What's In A Book

 The other day, I shared a picture of the journals I keep.

As I said, they all have a theme, keep safe the little things I want to remember....

but most importantly, they are fun.

In this journal book, I keep inspirational quips and quotes I want to remember.

Some I cut from magazines, some I write in, some are fun...all mean a lot to me.

This purple book is my favorite.

This journal holds "little snippets" I want to save.

Ticket stubs, cards, penciled drawings, maps and brochures, score cards from golf, notes, room keys...

the list is endless.

I press those pennies in the tourist machines.

I am a saver of all things that remind me of joy!

My Family History

In this book I have recorded my family history.

This has the family tree, important family memories, relationships and important dates, births and deaths.

I purchased this leather book the first time I went to The Rhinebeck Sheep and Wool Fiber Festival.

In this journal I keep little notes and pictures the hubs leaves for me when he goes to work.

We primarily work from home but if he has maintenance to do at any of the properties, 

he often does it himself.

For some reason, these little notes are all written on napkins

This little book has no real theme.

It has all of my passwords written in it, I couldn't photograph and share those now could I?

I probably could...blog peeps are the best!

In addition to that...a few things to make it pretty, so it is not so boring.

I hope you enjoyed this little peek into my world...maybe it will inspire you to buy a new journal and record the fun thing you don't want to forget!

In The Kitchen

 We enjoy eating out for dinner but I also enjoy cooking.

I guess what I really enjoy is an even blend of both.

When the boys were little, I cooked every night and it became a chore.

I think I enjoy cooking more now as I am not limited to "what will they eat"?

The hubs eats and loves everything and is always so complimentary of anything I make.

I watch Allrecipes on YouTube and the girl made this, she did not give measurements,

except the one cup of pasta, that she did clarify.

She did a squeeze of this, a little of that and a whole lot of spices, s & p, and italian seasonings.

I added seasonings as I went, it felt liberating not to measure.

- the ingredient lineup -

Brown one pound of good ground beef...

add one diced sweet onion.

Maybe 2 tablespoons of tomato paste and 2 tablespoons of ketchup, something like that.

Add about 2 cups of beef broth...and 1 cup of uncooked elbow noodles...

the noodles will cook in the broth.

Once they are Al-Dente, add some heavy cream, a splash...I think I added about 1/4 cup.

It will look creamy like this...

then add 2 big handfuls of cheddar cheese, forget to take a picture, and dinner is done.

It will look pretty like this.

It would be great with a salad but I did not have the ingredients for a salad.

We had it with French Bread and it was delicious.

A little reminiscent of Hamburger Helper but so much better.