I thought you might like these little guys singing you Happy Birthday, because Elias and I can’t sing very well!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yj6cbM-h8xg&feature=related
Your best bud says, “Happy Birthday knuckle head!”
I love you very much, big hugs and Kisses!
Last night was a total comfort food night. I was feeling real adventurous, so I made 2 homemade things for dinner.
Beefy Vegetable Soup
1lb ground beef
1 medium onion
1 garlic clove-minced
2 cans tomato sauce
2 cans Veg-All
1 cup fresh tomato
1 cup chopped celery
1/2 tsp salt
1/2 tsp pepper
1/2 tsp dried basil
*can add more or less of seasoning to taste, I added more garlic and pepper*
Cook ground beef, onion and garlic until beef is done. Put in slow cooker, than add rest of ingredients. Cover and cook on low for 8 hours.
I also made some biscuits. Which I need to tweak this recipe, they were good for my first try. I do need to invest in a rolling pin and a couple bisuit cutters 
I thought I had a rolling pin, but a big glass worked just as well.
Fluffy Biscuits
2 cups all purpose flour
4 tsp baking powder
3 tsp sugar
1/2 tsp salt
1/2 cup shortening
1 egg
2/3 cup milk
In small bowl combine the flour, baking powder, sugar and salt. Cut in the shortening until the mixtire resembles course crumbs. Beat egg with milk; stir into dry ingredients just until moistened.
Turn onto a well floured surface and knead 20 times. Roll to 3/4-in thickness cut with biscuit cutter. Place on lightly greased cookie sheet bake at 450 for 8-10 mins.
I just read on one of my scrapping forums that The New Kids on the Block were making a comback! http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20174022,00.html
I wonder, do you think I can put my posters back up or put my old sheets back on my bed? Bwahahahaha!
ROCKED!
I have to pat myself on the back because it was so good! I made clam chowder for dinner. I never wanted to tackle it because I was scared. Something that tasty has to be difficult to make. Well to my surprise I found a simple recipe and it was excellent! We had the chowder and hot, crusty bread with butter.
Clam Chowder
4 (6 1/2 oz.) cans minced clams with juice
1/2 lb. bacon, diced
1 cup chopped onion
6 to 8 medium potatoes, peeled and cubed
3 c. water
3 1/2 tsp. salt
1/4 tsp. pepper
4 c. half and half cream or milk
3 to 4 tbsp. cornstarch
chopped fresh parsley, for garnish
Cut clams into bite-sized pieces if necessary. In skillet, saute bacon and onion until golden brown; drain. Put into slow cooker with clams. Add all remaining ingredients, except milk, cornstarch, and parsley. Cover and cook on high 3 to 4 hours or until vegetables are tender. During the last hour of cooking, combine 1 cup of milk with the cornstarch. Add cornstarch mixture and the remaining milk and stir well; heat through. Top each serving with a little chopped parsley.
I will have to post Saturday nights recipe for the chicken I made. It was awesome too! Dale came in the kitchen with his plate and said, “I wish there was more!” I am on a roll!
I was able to get some pictures from my Grandfather the last time I was over to his house and I have started to scrap them. I finished a LO today and I just love it. The colors with the picture are perfect!
Recipe from Taste of Home Cookbook Year 2001
1/2lb bulk Italian Sausage (I used lean ground beef)
2 cups sliced mushrooms
4 medium potatoes, peeled and thinly sliced
1 package (10oz) frozen chopped spinach, thawed and drained well
1-1/2 cup ricotta cheese
1/4 cup grated parmesan cheese
1 egg, beaten
1 medium onion, chopped
2 garlic cloves, chopped ( I used 1 tbsp minced garlic in the jar)
2 tablespoons butter or margarine
2 tablespoons all purpose flour
Salt and pepper to taste
1/4 teaspoon ground nutmeg
1-1/2 cup milk
1 cup (4 oz) shredded mozzarella cheese, divided
Additonal nutmed, optional (I didnt use)
In a skillet, cook sausage and mushrooms over medium heat, drain and set aside.
Place potatoes in a saucepan; cover with water. Bring to a boil, reduce heat, cover and cook for 5 mins or until crisp-tender. Drain and set aside.
In a bowl, combine the spinach, ricotta, parmesan and egg, set aside.
In a saucepan, saute onion and garlic in butter until tender. Stir in flour, salt, pepper and nutmeg until blended. Gradually add milk. Bring to a boil; cook and stir for 2 minutes. Remove from heat.
Layer 1/2 of the potatoes in a greased 11-in. x 7-in. x 2-in baking dish. Top with 1/2 spinach mixture, white sauce and mozerella. Repeat. Cover and bake at 350 for 30-35 mins or until potatoes are tender. Sprinkle the remaining mozerella and bake uncovered 5 mins longer or until cheese is melted. Let stand 15 mins before cutting.
