I used to have a handle of things.. until it broke off

Fare thee well cool sweater days.. Hello swollen cankles

I knew it wasn’t going to last but I was  really hoping.

May was a uneventful month filled with revelations of myself.

I’ve learned that I am a miserable person to live with..

You can’t leave a kid, a hammer, and a pile of wood together and not expect something to emerge with at least a half a yard of your good cloth on it.

A computer brings out the worse in you when it crashes..

A depressed mood is not when you blog or write things down…You’ll end up feeling worse than before you started and then everyone suffers.

I gave up one of my kids to teenagerhood ( I know not a real word) and more and more I am thankful that I managed to grow up with all my limbs intact.. one down three to go..

Parenthood is not a choice…  You don’t get to continue your dreams of being a famous writer or a professional banker.. you choose whether the car gets tires of your kid gets shoes.. YOUR dreams and inspirations are put on hold till your little ones are off on their own. You don’t choose sleepless nights or saggy skin.. as those are just little extra gifts you get for birthing midgets.

Dust is just an extra surface  for the kids to practice their artistic abilities… also windows, fish tanks, walls, wash machine…..

Indigestion is just a side effect of all the migraine pills I’ve been taking because the kids have been sick or fighting or bills to worry about. It’s so bad now I just think of taking them and WALLA!! Instant heartburn.

Grass has to be mowed.. of all things!

It never ends well when you jump to conclusions.. and I am amazed how some people think that their conclusions are the truth.. and you as a person can sit there, open your heart up and tell them the truth and all that comes of it is that your making excuses.

I hope that June brings cool weather and more smiles....

The Adventures of Mr. and Mrs. Sprat

Ahh Internet… the portal to the outside world for us shut-ins.. a great and wonderful tool that if you live in the right spot and your house is facing eastwest and not westeast, then you will have lightening speed internet.. unless you computer is old… then you have half lightening speed.. and if your computer is REALLY old like say over two years then you have snail speed.. but that is still better then dial up.. the aging of computers are for another time..

I am here to complain about my lightening speed internet..

     *The following story depicts fictional characters who’s names have been changed to protect their privacy as the wife blogs about it.

It all started one fateful evening in early March… here sat the *husband on the computer trying to play or watch or look up something and it wasn’t working as fast.. the *wife in the kitchen was listening to the conversation her husband was having with himself and everyone within a five mile radius now how he pays for so much speed and he wasn’t getting such speed. Day after day… week after week wife listened to the “ ONE PHONE CALL” speech he often gave about anything that wasn’t flowing his way…  so she decided to finally make that dreadful phone call to the phone company to complain about said speed. Only thing was is that calling the phone company is usually a 40 minute job with the caller on hold listening to elevator music… and then a 6 min conversation with a east Indian who doesn’t speak very good or any at all English.. resulting in a very frustrated wife who couldn’t spank one or two of the 15 kids she has who as soon as they see the phone raise up to the ears they either try and choke each other, mouth a question about whether they can go outside/upstairs/eat the last cookie/why does an egg shell not go down the drain. Or throw them selves at the wifes feet in a screaming fit. And then scream louder as the wife trips over the body flailing about to run outside where everyone isn’t because they were supposed to be picking up the sticks in the yard.

From what the wife gathered the internet was to be up to speed in two weeks.. good.. now when her husband came home she would have some good news to tell him.. and maybe.. he wouldn’t spend the whole evening complaining.

Wishful thinking… but what is life with out a little hope? The complaints slowly quieted down or maybe the wife grew deaf to them.. we are still not sure.

The two weeks were up.. Husband was counting down the days and when the day came and went with out the internet speed to his liking, wife suggested that he himself call the phone company and tell them about his “one phone call” proposition.

They were given another four weeks to wait.. this time the wife is eagerly waiting along with the husband because if she heard anything more about how hard her husband worked on his job and his internet should be fast as he swallowed her food that she slaved over a hot stove all day with out even tasting it she was going to stab him in the eye with a spoon.

Husband and wife currently are waiting in week number nine… wife has grown accustom to  the rantings drifting from the computer area.. she has learned to tune them out along with the music that stops every three seconds so it can buffer.. the twitches aren’t so bad now.. and the jelly beans help out a lot too.

The saga continues……

Potato soup

I found this recipe a few months too short.. AFTER the last snow fall and when you really want to have a warm creamy soup.. but hey..a little sweat dripping off your face and dropping into your soup bowl as you suck this down only adds flavor..

Or you can save it for when the weather turns cold again.

A simple soup that would go great with bread sticks or grilled cheese…

And all we need is potatoes, dried onions, salt, parsley, cream cheese and broth ( that was already in the pot when I thought of sharing this recipe)

As a rule you need about one large potato per one cup of broth.. may that be chicken or vegetable. And one 8oz package of cream cheese for every 4 cups of broth..

Cut up your potatoes add to your boiling broth.. boil till done..

With your hand mixer mash the potatoes … that helps to release their starches for your soup to thicken…

Let simmer for a little longer till it starts to thicken and then add your cream cheese.. this is where we need the whisk..  

Serve…  top with cheddar cheese or what ever you have in your fridge.

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Recipe

4 cups chicken broth

4 cups peeled and cubed potatoes

1/4 cup minced onion

1 (8 ounce) package cream cheese, cut into chunks
Salt to taste

Directions:

Combine broth, potatoes, onion, and spices.

Boil on medium heat until potatoes are tender.

Smash the potatoes to release their starch for thickening.

Reduce to low heat.

Add cream cheese.

Heat, stirring frequently, until cheese melts.