Lasagna Soup/skillet dinner
1 pound ground beef
1/2 cup onion
1 box lasagna hamburger helper
5 cups water
1 can tomatoes undrained
1 can whole kernel corn undrained
2 tablespoons grated parmesan cheese
1 zucchini
In a large stockpot cook beef and onion over medium heat until meat is no longer pink, drian. Add contents of lasagna dinner season packet , water, tomatoes, corn and parmesan cheese, bring to a boil. Reduce heat , cover and simmer for 10 mins stirring occasionally. Add the lasagna noodles and zucchini Cover and simmer for 10 mins. until noodles are tender.
This is a pretty easy and tasty dinner. Also If you do not want soup just make hamburger help as normal and add veggies. I make it both ways and love it!!
I got it out of a cookbook that has recipes that use a "easy" packaged meal or ingredient, I think its a called Easy Mix Meals or something, I have lost it =( But that was they only recipe out of the whole book that I tried or even wanted to try. I may add shredded carrots sometime.
Friday, July 10, 2009
Wednesday, July 8, 2009
Sweet Tooth Fairy Cupcakes
Dear People who love Cupcakes!!
If you really really LOVE cupcakes you need to check out this place in Provo called the Sweet Tooth Fairy! It is sooo YUMMY. They have a website that shows all the flavors and TONS of beautiful pics of cupcakes and the custom Cakes she does. They are fairly pricey as one cupcake cost $2.25, which I think is a lot, but they are good and I only buy them every few months. They are closed on Sunday and Monday so take note of that, but are super easy to find, they are next to the Provo Sam's club and Hogi Yogi. http://www.thesweettoothfairy.com/ Enjoy, sorry for the short post but that picture and web site are worth a thousand words.
Also a Big Thank you to Marla For being my #2 Fan!!!
xoxoxoxo,
Leah
Tuesday, July 7, 2009
Keep on trucking!
Yo to all my Readers!
Keep on Trucking, that is my motto for the rest of the week maybe even month. Lots of stuff going on, Baby M is growing up, and just the daily grind of life. Yikes, life is hard sometimes and I am tired and want a nap.
SO my baby is growing up =( last night we took the side of his crib off so he could climb in and out. He did pretty good I did not hear any loud noises or bangs, that is always good. We put a baby proof handle knob thing on the inside of his door so he could not escape in the middle of night and hurt himself or wake us up. And At 8 AM I went to check on him and he was up.. So I am not sure if he stayed up all night or if he got some sleep and just woke up early. This is making me sick to my stomach, not that I want total control over him I am just a worrier and go over all the worst case scenario in my head all day every day. Like him waking up and falling down the stairs. Or that he makes it down the stairs and lets Max out and they go play outside OR wake us up crying at our door. Just stuff like that. I am sure I will out grow this when he is 5 or 17....
With all that going on I thought It would be fun to have guest bloggers every now and then. Why?? Because not everyone has a cool blog like mine HECK some people don't even have a blog!?!?! Can you believe? But I do have my first guest blogger and he is pretty awesome. No he not my husband but close! I have been emailing him today and he is very excited but he says he is tired all the time and doesn't know when he can... Just because you have terminal cancer doesn't give you an excuse to get of out writing my blog when I demand you do it. Just kidding but he does have some pretty serious cancer but is humorous about it and writes way better then me! So whenever Jordan James gets off his butt and death bed he will write us a blog about stuff. Its cool, he is my husband cousin so I can say stuff like that too him.
