rib rub

I am actually going to make the cabbage rolls for lunch today and for dinner I just put some ribs in the crock pot. I have gotten great reviews from the men in my life from this recipe for a rib rub. In the past I have cooked them slowly in the oven wrapped in aluminum foil but today I am trying the slow cooker I hope it works the same. I will cook it slow for around 6-8 hours with only the rib rub then for another 30 minutes to an hour I will cook them slowly with a homemade BBQ sauce on them I will post that recipe too. I got that one from on of my favorite recipe sites, I love it so much because you can change the serving amount and it will calculate the recipe for you so you don't have to figure out what half of the recipe is if you only need that much.

Dry rib rub recipe it calls for sage but I don't keep that in stock around here so I never use it

BBQ sauce I cut this recipe in half (16 servings) because I only need around 2 cups that is enough to have for my ribs and a little left over for Rhett to use for his dipping enjoyment.

Red cabbage

My dad gave me a head of red cabbage fresh from his garden so today I am going to try cabbage rolls made with red cabbage.... Here is a recipe I found that looks amazing. I'll try to remember to let you know how it tastes :) The recipe calls for ground beef but I am using a breakfast sausage that is maple pork sausage (it was amazing in the green cabbage rolls I made a few months back)

Red cabbage rolls

What not to do

Last week I purchased some silk shirts for the spring/summer. They are beautiful bright flowy fabric that are not only comfortable but give me the appearance of being dressed and put together. What more could you want right? So this morning with my new haircut fixed and makeup done I went to the ironing board and plugged in the iron and turned it on. I immediately started ironing since I was in a bitmof a hurry to get out of the house on time. I gave the iron a few minutes to heat up and when the wrinkles were not coming out I turned the temp up thinking that would speed up the process. Have you ever looked in a mirror when you put cotton candy on your tongue to see what happens? Well for those of you who have not, let me tell you, it seems to just melt and disappear. Today I found out that silk does the exact same thing when ironed at temperatures that are too high. I set the iron down on the shirt and it was like the fabric just disappeared.... I sucked all of the air that I could into my lungs to keep from swearing. Rhett rushed around the corner and said "baby are you ok? There is no air left in the house because you just sucked it all up, what's the matter?" I just stood there standing over the shirt with the iron in the air, I told him what happened... I could not believe I had just done that! This was a brand new shirt that has never been worn yet. The only half way good thing is that the holes are not that big since I caught my mistake so quickly and they are on the back of the shirt. I could possibly still wear this with a jacket in the winter since it would kill me to just throw it in the trash. I hung it back up and Rhett laughed at me and I then moved on to the second shirt making sure the iron was turned down low enough! I basically threw 20.00 down the drain with that move (thankfully I shop smart so it was not 50.00 like the original price tag said)....... So if you have a silk shirt I suggest making sure your iron is on low or use a dry cleaner......

Nearly 200.00 later

I am so upset today, I had an appointment to have my hair cut and colored. I got there early for my 11:15 appointment so I could look through books and choose all the right things to show. I want this look long in the front and short in the back only I want the back to look like this not like that. I want the color to be blonde like this not like bleach blonde not brown chunky and not grey looking just natural pretty blonde. We talked about it all and we brought the books to the station. They first take me back for a "treatment" to prime my hair and rinse some of the red out but it is not a stripper I was told. Ok. Then they cut some hair off as they didn't want to waste product since they knew how short I was going and they wanted to get the product in all the right important places so they don't have to put it in unnecessary places. Fine. Then they blow dry my hair, I told her before hand that it was curly and I'm not sure why no one believes me when I tell them things (it is kind of like when I go to the dentist and talk about using the strongest numbing meds because my body metabolizes them so quickly they have to use the special one well it is like I'm making it up bc they never use it until I'm crying bc I can feel everything they say you are so small we didn't think you needed it) she says while drying it as if she was surprised wow! You DO have curly hair (yeah remember we just went over that about 4 seconds ago where were you?) so they then have to flat iron my hair to apply the color evenly. They have to go to the back 4.... Count them 4! Times to mix more color.... Haven't you done this before?

Tball

Last night was the first night of T-ball for Rylan. It was so cute!! The tiny 4 year olds all running around being more interested in the grass and what the other kids were doing rather than the sport lol.

Its been a while

I feel like I have been away from my blog even on my phone because the weather has been so amazing we have been outside for as long as the sun has been out for the last 3-4 days! Yard work, car washing, and today I just ran the roads then went to the park for about two hours after school! I will elaborate later tonight on my "steals" from Michaels today!! I actually walked out of there with stuff for free! I was freaking out lol!! I can't wait to dish about it :)

End of the year party

I'm already thinking about the class end of the year party and rylans 5th birthday. I am going with a bee theme for end of the year since his class is the busy bee class. I have little mask glow stick things as party favors for his class and all of the paper products we will need so now I'm just looking for a game and a craft. For the birthday party I'm mostly gathering ideas for now. I also am putting together a gender reveal party that I'm pretty excited about! That is a lot of ideas right now too until I find out how many people will attend. I have most of the paper products though and ideas are ready to go just have to finish up and I'm looking for the perfect invited for that.

Gas?!?!

So I heard on the news this morning that gas will be going up again next week, there was a price increase this week and there will be another next week, if I were you I'd go fill up before it goes up again. Don't forget to buy your Winn Dixie shell gift card because I got .25 off a gallon today from using mine.

I win!!

I guess I entered a contest at some point for winded electronic wipes??? I won lol I don't remember that at all so it must have been a while ago, from right at home. I love free stuff in my mail box!

Great start

This morning we got off to an amazing start! Woke up a little later than usual since I got everything I needed prepared last night before bed. Took Rylan for breakfast at mcDonalds (thank you Lauren for the breakfast coupons!) we had buy one get one free pancakes and sausage. At drop off Rylan was the first kid in his class there so he was thrilled to be able to show me the new centers that have been set up in his class for march. They change every thing out each month to correspond with holidays or special activities. They are finishing up a unit on transportation so they have a giant Tupperware tub of blue water with boats in it (like bathtub toys) and he loves that!! Lots of new transportation puzzles and there is also an Australia center with maps, animals and a few other hands on things. Last continent was Asia and they had a kimono (I don't know how to spell it but one of those robe things that ladies wear) and chop sticks and animals and a map. They also have a dramatic play center that has been a post office for the last month. I love his class probably bc I'm mostly a five year old but I love that he can choose what he wants to do and that none of it is just colors or play dough, each one teaches a different skill or lesson and it changes all the time to keep them interested!