Rena Untitled...intro paragraph

  Rena opened her eyes when her alarm chimed and had a moment of panic when she forgot where she was.  Sitting upright quickly she looked around frantically before remembering she was in her new apartment.  She was in New York City.  Then a wave of mortification passed through her as she remembered why she was there.

  Flopping back onto her pillows she tried to bury herself and forget what she had to do today.  Hiding almost worked, until the nagging voice in her head made her come out of bed and get started with her day.

Walking into her bathroom she stared at herself in the mirror,"Sure! Youcan be reasonable now! Where were you three months ago!" With a deep sigh she reached over to start the shower, hoping against all hope that the day won't be as bad as she feared.

Kandinsky project

http://kidsartists.blogspot.ca/2011/02/concentric-circles-in-style-of.html

I love how simply this lesson is.  I have been scouring books at the library for an idea of how to present this particular painting to my boys and found tonight when doing another search.  This was myfirst hit for tonights search....can't imagine why i haven't seen this one before!

Another hit...not quite a sucker punch

Just spent some time google searching a title of a book i read ages ago, but felt it needed a re-read.  After searching on and off for weeks i finally found it: one minute millionaire.

Anyway, in my search box i typed in " woman having to make a million dollars to get back her kids story line".  Yes, fourth or fifth on the list was the book i was looking for but also on this list was amanda hocking....ebook author.

Self-published e-book author whom is now published on paper and has her first three books optioned to be movies!

Why this is a hit for me (a slap or even a punch) to my ego is i have been toying with storylines in my head for years and thinking that "there's no way that I could do this and people would actually want to read it!!"

And, while looking for something else, a not-so-gentle reminder makes itself known and i realize what it is i am not doing....again.

However, i do realize that the list of things that i want to be doing is a touch longer than one or two things so i do know that not all can be done. 

Time is short on this earth and to be spending sooo much of it doing things we don't want to be doing is a terrible waste!!!

Changes need to be done asap!!!!!

Tempting Tuesday

Todays recipe of pullingan idea out of the air is.....

Homestyle philly cheese steak sandwich

How:
Leftover cheese bread stickcut inhalf
Stew beef sliced small
Steak sauce
Onions, fried
Cheese

Cook the beef with the sauce pour over bread cover with fried onions and cheese

Result....yummy!

Caution: must use a low salt and milder variety of sauce next time as it is intense and salty

New to do list september

For september:

Figure out a budget to get ahead...not fall behind or break even
Continue planning for december trip
Birthday cakes
Muffins
Menu planning
Cleaning schedule and list for kids jobs
List of planned financial expenses coming up
Winter clothing check up
List of repairs for home
Schedule to get sample bottles filled up andshipped out

Tricky Thursday

Today I am going to attempt the daring...a pulled pork bbq recipe WITHOUT pork!

I hope it goes well!

Dried tvp granules soaked in warm water
Chicken and rib bbq sauce
Leftover biscuits
Cheese

I will post a pic, if it works out well.  Wish me luck!

Planning to do list

Here is my to do list:

Laminate stars
Write out passages from How to eat fried worms in improper grammatical form
Use red marker to edit passages using editting symbols
Create poster board for reading stars
Create poster board for monthly reading trackers
Create flash cards for hooked on phonics set 2
Create poster board for postcard project
Create poster board for book and movie comparison
Create poster board for tv/game time allowance