Chevy Traverse Love

I was one of a very lucky group of Bloggers who got the opportunity to Test drive a Beautiful 2012 Chevy Traverse this month.

I've driven the Malibu and The Silverado too!
but this Traverse....
Well, it was love at first drive!
It is beautiful!

The first thing that struck me was the fact that the Traverse has a full third row seat!

I just don't understand how they fit SO MUCH room into such a cute sleek-looking package!

 Seriously, you can  haul all your kids stuff in the Traverse and STILL have room to let the kids ride in comfort too!

The Traverse has all the "bells-n-whistles" but my favorite is the remote start.
In Texas how great would it be to be able to click a button from inside your house, have your car start and be all nice and cool by the time you go outside?!?
No more burnt thighs ladies!!
The Traverse does it!
When I heard about this feature, I always wondered how safe it was...
I mean... an unattended running car that is as beautiful as the Traverse would be something anyone would want!
I found out that it is very safe!
watch how my assistant demonstrates...






See?
It's awesome!!

There are SO many things to love about the Traverse!
and... YOU can see em all for yourself!

If you live in the Houston area, the Houston Area Chevy Dealers have a great deal for you!
RIGHT NOW!
If you go in and test drive a Malibu or Travers they will give you a $40 SpaFinders Gift Card!
Check them out on Facebook for a list of participating dealers!
www.facebook.com/gottalovechevyhouston

Have YOU driven the Traverse?
What did YOU think?

The Houston Area Chevy Dealers let me test drive a 2012 Traverse for two weeks in exchange for my honest review.

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Easy Iced Chai Tea

Disclaimer-
I broke my camera... I dropped it...... It fell..... I cried.
Please excuse the pretty pathetic iPhone pics for this recipe...
The pure yummiocity of this one should earn me your forgiveness anyway!

~Dana                                               

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Chai Tea Latte.
It's  that creamy, spiced drink that just makes me feel kinda sophisticated to drink

~ It Just feels fancy ~

(notice the "fancy" umbrella inside the TOTALLY un-fancy Mason Jar drinking vessel... 
It's how I roll... Yo)

This recipe is so simple, that I was almost embarrassed to publish it,
When I mentioned I was making Iced Chai Tea one day on Facebook, I was swarmed with requests for the recipe....
so, here goes!...
I posted the full recipe and lots of pictures on my cooking blog.
Here is a link if it looks yummy to you!  Dana's Iced Chai Tea Latte. 


Enjoy!

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Mmm Kale!

Lunchtime on the farm looks a little different now....

Dana Clover

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Sent from my pink iPhone ...
So expect lots of typos!

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Chili-Dog Pot Pie! Oh My!!

Chili-Dogs.... Yum!
Cornbread.... Yum!

I got to thinking....   why not mix the two?

The results were an AMAZING dish that everyone in my house loved and asked for seconds of!
This is more of a technique than an actual recipe..
Here we go!

The Cast Of Characters

Hot dogs, Sliced.

Cheddar Cheese, Shredded

Your favorite chili, canned or homemade.

Corn bread Homemade, or my favorite Jiffy Brand.

Your favorite individual-sized casserole dishes.

Directions

1. Add sliced Hot dogs to chili in a pot on the stove and heat to a simmer.
2. Fill your individual casserole dishes a little more than half-way with the hot chili/hotdog mixture.

 

3. Generously sprinkle with shredded cheese.

4. Top the cheese layer with your cornbread batter, (filling almost to the top)

5. Bake at 400 degrees for approx 10-12 min or until a toothpick inserted into the cornbread comes out clean.

6. Dig in and ENJOY!

I am also going to try this with my favorite homemade chili recipe this winter! YUM!
I also made a batch using a 9x9 square pan, took longer to cook, of course, but turned out GREAT!

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Baby Tortoise + Broccoli = Love

Dana Clover

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So expect lots of typos!

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Labor & Delivery

Giving Birth is the Labor and delivery that is often thought of as the most painful aspect of parenting,
It hurts and you go into it KNOWING it's gonna hurt.

I recently realized that there is another labor and delivery in child rearing that is much harder and more painful.
It's the labor of raising them right, and delivery of letting them go out into the world with out you by their side.

Worker #2 graduated ARMY Boot-camp 2 weeks ago.

He came home for 5 days following graduation.
Then he left for his "home base" in Washington state, where he quickly found out he will deploy to Afghanistan in February.

This is where the mother in me freaks out!

It seems that literally overnight  you go from Mommy, who fixes things, kisses the boo-boo's, and makes sure her children are safe and sound at all times to someone who has no control or say-so in the well-being of her child.

You are expected to be standing on the sidelines, chest puffed out with pride, waving your American flag because your son is amazingly brave, he is patriotic, he is an American Soldier!

While I AM indeed So very proud of him.

I am also SO very scared.

Never... EVER has there been a time in his life with me that I haven't known where he was....
Never EVER has there been a time I didn't know he was ok...
He has never been somewhere that I could not contact him or call to make sure he was ok...
And.... Never EVER was someone actually shooting at him!

How am I supposed to do this?
How can things be ok?
How can we be a family with  one of us in harms way?
How will we laugh, knowing he might be "out there" somewhere scared?
How will we sleep without visions of what might be happening in some sandy place on the other side of the world at that very second?
How can everything go on as "usual" when I know my child is in danger?!?

How do I DO THIS?

THIS is the Labor and Delivery that really hurts!

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My new babies!

It won't be long before they are HUGE!
They are Sulcata Tortoises.

Dana Clover

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My new baby!

She's a African tortoise. Name ideas ?

Dana Clover

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So expect lots of typos!

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Catch-Up Time

Man how time flies!
I'm not even gonna say how long it's been since my last real blog post...
I'm not gonna explain myself...

Lets just play catch-up and everyone will be up to speed.

~ Three kids Graduated.
~ I cried.
~ Three kids moved out.
~ I celebrated!
.... Then I cried.
~ Texas had (and is still having) a major drought.
~ Worker #2 went to ARMY Bootcamp.
~ I cried.
~ My garden shriveled and died.
~ My husband and I built an awesome Tortoise habitat.
~ I went fishing.
~ My girlfriend and I built a new chicken pen/yard.
... Our nails will never be the same.
~ I cooked.
~ I did NOT clean.... enough.
~ I broke a tooth.
~ Worker #1 started college.
~ I shot greedy squirrels out of my pecan trees.
~ We drove to Georgia.
~ Worker #2 graduated Bootcamp...
.... I sobbed  cried.
~ I worked.
~ I got a really cool Tortoise from a friend of my sons.
~ I started hard-core couponing.
~ I found out the new Tortoise is one of the ONLY endangered ones in Texas that you cannot even touch without getting a hefty fine.
~ I had my hair colored to match my cow.
~ I had lots of phone calls from friendly Texas State & Wildlife personnel.
~ I perfected the recipe for Iced Coffee.
~ I got hate mail.
~ I got rid of the super-cool Tortoise before I got hauled away to prison.
~ Worker #2 left to go to his "home base" in Washington State and might not come home for over 3 years.
~ I cried.
~ I had lots of meetings.
~ I won a trip to Fiji!!
~ I passed out.
~ I got back on my diet hot and heavy so I won't be mistaken for a beached whale in Fiji.
~ I finally wrote a blog post.

The End
... I'm baaaaaaack

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