Reading time

I'm not to far behind on the reading updates. Only 5 books. My book reading tastes change frequently and right now I'm kinda on a young adult reading phase. So without further ado.

One For the Money- No I haven't seen the movie but thought I would read the book before seeing the movie. I really enjoyed the book and wouldn't mind reading a few more in the series. It's was a little intrigue with some funny moments.

Night Shade- Now for my young adult reads. I was surprised that this book turned out as good as it did. If you like books about were wolves you may enjoy this book. It had some surprising twists and I'm anxious to start on the second book in the series (it's sitting on my nightstand along with the third one.)

Switched- Another surprising book. It's about modern day trolls living among us and their cultures and a new princess. I devoured this book plus the other two in the series.

Torn- Book two of the series about the Trylle. Every bit as good as the first.

Ascend- Book three of the series. I felt the ending was a bit rushed but overall it was a still a good read.

That's my reading list. I'm currently reading City of Lost Souls and loving it. I'll post more on it when I'm done.

New recipes 14-21

See told you I was behind on posting but almost done with the 38 new recipe challenge. Some of these I took pics of but most I didn't. If I have blog sites where I got them from I'll post links.

First up number 14..... Snicker doodles. After finding snicker doodle ice cream I just had to have some real cookies. They were so delicious, moist and chewy.

Recipe number 15-Oven Roasted potatoes. They were ok, not the greatest. I'll probably fix them again. I got the recipe from this blog.

Recipe number 16- Doritos casserole. I thought the kids would have enjoyed this more since it had lots of cheese and lots of Doritos. Terry, Jina and I really liked it though. If you are looking for a quick, fun meal check it out here.

Recipe number 17- Hamburger steak with onion gravy. This was really good. And I like that it's versatile enough that you can make it with pre-made patties or make your own patties.

Recipe number 18- No bake cookies. Ok ok I admit to most this isn't a new recipe. I have made them before but every time I've ever made them they've always turned out mushy and gooey and never set up. These turned out perfect.

Recipe number 19- Crockpot chicken teriyaki. Well this one is not for a person on a low sodium diet. That being said it was still pretty darn good. I made some fried rice to go with it.

Recipe number 20- Fresno potatoes. Ok, these were by far some of the best potatoes I've had in a really long time. They are a little time consuming to make but the results are worth it.

And last but not least we have recipe number 21- Monster cookies. Everything you could ever want in a cookie you will find right here. M&Ms...check, peanut butter....check, chocolate chips....check, oatmeal....check check. These were to die for cookies.

Oh darn I forgot to add my failed pineapple ice cream experiment.

So some updates are in order I suppose

We are still alive and kicking. The weather has been beautiful and we are loving it down here so much. As promised here are some before, during and after photos of the house.

the living room from the front door

The living room from the kitchen

The front of the house

The living room during

Master bedroom during

Jina's room

Living room during from upstairs

Master bed completed

Scrap closet

Living room complete from kitchen

Living room complete from upstairs

Jina's room

Front of house with trees in bloom

We took a break from the box madness after a week of being here and took the kiddos to the beach. It was the first time for the twins but not for Jina. Mason took to the water like a fish but Mitchell really needed some serious coaxing.

The next entries that I'll do will be updates to my separate 38 challenges. I'm not doing to bad with the food and reading but the project one I may end up failing miserably at.

Finally moved

Sorry it's been a while. We are, after two weeks, pretty much moved in. We have about 20 boxes left to go to be unpacked. I'll update later with a few before, during and after pics. We are really loving it here. The weather has been fantastic and we are only 45 minutes from the ocean. Can't go wrong with that. The daughter has finally gotten settled into her new school and she seems to really like it.

As for projects...as you can well imagine everything was pretty much put on hold except for reading. I've finished two books since the move started. The first was The Race by Clive Cussler. As much as I love Clive I'm really just not a huge fan of his Issac Bell series. I find them to be rather dull and lack luster compared to his other series.

The second was Water for Elephants. I'm not really sure how I felt about this book. It was good but not one I'd rush out to talk about. I finished it but I can't really say that I loved it. I think I really just wanted to see how it ended.

More posts later as I get settled back into a routine.

Update

I haven't had much going on in the way of cooking or crafting. So just a quick hello to say I'm still here. We are in full out packing mode to get ready for our upcoming move. Can't wait. I am making a new recipe tonight so maybe I'll get that posted by tomorrow.

More stuff from my project 38

So I haven't updated my progress on my 38 books to be read. I'm a little behind in my reading as well as my non-scrappy projects. But the latest book I've read was Clockwork Angel. It was a great read but I'm not real happy with the ending. Now I'll have to wait who knows how long for the next one to come out. However the author is releasing the next book in her other series soon. Can't wait for that.

I haven't posted any scrappy projects in a long time so here is some of the stuff I've been working on for the challenge over at Scrapbook Heaven Ga.

The first one is of my hubby and I celebrating our 6 year anniversary. The next is of the twins on our daughter's birthday playing in the leaves in the yard. The last is of our beautiful daughter.

New recipe number 13

This is the last of my Simple and Delicious new recipes. This was really really good surprisingly. It's Chicken and Bacon Tart. It was very simple to make and with the red pepper jelly it had just a smidge of a zing to it. The recipe says it serves 4 so I doubled it and for the three grown up eaters and two little ones there were only 2 pieces left. So if you have heafty eaters you may want to double or even triple it. And guess what? I actually took a pic of it. so here ya go.