Sometimes I'm torn... on days like yesterday when I am completely exhausted. I feel like I need to blog... like if I don't, then I neglect my commitment to myself to blog every day. But if I don't feel like blogging, and I do a post like yesterday's, is it really worth the effort? But if I do skip a day because I don't feel like it, then that one day ends up as two...then three... then a couple months pass before I remember that I should be blogging about all the fun and important stuff. That's the whole reason I made this commitment to myself. I looked back one day and realized that so much had happened in the previous months that I never blogged about... and it seemed lost! So, here I am, writing about yesterday and today in one post!
Forgive me for rambling....
About yesterday... it was a nice day. It was gorgeous outside; the kids were well behaved; Tim washed dishes for me! (WAHOO!); I made a special lunch & dinner for the family based on the TV show: ICarly- we had spaghetti tacos!
It's made just like it sounds...with a slight addition to the seasoning. I used 1 lb ground beef- cooked with salt, pepper, and taco seasoning; 1 26oz can spaghetti sauce; 1 lb spaghetti... after I made it all, I tossed the sauce into the pasta and stuffed taco shells with it! Then I topped it with shredded colby-jack cheese! It was surprisingly yummy!
Then, after the babies went to bed, we put in Despicable Me for Tim, Xander, Asher, and I to watch! LOVE THAT MOVIE!! I made REAL (not microwaved) popcorn; the boys had popcorn with crushed Heath bar mixed in while Tim and I just had super buttery popcorn. Then we all had pop. It was fun family time!
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Today was good too! It was yet another beautiful day in Oklahoma! Nice breeze, blue skies, 75-ish degrees! GORGEOUS! Went to Xander's final soccer game this morning! On the way, I told him that since it's his last game of the season, we were going to go get happy meals at McDonalds.
He got this HUGE toothy grin on his face and said, "I know why we're going there today. Last night I prayed that Jesus would help my mommy and daddy think of something fun to do today! And He answered my prayers!"
Love the faith of a child!!
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For dinner tonight, I am making cabbage rolls! YUMMY dinner!
2lbs ground beef (uncooked)
2 heads cabbage
seasonings
2 eggs
2 C cooked (and cooled) rice
1 onion (diced & sauteed- then cooled)
2-15oz cans tomato sauce
2-15oz cans diced tomatoes
3 C water
*cool the rice and onion because if not, the heat from them will start cooking the beef!
-Par boil the head of cabbage until you can easily pull off the leaves. Let leaves cool so you can work with them.
-Mix the meat, eggs, rice, onion, and seasonings (I use salt, pepper, garlic powder, and Italian seasonings) in a bowl
-Place small amount- about the size of a large meatball- in a cabbage leaf then roll it up.
-Place cabbage roll in 9X13 pan
-Mix in bowl, then pour over top: tomato sauce, diced tomatoes, and water
*Bake at 350 degrees for 1 hour (check liquid levels to make sure not drying out OR boiling over!)
Forgive me for rambling....
About yesterday... it was a nice day. It was gorgeous outside; the kids were well behaved; Tim washed dishes for me! (WAHOO!); I made a special lunch & dinner for the family based on the TV show: ICarly- we had spaghetti tacos!
It's made just like it sounds...with a slight addition to the seasoning. I used 1 lb ground beef- cooked with salt, pepper, and taco seasoning; 1 26oz can spaghetti sauce; 1 lb spaghetti... after I made it all, I tossed the sauce into the pasta and stuffed taco shells with it! Then I topped it with shredded colby-jack cheese! It was surprisingly yummy!
Then, after the babies went to bed, we put in Despicable Me for Tim, Xander, Asher, and I to watch! LOVE THAT MOVIE!! I made REAL (not microwaved) popcorn; the boys had popcorn with crushed Heath bar mixed in while Tim and I just had super buttery popcorn. Then we all had pop. It was fun family time!
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Today was good too! It was yet another beautiful day in Oklahoma! Nice breeze, blue skies, 75-ish degrees! GORGEOUS! Went to Xander's final soccer game this morning! On the way, I told him that since it's his last game of the season, we were going to go get happy meals at McDonalds.
He got this HUGE toothy grin on his face and said, "I know why we're going there today. Last night I prayed that Jesus would help my mommy and daddy think of something fun to do today! And He answered my prayers!"
Love the faith of a child!!
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For dinner tonight, I am making cabbage rolls! YUMMY dinner!
2lbs ground beef (uncooked)
2 heads cabbage
seasonings
2 eggs
2 C cooked (and cooled) rice
1 onion (diced & sauteed- then cooled)
2-15oz cans tomato sauce
2-15oz cans diced tomatoes
3 C water
*cool the rice and onion because if not, the heat from them will start cooking the beef!
-Par boil the head of cabbage until you can easily pull off the leaves. Let leaves cool so you can work with them.
-Mix the meat, eggs, rice, onion, and seasonings (I use salt, pepper, garlic powder, and Italian seasonings) in a bowl
-Place small amount- about the size of a large meatball- in a cabbage leaf then roll it up.
-Place cabbage roll in 9X13 pan
-Mix in bowl, then pour over top: tomato sauce, diced tomatoes, and water
*Bake at 350 degrees for 1 hour (check liquid levels to make sure not drying out OR boiling over!)
My kids would LOVE it if I was cool enough to make spaghetti tacos, but the thought of it grosses me out. Kudos to you!
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