Happy Tuesday, WARRIORS!!!
Wishing everyone a totally terrific Tuesday in every way possible!
Since Karen and I are the only ones here, I'll ramble a bit!
Nothing much happening here in south central NM. Weather took a complete nose dive. It's gonna be 67 and rainy today. Not complainin' one bit since we desperately need the rain.
Last week was in the high 80s/low 90s which is kinda scary since goodness knows what our summer temps will be if those kinds of unusually high temps were to continue!
Kiddos at school are a bit antsy since we only have another academic day tomorrow and they are seriously countin' the days down until Spring Break.
Yeah, we still have to go to school on Thursday and Friday but we have our 3rd Quarter Math/Reading Goals celebration on Thursday: Bowling in the am and then heading to the park in the pm for organized chaos!
Friday is our 3rd Quarter Honors' Assembly in the am and then it's the annual staff verses the kiddos softball game.
Don't know why we "waste" SO much precious TIME out of the classroom... we could've done the softball game Thursday afternoon, and still had some time with each of our classes after the Honors' Assembly... only one to blame is our principal... he just doesn't GET IT and he didn't ask my opinion!
Seriously, it's way easier to manage the kiddos in my own classroom when I have organized activities, etc for them to do, then to have to do "free for all" kinds of days...it's very exhausting to say the least... oh well... at least they are paying me to be there and I'll add mileage to my normal daily walking time! Always a good thing!
Okay I've rambled enough for today!
Carb-Free Food for Thought:
We met for one of two reasons:
You’re either a BLESSING or
a LESSON!
~unknown
Onward and ↓ DOWNWARD, WARRIORS! We've GOT THIS! Woot! Woot!
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Karen:
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JO, that plant is cool. the red is just eye popping, but geez, those arms are full of mini spikes right? out of traffic area is good for a thing like that
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at mini spikes. But you're right, it's perfect for the no-traffic area. See where the mini desert palm is in the middle of the circle? That's where Imma gonna put "lil Spike":
The desert palm kinda died the first winter after I planted it (we had several hard freezes!), then it was coming back really great last year. But the hail storm in January completely destroyed it...
So now it's time to plant something in the circle and "lil Spike" seems to be the ticket!
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oh yea smaller packaging and no price reduction and then they started going up and up in .10 and .20 stages til products are now like double their prices. But 'they say' we have cheap food prices in this country and that we are now just coming close to what others are paying??? who knows, but I know it hurts my wallet well, everything hurts my wallet LOL
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I know our food prices are low... I've lived in other countries and ours really are.
You want serious sticker shock? Google what a gallon of milk or any other basic food item costs in Alaska and OMG you'll be surprised how inexpensive ours is in comparison!
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oh the cajun chicken is simple. I bought that sugar free cajun seasoning on line and just sprinkle it on the chicken. gives me that flavor I love and it sure ain't fancy at all...just a flavor change.
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Yeah that sounds super easy to do, thanks for sharing that!
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hey I did a spatchcock? chicken. I think that is right LOL
I took one a whole one and flattened it and it cooked faster and was delish. I will be flattening my whole birds from here on out cause it cooked just better and kept the juices in great. I am so happy I thought of you looking at that whole chicken HA HA HA and said, I am going to spatchcock this sucker cause Jo does
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That's great that you did your "spatchcock" chicken! Just like you, I love how quickly it cooks up and how juicy it stays! 6 mins a lb in a 450 degree oven and voilà she's DONE!
Since I learned about that cooking method, I haven't cooked a turkey any other way since!
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stupid stuff to get done now.
have water leak in line to pool. gotta dig up the yard and fix. Arrrgggg
now got a squirrel living in the garage roof ceiling. kiddo said she saw it go in the soffitt. now I have to dispatch him now LOL
all the stupid house stuff is coming into play and gotta get handled. blah and bleck
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Oh man, if it ain't one thing it's another! Hey at least you can get all that "stupid" stuff resolved!