Surprise gift from my sister

Such a nice surprise to receive this Twilight Saga journals in the mail from my sister. I have been reading all the books again 3 chapters a week with a group of wonderful Twi-Friends and we we will finish Breaking Dawn the week before it comes out at the movies. I can't tell you how much I love this gift! Thanks Kim!

Tuna Muffin with Cajun Mayo

I was skeptical about this recipe but it really turned out so good.

Tuna Muffins
2 6-ounce cans tuna or salmon, drained well
2 eggs
1/4 cup celery, chopped fine, 1 ounce
2 tablespoons onion, chopped fine, 1/2 ounce
1/4 cup green pepper, minced, 1 ounce (I used red bell pepper)
2 ounces cheddar cheese, shredded
Salt and pepper, to taste
Pinch Old Bay seasoning
Mix all of the ingredients and spoon into 6 well-greased muffin cups. Bake at 350º for 30 minutes until puffed, set and lightly browned around the edges.
Makes 6 servings

Spicy Mayo
1/4 cup mayonnaise
1/8 teaspoon garlic powder
1 teaspoon chile powder
Mix all of the ingredients and chill several hours to let the flavors blend.

What would you do?

We worry about the neighbors dog. He cries a lot and we haven't seen much of the owners lately. So we started to feed him or meat table scraps. I can't stand not knowing if he is okay and it drives me crazy that he is lonely! Today I'm picking up dog food and figure out how to get water to him.

Grilled Chicken Thighs and Cheesy Spinach

This is a staple in the house. Cheesy spinach recipe to follow!

Custom Cowboy Art

I have been working on some new designs for children's room and this is the first one that I finished. I think it turned out so adorable and will be cute in a barn wood frame. So what do you think?

Good food means no dirty plates!

How do you know your food is delicious? When you don't dirty any plates.

Best Ribs ever and low carb!

How to cooks ribs that fall off the bone. The answer is slow and low. 250 degrees for 4 to 5 hours. It is so worth the wait.

Awesome Goodwill find.

Found two earring nest at Goodwill for $2.50 each. So much work and details I had to find out how much they really cost and luckily one still had the website tag. I was shocked to find they are $40 each!!!

Awesome low carb side

The finished product. Low carb and delish!

My favorite side dish

Texas grown mushrooms because everything really is bigger in Texas. Equal parts of cream cheese and shredded cheddar ( amounts depending on how much you need for fill) and a palm full of bacon bits topped with a slice of jalapeno. Cook 350 degrees for 20 minutes and enjoy.

Air Conditioner a must for Texas

I was so happy this weekend I had nothing special planned and I was going to be able to really get some stuff done that I wanted to do for just the fun of it.  It started out wonderful Saturday morning when I was able to jump right in and get my very first project completed from the challenges that were taking place at My Pink Stamper.  It was so much fun to really use my Cricut and do a complete project from start to finish. I was so happy and had 3 more challenges that I wanted to finish over the weekend because the prize were going to be exactly what I needed.  Okay maybe not needed but wanted.  Anyways all that came to a screeching halt when our A/C decided it was done.  Not only was it done but our thermostat started to smoke!  Not knowing what to do we went to Home Depot to start with a new thermostat.  Let me stop here and tell you that you can't just go get one you have to be specific or it just wont work.  So on our return trip to exchange the thermostat we got the one that was right for us.  Okay let me stop here again and tell you when you exchange thermostat's out you need to make sure that your wires are marked correctly.  If not you will be GOOGLING all day long trying to figure it out and with that being said I got no more projects completed.  We were hot and miserable and it was Mother's Day.  A good friend came thru and hooked us up with an excellent A/C guy and things were back on track Monday afternoon.  Funny thing is we were so shocked it had gone out because afterall the house we bought was brand new no previous owners and all the appliances were new.  I just didnt realize it had already been 8 years.  Time sure does fly. 

NSD My Pink Stamper Challenge #4 - Mother's Day

I was hoping there would be a Mother's Day challenge because I wanted to make a card for my mom.  I have to say this is my very first card EVER!  So be kind I am still learning.  I used Floral Embellished cartridge I hope you like it and check out all the other challenges at  My Pink Stamper

Celebrate Cinco de Mayo!

Zero calorie zero carb Margarita. Pretty tasty and so worth it when a regular margarita is 1000 calories

Pathetic!

Simone has out grown her bed

She loves laying in the circle part. I think it's because she knows she won't fall off.

Lion & Lamb

Found this at Hobby Lobby today and just love it! It was the larger one for $100 so I couldn't get it but would love to have this in my living room.

House sign detail...

Close up of detail of the design.

House sign cont...

A close up of the distressed around
the edges.

Personalized house sign

Finishing up mom's sign for her Mother's Day gift. Still need to add the black chain for hanging but it turned out so cute. It's going to look so nice hanging on her front door.