Summer Solstice Pasta Salad And Kitten Antics

Happy Summer to all of you! On this 1st day of summer, I wanted to accomplish a good weeknight meal. Not fancy but satisfying. It's very hot and baking bread pudding probably wasn't a smart choice but I did bake early in the morning. The house is hot but I suppose it wouldn't have been much cooler if I hadn't baked. A good use of the rolls that I had that would spoil in the next day or so.Homemade Bread Pudding!

I will make a caramel sauce to drizzle on top of this as the chocolate sauce on this piece, is over kill lol. I guess it depends on preference! It was delicious even with the chocolate sauce. My girls and I had a preview, tester piece. We had to make sure it was good right?!

I was thrilled that my replacement 3 qt. Temp-tations Round Cook & Look Baker came in the mail. It was wrapped well in bubble wrap and is in great shape! I wanted to try it out with my easy Pasta Salad recipe.

Pasta Salad can be made with darn near any combination of things you want to include in yours. Here I boiled a package of tri-colored corkscrew pasta. Chopped red onion, red bell pepper. Spicy pickle spears chopped, hard boiled eggs and a can of chicken breast. Chopped green onion and sliced hard boiled egg for garnish on top. Salt, Pepper and Paprika to taste. I tossed all the ingredients with a Vidalia Onion Vinaigrette. Garnished with green onion and sliced egg. So light but yet a one pot meal great for hot weather days when you don't want to cook a large meal. It is supposed to be 110 by 5 :00 tonight here in Phoenix, AZ.

Beyond cooking I have been doing every domestic chore this summer break. I thought I'd share a short clip of my "Edward", kitty. He's a rascal! Beating up on my plants and vases lol. Love this baby!

Before-

After..."oops Edward!"

Here he is looking for the computer mouse I'm guessing... ⬇️

"Who me?"

It's a good thing "Edward", is so cute. He brings out the

little Mommy in all of us!

Have a great first day of summer all❤️.

tynajoymetzner

Madness Sadness Not A Place To Dwell

I haven’t had much to say. Too much sadness and madness going on. With two celebrity deaths back to back… too much!

Trying to survive kitten antics. Edward my new kitty, played with my flowers and knocked over this vase. It broke into 3 pieces! I quickly glued it back together and maybe you can’t tell that it was broken?

Although I didn’t know these people personally, I’m wrecked by their passing! I have really been perplexed and sad! The impulsive nature of these tragic acts has left me searching for an explanation or some kind of understanding so I can make it make sense. I even wanted to believe in a conspiracy theory rather than except that these people would just end it all. Such a violent self harm way to be done too. Ugh, with seemingly no regard for who might find their body. No regard for the impact on loved ones or the children they leave behind. To make a decision to end your life is amazingly incomprehensible. Especially as a parent! The thought process and justification required I never want to understand or experience. That kind of hopeless must be a hell upon hells. Awful! I shouldn’t pass judgement on something I can’t understand so, I won’t. What a shock though!

Speaking of “Madness”, I’m going to work on getting a cover of this “Muse”, original together. I love the song and think maybe it will be a good fit for me to cover. I bet you wouldn’t expect me to cover this song but, I will attempt it. Look for it by the end of the week if you are interested.

Meanwhile, I’m still trying to stay active here in Phoenix while I can. Temps are rising and I have to get out there really early to be able to power walk/ jog. The temp will hit 107 degrees today. At 7:30 am it was over 80 and the sun was blazing so I just got 2 miles in before coming home.

I gave Coco a bath and a trim.Entertaining this one during the summer requires lots of icecream, the pool and the public library! Love all of these things myself!

My cat kids are starting to become friendly toward each other which makes me happy to see!

My teen has been purging her room of her childhood treasures. Many of which 7 year old Amelia is acquiring. Letting go of the past and moving toward new things and new goals I guess. This has been slightly sad as well watching her part with her past so easily!

Summing up my feeling of this strange period of time, we do the best we can I suppose. Wherever our thoughts and divine plans take us, we live our lives in accordance with what truly and deeply is within us.

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Have a terrific Tuesday!

Life Hack Craft Made With Temp-tations Bakeware

A Life Hack Project Out Of A Broken Handled Temp-tation Baker

I was so sad yesterday when my new Temp-tations purchase arrived with a broken handle. It had been during a flash sale that I bought this for a ridiculous low price/value. I'm assuming they were trying to clear the remaining they had as it was the only color choice as well. Anyway, I was so excited to find and order this. When, I saw this I was concerned it would no longer be available for replacement. I called customer service first thing this am. They were able to quickly locate a replacement! They sent me a shipping conformation within minutes of my phone call to them. Great customer service which I really am grateful for! A replacement is on the way!

I found the two pieces of the handle that broke off. I glued them together and then back onto the 3 qt. baker. This is part of a set consisting of :

3 Piece Cook & Look set in -

Hot Pink

3qt. Round Baker

2qt. Round Baker

1 qt. Round Baker

1 large Spoon

1 lid that will fit all of the Bakers

1 wire rack and 1 trivet/rack







I glued the handle back on best I could. I decided that I probably shouldn't use it for food? Then, I remembered seeing a fun project that I wanted to try on the internet. It was a Wayfair video tip in which they used a pretty serving bowl, decorative tape and some pretty real flowers. I used what I had, some scotch tape, my semi repaired 3 qt. Baker and some Dollar Tree artificial flowers lol. Here is my easy craft project!



Tape it across and down in a grid pattern. This helps to stabilize and keep the flowers where you place them.

I added some of the styrofoam packing material from the shipment to the bottom of the Baker for something to put the flower stems into for an anchor

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Birthday Introspection And Rum Cake The Housewife Blues

Anymore, birthdays have become so introspective! The older I get, the more this rings true. I’m almost glad to see a birthday go because, I have to really take a harsh look at my life and what I’ve done with it. I feel the clock ticking as I pensively await change! A change in myself for the ability and opportunity to monetarily prosper. Only, it doesn’t change, and I’m so reminded by each birthday! This dissatisfaction is short lived as I snap out of the introspection to live my daily life. My life by choice has been all about taking care of my family. Routine cleaning, caregiving, shopping, meal prep, taxi service, Administrative CEO/CFO duties that are mine here solely. My oldest is 34 and I recently adopted my Granddaughter who is currently 7. My youngest daughter Zoe, will be a junior in high school next year. Two more years and she will be college bound. My daughter Delcee just turned 29. Daughter Lexie, who’s child I’m raising, is 31. The older I get, the more I wish I’d have found and expounded on a skill or craft that I could measure in tangible, gainful, monetary success. When I was younger, none of this mattered as I had an uncanny ability to not think about my self as a successful career type of person. About 5 years ago it hit me, I wanted more for myself. I wanted to leave my mark and ambition in music. So did everyone else apparently. Social Media became flooded with music and wannabe musicians like me. All of us, looking for our big break. I wrote a song about this desire…Click the link Lost In The Game Music and Lyrics Written by Tyna J PhippsLost In The Game (Live)On a lighter note, two of my grown girls made it home to have cake with me! What a nice way to celebrate! By the way, the cake is from AJ’s Fine Foods. This, is the best birthday cake I’ve ever had. An amazing, White Chocolate Marble Rum Cake! Oh, it’s so good! All but two G-Kids were in attendance .Terrible pic of both of us but oh well! My oldest daughter Britt! Daughter Delcee was also there but asked not to be photographed as she had come directly from working a 10 hour shift! Now, to figure out what I’m going to do when I grow up…

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Author tynajoymetznerPosted on June 3, 2018