Salsa

Some days are easy and some days are hard. Ironically, yesterday was easy and I accomplished a lot. Today, not so much and I pretty much got nothing done..at least not in comparison.

It is 7:37pm and I am sitting here super tired. I got less than 4 hours of sleep last night so I was running on nothing more than fumes today. All I want is a hot bath and some salsa.
Yep, that's right.

A hot bath....and SALSA!

And not just any salsa.

Puerta Vallarta's salsa.

If you have never had it you are missing out. Seriously. No, really. I mean it.

But...Rod isn't home yet. My kids need put to bed. And let's face it- do I really need to go out when he does get home (which probably won't be until after 8:30) just to make a salsa run? Hmmm...I think this is a great example of my emotional affair with food. So maybe not tonight.

Definitely tomorrow though... and hopefully tomorrow will be easier.
If for no other reason than the fact that it will have salsa in it.

Chase Family Fun...

So, since last Thursday we had Nathan, Camber and their three boys staying with us. Now anyone who knows me knows I have a tendency to "say it like it is". With that said these are hands down my FAVORITE people in the world that I call family. They are the reason that I can handle the rest of the Chase clan. We all had so much fun. Like always we stayed up way too late, the kids got up way too early and as soon as I finished cleaning up the kids were hungry again. That's all ok though because I have a feeling that years from now this is the stuff my kids are actually going to remember. Unfortunately, I didn't really remember to take any pictures though and I am kicking myself for it! I really need to be better about this. Especially since we did so many fun things. Here are a few of my favorites...

*Several games of "Split", Pinochle and Hand and Foot

* We had Low Boil- which they had never had before. If you have never had it you've got to try it! Pretty much the gist is that you cook a bunch of stuff in a big pot and then you spread it on a tablecloth in the middle of your table and everyone just digs in. Kids love it! (Let me know if you want the recipe)

* For once my plans actually came to fruition. I went all Martha Stewart (literally, I took it off her site) and made a fun craft with the kids. Button wreath ornaments. This is what they are supposed to look like... ours were something like that...


The kids had a lot of fun doing it.

* We went out to Rod's parents and the ALL of the siblings and all but one of the spouses played a game together. This is pretty much unheard of. The fact that no ones feelings got hurt and everyone got along was amazing. It made me feel like maybe someday we all might get along...

* It reaffirmed my faith in family. Camber really is the closest thing I am ever going to have to a sister and thankfully she makes me feel like we are the real thing. Many times over the years I have felt like God knew I needed her since I would never have a biological sister.

It was all so much fun that I can't wait to do it again. Soon.