July 21-27, 2013

This Week's Note
I watched this.

This Week's Posts
Writing Music: Humanoids- Some writers, like me, find that a fast beat leads to faster typing.  This tune will get your fingers dancing.

1,006 Words: Dead Trees- A picture and six words.  What did I create?

Road Work, No Regrets, and Fashion- The smell of asphalt, ROW80, and WIPpet Wednesday.

Postcard #7-

Summer Reading #6- Two books down and two new started.

This Week's Recipes
Butterscotch Pie
Not only was this my first time making this, it was my first time eating this!  Oh and it was also my first time making fresh whip cream, which makes me wonder why I don't do that all the time.  Everything in this recipe is yum and not so hard.  I just suggest having a large strainer.  I have only a single, tiny one and that made one step suck.

Creamy Burrito Casserole
A super simple dish to make that is made of yum.  The entire family loved it.  I served it with salsa and a dollop of sour cream on top (how we always eat burritos).

July 14-20, 2013

What do my daughter's
Monster High Dolls have to do with
this week's post?
Read it and find out! 

This Week's Note
Things have been a little goofy. My husband took a stay-cation and joined in on the summer activities the kids and I have been doing.  I had developed a bit of a rhythm and this killed it.  It feels like Wednesday, not Saturday.  Blah.  And the heat wave didn't help.  Thankfully that broke over night with thunderstorms.  My A/C is writing it a thank you card and enjoying its vacation.

This Week's Posts
Writing Music: Sexy Love- This is a k-pop girl group doing the robot in unison... Totally great to write to and totally great to listen/watch.

1,006 Words: Super Squirrel- A picture = 1,000 Words.  A story can be told in 6.  Combine the two and (click the link to find out).

Pie, 50%, and Name- I talk about pie in my life.  I talk about ROW80 goals and reaching 50% done on FLAMES.  And I share my narrator's name in this week's WIPpet Wednesday.

Postcard #6- This week I realized two things.  #1- I f---ed up writing this week's postcard.  #2- I can just past that straight in here.  So, let's do that.

Product Retelling- I discovered that Mattel is launching a new fashion doll line, Ever After High.  And after posting that I found out a Monster High character will be transferring there!  Which one?  I mention her (as the example of what makes Monster High awesome) in the post, so read it to find out.

Recipe of the Week
I'm making it today... The schedule has been goofy, I tell ya!  So, I'll share this video for the dinner I'm making tonight.  This is a family favorite.

July 7-13, 2013

Like pie?

Life
We're about half way through summer vacation.  That means two things.  My husband is on vacation for a week and his birthday is nigh.  He doesn't want a cake this year.  He wants pie (he likes pie better).  So, I'll be trying a butterscotch pie recipe.

Blog Posts This Week
Writing Music: Can't Nobody- I share a song from my favorite K-pop girl group.

If she saw this, she'd squee!

1,006 Words: Bad Deed- A picture mixes with 6 words to reveal something sinister.

Read It and Smile!- My son's reading, a good ROW80 week, and a WIPpet with a dictionary.

Postcard #5- Pictures in the sand.

Summer Reading #5- The girl loves her owls, the boy starts juggling 2, and I am not as far as I expected.

This Week's Recipe
Cheeseburger Ring
I let my son pick the recipe for this week.  Honestly, I didn't see how this could go wrong!  It didn't.  It is wonderful!  I served it with extra tomatoes in the middle and we all ended up using extra condiments.  And the comments pointed out you could easily fill it with other things.  The possibilities!!!

June 30 - July 6, 2013

The Awesomes!

Note of the Week
At the beginning of the year I got into Cookie Cutter Shop Mystery Series.  And super recently, I read the first in the Haunted Yarn Shop Series.  On July 2nd both series released a book (Cookie #4 and Yarn #2).  My husband loves me so he bought them for me.  I just finished one of the two.  I saved the one I'm super excited about for "last."  Which do you think that is?

Blog Posts This Week
Writing Music: Sherlock- I share more Korean pop music I write to.

ROW80 Round 3 2013 Goals- I'm doing the writing challenge A Round of Words in 80 Days (ROW80) and these are my goals for it.

1,006 Words: Shouldn't have said that...-A picture and 6 accenting words.

A Guest Post by Steven Saus- He came by to share a story about tarot and share information about his current project, WHAT FATES IMPOSE.

Canceled Plan, Starting Up, and Coffee Mug- I shared a bit of summer let down, my ROW80 progress, and my WIPpet Wednesday excerpt.

Summer Postcard #4- I found something on the beach.

Summer Reading #4- Where I stopped reading FRANKENSTEIN to read my new pretties!  And the kids read stuff too.

Not either of those recipes.
 I just wanted a picture of food
 to go with the text.

New to Me Recipes
Banana Soft Serve
Frozen bananas blended/processed end up like soft serve ice cream?  Why, yes.  And with a touch of peanut butter... OMG.  A healthier than ice cream option for super hot days.  Love it.

Crock Pot Cube Steak
This becomes fall apart tender in the most nummy gravy known to man!  Seriously, it is fantastic!