The Hair

People point
stare
smirk
laugh
and always
always they
want to
touch

I'm talking about
my sweet girl's hair
you've seen the pictures
the unruly mop
a top her noggin
it just keeps growing
wider

Here she is at two days
lots of hair
straight hair
at birth

Here at her first birthday

it just keeps growing
I have no idea
what to do with it
a friend directed me
to Happy Girl Hair
a super cute site
with ideas for
a momma like me

The site is having
a great giveaway
sweet hats
for hair like my girls

my boy
he's easy
I just shave his hair
my girly
I'm nervous
we'll see how it goes

Randomcity - Running on Empty

Today
this was me
I got nothin
I'm running on empty
I haven't even
been able to
cook anything on
my menu plan
I need to refuel
I need to figure out how
but over all
life is really great
other than feeling
out of gas
I'm hoping to refuel

Tortilla Pizza

I am so excited to be
the feature recipe this week
Spaghetti Squash Casserole with Roast Veggies
The King's Court IV
What's Cooking Wednesday
Please stop by
and check out all
the great recipes
and be sure to
say Hi to them from me!

A few nights ago
I really wanted pizza
but I had no energy
to make the pizza crust

My husband and I both
like thin crust whole wheat pizza
I decided to try
tortilla shells
to see how they would hold up

I put some Pesto sauce
Monterrey jack cheese
mozzarella cheese
feta cheese
tomatoes
real bacon bits

I baked these on
pizza stones
wow oh wow oh wow
these were super YUM
I will totally use
the tortilla shells again

The kids
both loved them
I was pretty happy about that
my little man
every picture now
he must pose
as a dinosaur

Tasty Snack

This isn't a recipe
but a a fantastic snack
when camping, my family
will cook up some
farmer sausage on the fire
and serve it with cheese
and pickles
and we pass it around
the fire and snack

My husband loves this snack
so as a treat
every once in a while
we will cook up some
farmer sausage
and snack after
the kidlets go to bed
it gives us chance
to sit and talk
and enjoy some
extra yummy food

give it a try
stack the farmer sausage
cheese and pickles
it's really yummy

today my kidlets
discovered the dress up clothes
their aunt gave them
princess and the dinosaur

Menu Plan Monday

It's that time again
and I am so happy
we didn't order dinner
in at all last week
that is a first in a long time
all my meals were great

I've been busy
the last few days
I'm just getting to
my menu plan this morning
checking out sites
that have already posted
over at the Organizing Junkie
trying to get some inspiration

Monday
Chicken BBQ Wraps
my kids love wraps
served with cut veggies

Tuesday
Simple ground beef and veggies on rice
something easy
served with salad

Wednesday
Creamy pasta with Lemon Pepper Chicken
served with salad

Thursday
Tuna Pita Pockets
this is a new one for us
I'll be throwing something together
served with cut veggies

Friday
my nieces church group
has free BBsitting
and I have instructions
from my niece
that my kids are to attend
my kids will have hot dogs
my husband and I will have a date
and eat out

Saturday
Homemade Pizza
with salad

Sunday
pancakes
with fruit

And as I mentioned before
head over to the Organizing Junkie
for ideas and inspiration

Christmas Wish List

When you start to
get excited over
household appliances
or a good set of knives
or some amazing spoons
is that bad?

Heartwood Gifts
has an amazing
selection of
wooden kitchen spoons

I want

they ship all over
check them out
order something
for someone
for Christmas
they have other
fantastic items
but these spoons
they make me drool
just a little

Chicken Meatball Soup

The night before
I made the chicken meatballs
I cut up 1/2 an onion
added 1/2 cup bread crumbs
1 tsp of cumin
3 tsp of worcestershire

salt and pepper

I added an egg
and the ground chicken

mixed it all up
and made the meatballs
and put them in
the fridge for the night

in the morning
I added some squash
a cut onion
some carrots
some celery
some chopped spinach
and some Orzo (pasta)
along with a carton of chicken stock
and enough water to cover everything
along with the meatballs
into the slow cooker

I let this cook
for most of the day
I was out at dinner time
my family had this for dinner
when I came home
I had......

CEREAL
this soup was
SLIMY
blah
the problem
I need to remember
to not add the pasta
UNTIL closer to the end
the orzo totally disintegrated
and made it all slimy
it's not often I won't
eat what I cooked
my husband
bless him
he ate it
and took it to work
he said the meatballs
were amazing
so there is my failure of a dinner
fingers crossed tomorrow is better