Holy Italian Meatloaf Batman!!!!!

We just witnessed a true miracle tonight ...Lil one ate two helpings of her meat tonight and really wanted thirds.Ok ...That like NEVER happens with her and meat.She may eat a little triple cheeseburger from McDonalds once in a blue moon but as far as meat at supper time ...No way....I am definately keeping this as one of our meals now..lol I wanted to try a meat loaf recipe that I seen on the back of a stuffing box last time we had it ,so I got the stuff tonight and made this wonderful Italian meatloaf...Guppy and I both really liked it but lil one went nuts over it ..lol It was funny to see, actually.I also made mixed veggies( sweet white corn,broccoli,carrots and the cute little baby corn on the cob thingies).She cleared her whole plate totally clean and then requested more meat instead of veggies...That child AlWAYS wants more veggies...So I know a recipe has to be a darn good one for her to go that crazy over it.I will take some to work tomorrow to test it out on my co-workers..lol

I decided to go ahead and post the recipe just incase any of you wanted to try this miracle meatloaf..lol It is super duper easy and you can just pop it in the oven, set the timer,go surf some blogs and ,viola ...all done ...


Italian Style Meat Loaves:

Prep:10 minutes (if even) Bake time 30 minutes ( give or take )

2lbs. ground beef ( we use super duper extra lean)
1pkg.(6oz) Stove Top stuffing Mix Italian Style with Roasted Garlic
1/2 Cup water
2 eggs slightly beaten
1 jar (14oz)spaghetti sauce,divided ( just get your favorite spaghetti sauce and use 1 cup in meat loaf and 3/4 cup on top of all the loaves)


1. Mix all ingredients except 3/4 cup of the spaghetti sauce.

2.Shape meat mixture into 4 oval loaves in foil-lined shallow baking pan;top with remaining 3/4 cup spaghetti sauce.

3.Bake at 400 degrees for 30 minutes or until centers are no longer pink.Cut into slices to serve.


We were thinking tonight that some kind of pasta side would have went great with this ...I will have to play around and experiment with it some ..I always end up altering things and cooking different sides until I find the best combo ...

Good Luck and ...happy cooking :)

Make sure you wear gloves for that...

Lets take a stroll for a moment ....one down Memory Lane ...
Remember back when ......when things were so much simpler.Back when you actually knew your neighbors...Back when you actually trusted mankind for the most part.
Back before everyone was out looking for a reason to either hate ...or sue someone else.Ahhhhhhhh , the good old days.

We were driving over to my MIL house to clean today when we passed a little girl ,(about 6 or 7 years old) with a lemonade stand ..I thought, aweee that is so cute ...You just don't see that much anymore..Upon further inspection as we got closer I noticed she was wearing rubber gloves...That just was so funny to me. Is that what we have come to? A world were little girls with her little lemonade stand has to wear rubber gloves? WOW!!! I sure do miss the good old days.

It's Saturday people....

Yeah it is finally the weekend!!My last week was a little long and I for one am glad that it is Saturday!!! Although with lil one in trouble for telling lies ,it is bound to be quite the long weekend as well.Why is it at 7 years old kids can not realize that telling the truth will get you in so much less trouble then being busted in lie after lie.Why is it that after being told that The grown ups already know the truth, and now all you have to do is say it ...you still can't tell the truth.I remember at a very early age, learning that telling the truth was my only option.My dad had a zero tolerance policy for liars.He always and I mean ALWAYS found out the truth before ever asking me what the truth was..lol I learned this quickly as well.I am hoping little one learns it fast too.I hate when her whole weekend consists of being grounded and in trouble.It sucks so bad ,especially since we were going to go out and launch her rockets that she got for Christmas.Guppy was really looking forward to that.Now she will spend her day cleaning her room and writing sentences and sitting alone with time to think about telling the truth.As much as discipline sucks for them, I think it sucks for the parents even more.I know it has to be done though.If you let problems just slide and push them under the rug because you do not want to deal with it.Or because you want to keep the "peace". Pretty soon you will have a pile under that rug so huge you won't be able to see over it.Then you will have huge problems that are even more difficult to deal with.I am looking forward to her being a well rounded and a wonderful teen to be around.I know that suffering through this not-fun-at-all yucky stuff is going to grow her into a respectable teen and young adult.So while it is no fun now ..I could look at it as a blessing.An oppurtunity to watch her character grow.


