What is for Dinner? Part 2

Okay, yesterday I shared the breakfast and lunch menu for September.  Today I actually have the Dinner menu for you.  LOL!  Keeping it easy the kiddos and DH will be in charge for the month.

Countdown 1 day until my knee reconstruction.

Then I wake up this AM to the sound of a dying fridge, UGH.

 Has to be a side by side I won't have anything else!

Place that on the top of the shopping list and 

snip out a few quick picks for DH just so he understands what I want;)

Here we go...

Pork Chop Casserole

6 pork chops, browned in butter

Wash and cut up 10 new potatoes

1 med onion

1 can cream of mushroom soup

1 can milk

salt and pepper to taste

combine in this order into a greased baking dish...

potatoes, onion, browned pork chops

cover with cream soup and milk

salt and pepper

bake at 350 for 1 hour

Jewish Meatballs

Taco Salad Bowls

Asparagus Gruyere Tart

With steak 

Brown Steak and Gravy

(My Mamma's recipe we had it on Christmas Eve)

3 good size round steaks cut in half

Brown in butter and cook in pressure cooker until falls apart with fork

Make gravy from the pan drippings and liquid in the pressure cooker

Corn starch mixed with COLD water so you don't get lumpy gravy

Salt and pepper to taste

serve with mashed potatoes.

Grilled Chicken Breasts

with veggies

Caribbean Jerk Shrimp with rice

Chili

Chef Salad

Spaghetti Shells Bake

Alfredo Gnocchi

with or without chicken

You can find gnocchi by the noodles (good in a pinch) but nowhere near the taste of handmade ones. 

Tator Tot Hot Dish

I use cream of Mushroom soup, green beans and corn no cheese in mine.

Scallop Potatoes with Ham

Reuben Roll ups

1 pkg crescent dough

1T thousand Island Dressing

1C sauerkraut

8 thin slices of Corned Beef

2 Slices of Swiss cheese

Combine sauerkraut and salad dressing

Unroll the crescent dough in to eight triangles

fill with one slice of beef, 2T of sauerkraut mix and two cheese strips

roll up and bake 10 to 15 minutes at 375

Oven Swiss Steak

1 lb. beef

2T flour

1/2 t salt

2T Butter

1/4 t Worcestershire sauce

8 oz tomatoes

1/4 C celery

1/4 C chopped carrots

1 small onion

Shredded Sharp Cheese

Pound salt and flour into the meat, Brown meat in pan with butter. 

Place in bottom of greased casserole

Blend remaining flour (1/2/T) in pan drippings add all but the cheese to the skillet cook and stir constantly until mixture comes to a boil.

Pour over meat cover and bake for 1 1/2 to 2 hours at 350.

Homemade Pizza

Marge's Chicken Hot Dish

1 can chow mein noodles

1 can chow mein vegetables

2 C chicken

1 can each cream of mushroom, cream of chicken

1 soup can milk

Potato chips

Mix, pour into buttered dish, cover with chips and bake 350 for one hour.

Stouffer's Lasagna

Many of these dishes lend well to leftovers.  Some nights we designate as leftover night to use up the leftovers.

Have one you really enjoy, let me know;)

I love using this Monthly planner 

Free Download by Corrina Gardner

Happy Cookin'.  God Bless!

What is For Dinner? Part 1

I have been lax at menu planning over the summer.  

The fridge never closes and when you go to the cupboard to get what you need the items are NEVER left.  

Anyhow for September a Menu was the best plan of attack

This way everyone knows and can execute it 

Here are a few of the items on our Menu for September

Breakfast

Blueberry French Toast

(photo above uses hash browns and extra fat we do not do ours this way)

Ham and Cheese Egg Bake

We use buttered white bread for the base

Cubed ham, peppers, mushrooms, onion and cheese

1 dozen eggs mixed with milk

place in fridge over night, bake next AM 350 for one hour

Scrambled Egg Nests

Breakfast Wraps

Scrambled Eggs, cheese, bacon, sausage, salsa, tortillas

Oatmeal, Special K

Orange Juice, Skim Milk, Coffee, Tea, Hot Chocolate

Well, the above will take care of breakfast and some Sunday Suppers.  

