Jen's Stampingpad

New Blog!!!!!!

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I have made a new blog just about cooking!!!

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Offer ends April 30th

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Blog pets

2011-03-05T20:32:00.000-06:00

I joined the link party about our pets. I love my babies so much I had to post.

First off we have Tank aka Big Scary. He is 8 years old. Nine in June.

I looked for 10 minutes and never found my slipper that I had been wearing 10 minutes before. Found it later lol:

When he gets thirsty and there isn't water lol

Here we have CJ playing in the snow. She is named after me and my grandmother. She is 6.

Waiting for me to throw the tennis ball.

Really? Seriously- how can this be comfortable???

Super dog!!!

Lastly, our puppy Skylar.

She was my picture perfect doggy. She posed for all of the pictures she knew about. She was only 14 months old when she passed away. It is coming up on one year since her passing.

We also have two guinea pigs too :)

Holy Buckets!!!!!

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Almost a year since I posted on here- I post daily on my teaching blog though! lol

I am still taking a photo of the day though. :)

April photos

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April 25th- my Churros with delce de leche dip :)
April 24th- I earned Pampered Chef's Help Whip Cancer apron.
April 21st- two ducks in our pool....... not a good thing!

April photos

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April 20th- I parked under a tree at school and had bird poop all over my truck :(
April 18th- breakfast- grits and egg, french toast.
April 17th- pizza and soda in wine glasses lol such a classy dinner for two!

April photos

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April 15th- yes I have three computers going, I needed to find something before entering my Pampered Chef parties.
April 14th- I got this flower when it was just a baby at a friend's wedding shower.
April 13th- a rough day, so I stopped here before school

April photos

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April 9th- to prevent Tank from hearing noises at night we have the TV on.
April 11th- Randy's birthday. We grilled some hot dogs, taste so much better than microwaving them!
Celebrating Randy's birthday at Nino's Steak House.

April photos

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April 8th- yes it is snow......
April 7th - rainy outside makes muddy paw prints inside.
New Semi-Homemade Recipe :) yummy

January 3-7th

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Only a teacher would be happy getting a book in the mail... this is a for "fun book" That is right, I am reading this just for the fun of it! (sorry, I don't know how to rotate the photo)
Stalagmites from the hot tub.
Going to be working on my WiiFit this year again... not so long in between though lol
January 4th- yep knocked over, I think Skylar did it herself this time. Another few ornaments are broken. :(
January 3rd.... yep the girls knocked over the tree and broke several ornaments.

December 28th

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There was a BIG HUGE sale at the scrapbook store! Everything was 50% off!!!!! I picked up my friend and we were there at the opening!

I love the Muppets. I will frame these and hang them on the wall.
Music paper, ticket paper - for all the movies we see, then cookie paper for the cookie exchange I go to every year, plus a purple scrapbook!!!!

Stickers: for Virginia, spa, 80's themed, rock stage- for Rock Band, dog themed ones, plus a washer set for my brand new washer.

December 5, 2009

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This photo cracks me up. If he could talk, I am sure he would say "Puuuuulllleeeeaaaassseeeeeeee" lol

December 3, 2009

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Day three of snow :( Not that this is a lot or anything, but I still dislike the white stuff.

December 1, 2009

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Had to take Skylar to the vet, again :( This was taken before we went into the office. The story doesn't end there. She was going to have surgery to fix something minor (a gash) but they wouldn't do surgery because her liver count) or something was elevated. It is supposed to be under 12. Well her's was over 400!!!! YIKES Even after tons of tests, they still don't know what is wrong with her :( Good news is that in under a month, she has gained 23 pounds!!! The doc thinks it is IBS. She is still eating, drinking, and going to the bathroom.

November 9, 2009

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I uploaded some videos of Skylar as a puppy on Facebook. In the first photo she is watching the video and later we were looking at her baby photos. This was of course, after I found out that she chewed on my poor pink camera. I can't use some of the buttons - I so need a new camera. Anyone have any recommendations?

November 7, 2009

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On Saturday, I took this photo of the thermometer in the car. We had been out and about and not just sitting in the sun :) Who would have thought that temp in November!?!?!?!?!?!?!

August 13th

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There was a fire at a local gym. We could smell the smoke all the way to our house. More photos on my facebook account.

August 12th

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We went to visit our friends and then we went out for dinner at Texas Roadhouse.

We shared an onion plus the bread which was gobbled up before we placed our drink order!!!

I had BBQ Chicken with salad and loaded mashed potatoes.
Randy had two pork chops, potatoes with brown gravy, and veggies.
Curt had salad, and beef tips, and mashed potatoes.
Theresa had a magarita, steak and sweet potato with marshmallows and syrup.

August 11th

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Tuesday's are my grandmother's night to cook dinner. This week, we all were there. We tried to go to this place, but they were closed! lol

So we went to the same resturant as last week, we even got the same server and she remembered us!!

August 10th

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Steak from Miesfeld's, baked potatoes, and baked beans.

