Rambling

Well, It's Monday again....That means Brad won't be home until Thursday and it is Goodwill day. I got busy cleaning this morning so we skipped goodwill, that and they stopped doing their $1 deals so I'm boycotting for awhile.

We decided last minute to have our yard sale over the weekend. I had been organizing and preparing my stuff for awhile now but we never could get it worked out. Well, it finally happened and I'm proud to say I made $143!!

The first thing Brad noticed was how clean and empty our bedroom was when I loaded all the stuff in the van. And I was excited to fit all the remaining stuff in 2 totes to put out in the building until later.

I am continuing the slow process of cleaning our closets (where I store all the clothes I buy ahead of time for the next season-fall/winter-and store all the clothes I plan to sell that will not fit the kids in the next season).

We are well on our way to potty training Abigail. She only had one accident (not including number 2, which still happens in the diaper) in her diaper over the weekend and that was while she was in BRad's care. But today we are having a bit of a set back. I've already had to change her diaper twice! Not sure what happened but hopefully when she wakes up from her nap, we will get back on track.

I had a great mother's day. I miss being able to see my parents on holidays like that, tho. =( We are the family of practical gifts around here. I got a new fishing pole from Brad. The end glows in the dark so I can see when I'm getting a bite after dark. And he already made plans for me to be able to put it to use next weekend! The gift Hannah made for her mother at school she wants to give to Aunt Cheryl, who is expecting her first child. She won't let me see it. I'm ok with that. Ryan brought home a decorated frame that held a picture of himself and a poem with his hand print on it.

Hope everyone has a good week!

Cooking with Liz

I saw a similar recipe to what I am about to show you on Pinterest but I made my own version and loved it! Perfect country cooking, if you ask me!

The best part: only 3 ingredients for the crock pot!


I didn't measure the chicken broth because I was just finishing the container. Use your judgement. How thick you want the gravy to be will play a part in how much liquid you put in. And don't forget to take into account that the frozen chicken will add liquid as well.


Cook on high for 4 hours or so, or low for longer.
When it gets close to being done, start your potatoes and shred the chicken while in the crock pot.

And here is the finished product! THis happens to be Ryan's plate. He prefers less meat.


And here is Abigail's bowl. I smashed her carrots up in her potatoes because she can't pick them out as well. But she hates mashed potatoes anyway so I shove her bread in it so she has to eat some of it. =) My bowl looked similar to hers because it is hard for me to eat carrots alone.


It was so tasty, I wish I had more for dinner tonight, but I don't because I finished if off for lunch!

Gardening

I wanted to try something different this year in the front flower bed. Thanks to pinterest I decided to try keeping the flowers in pots this year. I can rearrange when I get bored! There is still more work to be done but I was too excited to wait until the project was 100% done.


This is before. Terrible, I know!


After! So much better! We still want to put pea gravel and river rock over the dirt but that is for another weekend.


Once again, I have no idea how to change these around. I got this idea from pinterest and my wonderful hubby helped me make it happen.