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ace the building took about 12 months to complete still we came in at a very decent finish it appraised for well more than we owed by its completion and we settled in nicely with a nice big padding of equity in our favor living in the country was great for the most part i enjoyed the views the open air the freedom unfortunately my husband didn t get to enjoy it like i did since he worked full time the upkeep of the property was a bit more time consuming than i imagined and we never did get around to landscaping once we moved in it became harder to find time for such things especially when i found out i was pregnant again in 2007 but we still loved our home and my kindergartner was loving his little school then things began to change first the school lost its battle with the state and was shut down the kids were all shuffled off to a larger school about 10 miles away making bus transportation necessary for us since carting around my son plus the toddler and my pregnant belly was difficult gas prices hiked ridiculously that year remember by fall of 2008 it had reached 6 00 a gallon in some places an unchanging income and a quickly changing economy is bound to have an effect on the average family then the housing market crashed properties everywhere were upside down jobs were lost initially we wanted to move out west since we have a deep love for desert climates but changing jobs in an unstable economy didn t seem like the best bet so we decided that it would be best to move to an area more convenient to my husband s job and closer to schools and shopping the house was put up for sale in 2009 i am not as sad to be leaving it as you would expect like i said the change in the economy caused alot of changes not only in attitudes but also in priorities we are now expecting our fourth child and i currently don t have any desire to own property as odd as that my seem i don t want that kind of responsibility or the stresses of maintaining property value i m ready to be within a mile of shopping i also hope to take advantage of our proximity to the beauty college i d like to get licensed as a stylist so i can start a vintage styling and photography business eventually i like not having to worry about the fact that my cars could break down at any moment knowing that if we absolutely had to we could walk to most things heck we can even order a pizza to our home the rental house we found is right smack in the middle of town and is actually larger than the one we live in now it kind of fell into our lap and we didn t feel we could pass it up i m even a fan of the style of the place which was built in the 1950 s and retains much of that original appeal a more recent addition is less to my taste but provides the novelty of a large laundry room and a gasp third bathroom most importantly the schools and jobs are close enough to qualify our continuing to drive to our current congregation at least for the time being this was a key factor since i didn t want the boys to have to deal with changes in every aspect of their lives right at first i will of course miss this view i ll miss the smells associated with the country and the fact that my kids could run rampant on the hills without our really worrying about them but everything has its trade offs and i m ready to move on i m ready to be a city mouse again at this point in my life all in all we loved this chapter of our lives and have absolutely no regrets posted by jewlover2 at 9 41 am 1 comment wednesday june 30 2010 turkey chipotle chili recipe has it really been since january that i have posted to this blog shame on me anyway this chili recipe is worthy of writing home about so without further ado turkey chipotle chili w corn cake toppers by me based on an altered recipe of rachel ray s ingredients _____________ 2 t evoo yep extra virgin olive oil 2 lbs ground turkey a sprinkling of dried minced onions a sprinkling of garlic powder eyeball it a handful of chili powder one chipotle pepper in adobo sauce on the ethnic food aisle of your grocery store chopped dash of salt 1 cup negro modelo beer yep the brand is important 2 c chicken stock 1 28 oz can of chopped stewed tomatoes 1 can red kidney beans drained for the corn cakes prepare a package of jiffy cornbread mix according to the box directions for corn cakes use plenty of butter and a cast iron skillet instructions ________________ heat deep skillet or wide pot over med high heat add oil and turkey crumble meat as it cooks about 3 minutes add the onions and the garlic powder and the chipotle cook about 5 minutes season w salt add beer and cook long enough to loosen any bits from the bottom of the pan add stock tomatoes and beans to bring to a bubble reduce heat and simmer 10 minutes serve each bowl of chili w a corn cake on top almost like a li l pie yummmy posted by jewlover2 at 4 19 pm 1 comment friday january 22 2010 johnson s award winning essay this is my nine year old son s essay about lunch it won first place in the 4th grade in a county wide contest my son the journalist spelling and grammatical errors have been left intact __________________________________ 11 10 it s time we walk down the hall and then it hits you pizza you go crazy you sit down eat it then you want more but as always no here is a few things about lunch 1 the food is good here are some i like sherbet comes with pizza tray flavors are two rasberry or orange pizza a main course meal comes with fries 2 you get to eat ice cream the ice cream you get is a variety you may get chocolate you may get vanilla but their both good here is something me and some other kids do get chocolate milk and put it on your ice cream 3 the food you eat you will like from spaghetti to chicken pretty much everythings good alot of kids love this food and you will too desert lots of deserts are handed out on surprise maybe its ice cream maybe its sherbert or a cookie you never know what you might get at lunch i am looking at the clock right now looky there it s almost 11 10 the end posted by jewlover2 at 8 08 am 2 comments wednesday december 30 2009 2009 in pictures i saw a wonderful blog entry today entitled the year in pictures what a great idea i hope everyone will get back on the blog wagon and do this on their own pages january a good month for visiting memphis my dad gave his first public talk in many years so i wanted to make sure that we visited for that so me and my buddy misty took a very quick trip to the ol hometown and had a great 24 hours we went shopping at flashback had a karaoke blast on beale street and saw the aforementioned talk on sunday morning it was a great way to start out the year and to say goodbye to the platinum blonde hair february after i went red again i really got involved in my vintage styling endeavors this photo was taken for my pin up series on youtube and is based on the artwork of art frahm the channel has given me a sense of accomplishment i would not have expected and is opening doors i didnt know where there the internet can do some good march my favorite photo that was taken this year my husband had just cut my son s hair and this photo was taken right before the meeting he took it w his phone which is surprising i love everything about it the tractor was a nice touch as well april another great rockabilly weekender this year in vegas this photo of the haystack hitones was taken during their reunion performance on saturday of the event it was one of my favorite