Rollin' In The Dough... right....

This is the week that tops off my summer decluttering spree.  On Friday & Saturday, I'll be having my garage sale.  Minus the frame & timber garage - so technically it's a yard sale - however, we're putting up our portable garage.  So does that still count as a garage sale?  I'll be making up signs & I'm debating whether I want to spend the money to put it in the paper.  It's a minimum of $10, which is cool, I can afford that.  It's the 'and up' part that I'm worried about.  How much is 'and up'?  I don't want to spend all of my profit.  It's not like I've got a huge big money sale going on here.  I just want to get rid of the crap stuff.  'Cause, you remember before when King Turd of Poop Mountain said that 'any decluttering AFTER the sale can go directly to the Salvation Army/Goodwill'.  THAT is the part I can't wait for, to tell you the truth.

I think I'm going to put up the portable garage on Tuesday (hopefully in the morning) and then add in the tables & such.  Then I'll be able to start putting things in.  I think I'm going to just put stuff on tables & in boxes not marked.  And just have a 25 cent/50 cent/$1 tables.  I think people are pretty honest about where they got things, if I can't remember.

I don't really expect to make tons of money - although that would be realllllly nice.  I do need a little bit of money for the beginning of school.  That first paycheck takes time to appear in my account.  I'm doing it different this next year.  I took the pay option of 26 weeks instead of the 21.  I can still save money, & have spending money, but I won't have to skimp & worry through the summer quite as much.  At least that's the plan.

Speaking of dough.... the other kind of dough.... I'm planning on making some cinnamon rolls & freezing them for fast breakfasts for school.  I've never tried this recipe before, nor have I frozen rolls before.  I've been reading up on the best way to do it.  Should I just freeze them - uncooked?  Or should I bake them for 15 minutes & then cool them & then freeze them?  I've found arguments about the quality of both ways.  I guess I'll just  have to experiment. 

The other breakfast foods that I'm thinking of making are Breakfast Burritos and Egg Mc-muffins.  The burritos are easy.... we do those at camp.  Soft shell taco, scrambled eggs, bacon/ham/sausage & cheese.  Roll them up & you're ready to go.  Egg Mc-muffins sound pretty easy too.  A reoccurring theme that I never thought of was to BAKE the eggs... who'd a thunk?... then they come out round & fit on the muffin.  We have a bread outlet store near us, so I'm going to stop there & get the muffins - not sure if I'll get bagels or english muffns.  Guess I'll have to have some input from the hoard family.

What are you doing to PRE-pare for the school year?

Bye!  Love you!  Have a good day, Dear!

Star Light, Star Bright!!

We live out in the middle of nowhere.  No city lights to bother us.  We can hoot & holler all we want (my mother is close enough, that when the wind is just right we can actually holler back & forth!!  She lives 2/10 of a mile down the road).  We can walk to the clothesline in our bra & get a shirt off the line.... oh wait.... that's just me...  I can wear my pj's out to walk the dogs.  AND we can watch meteor showers in the dark of night!

Just this past week marked the annual Perseids meteor shower.  Around the 10th-11th of August, every year we have the wonderful opportunity to watch God's own fireworks show.  Last year, friends happened to stop by & we went out & laid in the backyard and caught the show with the kids.  We had so much fun.

This year we were on our trip to North Carolina to pick up our newest family member (whose name we think is going to be Willy.  He gives the most thorough wet willies you've ever had) and we missed the peak night of shooting stars.  The Lego King & I thought we'd try anyhow & went out last night & laid in the grass for about 45 minutes.  You MUST give your eyes time to adjust to the dark.  They say when you can make out ALL of the stars to the Little Dipper your eyes have adjusted to the right light to see shooting stars.  The problem with the Perseids showers this year was that there was a full moon.  It's best when there is little to no moon and no cloud cover.  Oh well, we tried.

