Imitating Jesus

Tuesday night family dinner wouldn't be complete without a bath for the boys. This gives the adults time to chat and brings calming for the wee ones before dessert. The water is filling in the tub and E is ready to jump in. I say "hey, you can't get in the water with your clothes on" and he tells me "Jesus gets in the water with his clothes on". I then have to break it to this sweet child..."yeah, but you're not Jesus, so take your clothes off before you hop in the tub".  He's always good for a chuckle.

We Have A Winner

We continue to have Family Night...aren't you proud of us? We're keeping this up and I 'm having a great time.  I'm enjoying searching the internet to find tasty recipes. My rules are something that can feed a group, is tasty, and I can prepare and get on the table while still being able to visit with everyone. I still need to get some work done during the day too.

Most of my searching is done on Pinterest......hello, my name is Edie and I am a Pinaholic. My Food Boards are very full and I've actually prepared many of them. There's a whole lot of crappy websites, and so many people think they explain things well and they don't. The reason Pioneer Woman has so many followers, well, she is fabulous. Decades ago I found new recipes in the Wednesday edition of the local paper. Things change some, but not that much.

I think I've found a new favorite website to checkout, DeepSouthDish.com. With the cold and dark days, I was looking for comfort food and found a winner......Hamburger Steak with Creamy Onion Gravy. This is fabulous! My SIL told me to double the recipe the next time I prepare this.....this will appear on my table again....and again....(So sorry Jessica that there weren't enough leftovers for your next meal).

Here it is while cooking.....please notice the camera trouble continues. I'm wondering if the mirror is not lifting up quickly enough because it seems like the first photo has the blackness and then the other frame taken right after does not....I think I need to find a camera shop.

Here it is on the table....

and here's my youngest grandchild....now I'm just showing off....

and yes, that is an owie on his forehead.....he face plants in the same spot so much that I think he's rubbing his skin down and bleeding....he'll learn.

After dinner we clean up, have dessert, and then bathe the grandchildren. Honestly, I ask you, does it get any better than this? No it does not!!!!  I'm leaving out the parts where Lucky is dragged in and furniture is rearranged, the boys make a huge mess, balls are hurled down the hall, little hands are dragged along the white walls, snuggles are handed out freely, books are read (and tossed and gnawed on), the lights are turned on and off when the switch can be reached, and so many other activities all crammed in to two plus hours.

Too Much Fun?

If you've been reading this for any length of time you remember that after so many years of marriage and being uber responsible, we're trying to take a little time each week to have fun. This is such a challenge. Seriously. We struggle to think of fun activities. Please feel free to leave any ideas for fun below in the comment section.

It has come to our attention that we may be the only people who have NEVER been to a Dollar Store. Yep, that's right, never been. We hear about it, never went. We figured it was full of junk. Now a new store has opened up right here in town.  Since we're in our very busy season and do not have much time for fun, we thought we'd grab an hour and visit the Dollar Store. If nothing else, we'd have something to giggle about.  Well, call us pathetic, we had a blast!

We had not been to this area of town in ages, so now we're up-to-date on everything there. It's a little sad because what once was a vibrant center is now dull. Plenty of empty store fronts too. We did find a parking spot right up front. It may look odd to some people to pull up to the Dollar Store in a Mercedes.

As soon as we walk in, we notice several women shopping and talking VERY loudly on their cell phones. And the clerk? He is a hoot! So cheerful, joking with all the shoppers. We were very entertained.  We grabbed a little shopping cart and started walking up every aisle just to see what we could possibly want to buy.

We did find plenty of junk, things that we are not interested in, etc. Then we found a few items that were fabulous deals. You need to know prices, but there were enough finds that we spent $19.35! We forgot our bags in the car and had to carry everything out and then put it in the bags in the trunk. We're not yet trained with the new bag law.

The fun didn't stop yet.......we went to Starbucks and bought lattes. Fun? Yeah, we can do fun!

Stay tuned for the next installment of fun...........