Breakfast for Dinner - 141/365

Today it was time to mower shop! I couldn't take that mower one more minute. We went to Do-Cut and got a new zero turn. It's called the Time cutter, so I hope that's true! It should come in a couple days.

 Nana, Reagan and I headed out to do a little shopping. Nana wanted a mister for her hummingbirds and I wanted to pick up a griddle. Reagan is loving pancakes, so I figured a griddle would help make them. I'm awful at a skillet. I can't get the temp right.

As we were driving around I happened to look over and see an old Chevy Blazer with a padlock for a lock. It was hysterical and very inventive.

This evening, we played on the driveway with Reagan's new chalk rake. She loved it. She was just running all around dragging it behind her. Too funny!

Tonight, since I had the new griddle, I decided to make breakfast for dinner. I made Reagan an "R" pancake. She was pretty impressed. We had scrambled eggs and fruit on the side. It was scrumptious. I'm so thrilled with my new griddle.

Checking out the mister.

 Padlock blazer

 Chalk rake

 Breakfast for dinner

 

St. Patricks Day - 76/365

St. Patricks's Day! It was going to be a busy one, too!
We started the day at Reagan's book fair! She was so excited to pick out books. She ended up with six! She kept saying she couldn't wait for bedtime so she could read them.
After we shopped, she headed off to class. They made a shamrock necklace, shamrock hat and got a visit from a leprechaun! They went for a walk and when they came back, the room was all a mess! Reagan kept saying he knocked over the trash can. She just found that so funny! LOL! They loved it!
This evening, we had a little Irish feast. I made Reuben's, pierogies and green beans. I got Jim a six pack of Guinness and I made a Miller Lite green! Reagan enjoyed green mac and cheese with green beans and green milk. For dessert we had cookies decorated for St. Patrick's Day. It was delicious!
This evening, Reagan and I made a few little St. Patrick's Day themed projects. We made Jim a handprint shamrock and Reagan wrote him a little note on it. I got a little carried away and actually told her how to spell lucky, wrong, but I suppose that makes it special! We are so lucky to have him, that we gave him extra letters in lucky! LOL!
Today, Boardman Rotary had another big day! They were able to present a $2500 check to the Salvation Army. Needless to say, they were absolutely thrilled with the donation and hope to be able to do a lot of good with it!
Jim is doing such a great job as president! We couldn't be more proud of him!
Shopping the book fair!

Her picks!

Making her shamrock necklace



Reagan and her teacher!

All her fun stuff from school!

Our "Irish" feast!

Dessert!

Her project for daddy!

So proud!

Jim presenting the big check!

Recovery, Browns and Lots of Cheese! - 327/365

Today we were just going to hang around the house and let Reagan recover from her illness. She seemed like a new person after her medications started working. She was a little bit tired, but all smiles this morning. We just watched a bunch of TV and played a little. 

This afternoon, Jim and I made our traditional veggie and cheese tray for the Browns game. 

They were playing the Falcons and WON 26-24. WOW!  Hoyer was a little shaky during the game, but they ended up pulling it out with a last minute drive. Cundiff, made the game winning field goal, for once! It was a miracle! Brinkley was happy since they scored 26 points. He got lots of celebratory cheese! When we watch games at home, we give Brinkley a cheese cube any time the score! He doesn't get much, so it's quite a treat when he does get some! LOL! 

This evening before bath, we played Reagan's pop up palace game! She beat me fair and square! It was fun! So glad she's feeling better!

Our little one being silly this morning. 

 Game day snacks and Brinkley's celebratory cheese!

 Playing Pop up Palace!

St. Patrick's Day - 76/365

Today was St. Patrick's Day! 

We were going with an all green theme! Reagan started her day with some green milk before her doctors appointment. 

She was a little past her three year check-up, so we were doing that today. She checked out great! Doc said she's perfect! She grew three and a half inches and gained four pounds over the last year. She's a little above 50% for height and a little below at 50% for weight! YAY! 

She did end up having to get one shot. I talked to her about it before the nurse came in to do it. I told her she just has to be very brave. She took my advice to heart because, besides an "OUCH," she didn't cry at ALL! NO tears! I was so proud of her. I told her she would get an extra special treat for being brave. 

After we were done, we went to pick up Nana and hit the town. We did end up going to Menchies since she was so brave as her treat. She loved it! 

This evening, we were having Reuben sandwiches, along with green beer! For dessert we made homemade shamrock shakes! Everything was delicious! 

We were also so excited because our Frozen DVD showed up a day early from our pre-order from the Disney Store, so we watched Frozen this evening, too! Great day!

The photo of the day is our Reubens.

Next, our shamrock shakes.

Finally, Reagan and her green milk.

 

Baby-Cut Carrots - 168/365

It was a beautiful day today! 

Nana, Reagan and I kicked it off back out at the strawberry field. We honestly can't get enough, they are just SO GOOD this year! We each picked another box full and it was just as crowded as the other days. Reagan was all about holding the baskets today. She didn't do much picking. I think she's ready for blueberry season...LOL!

