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I would like to state, for the record - Curly Sue - one of my all-time favorites. I'm not ashamed to say it, either!



Watched it for the first in years tonight! Made Matt watch it too, as he had never experienced the delightfulness that is this movie. I laughed my butt off the whole way through, sometimes, I'll admit, at the bad acting. I distinctly remembering having most of this movie memorized as a child, so many cute one-liners!
I forsee this being a conversation from the movie happening between Harper and me one day:
Grey: How was your day?
Curly Sue: Total pisser
Grey: I'm too tired to lecture you about using that kind of language.

If you haven't seen it, do yourself a favor, pop some popcorn and enjoy!

Next subject - the weather. What the crap?!

Moving on (previous subject irritates me too much, must move on to happier subjects) - Saw a former student today, and it was really special. I always thought he was a pretty good kid; a little squirrely, but not a lot of middle school boys aren't.  But, wow, seeing what a nice gentleman he has turned into, really puts a bad day with my current kids in perspective. Some of the buttheads will grow up and....well, continue to be buttheads....but some of them will show up one day, unexpected and just make you smile. :) I don't know if any of his "grown-upness" was influenced by me years and years ago, but it's so cool to think that I was able to have a small part in this wonderful young man's life. And he's currently attending Arkansas University, so that right there almost had me in tears.... :)

Teething Trauma, Beef Tips, and Miss Dreamsville

This one is gonna be a little all over the place, hang on.

First, a question. Is there anything worse than watching your child suffer through cutting teeth? Okay, so I'm sure there is, but this stinks.

Next, another weight watchers recipe. LOVE this one! Made it for the 2nd time the other night, and it will continue to be made. Plus, my child LOVES it!! We added carrots to it right when I put the meat in, and then added a can of green beans at the end. The carrots were DELICIOUS!! They soaked up all that flavor and were amazing!! Matt and Harper didn't like the carrots, which I really didn't mind - more for me!

Beef Tips with Mushroom Sauce



Now, a book reccommendation. Miss Dreamsville and the Collier County Women's Literary Society by Amy Hill Hearth. Very easy read that reminded me a little of The Help, although this seemed a little "fluffier", if that makes any sense. It ends a little abruptly for my liking, but I think it's just because I wanted to keep reading about their quirky lives. I don't get many opportunities to read for large chunks of time, so this was an easy book to just read a chapter or two and then be able to put it down.


Last, I leave you with an interesting question/thought/realization from a discussion with some friends today. Are you truly happy? What does it really mean to be happy?

Sorry, for the randomness, my head is swimming with all kinds of stuff and found it hard to settle on one topic. :)

Might as well face it, I'm addicted to Pinterest!

One of the reasons I wanted to start a blog, was due to my love/obsession (whatever you want to call it) with Pinterest. I want to share with whoever is reading (hopefully, there's someone out there) the recipes/idea I try, whether it worked or didn't, if there were adjustments I made, tips I learned, etc.....

With that being said.....here's my first recommendation!

Chicken Parmesan Casserole

http://www.emilybites.com/2012/12/chicken-parmesan-casserole.html?m=1
It's a Weight Watcher's recipe! Great flavor! The only down side is that the croutons are pretty soggy when you re-heat it for leftovers, but it's still pretty darn good!

My trick lately has been to buy up a bunch of chicken when it goes on sale. Boil it up, shred it with my handy Kitchenaid (gosh, I love that thing!), portion it out (1 cup) in ziploc bags and put them in the freezer. Then when it comes to assembling casseroles like this (I pull the chicken out of the night before), it takes next to no time to assemble.  In fact, it took more time for my stove to preheat than it did to actually put the casserole together!

Try it and enjoy!