[Trying to get prepared for school year...healthy crock pot recipes please!]

I use this link a lot: http://crockpot365.blogspot.com/

 

she reviews each recipe and there are some real good'uns in the index list!

 

:iagree: that's probably where I got my recipe....good stuff there!

[Trying to get prepared for school year...healthy crock pot recipes please!]

My kids love this:

 

Chicken Lettuce Wraps:

4 chicken breasts

5 cloves chopped garlic

1/2 chopped onion

1/4 cup soy sauce

1/4 cup white wine

1/2 tsp. Ginger

2 tbsp. Balsamic vinegar

 

Cook on low 8 hours, shred chicken, serve with rice wrapped in romaine. Yummy:)

[Tacos]

We prefer chicken soft tacos so I usually throw some chicken covered with Herdes red salsa in the crockpot and shred it.

[s/o: How much do you care about modesty?]

I don't concern myself too much with it. I mean, I wouldn't allow body parts falling out of clothes, but we don't avoid shorts, two pieces, or tank tops.

[Would you let your daughter wear this to homecoming?]

I am not too conservative when it comes to clothing, but that's too short IMO. It's cute, just too short!

[Favorite Home-Cleaning and Organization Method?]

I have this sitting right next to me.:blush5: My dd printed it out, put it in a binder and decorated the binder for me.:001_rolleyes:

 

I remember it being rigid-do shopping on this day, baking on that day, etc..IOW-I glanced through it and it has sat on a (cluttered) shelf ever since-until this AM.:glare:

 

You make is sound so easy! Maybe I will take a peak and see what I can pull from it.:001_unsure:

 

Well, I usually do my shopping on Tuesdays anyway, so that works for me:). It makes me think a little harder about what I need to get while I'm out (prescriptions, gas, library books,etc.). I do like having days dedicated to certain areas of the house. Like on laundry day, I go crazy grabbing everything I can throw in the machine including rugs, misc. family room blankets, bedding, etc. It's easy to focus on one area when I know I will be getting to the other areas a different day and still jeep up with daily maintenance stuff:). Good luck! None of it is fun....haha!!

[Favorite Home-Cleaning and Organization Method?]

I use Bootcamp for Lousy Housekeepers. I printed out all of her lists/worksheets and keep them in a binder. I just open it up to the day if the week and work through the list. It helps keep me on top if things I usually forget to do (cleaning out cabinets, baseboards,etc).

[Book a Week in 2011 - Week Twenty Nine]

I am currently reading In the Woods by Tana French. I want to read the new memoir by Jaycee Dugard next. I have been amazed by how well adjusted she seems in recent interviews. Good for her!!

[Woman gropes TSA agent back, charged with sexual assault]

Oh geez....that is too funny!!!

 

ETA: I don't advocate her actions...but it did make me giggle. I understand that they are just doing their job.

[51 year old man marries 16 year old]

I can't get past the duck lips she does in every picture. Who told her that was cute. The whole thing is disturbing...

[If you have a tatto...]

I have three. One on my ankle (star/moon type thing), a sun on my lower back (off to one side), and a moon with clouds on my upper back/shoulder area (glad I can't see it because I have been told it looks like a sheep straddling a moon....nice). I have no regrets. Even if it is not representative of me now, it is representative of me in the past. Does that make sense? I would like one more. Our last name is an animal and I would like said animal tatooed somewhere, just not sure where yet:)

[What do you forget when going away?]

Aspirin. I always end up hunting down a gift shop to overpay for the stuff.

[A sort of spin-off of the whole SOF issue...]

My best friend was Catholic and I went to church with her family frequently. Another good friend was Mormon. I went to church with her a few times and remember going to a lot of the church dances in middle school. I am Christian and the exposure never impacted my faith. I always thought it was interesting to find out how other churches believed.

[Pajamas]

Jammies with no underwear? What in the world:confused: I have never heard of such a thing!!!

[Can vomiting be part of an allergic reaction?]

My dd has food allergies and has thrown up in the past from an allergic reaction.

[Does Goodwill want baby clothes that are 17 years old?]

I'm sure they would be happy to have them. I would rather have older clothes than a lot of the "newer" styles I see there with stains all over them! I don't think baby clothes have really changed all that much and my oldest is 14!

[You've sold me on Costco. What about Aldi's?]

Hmm, I'll probably the the odd man out...but I was sooo not impressed with Aldi's. Now on the other hand, I love Trader Joe's!

 

To me, Aldi's felt like an old, grocery store, with alot of generic products. The fresh produce did not look "fresh". I just did not find an appeal there.

 

Now on the other hand, I walk into Trader Joe's with pure glee and giddyiness!

 

Nope, you're not the only one. I'm not a big Aldi's fan. To be honest, the only thing I liked were the frozen green beans. I tried, honestly!

[Kindle or Nook?]

Nook for me because of the library books:). Once I read that, I didn't even look back. If the Kindle gets that feature, I would look more closely when time for a replacement. But, I'm happy with my choice:)

[Home staging question]

That sounds awesome. I think I would prefer eating in the screened in area. I can't imagine it would look bad either way!

[Someone get me off of Amazon.com!]

Great. Now you have me on there. And I thought I was done with buying for next year!!

["Really?"]

I hear it a lot. I can't say anything negative since I use the word "seriously" in the same way. Have since high school:)

[ANTS!!!]

They have been horrible here too! I had to empty out our food pantry because they were everywhere! I used all the tricks. Bait, peppermint oil, and cinnamon. They seem to have gone down in numbers:)

[Book a Week in 2011 - Week Twenty Eight]

This past week I read For Laci written by Laci Peterson's mom. I think that after the Casey Anthony verdict I wanted the reminder that sometimes our justice system works....even in a circumstantial case. It was heartbreaking. I also read Stealing Faces by Michael Prescott. It was a gory, disturbing thriller. It was tied together a little too neatly at the end for me, but it was a fast paced, page turning read.

 

As for finding time to read, well, I just make time. I sneak in a few minutes during the day, read while putting my youngest to sleep, and read a little when dh gets home from work. I do end up staying up late at night reading. Not because it's the only time I can find, but because I am the type that starts a book and NEEDS to know how it ends. Unless it is an unusually boring book (I've been reading The Trial by Kafka for months now...ugh!), I will read it in a day or two.

[If you could have chosen your OWN first name, what would you have chosen and why?]

I hated my name growing up. It was different and always mispronounced. Still is. In fact, I have some good friends that still call me Tuh-mare-uh. Uh, no, it Tam-uh-ruh....rhymes with camera (well to me anyway, they probably don't rhyme according to the other thread:tongue_smilie:) I also get Tam-are-uh. I give up after correcting them a few times and just go with it. As long as they don't call me Tammy, we're good:). Growing up I wanted to be Dorothy (from Wizard if Oz) or Susie (no idea why). I'm glad I wasn't given the chance to change it. My name has grown on me.

[s/o dislike a name - Why do people change my dds names?]

Am I the only one looking like a crazy person saying all of these names out loud trying to hear a difference? By the way, I don't hear a difference in Laurie/Lori, Kerry/Carrie, Erin/Aaron. Apparently I have been walking around offendin people my entire life:tongue_smilie: