big helper!!

abigayle is such a big helper!!

she loves it when i do dishes

because she gets to put the

soap in.

well... actually she has decided

all on her own that this is her job.

while doing dishes the other day,

she pushed me out of the way

to get the soap

then pushed the bottom drawer back in

so she could open the soap holder

and begin squirting the soap in.

she was very determined!!!

and she did a good job.

amazing what they pick up on

all by themselves.

when she was finished she

closed the little soap door

and put the soap back away,

shut the dishwasher door

and actually started the dishwasher

ALL BY HERSELF!!!

i had to hurry up and finish filling it

while she was pouring in the soap, lol.

look at how proud she is!!

she now does this

EVERY time she hears me doing dishes,

even when i've just started =)

the papa dance

so... in this video,

we have proof

that blake and brayden

have the mcallister blood

running strong through their veins!!

LOVE IT!!!

decompression

chuck was next to dive yesterday at school.

he had all his gear on

and his teacher decided he wanted

to do a sur-d-02 drill.

to explain what that is,

it is when a diver needs to decompress

on surface instead of in the water.

so... at a certain feet under water,

they stop decompressing

and quickly surface,

climb out of the water,

walk as fast as you can

(running is not allowed)

strip down to your undies

(hopefully you are wearing undies

or... well i'm sure you can figure that one out)

and jump into the decompression chamber.

if i remember correctly,

they only have 3 minutes to do all this

before the body starts off-gassing.

chucks body off gasses all the time but

this off gassing is very dangerous!! lol.

anyways... chuck and his team

did this from the ladder on the barge

to inside their building and into the decompression chamber

in 1 minute 32 seconds!!

almost set a new record!!

he jumped into the chamber

and was blown down to 40 feet deep in 30 seconds.

he was surprised how quickly

he was able to clear his ears in the chamber.

i am thankful he was able to!!

once they started decompressing

the chamber started filling with a fog like substance.

he said he was soaking wet with sweat

when he was finally able to leave.

the 8 minutes he was in there

to decompress actually counts as a dive.

when the doors were opened

and he climbed out he not only saw his friends

and class mates but he saw

the recruiter and a few potential students

looking right at him,

standing there in his sweaty undies and all, lol.

i'm wondering what their first impression

of the school actually was, lol!!

i'm so proud of my husband

and this obvious natural talent he has

to be a commercial diver.

i pray for his safety and his his happiness

in this new career path we have chosen.

he is taking a test today,

and graduates on june 21st!!

that means there is only 3 weeks left!!!

italian grilled cheese

all righty!!

i'm feeling a little better.

maybe it's because i just had the best sandwich ever!!

a friend and fellow blogger

posted this recipe yesterday

and i must admit, i've had it not once but twice!!

here is her blog!!

i've changed it just a bit

only due to product i had on hand.

i used whole wheat bread

but yummy crunchy crusted bread would be better!

pesto,

provolone cheese, mozzarella would be great too!

and tomatoes.

assemble: butter, bread,

pesto, cheese, tomato, cheese, pesto

bread and butter.

grill and enjoy!!

so... her picture looks much better than mine

but believe me,

it tastes GREAT!!!

ok so... the link didn't work.

anyone know how to link her page to mine?

if so please leave me a comment.

until then, she is the author of the bee hive

in the 'my blog list' section on my blog.

sorry jamie!

sorry

I didn't sleep well last night,

I have a headache

and I'm really tired.

Not really in the mood to blog.

See ya'll tomorrow!

produce junction

well... lets try this again.

i wrote out this entire blog yesterday

and then comcast internet went down

and nothing saved, except the title, lol

so...

i've now been in new jersey for 4 months now

and have complained about their

very expensive and wilted produce constantly!!

while talking to a neighbor they mentioned

heading over to produce junction.

so... i decide to give it a try and

oh... my... goodness

what a little gem this place is!!!

i got ALL this for only $27.00!!

that may sound like a lot to you in cali

but over here that is nothing!!

the best part is

is that it is all fresh and oh so yummy!!!
for my $27.00 i received:
5 cucumbers,
4 apples,
12 heads of garlic,
2 huge celery,
3 bunches of cilantro,
6 zucchini,
4 lbs carrots,
2 lbs grapes,
2 huge green leaf lettuce,
a ton of bananas!!,
4 grapefruit,
6 limes,
2 jicama,
5 lbs of fresh potatoes (this is rare here)
6 red onions (also pretty rare)
4 bunches of green onions,
6 bell peppers,
and 6 corn on the cobbs.

wow!!!
what a deal!!

to give you an idea of the bargain,
this is approximately what i could have gotten
at the store for $27.00.
6 corn on the cobbs - $3.00
6 bell peppers - $8.00
4 bunches of green onions - $4.00
6 zucchini - $6.00 if it is on sale!!
6 red onions - $5.00 and
1 small celery heart $1.00
so i pretty much got:
cucumbers, apples, garlic,
1 1/2 celery, lol,
cilantro,
carrots, grapes, lettuce,
bananas, grapefruit,
limes and jicama
for FREE!!!

can you tell i'm excited!!!
i've made so many yummy salads,
soups, side dishes and yummy dinners with this produce.
wish i'd know about this place sooner
but thankful i found it now!!

coffee filter flowers

we made flowers the other day.

the kids had soo much fun

with these flowers.ab's flower is on the left

she colored and wet it all by herself!!

she even helped glue it on.

this one is brayden's.

he did everything by himself,

cut, color, wet and glue.

blake had a super fun time making his flower too!!

he did everything by himself

and i think it is beautiful!!

i just love homeade art projects!!!