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Menu planning

I shop every 2 weeks for groceries. I usually have about $100 to spend so i have to get creative. We have Zoey every other week, so the menu is pretty bland then. This girl eats carrots andcheese and chicken!

Here is the menu...
Monday- Date Night at Don Picos
Tuesday- crockpot spaghetti
Wednesday-frito pie and cornbread
Thursday-little caesars pizza pizza
Friday-tomato soup and grilled cheese
Saturday leftovers and then Teriyaki bacon chickeb skewers over rice
Sunday-breakfast for lunch!!

We always go out on mondays and have pizza pizza on thursday...
Tuesday-California Pizza Kitchen BBQ Chicken pizza
Weds-Kani's chicken cory's favorite
Friday-Sheffield soup
Saturday-crockpot italian chicken with bowtie pasta
Sunday-crockpot chicken and dumplings!

If you want a recipe, i will be glad to share!

Got a Le Pan

Its no Ipad but I love it! Cant wait to learn how to use it!

family night with the Blacks...

Laura and Zoey played together all night long. They created notes and handed them out. Mine said "You Rock"... love that Laura girl!

We just sat around and told stories of how the boys got into trouble! Martha seemed like the angel!
My pretty little girl!!
PLaying spoons... oh yeah... i won.... well, i just had the least letters!!
Love this face. Always. She makes me smile as much as her daddy. I love my life.

my world recently...

she lost a tooth. she is only 4.
my 2 best kids. i love them bunch.
happy birthday walker. can't believe you are 6.
what a cutie. she makes me smile.

Exploding Chicken Taquitos

I know, it's been a while. I made a quick dinner tonight. If you have only 15 minutes, make these and serve with some spanish rice [i used uncle bens 90 second rice and it was awesome.] and you won't be disappointed...

HG's Exploding Chicken Taquitos [these are fairly low calorie but Cory didn't miss it!]

Ingredients:
8 small (6-inch) yellow corn tortillas
One 9.75-oz. (or 10-oz.) can 98% fat-free chunk white chicken breast in water, drained well
1/2 cup salsa
1/3 cup shredded fat-free cheddar cheese
1/4 tsp. dry taco seasoning mix
Optional: red enchilada sauce, additional salsa, fat-free sour cream, for dipping

Directions:
Preheat oven to 375 degrees.

In a medium bowl, combine the chicken and salsa, and mix thoroughly. Cover and refrigerate for 15 minutes. [this allows the flavor to soak in.]

Remove chicken mixture from the fridge, and drain any excess liquid. Add cheese and taco seasoning, and mix to combine. This is your filling. Set aside.

Dampen two paper towels, and place tortillas between them. Microwave for about 1 minute, until tortillas are warm and pliable.

Take one tortilla (keep the rest between the paper towels), spray both sides lightly with nonstick spray, and lay it flat on a clean dry surface.

Prepare a baking sheet by spraying with nonstick spray.

Spoon about 2 heaping tbsp. of filling onto the tortilla. Spread it evenly across the entire surface, and roll tortilla up tightly, so that you have a cigar-shaped tube. Repeat with remaining tortillas and filling.

Bake for 14 - 16 minutes, until crispy. Allow taquitos to cool for 5 minutes. If you like, dunk in enchilada sauce, salsa, or sour cream!

YUM! Let me know what you think if you try it!

My week in Review

Monday - Cory, myself and Zoey went to have breakfast at Cracker Barrel. We had a great time. After that we were going to go to the park, but the weather was a little less than stellar, let's face it, the weather was for the birds. Everything was cold and wet and that wouldn't be a very fun time at the park. We decided to go home and watch Despicable Me. It's such a cute movie.

After the movie, we decide to take a nap. Zoey and I bunk in the bottom bunk and Cory up top. 4 hours later, Cory comes in and wakes us up. We were both sick and running fever. Zoey had wet the bed and me!! I went home to shower. Come back to his house. Run 103 fever.

Let's just say... no fun!

I took of on Tuesday, Zoey stayed home and Cory tried to figure out how to care for 2 sick girls at 2 different houses.... let's just say it wasn't easy.

We both went to the Doctor, i had bronchitis and zoey had strep. i am still coughing and zoey seems to be fine even though she only made it to school one day last week.

I am feeling better. Today, we went to a birthday party in Spring at a Bouncing Bear place. I think we have decided to have a party like this for Zoey. She will LOVE it.

Well, I hope this week is better... I have to work late monday and tuesday, but i get off early the rest of the week! I am going to work real hard and try to meet some goals by month end.

Church was good today. It was nice to hear an encouraging word. I loved that my family was all together and i love to hear cory and mom sing the songs! good day.

Friday!!

Today was a day like many others. I woke up late, rushed to get ready for work and hurried Maverick along as he was looking for a place to potty.

Work dragged by. Early lunches tend to make the day stretch. I drove to a park and settled in to watch some tv and listen to nature.

Talked to Cory. I mentioned that the park might be a good place for a wedding ceremony. He agreed.

Work got busy, phone went crazy and before we knew it, 6:00pm had arrived.

I headed to Cory's house and we waited for Larry to get home with dinner. It was chicken from Kelleys. It was delicious! I know I told you this already, but thanks for dinner!!

