The Pentons

Tuesday, October 19, 2010

POTD Oct 19

0 comments Posted by Amanda Mae at 5:40 PM

How can I ignore the color this time of year? These were taken just right outside my apartment on my way to get the mail.

POTD Oct 18

0 comments Posted by Amanda Mae at 5:39 PM

Remnants of my favorite classroom project- a fall leaf hunt!

Sunday, October 17, 2010

Yumminess

0 comments Posted by Amanda Mae at 8:28 AM

One more post today. I made this soup and it was so delicious and comforting that I want to share it!

It is squash-apple soup but you have to about triple the recipe to get enough. I doubled it and it was enough for 2 bowls.

2 cups cubed peeled butternut squash (about 3/4 lb)

1/2 large apple, peeled, chopped (about 3/4 cup)

2 tablespoons finely chopped onion

1 cup Progresso® chicken broth (from 32-oz carton)

1/4 cup apple juice

1/8 teaspoon salt

1/8 teaspoon ground cinnamon

Pinch ground nutmeg

Pinch ground ginger

2 tablespoons whipping cream

2 teaspoons chopped fresh parsley

DIRECTIONS

Spray 1 1/2- to 2 1/2-quart slow cooker with cooking spray. In cooker, mix all ingredients except whipping cream and parsley.
Cover; cook on Low heat setting 8 to 10 hours.
Blend soup in cooker with immersion blender, or blend soup in batches in blender container on low speed and return to cooker. Stir in whipping cream. Sprinkle each serving with parsley.

10/17/10

0 comments Posted by Amanda Mae at 8:24 AM

Can you tell a pregnant lady lives here--yes that is our front porch and I'm too lazy to bend down and pick all those up. Its not my fault that they deliver the paper on Fri, Sat and Sun when you just want it on Sunday!

New project

0 comments Posted by Amanda Mae at 8:23 AM

So, I've been wanting to start this project for a while but sometimes I think our life is too boring. Its called a picture of the day project (POTD) and I've been inspired by this lady: Becky Higgins she's this major scrapbooker and I've been following her blog just for fun. Last Christmas she put out a product call project life and its specifically made for those people who take 1 picture everyday. Anyways on to my story. I have this scrapbooking album and it is fabulous just for regular scrapbooking, but lately I've been wanting to document every day life. Sure it's not very exciting and some of the pictures you may look at and be like, "that's silly" but I want to remember our life now when I look back in 50 years, especially since our little baby will be making an appearance soon. So here is day one of POTD:

We went shopping this weekend and bought some baby bottles, so I washed and dried them. They are actually "breast flow" bottles and they come with tops so you can store breast milk in them as well--pretty smart!

Sunday, October 10, 2010

Baby Shower Announcement

2 comments Posted by Amanda Mae at 7:42 AM

Dear Friends,

You are all invited to a baby shower that my mother-in-law is throwing for me on Saturday October 23! It will be at the church from 12-4. You don't need a gift to come, just come and eat and play games. I would love to see all your friendly faces :)

Love
Amanda