Over the course of the last week a few questions have come up about various things. I can’t really remember all of them or even most of them, but it doesn’t really matter because I’ve already decided that this post is largely dedicated to answering six or two questions that I remember.
My brain is a little tired due to a mixture of being ready for summer to just get here already and attending a meeting last night to learn all about first grade. First grade? How did that happen?
(Cue the opening music to “Sunrise, Sunset”. Weeping. Sobbing.)
So before I fall asleep on my computer, here are a few numbered items to end the week.
1. A few of you (maybe one of you) asked about the pictures in my hallway. The hallway where P left the dust pile that was magically picked up by the dust fairy.
The pictures are various old photos from both sides of our family. I adore all of them, but my favorite is probably this one of my dad’s parents on their wedding day. It hangs on a wall by itself.
Here are the other walls.
I think the thermostat in the middle of that last wall really adds that extra something special.
2. P hasn’t actually started painting the attic with radiant barrier paint. I think he’s holding out for July to see if he can die of heat stroke in the attic. The hole in the house was because he decided we needed a new attic fan, which he installed today while Caroline and I ate popsicles and cheered him on.
Here he is framing out the hole that’s been standing wide open for two days. Can you say squirrel eating all your Christmas decorations? I knew you could.
I like to think that this is God shining down on P’s efforts to make our home more energy efficient and not just bad photography.
And here he is up in the attic actually installing the new fan. Right before I blinded him with the flash from the camera and he told me that living with me is like living with the papparazzi.
Whatever. Like the papparazzi makes peanut butter rice krispie treats for their subjects.
3. This doesn’t pertain to any sort of question, but rather sharing a precious memory from my childhood with my daughter.
I was so ashamed that my five-year-old had yet to experience Easy Cheese. She has led a deprived existence.
Oddly, cheese straight from a can doesn’t taste as good as I remembered.
Y’all have a great Memorial Day weekend. May the hot dogs be plentiful.
And maybe even the Easy Cheese if you’re still a fan.
The forehead light- is it really for work? Or, like my hubs, is it one he bought for hunting so you could see and track the animal? Turns all sorts of colors so you can see different things & the animals won’t see you.
Have a great weekend:)
What is it about guys and this radiant barrier paint? My husband said last night he was going to order some and paint our attic. But he’s waiting until Fall.
See? With age you do get a little smarter.
Peanut butter rice krispie treats? Can you blog about that sometime? Those sound amazing!
Squirrels were my first thought when I saw that gaping hole. But don’t you love a man who wears a tool belt and actually knows how to use it?
One time I babysat my nieces and nephew and we got talking about tater tots. They asked what that was and I was SHOCKED. The children had never had tater tots! How does that happen in America?
ps. I’m a new Grammy–come see my new grandbaby and tell me how perfect he is!
I loooove old photos! Your grandparents’ wedding photo is beautiful.
I too think that the thermostat adds a real touch of ambiance. Have a great weekend!
I bought some canned whip cream because I wanted my children to experience that sort of nirvana. Don’t you remember squirting it straight into your mouth from the nozzle? (Please say you do, even if you don’t)
I told Elena, who was about 4 at the time to open wide. I filled her mouth with that delicious cream.
She promptly burst into tears and spewed whipped cream all over the kitchen.
Clearly, she has a much more discriminating palate than her mother.
I know you’re taking a break from fashion for awhile but I need some serious HELP!!!! I’m going to my 10 year class reunion in Chicago and it’s a 3 day thing. I need something cute for day and walking. And I need an AWESOME dress for an evening restaurant. I’m 5’10″ tall so dresses that come above the knee make me look weird. I’m also rather fluffy in the middle from 4 kids. Any ideas?? I have until July 31 so don’t strain yourself.
Thanks for you help.
O Easy Cheese – How I love you!
I love the “Stairway to Heaven” or “Jacob’s Ladder” picture. Also, I posted a pic of Jorge with his head-lamp on today, too. He was grilling and starting a fire in the dark and put on the head lamp. ?
I want to know more about the peanut butter rice krispie treats! Share!
About the picture with the sun shining in it – that’s called “solar flare” and it is very “in” right now in some of the photography circles. I think it’s supposed to remind you of bright, sunshiny days of carefree youth.
So when I happen to get solar flare in my photos, I act like I meant to do that.
Easy Cheese…my mom used to send this to me in care packages when I was at school. No better way to say “I love you” than with Easy Cheese.