This took some time to make, but it is so good! I needed more salt for my taste, but you may find it just right for you. This is definately on my “make again list.” I figured it was time to post this recipe since Dale has been raving about it for over 2 months now. I am making it again this week, along with 3 other new recipes. I will have to post about those too, if they are any good!
I am sure all of you will probably bust out in hysterical laughter when I say this. But I am so sorry for any teenage drama that I caused you when I was 16. I am sure, well let me rephrase this I KNOW that I am being paid back for those years extensively right now.
Oh the joys of parenthood! You guys remember the phrase, “ Just wait until you have children.” Well it is being played on a loop in my head. Makes me want to go back and redo it, then maybe I wouldn’t want to pull my hair out.
Sixteen is hard to deal with, can I send her to your house? Pretty please, with sugar on top!!!
 
Oh we are so in love with her. She fits in perfectly with us! Isn’t she lovely?
Adam and I had a great day! We went to Salisbury to meet my sister for lunch and I was just amazed at how well Adam took to the other children in the little play area. When the little boy he was playing with was leaving Adam was walking right behind him, he was going with him
I headed to Target to check out some clearance stuff. I wish I could have stayed longer. I got Susan a pair of $40 cargo pants for $5.74, 2 turtle necks for Adam $.94 each, 3 pairs of fancy socks for $1.00 a pair, wall decals for Adam’s room for $2.25, and a Power Ranger gun for $1.34. I also went into the maternity section to see if I could find some deals and they had 2 of the cutest tops 1 was $22.50 for $5.98 and the other was I think $17.99 and it was marked down to $3.74! I wanted to get these for a friend of mine who has been battling morning sickness for a while and I wanted to cheer her up. But I just wasn’t sure about the size. I called another friend to ask her and she wasn’t really sure either. So I left them there feeling sad, because they were so cute and plus they were 75% off!
To top the rest of my day off I got the email with the picture of the cat we will be getting on Saturday. Her breed is called Savannah Cat. We are so excited! I just hope Adam doesn’t love her to death. We have been searching for a while for the perfect breed cat for our house and when this one came along we knew she is would be perfect. Thank you Stacy and her family for caring for her, they have done an amazing job. Saturday can’t get here fast enough.
She is going to need a name, so leave a comment with your suggestion!
This afternoon I went to meet my friend Michelle at our local Wal-Mart to do some clearance shopping. As I was walking across the parking lot I over heard a lady talking to a man in a car. This is how the conversation went.
Woman next to the car-”Yeah, I’m going in this Wal-Mart to get some groceries, with this crack heads food stamp card.”
Man in car-”What?”
Woman-”Oh yeah, I give her a couple dollars and she gives me her card. I use how much money I want to. It’s a good deal you ask me!”
When I got to my van, I thought to myself, the crack head she was talking about must have children if she is getting food stamps. My other thought was shame on that woman for enabling the person who is addicted to crack. I just don’t see how she rationalized that in her head!?
So when I got into my van I said, “Lord please make sure those children have a hot meal tonight, lunch for school and please Lord help their mother.”
This is Adam most of the time. Call his name or even try to talk to him and you will get the grunt and cold shoulder. This was Christmas Day and he was grumpy, but when isn’t he
My close friend Melissa is a very talented photographer and right now she is holding a contest at her blog. Please go and vote on your favorite photo that she has taken in 2007. She has taken many picutures for me and my family and also most of my friends. She has many of their children pictured there, so it was very hard for me to make a decision.
So go click on the link below and show some love, leave a comment, vote today, tomorrow and the next day!
Yesterday was a real productive day. I took down, packed away and rearranged everything from Christmas. That was a tiring process. Takes all day to put it up and most of the day to take it all down. Today I need to dust and vacuum, there are pine needles everywhere. I was just to tired to do anymore.
I think that our New Year is starting off really well. Adam didn’t wear a diaper all day and went to the potty 4 times! I was so happy. I tried to give him M&M’s as a reward, but he didn’t want them. Go figure, so if it is working without candy then great. He was so cute sitting there, he wanted to pee so bad. He would go and then when he was finished, he would try and grunt to make more come out. Then he would say, “It’s not working anymore.” So I can tell he doesn’t really get it, but I am hoping during the next couple of weeks he will.
I woke up this morning and went into the living room and it just looked so bare with the tree down. I was disappointed Christmas was over. I need more decorations, but Dale and I are not very knowledgeable when it comes to decor. He says we need to hire a decorator to come in a help us out. HA! Well, I am not sure who he is thinking about getting, but Martha Stewart doesn’t come cheap..bwahahahahahaha!
To add to my sadness Christmas is over, one of my BFF’s  
is probably going to move with in the next 60 days. I am happy for her, because this means great things for her and her family. I am feeling a little selfish and don’t want her to go, but on the other hand it is exciting that I will be able to take a vacation and go see her anytime. But really, who am I kidding…wahhhhhhh!
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