Menu Monday

I know it has been a long time since I have posted anything, but things get busy and life gets a hold of you and wont let go.

So here is my latest favorite recipe. But first an advertisement.

I subscribe to this magazine, and I absolutely love one little feature in it. Every month there is a little pull out booklet of 50 things. So for example this month is 50 things to do with pesto, or during the holiday season it was 50 holiday cookies. You get the idea.

So one of the summer months it was 50 burgers. Now I am a fan of the hamburger, and 50 different variations on a burger is like a little bit of heaven for me. I found this on in there and we have been having them a lot, and they are spectacular!

So here it is.

Thai Pork Burgers

For dressing:

1/4 cup lime juice

1 tbsp. fish sauce 1 tbsp. olive oil

salt

sugar

For slaw:

one shaved carrot

one sliced red onion

about a half cup of whole cilantro leaves

For burgers:

1 lb ground pork

1 big pinch salt

chili sauce

mayonnaise

Combine lime juice, fish sauce, olive oil, salt and sugar (to taste). Toss half of dressing with carrots, onion and cilantro and allow to marinate for a while. Make patties with pork and salt and remaining dressing. Grill or broil in oven. Serve on a toasted kaiser roll with chili sauce, mayo, and veggie slaw.

So I know this recipe isn't the most specific in the world but that is the way it is in the little booklet. It is kind of a throw together meal, but I promise it is really good!

If you do try them come back and tell me what you think...

Reluctant

I haven't been blogging for quite some time now. I'm not sure if it's because I am bored with it or I just don't want to. I was talking to a blobby friend the other day and she said she thinks it is a fad that she thinks is just over. So here is my question for you...
Do you feel that the magic is gone?
Are you still blogging?
Are you still reading blogs?
What makes you come back to read the same blogs?
What keeps you interested in bloggingnyourself?

Wordless Wednesday

Wordless Wednesday

100 Truths

I stole this from Amber, it seemed like a good idea at the time =)

1. Last beverage: Water, I don't drink much of anything else lately

2. Last phone call: Husband, of course

3. Last text message: Jodee

4. Last song you heard: Talking Heads- Burning Down the House

5. Last time you cried: Today

HAVE YOU EVER:

6. Got back with someone you've broken up with: Yes, stupidly!

7. Been cheated on: Yes, the idiot!

8. Kissed someone & regretted it: Yes

9. Lost someone special: Yes.

10. Been depressed: Yes.

11. Been drunk and threw up: Nope

LIST THREE FAVORITE COLORS:

12. Blue

13. Pink

14. White

THIS YEAR HAVE YOU: (2010)

15. Made a new friend: Yep

16. Fallen out of love: Nope.

17. Laughed until you cried: Yes, but not often enough.

18. Met someone who changed you: Definitely

19. Found out who your true friends were: Yeah, but I pretty much already knew that.

20. Found out someone was talking about you: No

21. Kissed anyone on your Facebook friends list: Well... yes... but I am married to him!

22. How many people on your friends list do you know in real life: Most of them

23. How many kids do you want? More than the two I have

24. Do you have any pets: Yes, the cutest puppy ever.

25. Do you want to change your name: Yes, I always thought it was really boring, and it isn't like I can shorten it to make a nick-name

26. What did you do for your last birthday: Uummm... is it bad that I can't remember

27. What time did you wake up? 6:30

28. What were you doing at midnight last night? Sleeping, thank goodness.

29. Name something you CANNOT wait for: Thanksgiving, I love it.

30. Last time you saw your mother: Monday, she did a great favor for me.

31. What is one thing you wish you could change about your life: My health issues

33. Have you ever talked to a person named Tom: Yes, a couple.

34. Who is getting on your nerves now? 1st graders!

35. Most visited websites: Facebook, godealgo, IMDB

36. What's your real name: Sarah Rebecca

37. Nicknames: Sariah, Mom

38. Relationship Status: Happily Married.

39. Zodiac sign: Cancer

40. Male or female: I'm female.

41. Primary School: 5 at last count, too many to list.

42. Middle School: Bennion Jr. High

43. High school: Cottonwood

44. Hair color: Blond

45. Long or short: Longer than I have had it in years.

46. Height: 5' 5"

47. Do you have a crush on someone? Yep, and its a good thing too, cause I am married to him.

48: What do you like about yourself? I have a good sense of humor, and am friendly.

