Midnight Babbles

I woke up between pills half way lucid & played on the computer for a bit, the painkillers are making me kinda loopy. The Hubby is enjoying it though because he says they make me a lot more mellow, & that I should keep taking them on a permanent basis- ha ha ha hunny. Between my Hubby,Sister & sweet Kiddos I have been well takin care of, it's almost enough to make me want to do it again- NOT :) I am so tired of sitting/laying/resting I am about to go batty, I get really faint & dizzy if I'm up for longer than about 5 min. So I suppose I will still have to take it some what easy, I did swipe a pen & paper pad last time I was up & have been making lists of things that need done. That has helped me feel a little bit less like a slug :)
I hope all you Mom's had a wonderful day :) :) :)

HOME SWEET HOME

Just a quick blog to let you all now that I'm Home and all is going well. The surgery went fine, my surgeon said she didn't now how I waited so long it was pretty bad. I did go into the ER 2 months ago with really bad pain & they sent me home telling me that they thought I had a chest inflammation. It took 2 months to get a diagnose and have things figured out. I had a wonderful surgeon, who too great care of me. The whole thing has been fine except for a small incident at home when one of my incisions squirted blood all over me and the bathroom. Once we got that under control things have been fine. I'm pretty sore still, and they won't let me do much. My Hubby & Kiddos are taking great care of me. Poor Miss M is going through snuggle withdrawal, I didn't realize how much I still carry her around. All in All things are good & I am one spoiled Mama :) I hope all of you are having a great weekend :)

Takin' a T

As my youngest calls it, when I asked what she thought that meant she thought for a moment and said, A break? So ya that works for me :)
Thursday morning I am scheduled for Gallbladder surgery, they are removing my gallbladder first than checking to see if I have passed any stones. If so I will have to stay overnight & have a second surgery on Friday. So I am taking a break for a few days, I don't know how long I will be out of things.
So I will try to catch up with all your blogs next week sometime, to all you Mom's (and Future Mom's)- Have a Wonderful Mother's Day! :) :) :)

Yummy Treats

I have been wanting to try this since I saw a picture in a magazine, it's a mixture between
Zambaglione & Champagne Cream. I wanted the texture of the Zambaglione using Champagne instead of Marsala. So I combined a couple recipes & this is what I came up with-
Didn't it turn out pretty :) :) :)

Champagne Cream

Ingred;
6 eggs yolks
1/2c. sugar
3/4c. champagne- I used Andre's Strawberry Champagne.
1c. heavy cream
2T. sugar
1/2t. vanilla
1c. fresh berries of your choice

Start a pot of water to boil on the stove & place a glass bowl in the freezer.
Whisk together the egg yolks & sugar in a metal bowl, slowly whisk in the champagne (it will foam up quite a bit). Place metal bowl over top of a pan of boiling water, whisk mixture until it's nice & thick (all the foam will disappear). This takes about 10-15 min. Take your chilled bowl out of the freezer and pour your custard into it, place into the fridge to cool.
Chill another mixing bowl, once your custard is cooled, whip the cream, sugar & vanilla in the chilled bowl until firm peaks form. Reserve 1/2 a cup of the whipped cream. Gently fold the custard into the remaining whipped cream. To serve layer with your berries into individual serving dishes, garnish with reserved cream and berries.

This was so light & airy, if you are looking for a impressive,beautiful, easy, make ahead dessert this would be perfect, it was wonderful :)

The grocery store had shrimp on sale so I decided to make wonton wrapped shrimp, & bacon wrapped shrimp.

Wonton Wrapped Shrimp

Ingred;
Wonton wrappers
lg cooked, peeled deveined shrimp
cream cheese
cocktail sauce

Wipe both sides of the wonton wrappers with olive oil, place a 1/2t. cream cheese in the center of each wonton. Place a shrimp on top and fold in the corners to make a square, bake at 425 for 15-30 min. until the wontons are crispy. Serve hot with cocktail sauce.


The Bacon Wrapped Shrimp I cooked at 425 for about 15 min. than broiled for about 5 min until the bacon was crispy :)

One more picture for the road-

Dinner, Dinner, what's for Dinner.......

I have been slacking in the dinner making department lately, in fact I think they might have fired me if they had that option. I haven't had a lot of desire or enthusiasm to make much of anything. But today, after a trip to the grocery store, I decided to make a soup that I have had on my mind for awhile.

Chicken & Orzo Soup

Here is our line-up of suspects-
Here I have my kitchen slaves pulling the stems off of the spinach, muhahahaha!

(See how scared the little one is, she knows I mean business)And while they did that I took a break and ate some of these, the bottle was already almost empty when I started, I swear.
Now surprisingly the Kiddo's all gave this a thumbs up, I did suspect I might have a bit of a fight what with the spinach floating in their soup, but they all ate it right up. I must say bribing them with fortune cookies probably helped ;)

My only problem with this soup was that there were no leftovers for my lunch tomorrow :(


Chicken & Orzo Soup

Ingred.-
8c. chicken broth
1c. orzo, uncooked
1/4c. minced fresh parsley
1c. cooked diced chicken
1c. chopped spinach

Bring your chicken broth to a boil, add in the remaining ingred. and simmer for 15 min.
Enjoy, this served my Family of 6 perfectly.

