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Hi, I’m Lil’Miss Suzy Homemaker, or so I’ve been told lately.  To what do I owe this title to you ask?  Perhaps you know if you follow me on Facebook or Twitter but I’ve been busy in the kitchen.

It all started with a rather LARGE bag of ping-pong sized Key Limes my husband brought home one night.  Why did he buy these I have no idea and nor did I ask but now I am wondering. Hmmm?  I digress.

Todd tells me I need to do something with those limes because they are going to go bad real soon and why not make a key lime pie.  (His scheme all along) SURE!  I’ve never done it but it can’t be THAT hard, right??  Wrong. 

Who would have thought ping-pong sized limes would take me 30 minutes to squeeze just one cup of precious juice?  Who, I ask WHO?  I credit my naiveté for pushing onward and tackling Emeril’s recipe.

So yeah, I used the whole bag but 2 flippin’ limes, TWO, to get 1 cup of juice.  My fingers actually pruned up from all the squeezing.  The rest of the recipe was a breeze. 

Now I understand why the dessert costs so much.  The pie came out awesome!  BOY was it tart but oh so delicious.

Besides trying my hand at Key Lime Pie I decided to try out making jam.  There was this great sell on blackberries so heck, why not?  I found a “no cook” packet from Ball, purchased some freezer containers and headed home. 

I got the boys involved, which by the way made the process loooooonger but I’m making memories, right?  Let’s hope they DO remember.  Did I take pictures? No, may be next time.  I have no time to scrapbook these days. *sniff*

My latest Suzy moment was baking two loaves of banana bread.  It would have been three but it really is important to add ALL of the flour the recipe calls for.  (How did I miss that?)

When you look in the oven and see your BREAD boiling and bubbling ya know something isn’t right.  Thankfully I had plenty of banana’s overly ripe.  I put them out of their misery.

Oh, the day before yesterday, I made a chocolate chip crust, cream cheese, cherry-pie filling concoction simply because I had all the ingredients AND tonight I made Feta stuffed hamburgers with a spring salad that included red onions, mescaline and arugula fresh from our garden.

Tomorrow is another day and I may be making pumpkin bread, which is normally reserved for Thanksgiving and Christmas but I have a can of pumpkin puree that needs to be used.

Take THAT Miss Suzy!  I’m spent.  Good night all.  I hope your Easter was fun and blessed!

PS – I have more coupons and small samples of Revitalift to giveaway.  Stay tuned.

I have now been a SAHM for one whole month.  I have never been so busy in my life.  I wonder how I even managed to have a full time job and a house.  I can say the honeymoon stage wore off after week two when I was craving adult conversation and a place where people don't call me, "mommy."

I don't miss work but I miss the ladies I was friends with.  Not to worry though, we still talk on IM and our first lunch date is next week barring any health issues.  I'm looking forward to it.

I do miss my talk radio guys Glenn Beck and Rush Limbaugh.  *sigh* I'm trying to have some semblance of a routine - ha routine -  I "try" to do some laundry on Monday's and may be some cardio exercise (which I missed doing today).  On Sunday's I've decided not to do much work on my household chores.  Not much of a routine but that's as far as I've come.

1.  Did anyone tell me I'd be forever cleaning my kitchen?? It's like I am NEVER finished.  Never! 
2.  As much time as the boys and I spend together in one week they STILL want Mommy. 
3.  I wish I knew how this play group stuff worked.  I finally joined a group, a big one,          
     and they keep very active.  So active that many play dates fill up and we can't go.  At least we can     go  to the age specified group. 

Speaking of play dates... Our first play date was at Live Oak Park just 5 minutes from our house.  The day was foggy and the equipment wet and slippery and a bit cool. 

The boys had a blast and I got to meet some of the moms.  I really surprised myself.  I didn't find a wall to hold up (ok I was at a park but you know what I mean.)  I stepped up and introduced myself.    There are lots of interesting ladies.

It's late and I need my rest.  Stay tuned more to come.

January 22, 2009

Slowly I feel the honeymoon stage of getting my feet wet as a SAHM is coming to a close.

May be it was at the moment Tucker said, “Mom, I want my friends from school to come to my house.”  My heart sank.  He’s bored. 

Now I HAVE to connect with a play date group.  I’ve heard so many things about play groups and many were not so flattering. 

I’ve heard of click-ish groups.  There were groups that snub you if you can’t meet 100% of the times they do.  I’m 40 years old, who has time for high school antics?

I did a quick search from some links my friends had passed on.  I felt like I was entering the dating scene.  I am looking for the right fit.

There were a couple of groups that I would have to fill out applications for.  No big deal. One group had 51 or so members.  Another had reached its max of 60! Really, 60? There were some groups that only went up to 3years old.  I have a 4 year old.

So, I have to put myself out there.  Married White Female seeking companionship… for my kids.

I need to polish up my profile, meet up with some of these groups and test the waters.

This is SO not me.  My kids are stretching me beyond my comfort zone.  Love ya boys!

I'm naturally shy.  I'm a Christian with a bit of an edge.  Some may say I should dress my age but what does THAT look like?  I wear jeans w/ graphic tees sometimes w/ ponytails.  SOMEBODY tell me when I get to the point where I can't pull off that look any more. 

So what should I wear? I should be myself but take the nose piercing off and cover the tattoos, right?  Okay, okay, I don't have a piercing OR a tattoo BUT I'd like 'em.

I'm nervous... anxious.  I'd rather NOT do this but it's for the children.