For real, In real life I don't treat people different EVER... You are sick and dying, whatever I am not going to treat you like are. I am going to treat everybody as equals. After talking to people about this they appreciate that I do this. Yeah don't worry I will still add the I love you and pray for you crap but that is about it. HOWEVER this does not always work and I kinda feel out every situation as I see fit. I said this to a lady in our ward She said she felt the same way but she has not talked to me since... and she has some medical issues going on in her life, I told her yes its horrible what's going on and I am here if you need anything. But I am not going to single you out and parade it around in front of everyone. So I guess I did not feel out that situation very well. Only time will tell So get excited about Jordan's blog and I will let you know when I get it and am doing editing it =)
ALSO a Shout out to my Fist Follower!!! Its pretty awesome! Thanks Super Woman I owe you big time.
xoxoxoxo,
Leah
Keep on Trucking, that is my motto for the rest of the week maybe even month. Lots of stuff going on, Baby M is growing up, and just the daily grind of life. Yikes, life is hard sometimes and I am tired and want a nap.
SO my baby is growing up =( last night we took the side of his crib off so he could climb in and out. He did pretty good I did not hear any loud noises or bangs, that is always good. We put a baby proof handle knob thing on the inside of his door so he could not escape in the middle of night and hurt himself or wake us up. And At 8 AM I went to check on him and he was up.. So I am not sure if he stayed up all night or if he got some sleep and just woke up early. This is making me sick to my stomach, not that I want total control over him I am just a worrier and go over all the worst case scenario in my head all day every day. Like him waking up and falling down the stairs. Or that he makes it down the stairs and lets Max out and they go play outside OR wake us up crying at our door. Just stuff like that. I am sure I will out grow this when he is 5 or 17....
With all that going on I thought It would be fun to have guest bloggers every now and then. Why?? Because not everyone has a cool blog like mine HECK some people don't even have a blog!?!?! Can you believe? But I do have my first guest blogger and he is pretty awesome. No he not my husband but close! I have been emailing him today and he is very excited but he says he is tired all the time and doesn't know when he can... Just because you have terminal cancer doesn't give you an excuse to get of out writing my blog when I demand you do it. Just kidding but he does have some pretty serious cancer but is humorous about it and writes way better then me! So whenever Jordan James gets off his butt and death bed he will write us a blog about stuff. Its cool, he is my husband cousin so I can say stuff like that too him.
For real, In real life I don't treat people different EVER... You are sick and dying, whatever I am not going to treat you like are. I am going to treat everybody as equals. After talking to people about this they appreciate that I do this. Yeah don't worry I will still add the I love you and pray for you crap but that is about it. HOWEVER this does not always work and I kinda feel out every situation as I see fit. I said this to a lady in our ward She said she felt the same way but she has not talked to me since... and she has some medical issues going on in her life, I told her yes its horrible what's going on and I am here if you need anything. But I am not going to single you out and parade it around in front of everyone. So I guess I did not feel out that situation very well. Only time will tell So get excited about Jordan's blog and I will let you know when I get it and am doing editing it =)
ALSO a Shout out to my Fist Follower!!! Its pretty awesome! Thanks Super Woman I owe you big time.
xoxoxoxo,
Leah
Monday, July 6, 2009
Weekend Hangover....
Dear Readers....
I bet most of you are like me... You have the weekend hangover.... No you are not drunk but you pretty much feel like it. Yes I had a long eventful weekend. My Aunt and Uncle FINALLY showed up Saturday afternoon, 24 hours late.... But they shared some fun stories both telling them a little different... hehe. But Micah and I fired up our grill and cooked some tasty food and waited for my cousin and his "friend" to show up. I called and said hey your mom and dad are here are you coming down?? "UHHH yeah I guess I will leave in 30 mins" An hour he calls back and asked for directions and I give them to him. As he is a male he does not write them down.... I guess 30 mins goes by and I get a call reconfirming said directions and he goes fine... Then he calls me back so we can go through this together... "Leah I followed your directions exactly... I am going just like you told me. Don't you know where you live !!?!? I got off the AMERICAN Fork exit" I pause collect my self " I live in Spanish Fork" "Oh I will be there in 20" I will admit every city in Utah has a Main and Center street and they meet up, most of the time in the center of town. So that is Utah fault... But I give most of the blame to my cousin for not writing it down and for be nervous for us meeting his "friend" He did get here and did not call me when he got to Spanish Fork, because I know were I live. It was nice to see him and meet his friend Rose, We all think she is nice and can't wait to get to know her better. What ever in the world she is doing with my cousin is beyond me. =)
Now on to the Firework.... I am SHOCKED that my son who is 21 months old LOVES them. Now me being a semi-good mom, I did not let him light the fireworks, OR even play in the road near them. I made him sit with my Aunt in back of my cousins truck so he could not wonder off and make me be on the 10 o'clock news. By they way I live in fear of this all the time, and mention it as often as I see fit. Kind of as a warning to people so they don't do stupid things around me. I think is a more polite to say "Now I don't want to be on the news tonight" then to say "don't be a jack-ass, stupid" Back to the fireworks did I mention that I bought them from Costco?? Yep $50 of bulk fireworks!! And that was the small pack I decided not to buy the $300 pack just because I did not want to be a show off and because I could not carry it or fit in the station wagon with all of my bulk groceries. The small pack barely fit in the cart and my car. They were a lot of fun and we still have half of the pack left. So fireworks are GOOD. If that was not enough to pack my weekend with good times, We went to SLC on Sunday.
