Happy note

So I must tell you, my husband is an amazing cook! With the help of the kids, they made the most delicious biscuits. Eggs, buscuits and honey with some Oj, yummy! Simple but delicous, the meals my husband can create are insane, I hope one day we're able to start a diner. He is so amazing and creative! If you've ever eaten at my house you know what I mean. He could make a turd sparkle.
So anyhow, after breakfast today we got ready and went up the mountain to play. Sadly most of the puddles had dryed up but don't worry, we managed to make a pretty good mess anyway. We drove along until the trail got to sketchy to go any further, went a little further and then turned around. It worked out quite well since we needed to head down for dinner at my mothers. We arrived right on time, which is huge for me! Those that know me, know I'm always 5 mintutes late for everything I do in life. I'm only on time if my husband is driving and luckily, he was, everyone was starving. We had a wonderful dinner with some colorful conversation and had some good laughs.
We had some ice cream and barrowed a movie frome Grandma, National Treasure is what my son decided on. We got home and turned the couches into one huge place to sit and relax. Of course Josie had other plans for me, hide and seek was all she wanted to play! I love that girl but sometimes she's too much, cute as a button but way to much energy. I gave her some new jammies, well new to her. They were mine when I was her age, Popples, if you remember those you were an 80's baby for sure. Silly little things that turn from a cute little bear lookin thing into a ball. They look super cute, and she loves them. Crazy kid.

Paranoid

OK, this is going to sound sort of odd. I just spent a half hour waiting in my cold car, in the middle of a rain storm for a pantie thief. Yes i mean that literally, a pantie thief, among other things, like my bra, my favorite jeans and some shirts. This isn't the first time he's come around, so I know I'm not nuts, I have found a young man with long hair wearing sweats, tights and HEELS rummaging through my clothes before. But before I was able to put the pieces together, he had disappeared. Well he seemed to vanish for quite some time but has made a big come back by taking a large chunk of my stuff (which means my wardrobe is next to nothing now). The most disturbing part about this is he may have stolen my daughters underwear too. So you can bet your life I plan on catching this guy, and well for his sake I hope the cops get there fast because I don't plan on letting him leave till the do. So if you have a shared laundry room with open access I warn you to never leave it there overnight, or for that matter unsupervised really.

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I wanted to share an awesome recipe with everyone! I made ham fried rice and orange chicken last night from scratch and it turned out amazing! I thought I'd share the joy.

Original Recipe yields 4 servings
Ingredients
Sauce:
1 1/2 C water
2 Tbsp. Orange juice
1/4 C lemon juice
1/3 C rice vinegar
2 1/2 Tbsp. soy sauce
1 Tbsp. grated orange zest
1 C packed brown sugar
1/2 tsp. minced fresh ginger root
1/2 tsp. minced garlic
2 Tbsp. chopped green onion
1/4 tsp. red pepper flakes
3 Tbsp. cornstarch (I only used one to one and a half)
2 Tbsp. water

Chicken:
2boneless, skinless chicken breasts, cut into 1/2 inch pieces
1 C all purpose flour
1/4 tsp. salt
1/4 tsp. pepper
3 Tbsp. olive oil

Directions:
Pour 1 1/2 cups water, orange juice concentrate, lemon juice, rice vinegar, and soy sauce into a saucepan and set over medium-high heat. Stir in the orange zest, brown sugar, ginger, garlic, chopped green onion, and red pepper flakes. Bring to a boil. Remove from heat and cool 10 to 15 minutes. Place the chicken pieces into a resealable plastic bag. When contents of saucepan have cooled, pour 1 cup of sauce into bag. Reserve the remaining sauce. Seal the bag of chicken and sauce and refrigerate at least 2 hours.
In another larger resealable plastic bag, mix the flour, salt, and pepper. Add the marinated chicken pieces, seal the bag, and shake to coat. Heat the olive oil in a large skillet over medium heat. Place chicken into the skillet and brown on both sides. Drain on a plate lined with paper towels, and cover with aluminum foil. Wipe out the skillet, and add the sauce. Bring to a boil over medium-high heat. Mix together the cornstarch and water, stir into the sauce. Reduce heat to medium low, add the chicken pieces, and simmer, about 5 minutes, stirring occasionally.

I butterflied the chicken so it wasn't to thick and like I said I used way less corn starch then called for, I'd even maybe add a bit more water, it was a tad strong but still amazing, me and the fam loved it! Enjoy everybody!