Question

When is the Family Reunion? I know we discussed possible weeks (I think we all agreed in Aug?)... but did we actually decide when this was going to be? I would like to know to be sure to mark it on our calendar, and make sure we get off that Fri or something that will work. I am pretty excited for it! :D Love ya'll

So you want to help with family history?

If you care not for family history, ignore this post (and possibly repent).

Since moving to Idaho Falls, I have gotten the itch to take some names to the temple.

Unfortunately, I have taken on a MASSIVE project with our family history that consumes me almost entirely. I have to finish it before I try to research more names. In the end, it will make it SO MUCH easier to research.

I have began what I call "THE ULTIMATE RESEARCH LOG" (ominous, huh?). I am logging EVERY single piece of information from every single resource I have collected over the years into one giant Excel sheet. This will make the information incredibly more concise and it will be easier to transfer from person to person and generation to generation.

Unfortunately . . . it takes forever. It is incredibly tedious. I have been working for months and I just got to the last name "Bench."

So, here is my proposition. If anyone would like to be more involved in researching family history, you can help me! I was thinking that I could e-mail whoever wants an excel sheet and one document. The person would then analyze the document, record the pertinent information, and return it to me.

If you are interested, I would be happy to explain more fully over the telephone what I mean. Let me know!

Our local credit union thinks we're all math illiterate

The local credit union is running a commercial right now, offering a car loan with a "tasty low rate" AND 1% cash back when you get your loan. That sounds exciting, until you do the math and realize that if you buy a car at $10,000...then your "cash back" is a whopping $100. Enough to fill up the gas tank 1.5 times. I am not sure why I am supposed to be excited about that.

It's Snowing...

again...big puffy flakes, blizzarding sideways. It's the kind of storm we get in October that makes us want to drink hot chocolate and listen to the Carpenters. Except today is April 18th. And I want to be planting flowers, and Brant has baseball practice. Sigh

Not Fair

You know what is not fair?

When I click here and for thirty minutes I am perfectly enjoying Frank Sinatra.

Then, I open this and I hear Michael Buble (after the first song).

Now how am I possibly supposed to choose between the two? Rude.

Voicing one's oppinion

Apparently Avery has some strong objections to the chore chart.  I don't think she wanted to do the dishes.

A new chore chart

This is what my kids have to look forward to when they get home from school now days.

Question

So let's say you're making the beloved Macaroni and Cheese for your kids for lunch. You get it all made and dished up and are just getting ready to serve it to your kids when you notice little bug parts stuck to just a few of the noodles. You know it probably won't hurt them but what do you do? Do you serve it to them anyway and pretend you didn't see them, or do you make them wait for lunch while you make a whole new box?

OK So here's another yummy recipe that is pretty healthy. Who doesn't like onion rings? But all the fat that comes with deep frying them, UGH!! So I found this yummy recipe that is actually pretty easy and quick. We had these with hamburgers last night and surprisingly enough ALL of my kids LOVED them. I hope you like them too. By the way how is everyone doing with their goals? I'll be honest, I haven't done the greatest up until now. I'm trying to deal with the issues as to why I eat so much and am so unmotivated but I'm getting back on track now and I hope that you're all doing well too. If you all feel comfortable lets have everyone post how they're doing on the first of May. I love you all!! Thanks for being so wonderful!!


BAKED ONION RINGS
Ingredients

1 1/2 cups cornflakes
1/2 cup plain dried breadcrumbs
1 large egg
1/2 cup low-fat buttermilk
1/4 cup all-purpose flour
1/8 teaspoon cayenne pepper
Coarse salt and ground pepper
1 medium sweet onion, such as Vidalia, quartered crosswise and broken into rings (discard small center rings)(I used a normal yellow onion and it still turned out great.
2 tablespoons olive oil


Directions

1.
Preheat oven to 450 degrees. In a food processor, pulse cornflakes and breadcrumbs until fine crumbs form, then transfer to a medium bowl. In another medium bowl, whisk together egg, buttermilk, flour, and cayenne and season with salt and pepper.

2.
Dip onion rings in egg mixture (letting excess drip off) and dredge in cornflake mixture; place on a large plate. Pour oil onto a rimmed baking sheet. Place in oven and heat 2 minutes. Remove sheet from oven and tilt to coat evenly with oil. Arrange onion rings on sheet. Bake, turning once, until onion rings are golden brown, about 16 minutes. Season with salt.

This was copied from the Everydayfoods website