Time Flies

Wow, does time get away from you during the holidays or what? work has been so super busy, end of year, audit, regulatory reports etc. and my 2 weeks flew by and here it is mid January. Was the Gator Bowl not the best bowl game? I cried through almost the whole thing, it was so bittersweet, i've never known FSU without Bobby Bowden. He was the coach there when I started in the late late late 70's (79 to be exact). It won't be the same without him! Here's to retirement for him and the next season for us.

I think our theme this year will be clean, paint & fix it around our house. We have so many remodeling projects hopefully we'll have enough money to complete them.

Found great deals at Publix last week!! so that will help with the money part some. Sirloin steaks for $1.99 a pound. I thought it was a misprint. Stocked up when I realized it wasn't. Will be enjoying some this weekend. Also found whole chickens for 69 cents per pound!! Unbelieveable. Hopefully they'll continue to have bargains like this. While shopping they were cooking their Publix meal for the week, it was a meatloaf sandwich. Quite tasty or so we (me & hubs) thought. Of course we purchased the fixings for this quick meal and I made it last Tuesday. My men (the other 2) were not the least bit impressed. They decided we must be really hungry!

This is what the Nole House is dining upon this week:

Sunday: Rigatoni & Italian Sausage & garlic bread
Monday: chicken soup and grilled cheese
Tuesday: Beef Pasta
Wednesday: Pigs in the blanket chips & dip
Thursday: Pork Chops, cheese potatos & squash w/onions
Friday: Fried Chicken and rice with roasted vegetables
Saturday: Fried Shrimp, French Fries & Cole Slaw

GO NOLES!!!!

OM stars!!!!!! I know I live in the redneck rivera, I try to pretend that it's not so bad. Today I have finally accepted that I do. I went online to read my newspaper and much to my dismay my newspaper is having a tattoo contest and they have entrants~~~~~

I'm waiting for my noles to come on...we've had a rough couple of games and here's hoping we'll come out on top in a big way!!

Dinner this week:

Saturday: Ravioli casserole, garlic bread, fruit

Sunday: Pork Loin roast, turnips, field peas w/snaps, squash, mac/cheese & cornbread

Monday: BBQ Pork Sandwiches, beans & coleslaw

Tuesday: Chicken gyros

Wednesday: Beef Tips w/herb rice, green snap peas, rolls

Thursday: French Dips

Friday: sausage & gravy biscuits, eggs

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GAME DAY FOR THE NOLES!!!!

Woo-hoo kickoff day for the noles is finally here. It's raining a little bit here so there goes my day for yardwork (yea). So here's what we are dining on for this week: You'll be able to tell i've been watching food network on this long weekend. for other ideas, check out http://orgjunkie.com

Sun: ravioli casserole, salad, garlic bread

Mon: Steaks, potatos au gratin, squash,grilled fruit (celebrating labor day, we have jobs:))

Tues: lime chicken (rachel ray) , pasta

Wed: beef strognaff, salad

Thurs:pork chops(robin miller), brussel sprouts, mac/cheese

Fri: omelets,potato pancakes(PAULA DEEN- my fave)

Sat: pigs in the blanket (just saw this on foodnetwork, michael chiraello show), lemon fries, this should give a great garnet & gold theme).

Menu Monday; August Reads

WOW.....end of august already, where does the time go. So far so good on school. Yeah, S1 is adjusting to homework, those 4 block classes allowed time for homework or talk whichever one you picked. He did homework. he's not used to cutting his free time out:0 S2 has adjusted to high school. He really seems to like it:) He's in ROTC (truly I believe he has a bet with his friend to see who gets kicked out first) but he seems to enjoy it. (THANK YOU GOD!!!! YOU ARE AN AWESOME GOD!!).

Just discovered a series by Suzanne Brockmann. wonderful reading. It's a spy semi-romance series about Navy Seals. I'm trekking back to the library today to find more.

One more week until the FSU Miami game. I plan on having a little tailgate party labor day for it. We'll definately have some non-alcohol hurricanes to liven up the party. Maybe some cuban food since it's Miami and there's such a large influence down there of Cuban & Carribean culture (so i've heard from transplants that are all relocating up here) I've met 25 or more this year. Insane, which they claim it is down there.

