Mindy

Hey everyone please keep Mindy in your prayers for the next couple of day.  She had to have surgery on her ankle today to remove a cyst.  She came through the surgery well.  She was hurting tonight when we talked on the phone but they gave her medication for pain.  So hopefully she will take some more soon and fall asleep. 

Not comes the hard part she has to keep her leg propped up for the next few day.  She is only suppose to get up to go to the restroom.  She also has to ice it every hour for 20 minutes.

  

I will be going over there tomorrow to help her out for a couple of hours.  I am going to try and make her some good food to cheer her up.  Maybe some Brownies will help make it better.  

thank you all 

Stephanie

what ever Wednesday surprise in the garden

I was out in the garden the other day pulling so weeds and looked over to the side and guess what I found.

tomato plants

 

more tomatoes

more tomatoes

and even more tomatoes

Last year we grew tomatoes and other veggies with out the boxes.  I was very surprised and very HAPPY to see them come back from the green tomatoes that where plowed under.  As I have said I really want a lot of tomatoes to use in chili and tomato sauces.   

Now me and Scott are having a debate.  He wants me to move my nice new plants but I want to just pull the weeds around them and put cages around them.  I am afraid moving them will kill them.

tasty tuesday I call them applesauce pork chops

Applesauce Pork Chops 

Prep Time 10 mins

Cook Time 6 hrs

Temp Low

Ingredients

• 3 Cups of Chicken broth
• 1 Cup of Applesauce
• 3 Tablespoons of Brown sugar
• 1 Tablespoon of Lawry's Seasoned Salt
• Pork chops

Directions

1.     Step One

Place liner in slow cooker 

2.     Step Two

Add about 3 cups of chicken broth.

3.     Step Three

Mix in 1 cup of applesauce, 3 tablespoons of brown sugar and 1 table spoon of Lawry's Seasoned Salt.

4.     Step Four

Place pork chops in slow cooker on low for about 6 hours.

I am not real sure were I found this recipe I know it was on line somewhere so if it is you recipe please drop us an email or leave a comment and we will be more than happy to give you credit

Make-It-Monday ( Baby Shower Basket)

I recently made this basket for my cousin's baby shower. I was going to make a diaper cake but decided to try something different. All I used for this was a large basket.I wrapped diapers around the side ( it took 1 pack of size one diapers) I bought a duck hooded towel and draped it over the handle. I used 2 orange washcloths for the feet. On the inside of the basket I put blue shredded paper to resemble water. I put some toys and bath products on the inside. I think it turned out cute!

Thrifty Thursday ( Homemade Playdough)

If your kids are like mine, they love playdough. It can get expensive though and dry out really fast. Here is a great recipe to make playdough yourself. It also smells wonderful!

1 cup flour
1/2 cup of water
1/2 cup salt
3 TBS oil
1 package of Koolaid (use the color of your choice)
Directions:

• Mix all ingredients together and cook over medium heat for a few minutes until dough forms the consistency you want. Remove from heat and cool. Keep in airtight container, refrigerate until used.

Whatever Wednesday how does are garden grow.

Hey everyone welcome to whatever Wednesday.  Mindy and I are very proud of our gardens all the plants are still alive and seem to be doing well.  First up today is my garden.

see the flower that is going to turn in to a tomato.Yes!!!!!

more tomatoes

summer squash is starting to take off

more tomatoes

and more tomatoes

cucumbers these need to get growing

and so do these

my watermelon is doing good even has a few blooms on it hope it keeps it up

I cant remember what this is so if anyone has any idea please let me know I figure I will find out when it produces something

tomato is still there and growing

strawberries looking good just need a lot more to get enough to eat more than 1 or 2 at a time

Mindy's garden looking pretty good

4 blueberries

tomatoes

more tomatoes

bell peppers

cucumbers and zucchini

more cucumbers

tomatoes looking good

this cucumber is growing good

more bell peppers with lots of blooms hopefully means lots of peppers

not a very good picture of the watermelon

I hope you are all enjoying this summer as much as I am.  Now that my leg is starting to feel better. And I can get around in the yard and garden.  Now we just have to get Mindy all better with her ankle.  I hope you have a great day.

Stephanie 

tasty tuesday

I found this recipe on pinterest but it called for cream of mushroom soup and I really dont like cream of mushroom so I did cream of chicken soup and it was really good. here is the original pin http://pinterest.com/pin/58757970108450101/ go check it out. Sour Cream and Bacon Crockpot Chicken

Type: dinner

Prep Time: 15 mins

Cooke Time: 8 hours

Total Time: 8 hours 15 mins

Serves: 8

Ingredients

8 bacon slices

8 boneless, skinless chicken breasts

2 (10 oz) cans cream of chicken soup

1 cup sour cream

1/2 cup flour

Salt and pepper to taste

Directions

wrap one slice of bacon around each boneless chicken breast and place in a 4-5 quart crockpot.

In medium bowl, combine condensed soups, sour cream, and flour and mix with wire whisk to blend. Pour over chicken.

Cover crockpot and cook on low for 6-8 hours until chicken and bacon are thoroughly cooked. You may want to remove the chicken and beat the sauce with a wire whisk so it is very well blended.

Pour sauce over chicken.

If you have a newer crockpot, check the chicken at 5 hours. The internal temp should be 160 -170 degrees F.

Make It Monday

I have a ton of scrapbook paper and had no idea how what to do with it. I tried scrapbooking but I just couldn't get into it. I was looking around the internet and found a site that had a bunch of templates on it to make boxes, cards, etc. I figured it was a great way to use up all of ths paper I have. Here is a picture of one that I made today.

 It will be really cute to put gift cards in.

freezer friday frozen smores

Frozen smores

 

 

 

to make this frozen dessert you will need 

graham crackers 

cool whip thawed

and chocolate syrup.

 

take one graham cracker and break it in half 

then add spoon cool whip on to one of the halves of the graham cracker

add a little chocolate syrup.  

 then place another graham cracker on top and place on a lined cookie sheet.  place cookie sheet in freezer for a couple of hours.  Remove and serve frozen.  We made these today and the kids really loved them very much.

 

Thrify Thursday ( Ribbon Bookmarks)

If you are looking for a cheap and easy craft to keep your kids busy this summer, this is a great one for you. All you need is ribbon, felt and a button. Have your child cut a shape out of ribbon, hot glue it on to the ribbon ( or sew) and then add a button at the end of it for weight.

Whatever Wednesday ( garden)

I finally have stuff growing!!!! I am so excited. Pretty soon both Stephanie and I should have a garden full of vegetables and then we will be posting recipes to go with those veggies.

Here is a green pepper. I have 2 green pepper plants planted.

Tomatoes. I have 4 tomato plants planted. I am thinking of going and buying a couple cherry tomato plants also. They will have to go into pots like this one since the garden is full already.

I even have some blueberries starting to come on. My husband will be so happy when they get ripe.

How is your garden doing?

watermelon

yellow summer squash

strawberries

cucumbers

tomato plants

My 1 tomato

more tomato plants

more tomato plants

tomato plants

summer squash 

tomatoes again

strawberries with blooms

strawberries

Stephanie here I don't have hardly any thing blooming yet but I started mine from seeds and I got a late start on them but they are growing really well.