Sunday, December 21, 2008


Took the girls to see Santa Claus this weekend. Sage asked for a dog and puppies and a purse and she asked Santa if Ivy could please have a teddy bear and blocks.
Finally done Christmas shopping! Friday, Saturday and all day today.... note to self: shop online next year.
Merry Christmas!!
xoxo

Saturday, December 6, 2008

White bean chicken chili

I made an awesome chili tonight, I took a McCormicks white bean chicken chili package mix and "doctored" it up...

3 boneless, skinless chicken breasts
1 package McCormick White Chicken Chili mix
1 can Great Northerner Beans with juice
1 can whole kernel corn with juice
1 jar canned tomatoes, I use canned from the garden- you can sub with 2 cans diced tomatoes


  • take 3 boneless, skinless chicken breasts, wash thoroughly and salt and pepper both sides. Put it in a skillet with some already hot olive oil
  • cook for 5 min or so, until the center is no longer pink
  • shred the chicken breasts ( I use 2 forks as tools to shred, it's easier that way for me)
  • Put the cooked chicken, and the McCormicks White chili mix and 1 cup water back in the skillet for about 5 min to simmer on med.
  • I like to break out a crock pot now
  • Add the chicken mixture, the corn, the tomatoes and cook on low for however long you want it to stay warm in the crock pot just like regular chili, or you could use a stock pot.

This is so fast and so easy, it is delicious!

Putting up the Christmas Tree




There should be a hormone in your body that reminds you every year after Thanksgiving that you DO NOT want to screw with the Christmas tree, the million ornaments you inherited when you got married or the freaking part of the tree that doesn't light up because of a burned out bulb. But nope, on schedule every freakin year you get all excited, put on Christmas music, break out the egg nog and get all festive. Three hours later, you and your spouse are no longer speaking, your kids are bawling, and you have said F it to the egg nog and now are just slamming Bud Light as fast as you can.

MERRY CHRISTMAS!!! Can't wait to do this 50 more years!




Poor Ivy was in bed by the time we finished so she will have to be in a picture tomorrow...