On a lighter note:I have the wonderful pleasure of renting to the very smart,inspiring ,beautiful and very sweet Seawave over at Seawave Soliloquy.If you have never been to her site then you do not know what you are missing.Her posts are very thought provoking and inspirational.I encourage you to pop on in and give her a visit.You will not be dissapointed.Thank you Sea for stopping in for a week ..it is a pleasure to have you :)I hope you enjoy your stay ....

Have you stopped and smelled the Tampons?

Maybe I'm just crazy- Ok, Well I am crazy.

Maybe it's because I'm allergic to everything possible...

But the thought of perfume injected tampons just sounds painful. They were handing out little cards the other day at Wal-Mart that was like a little pull and sniff thing and it smelled like a powdery floral piece of candy. Putting a perfumey tampon in is like the equivelent of spraying rose sceneted spray when you take a poop.... what is the point of that?

Has anybody tried thes? It just sounds dangerous.

Are there people out there who actually need this? And who is going to be down there sniffing it while you are on your period. If it's so bad you can smell it yourself, do you think it might be time for a papsmear?

We have a Bloggy Birthday !!!!!

This is a sticky ...please look below for regular post!!!


Today is Guppy's 1 year Blog Birthday !!!!!!!!!
Everyone go over and give him a visit.For his Blog Birthday he is being a comment whore .He is wanting the most traffic to one single post today.Can you help him out? You can find him on my blogroll or click on the rent my blog link ,since he is my tenant this week .

HAPPY BLOGGY BIRTHDAY GUPPYMAN!!!!!

Thank you for a year of funny,witty,inspiring and silly posts.

A growing girl ....

Well little one is back home now for the week after being gone for two.Guppy and his ex kind of split the holiday season different this year.It was kind of cool to have her for two weeks prior to Christmas but two weeks away from her seemed like forever.She is so fun to have around.I love making meals that she loves ..She gets so excited over it.Today I chose one of her very favorites ,tacos.It runs a close second with cheeseburgers and broccoli,she loves that combo and of course I love cooking her fresh veggies.She also loves lima beans ...lol You just have to love a kid that is so fond of veggies.I think that is thanks to her mom. Guppy said she used to make lil ones baby food out of fresh veggies and fruits.Like steam them and mash them.All I know is she never will fight ya on eating her veggies.Meat is a different story ..lol but not eating meat is not such a bad thing .She eats enough peanut butter and beans to get the protien she needs.She can eat her weight in both.Tonight, we had tacos and everyone made their own.She LOVES being a big girl and making her own.That is probably a huge part of why that meal is one of her favorites.That child ate 6 tacos some nachos and two glasses of milk.Which is more then what Guppy and I combined had to eat.Holy cow that child eats like a growing teenage boy when she is about to have a growth spurt.It figures though....Everytime someone buys her some new clothes she will go through a huge growth spurt...That is just part of it I suppose.

Here is a picture of her making her own taco....

Home from work ...

I stayed home from work ...wasn't feeling so hot this morning.I am not really sure if it is me physically or emotionally/spiritually...It may be in my head about this surgeory that I am semi nervous about.I know that God will take care of me and that it is in his hands but I am still human with still human emotion and fear. I am working on fear but have not yet totally arrived in that area yet. God will get me there in due time I know.So any extra prayers that way would be appreciated as well..I feel so needy lately and I guess I am. I have to realize it is ok to be needy sometimes.I am so use to being the one needed that I forget that sometimes.

