I've lost it!

You thought I lost my mind huh? Well maybe but that is not what I am referring to. I have lost the idea I had yesterday about what I was going to blog about...oh well I guess it was not that important. Well so far today I have had PWOC(Protestant Women of the Church) and we were suppose to have ballet but AE has another cough in which needs to be checked out...might I add I think La is the source of all germs ick! So our PWOC is doing shoe boxes for Samaritans Purse. We saw a video which of course there were parts of Boone in (yay Go App I miss home) which was nice to see. I think I am going to take Nat to do a shoe box of her own. We are on a mission this Christmas to leave the hustle and bustle and over gift giving and really focusing on the meaning. Anyways in all this I am guessing they will be driving the filled boxes to Boone....wonder if I can hitch a ride!


So I got another cloth diaper in the mail yesterday. It is a pocket diaper made by a work at home mommy. For you guys who do not know anything about cloth diapering(which I was so clueless) this is a diaper that has a pocket ( I thought it was literally like a hole in the diaper to which they peed...I know weird mind) basically if you look at a diaper...any diaper imagine at the back there is a opening between the outside and the inside of the diaper. It normally is about as wide as the diaper and as long. This is where you put inserts which kinda look like cloth maxi pads just thicker which absorbs the fluid! There you have it folks your first cloth diaper lesson. We put it on AE this morning and worked well and oh so cute I was going to include a picture but blogger.com doesn't like me today!

So since I can not add a picture I am going to put up a recipe! This is by far my favorite potato soup!

4-1/2 bacon strips, diced

1-1/2 small onion, chopped

1-1/2 cloves garlic, minced

1/4 cup and 1 teaspoon all-purpose flour

1-1/2 teaspoons salt

1-1/2 teaspoons dried basil

3/4 teaspoon pepper

4-1/2 cups chicken broth

1/4 cornstarch dissolved in cold water according to package direction

6 large potatoes, peeled and cubed

1-1/2 cups half-and-half cream

Shredded Cheddar cheese

Green onion the green part diced

Place all in a crock pot minus the bacon, cheese and Green onion. plus 1 tbsp bacon drippings cook on low for 8-10hrs or high on 6-4hrs. Top with bacon,cheese and onion!

I hope you all have a wonderful day...its almost Halloween...which means I can sneak the chocolate out of the kiddos bags!

Thrown into Mondays

Who doesn't love a Monday....well up until Natalie started this year of school and dance each day was the same to me...I just had a extra person to care for Saturday and Sunday. So a Monday was just another day...not now! You have lazy Sunday right? Go to church do lunch and relax maybe get a little bit done for the upcoming week. Well I now get thrown into Monday like the rice chex my lovely AE crushed on my floor this morning! We have school bus, then wait in the car pick up line for a min of a hour. A hour(mind you that is a min) because if I do not get there to be first (or close to it) in line, Natalie does not make it to tap in time! Lets just say AE is not fond of a not moving car...ugh!

On an another who knew so much snot could come out of such a small being and nose. Thank goodness it is not my kid...it is however a child I am watching today! I love children, I really do and I can definitely keep friends children here and there no problem...but kudos to the FCC(women who set up at home day cares on post) or any daycare provider and teacher for that matter. You are brave souls!

So we(me) have decided to switch AE to cloth diapers. Yay! Any of you who have never used cloth or did when say you child was little who is now 10 and older you would be shocked in the cloth diaper community. I was! You can but you do not have to use the old school prefolds, pins and covers. We have only received one in the mail a super cute BumGenius 4.0 and have used it twice. The first time I was truly impressed with this diapers holding capability. It would have held more if we had stuffed it with more inserts! Anyways I think its nap time for the monsters! Off to another busy day!

Just because I needed something else to do!

Why not avoid house work like the plaque? I feel that way most days...oh well. I thought I would give this a go, since we have family and friends all over who we do not get to talk with on a regular bases. So as many of you know we are a Army family, we have been enjoying this ride since 2007. With two duty stations under our belt we are ready for number 3! We have two daughters, Natalie(4) and Addisyn(1) who keep me pretty busy. Especially Ms Natalie...she is a very high strung kid. The stories I have of that one! yikes. We have a dog, Jackson Blue, who we adopted at Ft. Lewis. Amazing dog...he's old and stubborn none the less but loyal and great with the kids. He has to be...he eats from under AE's(Addisyn's) highchair and normally steals what Nat leaves on the plate after she leaves the table and forgets to put the dish away! We also have a cat....Rosalie Pretty Daisy...do not forget the Pretty Daisy Natalie will remind you! So with all this madness I am a full/part time college student depending on how crazy I feel that semester. I attend American Military University for my BS in Criminal Justice Forensics. It keeps me busy. So here I am with a extremely busy life and deciding...Hey I should blog...someone may want to read this madness! Enough with the intro, lets get to a real blog post!