Yes, we do like to eat breakfast foods for Dinner on Sunday Night;)

  

Veggie Bars

California Rotel Soup Weight Watchers

(I make ours a bit different below is what I use)

2 cans chicken broth

1 bag frozen California style veggies

1 can mild Rotel Soup

1 can crushed Tomatoes

**I do not use cheese in mine**

This is one of my favorites I eat it for lunch often so it is a pantry staple;)

Chris' Cheese Soup

My blog post link

I will ask her if it okay to repost, if you want the recipe email me

paschal.sara@gmail.com

Cottage Cheese, Pineapple, grapes, strawberries, Tomato Soup, Peanut Butter, whole grain breads,

 fresh spinach, canned chicken breasts, pre cooked frozen chicken (DH cooks this on the grill for me)

light mayo, Dorothy Lynch Light dressing

I will be back with part 2 on Wednesday...

Happy Stampin'.  God Bless.

SC347 Mr. and Mrs. Butterfly

I have had my card done for two days just no posting mojo going for me.

I love the way it turned out 

So in need of some wedding cards for my stash

Here is the sketch from splitcoast

take the link to find the forum

SC347

The DP is from s.e.i. chocolat collection

this line is delicious

Butterflies and pearls from recollections

SU embossing mat (I have not used these in a long time.  

Truth I forgot I had them they are not stored with my CB ones.)

Felt, card stock and rick rack die from PTI

SU ribbon

MM ribbon slider

Happy Stampin'.  God Bless.

DIY Hair Goody Storage

The girls have been driving me crazy with the organization of their hair supplies

  I had to help them out before I lost it

  Remember A type personality on board;)

who just happens to <3 oatmeal

below is my DIY  Goody Storage

I found the idea while pinning away on pinterest

I just took the empty container and wrapped it in vinyl (even the bottom)

Cut a circle larger than the bottom clip it all the way around

fold in the flaps to cover 

Wrap the vinyl around (worked easier with DH helping at this point)

Trim the bottom with Ribbon to hide where the vinyl meets

I placed another smaller ribbon 1/3 way down the container 

 only adhering it in the back with a few glue dots

this made the row were the bobby pins and clips could hang out;)

we have a small bathroom and I know it is going to meet some water so I opted for vinyl

if it is going in a bedroom Your favorite coordinated DP would work along with fabric

On the inside they will find all of the scrunchies

Now if I find one more on the floor I guarantee you will hear me screaming...

More ideas for the container 

A place for hiding 2 extra rolls of toilet paper

place for storing shopping bags in your ride

treat containers for gift giving

Organizer for cookie cutters and sprinkles

Have lots of yarn you can do this on your wall

anything else driving you CRAZY, if it will fit;)

Happy Stampin'.  God Bless.

Christian Paper Crafts "Back to school" Blog Hop

Christian Paper Crafts "Back to School" Blog Hop

Oh YES, I was so inspired by Angela's project

I had to give it a go

Below you see the front of my memory game 

Using "Faith is the substance" verse from PTI Everyday Blessings set

The finished project hangs on the fridge

After stamping the sentiment on "retired SU DP" I ran it through the xyron using the magnetic cartridge

The back of the magnet pops the colors for the game I loved that

Punched the shapes from the scraptacular basket and adhered them with quick dry glue from Scotch

So here is a pic of the tools I used

  Yup, that is the old school Xyron

  When a SB store went out of business I purchased cartridges for 75% off 

 CRAFTY SCORE of the century

Xyron

Magnetic Cartridge

1 3/4" circle punch

Stamp and Memento ink

I used retired DP from SU and colors out of the scrap box

I went basic with this one and used 1 1/4" circle and square punches for the colors

Scotch quick dry glue

This was so simple and quick I see more in the future.