I asked for the hallway pictures and thank you! I think I’ve overused the word “fabulous” but all that’s coming to my mind at 5:45 a.m. is this- ??? ???????! It means “so pretty!” but trust me when I say it sounds better in Ukrainian. Thanks, Big Mama!
I knew I forgot something while I was at the store yesterday….got to go back this morning for some easy cheese! That brings back some memories. Happy Memorial Day to you too!
Many Blessings,
Amanda
Huh- I forgot that just because I type in Cyrillic, it doesn’t always show up that way.
ON youth group road trips, we would eat easy cheese in bugles. Have you tried it? Probably tastes better in my memory!
my DH had his headlamp and toolbelt on before. 8. am. this. morning. i know the REAL reason your brain is a little tired! he has me exhausted already!!
I love your photos! I have a wall like that in our house and it is always a conversation point when people come to visit.
I love peanut butter rice krispie treats! I remember my aunt Lila making them when I was a kid – my favorite snack (next to “preacher’s cookies” – those no bake chocolate, peanut butter & oatmeal cookies).
What a crack up. Reminds me why we would be friends in real life. When we lived in Laredo my husband was in the attic in the summer putting a light over the sink, that I asked for. He had made the hole in the ceiling and I was suppossed to be down there doing something. SO he’s up there working and sees through the hole that I am actually reading People magazine in the kitchen. Ooops!
And don’t get me started on Easy Cheese. My best friend will never let me live it down!
Happy Memorial Day
YESSSSSSS!!!! Peanut Butter Rice Krispies!!! I’m so excited you make them! So many people have never heard of making them that way and it makes me sad, I’ve actually NEVER made them with marshmellows because this recipe is so much better!!!
Okay, so quick word of warning…when someone is working with electricity (hopefully the power is shut OFF to that particular area. Ahem…) do NOT take flash photography of the person doing the work. A couple of years ago I nearly gave my father-in-law a heart attack by snapping a picture while he was hooking up new can lights in my remodeled kitchen. It’s a good thing I only have standard height ceilings – a fall from any height greater than that might have cost me for newly incurred medical expenses…oops.
MMMMMM! I love spray cheese!
I luuuuuuve Easy Cheese but I like the American flavor not cheddar.
Yall have a great weekend as well. We are going to try and dodge the rain.
You know, with Easy Cheese you can make a chili dog that tastes a lot like one from James Coney Island.
Those pics are amazing and you are so lucky to have them.
I have a few from both mine and DH’s family but I wish we had more.
Oh I used to LOVE cheese from a can. What kid didn’t!? Other than the lactose intolerant ones. I haven’t had any since I was a kid either. Love the pictures of the pictures on your wall. They are beautiful. I wish I had old photos like that. Well, of MY family. Not yours.
Ooo, I love old photographs especially men in uniform.
“I like to think that this is God shining down on P’s efforts to make our home more energy efficient and not just bad photography.”
LOL! Hark the Herald Angels Sing! I’ll have to remember that one.
That light above the attic fan window is really coming from the current administration. You get that when you go green. If you put on sunglasses, it goes away.
;>)
Easy Cheese….that will be on my mind all day.
Easy Cheese… just plain gross… but I, need to hear more about these peanut butter rice krispy treats….
Wait, I’m confused… That first image is of your dad’s parents’ wedding day, but it’s.. a color photograph? What did I miss?
‘Cause I KNOW you’re not younger than me – I think I was reading you already by the time I left A&M! lol
OMG, I use to LOVE Easy Cheese. A friend brought some over not too long ago. I tried it again, and it’s definitely not as good in my OLDER age.
It’s definitely God shining down in the one picture.
Have a great weekend.
I’m pregnant and have been seriously craving that cheese…
I’m seeing a trip to HEB in my very near future.
Easy cheese. One of many things that don’t taste as good as I remember. On my list of things I LOVED as a kid, excitedly re-tried as an adult and thought “gross”
Spaghetti O’s w/ franks
Combos
Ragu
Would you believe that my 33 year old husband had never even heard of much less tried Easy Cheese until last year!?!?! They don’t sell it in Canada (at least not at ANY of the stores where we shop) so he missed out on this little treasure while he was growing up. Now, he’s addicted and begs my parents to smuggle some across the border by the caseload whenever they come up for a visit!
I love old photographs. We’ve done the same thing in our house, and I love it. Well, except when it’s time to dust the frames.
Love ALL the pictures! And from seeing them I can tell that Memorial Day will mean more to you than some, what with you having military men in your family heritage.
