sparrows and arrows

4/10/12

Catching Up

How was you Easter weekend? The kids had a great weekend and are swimming in chocolate. I head back to work today and need to find some time to play catch up here!

Things that are going on:

-Clifford finished classes and thus starts the summer job search. One of his options will have him away from home during the week all summer, and I am kind of nervous about that! Right now I am not overly excited for summer,as it's kind of impossible to make plans right now.

-We are coming out of craft fair retirement! Cassie, Mandi and I did the craft fair circuit 2 years ago and hadn't really planned on doing anymore, but after receiving a super sweet email, asking us to come back to one, we couldn't say no - so we are busily pinning inspiration and feeling really motivated to get crafting!

I hope you all have a great week - anything exciting planned?

> Jessi

4/7/12

A New Addiction

I really didn't need something else to addicted to (thank you blog lovin, pinterest, facebook and my cell phone) but I have always been jealous of all you iphone users and instagram - so I was pretty excited that they finally launched it for Android!!

I heart it - alot... I have been trying to use twitter but kind of shut down at the wall of text and # tags, but this being photo based as proven to be more fun for me!

Are you o Instagram? Are you a recent Android adopter? You can find us at @sparrowsandarrows (Jessi) and @kittercall (Cassie) - we love seeing all your photos :)

Sleeping Lily

making hummus

getting ready for Easter

my old dog Bella (she looks like pup but is 10!)

> Jessi

4/6/12

Eggs, Eggs, Eggs!

Today we are dying eggs so here's a little Easter eggs inspiration from pinterest!

> Jessi

4/5/12

31 Meals in March

So I didn't remember to take pics everyday - but we successfully finished our goal. This was a pretty great learning experience and keeping track gave us a good peek into our eating habits!

#1 it became quite clear that although I was focused on making new mains, that our sides were always the same, so I needed to fix that, and it became a slightly bigger job trying to find new ways to cook our vegetables (Angelina I am totally going to try mashed cauliflower now!)

#2 - we eat a s*$# t ton of meat! I think we had 3 meals that weren't meat based - next goal, learn to make some vegetarian meals! (This is tricky for me as I have a raw fruits/veg allergy and an allergy to nuts!) Any suggestions on a good resource for vegetarian meals?

some of our meals (from top left): baked pork chops, Salisbury steak, fish and chips, hoagies, chicken parmigiana, hamburger helper (it was a lazy night!), stuffed chicken breast, breakfast for supper!, butter chicken & tikki masala, handmade cannelloni, pasta in a white wine sauce, Gwyneth turkey burgers, macaroni and cheese, bangers & mash, sloppy joes, meatloaf,

It was fun, and now I can get my reward of some new knifes! Is there a new recipe you have tried lately that you love? Or Any new goals (cooking or not) that you are challenging your self with?

> Jessi

4/3/12

Jessi & Gwyneth {11}

Baked Cauliflower

Doing this 31 one meals of March has also made me realize that we pretty much eat the same sides, cooked the same way with the same sauces.

This side (though I burned it a tad!) was a welcome change to the normally boiled cauliflower we have. We had it along with my first Gwyneth attempt - turkey burgers, which we BBQ'd in our first BBQ of the season - Come on warm weather!!

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> Jessi

4/2/12

Gone Fishing

Here is a fun quick project I cooked up for a couple of youngn's birthdays.

DIY Fishing Game:

-knit fish using this pattern

- seam together and stuff bodies ( I didn't bother stuffing the tails)

- with yarn sew on a nut to the mouth area of each fish (this was a happy mistake, I had planned to put them on the inside, but the magnet couldn't pick it up - so it worked out well since it kind of looks like a fish mouth!)

- Tie a length of twine to a wooden dowl

-Glue two magnets together on either side of the twine

and voila!
This is a great way to use of some of those yarn scraps

Happy Fishing :)