If you haven’t read the Foreign Animal Exchange post below introducing the Rambling Raccoon, you may not understand why I feel compelled to continue pleading my case. I’m REALLY not crazy. Shortly after I posted the entry below, Amanda read the following quote to me. Life is like a box …

I don’t know if that’s a good title or not. Is there such thing as a foreign animal exchange? This is a domestic animal so I suppose I shouldn’t say “foreign” animal (LOL). Anyway… Jodi at Learning All The Time has sent our family a raccoon. Not a real one. …

Seriously? ANYONE who knows me will *not* believe that I could possibly have a PG rated blog. I was SHOCKED. My blog was given a PG rating because of the following: *using the word “punch” 5x – ok ladies. The next time you want to give a punch recipe on …

One rainy day we got this hair brained idea to remodel the bathroom. This was back in March (LOL). It’s now the end of July and I’d say we’re not even quite 1/2 way done with this project. I was going to wait and post about it when it is …

By the time I came home from town the wallpaper was almost completely taken down. Thankfully, Emily was home to document each step of the destruction (LOL)! After the wallpaper was all stripped off, Tim & the boys started taking apart the sink/cupboard. Here they are hauling the top out …

Well… in as in into the house, not into the bathroom… not yet….. TODAY the new sink has taken up residence in a corner of our library. I was SO CONFUSED by this picture. I KNEW I hadn’t put anything on top of it.. then I realized Emily had taken …

Nathan didn’t want to venture down under the house! He stayed a good distance away from the hole and pointed to where Josh and Tim had disappeared. His job was to holler at me and tell me anything the guys under the house needed! It’s a very important job! Here’s …

Emily took a picture of this cloud on our way home from town one day. It really stood out amongst the other clouds because it was so much lower and the sun seemed to only shine on it! It was beautiful.

YUM! We love shish-ka-bobs in the summer! I loved how colorful this picture turned out. We BBQ ours on the grill outside. The steak was marinated in my favorite teriyaki sauce which I’ll go ahead and post with this entry. TERIYAKI SAUCE 1/3 cup soy sauce1/3 cup salad oil1/3 cup …

This is one of my *FAVORITE* wild rice rice recipes! It’s very quick and easy. My “secret?” Use Zatarahan’s (LOL) box mix! We served this with the shish-ka-bobs shown above.