Storms a comin'...

"The more I see of the world, the more am I dissatisfied with it; and every day confirms my belief of the inconsistency of all human characters, and of the little dependence that can be placed on the appearance of merit or sense." -pride and prejudice

I feel a big vent session coming on...(laugh).. I'm reading the classic Charlotte Bronte novel, Villette, and saw the pictured book, at our Barnes and noble bookstore...I mean seriously, the literary junk that kids read these days...its no wonder our country is where it is. Pride and prejudice...vampire style? Seriously?
sigh...okay. more later..but wow, the books in the "junior fiction" section made me almost laugh. What happened to imagination and depth? prose and pathos...concept and cadence? Honestly, I think you could read the first and last page of any of those books I saw, and get the whole point of the story in one fell swoop. They were that shallow.
blech.
more later. ha.

And I think to myself...

Lions and wishes...

"Mailey, what are you doing?"
"I'm feeling the grass mom...its curly, and it has lions and wishes in it."


I never want to forget that moment. ever. Its made me smile for days.

Why I cant stand the "green" movement...

Abortion Worldwide

Annually, 46 million babies die from abortion worldwide. That’s approximately one baby being aborted every two seconds.

Abortion in the United States

An estimated 48 million babies have been aborted since 1973. Approximately 24% of all U.S. pregnancies end in abortion.

And they're screaming about dying trees? In a forest Full of them? Imagine them saying all this inside a planned parenthood...they would be starkly contrasted with reality and maybe for once the little lightbulbs would begin to flicker in their misguided brains and agendas.

AMAZING LEMON CHICKEN RECIPE!!!!!!!

Okay, so I love love lemony, caper-y, delicious chicken, but it always seems so scary to try to make, but fear not my friends..fear not. I have found the bomb recipe!! I wanted something quick, easy and very similar to a dish I had at a sicilian cafe here in chico. And this recipe totally hits the spot...I add a big huge squeeze of lemon over the top of everything...and we served this with angel hair pasta tossed with mozz. cheese and butter and some veggies...it does use a lot of butter...but really...butter isn't THAT bad for you...and the result is not at all heavy, in fact you feel like you're eating something super fresh, healthy and high class..which is pretty fantastic I must say...SO! here goes...Melt in your mouth lemon chicken.

Serves 6

20 min/ 10 min prep

FOR CHICKEN

about 3 boneless skinless chicken breast halved

1 1/2 cups of flour

1/3 cup of butter

2T olive oil

salt and pepper

FOR SAUCE

4T butter

4T parsley finely chopped

1 Lemon

1. Dry chicken and either pound it (or trim it really thin with poultry shears like I did) evenly flat. coat with flour

2. Melt butter and olive oil in a large skillet over med/high heat

3. Cook chicken breast approx. 3 min on each side or until browned and cooked through

4. Remove chicken from skillet and season with salt/pepper. (keep warm in oven while you make the sauce)

5. Add remaining butter to skillet to melt while scraping up browned bits from the bottom

6. Remove from heat once melted and add parsley and juice from the lemon. Cut up some lemon into thin slices to serve as a garnish

7. Pour the sauce while it is still hot, over chicken and serve!!

Your daily Reagan...

Unto us a child is born....

My beautiful little chunky...

Mailey adores reagan...

Emry does too...

And of course mum and dad are over the moon