Goodbye 6-9, Hello 9-12

So Scott's mid-term was due last night, which he got done by about 8 o'clock! Hopefully he did good on it, I checked it for him and I think he'll get at least a B on it, but who knows for sure. Now I have a huge Marketing assignment due tonight, which now I have 29% of part 1 done, so only 71% left of part 1 and all of part 2 to do..........ugh! It might be a long night....... guess I wont get a chance to watch my Thursday night shows tonight.

So yesterday I decided it was time to pack away all of Savannah's 6-9 month clothing, and bring out all the 9-12 month clothing. A lot of brands don't actually have 9 month clothing, so we're pretty limited, but it should be enough to get us by until her 1st birthday. She probably could have stayed in 6 month clothing a little longer, but we really didn't have many warm clothes for her to wear and with the temperatures staying in the 60's and even down in the 50's, it was time to bust out some warmer clothes!

Bittersweet

So it's officially, in exactly 2 weeks Savannah got 4 teeth. That means 15 days ago she only had 1 tooth, and now she has 5. Poor Girl! There is still 1 more than she will get soon, then I hope we have a nice long break before she gets anymore. Between all these teeth and the damn cold she's had for almost 3 weeks, it's been a pretty miserable month!

So the other day I finished book #22 of the year - Bittersweet by Danielle Steel. It wasn't my favorite Danielle Steel book, but I did enjoy it. I really like when the ending turns out the way that I want, even though it's completely unrealistic and I doubt that it would end that way in real life.......maybe I'm just a pessimist......The story is about a mom of 4 who decides she wants to go back to work, but her husband is completely against it. This is her story about what happens to them and her struggle to do what is right for her. Now onto reading "Nanny Returns", I got it for like 50 cents at Borders while it was closing, and since I read the first one I figured I'd read the sequel even if it ends up being crappy at least it was cheap!

Zesty Salsa

Sitting here watching some football, even though I don't really want to..... I honestly don't care if the Packer's win or not. Trying to decide if I really want to make dinner or if we should just kind of wing it and make whatever. It's almost 6 so I guess we should decide soon......

So yesterday was the big salsa day with Jessica! We followed the same recipe as last year (except we had a different mixture of hot peppers). We quadrupled the recipe, and we were suppose to get about 24 pints, but ended up getting 28! Which is awesome, because if it's anywhere near as good as last year I'll be glad to have those couple extra. Last year I gave away all the salsa except 1 jar, which I wanted to kick myself for after I tried it. I will not be making the same mistake this year, we'll be keeping almost all of it for ourselves! The recipe called for 24 pounds of tomatoes, 6 pounds of onions, 8 pounds of green peppers, 4 pounds of hot peppers, 12 cloves of garlic, some cilantro, some apple cider vinegar & a little hot sauce. Can't wait to try it! I really hope it's close to as good as last year!

Bacon Cheddar Deviled Eggs

Sitting here catching up on Survivor. Thinking about what to do today. Scott is going to head over to his sisters for the Dolphins game, but I think I'm going to stay home and just chill by myself for awhile (well, Savannah will be home probably too, but maybe we can take a nap together).

So last week we had a pot luck at work. I made Zucchini Bars for myself to bring, and then I made Bacon Cheddar Deviled Eggs for Scott to bring. This is the first time I made Deviled Eggs, and I think for a first time they were amazing. They were kind of a pain in the butt to make, and I didn't realize how much work they took, but it was worth it. I'm not a big fan of mayo or mustard, and sometimes Deviled Eggs are way over powdered by those ingredients, but this recipe was perfect for me. I really enjoyed them and if I ever make Deviled Eggs again I'll probably use this recipe.

Pumpkin Puree

So we're 2 weeks into our new schedule and the good news is Connor no longer cries when I drop him off at school! He just gives me a kiss, smiles at me,and goes in! YAY! My baby is growing up so fast!! Also, Savannah has 3 teeth with 3 more about to come in, and I swear she's going to crawl any day now......but I guess I keep saying that, but it's true........she's so close.........she just needs to go! One of these times she will, it could be today, it could be 2 months from now.......especially if she's going to be stubborn like her brother!

So after planting our garden (that at times looked like it was on steroids, lol) months ago, we finally have orange pumpkins!! We're keeping 4 of them to carve right before Halloween, and the rest of them I'm going to turn into pumpkin pies. Have you ever made a pumpkin pie from a pumpkin out of your own garden? Well I sure haven't! But I found this recipe online to make them from ordinary jack-o-lantern pumpkins, so I figured I'd have to give it a try. As I'm not in the need for a pumpkin pie right now and 2 of my pumpkins were ready I just turned it into pumpkin puree and put it in the freezer for now. My 2 pumpkins made a hearty 4 cups of puree, which will be enough for 2 pies later on. I ended up cooking the pumpkin 2 different ways, 1 in the microwave and 1 in a steamer basket, I couldn't fit all of it into just one way, and I didn't want it to take all night. Can't wait to actually make the pie out of it, I sure hope it tastes good!

