Sunday Musings . . . . May 2nd

Perhaps I should title these posts Sunday 'Night' Musings as it's nearly the end of the day before I get a chance to get on here! We've had a lovely busy weekend but first let me recap from the beginning of the week.

Look what I bought this week :-) Actually I ordered it last week from Amazon when I saw a blog post about someone making homemade ice cream! I checked Amazon after reading that post and found the same ice cream maker as the blogger mentioned (I can't remember who's blog it was, so if you're reading this and it was you, please let me know) and it was on sale so I had to get it ;-) Of course what I liked about it more than making ice cream (which I'm actually not a huge fan of, although I will eat it) is the fact you can make frozen yogurt. You know I am always trying to eat healthy, this is what I made the second day we got it (the first day I had to make ice cream for Kiki and Jason using heavy whipping cream!)

This is Weight Watchers vanilla yogurt with some frozen berries that I had and a little sugar (the recipe was in the book you get), it was lovely. The only down side to this maker is you have to really freeze the bowl for at least 24 hours each time. It's probably not a problem after you've had it a while and only use it once a week or so, but the first couple of days we were wanting to try a few different recipes but once you've had it out of the freezer for the half hour it takes to make you need to re-freeze it for at least a day before you use again. Still, it was fun and there are lots of different recipes to try, even low fat versions. Oh, and for slushies for kids you simply pour in coca cola or any other soda or juice and turn it on. Kristen loved the 'icy Sprite' I did :-)

This week saw Kristen taking her first TAKS (Texas Assessment of Knowledge and Skills) tests at school - math and reading. Some kids can get pretty nervous at the mention of tests, I didn't make a big deal out of it and from what Kristen said I think she probably did great.

On Friday my sweet hubby walked through the door with a beautiful bunch of roses for me, and a little bouquet of chrysanths for Kristen. It started our weekend off on a great note ;-)

Tennis! Well, I didn't get to play tennis yesterday after all :-( There was some misunderstanding when Cheryl booked up and it seems a tournament was on so no courts were available? Cheryl will have to call the rec center to find out what happened but we hope to take a class not next weekend (still tournaments) but the next. We might still try and go play one morning this week instead of walking. I'll keep you all posted. Cheryl and I headed off to the farmers market after we found out about the tennis, she hadn't been yet and was excited to see all the local growers when we got there. We bought beets, cauli, carrots, lettuce, tomatoes, and spinach and tried a few dips and salsas too. I think we'll be heading there most Saturday mornings now.

Cheryl and I (and Kristen and Connor) painted some mason jars yesterday and wrapped wire and beads around them to put in our trees out front. I saw this idea on a blog this week too, I need to start making a note of who's blogs I see things on! The small jar above is one I bought in Hobby Lobby, and I already had plans to try and paint our own, so I was happy to see a recent post on how to do it. We simply mixed a little paint with Modge Podge and painted the outside of the jar. I like the mason jars better than the one I bought because the tea lights don't get blown out easily. The slightest breeze and the candle just goes out in the smaller jar. We sat out front last night and lit all the candles. The kids love playing out there in the dark while the neighbors sit and chat over a glass of wine (or beer) ;-) We love our cul-de-sac!

So today Jason and I have been busy in the back garden. Things seem to be coming along nicely now, but we're still working on getting more seeds and seedlings planted out to replace the things eaten. We might still have a problem with grubs in the soil for a while too (til we order some beneficial nematodes)! but we'll just keep trying. While we're working out there, Kristen is doing this . . . .

don't look at all those weeds in the flower bed! I'm working on pulling them out soon too ;-) That's our week in review, hope yours has been a good one. Are we all ready for another Monday morning?!