AH Trolley Square, I never need to go back there again. For real. Yes its kinda cool and not run down, but there is nothing there. They did have a Brazilian Grill that cost us $110 for 3 adults and our son and a Pottery Barn kids (a favorite).. but I will not go there again, unless someone in my family makes me. I don't know its always weird for me to go to places where things happened. Like I use to work, shop, and live around the place Elizabeth Smart was found... Its kinda weird to me, surreal would be a better word. So being at Trolley Square was more sad, because people died there and It has a somber feel to it. People will never get over that and I don't think it will be open much longer. For real who wants to go and fun at a mall where people were shot and killed??? I don't think I will be back. =/
So that was my weekend, busy busy busy. This week will also be fun of activities so please pardon my absence. I may try to post because this my day job now as I have made 62 cents.
Have a good one,
Leah
I bet most of you are like me... You have the weekend hangover.... No you are not drunk but you pretty much feel like it. Yes I had a long eventful weekend. My Aunt and Uncle FINALLY showed up Saturday afternoon, 24 hours late.... But they shared some fun stories both telling them a little different... hehe. But Micah and I fired up our grill and cooked some tasty food and waited for my cousin and his "friend" to show up. I called and said hey your mom and dad are here are you coming down?? "UHHH yeah I guess I will leave in 30 mins" An hour he calls back and asked for directions and I give them to him. As he is a male he does not write them down.... I guess 30 mins goes by and I get a call reconfirming said directions and he goes fine... Then he calls me back so we can go through this together... "Leah I followed your directions exactly... I am going just like you told me. Don't you know where you live !!?!? I got off the AMERICAN Fork exit" I pause collect my self " I live in Spanish Fork" "Oh I will be there in 20" I will admit every city in Utah has a Main and Center street and they meet up, most of the time in the center of town. So that is Utah fault... But I give most of the blame to my cousin for not writing it down and for be nervous for us meeting his "friend" He did get here and did not call me when he got to Spanish Fork, because I know were I live. It was nice to see him and meet his friend Rose, We all think she is nice and can't wait to get to know her better. What ever in the world she is doing with my cousin is beyond me. =)
Now on to the Firework.... I am SHOCKED that my son who is 21 months old LOVES them. Now me being a semi-good mom, I did not let him light the fireworks, OR even play in the road near them. I made him sit with my Aunt in back of my cousins truck so he could not wonder off and make me be on the 10 o'clock news. By they way I live in fear of this all the time, and mention it as often as I see fit. Kind of as a warning to people so they don't do stupid things around me. I think is a more polite to say "Now I don't want to be on the news tonight" then to say "don't be a jack-ass, stupid" Back to the fireworks did I mention that I bought them from Costco?? Yep $50 of bulk fireworks!! And that was the small pack I decided not to buy the $300 pack just because I did not want to be a show off and because I could not carry it or fit in the station wagon with all of my bulk groceries. The small pack barely fit in the cart and my car. They were a lot of fun and we still have half of the pack left. So fireworks are GOOD. If that was not enough to pack my weekend with good times, We went to SLC on Sunday.
