December 9, 2012

Christmas Crafts

This lil elf's been busy...







November 25, 2012

Turkey Jive

Ready to eat...




Check out my turkey art.  Apparently someone was just jealous or mean or both...



Truth be told, I'm having a hard time with holidays this year.  I've been thinking a lot of my grama who passed a year ago.  I'm also just bummed and mad that we can't afford to travel for the holidays to be with family and no one is coming to see us.  Despite how much I love living in the Yoop, I sometimes feel really lonely and isolated living where I do.   But life goes on and I have my little family who depends on me to bring a little festive into our home, so I managed to crawl out of the fetal position this weekend and make it happen.

November 14, 2012

Asian Beef Noodle Soup

I just realized that a majority of my recipes on this blog are for soup!  Note to self:  Non-soup recipe next time.

Anyway, I have a church cookbook that I use frequently.  Church cookbooks are among the best, by the way.  I have always breezed past this one but no longer.  It was a hit with the family.


Asian Beef Noodle Soup

2 tablespoons vegetable oil (or sesame oil)
6 oz. boneless beef sirloin, cut into bite size strips (I used stew meat)
1 red bell pepper
3-4 green onions, sliced
4 1/2 cups water
2 pkgs. oriental flavor Ramen noodles

In large pot heat oil.  Add beef, pepper and onion.  Cook and stir until beef is no longer pink.  Stir in water and contents of ramen seasoning packets.  Bring to a boil.  Break up ramen noodles and add to pot.  Reduce heat to low and simmer for 3 minutes.

Serves 4




October 28, 2012

My Wee One is 10...

Our youngest is 10.  Wah.....Like all parents we wonder where the time has gone.  We had a birthday party for him and brought the gang down to the park where we hadn't been in a couple years.  It brought back a ton of memories of when both our kids were little.  We were at that park at least three times a week back then.  We felt a little out of place today, watching all the new parents there.  On the days when your kids are being weenies, you may question your decision to ever have kids.  But when you are at the park like we were today, those weenie days seem impossible.  In fact, you regret the weenie days altogether.