Nov. 4, 2007
Here's that soup recipe
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I thought this one would be a great recipe for this time of year. I do hope you enjoy it as much as we do. I am posting the recipe the way I have it but, I always triple the amount. This is a small recipe. To give you an idea, we are a family of 4 and when I triple it it feeds us with no leftovers. Autumn Chowder 2 bacon strips, diced 1/4 cup chopped onion 1 medium red potato, diced 1 small carrot, halved lengthwise and thinly sliced 1/2 cup water 3/4 tsp chicken bouillon granules 1 cup milk 2/3 cup frozen corn 1/8 tsp pepper 2 1/2 tsp flour 2 tbs cold water 3/4 cup shredded cheddar cheese In a saucepan, cook bacon; remove to paper towels. Drain, reserving 1 tsp drippings. In the drippings, saute onion until tender. Add the potato, carrot, water and bouillon. Bring to a boil. Reduce heat; cover and simmer for 15-20 minutes or until the vegetables are almost tender. Stir in the milk, corn and pepper. Cook 5 minutes longer. Combine the flour and cold water until smooth; gradually whisk into soup. Bring to a boil; cook and stir for 1-2 minutes or until thickened. Remove from the heat; stir in cheese until melted. Sprinkle with bacon. I shall be back with more soup recipes. |
Nov. 1, 2007
Autumn Tea
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First off, I'm soooo sorry for getting this posted so late. As you can tell, I'm not very good at keeping up on my blog  . Life just keeps getting in the way LOL.Oh well, Here is that hot drink I told you I would put up. I hope you enjoy. Autumn Tea: 5 individual tea bags 5 cups boiling water 5 cups unsweetened apple juice 2 cups cranberry juice 1/2 cup sugar 1/3 cup lemon juice 1/4 tsp pumpkin pie spice Place the tea bags in a large heat-proof bowl; add boiling water. Cover and steep for 8 minutes. Discard tea bags. Add the remaining ingredients to tea; stir until sugar is dissolved. Serve warm or over ice. I shall be back to post a WONDERFUL hot soup recipe. It's easy and quick to make and you can even make it ahead of time and reheat. Have a wonderful week and weekend.  |
Oct. 13, 2007
HAPPY FALL
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I don't know about you but, I LOVE FALL!!!! It is my most favorite time of the year. What other times can you see such beautiful colors? God has truly blessed us when he gave us fall. Why do I love fall so much you ask ( ok let's pretend you asked)? 1. Time to make hot yummy soups. 2. Time to get to those chores you were to busy to get to in the summer because you spent so much time in the yard. 3. Time to air out your house after having it closed up to keep the heat out. 4. And time for some fun fall crafts with the kids. I thought it would be fun to blog some of those yummy soup recipes I like to make this time of year. And also some nice warm drink recipes along with warm desserts. I plan on blogging a recipe every other day so, you had better check in here from time to time so you don't miss out. To start off today I thought I would just put up a fun website someone from a web club I'm on told me about. It has a Pumpkin cake recipe on it I plan on making this week. I will let you know how it turns out. Seasonal Delights Magazine It is an online magazine that has been so much fun for me. You can sign up for free right now. I hope you enjoy it as much as I have. There are crafts,recipes and fun forum blogs. Well, I'm off to clean my kitchen before picking my oldest son up from work. I will see you all in a few days with a nice hot drink recipe. See you then.  |
May. 13, 2007
HAPPY MOTHERS DAY LADIES
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I hope you all had a very special day today. I know I sure did. We didn't do a lot of things, but what we did was pretty great. We went to the early service at church then came strait home. My dh and kids cleaned up for me. There wasn't much for them to do, but it was nice not to do it myself .Then my in-laws came and we all heading to McGrath's fish house for a HUGE lunch. It was sooo good. We came back home and all kick back on the couch and had a nice visit. My mother in law got a call from her oldest son and had a nice visit with him. Well, that's about it for me. I didn't even have to make dinner. There was enough leftovers to heat up for dinner. Now I get to just sit here and post on my blog. What a day. Do you think I will remember how to work tomorrow?  |
May. 11, 2007
Shopping day
Well, we went shopping for food today. Oh my!!!!! With the price of gas going up so high, my food budget had to go up with it. I use to pay $170 for food every two weeks. Now I'm up to $200. When I have to buy garbage bags and cleaners it's another $20. Then when I was done shopping, I got gas for my van. I thought for sure they would need to call for medical LOL  . That was another $63. And now my dh has to go get gas for his pickup. He said he was just going to put $30 in that. He plans on driving the motor cycle to work all week. It takes a lot less gas then the pickup.I just thank the Lord we have some of these bills paid off. I don't know how we would have done it before. He always knows what our needs are before we need it.  Now I'm off to make dinner and do some school work with my younger one. I spent most of my day shopping and working. Time to catch up. Have a great evening. |
May. 10, 2007
How we are doing on our debt snow ball
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I thought I would do one more post before getting some laundry done. I want to let you know how our debt is going down. As you my know (or not) we started the Dave Ramsey's debt snowball plan. We have payed off 4 debts so far and will have 2 more done some time after September. We have had to stop for a while because my dh won a trip for 2 to Hawaii at his job. Also we get $400 in spending money, bit it still cost so much there. We are also taking our 2 sons with us at our expense. We had plans on taking them to Hawaii in a year or two when the debts are paid off. But, this will save us money in the long run having dh and I paid for.So, we have had to stop the snowball, but we feel this is the best plan. It is going to save us around $3000 this way. I know Dave says not to take vacations while you are getting out of debt and my dh feels a little guilty about it. But, when you win a trip to Hawaii you don't throw it away LOL  . The Lord is blessing us with this trip and I for one am VERY