A Side Dish From My Childhood

Ever make one of those dishes or side items that just takes you back to your childhood? I made a dish called, "Tostones." It is made from green plantains. You just cut them in two inch pieces, fry them halfway in some corn oil, take them out of the pan, squash them with the bottom of glass, and fry them again until they are a crispy golden color. Just season with some salt and serve. Yum, delicious! They're really easy to make!

My mom use to make these all the time when I was growing up. I really loved them. Somewhere along the road, I kind of...forgot about them, and how good they are. I'm glad I was able to rekindle this love for green plantains!

This Weekend

As always, the weekends go by so fast! This one was no exception. Sunday was packed with activities. First church in the morning, then off to the pool for some fun in the sun. My son, who's 4, is leaning how to swim. He jumps in the water and can now make his way back to the edge of the pool with no problem. Of course, all of this was going on while my husband was with him in the pool...I'm not crazy!

After the pool, we went to eat some lunch at our favorite bbq spot, Sonny's. My son loves it, too, which is funny because I was truly obsessed with that place when I was pregnant.

After lunch we went to good ol' Walmart to buy some toys for our son. He got to pick a couple of items because he was a good boy and filling up his marble jar. It's a reward system we use and it works really well for us. Every morning, if our son was good the day before he gets 6 marbles, if he was only good for part of the day, he gets 3. Once he fills up the jar with marbles, he gets to pick out a toy or two.

So, what does he pick? Silly bands and binoculars. If you are a parent and have silly bands all over your house, you probably understand why my reaction was, "Silly bands...again?" He loves them though and so, I'm happy.

An Update

So, I know, I know. I was gone for a year and then I just come back with a picture of a puppy? What the heck, right? Well, if you were one of the people that read my blog, you'd know that at the time I was trying to find another job, something that would be more of a career. I spent a lot of time on the job hunt and finally, I found one. Or...they found me. I'm still at the same company that I was working at before. There was an employee that was leaving in a different section and her boss approached me about the opportunity. I, of course, jumped on it and haven't looked back since.



Thanks to those that wished me well. I'm very happy now with what I'm doing! And...in case you were wondering what I look like...



HA! Just kidding. I'm not sure why, but I'm really uncomfortable putting up a picture of myself. Maybe it's the super self-conscious side of me or something.