performances of the weekend may for our 14th wedding anniversary we went back to memphis town and spent a great couple of nights we saw hillbilly casino with a group of friends at the blues city cafe and spent next afternoon at pa and mimi s june over the course of the summer my husband placed this little figurine at various places in the county and took a photo i like the idea i think it documents our area in an interesting way especially since we might not live in this area much longer bittersweet july i love the wilson county fair this sweet horsey was making ice cream by walking on a sort of antique treadmill that was attached to an old fashioned ice cream churn it was so fun to watch and we kept slipping him treats the convention was this month too but unfortunately i didnt get any good photos august this august was fun and included a trip to the redneck rumble a car show in lebanon that is improving every year good bands played and relatively nice cars showed up but the photo i chose to document the month of august was one of my son s lego creations i think it s supposed to be the titanic september this was the month that misty and i took some photos for my friend heather and her new line of floral hair clips for ladies i helped name them belle blossoms and she seems to be doing well with this endeavor shipping items all over the world it was so exciting to be a part of a project that was just getting off the ground like this october this year we spent alot of time driving around and really appreciating this area i am sad that pleasant shade school closed right after johnson finished kindergarten as it stands it looks very forlorn and abandoned the playground equipment is rusted and the grass is grown up the huge gym would be a fantastic place for a dance or a band to play how cool would that be november okay so i stole this photo we spent the november holiday with friends in louisiana and i loved this photo because it really conveys the good time family atmosphere plus the look on craig s face is priceless december lastly i realize we haven t really taken many photos this month i thought this one was worth posting because its proof that our digital camera is finally dying the picture quality has steadily gotten more and more screwed up and now this is the monster it creates anyway as i said bring on the next decade posted by jewlover2 at 10 57 am 2 comments december in a nutshell i refuse to let this blog die i will at least be posting updates once a month in spite of the urge to just focus on facebook and communicate my family s status there this month flew by as did this whole year actually no big news really but a few changes such as the house bein officially on the market are worth mentioning we have had no bites as of yet but i am optimisitic that the spring will bring a few promising offers hopefully the kids are all getting very antsy being at home and i can t lie and say that i don t look forward to school starting it gives them structure and they need that especially since i m so busy working and can t really keep them busy like i wish i could on christmas day i did take them up the hill behind our house it was a healthy jaunt and pretty strenuous since i had to carry the two year old for much of the thorny way but it reminds me how much i love this property and how beautiful the view is from up there when compared to the one we have down here at the house but alas moving would open up lots of other options that we can t ignore so hopefully it will sell and we can quickly move on i don t see my self mourning over this place much even if it is the only house that nathan and victor have really known either way the new year promises lots of interesting things and i m looking forward to it immensely bring on the next decade posted by jewlover2 at 9 34 am 1 comment wednesday december 02 2009 november galavanting in spite of a severe shortage of green and lots of distracting nonsense we decided to make a trip to louisiana for the holiday weekend we had been sick w a virus earlier in the month a clingy one that just didnt want to give up the baby had it the worst he would be well for 24 hours eating somewhat normally and then he would have another bad bout of diahrea or vomiting it was really frustrating and worrisome however we came through that pretty well and made rushed around getting ready to depart on tuesday night of last week instead of heading straight for talisheek small town outside of new orleans where some good friends of ours live and trying to make the trip in one fell swoop we opted to go a little out of the way and stop over in memphis so as to avoid the boys having to be in the car for eight straight hours the trip to memphis was unusually slow it took us 5 1 2 hrs to get there we basically had just enough time to catch some sleep before leaving early the next morning for lousiana by way of jackson mississippi the trip was mostly uneventful a few hiccups in the form of explosive diapers not the green apple dirties but something awful nonetheless and the price of gas yikes but we made it to abita springs at about 3pm and were happy to finally see our friends they really had a great set up for us we were spoiled by the novelty of sleeping in a nice camper they had drawn up to the house so as to give us privacy and separate sleeping quarters so convenient the family we were visiting new orleans ingly known as the chiassons are an incredibly hospitable bunch we enjoyed visiting w craig and sarah w whom we were staying for a while before heading a mile down the road to the rest of the chiasson compound a group of houses clustered together in a chummy way that most families would either dread or love depending on their closeness we enjoyed some campfire conversation and yummy libations before heading back over to craig and sarah s for dinner and my first encounter with the wii i didnt really play it but it does look great notes for future shopping lists the next day was thursday we all went back over to the chiasson compound for an amazing feast and plenty of good times there was croquet which i hadn t played in years tons of entertainment for the kids friendly faces excellent beer and acres of food maybe not literal acres but it felt like it gumbo to start four fried turkeys injected with creole butter oh my gah two kinds of stuffing delicious potato salad homemade sweet potato pie mac and cheese chocolate cake all amazing and perfect of course the day flew by and i think we all went back for seconds and thirds before finally deciding that our stomachs had reached full capacity did i mention the turkey necks by far the best part haha that night i truly don t remember what we did oh homemade blackberry wine that s it friday the family all piled into several cars and drove across the causeway to the new orleans audubon zoo we were treated to the zoo trip and are heartily grateful since it was one of the better zoos i ve visited the boys had a blast they were especially intrigued by the white alligators which reminded me of white chocolate that evening we drove home by way of magazine street a fantastic part of the city that i had only seen on television i am so anxious to go back and just shop and eat for several days straight dinner that evening was the abita brew pub a special treat since my dad had a public talk on sunday and we wanted to be sure to make it we said fond farewells to our friends can t wait to see ya ll again and headed off to memphis town fo...