04Sep 2008 by Kaylene 3 Comments

“Don’t tell the girls you wanna marry them!”

Dreams, Family, Family Fun, Humor, Me, Michael, Pregnancy
Didn't think I'd be saying that one yet...  I guess Michael keeps telling the girls in his class that he wants to marry them.  So they tattle, and he gets in trouble. He's always asking me when the next baby is coming, and I keep telling him it's not up to him, and there might not be any more babies.  He says when he grows up he's going to have 12 children (I don't know where he'd get that from!), but he loves little babies and kids.
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01Sep 2008 by Kaylene 1 Comment

Another Recipe

Baby Joey, Church, Family Fun, Life in Texas, recipes
We had the Elders over for dinner tonight, I always look forward to our turns to feed them.  We had to bow out last time as our water got turned off for community repairs, so I jumped at this next opportunity to feed them. Sweet and Sour Meatballs 1-28oz. bag meatballs average size can crushed pineapple with juice 3/4 cups apple cider vinegar 1/2 cup grape jelly 3/4 cups salsa (we used pace picante) squirt of ketchup up to 1 cup cornstarch slurry (half and half water and cornstarch mixed up) Mix up everything but meatballs and slurry add meatballs and coat with sauce cook in slow cooker for 6-8 hours on low, or 3-4 on high just before done taste and add vinegar, ketchup or brown sugar as desired…
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31Aug 2008 by Kaylene No Comments

A “Kaylene Original” Recipe

Me
OK, maybe not, but we came up with something new tonight.  When you can't have the "real thing" you improvise. You take two slices of whole wheat bread couple teaspoons of Nutella about a tablespoon of marshmallow creme Slap them together and you have a yummy fast dessert, LOL! Not quite a S'more, but less messy!  Hehe!
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30Aug 2008 by Kaylene 4 Comments

Hayez; The Kiss

Dreams, Grief and Loss, Kevin and I, Me, Memories, Pictures, The end is near
Image from Wikipedia Moved?  I am. I LOVE this painting.  It means more to me than any image I've ever seen. It was painted in Italy by Francesco Hayez in 1859, as I understand, it portrays a goodbye kiss of two lovers as he leaves for war.  How passionate, loving, tense, sad, electric, and compelling.  What would it be like to kiss your husband knowing it may indeed be the last time you kiss, last time you touch, last time you see?  So sad, but you want sadness so badly not to be the memory of the moment.  The colors are just vibrant enough, yet subtle enough, the shadows deep yet well placed, the cloth and texture of the stones.  The shadow of a waiting soldier in the background. I…
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28Aug 2008 by Kaylene 16 Comments

Ahhhhh! I could cry!

Me
I just accidentally deleted my blogs bookmark folder!!!!!  This means ALL 140 blog links I had bookmarked are GONE! So if anyone has a clue how to retrieve them PLEASE tell me!!! Also. Please give me your blog link, wether I should have it already or not...  If you don't want to leave it in my comments, please email it to me at mommysteelelife at gmail dot com. I'll definitly be backing up my links this time...
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28Aug 2008 by Kaylene 3 Comments

Updates.

Family, Grief and Loss, Health Concerns, Memories
Last I heard lastnight Grandpa still had not gone into surgery, he'd been continuously bumped out of the OR by more important procedures, but today he's at the top of the list, and they'd be informed with morning rounds today about when his surgery would take place, but it definitely should be today.  It's sad for him, he so wants to stay independent, and wants to keep doing so much but his body just won't let him anymore, that's got to be one of the most frustrating things we go through in this life. Update (early afternoon), surgery is scheduled for this afternoon, thankfully it now looks like instead of an entire hip replacement that they'll be able to just put a few pins or screws in and sew him…
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27Aug 2008 by Kaylene 3 Comments

My Grandpa, My Parents, and My Brother

Aiden, Church, Family Fun, Grief and Loss, Health Concerns, Me, Memories, Pictures, The end is near, To new beginnings
My 80 somthingish Grandpa broke his hip lastnight and fell, they're not sure what happened first.  He was carrying a BIG watermelon and Grandma seems to think it landed ON him and that's what broke it...  So I guess there's three options.  He was supposed to go into surgery earlier today but it kept getting knocked back.  So I'm not sure what's happened. My parents are currently at a neighborhood/stake (gotta love Utah) meeting concerning a woman in their neighborhood who was badly beaten this week in her home by a door to door magazine salesman, who'd been to my parents home earlier that day.  I'm not sure if it's so much concerning the actual incident, local emotional control, or information to help protect themselves.  The hazy details I have…
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25Aug 2008 by Kaylene 9 Comments

First day of First Grade

Me
Michael had his first day of school.  It was fun and I think he had a great time.  I hope it keeps up! We forgot the glasses when I did his hair... Ready? Putting on the name tag in class. FINALLY pulling out all those fancy new school supplies. Leaving him behind. Aiden, as usual, had to get a drink from every fountain we passed.
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24Aug 2008 by Kaylene 3 Comments

Can’t the English Language just change for me??

Humor, Me, The end is near, To new beginnings
What I'm asking is rather small, all I want is just to be jsut, because to be becuase, the to be hte, and a slew of other words that my fingers won't type the correct way, and after years of typing them wrong my spell check just accepts them as real words. Is that too much to ask???  LOL! Sorry to those that this bugs!  I try to correct it if I see it but my minor dyslexia makes it hard for me to pick out a lot of the time.
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