Monday Menu 1/14-1/20

Monday, January 14, 2013 // 2 comments




Meals this week are a bit on the simple side...not a lot of recipes required...just needed to have a week where there were not a whole lot of new and different things. 
Monday
leftovers of Meatloaf and Pork Chop dinner

Tuesday
Lasagna
Ceasar Salad
Garlic Toast
Apple Pie Bars


Wednesday
Taco Soup 
Cornbread

Thursday
Country Fried Steak
Rice/Gravy
Peas
Rolls

Friday
none

Saturday
Roast w/potatoes and carrots
Green Beans
Rolls

Sunday: 
Fried Chicken
Potato Salad
Fried Okra
Rolls
Cherry Cobbler



Cuttin and Stampin Time!

Saturday, January 12, 2013 // 5 comments

Weekly Challenge #1 Tuesday, January 8th thru January 14th.
Use Twine and Straws in your creation. 

I am so excited to share my twine and straw creation with you today. Have you ever had a thought in your head and weren't sure if you could actually execute it or not? Well, that is exactly what happened with this creation. So my idea came out very similar to what I had in my head. I am extremely pleased with how it came out.
close up of the center
I used a luncheon sized paper plate a cut a circle out of the dark grey solid paper. Then I began gluing straws in an alternating pattern; grey, pink...around in a circle like spokes. I then used a heart shaped doily as the middle to cover up my boo-boos...they were not quite even! Then I cut this cute cupid from Sweethearts Cricut cartridge at about 4.5." I layered it with the various A Muse studio papers. Then I used another A Muse studio pattern paper to cut a larger circle for a background. I also cut the word love to glue as a sentiment across the bottom straws. I took the A Muse twine both the pink and the grey and wove them in and out the straws to just add another layer. Then, I  hot glued some ribbon ( I had some pink froo-froo ribbon that fit perfectly) to the back as my hanger. This is going to serve as my Valentine wreath to hang on my front door. 

Go to to Cuttin and Stampin Challenges for a complete list of rules and to enter your creation. You can go Here for more information on A Muse studio products.



Teresa's Blogaversary Blog Hop!

Friday, January 11, 2013 // 20 comments

To find Nana's Birthday Bash blog hop go here!



Hello to all our crafty friends! We have a great blog hop for you today. A little over a year ago I began this new blog to celebrate the fact I wanted a change in my life. And for that change to be permanent came lots of prayer and leaning on God to give the right answers. The answers He needed to give not the answers that I desired. Well here we are 1 year later and I am so thankful to be a Stay at Home Wife loving life and doing all I need to do to create a warm, loving atmosphere for my family!

So thanks for joining us today...enjoy all the projects. They all represent some kind of change in each person's life.


Make sure you comment along the way as the blog candy for this wonderful hop is a Close to My Heart Level 2 paper pack with an embellishment pack to compliment the paper.

I created a 2 page layout today with this great paper My Mind's Eye Lost and Found Rosy collection. The pictures on this layout are pictures of my daughter, grandson, and I at our baking day. We get together every other week and bake. That is one of the things I was so excited that I was able to add into my new schedule of being a SAHW. My daughter has three children and does not work outside the home, so getting to spend more time with her and my grandson who is still a pre-schooler has been a real joy to me. Hope you get inspired to create something this weekend.


The journaling reads: One of the many things I have enjoyed  since the change from
 having a full time teaching career  as a teacher is being able to spend more
time with my grandchildren. It brings me great delight every other week to
spend time with my daughter and grandson baking.



Next you will head on over to the talented An'Jenic, she has a wonderful project to share with you.
Here is the full line-up for you to follow.




Nana's Birthday Bash Blog Hop

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Welcome to “NANA’S BIRTHDAY BASH” Blog Hop!

If you've hopped along from Melissa then you are in the right place!!  If you are just joining me from your dashboard, or reading this via email, please be sure to CLICK HERE to start at the beginning with NANA'S BLOG. (you'll want to catch up on all the FUN!!)...

In addition to seeing a lot of awesome creations, there is some blog candy available too.  Nana a/k/a Miranda is giving away a $25 Michael’s gift card along with a surprise box.  To be eligible for the blog candy, you are required to visit each stop in the hop and leave a comment! 

I have a million family birthdays in the first 4 months of the year! Well maybe not a million but a lot! So here is card #1! This is for my grandson who will be turning 8! He is such a joy!




Next on the hop is Mary follow along to her Blog!

SHOULD YOU GET LOST ALONG THE WAY, HERE IS THE ENTIRE LINE UP:




Goals for 2013

Wednesday, January 9, 2013 // No comments
It was my turn to share my Scrapping/Crafting Goals over at Three Scrappy Gals. Check it out, it is a new challenge blog I am doing with 2 other friends. We will have challenges each month and give away blog candy monthly! You will make sure you want to follow along with us. So head over there to see what my scrapping and crafting goals are.

But, I thought I would share my other goals for the new year with you here! I have quite an extensive list of goals so I am hoping and praying I can stay on top of them this year!

General Goals

  • complete/execute at least 2 new food pins per month from my food related boards on Pinterest
  • complete/execute at least 2 other pins per month from my non- food related boards on Pinterest
  • create organizational/cleaning/routine schedule for maintaining my home
  • stick to the above created schedule
  • walk 30 minutes daily (weekdays)
  • create new entry way display
  • replace all kitchen towels/pot holders
  • replace all bath towels
  • try again for a container herb garden
  • Spring Planting-new plants/flowers 
  • plant vegetable garden



Monday Menu back in full force!

Monday, January 7, 2013 // 2 comments


Monday
Macaroni Cheesy Ham Bake
Cucumber Salad
Rolls

 Tuesday
French Bread Pizzas
Salad
Smores Bake


 Wednesday
Tacos

Thursday
Herb Crusted Pork Chops
Broccoli Casserole
Rolls
Cherry Cheese Cakes

Friday
Meatloaf
Corn Casserole
Mashed Potatoes/Gravy
Rolls

Saturday
Retirement Dinner

Sunday: 
Chicken Tamale Pie
Fried Mozzarella Sticks (Homemade)
Layered Spinach Salad


My Imagine-ation Monday!

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Good Monday Morning! If you are looking for my Monday Menu post go here.




Here at My Cricut Craft Room it is My Imagine-ation Monday. We were asked to do something centered around our favorite book today. Well, I am a book lover...but mainly a children's book lover since I spent 17 years teaching school. I needed a book mark for my brand new 2013 planner. (isn't it pretty?)   So, I thought well let me combine the two things together. My favorite children's author is Jan Brett. Check her out if you have elementary aged children and have never read her books. My class wrote to her several years in a row and we always received an information packet in return, usually showcasing her newest book. Well, there is one beloved character in every single book she writes and this character is named after her pet hedgehog, Hedgie. I used to share all this with my students and they loved trying to find Hedgie in her books in the illustrations if he was not a main character. So, in honor of my love of Jan Brett I created my planner bookmark with a Hedgehog character.



Supplies:
all paper was scrap papers in my stash
Hedgehog was cut at 2.81" on my Gypsy
Circle was cut at 4.90" on my Gypsy
Cartridges used: Create a Critter, Cherry Limeade

Head on over to My Cricut Craft Room to get more inspiration!

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