Ok so I was with a few of my girlfriends today for lunch and a play date and for some reason we were talking about commercials. Well I was told to check out the commercial for Nolan's Cheddar. This commercial was aired in England so of course we know that it has to be hilarious! Here it is...don't worry the ending is fantabulous :)
26.8.10
23.8.10
Victory is Ours!
As I woke up this morning I took the dreaded walk into my sons bedroom to check his temperature and give him his medicine. As I put the thermometer in his mouth, I began to prepare his Motrin. As always every time I hear the timer go off on the thermometer I pray for something at least a 100 or below.
Well I must say to my surprise, my little man had no temperature! Two weeks in a row of having at least one sick baby is enough to drive any momma crazy. Oh and let me just tell you, I was a few days away from the loony bin!
I missed hearing my babies play together! As I write this I can hear laughing and screaming and it just makes me smile. This house has been too quiet for too long! I never thought I would say that but it is true. It just warms my heart :)
I just had to share this victory over this sickness to everyone! This house is in celebration mode. Come join the party!
Well I must say to my surprise, my little man had no temperature! Two weeks in a row of having at least one sick baby is enough to drive any momma crazy. Oh and let me just tell you, I was a few days away from the loony bin!
I missed hearing my babies play together! As I write this I can hear laughing and screaming and it just makes me smile. This house has been too quiet for too long! I never thought I would say that but it is true. It just warms my heart :)
I just had to share this victory over this sickness to everyone! This house is in celebration mode. Come join the party!
19.8.10
Warning: Enter at your own risk...
Warning: Pity party ahead. Enter at your own risk.
I just am tired of going to sleep in an empty bed.
I am also tired of waking up and rolling over to just another pillow.
When I sit at the dinner table I want to be able to play footsie with the man I love.
I want to hold his hand or rub the back of his neck when we are in the car.
When I start to act like a crazy woman, I want my rock there to tell me that everything is going to be just fine.
I haven't been this emotional since right after my love left. I do not know if it is because I am housing a little one inside me or if I am just physically and emotionally drained from having our family be apart. Whatever it is, it needs to crawl back down deep inside to where it came from.
I just want my family to be together again...
I just am tired of going to sleep in an empty bed.
I am also tired of waking up and rolling over to just another pillow.
When I sit at the dinner table I want to be able to play footsie with the man I love.
I want to hold his hand or rub the back of his neck when we are in the car.
When I start to act like a crazy woman, I want my rock there to tell me that everything is going to be just fine.
I haven't been this emotional since right after my love left. I do not know if it is because I am housing a little one inside me or if I am just physically and emotionally drained from having our family be apart. Whatever it is, it needs to crawl back down deep inside to where it came from.
I just want my family to be together again...
17.8.10
"The Gym"
http://www.thelittlegym.com/Pages/default.aspx
I do not know what took me so long to take Ty to The Little Gym. I have heard people talk about this place and was never really interested. Well a few weeks ago I decided to try it out. Oh my goodness! This place is so amazing and the people that work there are so friendly and know you by name just after one visit.
SO I decided to enroll Ty for a few weeks of camp before the school season starts. He wakes up every morning looking forward to going, comes home ready to take a nap and then goes to bed with no problem because he knows when he wakes up he is going to go play with his friends at "The Gym."
Oh and they also have classes for toddlers, such as Emma and babies as well! I recommend this place to any parent that has any age kid!
15.8.10
Party at the ER :)
What a crazy crazy weekend this has been! Why does everything seem to happen when Anthony is gone. Oh well, this tough momma can handle them :) So to begin this blog off right I will show you a pic of where Emma and I stayed most of Friday evening...
My poor baby girl was not feeling good at all. It all started Thursday morning when she woke up screaming with a temp of about 103. So I gave her meds and it quickly came down. Well Thursday evening it spiked again so I decided that if it wasn't gone by Friday we were going to the ER. Well Friday morning she seemed her normal self and she had a slight fever. Well after nap time she was back to her lethargic, sick self and her temp was 104.5! I have never seen a temp that high before so I rushed her to the ER just to make sure everything was okay.
I think they did every test possible to figure out what was wrong with her. She was such a trooper during the entire thing. Most of the time she just layed there.
But after a bag of fluids and some more Motrin she was a happy camper once again!
Her blood work came back normal and her ears and mouth looked great. Just a little viral infection. She is still not feeling too hot and with a throwing up incident yesterday, I am guessing she probably has a stomach thingy as well :(
I could not ask for a better sick baby. She is so calm, unlike another child in the Hart family, but I wont mention any names ;)
My poor baby girl was not feeling good at all. It all started Thursday morning when she woke up screaming with a temp of about 103. So I gave her meds and it quickly came down. Well Thursday evening it spiked again so I decided that if it wasn't gone by Friday we were going to the ER. Well Friday morning she seemed her normal self and she had a slight fever. Well after nap time she was back to her lethargic, sick self and her temp was 104.5! I have never seen a temp that high before so I rushed her to the ER just to make sure everything was okay.
