June Monthly Goals

June is my favorite month. It's my birthday month. I have to wait until the 28th for my b-day. It's just a magical month with birthday cards, presents, freebies, vacation & other fun times.

1. Continue using up old lotions, hair products & make up. I'll be doing a post soon with the things I used up for May.
2. Do 5 scrapbook pages.
3. Go through my magazines in my office & get rid of them. I'll pull out any recipes or cute pictures first.
4. Clean out under my bed in my office & get rid of stuff.
5. Do a deep clean of the house before T gets out of school.
6. Do 2 You Tube videos a week.
7. Clean out my car. I want to take out the mats & shake them out & vacuum the car & dust it & shine it up inside.
8. Go to bed earlier.

That's it. I'm keeping it easy this month because we are going to be really busy.

Celebrating our Anniversary

 We went out to eat last night to celebrate our anniversary. I got a Skinny coconut margarita & we ordered nachos. It was a nice night.

Wordless Wednesday~12 Year Anniversary

Tasty Tuesday~Mexican Chicken Pasta

Mexican Chicken Pasta

Found on Julia's album.

Photo by Julia's Album.

  Ingredients:

• Meat
  • 1 lb Chicken breast

• Produce
  • 2 Bell peppers, large
  • 4 oz Green chiles

• Pasta & Grains
  • 8 oz Pasta

• Baking & Spices
  • 1 tbsp Chili powder
  • 1/2 tsp Salt

• Oils & Vinegars
  • 2 tbsp Olive oil

• Nuts & Seeds
  • 1 tbsp Cumin

• Dairy
  • 1 cup Cheddar cheese
  • 2/3 cups Heavy cream
  • 2/3 cup Milk
  • 1/2 cup Mozzarella cheese

• Time
• Prepare: 20M
• Cook: 30M
• Total: 50M

Instructions

1. Slice chicken into small bites. Heat olive oil in a large skillet. Add chicken slices and immediately add half of cumin, half of chili powder and half the amount of salt. Cook for several minutes on high heat, constantly turning, until the chicken is completely cooked through. Remove the chicken from the skillet.
2. To the same skillet, add sliced bell peppers. Cook for a couple of minutes until they soften. Add diced green chiles. Add back cooked chicken to the skillet.
3. In the meantime, cook pasta according to package instructions, drain.
4. Add cooked and drained pasta to the skillet with the chicken and vegetables. Add heavy cream and milk, bring to boil. Immediately add cheese (cheddar and mozzarella) and mix until the cheese is melted and the sauce is smooth. Reduce heat to simmer. Add the remaining half of the spices, and mix to combine. Adjust seasonings, and add more salt, cumin, and chili powder, if needed.

Nail Files. Week # 327

This week I have on Essie's~At Sea Level. It's a pretty pearly whitish-blue. It's really pale. It seems like it can be a bit bumpy. I think this type of pearly polish can be like that.

Celebrating our anniversary early

We went out to eat tonight to a bar & grill. We sat outside on a patio. The food was really good. This was our 1st time  here. We're going to go back soon.

Five Things Friday

1. Briogeo hair care.

 I just got Don't Despair Repair a week ago & I think I really like it. My hair is really dry on the ends & this made it nice & soft. I wish you could use it on dry hair though, so I could use it every day. I only wash my hair twice a week.

2. Holiday weekend.

It's a holiday weekend, so you just have to be happy about that. It's going to be busy & fun.

3. Swaps.
I've gotten a few fun swaps this week. I got an anklet with starfish on it, 2 anniversary cards some summery address labels & some red, white & blue things (a scarf with stars on it, 3 bracelets & 3 scrungies). Those are things that I wished for. I also mailed out 3 wishes this week. I love Sundays because that is wish day.

4. Anniversary.
Our anniversary is next Wednesday, May 30th. We are going out tomorrow night to eat to celebrate. Then Wednesday we are going to go to a patio at a local bar/restaurant & get a drink. It looks cloudy/rainy all week, but that day looks sunny & 82. I hope it doesn't change before then.

5. Friends.
I saw 1 of my friends for a little while today. She wanted to know how to make slime, so her & her daughter (T's friend) came over. Her friend is having a slime birthday party. I'll also be seeing friends on Monday at our cookout. It's nice to be around friends.

Stuff & Things

*There is only a month left of school. I feel like I need to get more serious about getting things organized & getting rid of things. I donated 2 trash bags of clothes a few weeks ago. It's harder to get things done when T is around.

*I signed up for the Sephora play box. I think I'll end up getting a June box. I signed up on Monday, so I don't know if I might get a May box or June. It's only $10 a month, but they are sample sizes. I think that's better in a way because I can carry the stuff in my purse & not get stuck with a full size if I don't like it.

*3 shows I like are off or going off. "Fixer Upper", "The Middle" & today I found out that "The Chew" is going off.

*I decided that every Summer I want to learn something new. This Summer I think I'm going to try to learn calligraphy. My Sister gave me a calligraphy kit when I was around 11 or 12 & I found it when I went to my Parents house about a month ago.

Wordless Wednesday

Mommy & Me Monday

This pic was from May of 2011. She was such a cutie. I really miss those days. Not sure where we took this pic, it was so long ago.

Our garden

We need to get flowers for the 2 big flower pots. Next weekend we are going to get them.

Below is an endangered flower, a Lady Slipper. We have 4 now. It seems like every year we have a new 1.