Saturday, April 18, 2009
Wild Rice Chicken Casserole
Yummm... so tasty! Chicken, wild rice, celery, onions, water chestnuts, cream of mushroom soup, and some good ol' mayonnaise. Love it!
Friday, April 10, 2009
Giveaway - Check it out!
Now all I can hear in my head is Sonny Munroe on the Disney Channel's "Sonny with a Chance" saying, "Check it out! Check it out!" with her tilted head.
Here is a link to my friend Charissa's blog and she is having a cool giveaway so give it a look-see. (Notice how I avoided saying "check it out" again?)
I know I said earlier this week I would blog twice that day, but I totally lied. Twice in one week has to be some kind of record for me though, so please forgive me.
Here's the link...
http://redheadsandrubberducks.blogspot.com/2009/04/word-of-promise-next-generation-new.html
Here is a link to my friend Charissa's blog and she is having a cool giveaway so give it a look-see. (Notice how I avoided saying "check it out" again?)
I know I said earlier this week I would blog twice that day, but I totally lied. Twice in one week has to be some kind of record for me though, so please forgive me.
Here's the link...
http://redheadsandrubberducks.blogspot.com/2009/04/word-of-promise-next-generation-new.html
Tuesday, April 7, 2009
The Neglectful Blogger
I admit it, I have been neglecting my blog. To remedy this situation, I will blog TWICE today. Yes, you heard right...TWICE.
Here is a new picture of Samuel. It was "Crazy Hair Day" at school and he convinced me to spray paint his hair blue. I also painted his ears, neck and forehead blue in the process, but managed to get most of it cleaned off before I sent him on his way to school.
Samuel is doing a "Flat Stanley" project for school, so we mailed F.S. off to Michigan and my family took him to Frankenmuth - to Bronner's - the World's Largest Christmas Store. The Easter Bunny happened to be there that day, so we were able to get a picture of F.S. with him. These are a few of the pictures. My fave is F.S. in the nativity. I included the picture of F.S. with Santa because, frankly, that Santa is a little weird and I just felt like sharing.
Here is a new picture of Samuel. It was "Crazy Hair Day" at school and he convinced me to spray paint his hair blue. I also painted his ears, neck and forehead blue in the process, but managed to get most of it cleaned off before I sent him on his way to school.
Samuel is doing a "Flat Stanley" project for school, so we mailed F.S. off to Michigan and my family took him to Frankenmuth - to Bronner's - the World's Largest Christmas Store. The Easter Bunny happened to be there that day, so we were able to get a picture of F.S. with him. These are a few of the pictures. My fave is F.S. in the nativity. I included the picture of F.S. with Santa because, frankly, that Santa is a little weird and I just felt like sharing.
Wednesday, February 4, 2009
At Least I Know Where Madagascar is...
I'm a little surprised that I failed to write a single post during the month of January, considering the insane amount of computer time I engaged in. I have little to show for it, except perhaps a fairly decent Geo Challenge score on Facebook. My casual blogging habits mean that between one post and another I completely forget what I'm doing and I always seem to upload my pics in the reverse order that I meant to. Usually I go back and fix it. Tonight, I'm just going to leave them the way they are and deal with it.
These are some pictures from basketball. Samuel has played Upwards soccer for five years now, but this is the first year he wanted to do basketball. I have to say, I think I like it better than soccer. Maybe because it's indoors...maybe because the games are in the afternoons (not a freezing 9:00 am autumn morning) and I get to sleep in still. I think, perhaps, I am also less anxious at the basketball games. Maybe that's because I'm in the toasty indoors and I've had a good night's sleep... not sure, but I think that Samuel is really enjoying it too.
I love this face...
You can tell from the disinterest of the refs that this in not actually during a game, but I still like the picture...
The other big thing Samuel did in the past month was participate in his school's Science Fair. This was our first experience with a science fair (elementary one, anyway) and I thought Samuel did fabulous. John helped him with all the experimenting and I swooped in to help with the display board. These school projects really do end up being a family affair. All of the different projects at the school were really amazing and gave us a lot of good ideas for next year.
TA-DA!
