Wednesday, November 4, 2009

Have U started yet?


This is what happens when Sage gets a Candy bar to play with ....she eats thru the paper

Loved this one

Trick or Treating ............FYI this is our houses twin


Christmas Shopping that is?? Sunday the Toys R Us big book arrived in our Sunday Paper and it is covered..............I think Maddie just went thru and circled everything...........then they both said but Sage needs it.........yeah right !!! I did get the other 3 Diary of a Wimpy kid books for Kael @ Costco...........there is supposedly a Book that is for writing like Diary of a Wimpy kid but I have yet to find it......... Off to bed

Sunday, November 1, 2009

Halloween Pics

She never sits still.................
This is as good as it gets.........
Punk Pixie
Darth Vader
Uniqua and Mommy


Got most of the Halloween stuff down and put away....leaving the Fall stuff and got to get the Thanksgiving stuff out...........U gonna stuff what where??? Love turkey humor .............Finally got to Costco ( hate having to drive 45 mins ) and I found the last 3 books of Diary of a Wimpy kid for Kael's Christmas......Him and Daddy finished the first 1 Thursday night and now Kael is Reading it again by himself ( this is a middle school book so we are all very PROUD of him ) .

Pasta Soup

This is suppose to be like Olive Gardens Pasta Fagoli .........I have never tried that but this is a good soup for those chilly days.

--1 pound lean ground beef, browned and drained
--1/2 large red onion, chopped
--1 cup carrots, chopped
--2 celery stalks, sliced
--2 cans (14.5 oz) diced tomatoes (and juice)
--1 can kidney beans, drained and rinsed

--1 can white beans, drained and rinsed
--4 cups beef broth (check label for gluten!)
--1 jar (16.5 oz) pasta sauce

--2 tsp oregano

--1 T Tabasco sauce
--1/2 tsp salt

--1/4 tsp black pepper

--1/2 cup dry pasta, to add at end of cooking time (I used TJ's brown rice fusilli)

The Directions.


Use a 6 quart or larger crockpot, or cut the recipe in half. This makes a lot.


Brown the meat on the stovetop, and drain well. Let it cool a bit.


Chop up the carrots, onion, and celery. Add it to the empty crockpot.
Drain and rinse the beans, and add them. Add the whole cans of tomatoes, and the pasta sauce. Add the beef broth. Add the salt, pepper, oregano, and Tobasco sauce. Stir in your meat.


Cover and cook on low for 8 hours, or high for 4. When the vegetables are tender, stir in the 1/2 cup of dry pasta.

Cover and cook for another hour on low, or until the pasta is tender.
It will swell quite a bit.

Serve with a bit of parmesan cheese if you have it.