Some Things I Heard Today

"Mrs. Sawyer, I really have to go to the bathroom. The pee pee is coming out of my penis."

and a couple of hours later, a different boy was reaching down his pants, so I asked, "Are you okay?"

To which he responded, "Yeah, my twinkie just itches."

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Our New Fav

Southwestern Veggie Pizza - a recipe from a dear friend in Florida.

It's delicious!! I make it about every other week... ENJOY

Ingredients: pizza crust, bean dip, salsa, Monterrey jack cheese, garlic, zucchini, squash, and carrots.
You can really use any veggies. The real recipe calls for zucchini and carrots. I like to add squash, or red pepper, or onion. It's all yummy.

Technically you are supposed to use 2 minced garlic cloves, but I forgot to buy it, so I used the powder stuff. It's just fine.


First... slice the veggies! (or chop if you have red pepper and onion- which I ended up throwing in onion)

Saute in olive oil and garlic until crisp tender. I don't know what that means, so I just saute until I feel like it's enough. Oh- and the reason for TWO pans is because we love this so much, 1 pizza is never enough! so I ALWAYS make 2 at a time!

Here are those veggie looking good.

While the veggies saute, spread some bean dip on the crust. Now, I use pre-made crust because I tried making my own crust once and it was a lot of work and not any better than this one. So I use the pre-made. If you make your own, of course you need to pre-bake it some before spreading on the bean dip. I buy 1 jar and use half on each pizza. (I find this jar in the chip aisle. It's a bit spicy, but really good).

While all of this is happening, measure 1/2 cup of salsa and drain it. Just let it sit like this for a bit so the juice comes out. I forgot to do this once, and it really does make a difference.

Glob your drained salsa onto the pizza.

Spread it out really nice and even!

Add your veggies. Looking YUMMY and SMELLING GREAT!

Now, put it on into the oven. Based on my pre-made crust directions, I am supposed to cook it for 10 minutes. So I cook it for 5, pull it out, add the shredded Monterrey jack cheese, and then put it back in for 5 more minutes.

The finished product! AMAZING!

This pizza did not last the night.

We started the other one, and now we have 4 pieces left for lunch tomorrow! Can't wait!

Being Prepared

Last Thursday I was sitting on my couch working on my lesson plans when suddenly, I heard the tornado sirens. I ignored them at first, because that's what I normally do because it's normally a test. After a few minutes, I realized, this is not the usual time for a test, maybe I should check it out.

So what did I do??? I looked out the windows... each window in the house. I couldn't see a tornado, so I decided I was safe.

Then I decided it would be wise to turn on the TV. And sure enough, there was a tornado! Not close to me, but in Dallas. And it was on the move. They were saying it was heading North East- which technically could be towards me- depending on the HOW north and HOW east it went.

So I decided to get prepared.

First things first, I needed a bra. Because, let's face it, if I'm home alone and sitting on my couch, I'm not wearing one. TMI? Sorry. Well, I put one on.

Then I decided to put on socks and tennis shoes.

I paused after that and started thinking, "If the house blows away and I lose everything, what's the one thing I want?" I immediately thought of my wedding rings (yes I take them off when I get home- I don't like to cook, clean, or work out in them). So I put those on.

I started thinking "what if the roof blows off? I will get soaked." So, of course, I grabbed my rain jacket and placed it on the couch next to me so I could easily grab it.

Finally, I ran into the kitchen and made a bowl of cereal. It was, in fact, dinner time. And lunch was many many hours ago. And, again, if the roof blew off, who knows when I'll get food.

So- with my bra, socks, shoes, rings, rain jacket, and cereal- I finally felt ready. As I ate my cereal I watched the news and waited.

Turns out it was never coming near me. When I was for sure that I was totally safe, I quit watching the news and turned on the Bachelor Pad on my DVR.

The Three P's

Just a glimpse into my daily life dealing with the "3 P's" (pee, poop, and puke)