I’m sorry about today. I think because of lack of sleep, is the cause for my painful headache. I will be taking a day.
Thank you all for staying updated on my blog. Knowing people are reading my post gives me a boost of enthusiasm every day. 😊
Category Archives: Reflections
My Garden This Year…!
Planting a garden here is difficult. If you live anywhere where it snows you understand. You have start your garden inside.
So I started with the green beans plants. I always put them in moist ziplock bags and hang them on windows. If you ever did that green bean science project in elementary school…that is what I do every March.
I forgot to take pictures, of course, because I didn’t think I would post this. But I did an entire package of bean seeds. So about sixty seeds.
But this post is about the transplanting from the starter seeding to the main pots. We were going to build big garden boxes this year but the snow would never go away, and the building materials have become unreasonably priced…so we opted for Home Depot buckets. Also for all my romaine lettuce, that I started from tiny seeds, I will be using various pot sizes that we already have. Because I originally planted seventy-two lettuce plants.
Back to the topic of transplanting…
At this time I only have about fifty-six green bean plants. And some more will probably die after the moving of pots…
Well once I began, I realized I forgot to buy more soil, and Walmart is too far away to only spend about sixty dollars in soil. So I checked online to see difference of price.
Ace. Ace is closer and only two dollars more. Ace it is!
Elizabeth was helping me fill buckets. She will probably be bored soon.
They look so healthy!! But man does it take a lot of time.
We only have one tomato cage. So I am putting the big plants together. We will go buy some more at another time.
Do you see the roots…most of the plants were like this. It shows me that it needed to be transplanted maybe a week ago.
It’s about 12:30pm now so I have to feed my hungry thing…
Well I took a long lunch break. Elizabeth was over heated. She over heats if it is over 60 degrees outside. It was almost 80 today. So It’s 4pm now. I had to make sure Elizabeth was cooled off completely. She is watching a movie inside and I’m outside again with the baby monitor.
Since the lettuce plants are so fragile I just quickly finished. Everything is in its new pot and all watered!
The transplanting was Saturday. Today this is a current photo.
It is super tiny, but I have little green beans growing!! I feel like a proud mama of my baby plants. 😂
The potato plant is sad but still alive. The lettuce plants are still thriving. After moving pots, I’ve lost about ten more bean plants and about twenty lettuce plants. I don’t think the lettuce plants are too happy with the purple lighting. I think they prefer sunlight.
Hopefully the cold weather is gone and I can leave them outside soon… we shall see.
Enjoy your Friday!
Journey With Cookbooks #13
Mwahahahaha!
I have to admit. It is difficult to stay within just three cookbooks. There are only so many ground beef recipes…and we have a lot of ground beefs to go. So I turned to google again.
So I guess I renounce my statement of number of cookbooks. But I will be continuing to share my cooking stories. Let’s begin.
The longest part was defrosting the beef. I always forget hat it takes almost 30min to defrost.
Next I was to add all the other ingredients and let simmer. But I forgot to take a picture. But it was garlic, soy sauce, ginger powder, beef broth, various spices, and a whole cup of brown sugar…😳 but I realized why that much sugar later on…
The next step was to add watered cornstarch. I don’t use cornstarch. For no other reason than I never have any and I always forget to buy some. So instead you double the amount and use flour.
I’ve decided to listen through my iTunes music….it’s all the music I bought when I was a teenager…so most of it will probably be weird now…but maybe a few gems. Maybe…
As the meat is simmering for 8min you should also be cooking the noddles. It even suggested the spaghetti noodles. It was not a random decision. 🤓
Hopefully it is good. It smells devine!
Finished!!
….Wow! It is delicious. Even the hubby said he thinks this is his new favorite ground beef noodle recipe. Mine too. I wish I could post the video of Elizabeth eating it….it is definitely her favorite too!
So…
Look Like Picture: Maybe an 8. Just because it looks like they used a different option on the noodles. The more authentic version. We might have to get some next time.
