Sweeping Through Life

With all the barbecue that we had over the weekend and into this week, I wanted something besides chicken or beef. Here is how I made it..... 3-5 pieces of Tilapia fillets breadcrumbs spices 2 tbls. of butter 2 eggs Make sure that the fish is defrosted. You will need 3 plates, one for the fish, one for the eggs and the other for the breadcrumbs. Melt the butter in the pan and allow to heat up, without burning. Dip the fish in the eggs. Once placed in the eggs, but fish on the second plate and season to taste. I used garlic, onion, pepper and fish rub which we purchased on our honeymoon. Once seasoned, cover both sides of the fish with breadcrumbs. I also added a little bit of pepper and salt to the breadcrumbs. Place fish in the hot pan and cook on both sides until golden brown. The fish should take about 3-5 minutes on each side to brown. Once done place fish on a plate that is cover with paper towels to removed some of the butter. After all steps are completed..enjoy your meal.

Thank God for all His many blessing. Mr. J got a job offer yesterday and accepted. I am happy that he found something so quick after getting laid off. The way that the economy is right now, we were bracing for a longer period of time for him to have to find a job. Beggars can not be choosers, since his shift will be nights again. He worked nights before, so it won't be much of change. I kinda wished he got days since I kinda have gotten use to him being around when I came home from work. I will let him get his foot in the door, before I start asking him to post for a day or mid-day shift. His job is with a good company and the location is closer to our home so some nights I will be able to have dinner with him on his lunch break. We will have more details about the position on Monday. I am so thankful that God has truly blessed my family.

I had taste for some chocolate chip cookies to eat with a scoop of vanilla ice cream,that I had in the freezer, so I made some when I got home from work. Here is the recipe: 1 package of yellow cake mix 1 cup of quick cooking rolled oats, uncooked 1/4 cup of butter, softened 2 eggs 1 cup of semi-sweet chocolate chips 1 cup of pecan pieces Preheat the oven to 350 degrees. Mix cake mix,oats, butter and eggs. Then add the pecans and chocolate chips, alternating between the two. Mix well. Place spoonfuls of the mixture on a baking sheet. Bake 10-12 minutes. Cool on a wire rack. Makes about 4 dozen. The cookies were still a little warm when I placed them with 2 scoops of ice cream for dessert. Yummy, yummy, yummy in my tummy, tummy, tummy.

Peonies. I love the peony flower. I picked these from my mom's yard on Saturday. I think that they look great in my dining room. Mr. J does not really like to peonies, because they always have to big, black ants on them but he accommodates me since I love them so. When I brought these home, I set them outside on our deck for a while so that the ants could get back to nature and not make a home in my house. Here are my peonies. I planted these last fall in my backyard. They are off shoots from my mom's. They do not have any buds or blooms on them yet, I hope that they do by they end of the summer, so that I am able to pick more of these pretty flowers to display in my house.

It is official.. I am Mrs. D.J. On Friday, I went to the bank and to the social security office and changed my name. The only thing that I did not do was get a new driver's license. I will get that within the next few weeks. I wanted to be Mrs. D.J. for a long time, and when I say a long time I mean a long time. At times it seems so final, like I a losing a piece of my identity. I know that I am still Dana, but sometimes that it feels like I have changed into someone else and all I did was change my last name. Well, I guess I did change into someone else, I changed from Ms. to Mrs. It is suppose to be different. It is a new beginning of a new life, no matter how long that I dated Mr. J. The relationship has changed, thus the name has to change with it. So, suck it up Dana, move on..you are still the girl that loves shoes, Coach purses, watching Aqua Teen Hungerforce, thrift store shopping,listening to 80's music and being the wife of Mr. J. I am going to say it loud and pro...

I know that the economy is rough right now, but fighting at a local Old Navy store to get $1.00 flip flops is a bit much. I like a bargain just as much as anyone but this is a little out of hand. When I went to Old Navy yesterday hoping to get some of the $1.00 flip flops, but by time I made it there they were all gone except for sizes 5,6 or 7. Since I wear a 9/10 that really did not work for me. I wanted some new flip flop colors, but I really was not going to stand in line for them. I only get up early and stand in lines on the day after Thanksgiving sales. To read more on the flip flop fight click here . What does this say about our society when we are fighting for flip flops, free chicken and standing in line for a free burrito. I like sales, but I do not want anyone to get hurt in the process. FREE seems to stand for "taking what you want no matter the cost." We need to think about how bad that we want the sale. I know that people are hurting, emotionally and financi...