Apparently, H2 heard me ask my Mom to bring her steam cleaner by yesterday evening. I know this, because he felt free to poop all over the floor in his room at some point during the night. Thanks for that, kid.

In other news, I'm in love with this lemonade I discovered in some hippie e-book I downloaded. We'll call it Hippie Lemonade. And if you are like me (i.e., in some long ago, pagan time, you would have pledged yourself to the temple of some sugary beverage and served for many a year with sugary devotion), you will love it. And it has like, no calories. Ok, maybe a few from the lemon juice, but I'm going with the few enough in a single serving to count method of figuring. Me and the FDA.

Hippie Lemonade
2 lemons
water
stevia

Juice the two lemons (you want fresh, not the bottle stuff), and pour in a 2 qt container. Fill the rest of the container with water. Add stevia and enjoy (well, maybe stir it first...) For my stevia and my tastebuds, I use about 1/2 teaspoon. You'll need to experiment with your brand of stevia, probably.

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Last Friday night we had our alleyway 4th of July party (for those who don't know, our neighborhood doesn't allow front entry garages, so we have little alleys between houses and we get into the garage that way).

Our builder, who is our backdoor neighbor, used to be in a fireworks business with his brothers (one of whom is also a pretty close neighbor). When they sold the business, they made a deal where they could always buy fireworks wholesale in the future. They're big kids. But we like them... Every year they do a big bar-b-que where all the neighbors are invited, along with about half of the town (I think this year there were only about 200 people, down considerably from last year). After everyone is full and the kids are sufficiently grimey and sweaty, we settle down in our lawn chairs and watch a killer fireworks show that rivals any professional venue. I can't imagine how much they spend on fireworks- even at wholesale. Definitely more than the thirty dollars we alloted Hatchling and his little sidekick.

For the get together, we were assigned to bring buns and a side dish, based on our last name. Isn't that organized? I am so glad I was not in charge of this shindig. Thank goodness I bought a huge bag of Cheetos to go with our buns, cause when L got home and saw these, he ate almost all of them (with a teensy bit of help from me, maybe).

Now, if you don't like jalapenos, don't be afraid! I hate peppers of all shapes and sizes, but they were still delectible. The peppers are just a vessal for the cream cheese and bacon. Like little heavenly boats, sailing to your taste buds. Trust me. You won't be sorry.

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I'm always looking for new recipes. In fact, in a given week, we probably have something new 2-3 nights. If it weren't for the lovely internet, we'd be over run with cook books!

I made this last night and it is definitely a keeper! I got the base from recipezaar but here is how I made it!

No Dough Pizza

1 lbs ground turkey (normally, I'm not a fan of the texture of ground turkey, but it was actually good in this)
2 c shredded mozzarella, separated
1/2 cup spaghetti or pizza sauce
Canadian Bacon, diced
Turkey Pepperoni (who knew they even made this? It's good though!)
Onion, diced
Green Pepper, diced
Mushrooms, sliced
pizza seasoning, to taste (I think I used about 2 teaspoons)

1- Preheat oven to 350 degrees

2- In a skillet, brown turkey with onion. Add pizza seasoning (I also threw in a teaspoon or so of minced garlic, cause I pretty much do that to everything I cook...)

3- Remove skillet from heat and mix in one cup of cheese with meat mixture.

4- Spread mixture onto baking stone or pizza pan (this is the "crust") and top with pizza sauce.

5- Top with your toppings of choice- I used Canadian bacon, diced green peppers, sliced mushrooms, a can of sliced olives, and pepperoni, but the world is your oyster here kids! Please don't forget to wash your mushrooms like I did, cause then you'll worry about dying from some dreadful mushroom disease all night.

6- Top with remaining cup of cheese and bake for 25 minutes until cheese is melted.

Enjoy! I served this with a big salad, and it made 4 large helpings! Obviously you can't pick this up and eat it like you would a regular piece of pizza, so it's more like a pizza pie.

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