Stacie

The other night my niece did the cutest thing.
She tucked me in for bed.
I got a story read, a couple of stuffed animals and a kiss on the forehead followed by "I love you, Stace." It was so sweet.

I just love my little Hailey and Aiden.

Things to be happy about

$.75 ice cream cones
26 and still loving Seven Peaks
3 day weekend
80 degrees and blue skies
A good night's sleep
A rousing game of Slap Jack and no one gets hurt
Accessorizing
artichokes
Being passionate about something
Big Straw Hats
Bookshelves filled with lots and lots of books
Bubble gum
Ceiling fans
Children's books
Clean sheets
Cocamotion with whip cream on top
Cool bandaids
Cows
Crazy Uno
Cross word puzzles and word searches
Exact change
Falling in love with photography again
Favorite sweatshirt and jeans on a lazy Saturday
Fluffy pillows and soft blankets
Fun plans
Going shopping for something specific, finding the exact thing and finding that it costs less than you were planning!!
Good hair days
Halloween
Halloween costumes
Hats that work on bad hair days.
Hiccups that sound funny
Holiday sweaters
Homemade pizza
Hot dogs with ketchup only
Knowing all the words to a fast song.
Laughing with someone over an inside joke
Leap Year
Letter openers
Lullabies
Milk
my cute dog Tobi and his mohawk
New friends
New toothbrushes
Old friends
PB &J with Spaghetti o's
Pina Coladas (virgin of course!)
Pine Sol
Playing in the rain and getting soaked to the bone!
Puffs Plus with lotion
Pumpkin patches and hay rides
Reading old journals from junior high
Really enjoying your work.
Red high heels
Red Scooby Doo Push Pops.... Yummy!
Remembering NOT to drink orange juice after brushing your teeth
Santa Claus
saying "I love you"
September
Soldiers, Police, Firefighters
Stickers
Strawberry freezer jam made by your best friends mom
Super glue
The Tooth Fairy
Toothy baby grins
warm fuzzy socks
Well wrapped gifts
White Christmas lights all year long
Wild sunflowers
Your favorite team wins the big game (GO BYU!!)

Yummy Recipes

Swiss Cheese Chicken

4-6 chicken breasts, thawed
1 can cream of chicken soup
1 cup sour cream
6 slices swiss cheese
splash of milk
1 tube of Ritz crackers, crushed
2 tbs butter, melted

Mix together in bowl the soup and sour cream. Add enough milk to make mixture smooth. Place chicken breasts in baking dish sprayed with non-stick spray. Layer cheese over chicken. Spread soup mixture over cheese. Mix melted butter and crackers together and sprinkle on top. Bake at 350 degrees for about 40-45 minutes or until chicken is cooked through.
Serve with mashed potatoes or rice and veggies!

Jalapeno Chicken Casserole

4 chicken breasts
1 can Cream of Chicken soup
3/4 Cup Sour Cream
1 Cup Mayonnaise
1/2 of SMALL can of jalapenos (it doesn't seem like enough... but trust me, any more than that and you'll feel it for days!!)Shredded Cheddar cheese
1 bag of wide egg noodles
Regular potato chips

Cube chicken breasts and cook in pan with a little olive oil until no longer pink. Meanwhile mix soup, sour cream, mayonnaise and jalapenos together in a large bowl. Cook noodles until done. When chicken and noodles are done mix into bowl of sauce. Spray bottom of 13 x 9 pan and put mixture into pan. Top with cheese and sprinkle potato chips on top. Bake in 350 degree oven for 25 - 30 minutes.

Meat Ring (not loaf)

1 1/2 lb ground beef
3/4 Cup oatmeal or cracker crumbs
1/4 cup finely chopped onion
1/4 tsp pepper
1 beaten egg
3/4 cup milk

Sauce
1/3 cup ketchup (fancy is best)
2 Tbs brown sugar
1 Tbs mustard

Mix first 6 ingredients all together and mold into round pan leaving a hole in the center. Cover with sauce and bake 1 hour at 350 degrees

Yummy Meatball Subs

Frozen Meatballs (The kind at Costco are GREAT!!)
32 oz ketchup
1 cup brown sugar
1 can COKE (must be a can, not a bottle!)

Mix together and slow cook in crock-pot until meatballs are hot through (about 3-4 hours). Stir occasionally. Serve on Hoagie buns. Top with mozzarella cheese if desired.

Stacie

Tuesday, May 17, 2011

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