Here’s a free desktop with a space for a photo for you. Sorry, didn’t find a good cartoon to do a non-photo version with…
This desktop is made with the latest kit from Simply Susan Godfrey (Love & Blessings) which comes out on Friday in her shops: Pretty Scrappy – FaithSisters – Scrapbooks Gone Digital (Susan gave me permission to use this as a “sneak peek” for you – woohoo! – so enjoy, and go grab that kit on Friday!) Also used the date pieces from Merkeley.
Aha. I found one! My two picky eaters loved it. Actually, we ALL did. Nice to 
have another variation for taco night because we LOVE taco night around here. And hey…I’m nice, I’ll share. =)
No idea where this came from except that I wrote it down on a post-it note, so I’m sure it came from the internet somewhere.
Taco Casserole (yeah, I know…catchy! HAH)
1 lb ground beef (or turkey, but I used beef)
1 package taco seasoning (and I added a couple shakes of cayenne)
onion (optional…I skipped)
1 cup (or more…I used more) grated cheese
1 can refried beans
1 or 2 packages of cornbread mix (I used one and it was corn MUFFIN mix…don’t know if there’s a difference or not)
various toppings
Preheat oven to 425. Brown meat (and onion if you’re using it), drain, and add taco seasoning. 
Spray 9x13 dish with non-stick cooking spray, spread beans in bottom of dish. Spread meat mix over beans, then cheese. Prepare cornbread mix according to package directions and spread over top. Bake 20 minutes until cornbread is done.
Serve with shredded lettuce, diced tomatos, sour cream, salsa, ranch, etc.
KC isn’t a fan of cornbread, but he liked it! =) And I loved it. =) I think it serves around 6 or 7 but we all had seconds, so maybe 5 is more accurate. LOL.
I decided to unofficially participate in this challenge that is running this year at FaithSisters, and since I’m a few layouts behind, I’m trying to catch up. I still need to do the title page (which is started, but not finished), the Family Tree page, and the page on parents, but this is my birth page. I’ll post them as I do them. Some of this stuff my mom did for me in my baby book, but I’m trying to compile other pieces into a book about me (and not just my childhood). It should be fun. Kinda picks up on some of the Stories In Hand stuff that I did in that class last year…maybe this will force me to scrapbook some of that stuff. *grin*
Credits:
Template: 365 Templates – Set 1 by Cara of Sweet Tomato Designs
Kit: Grateful by Sweet Tomato Designs
Fonts: ChopinScript, Pea Ink & Post, Century Gothic
Credits:
Template: 365 Templates – Set 8 by Cara of Sweet Tomato Designs
Kit: Grateful by Sweet Tomato Designs
Fonts: ChopinScript, Century Gothic
I guess I should have signed up for an organizing challenge sooner, cuz I’ve already checked off one of my “spaces.” Granted, it was the smallest and least challenging “space,” but hey, I’m not feeling good, plus I wanted to feel a sense of accomplishment without having to spend all day on it, so here we go:
The Medicine Cabinet:
Before: After:
Okay, so it’s not that “amazing” of a transformation, but the shelves are clean now, one of the large drawers went to the upstairs linen closet (it was extra lotions and toiletries, not medicinal stuff), and all the medicines are back in their correct containers with the “most un-safe” ones on the very top shelf since we have not got the lock on the door yet. That’s on the to-do list, but haven’t got it done yet. There’s a lot of wasted space in these cabinets thanks to the large distance between the built in shelves, but I’m not worried about it right now. LOL. I’m just happy to check of one thing as FINISHED…with a before AND after! Yay! *grin*
Okay…let’s see here. I’m gonna lump all these things into one post for the beginning, but at the end of the month, they will be in their own separate posts.
First up, thanks to this new house, I have lots of areas in need of some major re-organizing. So I’m hopping on this challenge in hopes that while I’m re-organizing, maybe I can win something in the process. Here are the areas that I’m gonna try to do this month:
The office: (otherwise known as the dumping grounds during our recent move…yikes…desperately needs some work!)