It would be awesome for you Sunday School teachers

make a new one each week with the memory verse that way they have a visible reminder to work and use the verse daily.  (Hence the magnetic cartridge)  By hanging it up in the kitchen it should garner lots of attention.

So hop on over to Christian paper crafts and join in on the "back to school" fun;)

Happy Stampin'.  God Bless!

OWH sketch 83 Butterflies

I have been playing along with the sketches on OWH for a few weeks now, they all scream play with me;)

Here is this weeks sketch.

You can find more information in the following link

OWH sketch 83

One more thing, I really love how they place the cut size.  Most sketch challenges don't do this and you need to print the sketch and cut it up for a template.  

So cheers OWH you rock the world of sketch challenges!!!!

Below is my creation

Paper used from my lovely BD stash my Sister Gave me

s.e.i  chocolat line

Stamp Set is PTI Limited Edition 

To print the sentiment I placed the butterfly stamp on the block

took glue dots to hold the sentiment in shape then I removed the butterfly stamp before inking and stamping;)

Happy Stamp Day!  God Bless!

Christian Paper Crafts Challenge

I saw this challenge the other day and just had to play along. 

Find the thread for the challenge over on Christian Paper Crafts

The challenge is Clean and Simple and use crayons if you can.

I CAN;)

Please scroll down to my other post for today, lots of inspiration on Crayon Melting Creating

I will just be showing you our finished creations in this post.

These little gems are going to Jessica's Kindergarten Teacher.

Framed art using melted crayons and sentiment from PTI All about you

"Make Life A Beautiful Thing"

by sara and jessica paschal...

Below are the abstract art cards we made by cutting the leftover pieces from the artwork above.

Leftovers are always SO GOOD;)...

These just make me so happy I can't stand it.

We will be making a bunch more of these little yummy treats!

Again please scroll to post below for inspiration and directions.

Product list.

PTI card stock in stampers select white and true black

All about you stamp set sentiment in Tuxedo Black

Crayons

Heat Gun

Photo Frame

Acrylic Paint

Happy Stamp Day.  God Bless.

Crayola Reminiscing and Melting

The first day of school is just a few days away.  Jessica spent Saturday listening to Mom reminisce about summer vacations, school and new  crayons.  Mom and Dad took us all over the US growing up.  They would pack a little travel kit that included...Fruit Stripe Gum, Bugles, coloring book and a new package of CRAYOLA crayons.  There is no worse feeling  for a creative 5 year old to come back to the car after visiting the "tourist trap" of choice that day to find a molten form of brand new crayons.  Sigh!

We figured out a few ways to make our own molten pieces of crayon art.  

Some were new to us some I remember from childhood.  Here they are, enjoy!

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A challenge over on Christian Paper Crafts 

is to you crayons.

 You can find it here...

Clean and Simple Saturday #36

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Wax Paper melted crayon art
supplies and tut from

http://itsonmyto-dolist.blogspot.com/2011/02/art-day-stained-glass.html

Here is how a Creative Jewish Mom frames her children's melted crayon art.  Genius! 

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Aluminum Foil/Griddle melted crayon printing

Place tinfoil over your electric griddle.

Melt your wax in the form you want your print (work in reverse if needed).

Here Jessica is laying down her wax for Thomas...

When you are done laying down your wax place a plain piece of paper over the hot wax and transfer the print to the paper by pressing lightly.  

!Parents need to supervise this craft!

  Here is Jessica holding her printed Thomas...

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Melting Crayons for Abstract Art

Below is Jessica's Foam Board Art project.  Mom is going to frame it for her Design Room.

we were inspired by this art from

CMYBacon

More ideas...

Melt down crayon bits into a heart shape

using a silicone mold

attach the shape to a valentine

LOVE IT!

From  The Long Thread

Melted crayon stained glass on greeting cards from

The Joy Of My Life

Melted Crayon Luminaries from

Aunt Peaches

Way Crafty shows us how to use melted crayons on our card creations.

 dripping, making backgrounds and seals

This is a must see, must bookmark blog!