49. Piercings: Ears, two in each but I only use one set.

50. Tattoos: No thanks

51. Righty or lefty: Righty.

FIRSTS:

52. First surgery: Wisdom teeth

53. First piercing:12 ears

54. First best friend: My hubby, and Cassie, and Vennessa

55. First sport you joined: I DON'T SPORT!

56. First vacation: First one I remember was Yellowstone

58. First pet: First I remember was Sassy (snif)

RIGHT NOW:

59. Eating: Nothing right now but I am making corned beef for dinner

60. Drinking: Nada

61. I'm about to: Finish dinner

62. Listening to: The sound of my little fingers rapidly typing.

63. Waiting for: Hubbs to come home

YOUR FUTURE:

64. Want kids?: Yes more please

65. Get married?: Only once

66. Career: Teacher, maybe some day.

67. Lips or eyes: Eyes, lasik again would be nice.

68. Hugs or kisses: Kisses

69. Shorter or taller: depends on who I am standing next to

70. Older or Younger: Younger would be nice

71. Romantic or spontaneous: Spontanious

72. Nice stomach or nice arms: Can I say both...

73. Sensitive or loud: Loud

74. Hook-up or relationship: Relationship for sure!

HAVE YOU EVER:

76. Kissed a stranger: Yes

77. Drank hard liquor: no

78. Lost glasses/contacts: Yes

79. Sex on first date: No.

80. Broken someone's heart: Yes.

82. Been arrested: no

83. Turned someone down: Yes.

84. Cried when someone died: Yes.

85. Fallen for a friend: Yes

DO YOU BELIEVE IN:

86. Yourself: Most of the time, depends on the situation

88. Love at first sight: Yep... again married him

89. Heaven: Absolutely

90. Santa Claus: Yep

91. Kiss on the first date: NO!

92. Angels: Yes

ANSWER TRUTHFULLY:

94. Had more than 1 girlfriend/boyfriend at a time: Nope

95. Did you sing today?: Yep, with the music but nobody was home to hear it, thank goodness.

96. Ever cheated on somebody: yes, but it wasnt on purpose

97. If you could go back in time, how far would you go?: High School, improve grades, stay away from boys, go to college after.

98. The moment you would choose to relive? My wedding day

99. Are you afraid of falling in love?: Nope, already there

100. Are you afraid of posting this as 100 truths?: Nope they are all completely the truth.

Wordless Wednesday

Drivin'

Do you remember what it was like when you got your drivers license?

Or when you got your first car?

For me that is what its like every time I get into my car.

Driving equals freedom for me, I love to drive. I will never understand women who stop driving when they get married. As far as I am concerned that is MY car and no one else should be driving it. Especially if I am in it. I hate being a passenger. My friends give me a hard time because any time we all go somewhere together I have to drive. Mostly it is a control issue, but a lot of it is also that I get a kind of trill from driving. It really is one of my favorite things to do. I love long road trips. Emanhaud and I have the best conversations while we are driving too. For some reason we can let loose and really talk to each other when we are in the car. We discuss politics, movies, books, finances, and just about anything else that might be on our minds. The funny thing is that we don't talk to our kids at all when we are in the car. The Bug gets really annoyed by this, because she really wants to be part of the conversation.

For me being alone in the car is the best time for me to think. I just let my mind wander and think about things in a way that I just don't normally. I get some of my best thinking done this way. Any time you pull up next to me you can guarantee that my music is going full blast too, and you can almost always catch me singing along as loud as possible. (Windows up of course!)

Don't worry I obey traffic rules while doing this!

Maybe I like driving so much because I waited longer than most to get my license. I was 18 and graduated from High School before I could drive. I bought my first car just before I got my license. I paid $125 for it when I bought it from my uncle and I put $800 in repairs into it, a lot of them myself. I will admit I did NOT like driving a mini-van but it was still freedom and I dealt with it until I finally sold my van this summer. Driving is also the thing that makes me the most mad. I hate it when people don't obey traffic rules. I will yell and cuss at people for doing stupid things. This makes my family very happy as you can imagine. But I still love driving and they will have to remove my license from my cold dead hands at the age of 100 before I give it up. Maybe I will request to be buried in my car!

How about you do you like to drive?