So, the last two days have been rather difficult with the Bugs’ behavior. So for lunch today, I made smile soup.
All I did was make some tomato soup (water recipe since we’re out of milk until tonight). Poured it into bowls, then shredded some amercian cheese and gently placed it around the top edge to make hair. Then I grabbed the heavy whipping cream, put some in a spoon and super gently dropped in the eyes, nose and mouth. The girls loved it and didn’t want to stir it together to eat 
What do you do to make lunch special for your kids or to let them know they are loved?
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I’m really failing at this guys.
I hate failure. I hate being vulnerable and open.
I did finally realize why I’m not sticking to the working out. It is emotional, and let’s leave it at that for the time being.
What do you do when you find yourself struggling to do what you should? Do you give yourself a reward when you hit the goal? Grin and bear it so that you either convince yourself you love it or fake it through? I’m trying to lean on God. I’m trying to rest in who I am in Christ. However, sometimes the voices of the past ring more loudly in my head than at other times. This is one of the louder times.
I haven’t even let myself get my hair cut like I’ve been wanting to the last several months now that we have some money to do so.
I’ve been better on cutting out my sweet tea consumption at least. I’ve even had several cups of hot herbal without any sweetener. And yesterday we found organic cane sugar on clearance at the store and bought quite a bit. That made me excited.
I’ve been keeping up on the dishes better. Now if they pile up for more than a day or two they totally drive me crazy. That’s a good thing. Wednesday I deep cleaned our bedroom. Then sprayed homemade disinfectant all over it and hot washed all of our bedding since we had been sick with that nasty nasty bad cold. Homemade disinfectant is quite simple to make. It also clears odors from the furnishings of the room. All you need is vodka and water. Fill a spray bottle with half vodka, top off with water and you’re good to spray. If you want to add some essential oil to it, go ahead. It smells like hand sanitizer when you use it, but that smell leaves rapidly. We had left over vodka from making my homemade vanilla.
I’ve been more intentional with the girls. That’s been good. And we’ve been laughing together more this last week. I forget how much fun it is to just be silly with the girls. I want them to think back when they are old how much fun they had with their mom at times. And I want them to know that it is ok to just be silly. I still have to work on being silly myself.
So, tomorrow is another day. And I will live fully in it. I will recommit myself to a disciplined life and start over. It’s all any of us can do.
Thanks for bearing with me on this crazy journey. Feel free to chime in and join us.
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So this week we did Crockpot recipes. I did a beef teriyaki in the crockpot and it was simply amazing.
1 package of little beef steaks or stew beef
1/2 bottle of teriyaki sauce (we use Soy Vay brand. It is the best, in our opinion)
1 large bag of stir fry veggies or leftovers from your veggies through the week.
1 package of ramen for each person or enough rice for everyone, whichever you prefer, or if you’re like me and forget that you bought the long cooking rice and realize that supper is in ten minutes, you opt for the ramen.
Put the beef and the teriyaki in the crockpot and cook (high if it is under 4 hours or low all day, you know your crockpot and how it works). About an hour and a half before supper, add the veggies and stir. If you think it needs more sauce, add it.
Serve over the rice or ramen. Simple, easy, fairly cheap and a great way to use up left overs if you need to. Everyone loved it.
So, what crockpot recipe do you have to share? Please link up and join the fun!
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Bugs in a gui. Beans wouldn’t hold still for a photo and then HubbaHubba couldn’t get his phone out to video record them doing groundwork together fast enough.
She’s growing up way too fast. They both are.
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