Girls Beach Getaway

Recently, Baby Girl and I had one last beach weekend to close out summer.  Actually, we were down there for her gymnastics meet, result pictures to come later, but I couldn't help posting these pics too.

She rocks. Totally. And she's strong. Inside and out. 

Which makes her pretty remarkable if you ask me.

Foodie Friday

Hi.  I'm a little under the weather, but after a shot in each hip, a night of very little ear pain, an improved ability to swallow again,  a bowl of my mama's homemade tomato gravy over soft inside pieces of a biscuit,  and beginning a round of antibiotics....I'm feeling much better.  Come to think of it, even with a swollen throat, I could manage to scarf down mama's tomato gravy anytime.  

I actually am posting today because I felt well enough to whip up a quick batch of golden goodness goodies for the weekend.  Obviously, we are constantly making up new recipes and trying to use Golden Eagle in any recipe we find where it can be substituted....so today I give you something so simple, you can basically do it with your eyes closed, one arm tied behind your back, and with a kid hanging on your hip....heck, you can even drop the kid ont he counter and let them mix these goodies up. 

Come on, you know you want too.... Why not? It takes maybe 15 minutes of your time and only 4  ingredients.

Hey, you can never go wrong with this duo: 

Add in a little sugar and a few cups of cornflakes and VOILA:

Yum-O.  Great little protein and grain snack for the kiddos, too. I'm not gonna lie though, I just make them because they are yummy yummy yummy. And quick and easy.  Which is what I need after the last couple of days where it felt like some little troll had climbed in my ear canal and was poking me repeatedly, although at random, with an icepick for kicks. 

Click for the link to the recipe over on House of Bowling Recipe Blog.

So, what are you waiting for?  Go make a batch for your family this weekend and keep the icepick toting trolls at bay!

The Intimidator....

Football season is in full force here at House of Bowling....and Middle Child made his debut last week during the Jr. High game.  Oh, look at that sweet thing run onto the field....

And line up in formation....

And be dwarfed by the size of his defenders....

And again by his coaches....

Oh, look, a cute little pony-tail wearing ballgirl....

who can even make a grumpy ol' referee smile....

back to the action at hand, the intimidator takes the play into the team huddle

...look at that boy's fine form, do you see that calf muscle?

It will be no small wonder if he isn't recruited early by a D-1 team.  :)

Gosh, I love that kid.

Presidential Wit--Reagan

Ronald Reagan:

(speaking of Washington) "the only city where sound travels faster than light."

Presidential Wit

Abraham Lincoln:

"I don't know who my grandfather was, I am much more concerned to know what his grandson will be."

Pinterest Success.

Over the weekend, I carved out some time to finally do something with a few of those hundreds of recipes I found on Pinterest. Seriously....that place is an amazing plethora of great ideas, the problem, I pin and pin and pin and then forget and forget and forget or don't have time, time, time. 

At any rate here are the latest Pinterest success stories at the House of Bowling.

Tomato Pie....the link said it was like the one served at Mary Mac's Tea Room in Atlanta.  I don't know if it is or not, I've never eaten there, but I do know it was YUMMY.

And here is a little of what was left our of attempt at the Wendy's frosty ice cream.  Only 3 ingredients and Baby Girl mixed it all up for us.  Turn on the ice cream freezer and wait for the magic.  Y'all...it tastes just like a Frosty.

Middle Child LOVES strawberry cake....plain ol' from the box, strawberry cake.  We usually make cupcakes and just don't ice them, he eats them like crazy.  When I saw this recipe for Strawberry Brownies, I knew he'd fall in love all over again. 

And to kick off AU football, WAR EAGLE (even with a loss, I love my tigers!), we had these nifty Auburn drinks for the game. The kids and even T-5 thought these were too fun!! We will definitely do these again, often!!

Now, on to try out the other 500 pins I've poked onto a cyberboard somewhere.....what have you tried lately?

Getting our MIND SET right.

School has geared back up for us here at House of Bowling.  Everyone is happy with their teachers, enjoying their time with classmates and all the activites related to school.  Sure it's been an adjustment to get back into the routine of things, but we are managing. We have had to get our thinking caps on and trudge forward, ready for another year of higher learning.

The same should be said of us each and every day for our spiritual self as well.  We need to get our thinking caps on and be certain we have them tuned in to the Father.

For the mind set on the flesh is death,

but the mind set on the Spirit is life and peace. 

~Romans 8:6

The New Century Version says it like this: 
 If people's thinking is controlled by the sinful self, there is death.
But if their thinking is controlled by the Spirit, there is life and peace. 

You know what happens when we focus more on our self?  Our dirty, ugly, rotten, no good self?
We leave much less room to focus on God, the Prince of Peace.

To gain what our wordly flesh wants requires the seperation between us and God. Our human minds are warped by sin and until we allow the Spirit to dwell in us, our minds will choose to rebel against God.
Our "mind-set" is our individual "way of thinking", and whatever we are thinking usually becomes our actions or our conduct.  If we think in the flesh, we are going to try to do things our on way and in general just cause a big 'ol mess.  We will travel down a road of misery, hate, resentment, bitterness, etc....and ultimate death. 

On the other hand, if we allow our "mind-set" to be dominated by the Spirit, we can enjoy a peace, a peace that only he can give. I know you need peace in your life, we all do.  Whatever circumstance you are in right now, I know you need peace.  Get your thinking cap on, and follow His road to peace....and ultimate life.

We must trust God and his actions for our life.  Whole heartedly.  All the time.  Sure, it's hard. But nothing in life comes easy, at least not if it's worth anything.  And friend, an eternal life with our Lord....that's worth something!