thankful to him.Back to the debt thing. We have already stopped making $400 worth of payment in just these 4 bills. When you get stuck in the rut of payments, you don't often think about how much you are really paying. We just saw $25, $65 and so on going out. But when we didn't have them anymore, we started think how dump this is. We did want to get the big debts paid off thinking that alone would be enough. But Dave said to pay off the little ones first and that is what we did. Boy are we glad. Don't move Dave's list of what to do around. He knows what he is talking about. We still have 2 larger payment's left, but they don't hurt nearly as much as they use to when we had all those little ones eating at us. One of the things that makes all this work with it is, when I need school books I can just buy them. I just make sure I plan for it in my budget the month before. In the past I had to start at the end of the school year and buy one thing at a time. Sometimes I would even have to wait until after school started before I had the money. Then we would be behind. That was a bad time. I hope this is encouraging you to get out of debt. If I can stop one person from being a slave to debt I will be thrilled. The rich rule over the poor, and the borrower is servant to the lender. Proverbs 232:7 (NKJV) "Owe no one anything except to love one another..." Romans 13:8 (NKJV) "Make all you can, save all you can, give all you can." John Wesley |
May. 10, 2007
Yes, it's me :-)
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Hi all. I know it has been awhile sense I last posted (like a year). I'm sorry. Life has been a bit busy for me. I'm sure you are asking what could keep me so busy I don't have time to post. Well,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, My oldest son Steven just got his 2nd degree black belt and he's working at becoming a teacher at his karate school. I feel like I have made my own ruts going back and fourth to drop and pick him up there lol. Steven has also gotten his driving permit, so I'm trying to give him driving time. My kids have 2 church events in the week they attend.And there is church itself on Sunday. Steven is taking drum lessons. Cody is not taking piano anymore, but will be taking swimming this summer. We are all getting ready to go to Hawaii in September . Dh got a motor cycle and loves to take me out on it in the summer. He is also working really hard on the yard. He is getting ready to build a side fence and get an area in the back ready for an apple tree for Cody. He has been working inside the house also. The house is really sound, it just needs a little update. We live in a 1970's house. All the wood work is DARK brown  . The light switches and plug-ins needed replacing also. He is almost done with that. Let's see.... I am helping to clean the church once a week. And I am still working part-time. Still homeschooling of course. It looks like Steven may be done with school next year. If he go's over, it will be just a few subjects. I'm sad and not ready to get to this point in his life . I know I should be, but he is still my little boy. Sorry, I'm just having a mommy moment here .OK, I'm done crying. Where was I?..... Oh yea, I am getting ready for my summer flower planting. I LOVE planting. I could plant something every day. In fact, when I tell dh I'm going to Wal-Mart or Lowe's, he go's with me to make sure I don't spend all my house money on plants LOL. I am also getting ready to paint my family room and kitchen. And the list go's on and on and on........ I wish I could promise a post every day or week or maybe year LOL, but I can't . I will try and post as I sit here and think of something new. I may be busy,but it's the same thing each week for the most part. But don't worry, I will post about Hawaii. Talk to you sometime. |
Mar. 12, 2006
Total money make over
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Hi all, Have any of you heard of "The Total Money Make Over"? It is writen by Dave Ramsey.He teaches you that you CAN get out of debt if you try hard enough.We just love his book. Well, we are DOING IT!!!! We have paid off 2 bills so far and going on to #3. We hope to be debt free in 2 years or less. It means sticking to your guns and eating beans and rice, rice and beans but, it is sooo worth it. For all of you who have never heard of him, first of all he is a christian man who gives praise to God for EVERYTHING.And second, he is not just your "get rich over night" kind of guy. He tells you it takes hard work to get there. All you have to do is get his book ( we just checked it out at the library ) and go for it. Here is his website if you woud like to check it out. http://www.daveramsey.com You can also hear him on radio. Just go to his site to get the station for you. Here is a run down of what you have to do to get out of debt... 1. Put $1000 in savings for emergency only.Put it somewhere safe like a savings account. 2. Start paying off you debts ( all but your house).Start with the smallest and work your way from there. Every time you pay one off, put that money to the next bill. 3. Put 3-6 months worth of bills in that savings account. 4.Pay off you home. Yes, you heard me right  lol.5.Invest in retirement. There are sooo many other things he can teach you. Just get his book, or listen to him on the radio and he can make you have a better life. Dave Ramseys quote: Live like no one else for now,later you can live like no one else. I hope this inspires you like it has for me and my family. |
Jan. 27, 2006
Hi there
I'm so  I have not posted in a while. I have been soooo very busy. Life is just to full for me to keep up LOL.As you all have read we went to Montana to visit family. We had a GREAT time. We were so sorry to leave and come home. Our boys just loved playing in the snow. And the food we had there was soooo ohhhhh great. We got to have Thanksgiving and Christmas dinner that week so we could have it with family. Then we came home and had it again LOL. Know we are back to the same old thing they call LIFE lol. I hope to be back again soon to talk a little more. God bless, Fran  |
Nov. 26, 2005
planning a trip
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Hi all, I just wanted to let everyone know we will be heading to Montana to visit family in a week. We will not be home untill late night on the 10th of Dec. So, you will not be hearing from me untill then. I hope everyone has a great holiday.God bless you all. |