Sunday, June 30, 2013

Weekending


Checking in on a stay-at-home yet busy weekend... the closets, cabinets and shelves around us are emptying, the boxes are filling up, and at every meal and break the conversation turns to logistics. Within the next eleven days, timing will be everything.

And yet, despite the feeling like eleven days won't be enough, we still find time to stop and remember amid it all that times like these are everything.

Wishing all a happy weekend.

Friday, June 28, 2013

This Moment

Playing along with Amanda today... in her words: 

{this moment} - A Friday ritual. A single photo - no words - capturing a moment from the week. A simple, special, extraordinary moment. A moment I want to pause, savor and remember.


Today, a Last Moment- the sun setting on the last day before our house is officially sold.

Wednesday, June 26, 2013

On The Hunt

 









I've been on the hunt this week... scouring our target cities for homes that fit the bill... we have a lot of boxes to check and there have been some homes that have made the finals, but we're still looking, still on the hunt.

We better buckle down... we are supposed to close this house deal of ours this Friday.

Gulp.

Better get back at it.

Tuesday, June 25, 2013

25/52


A portrait of my kids every week for 52 weeks.

Henry checking the wheels on his "wagnon."
Audrey making a train "choo-choo" on her tricycle.

Friday, June 21, 2013

This Moment

Playing along with Amanda today... in her words: 

{this moment} - A Friday ritual. A single photo - no words - capturing a moment from the week. A simple, special, extraordinary moment. A moment I want to pause, savor and remember.



Wednesday, June 19, 2013

Crabby Day Sloppy Joes

Sometimes I have a week that boasts three out of three nights wherein I only get a few hours' sleep due to thunder, kid accidents that require a change of sheets, or a girl who catches insomnia and doesn't actually fall asleep until almost 2am.

Sometimes I have a day that feels like every hour was made up of waiting for something that- in the end- never even happened... and then I go to bed knowing that the next day will be pretty much the same thing.

Sometimes I could swear that my kids never open their mouths unless it's to yell, argue, or complain.

Don't let the smiles fool you, they were fighting over who got to push pretty much 5 minutes later


Sometimes, at the end of a day that included all of the above, all that's left to do is send the kids outside to play, open up a beer, and make Crabby Day Sloppy Joes.



Crabby Day Sloppy Joes
Makes enough for about 6 very sloppy sandwiches

1 lb lean ground beef
1 small onion, diced
shot of beer
1/2 cup water
3 TBS tomato paste
1 TBS Worcestershire sauce
1 TBS molassas
1 TBS coarse mustard
1-2 squirts liquid smoke
1 tsp garlic powder
1/2 tsp salt
a few grinds fresh black pepper
(warm or toasted hamburger buns, too)

In a large pan, brown ground beef and diced onions. Deglaze with a shot of beer (or red wine, or water), then add tomato paste, Worcestershire, molasses, mustard, liquid smoke, garlic powder, S&P. Stir until tomato paste is dissolved (adding up to 1/2 cup of water to make a sauce that's a little on the thin side), cover, and simmer on low for ~20 mins or until sauce has thickened. 

Heap on buns and serve with good chips or fresh potato salad and pickles.


Enjoy!

Tuesday, June 18, 2013

24/52


A portrait of my kids every week for 52 weeks.

Audrey in her green "helmet," dressed up and waiting for Daddy to come home from work.
Henry in his cowboy hat, knowing he's cute.

Monday, June 17, 2013

Right Now

Right now, I'm loving...












...a weekend basically spent doing things the kiddos love, but all the while celebrating the Daddy that makes it all possible. I think we all agree- it was a good weekend.

Happy Monday.