Crockpot Wednesday!

I did my shopping for this week last Thurs evening. At Dillons, I spent $75.55 and saved $72.98, which included 2lbs of fresh blueberries for $3.99! So I figured I needed to incorporate them into my crock cooking today. Crockpot Blueberry Cake, anyone?

I substituted Namaste Perfect Flour Blend and decided to use a loaf pan in my 6 qt crock since it worked so well for when I mademeat loaf last week.


I threw it all together and cooked on high for 5 hrs. Obviously this would have cooked more quickly if poured directly into the crock. I just kept an eye on it and turned it off when it pulled away from the sides and toothpick came out clean.


Do I even need to say everyone loved it? Delicious and we have so many berries left, I might be making it again on Friday!


I went to Target last week too and picked up this stuff for $14.43. I've gotten such great deals on wipes lately, I'm going to be pouty if I ever have to pay more than pennies for them ever again.


Poor Kelton's allergies have been killer lately with his eyes swelling nearly shut. (I can't believe we didn't take a picture!) It's seasonal but we're thinking he might have eaten a strawberry with some mold spores to have that severe of rxn.

We're also dealing with the inevitable....Konnor is reacting to dairy. I had sensed it quite some time ago and drastically decreased my dairy intake, then ate ice cream several times last week. Over the weekend, he became very screamy and showing symptoms of reflux. It doesn't appear nearly as severe as Katie's and I don't think will need medicated if I manage my diet correctly. Please join me in praying that he outgrows this by at least a year old so that when he's eating solids, he'll be able to follow a normal diet.

Poor guy hasn't been doing much sleeping
except upright on Mommy's chest.

One good thing about Katie's stall in growth last year is that 95% of her dresses from last year still fit....not that it stopped me from buying new ones this year. :-)
Easter 2009

Summer 2010

E got my new file cabinet put together on Monday and I've been working on organizing that area of the basement in my little bits of spare time. I could organize all day! I love it! I saw a woman on Wife Swap once that was a professional organizer and she carried a label maker in a tool belt! She is my hero!
Before

After


There's no before picture of the inside because it had gotten really bad!! The computer desk still needs some work, but I'm going to sleep good tonight with the file cabinets all neat and tidy with fresh labels! When Eric got his first file cabinet, I fixed it all up for him too. Crazy how that was over 4yrs ago but it doesn't seem nearly that long!


Lastly, it's amazing how the kids know just when it's time to stop pressing my buttons and do something to remind me how extremely blessed I really am.
Kelton teaching Katie our prayer before meals.