Frogmore Stew

This is an old fashion south carolina crab boil. Everyone does their recipe differently. Its simple & fairly quick to make considering the amount of food you prepare. Only downside is if you use king crab as I did, this can get on the expensive side. I used a large stock pot. 1 bottle Sam Adams (boston logger) & 2 quarts chicken broth. I added Zataran's crab boil in a bag seasoning, & brought the liquid to a boil. First I added red potatoes & corn on the cob (cut into pieces). After 15 minutes of that on a rolling boil, I added king crab legs, cut hot links, & frozen jumbo shrimp (cooked, cleaned, & tail on). Simmered that for an hour & it was done. The house smelled like a gumbo day or something, Lol.

I know its called a stew, but really its just a boil. Everything comes out w/ a great cajon flavor & the family just couldn't get enough. While this expensive dish will not be a regular, it will be a PERFECT staple for summer get togethers outside or a 4th of July dinner. You know, the ones that are served at 2pm & you end up going back for 3rds and even a 4th plate? Yeah, those kinds of days.

Homecoming

Love of my life came home from his tour in Afghanistan, and I couldnt be happier.

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The perfect thing to make you smile in the morning!

Left Behind

FML. I finally found a great guy that rocked my world and he leaves for Afghanistan. I'm trying to hang in there... but damn. This sucks! Its hard to even have fun anywhere. I'm always secretly sad, cuz I wish he was with me. He'll be back sometime in late Sept or early Oct. But already ppl are asking me if he will be going on another deployment! WTF? Can't I just look forward to him coming back.

Honestly, I used to hate on military wives. I'd see those stickers that say "the hardest part of the Marine Corps is being a Marine Wife" and I'd want to gag. I was like "gimme a break!" But wow... over the last month I have realized that it is much easier to leave, than be left behind. Goodness! The only thing that really keeps me sane is thinking about the day when he will come back. How happy I will be.

.... and I chose this picture for sentimental value. He came to me at a point in my life that was VERY difficult... and was my "protector" =)

I MISS YOU TIMMY!

SeaWorld @ Night

Before I start lemme apologize for these awful pictures, (I wonder if
the Sidekick II takes better pictures than the LS?) my camera's battery
ran dead so I only had my phone. But it was awesome. Energetic, tons of
kids, place was packed. I recommend for everyone to check it out. The
only disappointing thing (for me) was leaving with a sense of sadness
for the whales who were taken from the wild and brought there. I'm
surprised they haven't had more attacks from those whales. A large,
wild, beautiful killer like that could never truly be content living in
a pool after its had a taste of freedom. And now its too late to return
them to the wild... ... ... I wonder why there is not an international
law forbidding the capture of any whale for any purpose other than
rescue. If they breed them in captivity that's one thing, but most of
them were not. Most of them were purchased from Orca Hunters. Shame
Shame... But... ... the show was nice =P