Menu Plan Monday

| January 9, 2012

Menu Plan for January 9-15, 2012. This week we will be eating a lot from our freezer. By planning ahead I hope I can make our evenings a little less stressful. Monday Breakfast – Egg in the basket Lunch – Mini Pizza Dinner – Meatloaf, gnocchi, and garden salad Tuesday Breakfast – Pancakes Lunch – [...]

Make Ahead Cinnamon Rolls

| January 9, 2012

Today, I am making Make Ahead cinnamon rolls. I am using my bread maker so I modified the recipe a little. The original recipe can be found here.   I added less flour to the bread machine and used the rest to roll out the dough. Cinnamon Rolls Roll Dough 2 cups milk warmed to 100 degrees 6 [...]

Recipe Swap

| January 8, 2012

One of our favorites recipes to eat is pasta salad. We all enjoy it. It is versatile. The ingredients can be change and still maintain it great taste. Here is what you need: Pasta Salad 4 cups cooked pasta (any short pasta) 1 can Northern white beans, drained and rinsed 1 cup sliced black olives** [...]

Works for Me Wednesday – Freezer Meals

| January 4, 2012

For the first time ever, I planned a month worth of dinners. I started making them and I learned quite a few things. The first thing I learned was to write down everything I would need before I went the store. I tried to estimate what I needed, but I fell a little short. I found [...]

Tackle It Tuesday – New Faucet

| January 2, 2012

This weekend my hubby decided it would be nice to replace our old bathroom faucet. It sometimes dripped. What we thought would be a simple project turn it a major plumbing job. As my hubby was removing the old faucet fixtures, he accidentally broke the pipe that is connected to the the wall. This is what [...]

Menu Plan Monday

| January 1, 2012

This year I am trying something new. I made a menu up for a month. I plan on making as many meals in advance as possible. I am planning to do my grocery shopping on Monday and all the cooking on Tuesday. I already made Monday’s dinner in advance. We are having chicken pot pie. [...]

Happy New Year

| January 1, 2012

Hello everyone, I’m back!!! I took a year off from blogging. I didn’t set out to do so, but we had a busy year and blogging kept getting pushed aside. Our year started out with our home getting damage from ice dams. We had to replace all the floors and five of our walls, as [...]

Happy Birthday to My Son

| October 4, 2010

Today, my son turn sixteen. It is hard to believe, he is already becoming a man. I love seeing how God is working in his life. The funny part of all this, is when I was pregnant with him, the specialists wanted me to abort him because I was losing fluid and there was chance he was [...]

Best Weekend Ever

| October 4, 2010

I had the most wonderful weekend. I went to a Beth Moore event on Friday and Saturday. On Sunday, I started the day at church helping in elementary age room. I love seeing children getting excited about God’s word. After church, hubby and I went to a Richard Marx concert. This was not just any concert. It [...]

A New Goal

| October 3, 2010

I am glad to say I have been working out regularly. It has been a struggle but I am happy with the results. Working out has become routine and plan to continue. My new goal is a spiritual one. I just attend a wonderful event featuring Beth Moore.  It was a great jump start for my [...]