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Election Day & Spaghetti Dinner Recipe & Holiday Inn

November 3, 2008 | By Heidi | Filed Under: causes, family, holidays, home, noms, zoo | Leave a Comment

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Well tomorrow is the day…All this election BS will finally be over…the news reports, the commercials, the phone calls…and we’ll know who the next President of the United States will be. I am off work, so the hubbs and I will be voting fairly early I believe…since they are expecting long lines at the polls.

I honestly don’t care who anyone is voting for, everyone has their own political view and opinions and that’s great! Just do make sure that you go out and vote tomorrow. This is an important election and I’ll probably be up half the night to see who the winner is.

Tonight I made a spaghetti for dinner. lol That’s what I call it anyway…”a spaghetti”. lol

I make it with turkey meat, italian is the best, but tonight we had regular…lean turkey…a can of sliced mushrooms…big can, the hubbs and I love the mushroom…a green pepper…fresh from the farmer’s market!…garlic salt…and a bottle of Classico “Traditional Sweet Basil” pasta sauce. Oh, and wheat spaghetti noodles.

I break the noodles and get them going, or the water boiling for them anyways. I cut the pepper up and started cooking it, the mushrooms and some garlic salt in olive oil…added the meat and cooked that until the meat was all good and cooked. Then I dumped the bottle of sauce in and let it simmer…drain the noodles and then put the noodles into a large rectangle glass pan, dump the sauce on…mix and add mozz cheese to the top and bake in the oven for a bit. YUM!!

It’s delish!! Tonight I also added a few leaves of spinach…just to see if it changed anything. I dunno if it did, but it was extra yummy tonight!! And it’s one of the hubbs’ favorite meals too. Plus being that it’s turkey meat, has the extra veggies and all, and it’s got wheat noodles…it’s not all that bad for you.

Sometimes I make garlic bread from leftover hamburger/hotdog buns or something, but tonight I didn’t. I could have though, because we did have some hotdog buns…but I didn’t feel like it. We didn’t need it anyway…the spaghetti was plenty!!

Tomorrow I have to make some veggie goop, and mix it with meat and get Topaz’s food ready to go for him. We had bought some Veggies from our food girl that were by Oma’s…VEGGIE 5 WAY( Olewo Carrot, Green bean, Yellow Squash, Zucchini, and Garlic) 2#bag…and the dogs really seem to like that. I think the garlic had the most to do with it, it was really smelly…not bad, just smelled like food.

I’m hoping to get a big batch of food ready for him and then freeze some individual packages that are already weighed out and everything. Easy for feeding and everything. I have 2 packages of pork chops ready to go into the mix as well as some chicken breasts for the next batch.

He’s just been doing so well, I want him to continue to do so! So we’re doing everything we can for him.

I just got the movie “Holiday Inn” on DVD…it’s a new version in COLOR, which is so cool. I’ve been watching this movie for YEARS…it’s our traditional Christmas Eve movie.
Yeah, I know it’s old…1942! And the original is in black and white, but I like the songs (I may have the soundtrack on my iPod LOL) and I like to have musical type movies on in the background when I’m on the computer…especially when there’s NOTHING on tv!
The hubbs keeps making fun of me because I’ve probably watched the movie 10 times since I got it, and I will watch it over and over again…but really it’s just background.

Men…they don’t get it! LOL

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More on Breaking Dawn & Halloween Randomness

October 31, 2008 | By Heidi | Filed Under: holidays, twilight | Leave a Comment

Imagine my surprise when I got to the end of part 2 of Breaking Dawn on my iPod just to hear that there’s another part…and I hadn’t downloaded it!!! UGH! I wasted a couple hours listening to something else when I COULD have been listening to Breaking Dawn! I’m kind of glad though, that there WAS another part, because it was going to have a really DUMB ending if it ended where the 2nd part did!

So i was back in today at work…and I don’t know how many hours I have left but this book is now progressing nicely.

***SPOILER ALERT***

I was getting kind of tired of the endless talking from Jacob about Bella and her pregnancy. It was driving me crazy…and although it is the next logical step, it wasn’t the next logical step, ya know? But I am glad that Bella is now a Vampire and it’s moving along nicely. And omg, Jacob imprinted on Renesmee…please…that’s kind of a mess….but sweet at the same time. LOL awww and she (renesmee) sounds ADORABLE!!! however, the name is HIT!! yeah yeah, it’s just a book, I know.