I think they did every test possible to figure out what was wrong with her. She was such a trooper during the entire thing. Most of the time she just layed there.
But after a bag of fluids and some more Motrin she was a happy camper once again!
Her blood work came back normal and her ears and mouth looked great. Just a little viral infection. She is still not feeling too hot and with a throwing up incident yesterday, I am guessing she probably has a stomach thingy as well :(
I could not ask for a better sick baby. She is so calm, unlike another child in the Hart family, but I wont mention any names ;)
13.8.10
Beef Daube Provencal, say what?
Throwing a dinner party soon for family or friends? Well I have a "home run" meal that will be sure to knock the socks off your guests. Beef Daube Provencal, which means beef stew in wine, was such an amazing hit at my dinner table last evening. I have made your typical beef with veggies soup before but I wanted to try something a little bit harder. Well this was definitely a bit harder! I stressed all day in hopes that it would be this amazing masterpiece! I did not want to order pizzas!!
So it all comes down to that first bite, which by the way is never me! That first taste says it all. Did I hit it out of the park or not? Oh boy did I!! I must say that the hardest food critic in my family would be my father and I got the thumbs up approval! I couldn't ask for more :)
Here is the recipe, which is out of the amazing 2008 Cooking Light book:
Ingredients:
2 teaspoon olive oil
12 garlic cloves, crushed
2 pounds of boneless church roast ( cut into 2-inch cubes)
1 1/2 teaspoon salt, divided
1/2 teaspoon black pepper
1 cup of red wine ( I used cooking red wine)
2 cups chopped carrot
1 1/2 cups chopping onion
1/2 beef broth (less fat)
1 tablespoon tomato paste
1 teaspoon chopped rosemary
1 teaspoon chopped thyme
dash of ground cloves
2 can diced tomatoes, undrained
1 bay leaf (didn't use it)
egg noodles
Directions:
1. Preheat oven 350 (I used a crock pot)
2. Heat oil in pan and add garlic, cook for 5 minutes
3. Remove garlic from pan and increase heat
4. Add beef to the pan and season with salt and pepper and cook until brown on sides
5. Remove beef from pan and then add the wine to the pan and bring to boil
6. Scrape pan to remove browned bits and then add garlic, beef, salt, pepper, carrot, and next 8 ingredients and bring to boil.
7. If you choose to bake then bake at 300 for 2 1/2 hours or until beef is tender.
8. If using crock pot put everything that is in the pan into the slow cooker and cook for however long you want. The longer you cook, the tender the meat. I cooked mine on high for 3 hours and then on low for another 3. The book says that you can cook it on high for 5 hours and it will be complete!
Serve over cooked egg noodles and enjoy!
I hope you guys love this recipe as much as my family and I did. It will definitely be made over and over again in the Hart house! Love you all :)
So it all comes down to that first bite, which by the way is never me! That first taste says it all. Did I hit it out of the park or not? Oh boy did I!! I must say that the hardest food critic in my family would be my father and I got the thumbs up approval! I couldn't ask for more :)
Here is the recipe, which is out of the amazing 2008 Cooking Light book:
Ingredients:
2 teaspoon olive oil
12 garlic cloves, crushed
2 pounds of boneless church roast ( cut into 2-inch cubes)
1 1/2 teaspoon salt, divided
1/2 teaspoon black pepper
1 cup of red wine ( I used cooking red wine)
2 cups chopped carrot
1 1/2 cups chopping onion
1/2 beef broth (less fat)
1 tablespoon tomato paste
1 teaspoon chopped rosemary
1 teaspoon chopped thyme
dash of ground cloves
2 can diced tomatoes, undrained
1 bay leaf (didn't use it)
egg noodles
Directions:
1. Preheat oven 350 (I used a crock pot)
2. Heat oil in pan and add garlic, cook for 5 minutes
3. Remove garlic from pan and increase heat
4. Add beef to the pan and season with salt and pepper and cook until brown on sides
5. Remove beef from pan and then add the wine to the pan and bring to boil
6. Scrape pan to remove browned bits and then add garlic, beef, salt, pepper, carrot, and next 8 ingredients and bring to boil.
7. If you choose to bake then bake at 300 for 2 1/2 hours or until beef is tender.
8. If using crock pot put everything that is in the pan into the slow cooker and cook for however long you want. The longer you cook, the tender the meat. I cooked mine on high for 3 hours and then on low for another 3. The book says that you can cook it on high for 5 hours and it will be complete!
