Organization

Today I organized the homeschool stuff. This whole year, I've been using a tote, and I finally got up the nerve to buy something so I can be a little more organized.




As we made more and more games, and learning ideas, the tote got more and more messy. There were a few other things in it, that I had previously taken out, so it's not as messy as it usually was when this picture was taken.



The new shelf from Target! The great thing about this shelf is that is has other pieces to it....so if you need more shelves, or drawers or cubicles, you can buy another piece and it hooks to the top. I'm already seeing that purchase in store for next year! :)

Aside from a *frugalizer having to spend additional money....it feels so good to organize and complete the task. :)

*this is my word instead of just saying a "frugal person" ;)

Roto-Rooter?!?!??

Sunday we watched "Undercover Boss". It was about Roto-Rooter. Hence my inspiration for today.

Last night I was brushing my teeth and noticed that my sink in the bathroom was going very, very slow. It seems to always be a little bit slow, but this was much more noticeably slow. So I decided to do something about it myself. This morning, I found the only wire hanger I have in my house. (Which maybe I should get more for such instances as this.) Untwisted it and shoved it down the drain. I pulled up quite a bunch of hair and gunk! Ick! I thought about posting a picture for you all to see the disgustingness*, but I spared you. :) haha

So who needs Roto-Rooter. Just call me! Or not, because it's pretty disgusting. I don't envy that job, that's for sure.

*incase you didn't notice this is not a real word....so I marked it as Stephanie language. This one might not be so hard to figure out, but whenever you see this * after the word, just know it's part of the Stephanie language, and I will try to mark it at the bottom for those who don't know what it means. :)

Ipod

TJ got me an Ipod Touch about 3 years ago. Sometimes I think he got it for himself, because he likes to steal it from me. :) But that's not the point of this story. :)

Since it is a Touch....there are many more features than just listening to music. I use it for the internet, facebook, the blog, email, looking up addresses, and mapping out directions when going somewhere, I play games on it when we are traveling in the car, we look up information while we're on the road trying to find something, I take notes, and have a Bible application that I use during at church, I can put movies on it. I watch them on there sometimes when in the car, and I watched a few movies when on the airplane too. So you can see many different features, and the music feature is really the thing I use it for the least. I couldn't remember the last time I actually used it for listening to music. Until the other day.

Here I was down stairs going through the closet under the stairs and thinking to myself, I wish I could listen to music while I was doing this. But I don't want to turn the Satellite radio on because then it might be too loud for the boys while they are napping. Hmmmm...I guess I'll just go without. Or wait....I have an Ipod don't I?! I guess the main purpose for that thing is to listen to music. *DER. Maybe I should try that! ha. Wouldn't you know, it worked like a charm. What a deal! :)

*DER is my language for Duh.

After-tizers

Today I was looking, still, through cookbooks and highlighting some recipes to try out. I also came across one of my own recipes and it has been awhile since I've made so I decided to make that for lunch today. TJ came home for lunch because he's on Jury Duty and they give them an hour or so for lunch, and since it's just in town he has enough time to come home. So I made taco chicken which is a usual recipe of mine, but for some reason it's slipped under the radar and I haven't made it for awhile. Then since I was looking through the recipes I found a biscuit recipe and thought I should just make that right now. I think I might have enough time to get it done and in the oven before we're ready to eat, and it would go with it decently. Well, it didn't quite go like that. I was ready to put them in the oven, but TJ had already dished everyone up and had the main food set on the table. I said, can we wait 10 minutes until the biscuits are done? He said, I already dished everyone up. It will be cold by then. So I thought, ok we'll just have to eat whenever they are done. They'll be our After-tizers instead. hahahaha. I crack myself up. I just made that up right on the spot!
Anyway.....the recipe is for "Red Lobster" Biscuits. I love the real red lobster biscuits so I thought it would be worth a try. They are good, I think I had a few too many, and there's still plenty left over.

Red Lobster Biscuits
3 cups flour
2 Tbsp baking powder
1 tsp garlic salt
1 stick butter
3/4 cup cheddar
3/4 cup milk
Mix dry ingredients with fingers. Use a pastry cutter to cut in butter until mixture is crumbly. Add enough milk to make dough very soft, not quite sticky. Grab a small handful and squeeze into a ball. Before baking melt 2 Tbsp butter and add 1/2 tsp of garlic salt. Brush on biscuit tops. Bake at 450 for 10-12 minutes. Brush tops one more time with any extra garlic butter mixture. Best served hot from the oven.