AH Trolley Square, I never need to go back there again. For real. Yes its kinda cool and not run down, but there is nothing there. They did have a Brazilian Grill that cost us $110 for 3 adults and our son and a Pottery Barn kids (a favorite).. but I will not go there again, unless someone in my family makes me. I don't know its always weird for me to go to places where things happened. Like I use to work, shop, and live around the place Elizabeth Smart was found... Its kinda weird to me, surreal would be a better word. So being at Trolley Square was more sad, because people died there and It has a somber feel to it. People will never get over that and I don't think it will be open much longer. For real who wants to go and fun at a mall where people were shot and killed??? I don't think I will be back. =/
So that was my weekend, busy busy busy. This week will also be fun of activities so please pardon my absence. I may try to post because this my day job now as I have made 62 cents.
Have a good one,
Leah
Friday, July 3, 2009
Happy 4th of July and stuff!
Dear Readers!
Happy 4th of July!! I hope you have some exciting activities planed for tomorrow. I have some family BBQ plans that are not set in stone, I am so last minute, but that is because my aunt and uncle are coming in from Alabama today!!! They should be here sometime today maybe... They don't believe in cell phones, and I could and have plans for blogging about that. So I may not be around some next week, kinda like yesterday when I had an emotional break down. Everything is fine now, just lots of stuff happened and piled up all at once and when you get up at 5 AM its hard to deal with them. But anyhoo I wanted to share some thoughts on the 4th of July and what it means to me.
I love the above pic, its something I look at often. Why because it has many things I love it in. I love Alabama and their sports program. (IE ROLL TIDE ROLL), I love my cousin, Donnie, he is number one in the bottom left. And I love our soldiers fighting for mine, my family, and YOUR freedom. How Lucky we are to be protected by such a fine group of men and women. If you know my cousin you are super lucky! I have known him all my life and honestly I can not even say anything negative about him, ever. He would do anything for you and does! He is caring, honest, smart, funny, just your all around good guy. ( don't worry this is not going to end up with him dying.. He is alive and well I talked to him this morning.) I just wanted to let my readers know that soldiers are REAL people fighting for REAL things. We may not support the reasons for the war, but we should always support our soldiers for all that they give up and do for us. I have always thought it is a HORRIBLE shame that we glorify "celebrities" in our society to the point that they make millions of dollars and become whores we hate. When we should glorify our soldiers, teachers, and civil servant and give them the same amount of money. I think its a whole heck of a lot harder to be those things then some fame whore. Why do we do that as a society?? I don't know its pretty sad of us.
But on this 4th of July Holiday I hope we all stop and think of all the things that have brought us to the point we are at now. The fact that we can go out have a hot dog and shoot some fireworks, seems so simple, but in reality its a luxury. I am so grateful that I live here in this great country when I can do all the things I want and not worry about my safety, for the most part. I am lucky that I don't have to worry about suicide bombers at Costco or that I can go there with out my husband, or covered in black head to toe. I think we take those things for granted, but I think about them often and how lucky I am. I also and grateful that I get to vote and speak out about things I don't like on my blog and in person. I am blessed. I get to do all these things and more because of soldiers. Yes, you may hate things but at least you are not stoned to death for telling people all about it. Nobody is going to come into your home in the middle of the night and beat, rape, and kill your family because you don't like Obama. But in some places that happens daily. =( So Yes our country has some problems MAJOR problems that could and will have effects us and our dealings with the world. So lets all pray this weekend for a two things, a prayer of thanksgiving for all that we have and the people that have given it to us. And for our leaders of the country and world that they will be able to make the best decisions for the greater good, so that more people can have the freedoms they want and deserve.
