The DMV is DUMB!

This is me...He got it.
May the Lords help us all!

He flunked the vision test. So what did that mean? A trip to the eye clinic (where he just got new glasses after 2 visits for additional testing - which is a yearly routine for him ), with a form that has to be filled out by his doctor. The doctor wouldn't fill out the form til he sees, the J-Man again. Soooooooooo, back to the eye clinic tomorrow, and then to the DMV if the doctor "clears" him.

I don't get it. If his vision is so bad (which I believe it is), that he can't pass either of the vision tests at the DMV, why in double hockey sticks, would the DMV even consider letting him get a drivers license?

I'll keep you posted.

PRAY FOR ME

I need all your prayers today, as I am taking Big J to the DMV this morning...aaaaaaaaaaarrrrrrrrrrrrrg!

Need a Father's Day gift for dear old dad? Then go

HERE

To Frugal Mommy of Two Girls
And enter to win a $50 gift card to ABC Ties. I chose the Aloha, Hawaiian Breeze and Hawaiian Paradise ties for Steve.

Okay - I'm off (God help us all, if the boy gets his restricted...ain't enought tranqs in the world, for me to let him drive with me in the car!), but I'll be back later.

Here's the recipe for:

"Everything But the Kitchen Sink Potato Salad"

3 lbs. - Potato's, peeled, scrubbed and chopped and cooked til tender
2- Hard Boiled Eggs, chopped
1- Medium Green Bell Pepper, chopped
1- Small Cucumber, peeled, seeded and chopped
1/4 cup - Cider Vinegar
Squirt - Prepared Yellow Mustard
1 cup - Mayonaise
1/2 cup - Sour Cream
1 tsp. - Dill Weed

Add in any, or all, of the items below:

Handful of Alfalfa Sprouts
Diced Carrot
Minced Celery
Fresh Peas (Raw or steamed)
Lightly Toasted Cashews, chopped
Lightly Toasted Pecans, chopped
2-3 tblsp. Sesame Seeds
Dill Pickle, chopped
Diced Onion
Crumbled Crisp Bacon
Olives (Ewwww Yuk), chopped

Mix together, gently. Cover and refrigerate. You may need to add more mayo. Adjust to taste with salt and pepper. Garnish with any or all of the following:

Paparika

Grape or Cherry Tomato's
Green Bell Pepper Rings
Grated Carrot
Crumbled Crisp Bacon
French's Onion Rings
Sliced Olives (Ewwwww Yuk)

Use your imagination - add anything that your family likes! More mayo. Less Mayo. Leave out the vinegar. Add more vinegar. Skip the sour cream. Use sweet pickle relish. Leave out the pickle. Use thawed frozen peas, instead of fresh peas.

The world is your oyster - but PLEASE - don't put oysters in this!

Giveaways Galore!!!

Today I want to let you all know about some blogs that are having great giveaways!

The Big List of Giveaways is just that...A Big List of Giveaways!

Got a baby, or a grand baby, or a baby niece or a baby nephew? Are you expecting a baby, or invited to a baby shower? Then go HERE to Baby Half Off. Must enter my June 7th.

How about books - do you like to read, or know someone who likes to read? If so, have I got some sites for you!

Bookin' with Bingo is giving away 5 copies of The Mating Rituals of the North American Wasp, by
Lauren Lipton. Must enter by June 15th.

reader rabbit: a book site is giving away 3 copies of 20 Boy Summer, by Sarah Ockler. Then giveaway ends tomorrow, June 2nd.

Drey's Library has a copy of Mating Rituals of the North American WASP available to win. Deadline is June 7.

Morbid Romantic is giving away 5 copies of Mating Rituals of the North American WASP.
Deadline June 7.

So Many Precious Books, So Little Time has as many as 5 copies, of The Link, by Colin Tudge,
up for grabs. Deadline is June 5.

The Epic Rat is giving away 7 different books to four different winners. Books include some recent releases we've been hearing about like Mating Rituals of the North American WASP, Reunion, The Last Queen and The Wonder Singer. Deadline is June 15.

Unmainstream Mom is giving away 5 copies of Mating Rituals of the North American WASP. Deadline is June 13.

Peeking Between the Pages has 2 copies of Sea Changes up for grabs. Deadline is June 11.

Wendy's Minding Spot is giving away a copy of Worst Nightmares. Deadline is June 10.

Fantastic Book Review is giving away 2 copies of Strange Angels. Deadline is June 10.

At Home with Books is offering these:

The Little Giant of Aberdeen County by Tiffany Baker

The Rose of Sebastopol by Katharine McMahon

The Domino Men by Jonathan Barnes

My Little Red Book by Rachel Kauder Nalebuff

All of the books listed above are advance review copies and have only been read once.


Passages to the Past is giving away a copy of Pope Joan. Deadline is June 8.


Barely Domestic Mama is giving away a copy of The Good Home Cookbook. Deadline is June 7.

Well that's all for today. I've got an awful earache, so now the whole left side of my head HURTS. Ear, jaw, teeth, and my eye. I went to the doctors this morning, and she said it was a good thing that I got there when I did, because the eardrum was about ready to burst, and she thinks that my sinuses are infected too. She asked if my throat hurt, and I realized that it did... ...So, now I'm on three more medications. Oh Joy. But I am so ready for this pain to go away.

Love you all - talk at ya soon!

My Famous Baked Beans

My baked beans are really easy to make...but they are a little hard on the
waistline!

Brown a pound of ground round.

Fry up a pound of bacon. Make sure you get the bacon really crisp.

Tater Tot - this shot is just for you! Yummy, crisp bacon!!!

Open a big can of pork 'n beans (I prefer Showboat brand, but can't find it here in Cajun Country, so I used Campbells.), and dump them in a big bowl. Crumble the bacon and toss it in with the beans.

Throw in the cooked ground round.

Then toss in a pound (YES a Pound) of brown sugar. I prefer dark brown for this recipe.

Now add a big squirt of yellow mustard and three big squirts of ketchup.
Whats a big squirt? Well, I guess for the mustard, it would be less than a 1/4 of a cup...I think I probably put in a little over a 1/2 cup of ketchup (or catsup if you prefer).
Mix this all together and pour into a baking dish. I used my Big Daddy Princess House Miracle Dish. In retrospect I could have fit this batch of beans into the
2 qrt. Miracle Dish.

Bake at 325 - 350 degrees for several hours.

Mine didn't bake long enough because my men were complaining that they were starving to death and that they needed to eat right away. MEN! Could they just eat a snack - NO - they had to have beans...and hot dogs, and tater salad.

Here's the finished product.

IT should be thicker, and bubblier, and darker, and...baked longer!

And Puglette asked me for the potato salad recipe...
...so here it is:

Peel and dice a bunch of potatoes (I use red skinned - but not creamers), and throw them in a microwavable (I use a Tupperware Stack Cooker) container with a lid - and nuke them babies til they're easy to pierce with a fork. Let 'em sit for a bit, so that they aren't horribly hot. Then plop a big big big spoonful of mayo on them, and then a squirt of mustard, and some salt and pepper and a little bit of dill weed. Mix it up gently (cause we aren't making mashed spuds), then you must taste them. If it needs more mayo, or mustard, or salt, or pepper, or dill - just add it now, and then re-taste. When you're happy with it - put it in the fridge and keep it there till its good and cold. That's it! Easy Peasy.

One day, I'll give you the recipe for:
"Everything But The Kitchen Sink Potato Salad",
but this will have to do you for now.

Throwing you all big
{{{hugs}}}}
!

PS - My Famous Baked Bean Recipe will be posted tomorrow!