Anyway...on a lighter note ,I wanted to thank my new Landlord for writing up such a nice post on my blog.I do not know it it is just be being a dingbat or if she has it set up to not take any comments.Either way I could not leave one there to tell her thanks :) So thanks Cat ...I am glad you enjoyed your stay here.Everyone go on over and check her out .She has a very nice blog.Although I am not so sure you can tell her so ..lol I couldn't figure out how to but maybe you can :) If anyone does let me know..

Also please go over, if you haven't already ,and visit my tenant ...he has posted funny wedding pics of us today :)So if you need a laugh today hop on over via my rent my blog link and give him a shout :)Tell him his crazy wife sent ya !!!!

Have a great Monday all!!!!

I've been meme'd by Puremood ....

Four jobs you have had in your life:
1. Fast Food as a teen
2. Telemarketer
3. Teachers aid at the elementary school
4.Claims manager

Four movies you would watch over and over:
1. The Notebook
2. Tombstone
3. Valley Girls
4. fast times at Ridgemont high

Four places you have lived:
1. Franklin, Ky
2. Louisville, Ky
3. Las Vegas ,Nv
4. Houston, Tx

Four TV shows you love to watch:
1. Big Brother
2. Enjoying Everyday Life
3. CSI
4. American Idol

Four places you have been on vacation:
1. Disney (both Disneyland, CA/Disney World, FL) I prefer Disneyworld
2. Camping in the Sierra Nevada Mountians
3. Las Vegas after I moved away
4. Corpus Christi,Padre Island to the beach

Four websites you visit daily:
1. My Blog
2. Guppymans Blog
3. google
4. gmail

Four of your favorite foods:
1. avacado
2. tomato
3. peach cobbler
4. peanut butter

Four places you would rather be right now:
1. At my parents house visiting
2. at my brother and sister -in -laws visiting
3. At the beach
4. Shopping

Four bloggers you are tagging:
I have been on and off so infrequently that I do not know who has done this and who hasn't .So if you would like to ...let me know so I can come see the answers :)

Thanks Pure for this Meme ....

Shout out to my new tenant ...

I have the pleasure of renting to one of my very favorite bloggers..I don't just say that because he is my husband either..lol I would love his blog If I were not married to him ..His charm and wit are what attracted me to him in the first place, and the fact that he is a hottie was such a bonus :) If you have never been to his blog you are really missing out ..You are in for a treat today ...He has designed himself a new skin which I think is his best yet for his blog ..It is so him :) Go by and tell him his lovely wife sent ya, and let him know what you think of his new look :)

Have a great weekend ya'll ....

Meeting with the surgeon

We went to meet with the general surgeon yesterday about the results of my CT scan.He said he wanted to go to the hospital and talk with the radiologist and look at the images himself.He was reading the results and feeling my right side and was saying it was huge.From what I can gather they are thinking the mass of cysts are about the length of a football ..we are not sure how wide.He was talking about maybe even having a second surgeon there but we are just not sure until he has a look at the images himself.I am still just trusting God in this whole situation.I know he will take care of me .I am still praying it is not cancer at all and that they can go in and get it all out with no complications.If there are any praying bloggers out there we would really appreciate any prayers for this .I am holding on and praying a certian scripture for me .It is Isaiah 41:10 and 41-13
10:So do not fear,for I am with you ;do not be dismayed,for I am your God.I will strengthen you and help you ;I will uphold you with my righteous right hand.

13:For I am the Lord ,your God,who takes hold of your right hand and says to you ,Do not fear;I will help you .


Thank you in advance for the prayers...I will keep you up to date.

Random Monday

Yeah me!!!! ..I have made it two days so far this year and have yet to write down 2005..

Now that I said that it will probably happen...

What is up with it being in the 80's in JANUARY..why ...why... why ?I am so much of a cold weather type of girl.

I am loving my new Valentine skin that my honey made for me....Thank you baby :)

I am getting the scrapbooking bug again ..lol I actually have a friend that just did her fist layout ..I am so excited that I may now have a scrappin buddy :)

This year has gone great for me so far,I am truly blessed.

