My stolen wallet

I've never had anything stolen before, but it finally happened... at my grandmother's funeral. My wallet was unattended although in the same room as my family sat down to eat the meal the church's hospitality committee put together. It was in the stroller basket, under the diaper bag. Seriously. Luckily my social insurance card, birth certificate and health card with at home. But I had to cancel credit/debit cards, license, video store card, airmiles, rewards etc. What a pain! You should see my license. I thought I could just get it reissued but because there are new rules (you can't smile anymore... like a passport photo) I had to get a new pic taken. I had arrived at the DMV without a hair and makeup crew. I was in pigtails. Real classy!

I'm still hoping someone will mail it to me! I loved the wallet. It had Emily Strange on it (given as a gift for my birthday) and the saying "Strange is not a crime" which is perfectly suited for me!

What's Cooking Wednesday - Issue 17

Beef Stroganoff...

I found this recipe on through food.com (the original recipe is hosted on Recipezaar #247292) although I modified it a bit to work with what I had in the house. The boys are going through a no sauce phase but I was hoping this would change their minds... It didn't, of course, but I found it quite yummy. As always, visit the home of WCW over at Shan's Blog.

Ingredients:
8 oz uncooked noodles
1 beef bouillon cube
1 garlic clove, minced
1/3 cup chopped onion
1 1/2 cups fresh, sliced mushrooms (I used cremini)
2 tbsp oil
1 lb stewing beef cut into cubes
2 tbsp flour
salt to taste
1/2 tsp paprika
1 can cream of mushroom soup, diluted with 1/2 cup water
1 cup sour cream

Directions:
Start cooking noodles but add a bouillon cube to the boiling water before adding noodles.
Brown garlic, onion, beef and mushrooms in the oil. Add the flour, salt and paprika, stir and let simmer 5 mins. Add soup and water and cook on low for 10 mins. Stir in sour cream and heat through.

To serve, make a pile of noodles and top with the beef sauce. Enjoy!

Let's try this again

I've had to redo the layout again as I couldn't get my music player to work otherwise. It's times like these I really want to learn html, css etc so I could just make a blog myself!

We get along...

It's not often that I see the boys playing with their sister. Oh, Addison tries to play with them, but they are usually absorbed in some sort of imaginative, role-playing game, and although they assign Addison a specific superhero name/task, it's not often that she can perform what they require. I'm sure that will change as she grows but for now, I'm happy when I catch the odd time when they boys are enjoying spending some time with her. Enter the sandbox. Tyler is not overly fond of the sandbox anymore but Quinten and Addison could spend hours in there. We are fortunate to has some very generous friends to give us this box which has a slatted cover to protect it from rain and snow and also makes good ramps for their vehicles.



Doesn't it look like Addison is dumping a shovel-full on her brother? I wouldn't put it past her!