Well I think my days of painting by myself are gone. I have a little buddy now.
Our new set up!
No longer am I in the carport with a huge tall table…nope. Instead the table is maybe 2ft tall. And I now share my work space.
This was two days ago. I finally added the base red.
I still probably have about 3-4 days to go before I’m done.
Baby has no trouble painting. She keeps asking for more. Her first painting looks like a waterfall. We will be keeping that one. The others I might gesso over them again, so that I don’t run out.
Running out is a definite possibility. Haha 😂
❤️
I’m such a proud mama! I just desperately hope those sticky painted fingers don’t come near my painting…or my brother will be getting a surprise… (later she decided to finger paint)
This was yesterday.
It’s coming along. I decided to let the red dry more and do the buildings in the background.
But I sadly only had enough time to do one side. She got bored with painting and started to throw gravel…😑
Probably only 2 more days! I want to give this to my brother is September. Because it’s his Christmas present; and I don’t think I will see him after. At least not for a while.
Well enjoy your Monday! May it be productive! Hopefully mine is too!
So this time I did several different recipes. But a few of them, I’ve done before so I didn’t think to take pictures of the whole process…but I’ll post what I did!
Okay so first I made pizza dough, and I had it rising in the fridge. The recipe I use works wonders if you refrigerate the dough.
I don’t have a photo of the pizza I made, because I made it for the hubby. And I only had 4min to cut it, put it on the pan, get the baby in the car, and drive it to him at work. 😮💨
I was only 3min late. 😎 (I drove the speed limit) We just live only 1mile away.
But then I made bread rolls with the other half of the dough.
I doused them in butter and sprinkled our pizza seasoning over them.
So delicious. I had about 3 of them!
Then I decided I should make the marinara meatball idea. The hubby had wanted to go to Subway for lunch, but instead I made him a lunch meat sandwich at home.
Still…I made the food he really wanted to help us save money.
This was a new recipe. But it’s just put everything in a bowl, then form the meatballs.
I used my new favorite marinara sauce recipe. I had that going. I let it simmer for about 30min, while I made the meatballs.
Wow!
Times this by two and you will know how many meatballs I rolled…😮💨
While the meatballs cooked I did the dishes…And made baked donuts.
Our buttermilk was going to expire in 12 days. Since it’s not cheap I decided to use it up and make delicious donuts. Not that we need them or anything.
Baby chose the color for the glaze. Pink! It made about 24 donuts!!🤤 I tested them for poison. Baby did too…
They are done!I forgot to take a picture when I poured them all in the sauce…since I wasn’t eating them tonight I wanted to get them in containers sooner than later so that they would cool off.
We are going to be eating this for a while…hope the hubby is ready to eat the sandwich beyond his heart’s desire.
Next was salsa…
The hubby had gone to store and gotten some chips and salsa, that was on sale. But sadly the salsa tasted more like pizza sauce…so I was tasked with the mission of making it taste better.
So I chopped some onion, jalapeño, and added some minced garlic. Stir!I added too much stuff, so I had to add more tomatoes.
I also added some salt. Yummy!! When in doubt, add onion, jalapeño, garlic, and salt. And if you need more tomatoes, I used a can of diced tomatoes. I just chopped them a bit more before adding them.
I about double the amount we had from the start.
Hopefully the hubby approves!
Dishes once again. This is my second load in the sink and also my second load in the dishwasher.
I can’t really rate this blog post, since I did a few recipes randomly. But also the new one I won’t be eating until later today.
But just know easiness of all the recipes I did, would be a 10!! Because I did…1, 2, 3,…6! I did six different recipes from 3:30pm-8pm.
I was pooped yesterday. Today I’m just going to enjoy my Sunday! ❤️
Our vacation was only four days long…but we did so much in those four days. Making me realize that the hubby and I are very boring people. We are home bodies.
We are exhausted. These last few days wore us out!
So because of all of this…this is my post. I will be just venting my exhaustion.
Also I realize all my posts lately have been poems. But poems are easy and not time consuming. I usually write it the night before, or if I wake up early in bed.
So pardon the repetitiveness. This is not becoming a poetry blog. It is still an everything blog.
Have a wonderful Friday! 🌷Fall is almost here! 🍁
Some photos from our trip.
We rented a house. Very comfy. We actually ended up bringing the mattress from the other room, placing it on the floor, and using it for baby. I love tunnels. Baby does too! She puts her hands up like it was a rollercoaster. I love it when the sun comes through the clouds! God is saying hello!I stayed over here. 350ft drop…Heights…Nope! 😳Water. As baby says…waaer Big Waaer! Baby again ran straight for it; thankfully daddy caught her in time!The dead trees mixed with the alive trees was trippy on the eyes. It was actually giving me a headache when I stared at it too long. Beautiful mountains!
