My Storage Bunker

I would call this post my pantry, but since I don't have a pantry, we keep all of our extra food supplies in the basement.  It looks like this:

Dry goods, canned goods, home canned stewed tomatoes.

Lot's of ramen stuff for the boys & back-up containers of cake mixes, muffins, & puddings for me.

Whether it's a nice, pretty pantry in your kitchen or metal shelves in the basement, do you lay in food supplies in bulk, or do you just buy as you need stuff?

i-Text-Mowing

My Jack is not much of a multi-tasker, unless it comes to mowing the lawn.  I call it i-text-mowing.

I've warned him that playing his i-Pod over the sound of the lawnmower will make him lose his hearing.  He countered by saying that by the time that happened, they would be able to replace peoples eardrums!

Here's some actual mowing...

interrupted by an obviously important text.

And finally wondering why I found him mowing the lawn picture so worthy!

Oatmeal Bread

My husband has had the bread machine out lately & last night I made some delicious oatmeal bread.  I didn't have bread flour, so mine didn't rise as much as the one in the picture, but it tastes delicious.  The little bit of brown sugar makes it just a touch sweet.  It's great toasted with a smear of Nutella in the morning!


Source

Oatmeal Bread - 1.5 lb. loaf

1 cup quick-cooking oats
2/3 cup milk
1/3 cup water
1 tablespoon margarine or butter
2.5 cups bread flour
3 tablespoons packed brown sugar
3/4 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon active dry yeast or bread machine yeast

Spread the oats in a shallow baking pan.  Bake in 350 degree oven for 15 to 20 minutes, until lightly brown, stirring occasionally.

Add oats and remaining ingredients to the machine according to manufacturer's directions.  If available select the whole grain cycle.

If you try this let me know what you think!

Meet Me On Monday

I found a great new meme that I'm going to try out.  Meet Me on Monday asks 5 questions, then you link up, check each other our & I bet find new friends in the process!

1. Do your pants get hung on a hangar or folded?  Folded.  Then they stay in the laundry basked, which I live out of until they're dirty when they go...into the laundry basket!

2. If you are stranded on an island, what 3 things would you need to have with you (not including humans or electronic devices)?  Books, Diet Pepsi and pen and paper.

3. Where is the farthest you have ever traveled to?  I've only been as far as Kansas City.  I spent most of my life travelling around Michigan camping in my beautiful state.  I would love to travel anywhere, everywhere!!


Oskar & I camping.

4. Do you live in a house, trailer or apartment, etc.?  I live in a house.

The view from my desk.

5. What is your most hated household chore?  Putting away laundry, see #1. 

If you're not doing anything this morning, play along!

Winner World Vision Gift Catalog

Lucky Number 18!

I'd like to congratulate Rebecca Jo from Knit By God's Hands for being the lucky winner of the World Vision Gift Catalog turquoise bracelet.  Rebecco Jo I'm sending you an e-mail!  Thanks to all of you who entered this great giveaway!

Nothing To Report

Sorry I haven't been around much.  This upper respiratory infection has been kicking my a$$.

Hang in with me & hopefully I'll be back soon.  And hopefully Blogger will get the stinkin' Dashboard fixed soon so I can find all of you!!!

Random Updates

First I would like to report that John David passed his GED with flying colors.  I didn't see him study much, so I was concerned, but he scored very high overall & in the 96th percentile in science!  I'm so proud of my boy.  We got him an new I-Pod to celebrate.

Here's John & Jack "enjoying" a hug before Jack went to his homecoming dance.

Jack had a few girls that wanted to go to the dance with him, so he decided not to ask anyone & went with a bunch of friends.  He wasn't thrilled with the picture taking, but I had to, of course!

And on to me, I tried going back to college.  I signed up for 2 classes online.  I had HTML programming & the Philosophy of Human Ethics.

It didn't work, I'm not ready.  I got sick again, the anxiety made my stomach freak out.  After being up all night, throwing up, getting an upper respiratory infection, and almost landing back in the hospital I dropped the classes.  I feel like a failure, but I know that my body & my mind just weren't ready.

I went to the Dr. today & he gave me a shot, nose spray, an inhaler, codeine cough meds & 2 antibiotics.  I guess I should have gone in last week, but I thought it would pass.

For the rest of the day I'm going to eat some homemade chicken soup that I thawed out & lay on the couch and read!  Why don't you do the same, just because?

Lastly, don't forget to enter my World Vision Gift Catalog giveaway.  You have the chance to win this beautiful turquoise bracelet & it has low entries!