Warmer weather gets me thinking about my fave summer food,Pasta Salad.  Here is my #1 recipe...I got it from kraft plus tweaked it a bit

3 cups farfalle (bow-tie pasta), uncooked
1 cup KRAFT Natural Mediterranean Style Cheese Crumbles
1 cup  cherry tomatoes, halved
3/4 cup drained canned chickpeas (garbanzo beans), rinsed
2/3 cup  KRAFT Greek Vinaigrette Dressing
1 Cucumber seeded and cut into bite size pieces
1 small can of sliced black olives
2 cups fresh  baby spinach leaves
COOK pasta as directed on package; drain. Place in large bowl.

ADD everything BUT the spinach mix lightly. Refrigerate   Right before you serve add spinach

I have posted my fave soup here often but one more time!  This soup my hubby will eat (it is a feat to get him to eat anything but pizza)  And is is requested by family often.  It is healthy-Sausage, Wild Rice soup

1 1/2 cups water
1/2 c. uncooked wild rice
1 lb turkey Italian sausage
1 tsp. olive oil
1 c. chopped onion
3 garlic cloves, crushed
3 c. water
3 T. tomato paste
1 tsp. dried oregano
1 tsp. dried basil
3 (16 oz) cans fat free, less sodium chicken broth
1 (14.5 oz) can diced tomatoes, undrained
3 c. torn spinach
1/4 tsp. salt
1/4 tsp. black pepper
3 T. grated fresh Parmesan cheese
. Bring 1 1/2 c. water to a boil in a medium saucepan. Add wild rice; cover, reduce heat, and simmer 1 hour or until tender. Set aside.
. Cook sausage in a Dutch oven over medium high heat until browned; stir to crumble. Drain sausage; set aside.
. Heat oil in Dutch oven over medium high heat. Add onion, and sauté 3 minutes. Add garlic, and sauté 1 minute. Add sausage, 3 c. water, and next 5 ingredients; simmer 20 minutes. Stir in cooked wild rice, spinach, salt, and pepper. Ladle soup into bowl; sprinkle with cheese.

okay it is almost that time of year PROM  Here are some "bad" prom tales ...- I love the last one...

Mine were pretty boring- except senior year I went  with a friend(girl) I thought girl power plus my boyfriend was older 26 (my dh now) so weird asking him.  It was fun when the slow dances came on we were not allowed to dance together  HAHA!

Sometimes I find things on the net and don't know where to put them....
 http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/21134540/vp/24010 ...

This is way cool- Never to Old to Rock. 

Got this link from a mommy blogger ... a paperless petition ...  for phonebooks- pretty interesting stuff.  The idea being that phonebooks are consumer waste.  With the internet do you really need a phone book.  You can opt out and not have one delivered.  Some do have to call there local distribitor.

I don't know if I want to get rid of my phone book but when I thought about it I get like 5 a year and that is waste.  Something to make you think!

Ny children are not bi-lingual-nor am I.  We have friends that are from Africa that are teaching their children Swahili.  I thought that would be a great language to learn, that isn't offered through school etc and could still give them a slight edge. 

Because Spanish is also a European language, my sis spent a summer semester in Spain, she said there are ties to the other European languages and learning Spanish is a great bridge to learning Italian etc.