The Housewife Tour 2013: The Week in Review

OK, so I haven't been too good about posting the last couple of weeks.  I've been busy doing odds & ends.  Nothing in particular - here's what I can remember.

• I have been spending Wednesdays as my scrapbooking day.  Since we were done with the digital classes, the meetups have been cropping time.  Instead of driving about 1 hour one way, I have been working at home.  Here are the 4 pages I worked on this week from our 10th anniversary in 2008.  These aren't quite finished, but are getting there.
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
• I am participating in a summer scrapbooking challenge that started this week.  The goal is 90 pages by the end of the summer.  Four down, 86 to go.
• Packing for the beach - yep, going to the beach for the week!  We are going to the same place we went last year, Broadkill Beach, Delaware.
• Volunteering with the Loudoun County Animal Shelter.  Saturday is my volunteer day.  From 9 am to 11 am, I am with the Mobile Adoption Unit.  Usually, it's at Unleashed by Petco.  Last night the shelter had a foster orienation/presentation at the library around the corner from our house, so I told them I would come & help.  Good thing I did!  There were over 70 people who attended! One of the pictures I took was feature in the Facebook post.  Once we get back from vacation, I plan on helping out at the shelter some additional hours with probably administrative tasks.
• Washed the car inside & out.  Wow, what a task.  I wanted to get this done for awhile now and finally did it.  I kind of got sucked into some car wash/wax spray when I was at the gas station one day & spend $35.  See my post/review about the adventure.

On the horizon:

• When we return from vacation, we've got some redecorating scheduled.  I already picked up some paint for our living room!  We are both really excited about this. 
• I've already have a list of things to do when we get back home.  A lot of little things, but little things add up.  Look for those posts when I return from vacation.

Adventures: Wash & Wax In One for the Jeep

Growing up, I can remember "playing" car wash with my aunt's car and cleaning the inside of it.  I can remember I used to play that I was cleaning the General Lee from "The Dukes of Hazzard" and John Schneider would be flirting with me.

I've always been good about cleaning my car.  Not as much now, but still, the Jeep is in good condition for being 9 years old.

Anyway, when I stopped for gas awhile ago, there was a guy selling car cleaner in an aerosol can.  He did a demonstration and explained the product.  Of course he had a "deal" with the more I bought.  I got sucked in.  I figured it would be good for Dan's car since he's been really good about taking care of the outside of it so far.  I ended up getting 3 bottles plus 3 microrags for $35 (plus tax). I asked how many washes would I be able to get out of it and he said about 6-7 washes.  Almost immediately, I had buyers remose, but too late (I think I felt guilty for spending some money). 

I finally got the stuff out this week so that the Jeep would look good for our trip.

First up was the inside of the car.  I just vacuumed and used Armour All on it.  The next day, I pulled out the new product.

This was the easiest stuff to use.  Just spray a portion, wipe with a towel to haze it and then use the microtowel to wipe off.  Just like waxing.  This stuff worked wonders.  The Jeep looks great afterwards. 

Of course the next day, it rained and I was out in it.  Guess what, the cleaning wax worked!  The water was beading up all over the Jeep!

The downside to this stuff - so much for it lasting for 6-7 washes.  It took 1 1/2 bottles to do the Jeep.  I would recommend this stuff - it works! It's always better washing your car by hand than going thorugh a car wash.  The machine always misses something.

I am going to look online to see if I can get it cheaper though. 

Becoming Betty Crocker: Cheeseburger Pot Pie

So I had 2 more pie crusts to use by the 30th.  When I went looking for the Easter Pie recipe, I stopped at Pillsbury.com to check out recipes for using their pie crusts.  Enter Cheeseburger Pot Pie!  This recipe was SUPER easy peasy!

My change to the recipe - crust on the bottom.

Pie filled (yes, I almost forgot to take a picture!) - minus the pickles.

Pre-baked - I think I'm getting the crust folding down!

All ready!

Doesn't look quite like the picture.

This was GOOD!  Hubby really liked it (he's a pot pie person).  You could definitely taste the ketchup, but if you like cheeseburgers with ketchup, you are all set! 

You could defnitely add to this recipe:

• Instead of putting shredded cheese on top, put cheese chunks mixed in with the meat. 
• Add bacon to the meat mixture
• Like tomatoes on your burgers?  How about peppers? Cut them up & add them to the meat mixture.