tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35389999705638583322024-02-06T19:16:52.142-07:00Our Sweet LifeBeach bums at heart...ERhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12468844986220223227noreply@blogger.comBlogger187125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3538999970563858332.post-47914079078121064452015-01-15T08:47:00.000-07:002015-01-15T08:47:21.452-07:00Power of the People
I remember learning about Martin Luther King, Jr. as a child. We watched a short video on his life. Someone in the video shouted, "Power to the people!" I remember wondering what that truly meant.
Undeniably the young man that shouted it wanted the African American people to be endowed with the power that comes with freedom. The power that comes from being ERhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12468844986220223227noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3538999970563858332.post-79917999071959938452015-01-06T09:11:00.002-07:002015-01-06T09:11:26.918-07:00I'm back...again....Yes, I know, huge surprise. I haven't written in a long time. I am still alive! The kids have not managed to tie me up in the basement somewhere. Here is my topic today.
Potty Training: Necessary? or a Conspiracy?
I am currently potty training my last minion. Madeline is a spirited 2 1/2 year old. She is ready, according to all the parenting advice I have ERhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12468844986220223227noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3538999970563858332.post-56080601308219452832012-11-12T20:12:00.000-07:002012-11-12T20:12:28.723-07:00Recipes part deux<!--[if gte mso 9]>
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ERhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12468844986220223227noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3538999970563858332.post-25381991304895339132012-05-11T06:46:00.000-06:002012-05-11T06:46:48.545-06:00Talent Show!The Amazing Marky preformed Moonlight Mist for the Talent Show at school. He did a marvelous job. I'm so proud of him!
ERhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12468844986220223227noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3538999970563858332.post-45580275862344071492012-03-08T08:21:00.002-07:002012-03-08T08:31:26.078-07:00Oscarson Weekly (we hope) First Edition!Here is the first edition of our newsletter. Announcing Crazy Hat Day!-by Marky OscarsonIt's crazy hat day tomorrow! Find a crazy or silly hat. Look far and low, look high and slow! Today is also a build-a-thon! Build anything out of anything! It is taking place down stairs at 3:44 pm. Take anything you can build with. Haley's Crazy HatFor crazy hat day I would like to wear a hat to schoolERhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12468844986220223227noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3538999970563858332.post-16856589000989502022012-03-07T10:03:00.002-07:002012-03-07T10:16:45.724-07:00The Oscarson Weekly...or Monthly?So Family and Friends,In an effort to get my kids to write more stories, and to communicate more with our far away family I have decided to come up with a newsletter! (What a great Idea, right?!) If I can only keep up with it!!! So, It will be the Oscarson Weekly! (or Monthly, depending on how the ball rolls) The first edition will be tonight, after Family Home Evening. I'm going to try to ERhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12468844986220223227noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3538999970563858332.post-26310949095056343262012-03-05T07:09:00.002-07:002012-03-05T07:35:26.665-07:00Happy, yet hard....This has been a very hard post for me to write. Not because I'm not happy, but because this has been a frightening journey. Let me just come out and say it, I'm pregnant! Yeah! Yikes! This should be a very happy moment, but we've suffered 4 miscarriages in the past year and a half and I almost feel that when I tell someone I'm jinxing myself. I was hoping to upload pictures for you, but yet ERhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12468844986220223227noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3538999970563858332.post-89446811485010677122011-11-17T11:08:00.000-07:002011-11-17T11:10:11.790-07:00Photo's of Haley's birthday Haley's party was a Mad Hatters Tea Party theme....we had a blast. The girls dressed up and we took their glamor shots. Even took Marky's!! We had cupcakes and cake balls....lemonaid and played pin the hat on the queen of hearts, clean cup, and watched Alice in Wonderland....it was a blast. Thank you Mary for helping! Daddy gave us a good help as well. Haley had fun, food, and ERhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12468844986220223227noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3538999970563858332.post-1956099691954157952011-09-09T13:35:00.002-06:002011-09-09T13:40:22.725-06:00Tiptow through the tulips....A conversation overheard from the window above the lawn:Marky "So, Haley, how was show and tell, I see you brought your stuffed Pig aunt Stacie gave you!"Haley "Yes! It was great! All the kids loved my pig!"Marky, "That's really great! I miss show and tell."Haley, "I wish you could have show and tell too."Marky, "Yeah, but it's good you get to have it, at least one of us get's to have fun! ERhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12468844986220223227noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3538999970563858332.post-53506147955095352922011-08-15T10:34:00.001-06:002011-08-15T10:34:35.019-06:00Gluten-Free Zucchini BreadGluten-Free Zucchini Bread Recipe
You can make this lovely gluten-free zucchini bread with or without eggs. And it's dairy-free. Its delicate flavor comes from a secret ingredient. Coconut milk.
