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good afternoon so I have not checked in
with you guys in a hot hot minute I
haven't you checked in with you guys
today it has been just a really chillax
relaxed day I finally got my Amazon
Prime video working on my TV so we sat
and watched daddy's home to today oh my
gosh if you guys I'm not seeing that
movie you have got got to watch it it is
hilarious anyways but now we are ready
for dinner so I am gonna go ahead and
show you guys what we're gonna be making
and that way you guys will see what all
it takes in ingredients excuse my
kitchen it is a literate disaster like
does I had to put the trash up there
because the kids were playing around and
knocked it over a couple times so I just
throw it up on the counter anyways so
yes my kitchen is a hot mess at least I
feel like it is hey but I just want to
start dinner and then I'll start
cleaning as I'm doing it so anyways here
we go
okay so for this meal I am going to post
a screenshot of the recipe so that way
you guys can see like a screenshot of it
but then also I will show you the
ingredients as I'm going along with what
I have that way you kind of can see so
what this calls for is white hair
growing you're gonna need a pound of
turd of hamburger meat I choose to put
some fresh Marsh much mushrooms in the
mill you don't have to though but that's
kind of just like if you want to you
want to use a bell pepper oh my son eat
some of my bell pepper probably the
other day lovely can of cream of
mushroom I use diced with garlic oregano
and basil tomato bits you're gonna want
to use the crispy onion I buy two
because I like to have extra in mine but
you don't have to you can buy one and
then you also want to use the rota tini
or as known a corkscrew pasta and then
the first thing you're gonna do is you
will start boiling the water and you're
gonna cook the hamburger meat that will
be the first step to what we're doing
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so as you can see all East tend to help
me a little bit my knee is giving me
some issues today and so was my back so
I got some of the ton and then he was
like you're hurting aren't you and I'm
like yeah so he jumped in here my sweet
husband of mine stepped in and helped
out a little bit so basically now what
we're doing is just waiting for the
hamburger me and stuff to cook together
with the vegetables that we added and
then we will add everything to the bowl
I don't want to yawn and then we'll mix
it all together and then you put it in a
casserole and then you put D on top
technically if you use as much as much
noodles as we did like I didn't ollie to
like half that was plainly my fault but
if we would have used only half of the
noodles we would have had plenty of the
cream of mushroom but he wins so anyways
he we should have had probably another
can occur in the mushroom but we only
have cans of premium chicken and he was
like nope so it should be okay I mean I
think it'll be okay
worst-case scenario we you could add
some manis to it and it probably would
give it a little bit I'm I'm personally
thinking that's probably what we should
do because it's looking pretty dry
he says the cheese is gonna melt in it
and it's gonna work
so he's the cooker in the house not me
but anyways so yeah today's vlog is
gonna be very very short because I'm
just showing you guys how to do this
dinner like I said I we just chilled out
all day is been nasty here like raining
and windy so there was really no sense
for us to go and do anything goes
it's probably like grocery stores and
stuff like that so it's kind of like you
add the meat and all that into the bowl
well you can mix it all in in the
casserole pan too but anyway so we opted
to and like I said we were able to get
our prime TV working on our prime amazon
prime movie photo whatever it's called
shows I think or something we got it to
work on the actual big TV so we sat much
that movie and then I think after dinner
we're gonna sit and probably watch
another movie just something nice you
know I mean we'd never sit and just
watch movies but it was really nice
today to be able to do that and then
that's how we've done we have just
chillaxed all day and it's been so so
nice I hope you guys are all having
fantastic days today I've talked to
quite a few zi2 sorry keep scraping the
pan so now this is what
that's okay you add the meat and stuff
into the mixture and then we'll mix that
all together and then we you'll put it
into a casserole pan after all of that
so we're just gonna mix it together well
we're like I'm doing it my husband and
then anyways back to what I was saying
so I've talked to quite a few of you
guys and you guys sound like you guys
are having really good days today and
that is a really special thing I've been
loving getting the pictures that I've
gotten from you guys from spinning your
family and just having a good time and
for the ones that are gonna brave the
Black Friday cells
tomorrow morning good luck Oh have they
already started oh yeah cuz Walmart was
six o'clock so yeah it just started with
a Walmart that is crazy I can only
imagine everybody's running through
grabbing stuff but yeah it sounds like
it's gonna be some good deals
I thought they have and just do online
shopping if I seen anything worth buying
but I don't know we'll see talk to mr.