Now I am hiding under covers in the room, Cory and Zoey are playing Elefun. It's my life. I love it.

love. true love.

It's the 13th day of the year! I am in love! I am so excited about the things that will happen this year, memories that will be made!

Cory will finish school.
Zoey will start school. Kindergarten!!! Ahhhh!
I will stay out of school!

This will be a year of marriages and babies! I am excited for my friends as well as myself!!

interesting...

just checked my stats on my blog. it determined that no one is interested or they are too busy to read my blog. oh well. what a great way to remember what i do... LOL

cory is sick.
i am making soup for dinner.
sheffield soup.

french onion soup
2 cans corn drianed
2 cans black beans drained
ranch style beans
mild enchilada sauce
rotel
2 lb velveeta
garlic
shredded chicken

boil chicken, shred.
mix with all the other ingredients.
once hot, it's ready! yum!

serve with chips, green onions, sour cream... your choice!

A new life.

I started the Dave Ramsey Financial Peace University.

I am excited about learning all that I can, changing my legacy, changing my family tree and paying it forward. I am anxious and I can't wait to get these fundamentals into practice.

10 weeks. That's all. I am ready to start living paycheck to paycheck.

Pray for little Zoey tonight. She got sick earlier. I stopped by to see her and got her to go to sleep. She just got sick again. It's gonna be a long night for Cory.

Thanks friends, good night!

JDRF Walk

There are a few things that I look forward to in the fall [besides Christmas and Thanksgiving] ... Susan G Komen 5K Walk in October [we missed it this year] and the JDRF 5K Walk in November. This year, I was able to go and Zoey went with me. This was her first walk.
There were several times she wanted to give up [ it was too cold, her legs were too tired, the sun was in her eyes, she was freezing......], but she grabbed my hand and she pressed on!!

It was fun, but a little tough. It is a solid hour of walking and for a little girl, that can be tough. Her friends got rides from the grown-ups, but Zoey and Brooke walked the ENTIRE way... well, we did stop a couple times for apples, bananas...

....running cones.....

....rolling down hills....

...and looking at the fountains...

Good times. Although, she was worn out!

Day 4

I'm moving! Goodbye Broadwater, Hello Willow Springs!!



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Day 3

I filled my gas tank before it was on empty. Cory should be so proud. That is one of his pet peeves.... I am always on E!!! Then I decided it was a day for a car wash!!



The beautiful colors of the soap!


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Day 2

I don't like Spiders! This is what greeted me this morning on the way into work... It was straight up Harry Potter!!! Someone told me it was a large wolf spider!! I don't know, but I want it dead!!!



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Day 1

Decided to take the challenge... One picture a day challenge. I can't wait to see what I come up with!

Moving! I am headed to Willow Springs to live alone. Can't wait!!


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Pumpkins!

I've had so many good memories with these ladies.Zoey was helping outline the pumpkin design.

The 3 little girls that belong to the men we love.
Zoey, Jocelyn and Miliana

Zoey "helping" me with the pumpkin.

My little sunshine.
We have fun together.
It makes all the frustration just fall away.
That smile, that giggle, I love it all!!

Good Time with Great Friends

Well, we had a great FIRST slumber party with Zoey and Mili!!
This is post-ice cream!!!
The adults made dinner [Sheffield Soup], the boys went to rent a movie and get ice cream [seems to be the norm] and the girls played!

The girls woke up and played outside. Stephen made waffles!

Sooooooup!

Cory came over and we made dinner together. He cut up cheese [not cut the cheese] and opened cans of veggies and beans. We had "Sheffield Soup".. I borrowed the recipe from a friend and so that is what we call it. Here is the recipe:

1 can French Onion soup
2 cans corn
2 cans black beans
1 can ranch style beans
1 can mild red enchilada sauce
1 can mild Rotel tomatoes
2 cans chicken, shredded with fork OR boiled chicken breast
2 pounds Velveeta, cubed to melt faster
1 (8-ounce) sour cream
Lots of garlic and pepper/ NO SALT

In a large pot, mix together all ingredients(I drained some of the juices... black beans and I pureed the french onion soup and rotel.. i dont' like chunks), except sour cream.
Once cheese is melted and soup is heated through, mix in sour cream. Garnish with crushed tortilla chips, shredded cheese, green onions and a dollop of sour cream!

Yum... and we have PLENTY of leftovers...

Bacon Wrapped Chicken

Tonight, Cory and I went grocery shopping.

We are having Bacon Wrapped Chicken with Rice, Corn and Texas Toast.

Here is the recipe! Yumm!

Bacon Wrapped Chicken:

4 boneless/skinless chicken breasts - cut each into 3 parts. Set aside.

In large bowl mix 4 oz cream cheese, 1 can of cream of mushroom soup, 1 tbsp Worchestshire, 1/2 cup sour cream

Mix all ingredients together and heat in microwave for 20-30 seconds to soften the cream cheese. Mix well.

Wrap 1 slice of bacon around each chicken piece. (Applewood bacon is good, Jalapeno would have been better).

Place chicken on greased cooking pan. Cover chicken with mixture.

400º for 1 hour.

Then broil for 3-5 minutes to help crispen the bacon (watch this, because I almost charboiled mine)

Viola...Put over a bed of rice, and serve with veggies. Yum.