In an earlier post ("Oh Deer!") I wrote about my little friend Pepe Le Pew. This morning I fed all the critters, came in to get second cup of coffee, and went back outside to water the plants. Guess who I smelled when I opened the door? Yup, Pepe Le Pew. He's somewhere in the vicinity. He's either attracted to Pussycat's food or still looking for Penelope Pussycat...
Thursday, May 14, 2009
Wednesday, May 13, 2009
Huh? 610?
Most of you know I am VERY low-tech with this blogging thing. Let's just say I'm not the sharpest tool in the blogger shed. I still struggle with some of this stuff. Well yesterday I somehow stumbled on our blog stats and imagine my surprise when I saw that we had 610 "profile views". I didn't realize there was a "profile view" counter.
HUH? Are you kidding me? At first I thought I saw 61 but when I took a second look it was indeed 610. I really don't think 610 different people have viewed our profile. I have concluded it must be that all 3 of you who read our blog have checked out our profile 203.33333 times or maybe at the most 5 of you have checked it out 122 times...what other explanation is there? Oh wait...make that 640 profile views, who are you people?
HUH? Are you kidding me? At first I thought I saw 61 but when I took a second look it was indeed 610. I really don't think 610 different people have viewed our profile. I have concluded it must be that all 3 of you who read our blog have checked out our profile 203.33333 times or maybe at the most 5 of you have checked it out 122 times...what other explanation is there? Oh wait...make that 640 profile views, who are you people?
Tuesday, May 12, 2009
New Twist on Tuna Casserole
Last night I had to come up with something for dinner. Our pantry is a little on the bare side as I am in desperate need of a grocery run. I took what I had on hand...
4 0z Velveeta cheese or 4 slices American cheese or cheddar cheese
1 can tuna, drained
1 can cream of mushroom or cream of celery
1 can Rotel tomatoes
1/2 - 1 cup chopped onions
1 cup frozen peas, or mixed vegetables
1/2 cup crushed tortilla chips
Heat oven to 350. Cook noodles and drain. In the same pot add cheese sir until melted (the heat from the noodles will melt the cheese without putting it back on the heat). Add the next 5 ingredients and mix well. Spoon into a greased casserole dish and top with crushed tortilla chips. Bake for 20-30 minutes or until heated through. Serve with a salad. Serves 6.
Tuna Casserole Ole
1 1/2 cups elbow or egg noodles4 0z Velveeta cheese or 4 slices American cheese or cheddar cheese
1 can tuna, drained
1 can cream of mushroom or cream of celery
1 can Rotel tomatoes
1/2 - 1 cup chopped onions
1 cup frozen peas, or mixed vegetables
1/2 cup crushed tortilla chips
Heat oven to 350. Cook noodles and drain. In the same pot add cheese sir until melted (the heat from the noodles will melt the cheese without putting it back on the heat). Add the next 5 ingredients and mix well. Spoon into a greased casserole dish and top with crushed tortilla chips. Bake for 20-30 minutes or until heated through. Serve with a salad. Serves 6.
Oh Deer!
Woke up this morning to the STRONG smell of "Pepe Le Pew" AND found that our deer friends had helped themselves to a geranium feast. My two favorite geraniums were reduced to stalks sometime during the night or early morning. Oh well...that's what I get for moving them within deer reach! Hopefully they will grow back quick with the help of "Miracle Grow".
As for "Pepe Le Pew", hopefully he moved on to look for his girlfriend "Penelope Pussycat" elsewhere because my kitty kat girls will kick his butt! By the way, for those of you too young to remember, there was a Looney Tunes cartoon (waaaay back when) about a french skunk (Pepe Le Pew) who wanted Penelope Pussycat for his girlfriend but his odor among other things offended her.
"BEFORE"
"AFTER"
As for "Pepe Le Pew", hopefully he moved on to look for his girlfriend "Penelope Pussycat" elsewhere because my kitty kat girls will kick his butt! By the way, for those of you too young to remember, there was a Looney Tunes cartoon (waaaay back when) about a french skunk (Pepe Le Pew) who wanted Penelope Pussycat for his girlfriend but his odor among other things offended her.
"BEFORE"
"AFTER"
Monday, May 11, 2009
A Little...
...behind on the blog.