Habanero Jelly

It's Tuesday, and there's lots to do today! After dropping Connor off at school I cleaned up the kitchen, cleaned pumpkin seeds (going to roost them tonight), cleaned the kids room a little and folded some laundry, and read some of my Employment Law Textbook. After work tonight I have to roast the seeds, make zucchini bars for work tomorrow & deviled eggs (pot luck at work!), plus Scott has homework to do and I'll have to take my 1st Employment Law test.......should be fun I guess, lol.

So Sunday Jessica came over and we did some canning. We decided to make some Habanero Jelly - this was her idea, and I loved the idea, so I jumped on the bandwagon! I got the Habanero's from Gary (in-laws neighbor) - 8 of them to be exact - but they were pretty large in size. We didn't even actually measure how much we had, we just used them all, since the recipe called for 1/2 cup cut up. Thankfully Jessica brought over her food processor, so we didn't have to sit there and chop everything! The recipe made 11 of the 1/4 pint jars (didn't even know that size existed until that day). I think this will be the perfect size to use the jelly. I'm really looking forward to putting it on cream cheese and eating it with crackers! Since it was Jessica's idea to make the jelly she got 6 jars and I got 5 - and I gave 1 of them to Gary since he provided the Habaneros. Can't wait to eat it! Yumm!

Fluffy French Toast

Another week has begun. Connor insisted that he didn't want to go to school today, so I thought dropping him off was going to be a pain, and that he would cry.......but nope! He surprised me, he gave me a kiss, smiled at me, and I left, no tears, no clingyness, nothing! Almost wants to make me cry!

So yesterday I decided to make French Toast for breakfast. (Which I've never actually done before)Scott usually makes our breakfast when we do something big, but for some reason he's been having a problem with French Toast and always makes it soggy..........So I went to my wonderful recipe website, allrecipes.com and found the recipe Fluffy French Toast. Yummy! I followed the recipe exactly and made them alongside some sausage links. They had a great flavor to them and they weren't soggy at all. Of course Scott had to ask me how I didn't get them soggy.......come to find out, he was holding the bread in the bowl.......yeah........can't do that! A little dip is all it needs. Everyone loved them and the four of us devoured it all.

Rio

So Jessica should be here pretty soon to start working on our Habanaro Jelly (will post more on that later)! We just finished up cleaning up from breakfast and Scott cleaned up the living room from when the girls were over here yesterday. Now Scott & Connor are trying to figure out what movie to watch..........probably some dumb boy movie, lol!

So after Ella's Birthday party yesterday Scott started bowling for John (while he recovers from his surgery that he'll have on Monday)so we all went to watch. While there, John & Carol gave us the movie Rio. So of course we had to watch it right away when we got home last night, but it was a little late so we didn't end up finishing it. So first thing this morning Connor had to watch it. It's really a super cute movie, and I had actually put it on Connor's Christmas List for this year (I'll have to cross that off!). I think any little kid would enjoy watching this and any adult who enjoys a good kids movie every once and awhile.

Ella Turns 1

Sunday morning and about to make some breakfast, but for now I'm being a little lazy and playing on the computer. I'm trying to ignore the huge mess in my living room........we had 4 kids 4 and under here yesterday which = HUGE mess..........guess you all know what I'll be doing tomorrow morning when Connor is at school. At least it was really nice to see Heather & the girls!

So Friday was my goddaughters 1st Birthday, and yesterday was her party. They had a zoo type theme and it was out in their huge garage. I think everything turned out pretty nice. She got some wonderful presents (we got her an outfit, some bubble bath & a wash cloth, a shopping cart & a precious moment letter "e") she also got an awesome barbie jeep (hoping for same-a-like for Savannah's birthday) and a super cute chair. And also her cake was really cute! I hope she had a wonderful birthday! Happy 1st Birthday Ella!

Zucchini Cake

Just got home from the bowling ally, Scott will be bowling every other Saturday night for awhile while John recovers from his surgery that he will have this Monday. At least he'll get to do it for awhile. Last year he got to bowl every Tuesday night on a Men's League out in DeForest, but we just can't afford it this year with me going part-time.

This past Sunday I decided to make a Zucchini Cake to take over to Matt & Chrissy's Monday night for the first Dolphins game of the year. I followed the recipe exactly except that it did not take 80 minutes to cook, only 55 minutes using a Pampered Chef Stone. I do think I ended up drizzling the frosting to soon because it ended up absorbing into the cake. Oh well though, it didn't matter, because it was WONDERFUL! I will definitely be making this again soon, and actually have everything I need to do so, just need an occasion.