Daily Photo Journal -- May 30

Today was filled with family fun. We spent the afternoon at our niece's High School Graduation Open House. She's a sweetie!

And a wonderful bonus of the day was being able to see our daughter and son-in-law!

Daily Photo Journal -- May 29

We had supper out with my parents tonight. We had a wonderful time. My dad turns 80 on Wednesday and the next day they are jetting off to France, believe it or not.

Daily Photo Journal -- May 28

I know, I know. I didn't post a picture yesterday in my quest to post a picture every day in the month of May. Sorry. I went to a quilt shop in a tiny, tiny town about 20 miles away and on the way home I realized I should have taken a picture. Phooey!

Anyway...

This afternoon my hubby and I worked on some things in the basement. I know we moved almost a year ago, but we each had one room that still had a lot of stuff that needed to be sorted through. Hubby worked on his shop and I worked on my sewing room.

I have a chest of drawers that my parents gave to us when we got married. They bought it over 50 years ago to fit in a spot in their house trailer. I used it growing up. After we got some of our own bedroom furniture it became a place to stuff my sewing things. The other day I was looking for some interfacing and realized that I really needed to clean that thing out. I swear I have been shoving things in those drawers for 20-plus years and don't know if I have ever purged it.

Here's a shot of some of the open drawers:

This one is causing me the most fits:

First waste basket full:

(Any comments about the Panda Bear Waste Basket can be directed to my hubby. I hold no responsibility for it. It's a left over relic of his childhood.) 

(My niece was afraid of it when she was tiny.)

Now we are pooped from sorting and thinking and wondering what-in-the-world some of the things we came across were and are going to pick-up some supper from the grocery store deli and watch a movie. Sounds like a great Saturday night to me!

Oh, and neither of us finished our jobs. I see another exciting Saturday afternoon ahead! :)

Daily Photo Journal -- May 26 (Pioneer Woman - Migas)

My next recipe to tackle in The Pioneer Woman Cooks cookbook was something called Migas. Ree says that they are known in the Southwest and describes them as "an exceedingly flavorful scrambled egg dish."  Since I'm a Midwest girl, it's no wonder I've never heard of them.

These "exceedingly flavorful scrambled eggs" have onion, red and green pepper, tomatoes, and jalapenos in them. A quite unique ingredient is corn tortillas that are fried until almost crispy.

I actually think I'd like the corn tortillas more crispy. They were hard to cut up (Hubby to the rescue!), and they seemed kinda mushy in the mix with everything else.

Here's a shot of everything cooking:

The finished product on my plate with Monterrey Jack cheese and cilantro added. (Oh, I love cilantro!) I also added an avocado to my plate.

The verdict? It tasted okay. 

When I make something new, I ask two questions: 

1) Do you like it? 2) Should I make it again? 

The answers to this dish are 1) Yes and 2) No.

(Sorry, Ree)

Daily Photo Journal -- May 25

I guess it's good for the garden...(this 1.25" plus the 2" last weekend)

Daily Photo Journal -- May 24

Today I received my first year on blogging in book form! I ordered it from this site:

http://blog2print.sharedbook.com/blogworld/printmyblog/index.html

Now I will order the remaining years so I can have hard copies of this fun hobby!

Daily Photo Journal -- May 23

Can you smell the Lilacs?

Mmmm!

(I am trying to pretend I didn't see the thousands of tiny, tiny bugs on the counter as I was putting these in a vase.... 

and trying to pretend that I don't feel them crawling all over me....)