Cabinet Potatoes...

     So I was starting dinner tonight wanted to make some Baked potatoes to go with the pork chops. I always keep the potatoes in our one cabinet next to the rice, beans and tomato sauce. When I opened the cabinet I couldn't believe my eyes.

Didn't think till after I took them out to take a photo, but the open space is where I keep them.

Holy Eyes!

Perfect for Growing :D

I am guessing my cabinet is the perfect condition to start growing them. I have never seen eye's this big before. Only downfall is I have no idea how to grow them. I still have plenty left that I want to use in the garden but can't seam to find the info I am looking for. If anyone knows where I can find some information on growing potatoes please let me know because these look like they would make great potatoes.

Great Inspiration sometimes just Hits you.

So ever since we moved the litter boxes out of the middle room into the Kitchen I had a white Rack I didn't know what to do with. It was sitting in our spare bathroom till I figured it out since it wouldn't fit in there where I wanted because it's too wide. Then just now it hit me. Put it on top of my Dryer. I've been wanting to add extra storage in there but didn't have the money to get the shelving right now. It's perfect because the light is usually very good in their so it will be perfect to start my seeds too and I'll have the room to put them with the shelves. I'm so excited, I wish I thought of it sooner but hey better late then never. Here's what it looks like :D

Please ignore the mess in there right now and when it's nicer out I need to really clean the rack off bc there's like soda and juice spilled on it. But it works perfect I'm so thrilled. Just what I needed. This is how you Utilize your space ;)

Feeling Motivational.

So ever since my friend told me about this Blog called The Mobile-Homemaker Reading it has got me motivated to actually do somethings about our Trailer decorating wise. So much that we actually changed our living room around Sunday night after our Daughter went to bed. I have been wanting to do something about it for awhile but didn't know how to set it up then it hit me. Luckly everything we have in our living room was just the right measurements to move everything around. Only issue I see us having is when the summer comes and we need to put are A/C in since our TV and Couch is in front of the only 2 windows in here. I think if we move the couch forward just a little we could do it but we'll deal with it when the time comes. Right now it's still been pretty cold with occasional nice days.


Here are the before photos of how our living room was set up.

This is Old but you Get the idea of how it used to be set up.

On the left we have 2 other book cases that you can't see since this is the only photo I can seam to find right now (as you can see my daughter was very little).


Here are the after photos.

We are extremely happy with the move of everything as it opened up so much more room in here. No more tripping over the coffee table because it was such a tight fit. Only thing now is I have to redo the built in's we do have. There are some things I want to take out and put new things I have gotten over time.


Next we need to redo our middle room for the little one on the way. That's going to be a bigger project since that requires new flooring since the carpet in there was ruined by the cats litter boxes being in there. But since we moved those to the kitchen it's kind of become our junk gathering room.


I have plans to do more before and after things with our Home. It's going to be a slow process especially when the little one is born in September. So in the mean time going to take some baby steps and work on what I can.

*sigh*

So it has come to this again where I have neglected my blog. But allot has happened that I really don't want to get into so I'm just going to leave it at that.


I want to start writing again and since I have come up with some new ideas of things I'm going to start sharing them.


I have officially Joined the Prepper community. If you don't know what a prepper is it is someone who is prepping for anything from a major disaster to maybe fearing of losing their job. Our stockpile has saved us many times from when I hurt my back at work to when our Daughter was born. But after the flood we had last year from Hurricane Irene and Tropical Storm Lee it really opened my eyes that we could have been better prepared for something like that. As we didn't get any damage our selves we were with out water for awhile, no power, and roads closed due to damage. So we were pretty much sitting ducks in our house.


Also we are expecting again. Due with #2 in September. Can't wait to find out what we are having though so we can prepare our selves for our new bundle of joy.


Yesterday a friend of mine shared a blog with me about someone who is trying to make things work in their 2 bedroom mobile home. I just adore her blog and want to try on working some of her ideas into my blog since we now live in our mobile home. My new years goal this year was to start to be more self sufficient and more organized. I have big plans to go through everything and start getting rid of some things and pack some things away like our Daughters old things. I also want to get rid of our storage unit so we can save more money. We already payed off one of the loans we were paying on this year, and I'm hoping to pay off some more things next year at income tax time. We really are hoping most of our debt is fully payed off by the time our Daughter starts school so then we can afford for me to drop part time.


Well I'm going to end this post here and come back another day when I don't have work. But I want to give this a try again.

Novice Photographer.

So the other day I was screwing around with my Cannon Rebel 35MM SLR camera and I took some photos. I liked how they came out. Each time I use this camera the photos get better and better I think. 


Since it's 35MM and the cost of processing is hella expensive anymore bc Digital is taking over I don't use it a whole lot and I've had the camera for a good 10 years now. But here are some of the photos I took of my Daughter that I liked how they came out.