I wonder if the author will continue the story or if she’s done. I guess I’ll have to see how Breaking Dawn ends. I will be sad though, when I’m done with this last book…just like I was with the Harry Potter books. Of course, I have the movie(s) to look forward to…I saw a trailer on TV today! Of course, I’ve seen them online, but it looks awesome. Not really how I pictured Bella and Edward, but I still cannot wait!

So it is Halloween today! My husband was so cute…it’s his favorite holiday so he spent the whole afternoon getting the yard “ready” for the trick or treaters. He made a little grave yard and set up his fog machine and strobe light and everything and had it just set up right.

 
 There were more tombstones than those too…it looked great! And it’s a good start. Next year and probably every other year afterwards we’ll add more to the collection, I’m sure. he did a good job. And he even passed out most of the candy! Yeah for the hubbs.
I’m watching GhostHunters Live right now. Not much activity this evening. One of the celebs this year is “The MIZ” from the real world…and I guess he’s some wrestler now. UGH, he’s a jerk. He just keeps RUNNING his mouth…how can you hear anything with that mouth running constantly…my name is the miz and i’m wonderful…bluck. He’s a jerk. I hope they see how ridiculous he is!!

Tomorrow I’m going to my parents to do eBay with my mom. We used to sell a lot of things, but it got to be too stressful and we had things come up and we just stopped for the better part of this year. Well, we’re going to try again. Hopefully this will go well. I think we have to do it differently. I don’t think the software will work, so I’m bringing my laptop to do it on…we’ll see.

I also have to make some more veggie and fruity goop and get some sort of order in the kitchen and with the dog’s food. Plus, I have some foundation stuff to work on and also I’d LOVE to scrapbook a little if I can find time. I have TONS of new kits I want to use!

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Halloweenie is coming – Favorite Halloween Scrappy Kits!!!

October 1, 2008 | By Heidi | Filed Under: holidays, review, scrappy | Leave a Comment

It’s this time of year when I wish we had little ones to dress up in spooky and fun costumes and go trick or treating with through our neighborhood. The hubbs just LOVES Halloween! It’s his favorite holiday. Me? I love Halloween as well, not the scary parts but the colors, the season, the candy. lol

I also really like Vintage halloween graphics.

And of course…it’s also time for buying Halloweenie scrappy kits!!! Here are some of my favorites from my favorite stores. The previews are clickable, and unfortunately I don’t own any of these…yet. it’s my little Halloweenie wish list!


This one is by Ellie Lash. Who doesn’t LOVE Ellie Lash’s kits?? I sure do…the colors are great for girls or boys and its got sweet cartoonie type embellys. My favorite part is the black cat!


This one is an original by Julia Makotinsky at Little Dreamer Designs. I LOVE the beware sign with the little candy corns with faces on them!! TOO CUTE!


Gotta love a Sunshine Girl!! I think this kit is adorable. The trick or treaters are just too cute! I love the candy!! This one’s by Denise Liemert. Go to Sunshine Studio Scraps to grab this one.


Ok, these are the Halloween colors I was talking about!! LOVE them!!! The pumpkins in this kit are GREAT! Lots of life in them. This one’s by Melissa Bennett at the Sweet Shoppe!


Heh…with a name like “Googly Boo” how can you go wrong?? This one brings me back to my youth and googly eyed stickers and well…just about everything else! By Michelle at Studio Girls Scrapbook Graphics.


This one has those vintage graphics I just love. I will be buying this one for sure. It’s available at Scrap Girls and it’s by Syndee Nuckles.


This kit is another that I’ll definitely be buying. I love the witch hat and the glasses. Too cool. It’s available at Scrap Orchard and it’s by Irene Alexeeva.


I promise you this is a Halloween kit. It’s got such unique items in it. If you like “real” items then you’ll like this kit. I think it’s awesome. Totally original, and I’d buy it just to see all that’s included!! It’s another from Studio Girls Scrapbook Graphics and it’s by Lorie Davison.

I have bought a couple Halloweenie kits already.


It’s available at Plain Digital Wrapper by Donna Rafferty. I got it because it has more of a magic theme and I will use some of the Elements for my sister’s pages. She’s wiccan. Also, it has a vintage feel, and I love that.

I may have this one, I’ll have to look. It’s simple, funky,
grungy…has some bling and a super cool Candy Corn alpha. I LOVE candy
corn!! It’s a Funky Halloween at the Funky Playground by Corina Nielson.

So, there you have it…my Halloween kit wish list and review of sorts I guess. Of course there are tons of them out there, and these are only from a few of my favorite stores, but I’ll post more as I come by them. Christmas is another holiday that I love…and I’m sure the kits will be spectacular!

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