hello to those who read…
i was going to call this post “whatcha eating wednesday” but darn it it’s tuesday….hmmm

words are few today… i am sure that everyone is that way…but today is my day…nonetheless pics to share and a few recipes too….

i cook lots and rarely share here because i guess i figure you could google and find what you would like to cook but these are two that i would give 5 stars to be sure…

we rate things in our house- “would you like to eat this recipe a.} once a year, b.} once a month, or c.} once a week??”  we only keep the once a week ratings and they are filed in the “go to” book!!   so here are the new members of that club!!

p.s. paige k this is a stab at helping planning your week…. mwah!!

p.p.s. if we have to take a dish somewhere it typically is not low-fat…

p.p.p.s. if we eat it at home it is typically something good for you….thus the following…

pizza bites:  (i made two pans for small group and they were gone in less than 15min. – i.e. note to self, make them again!

1 roll thin crust (can)

jar pizza sauce

whatever pizza toppings you like including cheese

grated Parmesan (fresh please) 

*we did mini-peperonis and cheese (kid friendly & easy to eat)

2T melted butter seasoned lightly with italian seasoning or garlic powder (whatever) and then sprinkle with grated Parmesan cheese!!

unroll dough and cut into 1.5″ squares (best you can), place a small pile of toppings in the middle of each, pinch edges together and place seam side down in a cake pan (these are not cute but round i am guessing is best)…brush with butter & seasoning mix and cook until golden brown (@12-15 min.)

**i put the ramekin in the middle for traveling purposes and the pans were kindof big for one recipe…worked great and easy to transport, they even stacked (the second recipe)

**mia did almost all of the preparation (her favorite thing …cooking/helping) , except for cutting the squares and putting in the pan she did all of it!!

yipee!

salmon cakes:

ok…people… salmon is not scary and is certainly one of the best things you can eat when it comes to all of those wonderful fats with the omega in front….we love salmon and my kids think it is chicken…i am convinced that if we expose our kids to super healthy things as a part of everyday life- the chances that they will choose a healthy lifestyle that includes “chicken” are much higher…typically we offer things repeatedly and they have accepted almost all things…

here goes:  try it!!

decent size piece of salmon (maybe @ 10″ long?) recipe says 6 oz.

1 1/2 cup cracker meal (i pulvarized ritz- one sleeve…something else would be healthier but that is all i had)

2 large eggs beaten

2 rounded teaspoons old bay seasoning

1/2 red pepper diced

3 teaspoons dill

1 teaspoon cayenne/hot sauce (i used a tangy sauce not really hot)

1 lemon zested and squeezed (include lots of zest and all of juice)

olive oil (recipee called for vegetable)- just barely enough to “fry” the cakes

cook and flake salmon with a fork, beat eggs and mix all other ingredients together….patty and cook until golden brown!

sauce:

1 cup mayo

1/2 cup cayenne/hot sauce

1/4 picked relish

*mix and chill

 

enjoy!!

oh speaking of enjoying…

look what a i found…and ordered here

 i wear my bracelets every day and they mean something to me…this new one just is a little more descriptive…

Psalm 73:26

“My flesh and my heart may fail, but God is the strength of my heart and my portion forever.”

this verse brings tears to my eyes….always….i will always have trouble telling people what verse it is….it is hard for me to wrap my mind around the fact that God in all of his glory thought to give me a portion of himself …. regardless of my wretchedness…i am incredibly weak and have chosen things in my flesh…but he seeks after me…daily….

i am sustained because he is my portion…..

Oh God let my desires be for you…..alone.

leaving you with a few spot pics….again….what a reminder of God’s majesty….

 

 

all of my love to my people….

hello to those who read…

would you believe that “they” have come out with the newest cutest things for babies {of all the nerve}….as SOON as i don’t have a baby…. we will not be adding to the eiler brood but if i were to have one reason it would be these things we found at market….

speaking of market and yummy….

we GOT TO HAVE DINNER WITH PAIGE K!!!!!!!!! precious time with a precious friend….maggiano’s in peremeter was our chosen destination and we had a wonderful time….a long visit but just simply not long enough…..it never is…but i am so grateful for the time we had…

we took pictures with a point and shoot for our benefit….we didn’t want to lug our glass !!

we visited our rep at market and we are so incredibly glad he sells clothes better than he takes pictures…it is always so much fun to visit him…this time he saved 3 tired females from a “cansomeonepleasetellmewheretheheckyoucanfindastinkingdietcokewithiceoracanonthisfloor”!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

goodness stinking sakes……………….

this is what my kids decided to do while we were “working”….they picked “skellie’s lakehouse” over a family fun center or a some other kind of entertainment in birmingham…so they packed up (chicken casserole i had left them and all) and went for the day to float in the lake….allllllll day!! precious times….

funny enough this is the same pic i got from chad’s blackberry while we were gone….HA! ( i hijacked this pic from facebook!!   )

so goodies?!  the things that i would not be able to live without if i had a brand new one…or even kindof new? ok i would really use these for my 4-year-old…{insert audible sigh!}

ok….so i do use these for mia….and love them…even for gymnastics over her leotard…

i really should have been a good enough mom to use one of these and maybe that is why i had to buy them….i figured that the germs we got from walmart or whereever would just make them bullet proof for kindgarden

brilliant right? washing nursing pads seriously!?  so when you run out of the paper kind that stick to your skin and you have to run to walmart with socks in your clothes in case there is a baby crying…you can just wash these instead…hmmmm where were these…cute ones…..

snack bags people….

and if you are a friend of ours on facebook…you know we got a truckload of these as soon as i vowed i would not want another baby just because i saw these….these started the whole darn thing….aiden and anais blankets…swaddling ones….mmmm

ok so a few more yummies?  asleep yet?

