Spaghetti Squash!

Well, yum yum! I finally got around to trying spaghetti squash. It was not exactly what I was expecting but I like it! I did not expect it to be kind of sweet. Talk about hard to cut open, though. Wowza - thank goodness cooking was easy! Tried some different things with it (butter & parm, marinara, seasonings, etc.) and so far my favorite it to eat it with just some Cotija cheese on it. The sweet and salty has nice flavor. Can't wait to try some "real" recipes with it! (We'll see how the boys take to it...or not LOL)

The boys are home!!

 I'm so not a good selfie taker!

YEA! My boys are home early! John always likes to surprise me and this was a good one! They were supposed to be home from Missouri on Wednesday. I had talked to John a few times today - just the normal stuff - he said he was going to visit Matt & Stacy, etc. So I'm in the kitchen with Kim while she cuts up veggies to go with the cilantro lime chicken for tonight's dinner and I see some movement in the backyard. I wonder in my mind what it is but assume it's just the leaves on the branch blowing. Suddenly the door opens and they boys come rushing in saying, "When we heard you were hurt, we jumped in the van and rushed home!" Uh, yeah, right. Let's see, around 3:30 I sent them the picture of the blood on my finger from where I cut it while while replacing the shower Jacob's shower valve and replaing the handle. It is now around 6:30. Somehow, I don't think you made that drive in 3 hours LOL! They did make good time, though, managing the trip in about 9 hours - one stop for gas. Love my boys, and although I got a lot done while they were gone, I'm glad to have them home!

Teresa the great repairwoman! Only one injury reported.

New Lights - I hate them!

So, they finally got around to finishing the streetlights along College (right outside our house). I was not happy when they first started putting them in but even less happy now that they have turned them on! It's like a football stadium in my house - so bright! We will have to sleep with the door shut to the living room - which I hate. I like having our doors open. I feel sorry for Jacob since his room will be pretty brightly lit with one of the new streetlight's blazing onto the front of the house. I guess one advantage is that our porch is much brighter now. We used to turn the porch lights on but because they were on the outside of the wall, there wasn't much light on the actual porch. Now no one should have any problems walking out our door to the house. Oh, and we won't really have to turn on the back yard light since another "wonderful" light brightens up that area quite nicely. Ugh! The cost of growth in Frisco. Had I known now what I knew then about how our little corner would evolve (no parking in front, ugly signs, bright lights to disturb our sleep), we would not have let Jacob have "the cow house". 

 The part of College where the lights have not been turned on yet.

The lit up part - no one should complain that they can't see!!