Our Home!!

I finally took pictures of our house! Still working on furniture & everything. Oh... and no pics of the living room because It's covered in gear and books. :)

The front on the day we moved in.

Bedroom

Bedroom

Garage (Before it got covered in Army gear)

Bathroom

Laundry Room

Kitchen

Kitchen Table

Our yard.

Back Yard

My sunflowers are getting so big!

My hiding place from tornadoes!

FOOD!

As most of you know John loves to cook & I love to bake. I love his food so much that I take a picture of it every time so when he's deployed I can just look through the pictures to decide what I want to make for dinner. Thought I'd share some of our creations. :)

Sausage, peppers, and rice. 

Chicken & cheesy broccoli rice.

Oatmeal, pecan, and blueberry cookies.

Fried porkchop, greenbeans, and noodles & gravy.

Pork, mashed potatoes, veggies. John calls this recipe "Brittle Pork."

Chicken wings, cheesy rice, and green beans.

Bacon, egg, & cheese biscuit. 

They don't look pretty, but they're from scratch. 

Blueberry, vanilla, orange cupcakes with buttercream icing.

Stir Fry & Rice.

Blueberry Cobbler.

Kielbasa & Cabbage.

Oatmeal Chocolate Chip Cookies.

Pancakes.

Egg In a Hole & Potatoes.

As you can see... I had a lot of blueberries to use up!

Helga Beth Hufflepuff

She used to be so small...

And now she's SO BIG!

Helga-Mania!

I got a request for more Helga, so here she is!

Helga reading a book:

 Helga sleeping very unladylike:

Helga sleeping in a position that one would think would be uncomfortable:

 Helga being cute, so she probably did something wrong:

Book Review: Rick Riordan- "The Lightning Thief"

Book Review:

Rick Riordan- "The Lightning Thief"

I think I had too high of hopes for this book, because it just wasn't quite up there for me. The basis of the story with the gods and being a demi-god was pretty interesting, but I just didn't fine myself really wanting more or caring what was to happen next. Overall, I'd say it was simply ok. It was cute, not a complete waste of time, and I wouldn't mind reading the others in the series if I had some free time.

3 Stars

Current Read:

J.K. Rowling- "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows"

I'm re-reading it because of course I am SO excited for the movie to come out!!!