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Storms

Looks like we are going to be in for a stormy night. There are two different storm systems coming this way.

The last one is just going through Chicktown now, high wind (74 miles hr) hail and lots of rain.

Suppose to rain on and off tonight till about noon tomorrow. Then be about 84-87 for a high. The humidity will be unbearable.

Nashville Dinner

1 pkg egg noodles

1 lb hamburger meat

2 T butter

1 onion

1 can cream chicken soup

1 can mushrooms

1 ½ c milk

1 T Worcestershire sauce

¼ c soy sauce

1 lb sharp cheddar cheese, shredded

large can chow mien noodles

¼ lb mixed nuts

Prepare noodle as directed, drain well. Add butter. Put in bottom of casserole dish. Brown meat and onion. In pan, mix soup, milk, Worcestershire and soy sauce, heat and mix well. Add to meat and onion mix. Pour over noodles. Spread cheese over mixture. Top with chow mien noodles. Sprinkle on nuts. Bake at 350 degrees till hot and cheese is bubbly.

Chicken Chow Mien

1 c onions

1 c celery

½ c bell pepper

¼ c butter

1 whole boned chicken or 2 cans white meat chicken with juice

2 cans cream of mushroom soup

1 can mushrooms

½ c Chinese noodles

½ c cashews

Microwave vegetables till tender. Mix all together and top with remaining noodles and cashews. Bake at 350 degrees for 15 -20 min.

The Grandkids

Went to see the grandkids this week, John and Amanda had to go to Oklahoma City overnight for a business meeting so I took care of the kids.

They are really very self sufficient, but sometime Dakota and Emmit need someone to break them up. Everything will be just fine then "boom" they are at each others throats. Five minutes later everything is great.

Wed night we went over to Miss Bea's to visit. Her grandkids were down from Wyoming. The kids ate watermelon, had a watermelon seed spitting contest and played till they were exhausted. Everyone had a great time.

Emmit

Dakota

Quintin school started last week, Emmit is in third grade, Dakota is in seventh and Alex is a Freshman. They ride the bus (it comes at 7:10am) so they have to be ready to leave by 7am.

Came back home Friday so I could go be at work on Saturday.

Chocolate Cinnamon Cake

2 c sugar

2 c flour

1 c Crisco

1 tsp baking soda

1 tsp cinnamon

2 beaten eggs

4 T cocoa

1 cube oleo

1 c water

1 tsp vanilla

½ c buttermilk

Mix sugar, flour, and cocoa, in bowl, set aside. Mix oleo, Crisco and water in pan bring to boil, pour over flour mixture. Add rest of ingredients. Bake in loaf pan 30 min at 350 degrees.

While cake is baking take ½ cube oleo, 2 T cocoa, 3 T milk heat until melted, add to ½ box powdered sugar and beat in mixer bowl until spreading consistency. Add ½ c nuts and 1 tsp vanilla. Ice cake while still hot.

Thrift stores...Ha!

Sissy came up and we went to Kristin's to see her new apartment. We ate lunch at Taco Bell. Then when shoping at a Thrift store.

Thrift store????

You can buy it cheaper at Wally's ...some stuff actually had price tags for less from the Dollar store...are these people for real?

Lasagna Casserole

1 lb ground beef

1 lb can tomatoes

1 clove garlic, minced

2-6 ox cans tomato paste

1 T whole basil

1 ½ tsp salt

½ tsp oregano

Brown meat slowly and spoon off fat. Add reaming ingredients and simmer uncovered 1 ½ hours stirring occasionally. Cook 10 oz of lasagna or wide noodles till tender and drain. Rinse in cold water.

Cheese filling

3 c (ricotta) or creamy cottage cheese

½ c grated parmesan cheese

2 T parsley flakes

2 beaten eggs

1 lb mozzarella cheese sliced thin

½ tsp pepper

1 tsp salt

Mix filling ingredients together. Place ½ noodles in a 13x9x12 baking dish and spread with half the cheese filling. Cover with ½ of mozzarella cheese and ½ meat sauce. Repeat layer. Bake in a moderate oven 30 min. Before cutting in squares let stand 10 min.

This can be assembled early and refrigerated until baking time. Serve with green salad, hot bread and light dessert. Will serve12. (Can be divided and part frozen-thaw before cooking)

Chicken Broccoli casserole

Breast of 2 chicken’s, chopped

1 can cream of chicken soup

1 can nacho cheese soup

2 c rice cooked (not minute rice)

½ large onion, chopped

2T butter

2 T Worcestershire Sauce

1 can mushrooms

½ pkg frozen broccoli

1 can green chilies

Grated cheese

Sauté onion, chicken, Worcestershire sauce and butter in skillet. Add to pre-cooked rice, broccoli cheese, soups and mushrooms. Put in casserole dish. Top with grated cheese. Cook at 350 degree for 25 min.

