miss bean, the beautiful butterfly

Jun 08

miss bean, the beautiful butterfly

Ellie was a butterfly in the 1st grade production of “Bugs” last week.  Wait, it may have been “Bugz” with a z.   It probably was “Bugz” with a z. There were antennae everywhere. Love. This was the first BIG production Ellie has been in!  Previously, she’s performed in classroom plays and song events for the parents...

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Eliana’s music

May 29

Open your eyes Open your eyes. You are waking up It is morning Your mind is filled with stuff. When your eyes are open your mind will be flushed. Open your eyes Open your eyes. You have a day coming up. It is morning Your mind is filled with stuff. When you open your eyes your mind will be flushed. Open your eyes. Open your eyes You will wake up...

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I’m not really a career person. I’m a gardener, basically. ~George Harrison

May 17

I’m not really a career person. I’m a gardener, basically. ~George Harrison

I’ve never been good with plants.  Ask my mom, she’ll tell you.  The only times I’ve ever been successful with plants and gardens and grass and all that green stuff has been when I had something to prove. Mom and I re-did our entire front yard on Maui many years ago.  We’d moved into a house that was surrounded by Hawaiian Hibiscus...

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Cinco de Mayo, a few days late

May 12

Cinco de Mayo, a few days late

Chef(s):Charo & Mike Charo had been saying she wanted to make quesadillas with the left over meat from the chicken stock I made the other day and we finally did. we made some salsa and guacamole earlier before we started the Spanish rice and quesadillas. It was very fun to make and we’re a great team! (Charo’s addition): The spanish rice was easily...

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Chicken Pot Pie

May 11

Chicken Pot Pie

Since we have all of that chicken meat after making the stock, I decided to try and make a pot pie. We picked up some frozen peas, carrots, celery, and generic pie crusts. It worked out wonderfully, and we both really enjoyed it. Definitely making this again...

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Chicken Stock

May 10

Chicken Stock

We decided to make some Chicken Stock today. It turned out to be a really fun process. It took  about 5 hours until it was all said and done, and produced a lot of meat for various recipes and 32 oz of stock.

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Our porch garden.

May 08

Our porch garden.

Our thumbs are definitely green this weekend! We were gifted a few tomato, potato, and cucumber plants earlier in the week and decided to grab a basil plant from the Farmer’s Market over the weekend. We picked up cilantro, another basil, and green onion at Lowe’s. With any luck these bad boys will start producing some awesome...

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Happy Mother’s Day!!!

May 08

Happy Mother’s Day!!!

To all the mommies out there… including my mommy in California, all my mommy friends, and myself … Happy Mother’s...

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