And how great that P. is do-it-yourselfer! That can save so much money! My hubby is the same way. Hardly anything he can’t fix.
Hope you have a great weekend!
Marilyn
Isn’t it funny how the junk food from our childhood doesn’t quite hold the appeal that it once did? Like fish sticks and tater tots….o.k. who am I kidding? I STILL love me some tots!
My twins still haven’t had a fluffanutter (no clue how to spell that) sandwich with all the stinkin’ peanut allergy stuff. What a world, what a world.
Cheese from a can! That’s a treasured childhood memory of mine, too.
I am planning an Open House for some Sunday in June and I am thinking of making grownup party food AND Kid Hors’ D’ouvres – Ritz crackers with peanut butter and jelly, Ritze with Easy cheese, etc. Maybe a vienna sausage or two…
P has got to just LOVE you!
Thanks for the laughs!
My husband loves the Easy Cheese with some bacon cheddar crackers. But I’m not really a big fan. Those peanut butter rice krispie treats sound delicious, though! You need to give us the recipe.
Amen on the spray cheese! I hadn’t had any for years and got a chance to eat some a while back…what a let down! Do you think it’s because it’s probably loaded with way more chemicals now?!!
I never liked Easy Cheese (TOO salty)! But, I LOVE that you shared it with your baby…I hope she liked it. Mine never seems very impressed with the childhood experiences I share with her (but then, she’s 16).
I just recently introduced my *10*-year-old to Easy Cheese. Don’t know how I walked past it at the grocery store for the first ten years of his life. He thinks it’s awesome. And he and my husband finished the can before I even had a chance to re-experience it.
Happy Memorial Day to you, too!
I agree. Easy Cheese doesn’t taste as good as I remember.
Squirells are the very least of your problem. Remember the racoons living next door. And the poor older fellow (hmmm mmmm racoon)who was kicked outside to die. They will totally move in. They have those cute little paws to pry open that fan. And I read earlier this week on Patsy Clairmonts blog that she was going to knit socks for her racoons.
Easy cheese. How challenging is the regular cheese? Really?
Oh my goodness, for some reason that was so funny. I would croak if there was a hole anywhere in our house for squirrels and who knows what else to come in. I am crazy paranoid about a gap in the bottom of one of our doors!
Living with the paparazzi…heeheehee. He loves being all over the internet, I bet, especially with that gear on.
Sometimes things from long ago are so wonderful (i.e. old photos of family), and then there are other things that are better left to the status in which our memories hold them (i.e. Easy Cheese). What did your daughter think of it, anyway?
I bought my kids Easy Cheese for the first time ever last week. They called the neighbor buddies over and I overheard them talking in the kitchen: “It’s CHEESE. In a CAN. A CAN!” Their voices dripped with the sheer wonder of it, and I felt like a really bad mom that it took me this long to remember the Easy Cheese.
Easy cheese? How pathetic have we become as a people when we cannot manage to slice cheese? It’s nearly as bad as peanut butter and jelly mixed together in the same jar. HA
Oh I am so broken down I better put on some slippers- I cannot possibly slice cheese today, it hurts my arm.
Easy cheese, it doesn’t have the draw it used to have when I was younger and my metabolism was amazing.
I will say however, that if you put some on top of Nabisco’s Chicken in a Biskit crackers you might just change you mind again. I also remember it being really good on pretzel’s
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I can’t ever talk about canned cheese without quoting the Blues Brother’s… “Did you bring me my Cheese Whiz boy?” And if you don’t get the quote, you simply must remedy that by watching the original (with John Belushi) and soon! It’s a classic for heaven’s sakes
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Hey Big Mama!!!
I know that you totally aren’t worried, but… The Nester shares an easy way to hide that Thermostat if you are interested.
http://nestingplacenc.blogspot.com/2007/12/it-doesnt-have-to-be-perfect-to-be.html
Just thought i’d share! You know, because i’m always lookin’ out for ya! haha! LOVE!
You will love your attic fan. Wish I had one. What’s P up to next week-end?
OK…with this baby sitting right on my bladder, I have GOT TO remember to go to the bathroom before I stop by here to read. I am sure I will pee in my pants before P is finished with this attic project!!!
My grandmother used to buy us easy cheese. We loved to squirt it straight into our mouths. I don’t have any desire to eat it now though. Also, I’ve had the peanut butter rice krispie treats you wrote about with a chocolate topping. I think it was just melted chocolate chips. Yummy!