Monthly Check-In

It's going to be March in a few days.  Wholy cow!  I've got to admit, I've been lazy...again!  Must be the cold that makes me lazy during the week.  Weekends are a different story.  We're working like crazy to clear our yard. 

Check it out!

If you guys remember...the before...

We rented a bobcat, but took pictures on the good camera.  All I have is uploaded is an after photo from my camera phone.  Why do we have a good camera if I don't use the photos?  =P

I trimmed the palm tree too! 

We have an inspiration photo for our front now!  I pinned this courtyard that Doug found.  Both of us fell in love with it, so we're going to hopefully recreate it in our front yard. 

Pinned

We even started looking at concrete.  $3.55 a bag at Home Depot.  1 bag only covers 2 sqft @ 4 inches deep.  Yea...that's not a lot.  We're still deciding on how much area to cover.  Definitely exciting tho!  It'll be built in stages cuz seriously we still need to be able to put food on the table!

Moving along to the back yard...

Why are we digging out this tree?  It's right next to our bedroom.  Not good.  Hopefully it doesn't get under our foundation. 

haha  Couldn't resist!!  Yep, those french doors lead to our bedroom.  =)

Aside from yard work, I've been working on my cooking skills.



I made this Dutch Baby!  MMmmm....so good!  Recipe found on Simply Recipes.

Chicken cacciatore from Pioneer Woman.  Didn't even know what this was before we tried it.  Soooo flavorful!  I think it's from the stewed tomatoes we used.

Lastly, we made fried rice.  I've been craving this, and it came out really good!  I improvised with what I had, loosely following the allrecipes version.  One reviewer added oyster sauce instead of soy sauce.  I tried, and yum!  This made the flavor!  I used frozen veggies, chinese sausage, and ground pork for my add ins.  Good stuff. 

I put in the crock pot this morning Chicken and lentil soup.  We'll see how that goes.

Out of 28 days, I managed to try and make something new at least once a week.  Yay!  Hmm...maybe I'm not so lazy after all.  :) 

Oops!  Almost forgot!  February is Vday.  My hubs bought me flowers!  No one ever gives me flowers... this was a pretty wonderful surprise.  =)