Award Time :)

I was lucky enough to receive a couple of awards from my Bloggy Friends the first one is the-

Passionate Blogger Award, Which I received from Katie and also from Raouly- Thank You Ladies :)

The Rules for this Award are-

1. Put the logo in your blog
2. Write five things you are passionate about apart from blogging
3. Tag 5 people on your lists and let them know you tagged them.

Five Things?????hmmmmm......

Well number one would definitely have to be---

1- My Family
My Children, Husband, Parents, Siblings, Grandparents- the list goes on & on. I adore my children with all my heart, they make every day special. Plus they keep me laughing :) I love my Hubby, we are going on 11 years this year. I don't know what I would do without my Sisters, they keep me sane, somewhat :) I have such a wonderful extended family that I can't even tell you how blessed I am, I am one lucky Girl :) And yes I said Girl, I haven't hit the big 30 yet :)

2- Crafting
I love to create things, whether it be scrapbooking, sewing, painting, crafts with the Kids, whatever I love it.

3-Cooking
Which is just another way of creating, I love it when my house is full of yummy smells. My Cousin and I have been getting together to make fancy appetizers, I love to make cute little desserts and appetizers :) And soup, Soup would have to be my most favorite thing to make, any kind, Soup is the best.

4-Montana
I can see my Hubby cringing as he reads this, sorry Hunny, I love my State. I love the Mountains and the People. I love being so close to nature that is visits your backyard, I love to see all the green in summer & all the white in the winter. I don't enjoy being too warm so the climate is perfect for me.

5-Reading
There is nothing like a GOOD book, & it's sad that there are so few out there. You know one, that sucks you in- makes you laugh, cry, and never want to put it down or for it to end. I have always wanted to write a book, it's on my Some Day List :)

So now I get to pass this on to 5 bloggers, sorry if you have already received this, it just means you're extra passionate! lol.

1- Raouly- for her passion for politics, & news, thanks for keeping me informed!
Who Has The Thyme?
2-Willoughby- for her passion for Life, I so enjoy reading her posts they never fail to brighten my day.
This Stop Willoughby
3-Lynn- for her passion for saving, thanks for all the great tips!!
Mom's Loot
4-Monica- for all her passion for beautiful food, I have gotten so many WONDERFUL recipes from her!
Lick The Bowl Good
5- Gracey- for her passion for her country, she writes such beautiful posts that you feel that you are there visiting it with her!
A Dash Of Life



The 2nd Award is the meme award-Given to me by Willoughby, Thank you Lady :)

The rules for this one are as follows-

I must post the award on my blog
List seven personality traits of mine
Pass the award to seven other bloggers


1- Neat Freak-
I HATE having things out of place, I drive my family bonkers I'm sure. If my house isn't clean and organized it drives ME bonkers. I feel that everything has a place and that's where it ought to be, lol.

2-Wishy-Washy-
If I don't have a particular thing in mind I can't decide. Like what to eat, cook, wear, buy. I will pick up and put down the same thing about 4 times before I can decide it's ok. I will often buy something get it home and decide it really wasn't the right choice and take it back. Driving with me is a lot of fun at times as well :)

3-Peacemaker-
I want everyone to be happy and get along, I HATE confrontations. I will bend over backwards to keep the peace.

4- Stubborn-
It's that inner 2 year old I talk about, I like to do things my way & usually by MYSELF! lol

5-Happy-
I am a pretty happy person.

6-Shy-
I have Social anxiety, I have a really hard time meeting new people and going to new places. Very Stressful.
Blogger: One Step at a Time - Edit Post "Award Time :)"
7-Optomistic-
I like to think the best of things, because really, how does it help to not???
There ya go 7 of my goofy personality traits.

The 7 people that I would like to pass this to are-

1-Luis- Muddy Runner
2-Erica- A Dramaqueens's Guide To Life
3-Crystal- Don't Try Her
4-R Max- Good Things Come To Those Who Blog
5-Tammy- Ponderosa Jr.
6- PurpleHoodieChick
7-Lisa- Frugal Momma

Now I gotta go sort through some boxes, moving day is coming ya know :)

Thank You

Thank You to Willoughby, Katie, Raouly for honoring me with those awards :) I will post on them next week :) :) :)

These past 2 weeks have been insanely busy & CRAZY. We had K's birthday than Miss K's birthday, I found out I need to have my Gall bladder removed, Graduation is in 2 weeks and we are moving in 1 month. I have been trying to find the perfect house to rent, I guess maybe I need to be less picky. The kids & I made an quick trip (5 hours) to go look at a place that sounded perfect, & it was! So keep your fingers crossed for me! So to get to the point, hopefully tomorrow or Monday, once we are home, and things are settled down a bit I can get a good post written. I hope everyone is having a wonderful weekend!!! :)