carson

A few weeks ago I took my nephew's two year old pictures. He is just the cutest little boy ever and he is such a happy kid so I thought it would be easy to take his pictures.  Especially since he loves his Aunt Katy!!  I was able to snap a few good pictures when we first started, but then he definitely started showing us he was a true two year old. He did not want to cooperate, smile or look at the camera, and he just wanted to run around and do his own thing.  When we finally gave him a pair of his daddy's boots and Ashley started tickling me with a feather duster, that is when we started to get some great shots.

I have even more of Carson's 2 year old pictures, but I'm going to wait and share them on his birthday!!

give a dog a bone

'I had to take Izzie to the vet early last week because she has been licking her paw incessantly.  Izzie hates going to the vet.  She hides under the chair until the vet comes in the room.  

Come to find out Izzie has bad allergies, and for some reason dogs lick their paws when they have allergies.  It has turned this golden brown color and just look awful.  The doctor told me we had to break the itch cycle, so he put her on a steroid, Benedryl, fatty acids and they told me to put and e collar on her.  He said a combination of all four of these things will get her to stop licking and let her paw heal.  

Poor thing.  She just hasn't been herself since I started her on all the medicine.  I don't think she has barked in a week.  She has been doing alot of sleeping lately.

The Benedryl makes her so sleepy.  I hate giving it to her because it just wipes out her personality.  It's working though, so I feel like I need to continue until her paw is healed.  The steroid that she is taking makes her SO thirsty.  She normally drinks about one bowl of water a day, now she is drinking 4-5 bowls of water a day.  Because she is drinking so much, it's make her have to go to the bathroom a lot more.  She is potty trained and always asked to go outside when she needs to, but this week she has been having accidents because I don't think she realizes when she needs to go or how often she needs to go.  And she won't bark to tell me to open the door.  It's just pitiful.  I haven't put the e-collar on her yet.  I just can't do it.  She is already going through enough with all the other medicines.  She isn't licking her paw, so I don't see the need for it.  

To cheer her up a bit I bought some Milkbones that have fatty acids in them. 

(fatty acids are good for her skin) 

She absolutely loved it.  

I thought it was so cute how she held it in between her paws.  

I'm so glad that a little bone cheered her up for a bit.

I'll be glad when she is back to her normal self.

I miss my playful puppy.

Get well soon Izzie girl!!

free school supplies

I didn't just get these school supplies for FREE, I actually got paid $5.25 to buy them.

Here's how you can snag some FREE school supplies......

Staples

(Sales only good through July 14th)

Buy 25 2-pocket folders with Fasteners

25¢ (1¢ a piece)

(Bring your teacher ID in and you can get 25 otherwise,

limit 10 per household AND a minimum purchase required of $5)

Buy 25 8 pack yellow #2 pencil

 25¢ (1¢ a piece)

(Bring your teacher ID in and you can get 25 otherwise,

limit 2 per household AND a minimum purchase required of $5)

Buy 2 Staples Multi-purpose paper 550 Sheet Ream

$4.99-$4.98 easy rebate=1¢

(2 rebates per household)

Total:  $11.34- $9.96 in rebates = $1.38

Office Depot

(Sales good through the 17th, coupon only good through the 15th)

Buy a Swingline LightTouch Reduced Effot Stapler

$13.99

FREE after Mail-in-Rebate (limit 1)

Buy 2 Office Depot Brand Multipurpose Paper Ream 500 sheets

$6.29

$1 after $5.29 Mail in Savings Visa Prepaid card (limit 2)

Use $5 off a $25 purchase coupon found here.

Total:  $17.94- $24.57 in rebates = $-6.63

Grand Total: $-5.25

**Be on the lookout for more penny sales and dollar sales at Staples and Office Depot.  They do these every summer and it's a great way for teachers to stock up their classroom!! Or a great way to get some office supplies for your home or office!!

meal planning monday

Monday: PW's Chicken Fried Steak, PW's Restaurant Style Smashed Potatoes, Zuchinni

Tuesday: Leftover Hot Chicken Salad & Chips

Wednesday: Talapia with Shrimp Bayou Sauce & Rice, Veggies & Rolls

Thursday: Tacos, Rice & Beans

Friday: KITCHEN CLOSED

Saturday: KITCHEN CLOSED

Sunday: KITCHEN CLOSED

the stikos

I first met Jennifer when we worked at Pine Cove together the summer after my sophomore year in college. After camp, she transferred to Texas A&M and joined the same sorority I was in.  It was so great to see Jennifer again and meet her husband to take their pictures before their sweet baby girl arrives at the end of this month!! 

mini biscuit pizzas

On the weekends {especially in the summer} I like to take it easy in the kitchen.  I like easy meals that take minimal ingredients and little to no time to make.  Mini biscuit pizzas are a little creation that my roommates and I made up in college.  They are so easy, quick and yummy!!

Here's what you'll need.....

Pizza sauce {I use Ragu}

Grands Biscuits {I use Butter Tastin'}

Mozzarella Cheese

Pizza Toppings {I use pepperoni & olives}

Flatten the Biscuit on a baking sheet.

Bake at 350 degrees for about 8 minutes or until halfway cooked.

Lightly spread pizza sauce on biscuits.

Top pizza with cheese and your choice of toppings.

Bake for about 8 more minute or until cheese is melted. 

Enjoy!!

this is why i don't post pictures of me wakeboarding

Alternately titled: "The post in which I make fun of myself"

Remember here when I said I didn't post any pictures of me wakeboarding because all the faces I made were awful.  

When we went to the lake Monday, I tried to get some good pictures of me wakeboarding.

Not successful.

Here is why I don't post pictures of me wakeboarding.....

The faces....

...that I make....

.....while wakeboarding....

.....are just awful.

**When I was jumping I remember thinking, "I'm going to smile while I jump."  That didn't work out so well.

This is the worst picture though.

I mean look at it. Awful....

I think I'll just stick with pose and smile pictures on the boat!!

banana bread

When life gives you {brown} bananas.....

.....make banana bread!!

Here's what you'll need.....

1/2 c. butter, softened

1 tsp. vanilla

1 c. sugar

2 eggs

3 mashed bananas

1 T. milk

2 c. flour

1 tsp. soda

1/4 tsp. salt

1/2 c. chopped nuts {I don't put nuts in mine!}

Cream butter, vanilla and sugar.  Beat in eggs.  

Mash bananas with a fork then add the milk and bananas to the creamed mixture. 

Add dry ingredients to creamed mixture and beat well.

Spray pan with Pam or line with parchment paper.  Pour batter into a 9x13x3in. loaf pan.  

Bake at 350 degrees for about 1 hour or until bread tests done.  Cool for 10 minutes in pan.  Turn out of pan and cool completely.  

Enjoy!!