Taco Soup

I got this from work actually, a long time ago someone left copies out and I took one, it's our favorite! I have shared it with many people and they all have loved it.

1 lb. lean ground beef or turkey browned- I use turkey
1 onion (optional) - I just spinkle in some dried onion
1 pkg. taco seasoning -dry
1 pkg. Hidden Valley Ranch dressing - dry
1 can pinto beans
1 can light kidney beans
1 can corn
1 can hominy
2 cans tomotoes -diced
1 can rotel

Directions- dump all ingredients into crock pot. cook all day on low and enjoy. serve with chips and cheese. We make corn bread because it reminds me more of chili. It makes a lot, I have two crock pots and I use my bigger one for this. It lasts us a few days or you could even freeze some of it. Enjoy!!

Having fun cleaning!!!

No really!! I am having fun trying my new Shaklee products out!! I first heard about Shaklee at this blog that I like to visit! Soon after I started reading her blog a cousin of Joe's, Rachel, posted on Facebook that she was selling Shaklee. I asked her for a sample of Basic H and loved it! It's all organic and smells good! My favorite product is the Scour off!!! It's made of cherry pits and it's amazing!! I have used it on my shower, oven and sink! I hated cleaning my shower and with this product it's so easy and my shower is honestly cleaner than ever before. I took some pictures of my oven. I am embarassed to show you the befores but here they are.

And now after!! My oven is old so there was stuff in between the glass I could not get to.

Much better huh??

Oct. and Pagerize Challenge

I wanted to do both of these challenges this month but have been so busy that I decided to combine them into one.


I decided to scrap these pictures of my son and my grandma who passed away in Dec.2008. She passed away just a few days before Christmas unexpectedly. She was only able to see my son twice. She was my last living grandparent to pass away. After she passed away I knew I wanted to scrap the only two pictures I had of her and my son. I printed extra copies but just couldn't get myself to scrap them, until now! Thank you Kathy for this challenge! I can look at these now and not get so sad about her being gone but be happy that she was able to hold him!!

I loved Joni's lo and lifted most of it. I haven't painted on a lo in a long time so I tried that but I felt like I made a mess. I covered most of it with my paper and pictures though! Thanks for the inspiration Joni!!

Please stop by Scrap Our Stash to play along in our challenges!!!

More baby Matthew pages

I never finished posting the baby book pages I made for my friend Holly's baby Matthew. Here are just some of them. She lives in Kansas so I had to ship it to her. When she sent me here thank you note she included these cute towel lollipops. I took a picture to remember them, they would be a cute shower favor!

I am having trouble figuring out blogger! I will post more soon!

BOO!!

Last night I made another set of blocks! I wanted to make one for Fall but since I never got around to it I made some for Halloween! I think they turned out pretty cute!

Here is the link to the Christmas ones I made back in July! There are more detailed directions there if your interested! They are so simple to make and I get to use my stash!

Enjoy the rest of your weekend! I will be back soon with a lo!

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