That's it for tonight. Perhaps I'll post again in February, perhaps not. You'll just have to wait and see.
Thursday, December 25, 2008
Michigan Pictures - Christmas 2008
Samuel on a Giant Snowball...or the Bottom 1/3 of our Snowman
Me, My Mom & Samuel at Bronner's in Frankenmuth, MI
My Brother Terry, Sister Kay and Samuel 
Samuel wore out from shoveling the stairs!
Kay's Car - Yes, We Have a LOT of Snow!!
John & Samuel with their Snowman
Friday, December 19, 2008
Things I Discovered in 2008
I wanted to share things I found in 2008 that I really like (mostly)....
Paper Back Swap (http://www.paperbackswap.com/)
This is more of a recent discovery. To say I like paperbackswap.com would be like saying I like sour cream. Those who know me well know that is a crazy LOT. It has been so much fun receiving books in the mail all the time. There is such an enormous pile of books in my TBR (To Be Read) pile that it's almost overwhelming, but I keep telling myself that it will be a fabulous start to my 100+ Reading Challenge to have all those books on-hand. I thought that perhaps mailing out books that were requested from me would turn out to be too big of a chore, but I actually like doing that too. It gets them out of my house and then I get to wait for a little dot to appear on my map showing everywhere I've mailed books. I don't know why I find that so much fun, but I really do. If you love to read and you've got books lying around your house you wouldn't mind giving up, you should really give it a try.
Sushi (Philadelphia Rolls)
I guess I shouldn't have put "sushi" as the header since I'll only eat the one kind, but it is really good. John had tried many times to get me to give it a whirl, so I finally did. It's just a little roll of seafoody cream cheesy goodness. I have also found a "sushi buddy" that will go get Philly Rolls with me with our husbands and sons are off Royal Rangering, so that makes it even better.
Meals Without Meat
John and I took a short detour to vegetarianism in early 2008. It only lasted about 2 months, but in that time we learned a lot of new awesome recipes. Although we are now once again meat-eaters, we still eat some of those meals now and then and they are always wonderful. My favorite meatless meals were actually soups. Now that the weather is cold again, it's the perfect time to break out those recipes. If you don't believe you could eat a meal without meat, you should give it a try. You might be surprised.
Blogs
I thought most blogs would be boring....just people spouting off their opinions on this or that. Many of which I would strongly disagree with and I didn't need to waste my time reading. This year I have discovered this whole little world full of really interesting blogs and bloggers. Some political, some funny, some spiritual, but all really good. My favorite is probably "Stuff Christians Like". If you haven't checked it out, you should. I also started my own blog (obviously), which I never thought I would do. I still know people who give out TMI on their blogs and I try not to follow that example. My loose rule about posting is if it would upset my mother to know it was on the internet, then I probably shouldn't post it.
Blue Ribbon Foods
This will be short because I'm not going to make this a post full of commercials. However, we LOVE having a giant freezer full of food in our basement. LOVE it. I find it wildly amusing that in the span of one year we went from vegetarians to having six-months worth of meat in our house, but we are just unpredictable that way. No one can pigeon hole that Riddle family!
Twitter
Now this one is a little different. I have a love/hate relationship with Twitter. Part of me thinks it is so neat, the other part of me gets torn between trying to think of something interesting to say all the time and wondering why on earth people will twitter about some things. TMI out there in the www, you know? John thinks it's the devil...the end of all privacy. When I first started I had everyone on my list set to twitter me in a text message to my cell phone. When we learned that my phone would beep constantly, I quickly reduced that list. The other day I decided I was through with Twitter....then found myself twittering (tweeting?) before 24 hours had passed. So, if you haven't tried it, you might like it. Some people think it's the greatest thing ever. Some people hate it. I haven't decided.
This post I was typing was a draft I was going to add to as I thought of things, but then lo and behold I accidently hit "ENTER" and out in space it flew. I'll now finish this up and say I hope everyone has a wonderful Christmas and New Year. If I think of more things to add, I will. If not, see you in 2009!
