I can not believe August is actually here! Figured I would join in on the Currently August fun for a little catch up of what has been going on in my world!
CREATING:
I haven’t been creating much lately, though soon I will be
putting some finishing touches on some pre-created pieces that will be going
in our kitchen!! Yay for a handy father-in-law and awesome antique finds in
Georgia. However, while on vacation we did do a little shopping for a backpack
drive and created some back-to-school encouragement signs to add to the
backpack. You can read more about that here.
WISHLISTING:
Big news folks!!! We finally bit the bullet and purchased an
R.V.! I could not be more ecstatic about
our new “baby”! I will share more info about Flo (short for FloRida ReVa) once
we pick her up from the shop, but for now I have been Pinterest crazy putting
together a wish list of all the best Florida adventures to take! Any good ones
I should add to my list?!
HOPING:
I am hoping to get the house organized this week. Which
means more so that I am hoping a little organization fairy just miraculously shows up at
my house. Either that or I hope to somehow acquire some organizational skills between
now and Monday! Here’s to hoping…
EATING:
We spent a lot of time eating on vacation. I don’t often
cook at home anymore. With just the two of us, plus our busy schedules, we just
tend to stick to our usual meals that don’t require a lot of prep (tacos and
popcorn are staples on our weekly menu; we’re super healthy I know). Being on
vacation with two kids in tow means popcorn and tacos just won’t cut it and the
eating out bill gets a lot higher. So, I had the chance to cook and I realized I miss it. I
think my favorite this week was Frogmore Stew. It’s simple, only one pot and
very little clean up!
Recipe
1.) Set a large pot to boil. Throw in
some Old Bay seasoning (I don’t really measure this anymore, just however much
I feel comfortable with that day).
2.) While water boils, rinse and cut
up medium red potatoes (leaving skin on). I then sprinkle those with garlic
salt and a little more Old Bay and place them in the pot. Boil for 10 minutes.
3.) While tatoes boil, split ears of
corn in half (I usually do a half an ear per person) and cut up smoked sausage
(we prefer Kielbasa, but it just depends on the heat you want). I salt the corn
with garlic salt and more Old Bay and then throw both the corn and sausage in
the pot. Boil another 10 minutes.
4.) After 10 minutes is up, put peel-and-eat
shrimp (deveined and cleaned, but still in the shell) into the pot and boil
until the shrimp is pink (usually 3 minutes).
Voila!!
You are finished! Enjoy!
WATCHING:
Oh bless, this week it has been nothing but Toy Story and
Rugrats and American Girl movies. Thankfully we were able to throw The Sandlot
into the mix or I might have gone bonkers! Maybe watching those once would have
been fine, but hearing two American Girl movies play on repeat three times in a
row (each!) was enough to have me dreaming of it at night! Excited to get home
and finish watching me some Once Upon a Time haha! That and I checked Alien out
from the library and Babe and I plan to watch it this week. Shockingly enough
for someone who loves old scary movies, I have never seen it.
One other sweet piece of news is my newest little nephew, Ryker, who was just born this morning (post written previous to birth)!! I'm off to go upload some pictures of his sweet little face so that my sister can see them all.
Hope everyone has a wonderful weekend!!
And Five of Friday: April
An RV - how fun! And I love a shrimp boil like that... might have to add it to our dinner menu soon. Thanks for linking up!
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