After picking, we went to lunch out at LaRocca's and then ran a couple errands. Nothing major!

When Jim got home from work, we took Reagan and Brinkley up to the Kirk Road trail. It felt good to be back at the trail after slacking for awhile. 

When we got home, Reagan and Jim played on the play set, while I gave my flowers some Miracle Grow. We finished that up and went inside for some dinner. 

Jim and I were just going to have big chicken salads. I got some peppers all chopped up and then went to grab the bag of baby-cut carrots. They hadn't been opened yet, so I ripped them open and went to grab one. The first one I pulled, barely came out of the bag! It was humongous! I held it up and said to Jim, "is this what you call a baby-cut carrot?" We both laughed. I don't know how that slipped through the chopper, it was bizarre! Salads were good though!

 The photo of the day is my not-so-baby-cut carrot.... 

 The next is yet another pic of Reagan at the strawberry patch...

 

Back to Reality - 133/365

It was back to reality today...chilly reality! It was only in the 50's today...brrrr!
 Laundry was waiting, along with all the other household responsibilities.
My mom, Reagan and I ran down to the Dutch Hause to enjoy their salad bar, before going on a walk. We finished up lunch, went to pick up Brinkley and hit the trail. We wanted to try to walk off some of the beach food...LOL! We got to the park and realized that we forgot the stroller! Reagan is a good walker, but not that good...LOL! It was getting close to her nap time, so we just headed back to the house and walked around the neighborhood.
When Jim got home, the three of us went and walked the three mile trail, that didn't happen earlier. It felt good to get back to the trail, after a week of stuffing ourselves at restaurants with yummy food and desserts. Not to mention, the yummy cookies Aunt Pam brings and all the margaritas, wine and beer. Jim and I both feel like we gained five pounds! It was fun though! We both lost a few pounds before we left for the beach, now we feel like we gained it back! UGH!
For dinner tonight, we wanted to get back to our diets and eating healthy, so I just made some huge salads with some chicken noodle soup. They were yummy and felt kinda refreshing!
The photo of the day is our salads....it's not filet and chocolate volcano cake, but it works!

Bananarama - 81/365

On our quest to be more healthy and try weed out processed food as much as we can, we got a Yonana Machine. It turns frozen fruits into "ice cream". The best thing about it is you don't add any milk or sugar, just your fruit. They recommend you use bananas to give it that creamy ice cream texture, but you don't have to. You can do other fruits such as pineapple and mangoes without bananas and get kind of a sorbet. So far we've done banana and frozen strawberries mixed together...DELICIOUS! It came with a whole recipe book with some to die for flavors. 

We only tried once because we didn't have any bananas ready. I've since stocked up...LOL! You use a whole banana per bowl, so to have enough for the three of us to always be ready, we had to buy a ton. They recommend you wait till they have a few brown spots to peel and freeze. Apparently that's when they are at their sweetest. We've been waiting a few days for the bunches to turn brown, so we can really put it to good use! They looked pretty good today, so this evening I spent about 20 minutes peeling and putting them in containers for ice cream time! Looking forward to tomorrow!

 The photo of the day is our massive amount of bananas and our Yonana machine.

 

Super Bowl Sunday - 34/365

It's Super Bowl Sunday! And yet another Super Bowl Sunday that our Browns aren't in it. 

Oh well..."There is always next year!"

 Super Bowl Sunday usually means beer, pizza, veggie trays and chips! We had it all here this evening. We weren't attending any parties or anything so we just had a small private party for the three of us. We made our own flatbread pizzas, small veggie/cheese tray and cracked open a few Blue Moons! Perfect party! Our spread is the photo of the day along with the 49ers and Ravens helmets. 

The Ravens kicked butt in the first half leading 21-6 at halftime. At the start of the half, half the lights went out in the Superdome, which caused a 1/2 hour delay. That's a lot of halves...Lol!
49ers made a huge rally and almost came back to win, but ultimately the
Ravens win Super Bowl XLVII with a score of 34-31.

The helmets are from our NFL gumball helmet collection. We use those to plan out the Browns schedules on our shelf downstairs in the Browns basement. We then move them to win or lose columns, A LOT of the helmets end up on the "losing" side of the TV...LOL! 

Go BROWNS!

New Year, New You - 1/365

Well, it's January first and all across America, at least 75% of people are saying they want to try to be more healthy and maybe even shed a few pounds. Here at the Cvetkovic house, we're no different. Today, Jim and I made a pact to be more healthy and to kick start our healthy habits we decided to try the "3 day Military Diet". It's basically preplanned meals that you follow for three days to help boost your metabolism and boost your weight loss. 

So, the picture today is of our first HEALTHY breakfast of the new year. We dined on a half of a grapefruit and toast with peanut butter, washed down with some tea. I have to say, it was really good and we really were satisfied!

 Here's to day one of the new US! Happy New Year!