The day before the play!

Tomorrow is a big day for me and my summer program kids. It is the day of our production of "Peter Pan"! I have been working on this along with a few of the other staff members for two months! I made a few items along with the help of my drama kids for some special people, who have put a lot of time and effort into this play. I am glad it will be over tomorrow! It was a lot of hard work! I will post pictures of the play tomorrow! We have to preform twice. Wish me luck!

Cooking book frenzy...deals and steals!

So how did I get all these newly printed books for way less them retail price? ROSS! Surprised?... I am not! Not to many people look at the books at ROSS or they really don't think to buy books there. I have been getting my nice cook books there ever since I got married! I was pleased to find these ones there today! Go check out your ROSS and you may find the book that you have been wanting for less then half the price! Happy bargain shopping!

Yup...Turkey Meatballs! YUM!

Another delite! YUMMY spaghetti with turkey meatballs was what was on my plate today for dinner. I have to say I have never had meatballs in my pasta before. It was sure tasty! It had a lot of flavor! I love turkey to begin with, it is way healthier than beef and I think it has a better taste to it. I made my meatballs crispy, which even added more flavor to it! Mark loved it. Having meatballs in his pasta, was definitely not a first for him! He had three helpings! Try it out HERE. Oh before I forget my sister Melissa tried the tomato and olive penne dish and loved it!

My absent blog!

Sorry readers for my absent blogs! What few readers I do have! HA! I am down to my last week for the Summer program and my co-worker Cris and I have been busy non-stop putting on our play production of "Peter Pan"! We have been busy making our costumes and props! Anyways we were lucky to have a break today while the kids got a visit from a lady and her puppet!



I really enjoyed it! It reminded me of my Dad and his puppet shows he would do for us kids! He had all the Sesame Street character's! I loved his Grover impersonation! It was awesome! What a fun childhood memory! Thank you Dad for making puppets magical for me!

Mastered the Cashew Chicken...

So I finally have found my recipe for Cashew Chicken. After many different recipes that I have tried, I have found one that "WE" like. Yes it is from the Everyday Food Magazine. I use to resort to packaged cashew chicken. Not NO more! HA! Here is the RECIPE. Enjoy ! I love it !

Side note- I did not put in the scallions. I did not have them on hand!

A kiss for you!

Two things deserve kisses today. These pretty bright blue cupcakes I made and...
Mark for an early birthday present! Hooray! Side note- Does anyone own this book? I have heard only great reviews. I am excited to taste some of the yummy looking cookies!

Pizza therapy...

No... I did not make the pizza. However I did bake it! Gotta love Papa Murphy's! Yeah... not gonna lie, I am having one of those lazy days. You know those days when you walk through the door and see that your house is looking a little frumpy from UN vacuumed floors, newspapers everywhere and the kitchen is OK but needs a little TLC a.k.a. some cleaning love! HA! Yeah... I am having one of those days! Oh joy!

5 things to know...Or at least I did not know!

Now you are in the know! HA!

No picky eaters in my house!

I have to say, I am blessed that I have a husband who is not picky about food! He does give me his opinions though, which I am glad he does! It sure helps me make a recipe better! I made this lovely pasta for dinner and it was yummy! It reminds me of the many flavors of Italian food! Get a crusty bread to go along with it and it is wonderful!

If you would love the recipe click HERE and you will enjoy the wonderful flavors!

Happy monsoon season!

Quick Tostadas Salsa Verde!

You have to try this! It was so good! A summer favorite for sure! It was quick and easy. The pulled chicken mixed with the green sauce, had a nice kick! Did I forget to say that it has Cilantro on it! Mark loved it and so did I!
If you want the recipe click HERE! You will not be disappointed! Excellent!

A new favorite!

Diners, Drive-ins and Dives

Mark and I love the food network channel and one of our favorite show is Diners, Drive-ins and Dives with Guy Fieri. He goes to all the fun little mom and pop diners around the USA. While watching it one night with Mark we saw this restaurant that is located in Gilbert. So Mark and I went there yesterday and I got the BBQ chicken pizza! It was so tasty! It had feta, mozzarella, spices and grilled onions along the side of smokey chicken chunks! Fantastic! A very delightful surprise to my palette!It was so good!
The fun part about this restaurant is that it is located on the farm that produces the fresh ingredients that goes in your food that you buy at the restaurant. So Mark and I got to walk around and look at the beautiful gardens! So much fun!

Carnival Week

This week at the summer program, we are doing a Carnival theme. We made these masks today. The kids loved making them!

Yes... another D-BACKS game!

We do like going to D-backs games! Yesterdays game was a blast even though they did not win. They played against the San Diego, Padres and the D-backs played pretty badly! We entertained ourselves through the sad score!

4th of July...

The 4th was fun! We had Jacks Potato salad! I love it! Along with pulled beef BBQ sandwiches. It was a 4th of July feast!We played games!

Mark and Tricia battled it out together at Guitar Hero Aerosmith!

Watched this and gave it....

Two thumbs down!


Hope everyone had a good 4th! I sure did!

Household Maintenance...OH JOY!

I have my in laws coming tomorrow and that means cleaning.I have been a little behind with my daily tasks. I HATE dishes! Yes... Mom I still do! I always put it off until the last minute! I do not mind messing it up, but I quickly disappear when it is time to clean up and try to dream them away. It never works! Oh the joys of the everyday household maintenance!


Side note- Sorry to post the all glorious blog of cleaning but that is what I did today. You all can relish in the fact that I suffer along the side of the many other women who keep up with the household maintenance. Thank goodness for all us Superwomen! HA!


Mopped my heart out!

With the finished product!

With more to do behind door # 1!