Farmers Market Trip

Today I decided that I wanted to go to our local Farmers Market. I hadn’t been to one in a few years; the last one I went to was within walking distance of my old house, but we would usually stop there on Sunday’s after mass on our way back home. Unfortunately, I wasn’t interested in anything about it, other than getting out of there so I could get back home as soon as possible because I was b-o-r-e-d.

Gosh I led such an exciting life a few years ago…

TJ and I got to the market at about noon, which really isn’t the best time to go. It was already really hot (almost 90 degrees F), so walking around was not so much fun because I was starting to sweat like a pig (yuck!). It was totally worth it though. Check out what they had!

The Desert Museum

Sunday I managed to wake up early again. Well, early for me that is! We had wanted to get out to the Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum really early, but it didn’t end up happening. We got there about 10am, before the heat of the day. This place is so great! Think of it like a zoo/museum in one.

NOTE: All of the information I have posted regarding the park I took from their map.

Our first stop was the reptile and invertebrates exhibit. Bridget and Logan loved looking at all the different snakes, but got scared when Maeve started hissing because she saw all the snakes! They thought that one of them had gotten out. It was hilarious because Bridget was hiding behind me, as if I’d protect her from the snakes! I would try… but snakes aren’t really my thing. I don’t think I’d run in fear, but then again I’ve never been in a room with a loose snake… so who really knows!

After we left that exhibit we went to the Earth Sciences Center. They had a limestone cave that we took the kids through. The cave had stalagmites, stalactites, pools with crayfish, and a separate loop trail. I have to admit, it was really very cool! The cave is full of low ceilings, tight passages, and rough footing. TJ and I took Bridget through it, she really enjoyed it!

After we left the cave we went into the mineral gallery to look at everything. That was when I remembered that my dad really wanted pictures of the grandkids, so I made sure to have us stop and take some family picture!

Erin, Bridget, Maeve, and Logan. Apparently I didn’t have the flash on for this picture, but it still came out cute! Too bad Maeve was distracted with something else lol

Erin, Bridget, Maeve, Logan, and myself. That’s so nice that Bridget has her hand on top of Maeve’s head for the picture! She’s such a sweet big sis! LOL

TJ and I.

Dinner Disaster

Yesterday was certainly an interesting day, especially last night! You could say that forces were working against me with dinner last night, or maybe I’m just really blonde. Both could be easily argued. TJ and I woke up much later than I had intended, but I’m going to choose to blame that on the fact that I was up until almost 3am working on my 1st blog entry… So even though we woke up late, the day wasn’t too bad, well that is when you compare it to the evening, but I’ll get to that here very soon!

We had to go to Sam’s Club and to one of those recycling things where you can take your bags and bags of soda cans that you’ve been saving on the side of the house since before Christmas (yeah, TJ did that… I don’t drink soda so you can’t blame it on me!). We thought we’d try the one where you can put each can individually into the machine. Carrie said you get more money that way. Apparently she also must have told a lot of other people because we weren’t the only ones there sadly. So after waiting and then being told that one of the machines was totally full and would be closed for the rest of the day, we said pooie on it and went to Sam’s Club.

Is it just me, or does Sam’s Club (and Costco for that matter) sell way too many yummy things? I swear all we intended on getting was kitty litter, one of those atomic clocks that reads the temp outside and inside, and a box of pizza rolls. Yes, they’re greasy, but I don’t care. They are amazing! But after what ended up being almost an hour and way too much money later (sorry Dad!) we were on our way home to unload the lovely pork chops, baby back ribs, frozen pizza, pizza rolls (yes I really did need both, I swear!), quesadillas, etc.

After we unloaded everything, we were off to the other recycling place that only does it by the pound. Unfortunately for us, it’s closed on Mondays. But it’s okay, because I had forgotten a very important part of my recipe for that night! I was going to make Easy Chicken Pot Pies from my new recipe book I ordered from my sister in AZ (she sells Pampered Chef, please visit her if you need awesome cooking stuff!). The item in question was the frozen puff pastry sheets. You can’t very well have a chicken pot pie without a crust! So we went in, picked that up along with some E.L. Fudge cookies (they were on sale, and they are so addicting. I’ve been eating those since I was a kid! Yes, not that long ago… I know… lol) and a bag of gummy worms.

Then we finally got home and I was able to get to work on my 2nd blog entry! Of course, that’s when TJ casually reminded me that I had also needed to buy more chicken stock at the grocery store. I mean, really? You remind me now? *sigh* So he ran back out to the store while I was typing (and then had a lovely conversation with a good friend! <3 those!). When he got back home he snuck into the loft with something behind is back. Turned out it was these gorgeous roses!! Yesterday was our anniversary so he wanted to surprise me. Not a major milestone anniversary, just our 3 year and 4 month, but hey, little milestones count in my eyes too.

I love red roses! <3

After my dad called and said he was about 45 minutes from home I went to go get dinner started since the pot pie takes about an hour in the oven. So as I am cutting chicken into pieces I ask TJ to clean up the dishes in the sink so the kitchen wasn’t such a sty. He said he’d love to but he had something blocking him on the couch. This is what I found, Picasso the orange kitty and Sophie the dog helping him watch Cops and inadvertently stopping him from cleaning the dishes Although Picasso did get moved right after I took this picture lol

What a bunch of lazy butts!