husband and see if there's anything that
he wants me to look for one of the only
thing that I really really really want
is a new electric can opener because we
have one but we've had this one for how
long have we had this one babe
it's been a long time it's been a long
time like this thing is lost just four
years but it's just starting to I think
get dull and it's wearing out like it's
it's going to sleep when we're trying to
open cans and we're like come on now we
just got a little more to go but we got
this one from Kohl's I believe so
that's probably where we would go and
get it again I don't want to go to the
ones from Walmart because I've had the
ones from Walmart before and
unfortunately those ones don't
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hey those of you and then you put it in
the oven at 350 for about I'm gonna say
35 minutes fish cuz its everything's
already cooked you're basically just
melting the cheese and bringing
everything to combine together and then
you're done so once it's done and only
brings it out I'll show you guys what
the ending result is but anyways so onto
the rest of our day so I just I just
want to go on the laptop and just look
at the cells see what they have see if
there's anything we want to get since we
have starting February we have Omar's
birthday on the seventh s her was born
on the 29th of February which clearly
huh
which clearly she does not get a
birthday but my daughter just dropped
this sports bottle thing the cooler
anyways s.res with Ezra was born on the
29th of February so she only gets a
birthday every four years so technically
my daughter is still only one nothing
sister Pete but we normally celebrate
her birthday on the 1st of March so that
way we kind of get a split of months so
we've got February 7th for Omar March
1st for espera
April 12th for Maya and Ali's so we've
got back-to-back birthday's coming up
within the next few months of course I'm
the oddball because I'm clear you know
in the summer so sometimes I like to if
we can find deals now start stocking up
on some of their gifts now so that way
then when it's time for birthdays we
already have stuff and we got have heard
cheaper price so I thought about just
going and looking coz Omar ness we're
pretty much showed me what they are
wanting on the website the other day
when I was looking be nosy out what the
cells are gonna be they were pointing
things out I want this I want this so
much thanks for giving me the insights
Rock could you please be kind and share
the chips ezra let's be kind come here
can you give it come and bring them to
mommy for a minute teaching that's right
can you please come here that's rock
Ramadan
come here come here Chris princess girl
mama will show you oh I have a sneaker
that would be me
I forgot oh no that's dangerous you
can't climb on that at Omar come here
and I'll help you look look look at
Astra brought me the chip so she can
share with you see say Thank You Esther
Oh say you're welcome good job anyways
so they showed me what they were pretty
much kind of wanting so I have a gradual
idea of what they're wanting to think no
one art has that I really really want
its the discount I'm gonna see if all he
wants to pick that up from what you did
I'm gonna go anyways so anyways I'm
thinking that that's something that is a
really good deal right now because it's
like literally actually I think it was
$79 on so 425 okay you guys look at the
dinner we've got the rolls and there's
the casserole Thank You Omar and then
I'll show you after he serves so here is
my dinner it's just got the pasta
there's all the layers you guys can you
feel that
oh the goodness it's amazing looking I
just got a serving it's really nice
business big as it looks fun to plate
and then a roll which I don't know if I
you thought we just already have
possible anyways I'm going to finish my
dinner
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so I came in here so I figured wall just
you know come and talk to you guys for a
few minutes it is pouring out I don't
know if you guys can hear it but it is
pouring we need the rain right now so
I'm totally not at all mad um at the
rain and it's really been nice today
like I said just being able to stay at
home as a family and none of us went
anywhere we did not clean I thought
surely we would get up and we would
scrub this house today but you know no
we didn't we used the whole day just to
relax and do nothing I think tomorrow um
I don't think I'm going anywhere
tomorrow so I'm thinking tomorrow I want
to stay home and just relax and not just
relax but stay home and you know be
productive and get some stuff done I
really really really want to get the
house completely clean from top to
bottom every room in this house needs to
be scrubbed every room and every room
needs to be either vacuumed or mopped
really good I have been on the duty of
ants because of this room so my room I
swear I smell like I feel like I walk
into a peppermint shop every time I walk
into my room because I have been using
I've been using this see it I got it off
of Amazon for like 16 dollars I want to
say I got that one and then I also got
the same brand but it's lavender I don't
I'm not much of a lavender I don't like
the smell lavender very much just my you
know my own thing but peppermint I love
peppermint but I've overdone it so much
because I was looking online and it says
that that will keep ants away so I like
literally legitly took my peppermint oil
from this trench syringe thing and
on the wall kind of like holy water whoo
yeah well I was doing holy oil huh so I
am hoping these stupid things will stay
away because me and them are gonna fight
we're gonna we're going to knock-down
drag-out fight if they come back so when
I walk into my room I feel like I'm
walking into a peppermint factory and
it's so strong that's actually been
giving me a headache I'm like oh this is
not good um but anyways I just want to
go through each room and take a good
couple of hours just really just going
through stuff and decluttering and
throwing stuff away that we don't need
and you know a donating stuff we don't
need anymore that's still good and um I
have just so much stuff like my DIY
stuff that I need to just figure out
where I'm gonna be putting everything
and so I think tomorrow that is my goal
because today we just really took the
day down I really really really really
needed the day just to recuperate and
just spend some good quality time
together me and oli
laid in here today while we didn't Lane
here he laid in here i sat in here and
we had such a good conversation just the
two of us the kids were busy playing and
having fun and we just got that
one-on-one good-quality quiet talk time
you know and I think that that's
something that some marriages lack is
communication and so you know I took
that time me and him did and we utilized