Way Crafty

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Here are some color quotes to use on your creation...

You Brought COLOR into my life

I see your 

True Colors

and that is why

I Love You

Friends are like Crayons

You can never have enough and you always want new colors

We can all learn a lesson from crayons.

Some are Sharp; some are Beautiful.

Some have weird names; some are different colors.

But, they all have learned to live in the same box.

Fulghum

Life is about using the whole box of crayons.

RuPaul

Artists are just children who have just refused to put down their crayons.

Al Hirschfield

...magical dream sticks

Dr. SunWolf

Coloring outside the lines is fine art.

Kim Nance

I wish I were a white crayon, that way no one would use me.

Unknown

Your attitude is like a box of crayons that color your world. Constantly color your picture gray, and your picture will always be bleak. Try adding some bright colors to the picture by including humor, and your picture begins to lighten up.
Allen Klein 

Beauty seen is never lost, God's colors all are fast.
John Whittier 

Colors are the smiles of nature.
Leigh Hunt

Have more links or favorite sites please leave them in the comments.

Happy Stamp Day.  God Bless!

Welcome to Surfing Saturday

Welcome to week 2 Surfing Saturday.

I post here my absolute favorite finds from the week 

right here...

1.  Herbert the Hedge Hog by Wanda  My wonderful friend Wanda posted this little guy this past week.  She is selling the pattern and teaching a class on how to make Herbert.  Visit the posted link for more details.

2.  Fabric Garlands in Anthropology's window
This display window has my name all over it.  From the colors used to the technique I am HOOKED!
I was seeking out garlands this week had a project in mind for our front doorway windows.  Needless to say when i found this I was swooning;)

Here is a new flower that I have not seen before.  Circles for petals, I can do this!!!!  I plan on making some felt ones and some from paper out of my "scraptacular" basket.

Tip Junkie a new love over on FB and the net.  So many ideas here, this site is fabulous!

Looking for more inspiration visit My

Boards

Happy Stamp Day.  God Bless.

OWH sketch 82

I made both of these creations for OWH sketch 82 earlier this week. 

 I finally have some time to share them with you.

Here is the sketch...

OWH 82

I have been having a "scraptacutlar" week trying to get my scrap basket organized again.

This entire card came from the scrap box;)

The card below used a free printable made by Karen Adair for Craftsuprint FB page.

I loved her print so much I just printed, cut and used dimensional dots.  

The black really popped the color and I am over the moon with this beauty!

Happy Stamp Day.  God Bless.

So Very Blessed by a Wonderfully Gracious God

ONE YEAR
365 Days

Here is the link to my post 

Driving Accident
(Want to catch up on our one year journey check into the posts following the one listed above.)

Just a quick update on the subject.

Donna is finished with all Dr. Appointments.

Her body has healed and that  is truly a miracle from God.
I have posted this song Hold On for her and I
this is how we made it through this past year...

"I want to see you smile again, give some love to your CrAzY fRiEnDs.
Wipe your tears away those days are through."

"And the stars are up there shining for you.
 Oh how the Father does adore you.
 His lOVE will never change!"

As for myself I continue to have overwhelming anxiety, PTSD, sleepless nights
and constant worry for the safety of our girls.
I can't seem to get the sceene and my reactions to move on out.
When my phone rings, I won't answer, fearful of what is on the other end.
. ( My family has gotten used to texting or PM's on FB.)
Slowly I am coming around to the fact that I am not in control of anything!
Nothing I could have done different on August 16 would have changed the circumstance.
Everything that happens to us is in someway a GIFT from God.
(May take some time to see what the GIFT is but it is there cloaked in the darkness.)

Today I wish to share with you one gracious GIFT God had hidden in the dark just for me.
I figured out I had to do something different to become unstuck.
I found myself with more than my usual level of creativity.
So with the new year and a clean slate I decided to to something big.
"Go Big or Go Home" 
seeing as how we don't know how to do anything small it is fitting don't you think?

