Because I Don't Feel Like Folding Three Loads of Laundry!!

Another post is in the works, because my laundry keeps staring at me, and I just don't feel like folding it right now! I will get to it after this post!

What's For Dinner? Tonight we are having homemade bread (courtesy of my Bread Machine) and Cheeseburger Soup! Both are Delightful! You're sure to enjoy them!!

Herbed Onion Bread (for bread machine:)
1 Cup plus 1 Tablespoon warm water
2 T Butter, softened
1-1/4 tsp. salt
3 Cups Bread Flour
2 tsp. dried minced onion
1-1/2 tsp. Dill weed
2 T Nonfat milk powder
2 T Sugar
1-1/2 Active Dry Yeast

Add ingredients in order listed, set on "white bread" and start!! I love my bread machine:)


Cheeseburger Soup
1/2 lb. ground beef
3/4 C. Chopped Onion
3/4 C. Sliced Carrots
3/4 C. Chopped Celery
1 tsp. basil
1 tsp. parsley
4 T. Butter
3 C. Chicken Broth
4 C. Diced Potatoes
1/4 C. Flour
8 oz. Velveeta
1-1/2 C. Milk
3/4 tsp. salt
1/4 tsp. pepper
1/4 C. Sour Cream

Cook ground beef with onions. Drain grease. Saute carrots, celery and spices in butter for a few minutes till tender. In a large pot add beef, sauteed vegetables, and broth. Bring to a boil. Add potatoes. Mix flour in with milk and add to pot. Cook on Medium heat until potatoes and carrots are tender. Cube Velveeta, add to soup. Season with salt and pepper. Add sour cream just before serving. Enjoy!

With a Grateful Heart

Psalm 100

1 Shout for joy to the LORD, all the earth.

2 Worship the LORD with gladness;

come before him with joyful songs.

3 Know that the LORD he is God.

It is he who made us; and we are his;

we are his people, the sheep of his pasture.

4 Enter his gates with thanksgiving and his courts with praise;

give thanks to him and praise his name.

5 For the LORD is good and his love endures forever;

his faithfulness continues to all generations.

Sunday Seven- Reflections of Grateful Heart!

1. I am incredibly thankful to Our Great God who created us! Verse 3 is a beautiful picture of Our God. KNOW that the LORD he is God!! It's not in question He is God, and always will be!

2. God made me, just the way he wanted to! He made me with a unique intellect, a body designed for me, and He made me to Worship Him!

3. I am so thankful to be a child of God!! He is my shepherd, watching over me, protecting me, and correcting me!

4. I have constant access to Him in Prayer! I have the Holy Spirit indwelling me! Enabling me to say no to my flesh that is weak and say yes to the Power and control that God has given through the Holy Spirit and His Word.

5. I can Praise Him anytime, anywhere! I can teach my boys to Praise the Lord for the many things he has done for us!

6. His love is never-ending! It endures through all generations. I am thankful for a godly heritage and the opportunity to pass down that heritage to my boys!

7. I am thankful for the graciousness of God in giving me a wonderful, loving, kind, patient, hard-working husband to share this Abundant Life with!

Happy Thanksgiving!

This Time Last Year

This time last year I was about 40 pounds heavier, huffing and puffing walking up the stairs and chasing around my 20 month old. I looked like this:

Now my 20 month old is almost 3 and my baby will be one in a few short weeks. The plans for his first birthday are in the making. This is my favorite time of year. It always has been, now to add to the excitement of the holidays we will celebrate another birthday!! So much fun!! Every smell of the season brings a memory to my mind!! What memory will you "smell" this season? I hope it's a good one!