Preheat your oven to 350 degrees F. (You know all about checking the oven's temperature, now, right?) Line the bottom of a 9-inch loaf pan with a piece of parchment paper. Lightly oil it.
You'll need:
1 ERhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12468844986220223227noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3538999970563858332.post-24801696767875303112011-06-06T13:34:00.002-06:002011-06-06T13:41:59.895-06:00allergy Free Friday--Early!Here it goes! 2 this time! And early, as I'll miss next week!Lemon Bars2 c. All Purpose Gluten Free flour1 c. margarine (Nucoa)½ c. powdered sugarMix with pastry blender til crumbly, then press into the bottom of a 9x13 pan lined with cooking spray. Bake at 350 for about 20 minutes or until slightly brown.4 eggs1½ c. sugar¼ c. All Purpose Gluten Free flourJuice of 2 lemons (or about 6 Tbsp. ERhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12468844986220223227noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3538999970563858332.post-54969124146250995312011-06-05T12:53:00.008-06:002011-06-05T14:07:43.220-06:00Zen, and the art of Gardening.It's sunny, breezy, and the house is empty. Most likely you'll find us all outside, me up to my elbows in dirt, and the kids happily running around with a herd of neighborhood children. Don't read into it, I love being up to my elbows in the dirt. There's something very satisfying in sustaining life in a plant. This is my Zen. So today I thought I might share my garden with you, and a few ERhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12468844986220223227noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3538999970563858332.post-57592238109538968692011-05-31T19:53:00.003-06:002011-05-31T19:56:12.094-06:00Allergy Free Friday/Tuesday.....To be fair, I haven't cooked in a LONG LONG time...I have been extra busy, and way tired lately. But I won't let you down. These came from the TastyKitchen.com gluten free section! I love the recipe for Dairy Free Sweetened Condensed Milk! Enjoy!Gluten Free Coconut Cookie Bars For the sweet tooth in you!FOR THE HOMEMADE CONDENSED MILK:½ cupsAlmond Milk, Or Preferred Milk Alternative¼ cupsAgaveERhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12468844986220223227noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3538999970563858332.post-19167771206788500532011-05-27T07:16:00.003-06:002011-05-27T07:17:48.655-06:00Welcome!Welcome to the world Maya! at 9lbs 13 oz and 24 hours of Labor you have already given your mama a run for her money! We can't wait to meet you! Amazing the miracles from Heaven we receive. Congratulations mom and dad! She is beautiful! I'll post a picture as soon as I get one on the e-mail! love you all!ERhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12468844986220223227noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3538999970563858332.post-37012708628959787872011-05-16T09:43:00.002-06:002011-05-16T09:48:15.480-06:00Gardening and Gnomes...don't mix.I have a little Gnome...he's just over 2 feet tall! He drinks an awful lot of milk, and LOVES garbage trucks. And can't stay out of my garden.Gardens and Gnomes don't mix.I nurtured, loved, and protected my plants, 8 tomatoes and 7 peppers, 2 rows of peas and 2 of beets, 1 of carrots 1 of lettuce and 1 of radishes. They we're doing beautifully. Then the Gnome arrived.He managed to crush, or ERhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12468844986220223227noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3538999970563858332.post-2370879985195566982011-05-10T11:33:00.002-06:002011-05-10T11:36:26.817-06:00My MantraI love my 2 year old....I love my 2 year old....I love my 2 year old....Who sits on time out next to me as I write this.....Who opened 3 card games and threw them down the stairs....Who dumped out a bowl of cereal and milk on the table this morning....Who refuses to do his buisness in the toilet today....Who makes it very very hard to love him.......and yet very easy.I love my 2 year old...ERhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12468844986220223227noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3538999970563858332.post-56450844262621715352011-05-06T22:22:00.004-06:002011-05-06T22:48:43.442-06:00Mothers Day, unplugged.Sunday is Mothers Day, a day to celebrate all the perfect mothers! Go ahead, ask anyone. They'll tell you how wonderful their mother is, how she always had fresh baked cookies, and fresh pressed linens... how she smelled of roses, and always wore a smile on her face. I can tell you my mother was perfect!Now, all you mothers out there reading this. Don't roll your eyes, don't be alarmed, and for ERhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12468844986220223227noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3538999970563858332.post-36124991138249349592011-05-06T08:55:00.003-06:002011-05-06T13:19:35.832-06:00Library Adventures!We try to hit the library at least once every 2 weeks. I try really hard to make it once a week. The kids have at least an hour of paroosing books and reading, not to mention one hour of quiet! What a place! And it’s free! Well, today was a quick day, Haley had to get to school, we only had 30 minutes. So in we went, Haley, Shawn and Max (the 9 month old I watch). We paroosed, we read, we ERhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12468844986220223227noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3538999970563858332.post-83503380440951893042011-05-06T00:01:00.000-06:002011-05-06T00:01:00.633-06:00Gluten Free Friday--Darn good Cornbread!I've adapted this recipe from a blog I found. www.glutenfreegirl.com Great recipes, unfortunately it hasn't been updated in years. So it's what I call a living dead blog. But this recipe was darn good. Even mark liked it!Gluten Free Corn bread1/4 cup sorghum flour1/4 cup tapioca starch1/4 cup potato starch1/4 cup sweet rice flour1/4 cup sugar4 tsp baking powder3/4 tsp salt1 tsp xantham gum1/ERhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12468844986220223227noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3538999970563858332.post-88180910775663262782011-05-05T08:34:00.005-06:002011-05-05T09:05:14.300-06:00Haley's Dance RecycleYes, I know it's called a recital...however Haley insists it's a Recycle! This is her dance recycle for 2011, she's in a little after school dance club, they meet Wednesdays right after school in the school auditorium. And though I know they are not learning a whole lot, they are having great fun! Sorry about the quality, Shawn kept grabbing my arm!Well if there is one thing my daughter ERhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12468844986220223227noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3538999970563858332.post-45783136992558901852011-05-01T07:42:00.004-06:002011-05-01T07:54:27.476-06:00Wuv...True Wuv...Wuv....is what brings us together today....Just look at this pudgy face, and fist full of dandelions...in his room I have a picture and it says:A Rose can say I love youAn Orchid can enthrallbut a weed bouquet in a chubby fistnow that's the best of all!and here is my girl...I wuv that she wuv's soccer...she just jogs around, without much drive to dive in and steal the ball, but she sure is a ERhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12468844986220223227noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3538999970563858332.post-10658388094276896962011-04-29T10:20:00.002-06:002011-04-29T10:39:15.207-06:00Allergy Free Friday--Websites!For all you not interested in the Allergy Free Friday....I do have other posts, coming soon!So,Where do I get my info? Recipes? Incentive? Motivation?In no particular order here it goes....Motivation. You know gluten and milk have an adverse effect on you, but its soooo goood!!!!! How can you give up cake? Bread? Grandma's rolls? How can you give up milk chocolate? Things you've enjoyed ERhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12468844986220223227noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3538999970563858332.post-81776878533971084922011-04-22T00:01:00.001-06:002011-04-22T00:01:00.263-06:00Allergy Free Friday! Rolls!If you learn anything when you go Gluten Free it's that bread is very hard to come by. Good bread is even harder! That is why I was very skeptical when I tried this recipe...rolls? Really, come on! But surprisingly they we're light, fluffy, moist and delish!First, forget EVERYTHING you know about breadmaking. RIGHT NOW! POOF! GONE!!Now, know that dough that is gluten free looks like you ERhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12468844986220223227noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3538999970563858332.post-83988796619465152952011-04-21T08:00:00.002-06:002011-04-21T08:07:34.115-06:00They've come to take me away! HA HA!Help, they're after me. Little brain cell sucking gnomes....they live here you know...shhh...they'll hear me. They're adorable, but that's just a frount. They really want my sanity, my brain cells, and my life, wait....did I ever have a life? I'm not sure...Oh NO!!!It's happening.....my brain cells, they're leaving for more fertile ground. It started with my keys, if I ever had any, they ERhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12468844986220223227noreply@blogger.com0