I would get so excited when I saw a crafty friend published in my favorite craft magazine
Paper Crafts
I would do a happy dance for them.
Our girls thought I was CrAzY and  they asked me why I did not submit to publications.
I had lots of excuses for not.  But, with the faith they had in me I gave it a go.
!!!!So I started submitting thus arriving here today!!!!
Paper Crafts
September/October 2011
!!!!On your newsstand today!!!!

Pages 69 and 74

are showing off projects I designed.

Woo Woo!

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ONE YEAR 
Exactly 365 Days to the DAY!
August 16 2010-August 16 2011
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I have posted this song for you before you know it as one of my favorites.
I just can't get enough I am always inspired when I listen to it.
TobyMac Get Back Up

"It is never to late to get back up again.  
Maybe knocked down but not out forever..."


I want to take time to thank all of my wonderful family, friends and faithful blog readers that have supported myself and the family through this past year.
  You are all a wonderful God given gift! 
 I love and appreciate each and everyone of you!
Thank you!  God Bless!

Steampunk Lolita

 I know, I am so far out of my box I had to tether a string to it so I could find my way back;)

Here is my Copic colored Steampunk Lolita complete with a flaming Scythe.

(I now am watching out for the pale horse to arrive!)

Revelation 6:1-8

Meet my Lolita...

She is a free download

Lineart Steampunk Lolita

you can snag yours here.

She is Colored with Copics.

The skull and crossbones is Tim Holtz Grundge Board,  colored with Copic Marker and bling for eyes.

There is some lace and pearl ribbon from Hobby Lobby

Charms are from Michael's 

I must have done something right on the cards I made the girls and their friends were going gaga over my shoulder.  Not sure if it was my creation, Copics or the airbrush that had reined them in. 

The dilemma now is what kind of card is it?  

What sentiment do I use.

Would this one work?

I am a floozy named Lolita coming to reap your soul!

HaHaHa,  I didn't think so either.

Feel free to leave me your suggestions in the comments, I would appreciate it.

I better find my tether now and retreat to the safety of my little creative box.

Don't forget to play along with the Steampunk Challenge in my previous post!

Happy Stamp Day, God Bless!

Caution this is Steamy!

Steampunk is quickly migrating into the  paper craft community. 

 Numerous companies have jumped onto the Steampunk band wagon but have suffered low sell through.  

At this time you can find many goodies in steampunk style on sale.  

Below you will absorb my creation and some  favorite Sub-Genre Clicks.

  A wonderful Manly card to ad to my lackluster stash.

My very first Steampunk card creation...

For my creation I distressed the print with Tim Holtz Old Paper distress ink.

Next I layered it and tied some twine all from Papertreyink.com

I stamped the sentiment from Everyday button bits. 

Punched it out using the word window punch from Stampin' Up

Here come the clicks go grab a coffee, Mtn Dew or caffeinated beverage of your choice and enjoy.

Tim Holtz Steampunk Style

We all know this man bleeds Steampunk!

His entire line is on sale at

Scrapbook.com Tim Holtz

Graphic 45

Cog iPhone case

Glass Image Pendant from haberheartwork on Etsy

Steampunk Pirate Fashion 

Simplicity pattern 2172

DIY your own spat with this link

 Steampunk inspiration board

Lots to drool over from this website;)

Steampunk style for the home, I actually love this!

steampunk cupcake tute

Steampunk style Digital Stamps $5.00

Original Steampunks I love Gwendolyn:)

Asunder Ephemera Digital on Etsy has MANY Wonderful  steampunk downloads

Steampunk Free Bird Free download

Steampunk Inchie tute

KennyK steampunk Burlesque

these are a bit naughty but I love them

And you know by now my 

Boards 

are packed with inspiring photos

Fashion

Crafty Recipes

Digital Clip Art

and more 

  

Now we have to have a challenge with such a long post right?

Step out of the box, 

 try a smidgen or get really steamed.  

Come back and Place your link.

Have a steamy day, God Bless!