Here's what's cooking at the Nole House this week:

Sun: grilled bayou chicken legs or hamburger steaks, fries, fruit

Mon: East Carolina pulled pork sandwiches, chips, slaw

Tue: clud sandwiches, chips, pudding

Wed: 4 cheese ravioli, salad, garlic bread

Thu: sun dried tomato chicken, angel hair pasta w/herbs, broccolli

Fri: jambalya, rice & garlic bread

Sat: steaks, smashed potatoes, corn

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School days

Can't believe s1 begins college life on Wed and s2 begins high school life next Monday the 24th. the high school held orientation on Sat!!! wth? No teachers were there so still no idea what they need in terms of school supplies. Waiting til after the last minute is my forte so this should work with my schedule. I've learned not to bother buying anything until you meet them; because if you buy folders they want comp books or binders, if you buy binders they want comp books or folders. If you buy pens, they want black if you purchased blue, blue if you purchased black. He received his schedule, which is tenative and most likely to change on day 1. His school days will be odd number classes on odd dates, even classes on even dates so if its the 26 he'll do classes 2, 4, 6, 8 & on the 27th he'll do 1, 3, 5, 7. hopefully this one is easier for me to remember since I didn't do so well the last 3 years with the rotating blocks. Week 1: periods 1-6, week 2: periods 2-6 1st period rotated to last and so on. In 3 years I never quite got the hang of period 5 is 6 this week but will be 1 next week. He's signed up for ROTC here's hoping he doesn't get kicked out, he hates being told what to do, has long hair (which has to be cut). this will most likely be the best thing ever if he's successful. He does tend to let his attitude get in the way sometimes, esp when he can't do something well. Here's hoping everyone deals with the frustrations in a fruitful manner has a successful year!!!

Hubs is home from the hospital after surgery #4, this time he had an anterior fusion. He had to stay 3 days because his blood pressure was wacky and they wound up doing more than they thought orginally. Turned out his disks were in much worse shape and his bone spur was larger than what they thought.

That's all the excitement at our house; so here's the plan for dinner this week:

Sun: Pork Roast w/veggies, cream 40 peas, cabbage
Mon: BBQ Pork Sandwiches, fruit
Tue: Chicken Lettuce wraps, fruit
Wed: Beef Tips over noodles, green beans
Thu: Strata, hashbrowns, fruit
Fri: Fried Grouper, cole slaw & french fries
Sat: BBQ Rib, turnips
s1 is getting a little excited, but he's staying at home and going local, but i've told him to feel free to do laundry and cook. Just like he was at a dorm:) We are having a ball with the all the jokes, oh...that's not included with your meal plan...they are beginning to wear thin on him though.

Have a great week!!

WEEELLLLL.....

another day, another layoff. OMG management promised we were finished last week, don't know if this person was on vacation or not and didn't learn of their elimination until yesterday. Scary times.....But i know we cannot afford to operate like we have been or in another month or 2 none of us will have a job!!! Still very scary.

Speaking of scary....hubs found a rattlesnake in the attic of his shop last night...at 9:00 pm he and s1 are out searching in the dark with flashlights for it so they could shoot it. Of course, chicken little stayed out of sight and in the house but peered out the window in case he fell off the ladder or was in case the snake struck him. I don't have no idea why the dogs didn't discover him before last night. I guess they've decided they better tighten up around here. So far each night they've discovered some varmit and treed it....i know the neighbors love us...
Saturday: rat in my crepe myrtle tree of course this was at 11:00 pm which I managed to sleep through. hey i need my beauty sleep.
Sunday: possum - he was not a happy critter either he hissed (guess that's what you call it that's what it sounded like to me)
Monday: snake - on the roof of the shop no less
Keep up the good work dawgs....treats are coming your way.

Here's our treats for the week:
Sunday: Pot Roast with Veggies
Monday: Beef tips, rice, carrots & green beans
Tuesday:Bacon, lettuce & tomato sandwiches (they were so good)
Wednesday: Chicken piccatta, broccoli
Thursday: ham panninis
Friday: fried bream, cole slaw, french fries
Saturday: wings & things: tequila lime chicken wings, TGIF buffalo wings, Sweet Smokey BBQ chicken nuggets, cole slaw

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Menu Monday

WOW... can't believe it is a new week already. At a family reunion this weekend I learned of the best chocolate ice cream receipe ever...it mimics a wendy's frosty. don't eat too much it's loaded with calories but oh my gosh is it ever good. That's why it's only good to make when there are a lot of people around to help you eat it.

Here's how:

16 ounces of cool whip
14 ounce can of sweetened condensed milk
1 gallon of chocolate milk

Pour condensed milk & cool whip into ice cream freezer pour chocolate milk to the fill line, stir the ingredients together, then turn on the machine and layer with ice & rock salt until frozen. YUM...
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This is what we are dining on at the Nole House this week:
Sunday: ribs, garlic toast
Monday: spaghetti, roasted garlic bread
Tuesday: Chicken & yellow rice, peas, & cresents
Wednesday: mini cheese pizzas
Thursday: sauteed scallops, broccoli & snow peas
Friday: fish cakes & cole slaw
Saturday: grilled burgers, chips & deviled eggs & a frosty fourth

Happy 4th....God Bless America