Green light... GO!

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Ja matta ne,

Little Mochi

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Suprise find at the library

For Darkness Shows the Stars by Diana Peterfreund

My rating: 4 of 5 stars


Great read especially if you are an Austen fan. This book has parallels to Persuasion which is my FAVORITE Austen novel. If you are looking for something to pass the time for a young person not yet introduced to Austen this might be a great lead in to the classic novel.  It is a very easy and  quick summer read ~ I was able to finish this in one day.







Now I am not much on words but I love to read them so my review above for Goodreads may not be very glowing and would entice you to read this novel but you got to start somewhere right?!?!  So now I am back to my other projects and several fairytale retells that we picked up along with this gem.  Fingers crossed that we find another goodie. 

Ja matta ne,
Little Mochi
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Wordless Wednesday ~ Creativity

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Little Mochi

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Best birthday!

Last week Hubby had off for vacation and to top it off my birthday was right in the middle ~ reason for my absence from posting.  So what did we do?!?!  A whole lot of stress free family time and...

 

 

 A trip out to the Cheesecake Factory for a birthday lunch and cake ^_^

Who could ask for more?!?!?

Well.... more chocolate and money to spend at my favorite store.

Oh, and since it is Monday here is a little song that the girls have recently fallen in LOVE with .

We hope that everyone has a lovely week!

Ja matta ne,

Little Mochi

Stiches and Dodo's

I have been underneath this huge piece of fabric making my little Koi and flowers come to life while I slowly sweat to death.  Once all four panels are done I hope to have a personal touch to our living room ~ subtle pattern to break up a large color block.

The Eyre Affair is my little escape when the thread has knotted one to many times.  I have just started reading this book and so far so good.  ^_^ 

 Love the part that there is cloning and that the Dodo is no longer extinct and are now back in all of their glory!  It is part of a series of books by Jasper Fforde and stay tuned for a little review.

Ja matta ne,

Little Mochi

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Brave

Look at those HAPPY little faces!!!  

Hubby took today off from work just so he could take all of us to see Disney 's new movie Brave.  We loved it {even Hubby} and would recommend it to boys and girls alike.  It is not your normal princess gets into to trouble, finds prince, falls in love, and lives happily ever after.  I will say that I found it to be a  terrific story about a daughter and her mother and that is all I am going to say so you can go and enjoy the movie for yourself. 

Have a terrific weekend!

Ja matta ne,

Little Mochi

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Motivation

Knock knock...

Exhaustion? Are you home?

We are gearing up to do another round of P90X2 and I really needed this little motivational video and thought that I would share the good feeling.

I am one day closer to my goal than I was yesterday ;)

Ja matta ne,

Little Mochi

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Spa treatment Honey Cinnamon Mask

I am always on the lookout for something diy for skin or hair and I found another quick easy face mask/cleaner.  

 Look in your pantry and I am positive you have these guys just sitting there doing nothing until November rolls around for your yearly baking bonanza.  Lets see if we can find some use for them with a home treatment for your lovely skin.

The original recipe called for 2 Tbs of honey and 1 tsp of Nutmeg and Cinnamon.  I found that the combination of these guys created a very pungent aroma that I could not take after about 10 minutes.  The next time I just used 1 Tbs of honey and 1 tsp of cinnamon.

The honey and nutmeg are great for reducing redness and inflammation another plus is that they are great for soothing acne scars and preventing infection.  When you go to wash this off the cinnamon and nutmeg act as an exfoliate for your skin.

 Find a combination that you like and mix together to resemble a paste like mixture ~ looks like mine comes out a bit runny not sure exactly why and will use a tad less honey to see if it helps.

Me with the face mask on waiting the 30 minutes for it to set.  Now since it is a bit on the runny side and I am in a warm house it was a little drippy in the beginning so keep a towel close while you are waiting for this stuff to work its magic.

Our little Munchkins DO NOT like this mask!  Pumpkins cries for me to take it off ~ she says it is scary and her sisters wholeheartedly agreed with her.

Ja matta ne,
Little Mochi
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Wordless Wednesday : This made me giggle

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Little Mochi

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Work basket ^_^

Start of a new embroidery project ^_^

Goofing around one day with the girls I sketched this cute little Koi fishy ~ thought he was cute enough to bring to life with yarn.  So right now I am doing a test on how the variegated yarn looks.  If we like it then I will transfer it on to panels for our new living room curtains.  

I have also started a little Shrug for myself since the Munchkins finally have their own.  The yarn was a steal  found a pound of worsted weight yarn for 70 cents!!!!  The color is a plum color and well I needed something other than blue or black in my wardrobe anyway.  Photos to come, promise.

What are you working on this week?