We are still in the middle of remodeling the main bathroom and it is starting to really take shape now..I think I am going to like it .

I need to take some pics soon.

I think we lost the before pics when Guppy's pc crashed :(

We really must save pictures to disk a lot more often.

Lil one is at her moms for another week and we sure are missing her.

My mother in law is off skiing in Switzerland...

I have no idea what to blog about today so this is what I came up with ..lol

Random thoughts....

We really need to make a bigger cage for Squeakers and Princess..

I think they both have become more of Guppy's pets then lil ones...
I think she is pretty much over the excitement ...

They are not as playful as the two dogs , whom she LOVES very much ...

That would make a great layout ...A girl and her dogs ...yeah yeah ..who would have thought blogging would be such inspiration for my layouts....

Does anyone else scrapbook? If so do you have pictures of any layouts online?
I would love to see them ..Yes I know ...I am obsessed and addicted to scrapbooking ;)

Well it's bedtime ...I must go settle in for a long winters nap ..oh wait it feels like friggen summer...I think I will crank up the air conditioning and go cuddle :)

Peace Out !!!!!

Happy New Year !!!

To All My Online E-mail Friends:

As the New Year starts, my heartfelt appreciation goes out to
all of you who have taken the time and trouble to send me "forwards" over the past 12 months. Thank you for making me feel safe, secure, blessed, and wealthy.

Extra thanks to whoever sent me the one about rat crap in the
glue on envelopes 'cause I now have to go get a wet towel every
time I need to seal an envelope.

Also, I scrub the top of every can I open for the same reason.

Because of your concern I n o longer drink Coca Cola because
it can remove toilet stains.

I no longer drink Pepsi or Dr Pepper since the people who make
these products are atheists who refuse to put "Under God" on
their cans.

I no longer use Saran wrap in the microwave because it causes
cancer.

I no longer check the coin return on pay phones because I
could be pricked with a needle infected with AIDS.

I no longer use cancer-causing deodorants even though I smell
like a water buffalo on a hot day.

I no longer go to shopping malls because someone might drug
me with a perfume sample and rob me.

I no longer receive packages from nor send packages by UPS
or FedEx since they are actually Al Qaeda in disguise.

I no longer answer the phone because someone will ask me to
dial a number for which I will get a phone bill with calls to Jamaica,
Uganda, Singapore, and Uzbekistan.

I no longer eat KFC because their "chickens " are actually horrible
mutant freaks with no eyes or feathers.

I no longer have any sneakers -- but that will change once I
receive my free replacement pair from Nike.

I no longer have to buy expensive cookies from Neiman Marcus
since I now have their recipe.

I no longer worry about my soul because at last count I have
363,214 angels looking out for me.

Thanks to you, I have learned that God only answers my
prayers if I forward an e-mail to seven of my friends and make
a wish within five minutes.

I no longer have any savings because I gave it to a sick girl who
is about to die in the hospital (for the 1,387,258th time)

I no longer have any money at all - but that will change once I
receive the $15,000 that Microsoft and AOL are sending me for
participating in their special email program.

Yes, I want to thank you so much for looking out for me that I
will now return the favor!

I f you don't send this e-mail to at least 144,000 people in the
next 7 minutes, a large pigeon with a wicked case of diarrhea
will land on your head at 5:00 PM (CDT) this afternoon. I know
this will occur because it actually happened to a friend of my
next-door neighbor's ex-mother-in-law's second husband's
cousin's beautician.

Happy New Year !!!!



I got that e-mail today and got a laugh out of it ..I am sure most of you have seen all of these e-mails at one time or another...WHY do people continue to forward these things?lmao It still cracks me up.Have a great 2006 ya'll !!!!

The Lil Angel's Christmas Play & Happy New Year

I just realized that I never did get a chance to blog about lil one's Christmas play ... It was very cool .It was really quite the production for a childrens Christmas play.They had three months of practice if that tells you anything.They all did a great job although I was quite partial to one lil angel in particular :) Here are a few pics of the little one ....


