Good Friday

Happy Good Friday Peeps! 

It's actually not even Good Friday anymore because I'm slow and easily distracted but I think we can celebrate Good Friday any day! 

I thought I'd pop in real quick and let you know how this weeks been going since we got caught up on Tuesday.     Tuesday evening we did in fact have Taco's and the Husber was thrilled.

When I make Taco's I like to grab this at the grocery store.  

It's already preseasoned and you can just dump it in the pan and brown it up and it's ready to go.  I, however, am not basic so I like to jhuzz it up.   If I'm feeling real feisty, I will chop up an onion and soften that up with a little olive oil first, I was not feeling feisty.   I did add a can of chopped green chili's to the meat.    I think I also added a little bit of cumin too, because I like it that's why.    Cumin is an underrated spice in my humble opinion!  

I do love me some Siete products and I also love ranchero beans so I grabbed this can in the grocery. 

Dear Siete- I love you, feel free to send me lots of things to sample 😁

They were actually really good and I'll rotate these with the refried black beans that Siete does.  Now Samma, are you eating those beans or what?   I put them on my taco, it's a bit of extra protein and it "helps" keep the taco from falling apart.

Here is my taco- you can see beans on the bottom, then meat, then toppings and it's all topped off with Trader Joe's Spicy Taco Sauce.  Even the hubster loves that stuff.  Also, the taco shells did not stay together 😖. They were the stand and stuff shells and they busted in half on the first bite.  But you know what, broken tacos are still delicious!

Now, Wednesday brought about a class for me to attend.    Today we attended Jean Lafitte: The Pirate Who Saved New Orleans.   As always, the class was full of great information and lots of fun.  

I don't have any other classes until next week then BAM, it's like almost every day for the next couple of weeks.   If you are interested this is what is coming up:

Bucket List Books - 4 weeks- (1) The Book of Ruth (2) The Call of the Wild (3) Rapunzel and (4) The Goldfinch

I've finished the Book of Ruth and am almost done with Call of the Wild.   The Goldfinch is pretty long so I need to start it as soon as possible since I'm reading a book for NetGalley that the review is due in May. 

Kings Of France: Let Them Eat Cake! - 4 weeks 

Honestly, this one is a stretch for me but I've taken so many classes by this instructor and his classes are always hilarious yet chocked full of information.  

Intermediate Hand Embroidery - 4 weeks

(we are actually going to be doing a monogrammed tea towel)

I've been practicing my stitches from the beginner class earlier this semester to prep. 

Gardening by the Moon: Almanacs & how to use them- 1 week

I'm pretty excited about this one, the almanac has always been a little confusing for me so it'll be fun to get into how to property interpret it.

Great Perennial Borders & How to Grow Them - 1 week

If only I could get a perennial border to look like that picture.

I try, try, and try again! 

That will finish out the spring semester and we register for Fall Semester the first week of June, although we won't pick out our classes until later in the summer.

So let's see what else was on the dinner menu last week, we already talked about the taco's.

Wednesday evening we fired up the Ooni pizza oven and had us a little pizza.  We are a bit out of practice but we'll be back in the swing with that oven soon!

(we had to cut off the crust but otherwise it was delicious!)

Thursday evening we had a little HOA meeting to attend and they normally have pizza but we weren't sure so we made a quick ham sandwich before we left.   They did have pizza but I skipped out since I already had a sandwich.

Friday, we hung out at home and went down to the neighbors for some hotdogs.  

I love a good hot dog!

Saturday, we were out and about looking at flowers with some other neighbors so we made a last minute stop at Burg Wings.  It was delicious and it was a LOT so we sort of skipped dinner.  At least I did, I think Hubster fished out some leftovers. 

Then Sunday was Easter, we had no kiddos home so we invited the neighbors we'd been hanging with all weekend over for a quiet Easter dinner.   I'm a southern girl so you know we had ham, scalloped potatoes, green beans, Cracker Barrel carrots, Deviled eggs & rolls with banana split pie and brownies for dessert.   Everyone was full as ticks and my heart was as full as my britches.  

That's all for today and I'll be posting those riveting clothing pics in the next day or so!

I know you are waiting with baited breath to see what atrocities I've managed to wrangle.

Peace, Love, & Deviled Eggs

Samma