This week was uneventful. Corvette did get the dinette set done. You would think that two chairs would not be so hard and time consuming, but they were.

I tried very hard to cook from scratch this week. I am doing this in the effort to eat healthier and save some money. I am tired of spending money on boxed food.

I also worked on my garden and planted more flowers and cacti in my yard. You can read about those adventures at See How My Garden Grows - A Summer Series on juliannah by design.

I am trying something new this week. I am going to show photos from the recipe prep. This will give me a chance to better hone my photography and photo editing skills.

Here is my Sunday Brunch recipe for this week. I found this recipe and a few others at 5 Dollar Dinners. If you are interested in saving money while preparing healthful meals, please check out this site. Also, I modified the recipe a bit to my liking. Since I am struggling cooking for two I had to cut down on the amount of some ingredients.

I am also participating in Mrs. Flyboy's Recipe BlogHop this week.

Garden Fresh Pasta Dinner

Chop the veggies, basil, bell peppers and salame

Marinate diced tomatoes and basil in the olive oil.

Cook pasta according to directions.

Steam the corn or boil, however you do it.

Saute the zucchini in 1 tbsp of olive oil or just use butter.

Finally, mix all the ingrediennts and serve!

Yum, I actually made this when Cpl Honda was here on leave. Every bit was eaten. That makes me very happy!

I also made Beef and Black Bean Burritos and Chicken Tetrazzini.

Sorry, no pics of those. Only have so much time!

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So, you know that my son, Cpl Honda will be home from deployment soon. I was faced with having to drive to homecoming by myself. Of course, I would not miss that for anything, but it is about a seven hour drive through some very desolate areas and, yes I am a big girl, but you never know what could happen. This brings to the subject of this post. I had not one but two friends offer to go with me. These two people are not only willing to come with me but they are taking their own vacation time are going out of the way for me. One is a coworker and the other one is my very best friend in the whole world.

I am so happy to have people like this that care about me. In addtion, I am sure Cpl Honda will appreciate the efforts of these two people coming to see him return. So, it is a girl’s road trip and I am so looking forward to it.

Just hope the dates stay the same and we do not have to change anything. But, it is the military and we have to remain Semper Gumby! Always!

Thank you friends! Juliannah appreciates your help and support!

Today’s recipe is chicken Sihsh-Ka-Bob. Ok, Corvette bought it from the supermarket. But, I seasoned it and cooked it and it is  pretty tasty.

So throw a few bell peppers, onions, tomatoes and chicken on a stick and either BBQ it or throw it in your oven and you will have a tasty and easy meal. So I am off to eat now.

Thanks again to my most awesome friends. Countdown is on!

Well, If everything went well you should be arriving on my new domain. So far, it is working for me. I love my new look and plan on making this blog a financial asset just as juliannahbydesign is.

This place is still a work in progress, so please bear with me. It took me a long time to find a theme that I liked. I may be wrong, but most of the wordpress themes out there are boring, and downright ugly. I wanted something on the feminine side, but still professional looking at the same time. So, I finally found this theme and even though I am not a big fan of the color green, something about it jumped out at me. Yes, it is definitly is a major change from my original theme, but my content, which is primarily military and secondary, family will not change.

Not to change the subject, but homecoming for Cpl Honda is coming real soon. I received an email and he told me he will soon be able to give me dates. Yes, yes, yes! I am so happy to hear that!

So today’s Sunday Brunch recipe is Bowtie Pasta in Vodka Sauce.

• 1/2 pound Italian Sausage
• 7 oz Barilla Plus Faralle Bowtie Pasta
• 12 oz Classico Signature Recipes Vodka Sauce
• 4 oz Shredded Mozzerella Cheese

Cook the sausage until done. Boil the pasta until done. Add the sauce and place in a baking dish. Add the Mozzerella Cheese and place in the oven at 350 degrees for 20 minutes.

Serve with garlic bread and a salad and enjoy!