Ja matta ne,

Little Mochi

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Music Monday

This is the newest song that the girls have been singing and dancing to.  I know it is a bit old for them and just a bit trippy to have Pumpkin our 6 year old singing ' here's my number ... call me maybe'.  Please do not think poorly of me, but it is summer and sometimes Mama needs a break from the kiddie radio ^_^

Hope everyone has a great week!

Ja matta ne,

Little Mochi

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Kawaii!!!! Sock Bunny ^_^

Today I raided the Girls sock drawer to find all those lonely and holey socks to make little Sock Bunnies.  I do not have photos of our process since I used up all my batteries taking photos earlier this am while they played Beach ball tag ~ game they made up ^_^

But here are the end results and the Girls could not be happier with how their little Bun Buns turned out.  Plus they are extra special since they did the sewing and stuffing all on their own !!!

Hop on over to Show Tell Share to make some with your little ones ^_^

Ja matta ne,

Little Mochi

Music Monday

This is absolutely beautiful!!! 

The harmony and the acoustics in the church are heavenly.

Have a terrific week ^_^

Ja matta ne,

Little Mochi

Happy Friday ^_^

Close your eyes, lay back, and breath deep to find yourself on a beautiful little patch of white sand with calm clear blue waters.  At least this is what I am doing until I can get back to my beloved ocean.  

Have a terrific weekend!!

Ja matta ne,

Little Mochi

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Squueeeee!

Yesterday the girls mentioned to me that they had their photos taken by the librarian doing this {arms up like you are climbing a rope}. I was not worried too much since the librarian is the official photo taker at the school and I could always ask her about it when I went in to do my last  shift at the library. 


I come in this morning and the wonderful school librarian hands me an envelope and out comes......

 Thank You  for volunteering your time in the library.  I enjoyed "Hanging out" with you!  

BEST bookmarks EVAH!!!!

Mrs. School Librarian made my day today and now I have wonderful one of a kind bookmarks for my summer reading.

Ja matta ne,
Little Mochi
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Wordless Wednesday ~ Mommy are we Bookworms?!?!

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Little Mochi

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Winner Winner! Chicken Dinner ^_^

Summer is beating on the door and with all the warm weather comes the desire to NOT be in the kitchen slaving over a stove.  Hubby and I decided that since our little brood of three girls can eat as much as three teenage football players we should try to grill a WHOLE chicken. Grilled Beer Can Chicken or  Beer Butt chicken has been something that I wanted to try out and the weather was perfect to uncover the grill and give it a go.  The biggest problem we had was deciding what type and how much beer to get ~ we were not able to buy just ONE so now we have a fridge full of beer ho hum ^_^. 


As usual I did not follow the recipe and kinda did our own thing....

Rinse and dry a whole chicken.  Sprinkle a little kosher salt all over, have Hubby drizzle olive oil as you turn chicken then rub in dry rub or herbs/spices to your liking. 

Drink about a third of beer out of the can.  At this point we went ahead and placed the chicken onto the can and carried it out to the grill.

 Place can with the chicken onto the grill and with indirect heat cook for about 30 minutes then turn 180 and cook another 45 minutes.  Now all good cooks would tell you to check with meat thermometer but we did not have one so we just made sure that the juices ran clear ~ in all honesty we after the second timer went off we just turned off the heat put the lid down and let the chicken wait out about another 10 minutes while I got the veggies all ready.

 This is our juicy golden brown chicken resting on the counter so I would not burn my fingers too badly while carving for our starving Munchkins.

This is definitely a keeper per our girls.  With the flexibility of this recipe to meet  several different combinations of seasoning and beer to try with it, I am sure it would be perfect for any family outing.

We hope you enjoy it as much as we did.

Ja matta ne,

Little Mochi

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Music Monday ~ What Makes You Beautiful

I am in for it in a few years ~ proof positive ~  Squirt ' I have to confess..... I do believe that they are all cute!'  Dear me!  It has started and she is only 9 !  

Oh, well.  The song is catchy and as long as the room is not papered with their images then I figure we are doing well.

Have a great week everyone

Ja matta ne,

Little Mochi

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Today I will....

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In the background you can hear Dora singing 'Just keep swimming...'

Wishing everyone a wonderful weekend!

Ja matta ne, 

Little Mochi

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Summer Reading

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The Munchkins have ONE week left of school so we are gearing up for our summer reading lists.

Squirt and Peanut will be reading the Sisters Grimm series this summer ~ we will see how many books they get through before school restarts.

Pumpkin and I will be doing a lot of Dr. Seuss {I LOVE Dr. Seuss}.  We have also signed her up for the summer story time at the local library and she is Uber excited to be attending.

Personally I have a varied list of books that are currently in my reading basket from the library that I am trying to get to before I have to return them.  None have stood out that I would sing its praises on the hilltop, but when I do I will be sure to rave about it.

What is in your reading baskets?

Ja matta ne,

Little Mochi

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