Thankfully,
Leah
Happy 4th of July!! I hope you have some exciting activities planed for tomorrow. I have some family BBQ plans that are not set in stone, I am so last minute, but that is because my aunt and uncle are coming in from Alabama today!!! They should be here sometime today maybe... They don't believe in cell phones, and I could and have plans for blogging about that. So I may not be around some next week, kinda like yesterday when I had an emotional break down. Everything is fine now, just lots of stuff happened and piled up all at once and when you get up at 5 AM its hard to deal with them. But anyhoo I wanted to share some thoughts on the 4th of July and what it means to me.
I love the above pic, its something I look at often. Why because it has many things I love it in. I love Alabama and their sports program. (IE ROLL TIDE ROLL), I love my cousin, Donnie, he is number one in the bottom left. And I love our soldiers fighting for mine, my family, and YOUR freedom. How Lucky we are to be protected by such a fine group of men and women. If you know my cousin you are super lucky! I have known him all my life and honestly I can not even say anything negative about him, ever. He would do anything for you and does! He is caring, honest, smart, funny, just your all around good guy. ( don't worry this is not going to end up with him dying.. He is alive and well I talked to him this morning.) I just wanted to let my readers know that soldiers are REAL people fighting for REAL things. We may not support the reasons for the war, but we should always support our soldiers for all that they give up and do for us. I have always thought it is a HORRIBLE shame that we glorify "celebrities" in our society to the point that they make millions of dollars and become whores we hate. When we should glorify our soldiers, teachers, and civil servant and give them the same amount of money. I think its a whole heck of a lot harder to be those things then some fame whore. Why do we do that as a society?? I don't know its pretty sad of us.
But on this 4th of July Holiday I hope we all stop and think of all the things that have brought us to the point we are at now. The fact that we can go out have a hot dog and shoot some fireworks, seems so simple, but in reality its a luxury. I am so grateful that I live here in this great country when I can do all the things I want and not worry about my safety, for the most part. I am lucky that I don't have to worry about suicide bombers at Costco or that I can go there with out my husband, or covered in black head to toe. I think we take those things for granted, but I think about them often and how lucky I am. I also and grateful that I get to vote and speak out about things I don't like on my blog and in person. I am blessed. I get to do all these things and more because of soldiers. Yes, you may hate things but at least you are not stoned to death for telling people all about it. Nobody is going to come into your home in the middle of the night and beat, rape, and kill your family because you don't like Obama. But in some places that happens daily. =( So Yes our country has some problems MAJOR problems that could and will have effects us and our dealings with the world. So lets all pray this weekend for a two things, a prayer of thanksgiving for all that we have and the people that have given it to us. And for our leaders of the country and world that they will be able to make the best decisions for the greater good, so that more people can have the freedoms they want and deserve.
Thankfully,
Leah
Friday Recipe Box!
FRUIT PIZZA
2 18 oz Pillsbury refrigerated sugar cookies
1 8 oz package of cream cheese (soften)
1/3 cup sugar
1/2 teaspoon vanilla
assorted fruits like strawberries, blueberries, bananas, kiwi etc
Cut cookies line on un-greased pan cook as directed. Let cool. Mix cream cheese, sugar, and vanilla spread on cookie crust
Arrange fruit on cookie to look like American Flag or design of your choice.
I like to double the cream cheese, sugar, and vanilla for more frosting.
2 18 oz Pillsbury refrigerated sugar cookies
1 8 oz package of cream cheese (soften)
1/3 cup sugar
1/2 teaspoon vanilla
assorted fruits like strawberries, blueberries, bananas, kiwi etc
Cut cookies line on un-greased pan cook as directed. Let cool. Mix cream cheese, sugar, and vanilla spread on cookie crust
Arrange fruit on cookie to look like American Flag or design of your choice.
I like to double the cream cheese, sugar, and vanilla for more frosting.
Wednesday, July 1, 2009
I can make monies ??
Dear Adsense and readers,
I guess you have noticed that I was approved for Adsense! Go me! I was pretty nervous because I had read some reviews about how some people has not been approved because their blog was not considered "family friendly" by Google.... WOW. Thats some hard core stuff. I did not go to these blogs because for some reason they were not listed in the articles... HMMMMMM Makes ya kinda wonder what the heck those people are into... WAIT I DON'T WANT TO KNOW. But its good to know that Google thinks my blog is family friendly... I must have been the 32 nights of dinners that pushed them over the edge. They probably did not read the blog about me being gang raped by my bike... Which after writing, I was surprised to find out I was not the only one this has happened too. HUH bike seat makers take note. And if I am ever featured in a Blog spot light, and asked "What is the most surprising thing you have learned about while blogging?" I will tell them about the staggering number of women that are assaulted by bike seats each year. There should really be a charity/organization on facebook for that. YES, we can hold a bike-a-thon for all the victims and raise funds to pay for meals, baby sitting, and cleaning while you recover....
So now that I have Adsense, Have I sold out?? I have noticed on many blog that people do not have it. And I was like HMMM why?? I know I will not make hundreds of dollars a day or ever, but I will give it the old college try. Is it a scam?? My husband and I don't think so because its run by Google, and they don't scam people EVER, I don't think..... And I did not have to put up any money or give them my credit card. Or is it because you are just to cool for that and don't want to bother? I really want to know why you don't have it?? I will keep you updated on it and let you know when I get my first check and how much it is for. =) As of today I have made $0. I guess I can't really consider this my day job.
By the way I am looking for away I can make money sitting at my computer all day while staying at home semi-watching my son. Isn't that every SAHM dream?? That and winning a year supply of food and all the shelving needed from http://www.shelfreliance.com/ ??? Wait not all my readers at SAHMs and /or Mormon. Sorry. But still I am looking for this stay at home dream job. I don't want to sell crap at home parties or make things. Also I can't spell or do math real good. Geesh I have no idea why I do not have a job. =( Any thoughts?
Take it Easy,
Leah
I guess you have noticed that I was approved for Adsense! Go me! I was pretty nervous because I had read some reviews about how some people has not been approved because their blog was not considered "family friendly" by Google.... WOW. Thats some hard core stuff. I did not go to these blogs because for some reason they were not listed in the articles... HMMMMMM Makes ya kinda wonder what the heck those people are into... WAIT I DON'T WANT TO KNOW. But its good to know that Google thinks my blog is family friendly... I must have been the 32 nights of dinners that pushed them over the edge. They probably did not read the blog about me being gang raped by my bike... Which after writing, I was surprised to find out I was not the only one this has happened too. HUH bike seat makers take note. And if I am ever featured in a Blog spot light, and asked "What is the most surprising thing you have learned about while blogging?" I will tell them about the staggering number of women that are assaulted by bike seats each year. There should really be a charity/organization on facebook for that. YES, we can hold a bike-a-thon for all the victims and raise funds to pay for meals, baby sitting, and cleaning while you recover....
So now that I have Adsense, Have I sold out?? I have noticed on many blog that people do not have it. And I was like HMMM why?? I know I will not make hundreds of dollars a day or ever, but I will give it the old college try. Is it a scam?? My husband and I don't think so because its run by Google, and they don't scam people EVER, I don't think..... And I did not have to put up any money or give them my credit card. Or is it because you are just to cool for that and don't want to bother? I really want to know why you don't have it?? I will keep you updated on it and let you know when I get my first check and how much it is for. =) As of today I have made $0. I guess I can't really consider this my day job.
By the way I am looking for away I can make money sitting at my computer all day while staying at home semi-watching my son. Isn't that every SAHM dream?? That and winning a year supply of food and all the shelving needed from http://www.shelfreliance.com/ ??? Wait not all my readers at SAHMs and /or Mormon. Sorry. But still I am looking for this stay at home dream job. I don't want to sell crap at home parties or make things. Also I can't spell or do math real good. Geesh I have no idea why I do not have a job. =( Any thoughts?
Take it Easy,
Leah
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