Here she is playing cards with her favorite lil angel buddy between acts.We cropped the other little girl out of the picture since we do not know her parents to get permission to post her.


Here is lil one in the group pic ..I so wish I could post the whole pic of all of them .They were so adorable but I will not do that without the parents permission so here is one that I do have permission to post ...she was the only one of them with the praying hands...She made without a doubt the prettiest angel :)







Well I hope you all had a wonderful Christmas and I pray you will have a very blessed New Year !!!!...............

Chocolate bribes :-)

Man, I have learned this week that the power of chocolate is very great. Much greater than I ever imagined..lol I found that at work I can use it to get what I want ..lol from management and fellow associates.So needless to say I will keep chocolate in full supply in my office candy box.It is like a drug to some of these people.Some of them come in my office and get some from the box all day long ..It is a wonder some are even able to fit through the door after a days work ..lol I also have found it is the MEN that are the worse ones. I guess most men are not as worried about thier figure as women are..lol I am starting to have some thoughts that maybe the candy companies inject the stuff with highly addictive narcotics..lol I have even met people that are allergic to the stuff but couldn't put it down ..lol Like breaking out into hives was worth the few seconds of chocolaty bliss.Do I have any extreme chocolate fans as readers?Tell me your thoughts or experiences...I would love to hear them.

A variety of Christian music ....

Well we have been on a search for some Christian rock bands for Guppy the last few days ...
We listen to the local Christian radio station ..it is mainly contemporary ,which I like personally ..I like all types actually, but I could listen to it alot more then him I think ..He is wanting some that is a little harder rock ..We got some good suggestions from some of his readers and have also found some of our own :)

He found some online christian radio stations called : Christianrock.net ,Christianhardrock.net, and Christian-hiphop.net....
The one he is listening to is the hardrock one of course..lol It is actually pretty cool .We have found a few of the harder rock bands now .....
Disciple,Demon Hunter,and Skillet are just a few .....Flyleaf seems to have some good listening potential as well.
Anyone that likes Christian music and likes to listen to tunes while blogging ..I recomend trying one of these ...
I will go enjoy my jars of clay and casting crowns and stuff ..lol I also had a friend give me a cd of a band named Tree 63 which I recomend as well ....
Anyone know of any more good bands that are not really top 40 stuff?

WOW!!!

It seems like this Christmas came and went in a flash. I was so busy with everything that I didn't even get to enjoy my new blog skin ..lol I hope you all did :) I hope each and every one of you had a wonderful Christmas.I had an awesome one ..Despite the fact that I miss my family terribly and can not be with them during the holidays ..It was still a great Christmas.My preacher said something that really hit me on Christmas Eve..He said if Christmas is all about the family for you ..then you are almost without fail going to be disappointed.That is so true..If Christ is not your sole focus for the Christmas season then you are setting your self up for hurt or disappointment.If he is ..then you will have a great Christmas regardless of your situation...I think that is a very awesome realization.

Well I hope you are all recovering from the hectic season well....I have decided since I did not get to enjoy my skin hardly at all ...I will keep it up atleast until New Years :) ...I will be visiting you all soon...

The Legend of the Candy Cane

A candymaker in Indiana wanted to make a candy that would be a witness, so he made the Christmas Candy Cane. He incorporated several symbols from the birth, ministry, and death of Jesus Christ.

He began with a stick of pure white, hard candy. White to symbolize the Virgin Birth and the sinless nature of Jesus, and hard to symbolize the Solid Rock, the foundation of the Church, and firmness of the promises of God.

The candymaker made the candy in the form of a "J" to represent the precious name of Jesus, who came to earth as our Savior. It could also represent the staff of the "Good Shepherd" with which He reaches down into the ditches of the world to lift out the fallen lambs who, like all sheep, have gone astray.

