Pray for Oklahoma

I was born in Oklahoma and lived there for the first 35 years of my life. 

My parents, in-laws, siblings, nieces, nephews and many of my

friends still live there - all safe as far as we know

I lived in Moore, OK for 5 of those years.

Thankful and a bit heartsick,


Laura


  

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A week of Good News and Bad News

The last 7 days have been full of good things and bad things.  Could it be worse?  Absolutely!  Was I stressed out like I haven't been in FOREVER?  Yes, I was.  I feel like a little whiny baby and I have realized I am extremely spoiled. Mostly because my husband gets projects done as quickly as possible and he does it correctly.

Good News
Saturday - We had a great time at TopGolf
My son and daughter-in-law took me there for Mother's Day Brunch

Sunday
Good News
My husband bought me a beautiful tropical hibiscus to replace the one on the patio that I killed over the winter after keeping it for 10 years.  This one is a beauty!

Monday
Bad News
The gas service line to our house is rusted and our home warranty doesn't cover the VERY EXPENSIVE cost of the repair. I'll just say we are not talking hundreds, add a zero.  We had no hot water from Monday morning until Thursday night. Also no gas range or heat, but fortunately no heat is necessary this time of year.  Now if the AC went out - that would be a problem.  I won't go into the creative ways we made it through the week without hot water.

Good News
The house didn't blow up :)

Bad News
It's been like a 3 ring circus dealing with the plumbing contractor. Could you please show up before noon?  Seriously, I am spoiled by SuperDave doing most of the projects around our house and we will never recommend this plumbing company to anyone.

All week
Bad News
Due to dealing with the problem above I didn't get the baby quilt finished for my daughter's shower tomorrow. Also ZERO time for reading anybody's blog posts this week.

Good News
While I worked on it, I had help and it will be done soon.

Bad News
There were 16 tornadoes in the DFW area this week

Good News
My family is all safe and I shouldn't be whining about a week of inconvenience.

Good News
The neighborhood ladies came to my house Thursday night for a fun very loud night of girl time.  That helped me de-stress a bit.

Good News
I was due to have the rough skin scrubbed off my heels and a new paint job on my tootsies - so I did that during my lunch break today.

Even MORE Good News

It's FRIDAY, people!

Have an awesome weekend!
Laura


  

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Taking Time to Put My Feet Up - Easy Cheesy Mexican Dinner 'Recipe'

Hello out there.  Is anyone still stopping by to see if I'm ever going to blog again?  I feel so out of touch when I haven't been blogging or reading all my favorite blogs.  Lately I feel like I'm spinning around.  Some of this I bring on myself by starting another project before finishing the last one and some of it is just LIFE. 

I will be the first to admit I have a very good life, but I've had a sick child, a parent in the hospital and less than a week ago I had a "minor" surgical procedure. I have since concluded that at my age there is no MINOR surgery.  I'm happy to report everyone is now on the mend!

Some recipes surely were invented by people during weeks like the one I've had and I created an easy one of my own that I'll be making again if SuperDave agrees.  I guess I should give it a name so I think I'll call it "Easy Cheesy Mexican Dinner" because it is Mexican Food, it is easy and it is delicious.

One of my favorite side vegetables is made with a can of tomatoes and green chilies, a can of black beans and 1-1/2 cups of frozen corn. (you can use a can of corn but I prefer frozen corn)  I started with that combo and made a one dish meal that looked like this.

Easy Cheesy Mexican Dinner

1 can Black beans, drained and rinsed
1-1/2 cups frozen corn
1 can Tomatoes and green chilies with cilantro and lime juice
1/2 lb White Velveeta Pepper Jack cheese
1 cup of cooked chicken, cubed (I always cook extra chicken for making quick meals)

I warmed the above ingredients together and served it on a bed of brown rice

We topped the chicken and vegetable mixture with lots of jalapeno peppers and grated cheddar cheese and served it with our favorite chips. (Food Should Taste Good Multigrain)

Do you love how easy this was to cook? 
Can you see from the picture how delicious this tastes?

After putting it in a bowl, take it outside to the patio and put your feet up and enjoy your meal.  Even in the midst of a crazy week, you I must take time to breathe (and eat).

Getting closer every minute to the weekend!  If I don't manage another post this week, Happy Mother's Day to all you awesome Moms out there.

Cheers!

Laura


  

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