Is it the 4th already?

With 4th of July quickly approaching, I'm getting the menu ready for friends we are having over for a BBQ.

The passing of 2 icons

Yesterday: Michael Jackson passed away from cardiac arrest. 50 years old. I'm still in shock.
Also Farrah Fawcett passed away after a long battle with cancer. 2 icons gone in one day. The world is reeling. I feel like I'm on overload from all the news. Time to take a step back.

:(

Alicia

Camping plan

Well our family vacation is quickly approaching. We leave this Friday! Woo hoo! Today I head to the dollar store on my lunch break and get napkins and paper plates. I think I will also pick up some washcloths. Always handy. Tomorrow after work I will do some shopping. Things like sunscreen, handwipes, toilet paper. Then on Thursday I will get the food shopping done. Clint will pick up the pop-up camper we are borrowing on Thursday and we'll need to air that out also that night. Then Friday morning we head out! I'm hoping to leave by 9am. But if we are ready sooner we'll go. Most everything should be packed up and in the living room Thursday night. Except for personal items. The boys will probably take showers Thursday night while I'll take one Friday before we leave as to have clean hair for as long as possible for the next 5 days. Easy enough to "spot clean" your body but washing the hair is a pain! Although with it being shorter...hmm.... :)

2 more days not counting today!
Alicia

I <3 CC

Pasta time!

Here's the recipe:

1 16oz package rigatoni
2 cups pasta sauce of your choice
12oz ricotta cheese
2 cups shredded romano cheese.

Cook and drain pasta. In large bowl mix together pasta and ricotta cheese. Mix in romano cheese. Alternately layer pasta mixture, sauce and cheese in 9x12 baking dish (like lasagna).
Bake in 350 degree oven for 20 minutes or until top is brown and bubbly.

Enjoy!

Alicia

I <3 CC

PS- I cut my hair 2 days ago and just today really like what it's become. The ends are so healthy and thick! Yay! Plus I have a very cute pony tail now so that's a major bonus. It's just above the middle of my back.

Dinner? not yet...

Woo hooo! Another recipe to share! Tomorrow tho, cause I don't have the quantities with me right now.

So check back tomorrow for a WONDERFUL pasta recipe! :)


Meanwhile wish me luck as we have company coming over for dinner tonight-

Alicia

I <3 CC

Soup for dinner??

I made a great new dish last night. Mmmm! It was so tasty I had to call my Mom right away to tell her about it and give her the recipe. Just the right consistancy of everything. But enough talking about it here is the recipe:

1 pound ground beef
1/2 cup water
1/2 cup salsa
1 can tomato soup
6 6" flour tortillas cut into 1" pieces
grated cheddar cheese


Directions:
Brown the beef in large skillet breaking up any large pieces so it looks like taco meat. Drain excess fat. Add water, salsa, tomato soup and tortilla pieces and cook to a boil over high heat. Lower heat and simmer for 5 minutes. Remove from heat, add cheese and enjoy!

Now the recipe I have says "feeds 4". But uh uh, it fed our 3 just perfectly. So I think if you have more than 3 people I would double the recipe. You can also add to this mixture easily. 1/2 cup sour cream? Corn tortillas or fritos instead of the flour tortillas? Mmm or add chopped up jalapenos! It's like a homemade hamburger helper! Yay! My Mom said it was "Alicias soup dinner", so I guess I'll go with that. Hee hee!

Until I soup again-

Alicia

I <3 CC

What a long strange TRIP it's been.

There is a spot near where I'm sitting that people keep tripping at. I'm not really sure why. I've walked over there and looked around. No protruding point, no loose carpet, nothing. I just can't figure why people are tripping! Maybe they aren't paying attention when they round the corner. But at this point, I can't help but laugh hysterically everytime it happens! Which is turning into a problem since as soon as they trip I'M RIGHT THERE looking at them. This calls to mind the many occasions where people would be walking out of the building and instead of walking through the door they would walk right into the glass next to the door! As if we had no front walls. Man I've laughed many days about that. But it was also hard since as soon as they did it they looked at me. So I learned to put on a sweet smile and tell them, "Are you okay? That's alright everyone does that." Which mostly is true since so many visitors DID do that. But it took some strength not to laugh right at them! There was always the forehead mark that was left on the window to laugh at later. At least until I windexed it off...

Until they trip again-

Alicia

I <3 CC

What a weekend!

Had a great weekend! Friday afternoon the kiddo got picked up to go fishing with his grandpa. We had a quiet evening at home just the hubby and I. Watched tv all evening.

Saturday morning was spent with my Mom at Wallyworld. She stopped to pick up my nephew Asher first. They were giving away FREE ICE CREAM! Mmm it was Ben & Jerrys. Some new vanilla ice cream with brownies and chocolate sauce combo. Very tasty!
In the evening we had plans to meet with friends and go dancing. One couple was there that we hadn't seen together in a very long time and it was awesome to see them again. Clint was telling them about our next camping trip and they both said we were gonna be miserable camping in a tent for 5 days and that we MUST use thier pop-up. So! We might do that we'll see.

Stuck a roast in the crockpot Sunday morning and we had shredded beef soft tacos for dinner. Mmmm! Stuffed! There was enough leftover that we are probably going to have that again for dinner tonight.

Oh! And the kiddo caught 1 fish Saturday and thankfully ate it at his grandparents house so I didn't have to look/touch or smell it.

I love a nice long weekend...

Alicia

I <3 CC