Showing off her Tummy

Loves her Tummy

Rocking her Star Wars Tee

I love Digital because of the Now factor. But I LOVE the look that film gives.  I need to start playing around with this camera more. The look of it just blows me away.

Falling Apart.

I really hate not having any health insurance or dental. I need a tooth pulled bad bc the whole top half of the crown cracked off. It doesn't hurt but I need it taken care of before it causes a real problem :( I also really need to have my back checked out again. I'ts been almost 3 years since my Accident and since they Diagnosed me with Arthritis. I have my good days and I have my bad days where its hard to even do anything. I tried applying for Medical Assistance again we'll see how things go from there. I'm only 27 and I feel like I'm in my 50's I hate this :( I shouldn't be going through all this crap yet.


On another note, I go back to work today after being off for the past 8 days, I had Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday off as my normal days off from work last week. Went in on Friday and told I could go home bc the lab was down since Tuesday and there was nothing for me to do since the Truck and stuff was already done since they came when I was off. I was happy I got to go home, but bummed they didn't call me sooner so I didn't waste the gas since it's not a close drive for me to get there. Then I had the weekend off since I requested it since I always work the weekend, I like to request one off every now and then to get a break. Then work called me on Monday and said the lab was still down and still nothing for me to do so I could chose to not come in if I didn't want to which was nice but I hate losing the pay but I also hate being bored out of my mind when if I can get more stuff done at home I rather do that. DF and I wen't out that night to see Xmen First class which was nice since we hadn't been out of the house since we went to see Thor. Then I was off yesterday since Tuesday's are my Unavailable days at work.


But now I have work the next 6 days, Hopefully I don't get a phone call today saying the lab is still down. Bc then that means its been down for 8 days also which is killing our sales too, but killing my paycheck. Oh well time to go make breakfast for the little one and I.

Recipe Exchange

    I'm reaching out to all my friends. I am looking for Recipes for my Recipe page of my blog. So if you have a recipe you want to share please email it to me along with a photo of your completed dish (if you have one, it's preferred but not necessary) and I'll add it to my Recipe section of my blog with credit to you for helping me :D


-Thanks

Update Info.

I have just noticed that if you are using FireFox browser the updates I did you may not see. If you use Google Chrome, or Internet Explorer you should be able to see the updates I have made to my Blog. IE will ask you if the font used would you like to install it if you do not have it. Just click ok bc it is a Blogger Default Font.


Thanks :D

Updates.

I did some updates today to my Blog since I found out there was more you could edit with the templets. Allot of my older posts have the new fancy font which looks nice but a friend of mind said it was hard to read. I will eventually go through all my older posts and override my posts with a different font but until then you will just have to deal with the fancy font.


I hope you all like my new changes and you will also now see I have my own video blog page set up where I will keep all my videos together for your Viewing Pleasure.

Off to a Late Start.

I hate when I get off to a late start, especially on a work day. Woke up late bc the Power went out earlier so the Electric Company could do their routine maintenance.  I should have gotten up when I hear it kick back on, but I was too comfortable and I didn't hear my Daughter up yet so I took advantage of some extra sleep. Well I didn't get out of bed till 11am. As soon as I saw it was 11 I was like oh shit, not good. Jumped out of bed, went to get DD up then make her Breakfast. 


I'm glad I'm off this weekend. I always work the weekends and I get my days off during the week by choice. But I always say I have no problems working the weekends just as long as if I request one off, I better get it. So usually during the summer I like to request a weekend off just to relax and play catch up. Probably going to go food shopping one of the days since one the local markets is having their awesome meat sale so it's time to stock up the freezer till their next one since they pretty much have it once a month.


Will be nice I can play catch up with the laundry too. I wish I could use the clothes line outside since it's so nice out but I have no clothes pins which sucks. When we go out on Tuesday to do our weekly thing I think I'll get some. I can't wait till the Super Walmart by us is open already. Since I live in a pretty remote area it's the only Department store we have out by us. Will save us a 45 min trip to the nearest one if we had to get anything not food related. Since the one we have right now is just a reg Walmart they are very limited on what they have, Since the super one is obviously bigger I can't wait till they open so they will have a bigger selection of things. Will save us the gas and mileage on our cars in the long run.


Walmart is a love hate kind of store. I hated when I worked for them, they are the worst company to work for. But they have great deals and when it's the only place to shop your pretty much forced to shop there if it saves you a long ass trip. Would you rather Drive 15 mins to go to Walmart, or do you want to drive 45 mins to Town to get to the mall? 


Well I think that's enough ranting this morning. Need to get ready for work soon, and I still haven't made anything for my self for breakfast yet.