Welcome to the fabulous and sometimes insane life
of a working mother who is trying hard not to
let her whole existence be determined by her
cute little munchkins, yet continues to be drawn
in by the adorable and sometimes annoying tiny people!

Saturday, June 23, 2012

Leslie's Caramelized Flatbread


An appetizer like no other!

*Disclaimer* If you are counting calories, you are not allowed to even look at this recipe. You will try to change it and ruin it and then not be able to enjoy the absolute deliciousness!


A bag of shelled pecans
3 onions
1 cup Brown sugar
Crumbled blue cheese
2 sticks of butter
8-10 slices of bacon
Package of ur favorite flat bread ( she uses sundried tomato)



1. Melt butter and brown sugar.


2. Pour pecans into pan and let them caramelize until tender.
3. Lay out wax paper on cookie sheet and allow pecans to cool until crispy.
4. In the mean time, fry up bacon and lay it out to cool.
5. Next chop onions into 1/2 inch slices and caramelize (don't rush it).


6. Once pecans have cooled crumble or chop or beat (with a mallet) them into tiny pieces.
7. Crumble bacon.
8. Spray both sides of flat bread with Pam and then lay flat bread onto greased cookie sheet.
9. Crumble blue cheese on top of flat bread.
10. Dip caramelized onions out of pan with fork to drain some of the butter off.
11. Place onions on top of blue cheese.
12. Follow with crumbled pecans and bacon.

13. Bake at 375 for 20 minutes.
14. Now indulge in something so good it should be sinful!

P.S. Can you tell that I have acquired an iPhone?

Tuesday, June 12, 2012

Birthday Fairy

I had to share this....

A friend of mine just posted this picture on Facebook:


The birthday fairy visited her birthday girl during the night! What a great idea!! I am a firm believer that birthdays should be super special days. We have signs, special breakfasts, elaborate feasts, parties done all out, and all kinds of other activities. But I have never thought of the birthday fairy.

She hid 4 single dollar bills inside 4 balloons and left pixie sticks, some "homework" books, and other gifts around her room all courtesy of the birthday fairy. I know it made the day super special!


I am definitely doing this on the next birthday!!!

Monday, June 11, 2012

Orderly Organization

This summer is all about organization for my home, my classroom...my life.

writing center?
I am completely redoing my classroom. Check out my Pinterest board on my new theme. I have cleaned out, decluttered, and deposited tons of "junk" into the trash. I am excited about getting organized for the upcoming year. My most important year since I will be teaching my daughter and my niece in the fall!

Six Easy Steps to Re-Organizing your Linen CupboardI am also "planning" on doing some major organizing in my home. I have a Pinterest board completely dedicated to getting organized. There are so many great ideas out there. I know that getting organizzed can make our hectic lives a little less stressful! Three kids, a full time job, a football coach for a husband, dance, gymnastics, daycare....all of these things make for a busy life. This busy life needs as much organization as possible.

What are the best things you have done to help organize your life? Do you have some "must-dos" for me? Any help would be greatly appreciated! Also, it would probably be a lot easier to do this if I would stop "pinning" ways to get organized and actually get started getting organized.