking it out and noticed all this stuff on the ground. WHAT THE HECK IS THAT?!?!!? Upon closer inspection, it appears that our book shelf HAS BEEN ROTTING AWAY!!!! How in the world did that happen? Well, again, upon closer inspection of me getting on my knees and feeling around, THE CARPET IS WET!! WHAT THE HECK?? THE FLOOR APPEARS TO BE WARPED!! AND THERE APPEARS TO BE MOLD?!?!?!?!?!?! How did this happen. Well. We moved into this house in 2005, and our entertainment center and book shelf have sat in the same place. Apparently when they came to put our cable in, they drilled THRU OUR GUTTER, and it APPARENTLY LEAKS into our house!!! I don't even know what to do. We have to take the carpet up there and check for mold, and bust into the wall as well. I'm going to go cry now.