Archive for January, 2008
Today I decided to get some single grain rice baby cereal for my little boy. At his last check up the doctor said it was okay for him to begin the rice cereal.
I only used about a tablespoon of the cereal and added enough water so that it was very smooth and easy to swallow. It was so cute to watch his little mouth experiment with this new texture. He mostly wanted to suck on it since he’s used to the bottle but he was able to get it down.
I will probably just give it to him once a day for a while, just this tiny amount and then gradually increase once I am sure he isn’t having a reaction from it and when he becomes more used to eating from a spoon.
Recently I’ve decided to try out a new website that my friend continues to mention to me. I wanted to find out what all the fuss was about and see if I could benefit from it. From what I’ve seen, this website seems very beneficial and fun!
I love that there are so many topics to choose from. You can choose from one of the available topics to blog about and most likely find one that is very much related to your own blog. Not only will you be blogging about something you enjoy, but you will also be earning money from it! The amount that you get paid for each blog varies, but many of them pay out very well.
You can keep your current layout and design, continue blogging about whatever you want and when you have some free time and feel like making some money use this blog
I plan to see how much money I can make from this and just save it up. Hopefully I make a lot and can put the money into a good savings account.
Manicotti are such a deliciously simple meal! Everyone walks away from the table happy when these are served, they go well with a green vegetable such as green beans or peas. Although there are several steps and the manicotti require stuffing, it really isn’t that difficult.
Firstly, you preheat the oven to about 350. Boil the manicotti shells for about 8 minutes and while they are boiling you should prepare the mixture that you stuff the shells with. I use about 15 ounces of ricotta cheese, Italian seasoning to taste, 1 egg and just enough monterey jack cheese so that it is even with the amount of ricotta. I don’t really follow any set instructions so it kind of varies each time. Sometimes I just use basil and oregano instead of the Italian seasoning.
Once those steps have been finished, smooth the bottom of a large rectangular pan with a thin layer of your choice of pasta sauce. Begin to stuff the shells with the cheesy mixture, I find it easier to use my fingers than to try spooning it in. Place them in the pan and when the shells are all filled, smooth another layer of sauce over them and sprinkle on some monterey jack cheese. Cover with foil and place in the oven for 30 minutes. Remove foil and let cook an additional 10 minutes.
Serve and enjoy!
Oven times and temperatures will most likely vary but this way usually works awesomely for me.
I just added a beautiful new blueish/greenish Gourami and an algae eater to my aquarium. The Gourami is absolutely gorgeous and I could stare at the little dear all day. When I add fish, I mostly have the children in mind and what they would like to look at. My daughter and little baby boy both love to look at the aquarium.
I just got done thoroughly cleaning the tank last night and thought that since it has been up for so long and is doing so well that I’d add two new additions. Our tank looks so much livelier now. At times I wish I had a pet that I could interact with more such as a bird or kitty… cats and dogs are not allowed in this apartment complex though, only caged animals.
I had to leave my dog and cats with my dad.. It can get kind of lonely without a furry little critter to keep you company. One thing that I would love to accomplish sometime, would be to become a veterinarian. There are so many bad ones and my goal is to just make a difference. It would also be wonderful to start my own animal shelter as my pets have always been there in my time of need so why shouldn’t I be there for them in theirs? They never turn their back on you, they are one of the best friends you can have.
Animals have and always will be therapeutic and it cannot be denied. If you don’t have a pet friend in your life and you aren’t happy. Well, that says a lot.
It has been raining on and off for the past week. Sometimes it rains very hard and then sometimes it just stops! This has really inhibited trips to the park with my daughter due to the fact that everything would be wet! It has also been very windy.
It is currently raining out and it is also expected to rain outside tomorrow and then maybe we will have a break for a week. It’s hard to say really, due to the fact that the individuals who report the weather are often wrong. More often than not.
Besides all of the negative aspects of it being wet out, I do enjoy this rainy weather, it is sort of comforting in an unusual way.. an unusually good way! Winter is my favorite season. The huge mountains in the distance look so beautiful with snow on them.. and I don’t have to deal with the annoyance of snow on my front lawn! I can just look at it and admire it in the distance.. where it should be! haha
So everything went alright at his check up today. His doctor gave him a thorough look over and everything was good. He weighs 16 pounds and is 25 inches long. Both are above average but in proportion with each other, so he is growing perfectly according to the growth chart the doctor has of him.
He got 5 shots today as well as one oral dose. Instead of giving the mixed doses of shots they just gave them all individually.. so he got 5 pricks instead of 3. The nurse said that they aren’t giving the mixed ones anymore and that there was a recall on one.. but that they may be back in June if they fix it. His next appointment will be in another 2 months.
Poor little baby, he did so good. Just cried from the shots and he was hungry so that didn’t help but I fed him right afterwards…that helped to calm him down. I gave him a bath when we got home and he is sleeping right now. He is so silly, he tried to eat the doctor’s stethoscope.
So yesterday, we spent a lot of the day putting a new desk in for my bf. When my grandma was working at home she had the desk set up in one of her rooms, but she just retired like 2 weeks ago and the government does not want it back. She was going to call up veterans and see if they wanted it but I asked if she thought it would be good for my bf to use and I guess she thought it was a good idea.
It wasn’t really that hard to take apart and set up, it took more time to get everything set back up at the desk how he wants. I am so happy for him though because he has so much more room and he’s always wanted something like this.
Now that he has the new desk, I got handed down his old one. So now I finally have my own lol It’s a lot more comfortable and nice.
