Crazy Busy

I made an awesome dinner tonight...
Mexican Chicken Casserole... I cooked my chicken in the oven, then cut it up and threw it in the skillet with their ingredients--- I added onion, chili powder and cumin for more flavor. The part that is shiny just says to spoon 1/3 of mixture into dish, then place a tortilla shell, then another 1/3rd plus some cheese, then the last of the chicken mixture... bake covered at 375 for 20 minutes, take it out, sprinkle more cheese on top and bake uncovered another 5 minutes.

I love to cook and bake, but I find the recipes tend to be bland, I am always adding spices and extra ingredients to make it delicious!


So this is the table I was telling you about! I LOVE LOVE LOVE the fabric and buttons I chose.... Can you tell I am uber-traditional?

I found the table and LOVED it.... I guess someone was throwing it out because the glass broke... so instead of getting glass made (with a child keeping glass clean is a multi-daily task! and glass is expensive -somewhat- to get cut) I bought a small piece of wood (we got oak, but you could use plywood). They can cut it in the store if you have your dimensions, but I just happen to be storing my Dad's table saw, so we did it at home. I then measured 6 equal spaces and drilled holes into my wood. I covered the wood with batting and fabric and stapled it down. Then I took a needle up through my fabric ( in the pre-drilled holes), grabbing the buttons and pulling them back through. I used duck tape on the botton to hold the buttons in tightly, giving it the tufted look! I LOVE LOVE LOVE it!!!! And what is even cooler is I did it MYSELF!!!


I totally splurged and got my nails done. Wanted sparkly tips, but since I am doing massive amount of volunteer work, I wanted to look professional; maybe if I impress them now, they will be offering me jobs next year!!!!


So this last weekend we put together the weight equipment... It took forever, but it was so cute watching Kenzie help! Her wrench is plastic ;)

Yes, those are most definitely leg warmers... Since I hate buying fat clothes for myself, I love buying clothes and putting together outfits for my daughter. This is my Princess, McKenzie!


Pigtails on the way to school... Love these pants, they are tie-dyed skinny jeans!!!

I am totally going old school, bringing back the 80's with a retro twist ;) Found this outfit and HAD TO HAVE IT!!!! Side pony tails are going to come back, wait and see... my daughter is a trend setter ;)

Good night for now.... I am going to try and upload a bunch of recipes this weekend! And if ever in doubt, visit my bestie's site, Candace aka: Mama Grubbs at her awesome food blog!!!