Friday night dinner...

KFC mashed potato bowl remakes & Publix sweet tea!

(don't judge us the size of the bowls)

Homemade mashed potatoes
Gravy from a jar :)
Corn
Publix chicken tenders cut up
Cheese

I just put then all in a bowl & threw them in the oven to melt the cheese & heat the gravy! They were so good.

Thank you

Thank you for saving me, homemade frapp.



Recipe on this one? A bunch of random stuff in my Magic Bullet.

-Cold coffee I never drank bc I fell asleep
-caramel syrup
-chocolate carnation breakfast powder
-ice
-sanity


:)

Random Acts of Kindness

I recently read a blog post where a woman spent her 38th birthday doing 38 random acts of kindness.... Handing strangers gift cards, handing strangers balloons, helping people load their groceries in their cars... So sweet!

Well today I was driving in the parking lot of a grocery store when I saw a man driving with his keys still hanging out of the trunk of his car (no idea how he was driving without his keys! Ha) Anyway, I drove up behind him and honked my horn like a crazy lady until he let me pull up next to him to tell him... He may have acted like I was a little crazy too, but he was appreciative. I do have to say I drove away happy... Proud that I did a random act of kindness... When I got to thinking.... It wasn't at all! It's common decency!

It just gave me a new perspective... I feel like maybe common decency is not all that common!

I would hope someone would do the same for me...

Halloween! & other recent stuff

My Hannah Banana <3

We had a Halloween party & Hannah was NOT a fan of her costume! Oh well... Pictures don't show it! :) atta girl!

Here are a few more recent pictures from my phone of what's been going on! Recently, she's starting pulling herself across the floor & she does it FAST!! I know she'll be "crawling" soon! This thing she does is so funny... She just drags herself now!

We are still dealing with her skin issues.. Eczema & possibly some underlying issues... Asthma/allergies type issues... In addition to the doctors' suggestions, I am also trying a hazel wood necklace. I have friends who swear by them.. They are suppose to alleviate skin issues by absorbing acidity... We'll see! :)

On to the pictures, shall we?

Sunday Funday <3

Sean was is Georgia this weekend to help his dad with getting the house ready to be moved out of....

Saturday night I had a photo shoot with a beautiful family, and Hannah stayed with someone other than Daddy for the first time!

Hannah and I had a good weekend here, despite daddy leaving us! Today was BEAUTIFUL! It finally feels like fall. It was a gorgeous 66 degrees, so we went to the park! I am loving this weather.. I hope it stays for a while! HJ loves being outside, and loved her first time on the swing!

Subs and cream soda for lunch.. Yum!


Ps... She is totally Sean's mini-me in the stroller picture!!

Tuesday Night Dinner & a Craft

Dinner in the Malmo house last night:
Caesar salad with light dressing
Red potatoes:
Tossed in olive oil, s&p, red pepper flakes and ranch seasoning baked at 425° for about 40 minutes. Sprinkled with shaved parmesan & broiled until brown
Baked honey BBQ chicken:
Chicken breasts cut into strips, seasoned with s&p & covered in honey & Sweet Baby Ray's BBQ sauce. Baked on 425° for about 10 minutes, flipped & brushed with more honey & sauce. Cooked for about another 5 minutes
Half a deli roll:
Toasted in the oven until butter is melted & browned

Yum!

So I have been obsessed with Pinterest lately, and I have seen these popping up everywhere! I have been dying to do one, so I picked up a wooden letter from Wal-Mart & used yarn & embellishments I already had. It's SO simple, you really don't need a tutorial. It takes all of about 10 minutes maybe?? Just hot glue to hold your starting piece of yarn with, wrap wrap wrap, and hot glue your last piece down when you like your finished product! If you don't like the way it looks, re-wrap! It's easy to take the yarn off and start over. I googled different methods, and found that you need to wrap in two directions to cover the tops as well as the sides.

 I love the final result! I want to do our family monogram next! :)

Taco Soup!

I have been dying to make this for a few weeks now, it is probably one of my favorite meals... FINALLY it is cooling off (a tiny bit) and starting to feel more like fall.... Time for Taco Soup!

Taco soup!!

I really really really love my crock pot. I love smelling the yummy-ness ALL DAY, it makes dinner taste that much better... plus, I can have the kitchen cleaned up before we even eat!

Anyway, here is how I made it this time:
Throw in (in this order.. I'm not sure why, just do it, okay?)
2 chicken breasts
3 tbsp(ish) Ranch seasoning (that's about one packet)
1/4 c taco seasoning (I added more later, it needed more kick!)
Two cans Rotel (I used one, but it could have used two.)
One can corn
One can black beans
One can white beans
One can kidney beans
(Don't drain those cans, you need the juice!)

That's it. Let it cook. I cooked mine for about 4 hours on low, my Crock Pot seems to cook on the fast side. Take the chicken out, shred it & throw it back in.

I top mine with fat free sour cream, fat free cheddar and crushed up baked Tostitos! Yes, please!

YAY FALLLLL!!! Enjoy!


Megan