Taste: 10! 100% 10!!
Easiness: 10! Another put it all together and then enjoy! I sent this recipe to my family. It is definitely a dish my brothers and nephews would love.
Also…
The hubby made his chocolate chip cookies earlier so we already have dessert. It’s the normal nestle cookie recipe but somehow his cookies always come out amazing. One recipe I will not make; the hubby will always be in charge of chocolate chip cookies. And this time around he tried something new…
Nick’s friend gave us some fancy butter…if you love chocolate chip cookies, try making it with this butter….you will never be able to eat other cookies.
I’m usually good about not eating too many cookies… these ones I had 8 after dinner. I gained back all the weight I worked so hard to lose… 😩
Enjoy your night. I wish it to be filled with delicious food! But if it is filled with cookies…be strong…don’t eat too many! 🤣
Journey With Cookbooks #12
So I choose a meat first. I decided on beef…but for some reason I was having trouble finding a simple ground beef recipe that we haven’t had yet in the cookbooks…
Nothing…well that’s not completely true. I found a few in the casserole cookbook but none were sounding appetizing.
So I opted to one of my previous simple recipes…
So it says Korean…but since I didn’t have the right ingredients, when I first made it, I kind of Americanized it….so I apologize to the Koreans or foodies in the world that may cringe at some of my changes. Sorry. 😓
So first things first…defrost the beef…
This is from the cow we bought…the meat doesn’t truly taste different to me, but when I cook it, it has a nice smell to it.
Funny story about our rice cooker. My brother didn’t end up wanting this rice cooker when he went back for his second year of college…so I took it. 🤓 And it still lives!! It’s about 4 years old. When it eventually dies I will be very sad…😞
Anyways back on topic. Rice is cooking!!
Can you guess what I decided to do while I waited for the meat to cook?
It is not my blog unless doing dishes is mentioned at some point…
You know when you cook something so often that you no longer measure…that would be my green beans. Some butter, green beans, some salt, a little pepper, a lite sprinkle of garlic powder…and a five finger pinch of brown sugar. Mix it up and let it simmer until you are done with everything else…
Yeah it means one more dish…but to be honest it was the same pot I used to boil Elizabeth’s noddles for Mac n cheese…so it was already used. Another confession…I just wiped it with a paper towel after lunch…But all it had was a couple stuck noodles. 🤪
Now I’m hungry. I wasn’t really hungry when I started. But now I’m a HUNGRY THING!!
We get a sushi rice. It’s the best! Costco!!
Green onions just add that extra yum! to certain foods. I usually add them to anything hat sounds remotely good.
I’ve been trying to be better at my rice consumption. I now measure out my rice. It also makes the plate look pretty and professional…but honestly it’s just for measuring purposes.
See this was a normal cooking process before I got the cookbooks. My google inspired cookbook is huge. I gave my siblings a copy for Christmas this last year.
Even though it’s a bit simple it was delicious!!
I guess I’ll rate them since this is a recipe after all…
Looks Like Picture: 10! I do remember the picture. It always looks the same.
Taste: 10! I always love this meal. It’s a little sweet, spicy, and salty. Everything you usually crave rolled into one recipe. In case you try it…if you do not like spicy don’t add the red pepper flakes. Or maybe just half… also my hubby wanted seconds but again I said no. Just because I knew ice cream was in the near future…
Easiness: 10! It’s pretty much an add everything together and wait. Also since I use a rice cooker it makes this meal extremely easy!
Also to give you an idea of amount of beef mixture it makes… I had about a small heaped 1/2 cup. The hubby…3/4 cup?? I think. And there probably 1 cup leftover. So for two people, it’s a one dinner and one lunch kind of meal.
Hopefully this recipe made you hungry. Usually I won’t post the recipe but since this one is a recipe I tweaked to work fo me I shared it.
Have a great dinner tonight!!
Is today the day?
Ready?
Yes! Here I sit,
And wait…
Splash! Something?…
Nope.