Haha! I like to add th to words. Have you every added th to a conversation. People think you are crazy or channeling your inner Shakespeare.
Anyways, back on topic. Again, I was about to do the Word of the day but it was sophistry. Nothing was coming to mind. So I did a poem based on my feelings instead.
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This house needs,
To be spotless and clean.
The floors to glisten,
And surfaces to shimmer.
Done deeds,
Shall be seen.
Like a competition;
Desperate for a glimmer,
Of approval.
Will she accept?
Will I receive praise?
Excitement and dread,
Battling inside.
I’m adding fuel,
Why does she have this effect?
Master of the gaze,
Carefully tread.
Frantically searching,
For the explanation guide.
…
My in-laws are visiting. This is to describe the first time my mother-in-law visited our house. I went crazy! I’ve now reached the stage of: get the house clean, but don’t stress too much. Instead fill their bellies with delicious food, and put them in food comas! Haha 😂
I am sure every girl who has a mother-in-law understands this poem. We go through so much for the approval; it’s like it is the meaning of survival…
But this visit will be fun. My sweet sweet has her Papa and Nana visiting her. She was so excited, that she started to behave like a puppy when they got to the house. She is so odd; definitely my daughter though.
Enjoy your Sunday! I will be going on vacation. I’ll be trying to post; but I may just enjoy myself instead. We shall see.
The bacon is done already from breakfast; and I have almost all the correct ingredients!
I’m actually not listening to music this time. I’ve been listening to DryBar YouTube comedy videos. They are my kind of humor. 😆
I’ve been wanting to snack all day…so I decided to have a yummy food for dinner. Also in the high hopes that my daughter would eat it.
Homemade pizza dough
I’ve become picky with pizza dough. Mine is delicious and I know what’s in it!
Ranch and bacon
The recipe says ranch or Caesar dressing. I have ranch. I shall use ranch.
2 chicken breast.
I’ve been trying to use less chicken in recipes and only make a smaller amount. I’ve come to find out I can stretch two chicken breasts pretty far.
Cook the chickens about 15minLook at this!
You are probably wondering why I’m pointing out this amazing paper covered pan…because I didn’t read the next step and it said to oil the pan…😑
So….
I’m saving that paper. Not so much for the being frugal… but because one day I’m going to use it correctly and when it is needed and I shall do a wonderful maniacal laugh!! Mwahahahahahaha!!
Back on topic…
Chicken is cooking nicely!
I’ve always cooked chicken a solid 20min. No matter how it is chopped…so my chicken has been pretty dry, 8 times out of 10. So I looked up How long to cook cubed chicken? Google says 15min…I shall trust google…
My rolling station is complete!Look at that bowl…
Not the bowl of bacon…but the bowl of death… usually you only see about 1-2 TBSP in a salad… but not the cup amount in that bowl.
Done!
I always drain the chicken. Only when it is being added to something else.
Dough.Ranch.
Plop!
Bacon!
Best part! I would totally sample some but I wouldn’t have enough.
Cheese and chicken!
Even though I’m using less chicken, I don’t skimp out of the serving size of the chicken!
Roll similar to a burrito…
Sandwich/ burrito…I now know how wraps were discovered…
On the greased pan!
Stupid greased pan…
😳
I ran out of mozzarella cheese…like in the entire house. We just went to Costco too.
😎
The recipe said to make 6…but let’s be honest I wanted a big one for dinner. Don’t worry I’ll be eating some celery later…
So that is an egg/ lite ranch/ pizza seasoning topping wash. It smells delicious!
Dishes…
I of course had let the kitchen go a little crazy because I’ve been drawing and painting. Moms out there… you understand, you give yourself some you time and the house falls apart…
Yumm!
For mine I used less ranch. I wanted to keep it a little healthier, but I wanted to eat all the delicious dough! So realistically not that much healthier…
So excited!
Look Like Photo: 8. But who really cares about this part…you want to know about the taste…
Taste: 10!! So delicious! I will definitely be making this again. But probably not often because of the amount of calories I just devoured.
Easiness: 9. It wasn’t really hard. Quite simple if you have all the ingredients. Just the prep, before the oven, is what takes most of the time.
Overall a keeper!!
DryBar Video to watch:
Your Dumb Friend – Cam Bertrand
This was the video I watched. My hubby kept looking at me funny, as I busted up in laughter. Only I could hear it. Haha, I probably looked insane.
We decided to completely change the layout of our house… now three days ago…🥸
Haha! I mean completely! We moved our bedroom from the second floor to the basement. My art room from the basement to the living room. Eli’s bedroom from the second floor to the basement. The guest bedroom from the basement to the second floor.
