Healthy Tuesdays-- Holy Mosquitos!

As you can probably tell from the title of the blog- we live on top of a very large hill.  For us that means that the wind blows quite often (and quite fiercely) which usually means the mosquitos don't hang around our house most years.  This year has been a huge exception!  We had a huge amount of flooding in April (actually it was historic flooding for us) which means that we had a lot of standing water for quite awhile.

Well you if you do any research on mosquitos you know that standing water is not a good thing to have around if you want to minimize your mosquito population!  So we have an unusually bad case of mosquitos this year everywhere.  The baseball fields are miserable.  The garden area here at home is miserable.  Heck even the garage is full of mosquitos.  One cannot go anywhere without being eating alive by mosquitos.

The only good thing I have heard out of this is:  The type of mosquito that is currently around does not carry the West Nile Virus AND they only have a life span of about 2 weeks.  One week down-- let's hope no more hatch after this!

So instead of enjoying the beautiful weather outside......we are stuck sitting indoors gazing out at all the mosquitos.  And yes you can really see them because they swarm the screens looking for a way in so that they can feast on us.  Sigh....

How are the mosquitos at your house?  

It is time for our Healthy Tuesdays Blog Hop-- I hope you'll join us!

Weekly Menu for May 20, 2013

We sure are enjoying the warmer weather this weekend but holy mosquitos!  It makes it difficult to be outdoors without super strong chemical laden spray....period.  Even sitting in the bright sunshine isn't a deterrent-- like usual.

While the weather is beautiful, it does mean that we have a lot of stuff going on and dinners must be either quick to prepare or slow cooker meals.  Otherwise we just don't have time to make the dinner at eat before we have to be out the door!

Weekly Menu for Monday, May 20, 2013

Monday: Hunter has a home baseball game.....Bay has track practice and thankfully I have the day off of work.  I plan on making some impossible cheeseburger pies and a veggie that can be reheated for whenever anyone is home and ready to eat dinner.

Tuesday: SJ had a game....H has practice and Bay has practice.  I work all day long.  Tacos are on the menu for today.  I plan on making the taco meat ahead of time so Jamie just has to reheat that, taco shells and some beans for a quick dinner.

Wednesday: SJ has a game, other two have practice and I work all day again.  I plan on sticking a corned beef into the slow cooker.  I thought I would throw in some potatoes too for an almost instant meal.

Thursday: SJ and Hunter both have games.  Bay has an away track meet.  I work all day at Clarksville, which means a little bit longer drive home.  For dinner?  Spaghetti and garlic toast.

Friday: Miss Bay gets to spend the entire day at Cedar Point!  She is excited, we are just hoping that the weather cooperates!  I work 9-1 today and then I am off for the holiday weekend- whoo hoo!  I am thinking brats and fries for dinner.

Saturday: Not sure what our plans are exactly for the weekend but I am sure someone will be home for dinner so burgers and beans are on the menu.

I hope everyone has a great week!  Linking up with MPM.

5 Question Friday for May 17, 2013!

WOW!  I actually have time for 5 question friday today!  I won't get used to it because I do know that I work the next two Fridays but it is nice to have time this week.  Obviously this month has been completely crazy and many times I don't even have time to get on the internet when I am at home.  There is just too many other things that need to be done-- laundry, cooking, cleaning, talking to the kids, etc!

Let's get started with our questions.  If you are interested in how others answer these questions, head over to My Little Life for the hop!



1. Do you have a doppelgänger? Yes somewhere. I have had strange episodes when people call me by another's name or am sure I am so and so's sister. I am not. :-) So obviously someone is out there that looks somewhat like me!

2. Do you keep your car cleaned up? UGH-- no. Hubby always has issues with how dirty my vehicle gets. But heck, I am usually the one toting the kids around and what not.....things get dirty man! I am doing better about taking coats, sweatshirts, etc into the house rather than leaving them in the car. But it is not clean.....mine could really use some cleaning right now.

3. What is a current fashion that drives you crazy. This year I have really struggled to find anything I really like...I just don't like the designs and colors this year. One thing I really hate though is short shirts. I need material to cover myself up people!

4. How often do you go grocery shopping? I used to do just two large shopping trips a month. But since I started working, I have found myself running to the store more often. Plus the sales lately have stunk....nothing we would want (as in lots of processed foods, expensive meat, etc) so I have been going a bit more. I try to hit Costco at least once a month or once every other month. That helps too.... I can stock up without having to run to the regular grocery store all the time.

5. What has been the best surprise of your life? Probably Mr. SJ! We weren't planning on another child but then all of a sudden I was having another one. I cannot imagine life without him. He was the piece we were missing in our family. He can be goofy and lighthearted and get us all laughing. He still snuggles with me. He is just pure love!

Thanks for stopping by-- I hope your weekend is awesome! I am hoping to enjoy mine!