Oven Baked Tilapia

Oven Baked Tilapia

•  Tilapia ~ 1LB
•  Grated Parmesan Cheese ~ 3/4 cup
•  Parsley ~ 1 Tablespoon
•  Garlic Salt ~ 1 Teaspoon
•  Lemon Pepper ~ 1 Teaspoon
•  Onion Flakes ~ 1 Teaspoon

1. Preheat oven to 400 Degrees
2. Combine cheese, parsley, garlic salt, lemon pepper, and onion flakes in a bowl, mix them well.
3. Coat the Tilapia in olive oil, then dip the Tilapia in the cheese mixture until evenly/fully coated.
4. Place Tilapia on foil covered baking sheet and bake 10-12 minutes.

Kia Sorento

Jerm and I looked at one of these when we were looking to buy a new car when little Boogie wasn't born yet. I didn't realize back then how great these cars were! I will definitely be looking at these cars again, when it is time to get that car to replace the "other" van. Hey there is a limited time that you could win an Asus Eee Pad Transformer Prime android tablet, so hurry up and try! http://www.bedifferentactnormal.com/2012/07/my-kia-sorento-summer-road-trip-ipad-3.html

What do my kiddos do when I am crafting...well..

Today when I was picking up some crafting supplies at Micheal's I ran into some wooden craft projects for kids.  I knew that I would wait until Boogie took a nap to work on anything, but what about Bubby (Monkey was at a friends house, Babydoll (was at her mommy's house)  Well these wooden crafts seemed like something a 6 yr old could do without hovering supervision, so I let him pick one out.  It only cost $3.00, but they had some more simple ones for only a $1.00 a piece.

Isn't that too cute it is a movable dragon that the kids can paint themselves!

Bubby busy at work!

My kids never like getting their picture taken.

Roar!!!

Back to School is almost here....August wreath!

I love wreath's!  I don't like how expensive most of them are, and my front porch is not covered so they have to hang on the inside of the door...for now!  Not too long ago I decided that I am going to make a wreath for each month of the year, plus a few extra for special occasions.  I was at my local Micheal's and I saw the cutest wreath made from crayons!  Well, I wasn't spending $50.00 on it so today I made my own!  It might not be as nice as the one at Micheal's but hey we like it!  So here is our Back to School Wreath...yes our kids start school in this county in August!

Supplies:

• Wreath: I bought a flat one for $1.50 at Micheal's in the floral section.
  
•  Ribbon: I used it to cover the wreath, just because I didn't want the edges uncovered. $1.00     I also found an accent ribbon I really liked and bought it too. $2.99 The main ribbon was 1 1/2 inch wide, and 3 yd but I had about 6in left.
• Crayons: I bought these while school supply shopping, I always buy loads extra anyway. $.50  per box, I used almost three boxes.
• Hot Glue and Glue Gun: I used my low temp one for this project.

Total: about $8.00

 All my supplies lined up.

1.) Wrap the flat wreath in the main ribbon ( 1 1/2in wide ) I used a dab of hot glue every 4 or so wraps.  Make sure you add the glue on what is going to be the back of the wreath.              

         

2.) After the wreath is fully wrapped start adding the crayons.  You might want to lay them out first to make sure that you get the shape that you want. You don't want to get half way though it and realize that its going to be impossible to get that desired shape, and everything is already glued down...ech hem ;) I glued the first one down, then everyone after was glued to the wreath, and the crayon before it.

3.) After all your crayons are glued down ( in that shape you desired), create a wrap, or add some ribbon to hang the wreath to the door.  I had to add some little ribbon flowers because I glued one crayon down the wrong way. They were all supposed to show the brand name of the crayons..whoops!

Now hang your wreath on the door!  If you use Crayola watch out for the heat because the crayons will melt in the sun.  Luckily, I don't have to worry about it because we are hanging it on the inside of the door.  You could always use colored pencils, add little fun erasers, or small pencil sharpeners.  Have fun with it!!

Tie Belt...inspiration comes from strange little places!

When my crazy bouts of insomnia hit I will sometimes watch TV, read, play on the Internet or do  anything that I think may make me eventually get tired.  I have been watching Netflix recently and a show called Pretty Little Liars, not the best of television, but I like one of the character's (Spencer) personality and snarky comments.  I like to watch shows after a few seasons have aired so I am not waiting for the next season, I'm not always very patient.  Anyway while watching this show I realized that one of the characters (Aria) has a pretty cute wardrobe and during one episode she actually wore a mens tie as a belt.....well I loved it! I knew that I could figure out a way to make that. Really didn't think about it too much, Jerm doesn't wear ties, actually I have never seen him in one ever!  Today Jerm was kind enough to allow me a couple hours of free time which translates to a little bit of "retail therapy"  I was at a thrift shop and happened to notice a section of mens ties sitting right next to a section of belts.  Well here goes nothing..I am going to attempt it, and if I fail well I only spent $1.50!

Found this belt $0.50 I don't like the belt at ALL but I did like the little circle at the end, thought it looked fun and would function well with this project because it would loop through.

 I found this tie there was a very large selection, but this one just kept catching my eye.  I really liked the color scheme! 

I detached the little circle from the end of the belt, this will show you what kind of closure it really is.

Running the thin end of the tie through one side of the circle, pull it all the way through until you have the length that you want.  I just kept holding it up around my waist until I got the length that I needed.  Pin the tie next to the circle then again at the end of where the two sides meet.  The rest of the (skinny part) of the tie is hanging off the table, out of view.

These little red arrows show where I pinned, then later stitched the tie, to itself allowing for a decent hold.

Here is a picture of the tie, fastened as a belt.  I am thinking with a cute sweater dress, maybe with a pair of jeans and a simple T-shirt, honestly I am not sure yet.  I just really wanted this as a belt!

 

Here is what it would look like if you fastened it on the side of you hip VS the front of your waist!

Well I hope that was easy to understand, and I am sorry if it isn't but tonight is one of those nights where I get to fight sleep Yay...I am thinking that if my sewing machine and I ever get on good terms that I may stitch this all the way down, or with a neat threading design but for now easy and fast were the way to go!