welp….don’t sleep through my nephew c-dub….i am “aunt ashley” whether he admits it or not….i love him and he fills that void….i know his tickle spot and i love this little one…..however, he does belong to a precious couple in our small group….oh and he wears that BBTN well….his “aunt ashley” present was the fried egg outfit!!  can you imagine how cute he looks!!??  moment of silence……

ok so recognize rover?  this is his response at his cute little catalog self…precious, right!!!????

ok so i have successfully hijacked all of the pictures above from someone else….FABULOUS….no photoshop here tonight!!  i do however have tons of things on my camera that i will share in the next few days….off to the lake saturday though….

after a grocery trip, 5 loads of laundry, the gym, workroom 2 hours, car cleaned out, house picked up….menu planned, entree for supper club tomorrow night cooked, food cooked for lake weekend…don’t forget to thaw the ribs….um…yeah…and we are going to relax….

and we will…..

all of my love to my people…..

 

completely unrelated….i know….

and this one?  seriously unrelated…but isn’t he cute…

hello to those who read… 

i haven’t given you a playlist in awhile…those of you close, know that i absolutely love music so i thought i would give you a taste of what we are listening to these days while we…. “hi ho, hi ho…to bbtn we go…packing orders and tagging pieces…hi ho…”

the workroom tends to be a lively place…we laugh often & enjoy the fellowship of getting to work in a large open area with a fun job to do….

confession tho….i have been known to shake that hiney to shady esperanto right in the middle of working….amelia and shelly along with our college girls might think i’m crazy but i guess they know it already….

so a little more randomness…cute huh? a happy from LY…how thoughtful right? been wearing it on all 20 pretty much ever since…..

so those of you who don’t blog…it feels a little like talking with a friend or someone close…journaling of sorts and i crave the creative release of editing pictures not to mention choosing the bits and pieces that i pick to share here…there is so much more to life than anyone is ever able to record…mostly the emotions of your day, darn, it is incredibly hard to record the feelings behind what you said or did….what your motivations were and let’s face it so much is just vague by the end of the day. 

speaking of what happened in a day…..

we took a little roadtrip (little)….to desoto caverns

logan and i laughed so hard after this picture…logan:  “this is how i would feel if you didn’t offer me grace”…. {maybe i have been offering grace too much if he is so informed on it’s meaning?} – in response to my most recent read…”grace based parenting” by tim kimmell ….isn’t that all of us…??

and last but not least….

we are headed out tomorrow for a girl’s trip

…..we are headed to market!!! amelia, shelly and i …this could be trouble….headed to meet up with paige k & most recent news….mandy b {both from the girls’ weekend}…

no telling what the next post will hold…

all of my love to my people….

hello to those who read…

i have long since stopped apologizing to those who check often here for new posts (mostly because it is kindof a copout…i chose something more important and that is ok with me)….life is just scheduled and sometimes there is just not time for editing pictures and posting…

it becomes a two-step process when there are lots of pictures…editing one night and then before i know it….it is too late to post….

all in one night posting and editing would mean a dry…whywouldanyonewanttoreadthispost….

ok so look what i found tho…. making “lap work” so much easier….cute huh!?  slides right under the couch!! desk!! whalllaahhhhh!!  you can find it here

so trunks went out…friday (after a quick call to UPS-finding out they were taking monday off, the day we were supposed to ship trunks)…good thing we were working ahead of schedule…super nice because then we all could enjoy the weekend without worrying about the details that we could not do anything about at the last minute!! yay….

i could not be more grateful for the bbtn team…specifically amelia and shelly…super gifted girls in so many ways…they are incredibly organized, smart, hilarious, punctual, hard-working, professional…and just plain love the clothing business and i could  not be more grateful….

the store looks so cute this week (thanks to shelly) with the tees in the window sporting our sale….i didn’t even tell you about it here…feel free to call us and we will do the best we can over the phone to BUY ONE GET ONE FREE you…..clothes and shoes…..store number 205.533.7861 – click the facebook link for favorite laundry to the right to view the sale photo albumn….be a fan while you there!?

rinky, stinky, and winky – the last left of the crew….(stinky’s arm fell off so he will get to live with us indefinately i’m afraid)

zero comments about the hanging job here…details are a thorn in my side when the “big picture” is taken care of….(why didn’t the 99 men that passed us while we were hanging this sign stop and offer help while we were teetering on an 8 foot ladder? chivalry must be dead..??)  *however i take full responsibility for the hooks being where they are….ha!!  i got the banner right? 

so after readying the store for the sale and shipping trunks – we did what “lake obsessed” people do…we loaded up bathing suits and lifejackets and stayed on the water….mostly on a search for smooth water (right…on July 4th weekend!?) 

from the previous weekend…shelly’s kids…(love that we can meet up with them on the weekend and work together all week…)

(Ex 15:11) “Who among the gods is like you, O LORD? Who is like you–majestic in holiness, awesome in glory, working wonders?

(1 Sam 2:2) “There is no one holy like the LORD; there is no one besides you; there is no Rock like our God.

(Ps 86:8) Among the gods there is none like you, O Lord; no deeds can compare with yours.

(Jer 10:6) No one is like you, O LORD; you are great, and your name is mighty in power.

a perfect start to the next week right!?

except we did find that little bit of smooth water…wakeboarded and now my hiney hurts….you can’t train for that….full body assault…

limping off to work…

all of my love to my people…

Psalm 73:26

“My flesh and my heart may fail, but God is the strength of my heart and my portion forever…”

p.s. give away coming soon…..