K-man’s bedroom: (and here’s where you get a sneak peek at his “star wars blue” room color that we painted last weekend. =) His closet “threw up” and there is nowhere for his toys or clothes, until we get an organizer hung in his closet and organize all his stuff on it. All the stuff sitting around his room has no home, and the last picture is the rest of the stuff that used to be in his room in the old house, just waiting in limbo in the “smurf room” which is also known as the bonus/extra bedroom upstairs) 
The Laundry Room: (most certainly NOT the most pleasant place to do laundry)
The Kitchen Desk: (another dumping ground during the move)
The Medicine Cabinet: (just needs to be put back together and reorganized because when I packed it, I just wanted it to fit in a box, and I had to scramble the whole mess to do it. *sigh*) 
And then last, but certainly not least….February Photo Hunt! 
Or should I say “workin” yeah, that would probably be more like it. Too busy to blog, babysitting on the side for a couple of days, cleaning, washing, organizing, painting…
I’m a little tired.
And it’s time to go to church. Maybe someday I’ll have time and photos to blog again. LOL.
Later!
Today was somethin’ else. Totally. Actually the whole week has been (hence the fact that only a couple mobile blog posts made it to the blog this week). I took a few pictures again today, but as the last time, we didn’t get completely finished with today’s project so no “after pictures” yet.
I’m thinking about posting a whole bunch of “in the middle” pictures. But not tonight. I’m exhausted.
Today we painted both kids rooms. (KC picked out awesomest colors, once again, my genius of a paint picker-outer hit it dead on) Munchkin’s room is now a beautiful juniper leaf green (very girly light green) and K-man’s room is a gorgeous mercer blue (kinda dusky medium blue – but not navy). We picked up a bunk on consignment this week that is now in his room, and picked up a new white bunk for Munchkin today (and then had to run out later to pick up another mattress and a half gallon of ice cream –we worked REALLY hard, we totally deserved it). Got it home and got the bunkbed half put together and then realized that we didn’t have bunkie boards or a ladder with it (that’s what happens when you get a really good deal sometimes…lol) so only her bottom bed is together and we used the extra slats for the top bed to hold up her mattress for the evening. We’ll have to find some boards or something to use. Anyway, so no “after shots” there, although just having the new color is just killer in itself! In K-man’s room, the loft bed is up, but one of the bottom bed boards was split, so my daddy (boy, I love my fixit daddy!) took it home to build a replacement board, so that bed is still sitting in the garage. Also, because of the bed sizes, we switched their rooms, so I haven’t got all their toys back in the right places yet. The bed they were using before is now in bedroom #3 upstairs and we now have PLENTY of beds for company. *grin*
Basically nothing is put back together except for a sheet on the beds so they could go to sleep because you know…it was getting pretty late and they were standing in their rooms, mournfully holding their stuffed animals, with circles under their eyes, saying, “Where’s our beds? Can we lay down yet?” (bwahaha –okay so the last sentence was just my imagination….that one was more like…”I’m not tired yet!” To which I replied, “Oh yes you are!” LOLOLOL)
And come to think of it, now that they are in bed and KC and I took turns taking the freshly cleaned and sanitized jacuzzi for a test run, I think I’m feeling exactly the same way…except I’m not holding a stuffed animal or protesting that I’m not tired.
Boy howdy, I have officially decided that the jacuzzi has made every last drop of sweat and energy we have poured into this house completely and totally worth it. I felt like I was on vacation….SOOOO nice. LOVE it!!
Oh yeah, and to wrap up what I was saying about today’s project and nothing being completed, THAT’s why there are no “after” pictures yet. But SOON, hopefully. KC ordered closet organizers for the sadly lacking closets and as soon as they get here, they will be going in….cannot WAIT. But it’s coming along. We’re getting there. One room at a time. Okay, scratch that, we’re doing too many rooms at a time, which is probably why we’re having such a hard time completely finishing ONE. But STILL….we’re GETTING there, okay? LOL! We may not live to tell about it, but whatever. And here’s my mournful, circles under my eyes look, where I hear my bed calling my name. NIGHT! =)
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