Paper Back Swap (http://www.paperbackswap.com/)
This is more of a recent discovery. To say I like paperbackswap.com would be like saying I like sour cream. Those who know me well know that is a crazy LOT. It has been so much fun receiving books in the mail all the time. There is such an enormous pile of books in my TBR (To Be Read) pile that it's almost overwhelming, but I keep telling myself that it will be a fabulous start to my 100+ Reading Challenge to have all those books on-hand. I thought that perhaps mailing out books that were requested from me would turn out to be too big of a chore, but I actually like doing that too. It gets them out of my house and then I get to wait for a little dot to appear on my map showing everywhere I've mailed books. I don't know why I find that so much fun, but I really do. If you love to read and you've got books lying around your house you wouldn't mind giving up, you should really give it a try.
Sushi (Philadelphia Rolls)
I guess I shouldn't have put "sushi" as the header since I'll only eat the one kind, but it is really good. John had tried many times to get me to give it a whirl, so I finally did. It's just a little roll of seafoody cream cheesy goodness. I have also found a "sushi buddy" that will go get Philly Rolls with me with our husbands and sons are off Royal Rangering, so that makes it even better.
Meals Without Meat
John and I took a short detour to vegetarianism in early 2008. It only lasted about 2 months, but in that time we learned a lot of new awesome recipes. Although we are now once again meat-eaters, we still eat some of those meals now and then and they are always wonderful. My favorite meatless meals were actually soups. Now that the weather is cold again, it's the perfect time to break out those recipes. If you don't believe you could eat a meal without meat, you should give it a try. You might be surprised.
Blogs
I thought most blogs would be boring....just people spouting off their opinions on this or that. Many of which I would strongly disagree with and I didn't need to waste my time reading. This year I have discovered this whole little world full of really interesting blogs and bloggers. Some political, some funny, some spiritual, but all really good. My favorite is probably "Stuff Christians Like". If you haven't checked it out, you should. I also started my own blog (obviously), which I never thought I would do. I still know people who give out TMI on their blogs and I try not to follow that example. My loose rule about posting is if it would upset my mother to know it was on the internet, then I probably shouldn't post it.
Blue Ribbon Foods
This will be short because I'm not going to make this a post full of commercials. However, we LOVE having a giant freezer full of food in our basement. LOVE it. I find it wildly amusing that in the span of one year we went from vegetarians to having six-months worth of meat in our house, but we are just unpredictable that way. No one can pigeon hole that Riddle family!
Now this one is a little different. I have a love/hate relationship with Twitter. Part of me thinks it is so neat, the other part of me gets torn between trying to think of something interesting to say all the time and wondering why on earth people will twitter about some things. TMI out there in the www, you know? John thinks it's the devil...the end of all privacy. When I first started I had everyone on my list set to twitter me in a text message to my cell phone. When we learned that my phone would beep constantly, I quickly reduced that list. The other day I decided I was through with Twitter....then found myself twittering (tweeting?) before 24 hours had passed. So, if you haven't tried it, you might like it. Some people think it's the greatest thing ever. Some people hate it. I haven't decided.
This post I was typing was a draft I was going to add to as I thought of things, but then lo and behold I accidently hit "ENTER" and out in space it flew. I'll now finish this up and say I hope everyone has a wonderful Christmas and New Year. If I think of more things to add, I will. If not, see you in 2009!
Monday, December 8, 2008
1st in a Series 2009 Challenge
If you're thinking that one reading challenge for 2009 would be enough for one who has never tried a challenge before, you'd be wrong. I figure this one goes hand-in-hand with my 100+ challenge since so many books I read are series anyway. So, if you would like details on this challenge, please visit: http://j-kaye-book-blog.blogspot.com/2008/11/1st-in-series-challenge-2009.html. All books I read for this challenge in 2009 will be listed in this post:
1. The Lightning Thief - Rick Riordan
2. The Pattern - Jane Peart
3. Outlander - Diana Gabaldon
4. The Mysterious Benedict Society - Trenton Lee Stewart
5. Bachelor's Puzzle (Patchwork Circle #1) - Judith Pella
6. The Deed of Paksenarrion - Sheepfarmer's Daughter - Elizabeth Moon
7. A Rush of Wings - Kirsten Heitzmann
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