Home from Chicktown

Finished going through most of the kitchen cabinets...Loaded one load in the car and took to Goodwill. Still have at least one more load to go. Keitha said she would do it next week after Richard went through some of his things.

Went to Wally's to check out the books..didn't find anything. Ran home ate leftover pizza for lunch then went to the book store. Chicktown has a really good used bookstore. They are a lot cheaper priced than here. Bought 6 books for $18 here they would have cost $30 at the used book store here.

Came home from keitha's so I could get ready for work tomorrow :(

Going to Chicktown

Heading out to Chicktown today!! Going to go help my sissy put a dent in all the junk she has collected in the last eight years. They are painting inside so she decided this would be a good time to get rid of her prized goodies that she hasn't used but once or twice since she bought them.

We both bought a ton of cross stitch thread, material, patterns and kits over the years (got a awesome deal at Hobby Lobby one year 90% off)..still have all the stuff in original package :) anyway we clean out the small bedroom (will be an office/craft room from now on). There is still more junk that will never get used but that will give us another reason to clean up next year. LOL

I seemed to wind up with a trunk full of stuff to take to Kristin and the boys...had alot of things that the grandkids can use.

USEFUL HOUSEHOLD TIPS

GREAT TIPS:

1. Reheat Pizza: Heat up leftover pizza in a nonstick skillet on top of the stove, set heat to med-low and heat till warm. This keeps the crust crispy. No soggy micro pizza. I saw this on the cooking channel and it really works.

2. Easy Deviled Eggs: Put cooked egg yolks in a zip lock bag. Seal, mash till they are all broken up. Add remainder of ingredients, reseal, keep mashing it up mixing thoroughly, cut the tip of the baggy, squeeze mixture into egg. Just throw bag away when done easy clean up.

3. Expanding Frosting: When you buy a container of cake frosting from the store, whip it with your mixer for a few minutes. You can double it in size. You get to frost more cake/cupcakes with the same amount. You also eat less sugar and calories per serving.

4. Reheating refrigerated bread: To warm biscuits, pancakes, or muffins that were refrigerated, place them in a microwave with a cup of water. The increased moisture will keep the food moist and help it reheat faster.

5. Newspaper weeds away: Start putting in your plants; work the nutrients in your soil. Wet newspapers put layers around the plants overlapping as you go cover with mulch and forget about weeds. Weeds will get through some gardening plastic they will not get through wet newspapers.

6. Broken Glass clean up: Use a wet cotton ball or Q-tip to pick up the small shards of glass you can't see easily.

7. No More Mosquitoes: Place a dryer sheet in your pocket. It will keep the mosquitoes away.

8. Squirrel Away: To keep squirrels from eating your plants sprinkle your plants with cayenne pepper. The cayenne pepper doesn't hurt the plant and the squirrels won't come near it.

9. Flexible vacuum nozzle: To get something out of a heat register or under the fridge add an empty paper towel roll or empty gift wrap roll to your vacuum. It can be bent or flattened to get in narrow openings.

10. Reducing Static Cling: Pin a small safety pin to the seam of your slip and you will not have a clingy skirt or dress. Same thing works with slacks that cling when wearing panty hose. Place pin in seam of slacks and -- ta da! -- static is gone.

11. Measuring Cups clean up: Before you pour sticky substances into a measuring cup, fill with hot water. Dump out the hot water, but don't dry cup. Next, add your ingredient, such as peanut butter, and watch how easily it comes right out.

12. Hate foggy windshields? Buy a chalkboard eraser and keep it in the glove box of your car. When the windows fog, rub with the eraser! Works better than a cloth!

13. Reopening envelope: If you seal an envelope and then realize you forgot to include something inside, just place your sealed envelope in the freezer for an hour or two. Viola! It unseals easily.

14. Hair Conditioner: Use your hair conditioner to shave your legs. It's a lot cheaper than shaving cream and leaves your legs really smooth. It's also a great way to use up the conditioner you bought but didn't like when you tried it in your hair..

15. Goodbye Fruit Flies: To get rid of pesky fruit flies , take a small glass fill it 1/2" with Apple Cider Vinegar and 2 drops of dish washing liquid , mix well. You will find those flies drawn to the cup and gone forever!

16. Get Rid of Ants: Put small piles of cornmeal where you see ants. They eat it, take it "home", can't digest it so it kills them. It may take a week or so, especially if it rains, but it works & you don't have the worry about pets or small children being harmed!

