Thank Heaven for Tylenol

I just want give a little shout out to my favourite drug. Tylenol has helped me a great deal in over the past two years. It helped us get through our immunizations, teething, and other aches and pains. Tylenol has been nicknamed "elixir if the Gods" by several nurses, myself included.

Last night I had a terrible headache. It was so bad that I was getting sick. I normally try to tough my headaches out but last night I knew I couldn't do it on my own so I took some Tylenol. Seriously within an hour it was gone. I was so grateful to the man who created it.

I work in a small town emergency room and I am just floored by the people that come to us without trying any medications at home. Tylenol is cheap, I just bought 200 tablets for $8. A trip to the emergency room is $300. Often this is our first drug of choice and it often relieves several aliments. So before you run to the ER try some Tylenol.

Thank you Tylenol!!!

I Got My Dresser!

Today I got my dresser! I am so excited!!! I have been using the same dresser since we lived in Hilden. Needless to say it no longer fit my clothes. Also it wasn't finished around the edges of the drawers so it would often catch my clothing and tear it. I am so happy!!! So I filled it up with all of my clothes and half of Ed's. This is great, all I need now is a finished basement. Getting closer...

I found the dresser at Faveri's in Calgary. You pick the furniture and they finish is any way you like, and I love it!!! I just need to save up for the matching bed and side tables.

I do have an observation about renos I would like to share. It reminds me a dating again. You know staying home waiting for phone calls that don't come, waiting at home for people to arrive that don't show... and they always have a good excuse. Too many memories are coming back.... Oh I don't miss those days one bit! I also won't miss these days once they are gone as well.

Our Basement

So I ventured down to the basement and took some pictures of the progress. I am really excited to have the extra space!!!!

This is the view looking down the stairs into the basement.

This is our bathroom!


This is one of the bedrooms. I plan on this being Cali's playroom until she is old enough to move down to the basement.


This is going to be the spare room and Ed's office.

This is the family room where Ed can have his big screen tv and his video games.

The guys are coming in this week to put up the drywall and crackfilling. So having basement finshed it feeling real! In other news Cali went potty today all by herself... but I still think being fully trained is a ways away....

Smokehouse Quesadillas

When I first moved to Calgary my favourite restaurant was Moxie's. They had this great appetizer called the Smokehouse Quesadilla. Well a few years later they changed their menu and would no longer make them. My mom and I were both disappointed so I decided to try to make it myself and I succeeded. So here is my recipe.

Meg's Smokehouse Quesadillas

3 fully cooked chicken breasts
2 cups shredded colby and Monterey Jack cheese
6 8 inch flour tortillas
2 127mL cans diced green chilies
2 tablespoons chopped green onions (2)
1 cup Bull's-Eye Bold Original BBQ sauce
jalapeno peppers (optional)
sour cream (optional)
salsa (optional)

1. Chop the chicken breasts into bite-size pieces place in a small bowl and mix in BBQ sauce. (Of course you can try other brands of BBQ sauce but I'm sticking with Bull's-Eye.)

2. Sprinkle 1/3 cup cheese over half of each tortilla. Top with 2 tablespoons green chilies, some green onion, jalapenos (if desired), and 1/6 of the chicken breast mixture. Fold tortilla in half , pressing gently.

3. In a 10 inch skillet cook quesadillas, 2 at a time over medium heat for 2-3 minutes or till lightly browned, turning once. Remove quesadillas from skillet; place on a baking sheet. Keep warm in 300 degree oven. Repeat with remaining quesadillas. To serve, cut into wedges. If desired serve with salsa and sour cream. Makes 6 appetizer servings.

Try it out. That's what we are having for dinner tonight. Oh and for anyone who is a fan of the Broccoli and Cheese Soup at Moxie's I found the recipe for it at allrecipes.com: http://allrecipes.com/Recipe/Broccoli-Cheese-Soup/Detail.aspx

Homemade Irish Playdough

I would like to wish everyone a Happy St. Patrick's Day. As my brother often reminds me I am not Catholic and therefore should not celebrate this holiday. Steve Cali and I will make orange playdough on Orangemen's Day on July 12th. Hey maybe we will be in Nova Scotia then!

Anyway to celebrate Cali and I made green playdough. This was her first time playing with playdough. I can't believe that I didn't think about trying this before. My brother and I used to spend hours with playdough as kids. Anyway I found this great website with a few different recipes to try.

http://www.creativekidsathome.com/activities/activity_8.html

My friend makes the kool-aid playdough and her kids love it. Cali and I just made the plain old flour, salt, and water. It great because I don't have to worry about her eating it because I know for sure all the ingredients are safe.

Happy St. Patrick's Day!

March Already!

I took Cali to her friend Meghan's birthday party today. It was at a local gymnastics club. Cali had a great time running around on the foam and jumping on the trampolines. Some time has past since her Jolly Jumper days but she got back into the swing quickly.



I can't believe that it is March already, so that means spring should be just around the corner, right? Not here, today we got a huge dump of snow. I think that this has been my snowiest winter in Alberta. I don't believe a week has passed without a snowfall. This is all fine as it covers the dead brown Alberta landscape, however I am not to used to driving in the snow. I got stuck on my street about a month ago as they don't plow in southern Alberta, instead they wait for a Chinook to blow in and melt it all. In the meantime the roads get quite nasty. I will give them credit for plowing the main streets and highways but other than you are out of luck.

Ed competed in a badminton tournament this weekend. His team made it to semi-finals. I think that's pretty good considering his age... just kidding!



We are working away at the basement. Hoping to get it finished before Ed's brother Darryl comes to visit for Easter. Right now we are living completely on the upstairs level. It's a mess we have furniture and boxes shoved in every corner of the house. There is no room to "pay" as Cali says. I can't wait to get it completed then I can set up her kitchen and slide. It's going to awesome. I will have to post pictures of the progress when I get a chance.