My pretty new crock pot in action.

I am not afraid to admit that my cooking skills are lacking. I am no Betty Homemaker and I am perfectly ok with it. In my hunt to become more domesticated and spend less money eating out I have tried to do a new recipe every week. This week I tried Crock Pot Swedish Meatballs. Now, first off the recipe scared the beejesus out of me. I hate mushroom soup and how on earth could the mix of it and powdered gravy come out good? No idea but it was better than good. Even Lola my child who HATES everything and gags through most dinners loved it and had more than one helping. :O

I used 2 packages of frozen meatballs (recipe called for one)

2 cans mushroom soup (low fat is what I used)

2 packages of brown gravy mix

2 cups water

1 tsp Thyme

Cook on low for 6 hours

I moved the meatballs around over the day just to make sure that they were all getting covered. I also cooked egg noodles and had a side of french bread.

On a scale of 1-5 stars I give this a 5 stars. It was THAT good and THAT easy.

I was about to throw my cloth diapers out. They had a stink that I could not get rid of. I tried everything and nothing worked. When we moved to Texas, I was using them but not super thrilled about it because I couldn’t get rid of the stink. Lucky for me, (but not G or our budget) we have a cloth diaper store and I went in to cry about my stink issues. She recommended a lifesaver. RLR Laundry Treatment. I had to soak them twice but it worked and our diapers no longer smell. The bonus was she had a Easter special and our egg was worth 20% off so G let me get the BG Albert diaper.(heh, I don’t ask permission on anything but I do discuss budget with him hence the let)

It is SO cute on.

Thank you to Go Baby Go for fixing my issues!

But are far from settled in! For now I will leave you with a picture of our FABULOUS new (to us) bathroom but promise lots of house pictures and more adventures in cloth diapering coming up soon.

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Wonderboy turned 2. Boogie turned 6. Caty flew in from California and I am a content Mama who has 4/6 at home right now.

The snow is melting, the days are getting warmer and I personally loved this winter. We hardly had any snow! I have to admit I am ready for grilling weather and I am ready for visits to the zoo.

I am still reading,reading,reading. Right now I am reading another uplifting book, this one about serial killers. I think my next read will be The Help again. I need a book to make me laugh. I have joined Goodreads if anyone wants to add me. Simplyatomic. I’m looking for some good book suggestions. G is a copy cat and he now has a kindle too. I was shocked when he went to bed to read last night while Caty and I watched ” The Wild and Wonderful Whites of West Virgina” A MUST see if you have Netflix.

Wonderboy has started talking. Not just a word here or there but total sentences. This morning he told G and I ” Duckie sleeping in Mimi’s room” :O A huge change from a boy who only said COOL CARS a month ago. We havent figured out why he calls Caty “Duckie” But it will probably stick. Just like Yaya did for Ally, Mimi did for Emmy and jerkface for G (ok I made up that last one)

I have huge news to share, I promise maybe hoping I will update this week about all the exciting happenings in the Simply Atomic household.