Courageous Joy

This and That

Jamin made another $50 towards the Mission Trip. He also earned another “regular” lawn customer. {G}

Our fridge in the garage froze everything in it. Milk, lettuce, cantaloupe etc. So….I froze the cantaloupe and honey dews and am using them in smoothies. I make popsicles out of the smoothies and they’ve been great with all the sore throats around here. I have one of those Pampered Chef ice shavers. I can only find one of the little round containers that you freeze your liquid in. I was SURE I had more. I’ve solved the problem by freezing smoothies in it too, popping the smoothie cube out when it is frozen, and storing the cubes in a Ziploc. This allows me to get a LOT of frozen smoothies for a nice summer day treat.

Since all my lettuce was frozen I needed to buy lettuce. I gave up on Sam’s lettuce long ago. They only had iceberg and bagged salads….but this week they had an ORGANIC spring mix of greens. It has been so nice not to have to wash or chop lettuce. I noticed they also have ORGANIC baby carrots in the 5 lb bag. I may buy these from Sam’s in the future.

I’ve also been drying a lot of fruit this week. I’m not sure I like the bananas but Porshe does so I can always give them to her. {G} The dried pineapple is WONDERFUL. It could pass for candy. Apples are always good. I’m not sure about the nectarines but Mike says they taste like fruit rolls ups. Ours had a short window – and I’d gotten ½ a case so we need to eat a lot of them FAST. I’ve been using them in smoothies but will dry a bunch of them tomorrow.

I made “Fiddle Faddle” this afternoon. Both Jamin and Jared say it is good. Jamin say’s its addictive and Nolan says it tastes “like that popcorn in a box that we used to eat”. This is high praise from my boys. I also made some peanut butter popcorn. I was going for the taste that you can get at Alaska Wild Berry in Anchorage….but it is chewier or something. I’ll have to keep playing with that one. I also downloaded a recipe for Chocolate popcorn. I have 5 lbs of organic popcorn to use up, and lots of nuts, almonds, and a seed….The great thing is that I made the “Fiddle Faddle” with honey and sucanat….I think the Rapadura will work just fine when I get it.

Rascalina definitely has TWO eggs tonight….Mom, we may have to find an Asian store to sell them too. Jamin is contemplating an omelet. The idea makes me sick…but I won’t transfer my phobias to the kids.

We watched “Don’t Raise the Bridge Lower the River” tonight. It’s an older Jerry Lewis movie. I don’t think it was one of our favorites. We are supposed to get two more Netflix movies tomorrow.

Tomorrow is Krista’s 19th birthday! Wow – time flies. She called and is done with finals etc. They travel to Boston on the 9th – Bre’s 21st birthday! Stacia went to bed about 5 minutes ago and I need to follow. Until she is sleeping again I need to sleep on her schedule. I’m wearing out and that usually brings on a migraine. I don’t need that at this point.