the mad rush..

I have only a few minutes to blog something so here goes...

We are going to be so busy the next few weeks!!! My man and I are going away to Vegas this weekend and then next week we get packed up for our move. It's during this time that I know that we will be eating quickly and grabbing food out and about and I am having very strong urges to cook some yummy food and can't do it!! I don't know if anyone else does that, but I get waves of creativity in the kitchen. It isn't there everyday. Somedays the last thing I want to do is step in the kitchen and put together a meal, especially knowing my kids are super picky and will probably complain about whatever I cook. But other days, I see some yummy recipe or think of some concoction on my own and I just can't wait to get in the kitchen and try it out! I'm inspired by some summer recipes I've seen lately and by all the freshness in food that summer brings. I can't wait to have a grill again and a schedule that will allow me to get in the kitchen and be creative!!! I've been spotting some yummy recipes and here is one that I saw this morning that I think I'm going to have to make when we go to the beach later next month...I'll leave you with the link!

http://www.heatherchristo.com/entertains/2011/06/20/peach-quesadillas/

Corn Yumminess

I made this for dinner tonight (along with some fried deer steak and speckled butter beans) and it was delicious. Let me know what you think...

4 slices of bacon
2 Vidalia onions, chopped

kernels cut off of 8-10 ears of fresh corn
1/2 stick unsalted butter
1 1/2 cup heavy whipping cream, divided
1 tablespoon flour
salt and pepper
Nature's Seasons
2 Splenda packets, if desired.

In large skillet (I used my cast iron), fry bacon until crisp. Crumble and set aside. Saute onions in bacon grease for 5-7 minutes, until tender. Add corn and butter to skillet, stirring often for 4-5 minutes. In small bowl, mix 1/2 cup whipping cream and tablespoon of flour with a fork. Pour over the corn and onion mixture, stirring well. Slowly add the remaining cream. Season with salt and pepper and Nature's Seasons. Stir in crumbled bacon and let simmer for 4-5 minutes on low heat. You can also add 2 packets of Splenda (or a couple spoons of sugar) if you want it to be a little sweeter. SO GOOD.

Speedy Summer...

It's only just begun and I feel like it's almost over all ready. It seems like there is so much going on over the next 2 months that it will be August before we know it and we won't have been able to slow down at all. Right now is kind of the calm before the storm. Richard and I are going to Vegas in a couple of weeks for a short getaway, just the two of us. We are tentatively scheduled to get packed out of this apartment the last week of June. That will start the day after Richard and I get back from our trip. Then, we'll be staying with my sweet Mama and Daddy until we leave (be praying for them!), which is looking like 14 July now, so that we can hopefully have our household goods delivered on 15 July. We'll have the weekend to get somewhat settled and then I'll be able to start work again on Monday. Sometime during that week, we'll get the kids signed up at their new school and hopefully find a TKD and gymnastics place for each of them. The week after that will be our slow down week, we'll be hitting Gulf Shores with the only agenda of soaking up sun and lots of laziness. We'll have one more week after that until Richard's classes start and the kids won't start school until 22 August. Our summer in Louisiana is going to go by quickly..our summer in Alabama will be a little more relaxed, which will be nice since I'll probably be in a deep depression over leaving my family and friends here...We will be back often, though, especially once hunting season starts, and it will be fine. We are looking forward to whatever God has in store for us next!