Nothing.
I see them…
Teasing me.
Splashing around,
Avoiding their fate…
I’m done.
Let’s leave.
Again not today…
Fishing must not be for me.
…
Today’s poem is inspired by my hubby. He has been trying to get some fish…but I think the fish can feel his wanting and are just trying to push him past his breaking point. He will probably give up for now, but just until his dad arrives this coming Friday. They are planning on fishing for the weekend.
We joke about the possibility of me trying fishing…and I would probably catch one within the first 15min. I really want to try and see if that truly does happen. 🤓 I will admit… I will be pretty happy if I can!! Mwahahahaha!
But I am hoping the hubby can have patience when he goes fishing with his dad… he said he almost threw the pole in the river…haha 😅 I suggested we get him a pair of those waterproof overall fishing pants; so that he can just walk out into the river with a net and try to catch a fish that way…
He was not impressed with my idea… I thought is was an awesome idea. Haha 😆
I wish you patience in whatever hobby you are trying out, that might not be going as planned. 👍
4-25-21
Sunday.
All day yesterday I thought it was Friday. I thought I would have one more day to pep myself up before going to church. But alas no…I woke up today, looked at my phone, and read Sunday.
Elizabeth will be happy. She loves going to church and greeting everyone. I just wish I had a day before being social to wake myself up.
So in my last post I said have a happy Friday…sorry to all of you…I have cut your weekend short.
Have a happy Sunday. I will try. The weather here is gloomy and gray.
I wonder is Spring will come this year…
So I’ll just say Elizabeth’s drawings is my Spring today…❤️
Oops!
People are over today. So I’m being a hostess instead of posting.
Have a great Friday!!
Constant.
Streams flooding.
Rivers gushing.
The mind is oozing,
With creative energy.
No telling when I’ll stop…
Why should I?
Fill it to the brim.
Push it over the edge.
Don’t give an inch!
Always strive for more.
Imagination is vast,
And never ending…
I wrote this poem after jotting down all my ideas for my story that I’m writing. I started at 4pm and I just stopped at 8:40pm…the storyline just flowed out of me.
I’m excited to write all the new chapters. But my hand is killing me. I even had to get another notebook…
When you have the creative bug just let it be the boss. I feel quite accomplished right now. 😎 But I decided to give my mind a break and write a poem.
I’m liking the writing my feelings into a poem. It’s clear and simple. It also refreshes my mind and emotions.
Have a crisp refreshing Thursday. 😎
4-21-21
Life As A Mama #37
Today was a nice day, but filled with sadness…😅
Now my turn!
I still ate my “apple” I’ve gotten used to it. I guess the love of apples has been passed down to Elizabeth. I’ve always loved apples.
Random memory: In the first Harry Potter movie, the scene with the Halloween feast…you see all the meat, candy, desserts, etc. However for me, the first time I saw the movie I was with my sister and I yelled, “APPLES!!” when a basket of them came on screen. The love of apples is good. Haha 😂
4-18-21
It was not a bad day. It was actually a very nice Sunday. I am just feeling some heart break for my apple.
Also, you should know Elizabeth continued, and ate all of her applesauce, and asked for seconds…
Enjoy your Monday. Have an apple 🍎😊
Growing up…
Friends fade.
While families grow.
You mature;
While others stay.
New meanings.
Bright beginnings;
While years drift into the shade.
As life continues,
Will I change?
A bit;
But not as much as some.
I had some inspiration, from talking to some old friends. I really am at a different stage of life, and it’s hard to make conversation with them now. I’ve always had trouble making conversations; me being an introvert, but it is harder now with non-moms… 😓
I never thought I would be the one to grow apart from friends….I thought I would be the one left behind.
I guess this poem is for all the non-moms out there. If you are drifting apart from your friend who can’t seem to make conversation, unless it revolves around baby or husband… just know they are trying. It is difficult to remember small details from before kids or marriage.
4-17-21
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