Here's the latest:
We took a quick and I mean quick trip to Oklahoma for a surprise party the weekend of April 25th. The party was for our dear friend Spence one of Gerald's old Coast Guard buddies. We have known Susie and Spence for 30 years and they are like family to us. Gerald and Spence were stationed together in Owensboro, KY and Kodiak, AK.
Part of the fun was seeing Susie and Spence's two kids, Kristy and Jake. We hadn't seen them in 20+ years. It was hard to believe the cute little 5 year old girl we last saw was now all grown up and married. Kristy and Josh have been married 5 years and they have two beautiful little boys. Jake was around 2 the last time we saw him and he has turned into a fine young man! He is super sweet and still a cutie patutie!
Another highlight of the party was getting to see our old Coastie friends Bob and Joe. They were also stationed in Owensboro with Gerald. We had the pleasure of seeing Bob this past year but the last time we saw Joe was 30 years ago! It was a joy to catch up with him and meet his wonderful wife Carrie. I am working on a slide show of our trip and will post it as soon as I finish it.
Oklahoma has toll roads. We're not used to toll roads. Spence had told us it would cost approx. $4.50 to take the highway we wanted to head out on. Well it didn't cost us $4.50, it wound up costing us a little over $50.00! Why so much? Because...because...well because we had to stop and feed a few slot machines before crossing the state line. Geez, $50 up in smoke in less than half an hour. We were ahead at one point. Like the saying goes, "should of stopped while we were ahead"! ;o) It was fun.
We had hoped to stop in Fort Worth on the way up or way down to visit familia, but because of the drive time and Gerald needing to get back, we weren't able to swing it. :O(
Last week I had the joy of hosting our monthly Bunco group. It was our end of year party and it was so much fun. We will take the summer off and then start back up in the fall.
My sister JoAnne and I are busy getting ready for Ryan's graduation. We are hosting his celebration party here on the 30th so there is much to do. Mucho family and friends will be attending, we look forward to seeing everyone!
As always, we continue to work on the place on the weekends. Yesterday we finished putting the last of the porch railing on. Gerald planted two more trees and did lots of yard work. Inch by inch we are getting closer to being done.
Here's the latest:
We took a quick and I mean quick trip to Oklahoma for a surprise party the weekend of April 25th. The party was for our dear friend Spence one of Gerald's old Coast Guard buddies. We have known Susie and Spence for 30 years and they are like family to us. Gerald and Spence were stationed together in Owensboro, KY and Kodiak, AK.
Part of the fun was seeing Susie and Spence's two kids, Kristy and Jake. We hadn't seen them in 20+ years. It was hard to believe the cute little 5 year old girl we last saw was now all grown up and married. Kristy and Josh have been married 5 years and they have two beautiful little boys. Jake was around 2 the last time we saw him and he has turned into a fine young man! He is super sweet and still a cutie patutie!
Another highlight of the party was getting to see our old Coastie friends Bob and Joe. They were also stationed in Owensboro with Gerald. We had the pleasure of seeing Bob this past year but the last time we saw Joe was 30 years ago! It was a joy to catch up with him and meet his wonderful wife Carrie. I am working on a slide show of our trip and will post it as soon as I finish it.
Oklahoma has toll roads. We're not used to toll roads. Spence had told us it would cost approx. $4.50 to take the highway we wanted to head out on. Well it didn't cost us $4.50, it wound up costing us a little over $50.00! Why so much? Because...because...well because we had to stop and feed a few slot machines before crossing the state line. Geez, $50 up in smoke in less than half an hour. We were ahead at one point. Like the saying goes, "should of stopped while we were ahead"! ;o) It was fun.
We had hoped to stop in Fort Worth on the way up or way down to visit familia, but because of the drive time and Gerald needing to get back, we weren't able to swing it. :O(
Last week I had the joy of hosting our monthly Bunco group. It was our end of year party and it was so much fun. We will take the summer off and then start back up in the fall.
My sister JoAnne and I are busy getting ready for Ryan's graduation. We are hosting his celebration party here on the 30th so there is much to do. Mucho family and friends will be attending, we look forward to seeing everyone!
As always, we continue to work on the place on the weekends. Yesterday we finished putting the last of the porch railing on. Gerald planted two more trees and did lots of yard work. Inch by inch we are getting closer to being done.
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