You've Missed A Lot

I know I have been off the blogger train all summer and Im sorry. I was just reading some of my old post and I forgot how much I really liked blogging so fingers crossed I will be doing more post. You have missed a lot this summer so I thought I would give you a recap of my summer

                      There were lots of parties

there was fishing

 

there were lighting bugs and picnics

 

there were mud pies and rainy days

 

there were cramped cars and crayfish

 

there were camp fires and ice cream

 

Lots and Lots of laundry

 

there were fireworks

 

there were hikes and waterfalls

 

and there were hotdogs and homemade jams

 

wow what a summer im sad to see it end. The girls start school next Wednesday and we have the fair that Saturday and that is it. Next comes homework and cold weather summer is never long enough but with every new season comes a new journey. I hope you had a great summer  I will write to you soon

 

 

 

 

 

 

I can't afford to eat healthy

Many of us say "I cant afford to eat healthy" well guess what I bet you can. Next time you go to the grocery store look in your cart before you check out and really think  what can I swap for something healthy?" Take that big bag of chips and get a bag of trail mix instead. Take that big thing of ice cream and get yogurt. Take you pasta and get the veggies pasta instead. Its that simple and the price is about the same . If you are one those people who love to eat out but then say I have nothing to eat here are some great  ideas for  swapping something bad for something good.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Eating healthy is a choses you have to make. Making excuses isn't gona get you  were you want to be!

 

 

HOW TO MAKE STEAK TENDER

So I love steak but I can't afford the really good cuts of meat and I hate how chewy the cheap ones are so I went online to look up ways to make them more tender. Everywhere I looked people were saying to cover them with Kosher salt. I don't really use much salt on my food so I was really not liking this idea but carl said lets give it a try ( everyone else is doing it lol) So we followed the instruction to a tee they said

    Cover one whole side with kosher salt
  

Then let it sit 1 hour per lb now ours was .44lb all together and because carl and I always seem to compete with each other I said leave it for 15 minutes and he said leave it for 25 minutes so I left mine on for 15 and he left his on for 25.

 

Then it said to rinse off all the salt and pat dry then cook

 

We could tell right away it really did tenderize it. When we first started the meat was stiff and together after we salted it it was falling apart while he was washing them.

 

I forgot to take pictures of the finished product but in the end they were both SALTY ! but I was able to cut it with my fork I can never do that with steak  and I am happy to say his was more salty so my time was more right then his Ha ha ha  sorry anyway he said it wasn't to salty to eat and he did eat both but for me once it hit my mouth I had to sit it out.

 

So if you are one of those people who like to really salt your food ( dad) then you might like this but if you aer like me and don't like your food to taste like salt then you are out of luck. If anyone has any other idea on how to make a cheap steak tender please let me know. also if you try this or if you already have let me know what you thought.

MOMMY MOMMY HORSES! HORSES! HORSES!

Man what a day I am so ready for bed. My day started kinda early for a Saturday ( 9am) The girls and I ate breakfast and out the door they went to play while I mowed the lawn AGAIN is any body else getting sick of mowing ever weekend? As the sweat was dripping down neck and my hair was sticking to my face neck and back I decided that's it Im CUTTING IT! so I called and just my luck they had an opening I only and always go to Jenna snippers If you live in Hamlin, pa area you should so look her up.  I feel 10lbs lighter and cooler

 

and this is really short considering I started out like this

 

 

A little later in the day we went for a bike ride and during that time we decided lily needs to get rid of those training wheels she rides really good. after 20 some minutes SUCCESS!! she was riding but then she realized I was running along side her and she hit the breaks right away. We tried to go again but now she was so worried about me letting go again she crashed not to bad but there was a few tears luckily just at that time our neighbor who just moved here not to long ago was telling us that we should come see their horse sometime cause their trying to get them used to people and anabella being anabella goes  can we come now? He said sure so we put the bikes away and walk 20 min up the road I had no idea where this house was and the further we went the deeper in the woods we went until finally PEOPLE  we had made it they were really nice and the horses were so pretty the girls had the biggest smiles I have to get them in to the 4H or something they love horses so much

 

 

 

And as if fate had brought us there the lady was looking to get a tattoo today but the place she wanted to go was closed and she asked were I get mine done and I of course said by me and it was really funny the guy kept saying I had no idea I swear this was not planned and what makes it so crazy is I was just thinking of selling my tattoo stuff cause no one wants tattoos anymore and they are just sitting there collecting dust then bam I get someone who wants one so I guess I will keep it around I really do miss it So im gona call her tomorrow to make an appointment. We ended the night with twilight breaking dawn 2 I don't think we will ever get tired of twilight .

I have a little cleaning up to do then off to bed I go. All the mowing running and walking I did today really kick my butt.

Did the hamburger stuffer really work?

For my birthday I got the hamburger stuffer thing I was really excited to try it so were my kids. We read all the instructions which made no since to us and it did not tell you enough so there was a lot of trial and error. The kids went first Anabella wanted to stuffer hers with Pickles, cheese, lettice and tomatos

and lily of course chose max and cheese no surprise there she could eat max and cheese for breakfast lunch and dinner if I let her.

 

they were huge

 

 

but they cooked really fast this one was anabella's

 

 

and here is lily's

 

They looked great BUT they were a pain in the butt to make and when you bit into them they came apart and were impossible to eat the girls ended up forks. Also they were to big they only ate half so its kinda a waste. Carl and I ended up making plain burgers the old fashion way cause it was just to much hassle. So in the end its a cool idea but I don't see us ever using it again. If you tried this and had better luck let me know or if you to found it a waste of time.

THIS IS HOW MY DAY WENT

I got the kids off to school cleaned the house and off to my fishing hole I went and there I stayed till 3:30.

 

and today I brought my dog Skittles along

 

 

when the sun hit the trees they were the greenest greens

 

 

I only got one fish, I threw him back

 

 

I had to deal with on and off sun showers buts it was worth it

 

 

 

 

We Got the Green Thumb

 

 

Yesterday was all about DIRT. This flower bed was nothing but weeds you couldn't see and dirt. It took me a good 2 hours but it felt really good to have dirt under my nails. I think I made the bed bigger then it was last year cause I didn't have enough rocks to complete the circle, But one good thing about living in the country is there are rocks EVERYWHERE. While the girls were still in school I got the supplies ready for us to make bird houses I did a post on how to make them yesterday but If you missed it here is the link  How to make a bird feeder They came out really cute

 

 

After we made these the girls wanted to plant something so I gave them some seeds and they went to town

 

 

They planted red poppy and baby's breath

 

I don't know if any one noticed but yes lily's hair is SHORT

 

 

Just 2 days ago it was almost to her butt ( tear) I really didn't want to cut it but she kept getting ticks in her hair well on her head cause she doesn't like her hair up and we just could chance it anymore and can you believe she was mad at us because she wanted it shorter and we would so it. She wanted it to her ears o my little tom boy.

 

 

Anabella made lily and her some eggs and mama made brownies for desert

 

 

and that was pretty much our day. Have any of you started getting stuff ready for planting?