Serve over cooked egg noodles and enjoy!
I hope you guys love this recipe as much as my family and I did. It will definitely be made over and over again in the Hart house! Love you all :)
11.8.10
I'm back....
So after a pretty long hiatus, I have decided to return to the blog. I do not have too many followers but the ones I have are loyal and I thank you all. I didn't realize that people actually read this thing! It is just nice to have somewhere to record the crazy thoughts that run through my head on a daily basis. So thank you all for wondering where I have been, I definitely feel the love.
So lets see....the last time I posted was, wow, back in June! Over two months of no writing and you would think that I would have a crap load of information to share but sadly, no.
Things have been pretty boring around the Hart house. Since finding out I was pregnant the sickness has ruled our lives! I basically determine my daily activities on how I feel at that particular moment. Even though now my sickness is definitely decreasing the heat is taking its place! I cant win!
So the past few months I have been stuck in the house with an occasional visit to the backyard. But I must say with all this time inside I have still been baking and cooking like a mad woman :) The other day I whipped up a batch of homemade lemon-scented blueberry cupcakes with cream cheese icing and let me just say, YUM! Not to toot my own horn but they were pretty fantabulous! So I thought that I would share this amazing recipe with you. Here you go:
Ingredients:
1 1/2 cups flour
10 tablespoons granulated sugar
1 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
1/4 teaspoon salt
1/8 teaspoon baking soda
1/4 cup melted butter
1 large egg
1/2 cup low- fat buttermilk
1/2 cup of reduced- fat milk
1 teaspoon grated lemon rind
3/4 cup fresh or frozen blueberries, thawed.
Directions:
1. Preheat oven to 350
2. Mix together the flour, sugar, and next three ingredients in a large bowl.
3. Combine melted butter and large in another bowl and stir with whisk.
4. Add buttermilk, milk, and teaspoon lemon rind to butter mixtures and whisk.
5. Add buttermilk mixture to lour mixture, stirring just until moist and then toss in the blueberries.
6. Spoon batter into muffin cups and bake at 350 for about 25 minutes.
Frosting ingredients:
1/4 cup less-fat cream cheese, softened
2 tablespoons butter, softened
1 teaspoon grated lemon rind
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1/8 teaspoon salt
1 1/2 cups powdered sugar
2 teaspoons fresh lemon juice
Fresh blueberries
Directions:
1. Place cream cheese and next 4 ingredients in a bowl and beat with mixer until blended.
2. Gradually add powdered sugar and then stir in lemon juice.
3. Spread frosting over cooled cupcakes and garnish with blueberries if desired.
So lets see....the last time I posted was, wow, back in June! Over two months of no writing and you would think that I would have a crap load of information to share but sadly, no.
Things have been pretty boring around the Hart house. Since finding out I was pregnant the sickness has ruled our lives! I basically determine my daily activities on how I feel at that particular moment. Even though now my sickness is definitely decreasing the heat is taking its place! I cant win!
So the past few months I have been stuck in the house with an occasional visit to the backyard. But I must say with all this time inside I have still been baking and cooking like a mad woman :) The other day I whipped up a batch of homemade lemon-scented blueberry cupcakes with cream cheese icing and let me just say, YUM! Not to toot my own horn but they were pretty fantabulous! So I thought that I would share this amazing recipe with you. Here you go:
Ingredients:
1 1/2 cups flour
10 tablespoons granulated sugar
1 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
1/4 teaspoon salt
1/8 teaspoon baking soda
1/4 cup melted butter
1 large egg
1/2 cup low- fat buttermilk
1/2 cup of reduced- fat milk
1 teaspoon grated lemon rind
3/4 cup fresh or frozen blueberries, thawed.
Directions:
1. Preheat oven to 350
2. Mix together the flour, sugar, and next three ingredients in a large bowl.
3. Combine melted butter and large in another bowl and stir with whisk.
4. Add buttermilk, milk, and teaspoon lemon rind to butter mixtures and whisk.
5. Add buttermilk mixture to lour mixture, stirring just until moist and then toss in the blueberries.
6. Spoon batter into muffin cups and bake at 350 for about 25 minutes.
Frosting ingredients:
1/4 cup less-fat cream cheese, softened
2 tablespoons butter, softened
1 teaspoon grated lemon rind
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1/8 teaspoon salt
1 1/2 cups powdered sugar
2 teaspoons fresh lemon juice
Fresh blueberries
Directions:
1. Place cream cheese and next 4 ingredients in a bowl and beat with mixer until blended.
2. Gradually add powdered sugar and then stir in lemon juice.
3. Spread frosting over cooled cupcakes and garnish with blueberries if desired.
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