The hubby’s “man cave” (more of a desk area) from the living room to the second floor; he now has an official man cave. He is super stoked!
All around it is now a better layout. We also get all the luxuries that we initially wanted. A bedroom with a bathroom attached. Laundry on the same floor as our bedrooms. And a man cave for the hubby.
But it meant carrying our king mattress down two floors and a queen mattress up two floors…😳 it was a lot! I’m amazed the hubby did not strangle me, as he tried to direct me and I was hearing the opposite. Haha!
I’m sore and exhausted. But I still have organizing to do! Which I like organizing! I would say it is a guilty pleasure. Especially now, since our house is completely flipped, I will be happy and content with all my new projects!!
Hope your life has not been completely flipped, but change it up and do something new today! It might just surprise you! 🎉
Well as I scrolled through Pinterest and I found this recipe!! Wow! I showed the hubby and it was decided that we should have this for dinner.
🤤
Since we decided upon this we had to go to the grocery store to get buttermilk, sriracha sauce, coleslaw, and buns. Yummy here I come!!
Buttermilk and the spices!
My luck of spicy is not the greatest so I decided to only do half the desired cayenne pepper. Hopefully it was still be yummy and not burn my face off.
Defrosting
The bacon will be cooked later. First I must deal with the chicken.
Start your engines!! Begin!
I decided to cut the breasts in half and do six smaller chickens. The recipe said to do a full breast for four breasts. I did three and made it into six-ish servings.
The prepared buttermilk. Chicken.😂 haha
When doing the smashing I got out the smaller of my two rollers. The hubby was next to me and he said, “Use the bigger one.”
I said, “I want to use this smaller one, in case it breaks.”
Him: “You don’t have to worry about that, you won’t have that much force…”
Me: “SMASH! Smash! Smash!” -the hubby walked off. Since one of my hits, broke off a piece of chicken from its whole. 😂 haha!
All the chicken has been beaten! Mwahahahaha!! This is is lunch.
We have gotten to the point that one pizza can feed all three of us. It should be able to feed another person but the hubby was hungry…one piece for Eli, two for me, and the rest to the crazy eating machine!
😎
The recipe said to let it marinate for at least four hours. So I will be back in a bit to complete this blog…
Prepare the coleslaw and let it sit for a bit in the fridge.
We got a prepackaged bag of the shredded coleslaw. I found a secondary recipe for the dressing. Yum!
I know some people are not a fan…I wasn’t either, but now I love it on certain foods!
I’ve been adding more songs to my favorites list!! The spicy, honey sauce…
🥵 wow! That sauce is killer…as in melt my head off!! I split the concoction in half and added way more honey!!
My trusty frying pot!!
We got this pot from someone who was moving…best pot ever! Sturdy and free!!
Bacon…
Baaaaaccccccon…..!!! Mwahahahaha!!
Dust the chicken.
That’s a lie!! Coat that chicken with the flour mixture, until you think it can no longer take anymore…then add more!!
😳
That is for one sandwich… maybe next time I’ll cut the chicken breasts into thirds…
I also found out, that you should never place fried chicken on paper towels; it ruins the crunch. So I used my cookie rack.
More tunes!
Tunes are key to a successful dinner!! 😎
Oooooo
I know this is strange, but as I’m writing this post, the song, “Let’s Get It On,” came to my brain…haha 😅
Anybody order a tall sandwich?
It will be a challenge, but somehow this sandwich is going to fit in my mouth. 🤨
Looks Like Photo: 10! My sandwich is taller but that perfectly fine. Bigger is better!!
Taste: 10!!! 100!! Wow! It was amazing! Worth the wait and time! But for my sandwich I put the coleslaw on top of the chicken and bacon. My bun was not soggy!!
Easiness: 8…since there was lots to do and it did take some time. But I will say…it was easier than making orange chicken. Will definitely be making this again!!
I’m currently in a food coma… Enjoy your day! I will be trying to move…in the next hour…or more…🥱
Again…no comic but I do have a drawing. Another picture of my sweetness. ❤️
Drawing with color always takes more time. It’s strange, when I draw the comics with pen I have no hesitation…even though, if I make a mistake it is permanent.
But with markers I worry. I think it’s because if you put the wrong color you can’t fudge your mistake as easily as a black line.
This was day one. I’m still not the best at capturing her expressions…The Parade By emily2jane 07-21-21
I’m also not the best at proportions. All my schooling from my life drawing class has left my brain. I guess it’s time to take out that notebook…
Enjoy your Friday! Maybe be filled with smiles!! 😊
emily2jane 