August 9th

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This is turning out to be Randy's favorite dish. Brown Butter Ham, green peppers, and cheese filled Tortellini.

August 8th

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Tank not happy to pose for me.

August 7th

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This was a RAK I got through VC Rocks group.

August 6th

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One of the games on Wii Sports Resort is 100 pin bowling. There are 100 pins on each frame of bowling.

August 5th

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A new recipe for this month. It is Loaded Baked Potato soup from Pampered Chef. It is so stinking easy- it will blow your mind!!!

Please email me for my website with the recipe!

August 4th

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Gramma's turn to cook- she took us out for dinner. Randy was sick (a whole other story) so he didn't attend. My mother actually wanted to get dessert! It was fresh strawberry torte! Grandma cut the piece into 4 pieces. We each had a section. The last section sat there - gramma and I had to finish it. Bonus photo that my gramma is actually smiling!!!!!!

August 3rd

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Tank snuggling on the same pillow- different day!

August 2nd

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Skylar curled up on my purple pillow. She is so small - soon not so small! :(

August 1st

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Happy birthday Grandma. She turned 89 this year!!!!She still delivers Meals on Wheels to the "old"people!!

July 31st

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This is Randy's idea of breakfast in bed!

July 30th

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Scrapping Randy's Tae Kwon Do photos.

July 29th

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This was outside of our hotel. The room was $400 a NIGHT!! More photos on my Facebook account if you want to see more of the room or the awesome food!!

July 28th

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Went to a Reading Symposium at Hamburger University. We ate with the big-wigs at Person. It was so yummy!!!

July 27th

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Happy birthday Mom, I mean sister! We had a yummy dimmer at Applebee's. We started with yummy drinks.

Here is the scrapbook layout that I made from the night.

July 26th

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I made watermelon pops. I remember when I was growing up, my mom made these. I am continuing in her footsteps. This is so easy. Cut up watermelon, pop it in a blender. Blend. Pour into popsicle makers. Freeze. Eat!!!!

July 25th

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Skylar needs to touch someone- even it is CJ.

July 24th

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I went to an At Home America Party

July 23rd

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Looking at getting new furniture. The stuff we have now is falling apart. The couch and love seat that we have gets used everyday. My grandmother bought the set for us. The sofa has two recliners, but is very uncomfortable if you need to sleep across it.

July 22nd

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This is the wasp nest-- or some winged creature that decided to make its home in my front bush. No wonder Randy got stung by a bee (or whatever lived there.)

July 21st

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I went out to luch with my friend Phyllis and her granddaughter- who was my student this year.

July 20th

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This is my dentist's office.

July 19th

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I made caramel puff corn. The regular puff corn is addicting - this is just as bad!

So in addition to my 365 challenge of taking a photo each and every day. I also resolved to make at least one new recipe a month. This is one of those recipes :)

July 18th

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Randy playing with Skylar. He is just faking, but she really did bite him lol She hasn't learned to be gental like Tank yet.

July 17th

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Randy and I were just driving around town and came across this little boat. lol

July 16th

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Skylar graduated from her third puppy class. She did an excellent job, we are all so proud of her.

July 15th

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Randy went to the clinic because he didn't feel good. They tested for the Swine Flu - so they made him put on a mask! He started coughing on purpose- so they brought him back sooner ranter than later lol

July 14th

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Gramma's turn to cook. We went to the Highland House for dinner.

July 13th

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Another home cooked meal. Pampered Chef recipe - fruited rice.

July 10th

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My friend Vicky's kids playing the Wii.

July 12th

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Jose and family came over to go swimming. Jose's daughter is trying to take my photo while I am taking their photo.

July 11th

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Seuss items that I got at Target. Finally after calling for over two weeks!

July 9th

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Skylar at puppy class. She is such a silly dog. Just lays there. :) This was for a 3 minute down stay.

July 8th

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Skylar trying to fit on the couch with Randy.

July 7th

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Tank chillin out on his bed.

July 6th

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Slylar pooped on the deck. :) She gets tired chasing CJ.

July 5th

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We went to Rawley's Bay for breakfast. We sat on the end of the dock for this photo.

July 4th

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This is Theresa, Curt, Randy and I at the Egg Harbor 4th of July parade. We got tons of candy.

July 3rd

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The back of my truck. We are on our way to Egg Harbor, Door County, Wisconsin. We brought along Randy's high school buddy, Curtis and his new wife, Theresa. I wasn't sure that Randy was going to allow Curt to bring that Packer's duffle bag. We brought CJ along. Tank stayed home and Skylar went to Uncle Jerome's.

July 2nd

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I played the song Katalina Matalina for my 6th graders. The song gives a description of what this lady looks like. This was two student's take on what she looked like.

July 1st

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So this is the stick that Skylar tried to bring in the house while I was on the phone with a parent! I looked later and there was a little nick out of my leg. Since I was on the phone, I couldn't even scream!!!

june 29th

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I made this for a swap- it is a tag, topper, and a little embellishment.