We wrote on the calendar when the next meteor shower will be.  If you're in the Northern Hempisphere & you have nothing better to do on October 8th, join us in watching the Draconid meteor shower.  It's supposed to be a 'nearly full' moon, but hopefully we can see some shooting stars.  The site that had some really great information & dates was StarDate.  If you can't make the October 8th date then there are others showers & dates. 

Check it out.  There is nothing better than laying on your back, looking up at the stars & laughing with your children and/or friends.

Bye!  Love you!  Have a good day, Dear!

Even though the August Perseids showers were a bust for us, we thought we'd give it a try last night.

Welcome to the Family!

We're home again after our whirlwind tour of North Carolina.  Ashville, that is.  And if you have to get realllly specific, Brother Wolf Animal Rescue.  We went there to adopt our newest family member, currently his name is Tito, but we're not sure that's the one that will stick with him.

He's an 8 wk old, Chihuahua baby.  His two sisters, Willow & Wren,  are looking for homes too (if you're interested).

We had originally planned to leave on Saturday morning, but we took off on Friday instead.  Bigfoot & his girlfriend stayed & watched Jack & Jill and Stubby.  We got back around 9:30 last night.  Like I said, a whirlwind tour.

King Turd of Poop Mountain and I have been busy cleaning up, doing up dishes, laundry & vacuuming... funny how Bigfoot STILL doesn't do chores... I'm stunned (are ya gettin' the sarcasm here?).

Anyhoot.... everyone seems to be settling in.  Jill is a little rough.  I think she just wants to play and doesn't realize her own strength.  Jack isn't quite sure of him yet.  Although in time I'm sure he'll bask in the adoration that he's receiving.  For the time being, everyone has their own spot with 'Daddy'.

From left to right:  Jill, Tito & Jack.

Bye!  Love you!  Have a good day, Dear!

"Free at Last! Free at Last! Thank God Almighty..."

"Free at Last! Free at Last! Thank God Almighty, we are free at last!"  At least that's what Nana-Next-Door & I are saying.  Remember me talking about Bigfoot's car being dead?  Since the end of June my mom & I have been transporting him back & forth to work.  His work hours are pretty decent to work into our summer schedule (12:00 p.m. - 8:30 p.m.), so it hasn't been bad.  It's just nice to know that he has reliable transportation. 

The Princess and Bigfoot are from my first marriage.  The shocker to this whole vehicle thing is that my ex BOUGHT this vehicle, insured it & licensed it under HIS name.  He has been saying all along that he'd buy it, then when Bigfoot was done with it, he'd resell it.  Bigfoot had to insure it himself.  Then a week or so ago he said that he'd buy it, Bigfoot would insure it, THEN he'd give it to the Princess when her brother was done with it.  Well, zippity-do-dah!!  That's what we were hoping for to begin with.

Last night after work, I drove Bigfoot over to his dads to pick up the truck (it's a little Ford Ranger) then I followed him home, albeit jerkily (is jerkily a word?)... It's 5-speed & he's used to automatic so when he'd shift, I'd see the poor lil' truck jerk & twitch.  He'll get used to it.

The Princess has yet to see 'her truck', so I'm sure she'll be anxious to give it a spin.  We also know that she will read her big brother the riot act about being gentle with HER truck!  The good thing about this truck is that it's little.  You can fit 2 people in it comfortably - 3 if you squish.  No way can you fit more than 2 grown boys men in there however, you could fit 3 teenage girls in there.  Thank goodness for the law that says a Jr. Driver can only have 1 passenger, not related to them in the vehicle at a time.  Not that the Princess is a bad driver, she's not.  It would just eliminate some 'distracted driving' issues.

So, no more getting to chat with Bigfoot on a regular basis again. *sigh*  I miss that chat time.  I miss him.  We really do raise them with the idea that some day they will leave the nest.  And at that time we can shout, "Free at Last!  Free at Last!  Thank God Almighty!  We're free at last!".... or not...

Bye!  Love you!  Have a good day, Dear!