I made a pot of black beans and a big batch of spaghetti Saturday which carried over to Sunday. That is always good! It’s good that there is a mpm meme for weeks like this… the ones where I have absolutely no idea what I plan to cook and need to make a plan so I can actually shop for the food to feed my poor hungry family. Just kidding, they are not poor or hungry. We are all blessed & highly favored…

I think tomorrow we’ll have burritoes to utilize the remainder of the black beans… maybe this recipe.

1. Wrap tortillas in foil and place in oven at 350 degrees. Bake for 15 minutes or until warm throughout.
2. Over medium heat, place oil in a skillet and then add onion, bell pepper, garlic and jalapenos to skillet. Cook for 2 minutes stirring occasionally. Then pour beans into the skillet, and cook while stirring for 3 minutes.
3. Cut cream cheese into cubes and place in skillet with salt. Cook for 2 minutes making sure to stir occasionally. Slowly pour cilantro into mixture.
4. Now evenly distribute mixture in the center of warmed tortilla and roll tortillas up.
5. Serve immediately or after cooled down.

Tuesday will be taco chicken! I heart taco chicken, especially in the crock pot! Here’s the recipe I use…

Taco Chicken…

chicken (duh?) I use frozen boneless skinless breasts

can of rotel, or cup of salsa

couple of cloves of garlic (pressed)

can of cream of chicken soup

can of cream of mushroom soup

1 tsp cumin

1 tsp chili powder

mix all ingredients, pour over chicken, cook all day… serve over doritos with shredded cheddar cheese on top!

I guess now would be a good time to mention this week has been set aside at church as a week of prayer and fasting. I do plan to fast during the day and eat when the sun goes down. I know, it’s a modified fast, but it works well for us and it still leads to a more prayerful time during the day. There will be prayer daily at the church in the mornings.

So, Wednesday night I am guessing we’ll eat after church and so it needs to be something that can be made and ready for dinner. I will probably put some potatoes in the oven to bake and have something to go with it???

Thursday night is a girls sleepover at church. I’m technically not invited … it’s for teens, but I may crash it! They are going for a midnight trip to IHOP. I’ll order pizza for the fam before I go.

Friday I am going to make this with some yummy guacamole!

Taco Ring
3/4 pound extra lean (90%) ground beef
1 package low sodium taco seasoning mix
1 cup shredded 2% shredded cheddar cheese
2 tablespoons water
2 packages (8 oz each) refrigerated reduced fat crescent rolls
1 medium green bell pepper
1 cup salsa
3 cups shredded romaine lettuce
1 medium tomato, diced
1/2 cup chopped onion
1/2 cup sliced black olives
reduced fat sour cream, optional

Preheat oven to 375 degrees. Brown ground beef until no pink remains, drain any fat from pan. Remove from heat and let cool slightly (for 5-10 minutes). Combine beef, taco seasoning, cheese and water.

Unroll crescent dough; separate into triangles. Arrange triangles in a circle on a baking stone (or any round pizza pan, but the baking stones really do work best, in my opinion) with wide ends overlapping in center and points toward outside. (There should be a 5 inch diameter opening in the center). Using a scoop or round spoon, evenly scoop meat mixture onto widest end of each triangle. Bring points of triangles up over filling and tuck under the wide ends in the center of the ring. (Filling will not be completely covered). Bake for 20-25 minutes or until golden brown.

That’s the week… now I’m off to make a grocery list and see what I already have! Visit Orgjunkie.com for more menus.

WEEK IN REVIEW

Week’s Weather… not bad, see:

Sunday Sermon America has lost it’s shame… we need prayer in school… etc!

Life lessons You can do a lot in one day.

Favorite Meal(s) Baja chicken tacos at Cheesecake Factory… with yummy hot fudge sundae cheesecake for dessert.

this was our view!

Treasured Moment(s) family cookout celebrating fourth of july.

Simple Pleasures* floating in the pool, watching fireworks explode in the sky, helping emelia make her bed, reading “I love you stinky face.” to Isabelle.

Talked with mom when we spent the afternoon together Thursday.

Impacting News

National Haven’t had time to watch any news this week!!!

Local

Personal Amanda got enrolled at college for concurrent enrollment this Fall.

Things I Read Twilight… while taking Bailey to the dr. for poison ivy.

Interesting Internet Blog about a family who lost their child in a drowning accident very recently … I’ve been reading their daily updates about sadness and the loss of the baby. So sad.

Places We Went shopping, cheesecake factory, more shopping, Mike’s house, Miki’s house.

Budget Savers/Busters Saver: Got all of Emelia’s room stuff at great prices… All the fresh corn from dad’s garden that is put up in the freezer now! Buster: gas!

Blessings family, health, home!

Challenges Getting Emelia’s room all emptied, painted, and then replaced… and dealing with the aftermath of the project.

Accomplishments Finished Emelia’s room!!!! YAY!!! Now Bailey wants to do his… ugh

Family Happenings SIL Terri’s birthday at mom’s… 4th of July cookout…

Amanda, Terri, Lucy, and Emelia!

Our fourth of July was fun! We had a cookout at my brother’s house. It was a little hot outside, but we still had fun. Mike grilled hot dogs, burgers and brats… corn on the cob… Mom made cobbler and homemade ice cream… and iced sugar cookies. Izzy enjoyed the ice cream!

Amanda is always so photogenic! Here she is with my daddy!

Me & Izzy all sweaty glowing!

Emelia posing…

Mike working the grill…

After that party we headed over to Miki’s and watched a almost never ending fireworks display. It was a fun and later than usual night!

Saturday 9: Talking and Listening

1. In a social setting, are you more of a talker or a listener? both. I like to talk but I also like to hear the other people/person!

2. Do you take compliments well? pretty well. I used to argue about them but have tried to learn to just say thank you and then try to repay the compliment.

3. Did you ever go to camp as a kid? every year.

4. What was your favorite game as a kid? backgammon.

5. If a sexy person was pursuing you, but you knew the person was married, would you go for it anyway? no.

6. Use three words to describe yourself? tall. happy. married.

7. If your house was on fire, what would be the first thing you grabbed? izzy.

8. Do you look like your mom or dad? mostly like dad.

9. Anything big ever happen in your hometown? me

~Questions, Silly Questions~

1. Who is the last person you talked to? matt.

2. What is your weather like right now? sunny and warm.

3. Where will you be this weekend? mostly at home.

4. What’s for dinner tonight? spaghetti & garlic bread.

I love to read books, even though I haven’t had near enough time lately to just get lost in a good book. Years ago when life was slower paced or there was less to do I always read all the books on the NY bestseller list to keep up to date. I was an English major at the time so I guess I felt the need to stay up to date on reading. The last book I completed was the new book by Jan Karon. I read it in about one day. It was good but I seem to almost inhale books rather than enjoy them slowly. I guess I’m book hungry.

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