June 28th

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I went to my Pi Kapp sister's wedding shower. Luv ya Melanie :)

June 27th

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Home cooked dinner :)

June 26th

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Let the hoarding beginfor Skylar!

June 25th

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The new door mat for our home - our PAD :)

june 24th

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Yep that is actually me in the pool!!!

June 23rd

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This is my CAFE menu from the Daily 5 - it's a school thing!

June 22nd

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Magnets that I altered with flat glass marbles.

June 21st

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CJ enjoying a pig ear from Miesfeld's.

June 20th

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We had a family reunion this past Saturday and Wendy made this adorable mouse on the sausage and cheese tray.

June 13th

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Randy got to stand up in his friend's wedding. He looked so handsome!

June 6th

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I had a coupon for HL and got two scrapbooks and some clear stamps. I love love love Stampin' Up! stamps. I will keep working on the clear stamps -I can't get a great print off yet.

May 27th

2009-06-22T17:46:00.003-05:00

So this is a Pampered Chef Fruited Rice recipe. The first time I made this, I could have sworn that it called for chicken so I thawed out some chicken. When I went to make it, I found no chicken in the recipe. Well I used the same spices and then added the rice altogether. It is a yummy yummy recipe!!!

May 24th

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First BBQ of the season!!! We had BBQ chicken (sauce made from scratch) plus we added some BBQ rub #9722 from Pampered Chef.

We also had corn on the cob and burgers. After we were done we had S'mores and toasted marshmallows.

May 23rd, 2009

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Randy and I having and iChat..... Skylar is so confused lol she was growling at the screen .

May 21st, 2009

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This is a tree that is in front of our house. These trees line the streets. It is so pretty when they all bloom.

May 10th, 2009

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We went to City Streets for Mother's Day. All of the food was so yummy.

May 5th, 2009

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We go to dinner each week at my gramma's house.

May 19

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Even though I have not been posting my photos daily, I have still been taking them each and every day. Even when I was in bed for almost an entire week, I still took my photos.

If you are also participating in this 365 project, please share a link with me and we can keep each other company. I still get resistance from my DH, but such is life. :)

This is what happen when we actually park in only one spot. We usually take up two and now you know why. :( My poor baby.

May 3, 2009

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My 6th anniversary cake, made by the same lady who made Randy's XBox 360 cake :)

May 2, 2009

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Seriously, what else would this little pocket used for but a pineapple!

May 1, 2009

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Sponge Bob on top of a local Burger King. We did not stop - we don't eat fast food.

April 29th

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Brown Buttered Ham and Tortellini - again from 29 minutes to dinner Pampered Chef cookbook. It has ham, tortellini, and green peppers. There is supposed to be spinach, but I forgot it at the store :)

April 27th

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5 minute enchiladas. Okay, so I have made enchiladas from scratch several times the old fashioned way - of course, very tasty, but very very time consuming! Pampered Chef came out with a recipe for enchiladas quickly. The longest time in this recipe is browning the hamburger! This is from the Pampered Chef cookbook 29 minutes to dinner.

April 25th

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I had a Pampered Chef booth at Blue Line Ice Center.

April 23rd

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Stir fry - Pampered Chef style. This is from one of my Pampered Chef cookbooks - I think 29 minutes to Dinner.

April 14th

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Another home cooked meal, ravioli, corn, and Texas Toast.

April 11th

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I had a surprise party for Randy's 30th birthday. I had a custom XBox360 cake and controller. The party as a huge success and the cake was yummy.

April 6th

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Homemade dinner: Baked Chicken, Baked potatoes with sour cream, and beans with bacon.

April 5th

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Homemade - from scratch, banana bread :)

Check out this blog

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Inked Inspirations

My friend Vicky would so be her best bud- they both love Hello Kitty :)

Pink Oranges

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I love how her black fur just pops off the paper!

Everyday

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It is not everyday that my DH fixes something. Home Depot is not a store for us. However, give us a child, and we can teach them! The theme for Scrapping the Music was the song Everyday.

Mini Makeover

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Before and after back shots.

Bunny Food -Tags

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On this Tags layout, the tags at the bottom will spell out your child's name. Cost $8.00 Price is reduced if you would like to cut out all of the food that goes around the frame.

Sweet Pea

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For the Sweet Pea layout, I colored each and everyone of the pea pods. Cost $5.50.

Spring

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Choose your own color pallet or use this one. Cost $5.00

Pink Circles

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Choose your own title for this layout as well as your color pallet. Cost $5.00
Pictures of Skylar are not included :)

Our Baby

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For the Our Baby layout, you may choose another title and color pallet. Cost $8.50

Happy Easter

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Happy Easter layout - choose your own saying if you wish. I created the bunny myself out of punches and papers. The tag is heat embossed. This could be for a boy or a girl as I used spring colors and both pink and blue, but you can choose your own color pallet. Cost $6.00.

Halloween Double

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Hallowen double page spread for $7.50