{"id":1948,"date":"2011-05-06T14:18:33","date_gmt":"2011-05-06T14:18:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/therealhousewife.com\/blog\/?p=1948"},"modified":"2011-05-07T06:37:40","modified_gmt":"2011-05-07T06:37:40","slug":"friday-fav-10-my-favorite-salad","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/therealhousewife.com\/blog\/friday-fav-10-my-favorite-salad\/","title":{"rendered":"Friday Fav #10 – My favorite Salad"},"content":{"rendered":"

This has been a wild week!\u00a0 WILD!\u00a0 I feel like it’s just been a whirlwind.\u00a0 Now I’m back to my normal routine…putting off laundry to sit at the computer after all my maniacs are asleep.\u00a0 I’ve hardly touched my computer this week, so this is quite relaxing right now.\u00a0 Ahhh! :)<\/p>\n

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I’ve said MANY times that Lilly Katherine is ME!\u00a0 She is ME!\u00a0 She is ME!\u00a0 She is ME!\u00a0 (and it just might do me in!) :)\u00a0 However, here is just one more example to prove that we are EXACTLY alike.\u00a0 I laughed out loud when I received the results from her Kindergarten Readiness Test.\u00a0 The test is three pages long, and she did really well on everything, with the exception of two areas.\u00a0 She can’t count by 5’s (because her mother never dreamed to teach her that.\u00a0 She’s not my first born, you know.\u00a0 I forgot that you’re supposed to teach all your kids “stuff,” and not just your first born.) :)\u00a0 The other thing which needs improvement…please see number 22.\u00a0 (Seems backwards, but D is the highest score)<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>Oh, the poor thing can’t catch (or throw) a ball to save her life.\u00a0 SHE IS HER MOTHER!\u00a0 It’s not a skill I possess.\u00a0 It’s not a skill she possesses…and she probably never will.\u00a0 We’re thinking she’s going to be a dancer, because she flits and flutters around the house all day. :)\u00a0 I’m not at all pushing dance or keeping her from playing sports.\u00a0 The Lord just didn’t wire her for throwing and catching (some might call that hand\/eye coordination), but my joyful baby girl will find something else in which to excel!<\/p>\n

It’s so funny to me how she and Preston are the antithesis of each other!<\/p>\n

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Speaking of Preston, his baseball team WON tonight…finally! (Chest bump!)<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>They are now 1-9.\u00a0 It’s been a rough season, and Preston REALLY cares about stats, scores, and wins!\u00a0 It has pretty much stressed him out all season.\u00a0 In a very Eeyore voice he always says, “We’re defeated!” (as in the opposite of “undefeated”)…but now they’re not!\u00a0 He was SO excited!\u00a0 Now, I hope we can win just one or two more before the season ends! :)<\/p>\n

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A few more random thoughts…<\/p>\n

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Watching the Royal Wedding last week, Lilly Katherine was just enamored by the “Princess” and “Prince” and all the beauty of the wedding, as if it were a Disney fairytale.\u00a0 She leaned over to me while we were watching, and in this sweet voice of innocence she asked, “Mama, did you marry a prince?”\u00a0 I responded, “I sure did, baby!\u00a0 I pray that you will marry a prince one day, too.\u00a0 A prince just like your daddy that loves the Lord and loves you as much as daddy loves me!”\u00a0 She just smiled at me with those big, sparkly black eyes.<\/p>\n

Oh, Lord, please bless Lilly Katherine with a “Prince” that is just like her daddy!\u00a0 A man that will love you, love her, and love their babies.\u00a0 Thank you for giving her an amazing earthly example of a wonderful husband and daddy.<\/em><\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>Last week there were horrible storms that swept through the South, and I know there was so much loss.\u00a0 I am sorry for anyone who was in the thick of the storms or who has lost a friend or family member to the tragedy.<\/p>\n

My intention is not to make light of the situation, but to document the happy innocence of my sweet girl.\u00a0 We were fortunate enough to escape the devastation of the storms, however, we did have a few hours of uncertainty.\u00a0 The warning sirens were sounding all over town, and it made my kids a little nervous.\u00a0 LK asked, “What is that noise?” and I told her that it was a siren to warn us of bad weather.\u00a0 I compared it to the sirens on top of a firetruck or ambulance, but told her this siren was on top of a tower instead of a moving vehicle.\u00a0 A few minutes later AnnaLeigh asked LK what the noise was, and LK’s very excited response was, “That sound is coming from the castle<\/strong>.\u00a0 They are telling us the weather is bad.”<\/p>\n

I asked her what in the world she was talking about, and she said, “You know, mama, the castle<\/strong>…you said the sirens were on a tower, and they tell us when the weather is bad.”\u00a0 I had to explain to her that by tower I meant a tall pole, and not the kind of tower Rapunzel lives in.\u00a0 I am not aware of any castles in the back woods of East Texas. :)\u00a0 This maniac lives in a happy, princess, fairyland in her mind.<\/p>\n

And I love her! :)<\/p>\n

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Ok, so finally a new recipe!\u00a0 This is my go-to salad.\u00a0 This is the salad that I make almost every week.\u00a0 The whole family loves it, and it reminds me of my Italian grandmother, MamaSara.\u00a0 Anytime we eat at her house, she has a salad with lettuce, tomatoes, cucumbers, olive oil, and lemon juice.\u00a0 The taste of this salad just reminds me of MamaSara, and that makes me happy!<\/p>\n

Cucumber and Tomato Salad<\/strong><\/h2>\n

(…because I’m too lazy to cut up and wash lettuce…and because my people eat this salad better without<\/em> lettuce.)<\/p>\n

Full recipe at the bottom of post.<\/p>\n

Ingredients:<\/p>\n