it to be able to talk and communicate
and you know it just brings you back to
you know an equal area and in a very
equaled mindset you know cuz sometimes
it's easy when you're busy as a parent
as a mom or a dad or you know or
anything any any situation at all being
a parent and having you know a spouse or
whatever a partner
it's easy to get busy with your children
and busy with life and businesses and
stress in itself that eventually you
just kind of find yourselves on two
different levels like you know one is
over here ones over here you know one's
been doing a lot of this sin another
one's been doing a lot of this and you
know and that's good because that helps
complete the tasks that are at hand but
it's also nice to have your partner be
hand-in-hand with you also and I just
really needed that talk and that quality
time with him to just say hey you know
we need to stop and really value our
marriage and value what we're here for
and what we're doing and we need to you
know open up our communication a little
bit more because you know you're gone a
lot and I'm home a lot you know I'm home
with the kids I'm doing things at the
home you know he even was it was even a
little bit surprised about like how I
handled a situation a couple situations
over the weekend and you know and I told
him I explained to him why I chose to
react the way I did to a couple
situations and he just looked at me and
he was like wow like I I would never
expect that because you've never been
that type of a person but wow that
really shows how far you've come with
your healing and stuff and he didn't
notice that because we're not together
all the time you know so he doesn't see
how I handle things sometimes but as he
sits back and looks around he sees the
changes he sees the changes in me the
changes that the children have you know
more structure more you know more of
just consequences when it comes to
behavior issues you know I'm really
gonna put forth a lot more work in my my
communication with him and with my
children rather than jumping from zero
to ten you know going from being
completely quiet to you know reacting to
a situation with whether it be with the
M or my kids reacting so over the amount
that you know that's something that I
sincerely want to really start working
on and really start you know putting
that into our life you know and the way
that ice that I speak you know I need to
lessen the way that I talk about things
are talk the way that I talk you know
because I choose to use sometimes
languages shouldn't use and I don't mean
to use that language to get my point
across store whatever it might be you
know I mean just using special vulgar
words isn't gonna make the story better
or bring more attention to it you know
if anything is just gonna make me look
less of because I'm choosing to just
sound so just I don't even know the word
but just I don't know I don't know where
I'm going with this conversation but I
don't know it took me there but anyways
it's just something I've been really
reflecting on for myself and the things
that for this next year that I really
want to put forth more effort in and
changing and becoming a better person
for myself and for my family and and for
you guys you know because I'm sure you
guys don't want to you know see or hear
things that are just not so kind you
know and so that's just kind of what
I've been thinking about and I explained
it to oli today and he just was really
proud he just said wow you know it just
amazes me your mind thinking now versus
what it was not too long ago when you
and so anyways it's been it's been
interesting today though it was a very
nice
day it was one that my whole family
needed and it just it was nice it was
really nice all he went and got me a
coffee this morning cuz I had a really
bad headache but again I'm thinking it's
from the peppermint um and he got
himself his Red Bull and then we just
chilled all day let's see for breakfast
I had oatmeal for lunch I had a peanut
butter and jelly sandwich and for dinner
I'm gonna have this casserole I was
really hesitant about it because I was
just like wow it's a lot of calories but
um it is what it is you know I mean I
can eat it in moderation and it should
be fine I did not realize he's gonna
have that much cheese to it cuz it
normally does not contain that much
cheese if any but he wanted it so I was
like okay alright that's the part about
your husband takin over the cooking but
I love him to death and I'm so thankful
that when he sees me struggling he jumps
right up and helps me and that makes me
feel really good because then I don't
feel so you know I don't feel less of a
person because I can't finish making a
dinner you know it's something that I
put out because I want to do and I
definitely would never tell him hey I'm
hurting can you come in here and finish
like I would never do that so I just
would kind of relax he might back a
little bit and taking pressure off of my
leg without him seeing it but he caught
it and he's like are you hurting I'm
like yeah yeah I am so my lake has its
days some days it's great and I can get
tons done in other days and it just
wants to act out that's one of those
days today because I've already taken
ibuprofen and I'm taking four Tylenol
and I mean not nothing um but I don't
want to take anything else I don't take
anything stronger because I'm really
enjoying my time with my family and I
don't want to take something that's
gonna make me go sleep I just I don't
want to go to sleep so anyways I hope
you guys had a fantastic day today and
again like I was saying earlier I hope
everybody is safe with traveling from
family to family home to home and all
the festivities always remember to be
safe drive safely think of others that
are on the road watch around and when
you guys go out tomorrow please be
careful
drive safely as well think about the
crowds think about me no think about me
while I'm in my cozy bed sleeping well
my cozy recliner sleeping you guys ought
to definitely let me know what deals you
guys find because I'd love to hear all
of them and I also want to do a reminder
for everybody we have our live coming on
coming up I will link the date right
here because I ain't gonna say the wrong
time and it will be 5 p.m. Pacific
Standard Time so please please please
I've gotten a couple of names and from
the for the drawing but I really would
like to see a lot more names come
through so if you guys are wanting to be
in the drawing shoot your name across to
my email so I can get you into the
drawing it would be very fun to have a
lot of people this time and I will
continue to keep reminding you guys as I
can up until the day that we're gonna do
it so anyways you guys take care I will
check in with you guys tomorrow at some
given time because I am NOT gonna be up
with you guys but I will check in for
sure sweet dreams you guys bye
