New layout- My life...

This layout is for a challenge in the journaling class at Note~able. I specifically picked this photo of me to show that I rarely have time to do my hair or make up and am usually carrying Ellie around. But I completely forgot to write that in my journaling...oops!! Anyhow, this was a fun page to do and will be interesting to look back on in years to come. Most of the products here came from the Note~able store.

Hope you are having a great day!!

Menu Plan Monday

A fairly easy menu this week as usual. I do have a couple of non crock pot meals planned so hopefully I will find time to make them. I might do the prep work during naptime so it will be easier once dinner comes around. :)

Monday- Pasta (just regular old pasta and a jar of sauce), stuffed pizza bread sticks (I will use my pizza dough recipe ).
Tuesday-Porcupine meatballs, green beans
Wednesday-Crock pot Taco style lentils and rice made into smothered burritos (covered in enchilada sauce.) These lentils are so easy, tasty and healthy! Definitely a no meat favorite for us. I need to remember to take a picture this time since we eat this about every other week!
Thursday- Crock pot BBQ ribs (just some ribs with BBQ sauce on top), corn, potatoes and Easy Cheesy rolls (you must try these! Sooooo yummy!!).
Friday & Saturday- My parents will be here and we haven't decided what to make yet. :)
Sunday- Crock pot easy roast 2, mashed potatoes and peas

For more great menu ideas, check out www.orgjunkie.com

Crock pot roasts

I have three CP roast recipes that are super easy and yummy. I will share all of them with you (I don't have any photos, though. Sorry!) I usually buy a couple of roasts when they go on sale, cut them in half and freeze them. Then I toss in a small roast early in the day while it is still frozen and add the other ingredients. If it's a larger roast, I might start it on high for an hour or two. This just makes things easier for me to get dinner made and it works for us. :)

Crock Pot - Easy roast 1
Any beef roast or stew meat
1 envelope onion soup mix
Can of diced tomatoes
Directions:
Cook all day on low and serve over rice.
(This is really good leftover in enchiladas.)

Crock Pot-Easy roast 2
Beef roast
Package onion soup mix
2 cans cream of mushroom soup
Directions:
Cook all day on low and serve over rice or mashed potatoes.

Crock Pot- Easy Roast 3
Beef roast
½ cup flour
1 envelope dry onion soup mix
1 envelope brown gravy mix
1 can ginger ale
Directions: Coat roast with flour. Combine the other ingredients with the remaining flour and pour over the roast. Cook in crockpot all day on low. Serve with potatoes or rice.

Easy Cheesy Rolls

You must try these!!! Sooo good! I can see so many variations of this recipe. I am going to make a pizza version tonight using my pizza dough recipe. I also plan on creating a new post about making pizza dough...it is fast and easy.

Easy Cheesy Rolls
1/4 cup butter, melted
2 Tbsp. grated parmesan cheese

1 Tbsp. dried basil
1/2 tsp garlic powder
1/2 cup cheddar cheese, shredded
1/2 cup mozzarella cheese, shredded
1 pkg. Pillsbury Grands Biscuits

Directions:
In a bowl, combine melted butter, parmesan cheese, dried basil, and garlic powder. Mix shredded cheeses in a separate bowl. Remove biscuits from can and separate into individual biscuits. Flatten each biscuit slightly and put some cheese in the center of each biscuit and fold the dough around the cheese to form a ball. Pinch the dough together to seal the cheese inside. Roll each ball of dough in the melted butter mixture and place on a baking sheet. Spoon any leftover butter on top of the rolls on the baking sheet, Bake at 375 for 10-12 minutes until rolls are golden brown. (Took about 15 minutes in my oven.) Makes 8 rolls.

I got this recipe from Real Mom Kitchen who got it from the World Wide Ward cookbook from Darleen Capson in South Windsor, Connecticut. :)

New sketch challenge and layout

I posted a new sketch challenge and layout over on the Note~able message board. I hope you'll join me and create a layout using this sketch. Please share if you do!!

Crafty time with the little ones

Joshua and Abby love when I pull out things for them to be crafty. I wonder where they get that from??? :)

Recently, we were on a finger puppet kick...I made the finger puppets (following their directions) and they put on shows. The newest sets are the three little pigs and the big bad wolf and a set of five baby ducks and their mommy. (I also have a stack of monkeys that still need to be finished!) Here they are putting on a show- (I didn't make the big puppets Abby is using.)

Sometimes they like to use paints, glue, glitter, crayons, etc. Yesterday, we punched a bunch of shapes out of some construction paper and they went to town with a glue stick. THIS, my friends, is when I try to bust out a scrapbook page! LOL The baby was napping and the munchkins were happily creating. And I finished one page for Sketchapalooza. (My desk is right next to where they are working.) Anyhow...here they are.

And here is their new art display area. The amount of papers on the fridge was getting out of control. They have to pick and choose what to display now.

Here's to being crafty! Happy Friday!!

Menu Plan Monday

I've gotta have a plan and it's gotta be easy. :)
Monday- Homemade beefaroni, corn
Tuesday- CP Split pea soup (not sure what recipe yet), easy cheesy rolls (never made these last week)
Wednesday- CP Sesame Pork Ribs, rice, egg rolls
Thursday- CP Mexican chicken soup
Friday- CP Italian chicken (just chicken with some Italian dressing in the crock pot), a veggie and rice
Saturday-CP taco chicken (just chicken cooked with some taco seasoning and a little water(or salsa) then shredded-will probably make burritos
Sunday- CP Magic meatloaf (new recipe), mashed potatoes, gravy, garlic peas

Crock Pot Sesame Pork Ribs

CP Sesame Pork Ribs

1 medium onion, sliced (I chopped mine)
¾ cup packed brown sugar
¼ cup soy sauce
½ cup ketchup
¼ cup honey
2 TBS cider (or white) vinegar
3 garlic cloves, minced
1 tsp. ground ginger
¼-1/2 tsp red pepper flakes (I left this out)
Country style pork ribs
Sesame seeds
Chopped green onions

Directions: Combine everything except for the ribs, sesame seeds and green onions in the crock pot. Put ribs in the slow cooker and pour sauce on top. Cover and cook all day on low. Sprinkle with the sesame seeds and green onions for garnish. Serve with rice and a veggie (I threw some baby carrots in to cook in the sauce.)

Layouts and how-to

I posted an easy little how-to on the Feeling Scrappy blog this weekend. You can see it here-http://feelingscrappyclasses.blogspot.com/

Here are some layouts I have to share with you. This one was for the first challenge in the Noteable journaling class.


I did both of the following ones at the same time since I already had all the papers out. I also used a similar design for both which helped me get these done quickly.
The first one is for Joshua's album and the second is for Abby's.

Guest Designer Call at Note~able!

Here's the information from the message board...I hope you all check it out and apply!!

Note~able is looking for a guest designer to work with products from our December kit! We are looking for a fun easy going person who loves journaling and title products. If this is you then you must apply!

To enter please send a link to your gallery and 3 of your favorite projects featuring journaling products to noteablekit@yahoo.com. Please keep your pic sizes under 600 pixels. Please send your emails by 11:59 p.m. on October 31.

Designer will be chosen and notified soon after. You will receive products in our December kit to create with and you will be featured on the blog for December. You will also receive other supplemental products to create with as well since we are not a traditional kit. You must create 2 or more projects with atleast one being a layout. Further instructions will be given on a time frame but you will have atleast 2 weeks to complete your work. Due to timeframe of shipping we are accepting on U.S. residents at this time.

Good luck!