Quick Spanish Rice

¼ c oil

1 med. Onion (chopped)

½ med green pepper

1 lb ground beef

1 c regular rice uncooked

2 8oz cans tomato sauce

1 ¾ c hot water

1tsp salt

dash pepper

1 tsp prepared mustard

3 cloves garlic

1 tsp oregano

½ tsp Worchestershire Sauce

½ cup grated cheese

Heat oil in skillet add onion, green pepper, beef and rice. Stir over high heat until lightly browned. Add tomato sauce and remaining ingredients except cheese. Mix well, bring quickly to boil, cover tightly and simmer 25 min. Grated cheese may be added before serving.

A Poem for Okies

My sister sent me this today....

I found this beautiful summer poem and thought it might help make your day.

It did mine, and it's very well written..


' Summer in Oklahoma '

SHIT!
It's Hot !

The END!

Chuckwagon Crescent Casserole

1 lb ground beef

1 can cream of mushroom soup

½ tsp garlic salt

1 can crescent dinner rolls

1 c (4 oz) shredded cheddar cheese

½ c chopped onion

1 can mild enchilada sauce

1/8 tsp pepper

1 ½ c crushed Fritos

½ c milk

parsley flakes and paprika

Brown beef and onion, stir in soup, sauce, garlic salt and pepper. Place crescent rectangles in ungreased 12 X 8 inch or 13 X 9 inch pan or dish, press over bottom and 1 ½ inches up sides. Sprinkle ¾ cups corn chips. Spoon meat mixture into crust. Sprinkle with cheese ad remaining corn chips. Pour milk over casserole, sprinkle with parsley and paprika, and bake for 25 to 30 min. at 350 degrees. Let stand for 5 min. before cutting. Refrigerate leftovers.

Fun Friday

Just worked half a day...went to lunch at Cracker Barrel with the gang. Jenniffer and I had catfish (yummmy) Mindy had soup ( too hot now for soup) and Ken had Chicken N' Dumplins.

Then came home for a while...and off to Wally World with Kristin. I detest going to Wally's on the weekend you can't find a place to park and the store is jammed with people. The only time you can shop in late at night and then you can't get down the isles because of all the pallets where they are suppose to be stocking.

Going to make this short today...got to take Kristin a can opener so she can make cheese dip. She having some friends over tonight. It's Laray's 18th birthday...HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!

Later peeps

Meat Loaf

(Grandma’s)

1 ½ - 2 lbs Ground beef

1 med onion

1 ½ tsp Salt

¼ tsp Pepper

1T whole oregano

1tsp sage

1tsp sugar

2 eggs

Special K cereal

1 can Tomato sauce

1 can Milnot

1 can mushrooms (Whole)

Mix well put in covered dish. Pour tomato sauce over top and ½ cup milnot. Bake for 11/2 hour at 400 degrees.

Rain and general rambling

I really need to listen to the weather...I was going to mow today but by the time I got outside to start mowing the sky was dark, clouds were rolling in and I felt a drop of rain...then the downpour.

I would have been out earlier but everyone (but my sissy) :( called this morning.

I think she is still recovering from having the girls this weekend. When your not use to having more than one kid around at a time, then you have three it can be overwhelming. The girls just turned 9, so they don't have to have constant supervision, but they do like to bicker (a lot).

Reminded me of when the boys were young...

he's on my side...

don't touch me...

he looked at me...

he's breathing on me...

and on and on...LOL

Kris is moving into an apartment, so we have been moving all the heavy stuff in before she goes to work. She is off tomorrow so we will be spending all day moving the rest of her stuff in so she can get it set up before school starts…August 26^th. She goes to work around 2pm or 3pm and gets off at midnight, so early morning start are not at this house…LOL.

OK, sun is shinning now but it will be too wet to mow now for a few days. So I guess Jack will get to mow this weekend…funny how it things work out J

Well enough of my ramblings, got to do at least one thing constructive today.

Hummmm…maybe I will wash the dishes or do some laundry….but I really need get caught up on all my TV shows…dishes and laundry can wait…later peeps.

Happy B-day Mom

Mom's birthday is today...so I need to go over there after i get off work.

I start my online photo editing class tomorrow. WoohHoo!! Jessica classes are AWESOME...she is a great teacher. I would like to take more of her classes but right now most of them are out of my price range since I got my hours cut back...and the first of October will not have a job :( My sis paid half of this course...said I could do all her pics for her...LOL

Will post some pics after class starts...later peeps

Virgo-The Perfectionist

VIRGO - The Perfectionist (Aug 23 - Sept 22)

Dominant In relationships. Conservative. Always wants the last word. Argumentative. Worries. Very smart. Dislikes noise and chaos. Eager. Hardworking. Loyal. Beautiful. Easy to talk to. Hard to please. Harsh.
Practical and very fussy. Often shy. Pessimistic.

Scary but some of this is right on.