Tuesday Ten

Ten Things I Should be Doing (instead of being on the computer.)

1. Sorting through clothes. Keep, Giveaway, Trash...6 people worth of clothes, y'all. Its going to take a while.

2. Wrapping what is left of my China and packing it before the hubs gets to it again and I end up a few pieces short. A few more times of that happening and I will be down to a lone cup and saucer.

3. Going through toy boxes and saving the good ones that get played with; giving the good, loud unplayed with toys to my nephews; giving the otherwise good/unplayed with toys to the Salvation Army; and throwing out the numerous broken or missing parts toys. My sister loves when I clean out the toy boxes. HA HA

4. Getting completely caught up on laundry. Which is pretty near impossible.

5. Scrubbing the walls and windows.

6. Cleaning out the garage. I'm sure there is a car some where that is small enough to actually fit in there. Mine would, if you cut the side mirrors off and shaved about 8 inches off the top. What happens when your vehicle doesn't fit in your garage? The garage becomes a storage room. Oh, what a mess.

7. Shampooing the carpets. I think this job is betterleft to the night before we actually leave if the results are expected to last.

9. Cleaning out all the drawers and cubbies in house. This alone will take at least two months.

10. Mowing the yard. Apparently the neighbors dislike it when your grass reaches 5 inches tall. The city code however says 12 inches is the limit. If I was a bad neighbor, I'd just let it go since we are moving in 9 (holy smokes) short days.

I could go on and on about the things I should be doing today, but I've got Twitter and Gmail and my Feed Reader waiting patiently for my attention. Oh yeah and I need to figure something otu to jazz up all this white space. I need color!

Time to get it in gear.

Well, it's finally official. We are moving and we finally know where and when. On October 3rd, we will be heading back to Missouri. Which is a good thing I guess, since both our families live there.

The kids' last day of school is October 2nd. I have so much to do before then. Pack, sort clothes, pack, contact school, find housing, pack, scrub floors, pack, scrub toilets, pack, wash walls and windows, pack, contact utility companies, reserve moving van, pack, shampoo carpets, and did I mention pack?

You'd think I'd already have everything packed and ready to go since I've known we were getting transferred for about two months now. Procrastination at it's best.

This past weekend we were in Missouri visiting family. We had a lot of fun. No pictures though. Darn it. Thursday night, the Hubs and I went out to dinner and to the casino for a while. My mom was a dear and volunteered to babysit for us. Gosh, I love that woman. We had a blast. Won a little and lost a little, but came out even in the end.

Friday, we spent some time with my Mom until she took off to southern Oklahoma for a family reunion. Then we just camped out on her couch playing video games, watching movies, and eating more junk food than any person should.

Saturday, we had a BBQ with the hubs' family. It was fun. Even though I ended up washing all the dishes afterward. WTF?!? I was a guest, it just felt wrong.

We came home early Sunday and promptly parked ourselves on the couch till bedtime. We're still recovering y'all. It was a busy weekend.

The Big Switch

In an effort to save money, I've decided to use Blogger's free hosting service for my blog instead of paying for my hosting services. Which means I will also be switching from Wordpress to Blogger. Which I don't really want to, but I already have a google account which means I already have a blogger account, so right now it makes sense. To me anyway.

So if you're a reader of The not-so Domestic Goddess, please bear with me while I figure this all out.

The first thing I'll be doing is getting all my old posts up. Hopefully.

Super Simple Kid-Pleasin' Snack

Mini Pizzas!

This is one of my kids’ favorite snacks. We call ‘em mini pizzas because well, they’re mini pizzas. As the title suggests, they are super simple to make.

Ingredients:

• Canned Biscuits (We’ve used every kind from buttermilk to homestyle to layers, and they all work equally well. Although we tend to use buttermilk the most.)
• Pizza Sauce (again, any kind will work. My favorite is Ragu.)
• Pizza toppings (pepperoni, Canadian bacon, crumbled sausage or bacon, etc.)
• Shredded Mozzarella cheese

Preheat your oven to whatever the biscuit directions suggest, usually 375 degrees.

Flatten biscuits into a thin circle or oval, or whatever shape you like. We’ve done letters of the alphabet before. Creative, no?

Next, spread a thin layer of pizza sauce on each biscuit. Or a thick layer, y’know if you’re into lots of sauce on your pizza.

Then add your desired toppings and place on cookie sheet or pizza pan and bake for about 8 minutes. Remove from oven and sprinkle with the shredded mozzarella and return to the oven for 3-4 minutes or until cheese melts.

For crispier pizzas, you can place them under the broiler for a minute or so. Not too long though or your cheese will burn. And unless you’re one of my kids, you probably don’t like burnt cheese on your mini pizza.

Serve hot and enjoy!

PS My kids make these almost completely by themselves, all I do is operate the oven and do the hot pan handling.