Thinking that the candy was somewhat plain, the candymaker stained it with red stripes. He used three small stripes to show the stripes of the scourging Jesus received by which we are healed. The large red stripe was for the blood shed by Christ on the cross so that we could have the promise of eternal life.

Unfortunately, the candy became known as a Candy Cane -- a meaningless decoration seen at Christmas time. But the meaning is still there for those who "have eyes to see and ears to hear." Every time you see a Candy Cane, remember the Wonder of Jesus and His Great Love that came down at Christmas, and that His Love remains the ultimate and dominant force in the universe today

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A leotard,a donkey, oil and baby Jesus ..lol

Well it is Wednesday and Christmas is fast approaching.There seems to be a million and one things to do .Every year I tell myself ..."Next year I will be more prepared"...yeah right..lol That never happens.Always seems like a mad dash at the very end to get a hundred and one things done..lol To top it all off we are on a quest to find a white leotard.The Angel costume for the play is totally see through and they want them in leotards so they can change into the last acts clothes with no problems. No panties showing that way.They can all change together in one big room.That doesn't seem like a huge deal but I am finding out that white leotards are very hard to find.It seems that pink and black are the colors of choice for stores to carry.So that is what we are dealing with right now..lol Anyone got any suggestions? We have tried Wal-mart and Target.I am thinking next I will call Burlington coat factory...Also ...we had a blast in Bethlehem Monday night.It was so great to watch lil one's reaction to everything.To see things through a childs eyes is the coolest thing ...It is what makes life so much fun :)

Here is little one with Patrick the Donkey:




Her helping the goat find a snack:



Here lil one was getting annointed with oil:



Here is lil one going to give her gift that one of the wise men gave her , to baby Jesus:







If you want to see a tour of the trip , click here to see Guppy's post.....

This, that and the other ...

Well it has been a good weekend .Despite the fact I feel like I have had cotton balls shoved up my nostrils again.I got the pleasure of getting lil ones cold :)Oh joy of joys ..lol Let's see ohhh and despite the fact that yesterday we went to watch lil one practice for her play next week and while leaving I fell flat on my face.Oh that was fun .....not .I was sooooooooooo embarrassed.All I could do it get up cry and run off from everyone as fast as I could.Oh man I felt stupid.I am blaming it on being so sick and my head being swimmy (is that even a word..lol ,it looks funny ) Oh well ..it is now..lmao oh yeah and the slop in the floor that I tripped over.My friend told me atleast you did it at church and not at work where everyone would have laughed at you ..lol Which is very true.Lil one went to the Nutcracker ballet with gramma ( Mighty Mite) and we went to church and then Guppy ,my friend from work that I will call Mrs.Backe ..lol ( she loves Brandon Backe) and I went to a walk through Bethlehem which was sooo awesome.We have never been but have wanted to go for several years now.I would totally recommend it to everyone. We also went to the drive through one after that .That was pretty cool also ,but would have been alot cooler had we not just done the walk through one .The walk through was very interactive which was very cool .We got to pet a camel ,a donkey and some sheep.We are going to take the lil one tommorrow I bet she will have a blast. She just watched the Gospel of John a few weekends ago so to be in that scene will be very cool for her I think.

Well we are half way through the Survivor finale and had to stop to eat some chicken..lol Did anyone else get hungry for chicken after watching that ? Anyway, we made dinner and now we are off to see if it is Steph or Danni that takes home the million.I like them both so I am happy either way.

Praise GOD !!!

Thanks to each and every one of you that kept us in your thoughts and prayers.God is definately an Awesome God !!! Test results came back the best they could have for knowing that there was something in both my abdomen and neck for sure. Neither appeared cancerous or alarming. I have never been so happy to hear that I will probably have surgey.I will take that over hearing the other any day .I tell you ..when waiting to hear what the results would be. It sure did put a very different perspective on life for me. Things like this tend to draw you closer to God and family. They definately make you thankful for each and every second you are breathing. Thank you again and God bless... I will post again soon .Thanks to all that have been hanging in there even when I am not able to post regularly :)