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I love these photos of my nephew and son.

Well my task to tackle this week is one I have been putting off for some time. I just emailed my family to share the news with them that we are expecting a little girl in January. This may seem strange to some but being this is child number 6 it gets a bit rough to share the news with people. Not everyone is eager to congratulate you when you get to this number. Mostly they have some kind of comment like "another one?" etc. So I had put this off and dread it but this morning I sent out the email. So my Tuesday Tackle is done and now I sit waiting to read the replies in my inbox.

What are you tackling today?

I am so happy right now. I just got myself Elton John tickets for next month. I have always wanted to go see him. I got pretty good seats near the stage. Yes the tickets were a little much in my eyes (but all concerts are these days if you ask me) but I REALLY want to see him. Plus it actually cost the same as seeing him out in Vegas at a show. (without the airfare and hotel to pay too lol)
Just had to share that with all of you since I am bursting with excitement.

It's Friday and hope you all have a great weekend. Bear with me as I make some design changes to my blog.

When the five finalists of the Great American cook off were named they were given several challenges in creating their dish for the final round of competition. First, the dishes had to contain one of two mystery ingredients, either Southwest Airline Peanuts or select brews from Michelob Brewing Co. Next, keeping it healthy and simple, the dish’s ingredients had to represent all five food groups and be a dish that even the most harried home chefs could prepare.
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I voted for Pan Roasted Glazed Rockfish with Peas and Carrots by Maryland Chef Tafari Campbell. I chose this recipe because it was very family friendly looking. The other recipes looked too professional for a family for me. The recipe seems very easy to make for anyone.
Rockfish is very easy to get locally and is great tasting. Many people consider it a favorite. Health experts highly recommend eating fish and seafood: sources of lean, nutritious, quality protein. When it comes to mercury levels, the FDA reports that in America's favorite seafoods (which makes up 80% of our seafood intake) there is no health risk.
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The judges of the cook off made their choice and it was Mississippi’s Chef John Currence! He beat out 14 other prestigious chefs from across the nation to be crowned King of American Seafood at the 2008 Fifth Annual Great American Seafood Cook-Off! It was a spectacular battle between great culinary talents at the Louisiana Foodservice EXPO, but at the end of the two day contest, only Chef Currence became seafood royalty. And that’s no title to take lightly.

The judges were ‘hooked’ by his Mississippi Redfish Courtboullion with Seafood Dirty Rice as he didn’t ‘scale’ back on authentic, unique flavors.
www.GreatAmericanSeafoodCookOff.com stop by and check it out today!

Last Friday my little man had oral surgery as an outpatient in the hospital. Being he is only 2 it was the only way to take care of things. His teeth were in pretty bad shape. Call it genetics, his meds his takes for his heart defect whatever the poor kid needed some serious work ($4,000 worth to be exact and that is only the dentist bill) He did awesome with the surgery. He did wonderful and was very calm the whole time in the hospital. But hey this kid is used to it by now. A few hours there was nothing compared to days from open heart surgery. He was a little sore in the gums due to the work they did but now his teeth look great. Today was his post op visit with the dentist and all has healed up nicely. We go back in 3 months to check and see how things are going. Hopefully we won't have to repeat this type of event any time soon. He throughly enjoys his dental visits though (they give him tons of goodies) and everyone there thinks his is too cute....
Isn't he though?
Dancing at Station Square in Pittsburgh



Car ride home

Outdoor Fountain Show in Pittsburgh

I just went to cvs and spent 36.30 and saved 60.60 they have summer stuff 90% off got some goggle and dive sticks and flip flops stop by and see what your cvs has. here is my list

flip flops .49 saved 4.50
dive stick .39 saved 3.60
goggles .69 saved 6.30
goggles .29 saved 2.70
goggles .29 saved 2.70
huggies pull ups 9.49 saved 4.00 then had a 2.00 off coupon
huggies pull up 9.49 saved 4.00 then had a 2.00 off coupon
aussie shampoo 2.49 saved 1.80 then had a 2.00 off 2 coupon
aussie conditioner 2.49 saved 1.80
colgates 6 @ 2.79 each buy 1 get one free had 6 1.00 off coupons
ladies speed stick 4 @ 3.29 buy 1 get one free had 2 1.00 off 2 coupons
huggies little swimmers 8.99 had a 1.25 off coupon
earned 2.00 extra bucks for aussie purchase.

I also listed an auction this morning on ebay to get rid of some outgrown clothing from my little guy. You can see that here.

We took a vacation to Pittsburgh over Labor Day weekend. WE visited the zoo and aquarium, aviary and children's museum while there.
My middle boy

Little guy and daddy. They just crawled through the sting ray tunnel and were looking at the rays in the water.

cool fish

feeding the lories


this is a cool picture of the kids in a water fountain that was all steps and you could "swim" in