Attempts At Creativity

Super Good

My Mom's Peanut Butter Cookies.
Super Easy. Super soft, super good. And I added my own little spin on it instad of squishing them down a little with a sugared fork,I used 3 Ghirardelli ( yes I did have to copy and paste that) chocolate chips. I believe the 60% cocoa version.
357 Degrees. 7 minutes. Overbaking-no.
1/2 c. butter softened
1/2 c. peanut butter
1/2 c. br. sugar
1/2 c. sugar
1/2 tsp. baking soda
1/2 tsp. baking powder
1 egg
1/2 tsp vanilla
1 and 1/4 c. flour
Beat butterS for 30 seconds. Add sugars, soda, powder. beat( I like it to get a bit fluffy) Add egg and vanilla. Beat that in. Then add flour and beat that. I just do that till it's all blended good, I read online on some recipe for peanutbutter cookies to not overwork the dough... don't know if there's anything to that but I was mindful of that info. Roll into on inch balls. If you use the chips put 3 on top and squish it just half way down. Refer to the uncooked cookie pic. Or you can just dip a fork in some sugar and make a criss cross, squishing only halfway. So there you have it, they are so yummy and easy. (and yes I realize it's time for a new cookie sheet)

Farmer's Market Fun

Free balloons=free advertising.

The downtown Farmer's Market. We really went there for cucumbers but there was a lot to see.
Isabelle took this.
Got to see a train go through, very exciting for the kids, I got him to blow the whistle for me doing that arm pull thing my mom always used to do, and I used to think..." gee Mom.. so embarassing." I'm sure Mitch loved it. ;)

I couldn't get enough of these lightpoles.

Note to self: a little spray tan never hurt anyone.


"Take a picture of me with the tree" This is what I call being man-pretty.
Sand sculpture, it's been there since June I guess...

Stress

Just when I think my body has found all sorts of way to manifest physcial symptoms in response to anything remotely stressful here are some new ones.
I've had butterflies as a child nothing new.
Over acid production as a teen while trying to finish my senior year in a half a year and working part time. I carried mylanta in my purse for a while there.
I've even had a random mysterious pain located- well that's all I can say about THAT one.
My jaw will chatter if I'm suped up on adrenaline.
Pit sweat. :)
The past few months. JAW Clmaping... I don't do it so much in the day but at night I don't know... it was giving me tooth, jaw, and headaches but that is better. I have even bit my tongue a couple times in the night and my jaw is always cracking/popping when I open it after not having it opened in a while... I hope the dentist can help me in Aug.
My latest, my LATEST effect, it's so stupid and I did it to myself. I read a few weeks ago on one of my facebook friends status that her eyelid kept twitching-stupid stress. Now what happens to me when even thinking about something barely stressful. LEFT EYE-LID TWITCHING. yeah for real FOR REAL. I am a tightly wond how do I even spell wound, like wind up only wownd... geesh. I will say amazingly even with my gimpy lid twitch from time to time, I really feel zen about life right now... I DO. Overall, I'm calm so anyway, real random, more than you wanted to know, info about more of my inadequacies.

As I approach 30 I find myself being more confident in the things I have been given, vs being self-conscious about the things I have not.

Life will be whatever the Lord purposes for me that day and I can fight it or roll with it. The day will happen regardless and I can enjoy it or freak out.

So my break, my therapy, is over for today... supper time...oh what to make.

Moving Update

Or in this case, not moving update. I figured I'd update since people have asked any news on moving and I'm oh, oh yeah... moving.... well things so far as have just not panned out on either the selling or buying side. Our house hasn't been on craigslist for a long time. As July approached and it just didn't seem like there were any houses that made sense to buy that wouldn't need a lot of work and we would end up spending the same amount of money we are here, only with the headache of moving... and fixing up a house. Plus with the school year approaching and I'm ready to just settle in for the year because moving mid school year just doesn't seem worth it. And we are at peace about it all,that this is where we should be for now.
I'm really excited for school and soccer to start for Isabelle, who would've thought I would ever say that? I'm not keen on change but I feel at peace and ready for it all. I'm trying also to trust God when it comes to her getting illnesses from school. I HATE sickness...I'll probably end up sending her to school with a Wet One before she eats her lunch everyday. :)

A Little Family Fun

Wipe Out

75 degrees, perfect day Also windy... I highlighted my own hair btw.

Little Miss Monkey Long Legs

Mr. Crazy Wipe Out
Today we took the kids to an equestrian show at the nearby college. It was free and we thought the kids would enjoy the horses. We also walked by their stalls and Isabelle and I found a horse nice enough to let us pet his soft nose. My mom grew up riding horses since she was about 5 and I always depended on her to find me the nice horses at the fair to pet. So I try to remember to avoid the ones with the whites of their eyes showing and with their ears back, but I'm still leary of them. :) I was so much less fearful when I was younger...
Then we went to the many nearby playgrounds on Isabelle's school campus. They have all the schools clumped together kinda out in the country. The kids played and played, it's pretty entertaining watching them run run run climb etc with no end in sight.
Christian also tripped while walking across the parking lot and blamed Mitch " that's all YOUR fault" we've been having to work on his attitude lately and on respect issues. He thinks a lot of the time he's Mr Funny Pants. I will ask him to do something and he will say " ok Bobblehead"

Getting Organized

In lieu of the upcoming school year and soccer, I thought I'd better get a nice functioning calendar/bulletinboard situation going. I was pretty excited when I found almost exactly what I was going for, a board that didn't have the traditional light coloring cork and frame. I found this really cute dark brown one at Target for 6$. I then had to go to walmart to find a calendar I could pin to it, it started in july and goes till december of 2010. And.. AND it I found really cute matching tacks/pins to go with it. They were 3$ the calendar was 4$. Not too shabby in my opinion. I'm thinking of putting on the board something like " strength for today" or " new mercies every morning" Since I tend to get overwhelmed with the big picture as a whole sometimes. :)