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Things that make you happy. From the mind of Nattie Rose.

~ being able to see the top of my desk! : )
~ Monk (we’re in the middle of season 3 via Netflix)
~ cooler weather
~ crafty fun!
~ a fall festival next weekend
~ Sara Groves’ He’s Always Been Faithful

For more Friday Felicities, head over to Becky’s (thanks for hosting this!) and share what makes you happy this week!

• planning for birthdays
• Sonic diet cokes
• the tentative beginnings of baby belly laughs
• cloudy fall days
• Mickey Mouse
• freezer meals
• women’s Bible study starting in four days
• my Dad coming home from Alaska in 2 days, watching the excited grandkids greet him, and hearing lots of stories

• at-home Fridays
• starting “school” on Monday!
• cooler weather (i.e., low 90’s instead of high 90’s) : )
• patterned scrapbook paper in fun fall colors
• composition notebooks
• this friend and this friend that will be back soon
• smiley, smiley babies and goofy big girls
• Women at Home and our own Holiday Grand Plan group
• the Backyardigans
• ladies dinner out with adults tonight at Macaroni Grill
• the 5 o’clock club
• loving Jesus
  

~ a husband that brings me a Sonic diet coke before going to work
~ trips to the zoo
~ giraffes, freaky awkward looking creatures that make me smile
~ “wet like an egg” kinda hot*
~ making fun things with paper and glue
~ a new-to-me sewing machine!
~ celebrating five years with my husband one week from today
~ learning about having the mindset of Christ and desiring that for myself

*A quote from yesterday’s trip to the zoo, where it was very, very, VERY hot:

N1: Mama, I’m like an egg.

Mama: Okay. How are you like an egg?

N1: I’m all wet.

She cracks. me. up. (I’m guessing she is remembering to when she and I made cookies last week and we managed to drop an egg on the floor – there was “wet” everywhere!) Whatever it was, I laughed. : )

~ a trip to Dollar Tree
~ watching my oldest pick out a gift for her aunt all buy herself
~ picking the black jelly beans out of the bag that I bought N1
~ our first childless outing tomorrow with my sister and brother-in-law to see a movie
~ a conversation with a friend this evening
~ babies that fall asleep on your shoulder
~ little girls that like to dance and dance and dance

Things that make you happy … from the mind of Nattie Rose.

• fresh raspberries
• food, hot from the grill
• healthy babies (2 month appt. yesterday: 11 lbs., 14.8 oz.; 23 inches long -75% all the way around)
• making plans for some preschool fun with N1 for this fall
• learning things about myself
• a new recipe (posted below)
• Back to the Future – what a trip down memory lane watching those movies!
• fireworks from the back of a pickup
• uninterrupted sleep

Chicken Pepper Pasta

4 tablespoons butter
1 medium onion, cut into thin wedges
1 medium red bell pepper, cut into strips
1 medium yellow bell pepper, cut into strips
1 teaspoon finely chopped fresh garlic
1-1/2 cups cooked chicken (from freezer), thawed and chopped or cut into strips
1 tsp dried tarragon leaves
3/4 teaspoon salt
1/4 teaspoon coarsely ground pepper
8 ounces uncooked dried vermicelli (extra thin spaghetti)
1 cup Mozzarella Cheese, shredded
1/2 cup shredded Parmesan cheese (found bagged in the dairy section)
3/4 cup half & half

Prepare vermicelli according to directions and drain in a colander in the sink. Melt butter in large skillet and add onion, bell peppers, and garlic. Cook on medium high until vegetables are tendercrisp. Remove vegetables from pan and add chicken, tarragon, salt, and pepper. Cook until chicken is hot. Add vegetables, mozzarella, half and half, and Parmesan cheese to chicken. Reduce heat and cook on low until cheese is melted. Rinse vermicelli in hot water until noodles are warm. Add vermicelli to pan and toss gently. Serve warm.

Things that make you happy … from the mind of Nattie Rose.

~ VBS
~ VBS that makes my girls sleep like rocks 🙂
~ the rich purple of an eggplant
~ this blog which makes me laugh.out.loud. because she has such a dry sense of humor
~ using buttons when I scrapbook
~ blackberries
~ losing a pound or two
~ writing thank you notes for baby gifts … which I am doing TODAY
~ singing the National Anthem on Sunday with two friends as the offertory
~ a clean kitchen floor (note: the cleaning of said floor did not make me happy)

What’s on your happy list today?

Things that make you happy … from the mind of Nattie Rose.

• Iced tea
• Hot showers
• Quesadillas
• Movie night with the hubby tonight (at home after kids are in bed)
• Colored pens
• Using buttons when I scrapbook (I have button thing going on)
• Cloth diapers
• Mama gets to go out to dinner with other grownup women tomorrow night (w/ only the littlest munchkin in tow)

Happy Friday!