Redneck-ness

My sissy had a post by the same label not too long ago (http://www.bergerbites.blogspot.com/), so I thought I would copy her. Let me explain the picture. Yep, that is duct tape on my screen door. We occasionally dog sit a friend's dog-probably about twice a year. The dog (Mugsy) is a very good dog. He is so easy to take care of; however, when he wants to come back in after pottying, he scratches at the screen to come back in. So he put a hole in the bottom of the screen. The hole by the handle is from our fingers when we went to open or shut the door. We had the door open the other day, but I didn't want the lady bugs to come in through the holes (there were A LOT of lady bugs). So I covered the holes with duct tape. Eventually we will fix the holes-probably next spring. But for now, the tape does the trick.

Voting

I took C with me to vote yesterday. I thought it would be good for him to see how things work. Thankfully we didn't have to wait at all. Daddy waited about 40 minutes that morning. Even that wasn't bad compared to some of the stories I saw. As we were leaving the polling place, C said (pretty loud) "Go McCain!" Thankfully, no one was around.

When we put the kiddies to bed last night, I told C that in the morning he would know who the new president was. Daddy and I saw the results before we went to bed last night. I am quite literally scared for our nation, but I keep reminding myself that Someone much bigger can see the whole picture and nothing surprises Him. There is a reason.

C was disappointed when I told him who won (President Obama doesn't even have a nice ring to it). I told him that we need to pray every day for our country because "I don't think that Obama believes in the One True God like we do." He said, "Really?!?!" (In disbelief) "I will pray Mommy." Oh, the faith of a child.

What a deal!

When we were at Wal-Mart the other day, we decided to look through the left-over Halloween costumes to see what they had. I figured if they were a decent price, I would get some for the kiddies for dress-up. All the Halloween stuff was supposed to be 50% off, but some of it had not been marked down yet. There was a W-M employee working that section, trying to get it all straightened out. As I found things, I was asking her prices and she would scan them for me. I found a white skirt that has LED lights on it that was marked $6.50, but she said it should be 1/2 off. I also found a Batman costume that was stuffed down into a bag. I asked her if I would be charged the full 1/2 price if some of the pieces were missing. It was hard to tell since it was stuffed into this tiny bag. She said to check w/ the manager at check out. I also found part of a SuperGirl costume. It was very obvious that parts were missing for it.

So when I got to the register, I told the cashier my story and she called the manager over. The manager told her to give me the SuperGirl parts--for free and to charge $1 for the Batman costume and $2 for the light-up skirt! So for $3 I got quite an assortment of stuff for the kiddies! Never hurts to ask! As you can see in the picture, the entire Batman outfit was there. What a deal! So here are my kiddies dressed up in their practically free costumes. Too cool!

Pizza/movie night

For those of you who don't know, we don't do Halloween. No real reason. Just don't. But this year we wanted to do something special with the kiddies on Halloween night. So we planned a party upstairs in our bedroom (so the trick or treaters wouldn't bother us). We ordered pizza and breadsticks, had Oreos, Sprite, candy corn, and peanuts. And we watched movies while we ate. We actually watched 2 movies, so the kiddies got to stay up late. We watched Herbie: Fully Loaded. That was C's choice. I like that movie. I would like to find all the old Herbie movies for him to watch too. And we watched The Bee Movie. A cute movie--what I saw of it. By the time we got to that movie, K was getting bored and I was trying to entertain her. There was some humor in it that the kiddies wouldn't get and you wouldn't want them to get it. All in all, I think it was a good movie. We had a good night and the kiddies declared it "Fun!" I think we just started a new family tradition for Halloween night (C is already asking how long til we can do it again.)

Here are some pictures of our family night.

Recipes

(Disclaimer: I have not made either of these recipes but have eaten them and they are very yummy! Also, my recipes are not precise, but you should be able to figure them out)


Taco Ring

1 can of crescent rolls
1 pound taco seasoned and browned hamburger
taco cheese blend
typical taco toppings

Unroll the rolls and place on a greased cookie sheet, long end to long end to form a circle. Place meat and desired amount of cheese on half of the roll (towards center of the pan). Pull short, pointy ends over meat towards center of the baking sheet till all the points meat in the middle. Bake at 350 until golden brown. Top with remaining cheese. Serve with typical taco toppings.
Hint: my blog savy friend said that you could make this by using chicken, Ranch, and mozzarella cheese. Hmmmmm. Something to try.

Bacon wrapped Green Beans

2 cans whole green beans
1 pound maple pepper bacon, thick cut (the flavoring is very important)

Gather a small bunch of beans (5-6), making sure all ends are approximately the same length. Wrap bundle with bacon. Place on baking sheet. Bake at 350 for a very long time (that's exactly what I was told). Bake until the bacon is fully cooked. These taste good hot or cold. Yummo!