Life Happens

So in the past few weeks Life has happened. I'd give you the highlights but I don't think I can even keep up with them right now. It's been a whirlwind of agendas, lists, emotions, & trying my damnedest to keep it all together. I'm keeping it tucked away inside a brain that is overloaded, packed full, & sputtering under the weight of the world. My plan is to slow things down, get back to the basics, & start over. Again.  While I'm feeling good and mentally ok, I have recognized a couple days where I was teetering on the edge. I've made some rash, irresponsible decisions that luckily didn't end in disaster. But I've also had a lot of fun amid the confusion of daily life.

I'm counting down the damn weeks until this merry go round deployment is over. I'm sick of it, ready to get off, & find a more fun ride: say one where my husband is home longer than a few months, yeah one of those. We're down 14 wks, which leaves way too many months left :oP

The winter has been too cold for me, I wanted to move further south so I could be warm. It's not working. I want to move to a place where I can sport a perma tan all year long, mmmm the warm sunshine *sigh* Spring better be on it's way before I go completely loco.

So now that I'm done complaining let me tell ya that theres been some fantastic changes going on. Karma is playing a beautiful hand & about to take some people for the ride down shit river that they deserve :o)  The SuperBowl was a great game, gorgeous lazy day at home & my team won!

& now that my attention span is at it's end, I'll be leaving this post, as is. Yep, this happens to me on a regular basis. But seriously I've got projects to work on, kids to care for & feed; you know the drill.

Capricious-ness

So I was totally going to throw up a recipe today but to be honest the recipe really isn't all that. It involves this:

A lot of this:

Some frying & dipping:

Mmm & cheese, of course:

Messiness:

& eventually some of this:

It was good. The recipe came from PW's Cookbook but I must say I was a wee bit disappointed because MY way to make beef enchiladas is WAY easier & tastier. & I may very well post it here some day. Though seriously it may be a lil while cause life has happened here at the Jones residence. We are busy, busy bees. I haven't even been cooking that often & when I do it's simplicity at it's best. But I have plans, yes I do, & I will be back on the recipe rollcall as soon as basketball season is over.

Speaking of plans, I'm going home to NC this weekend. I've decided I'm going to cook for my family, they need it desperately, I can tell :oP I'm thinking lasagna, my chicken enchiladas or quesadillas, something along those lines. I need to come up with my grocery list now because I will surely forget half of the ingredients once I'm there.

I have also come up with a kick ass gift idea that's versatile :o) I'm currently working on one now. Keeping my fingers crossed that it comes out how I want. & thankfully I have a few months to get them done in time for Mother's Day & Father's Day :o) Yep that's all I can say lol!

So there ya have it, an update on food that didn't thrill me, a road trip to heal me, & gifts that let my creativity flow. Hope you have a great week!