What is it about our generation that has changed so much from the 1950's. People drive every where but to the bathroom? There are more television channels than could be possible watched in a life time? There are more convenience products that people practically don't have to breath for themselves anymore? People don't go outside anymore? They spend as much time apart from their families as they can? Women working out side the home, take separate family vacations, spending their days off in the spa or shopping, a night outwith the girls or guys to get away from it all, all that they are away from durring their work week? Single mothers on prozac and other depression medications? Neighbors selling crack out of their apartments? Where is OUR Stepford? Where is OUR little piece of heaven carved out in the world? Where is the land of Perfect so decribed by the Walgreens commercial? Where men work 9-5, mow the lawns on Saturday morning and women have dinner ready at 5 and kids don't talk back to their parents using fowl language and dressed like thugs or in hardly anything at all. How do we take our country back?  I just found out that I currently have 3 separate neighbors being evcitd for the use and/ or selling of drugs.  I live in a small complex of 2 four plexes and 2 dueplexs. One of my neighbors had parked outside the gate, and his truck was broken into and the stereo was ripped out. All of the women in my little neighborhood are afraid. We are all mothers. We have small children and some of them are single mothers. This time of year it gets dark around 5-6pm. If our garbage isn't taken out and the mail checked none of us women will walk across and out the parking lot to do it. It won't get done until the morning. Those of us that have husbands ask them to do it after dark.What's saddest about this situation is that it wasn't like this mere months ago. It started in the fall, and our quiet little family oriented complex would spiral downward so quickly... We ALL  want to move away. Everyone is talking about leaving come summer. Our apartment manager is going to get one big shock when she has 4-5 empty units all at once. So now the serch begins. I'm looking for Stepford. A neighborhood I don't have to fear raising my children in.... Where to even begin.... |
Yet I want to stay up and watch crossing jordan tonight. lol I think I will tape it. And Law and Order CI. A friend of mine sent me the greatest article! Its my dream to be this kind of wife. Modern Retro HousewivesWell, I've got allot of work to do to be this good a wife. But hey, its a goal. So... I'm going to have to get up early so I can make bread before DH has to go to work. Cause I speaced it this weekend and DH doesn't like me staying up on work nights, plus It takes hours for me to make bread with the rising and all. DH took us out to dinner tonight.  Isn't he sweet? Tomorrow we decided that Mondays will e soup nights cause DH has school Monday and Friday. ANd Friday is Daddy won't eat it night. I can make pasta rice or cabbage, lol. Things daddy won't eat and he'll have leftovers from another night.  So Monday is soup cause I'll make it in the crockpot and it will still be hot when he gets home at 10-11pm tomorrow night and Then I'm going to make a batch of hillbillhousewife's almost instant buscuits for the freezer so I can heat a couple up when he gets home and he'll have a complete supper ready when he gets home.  Tuesday is Mexican night, Wednesday seafood night, Thursday kids favorites night, Saturday is free night and Sunday is Family dinner night. This saturday we'll be celebrating Richelle's first birthday even though its actually Wednesday. We'll do something on her actual birthday too. Just us. So tomorrow will be beefy veggie stew. And buscuits. I'm off to bed. |
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Breakfast McBiscuits
Assembly Directions:
Be
creative! Italian Chicken from Cheryl H. from Pardeeville, Wisconsin
Assembly Directions: Put the chicken breasts in the crock pot and pour the Italian Salad Dressing over them. Cook on low 8-10 hours. Remove chicken breasts from crock pot and discard Italian Dressing. Put the cream cheese, chicken broth, cream of chicken soup, rosemary, thyme and salt and pepper to taste in the crock pot. Stir together as the ingredients melt. Meanwhile, remove the chicken from the bones and cut in small pieces. Put the chicken back in the crock pot with the sauce. Cook together another hour. Or, you can do this step on the stove to speed it up. After it has cooked together, allow to cool. Freezing and Cooking Directions: Once its cool, put into Ziploc bags and freeze. To serve, heat in the microwave and serve over angel hair pasta. Comments: Kids
and adults both love this meal! Its very easy too! You can use
boneless, skinless chicken breasts in place of bone-in chicken breasts
if you prefer. Cook on low 5-6 hours. You can also substitute Fat Free
cream cheese for the Lo-fat cream cheese for an even healthier meal.
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Well, I noticed that my last entry had been too long and decided to blend into the entry before it... I don't know... Anywho I removed one of the tables and I will paste it to this entry for anyone who wants that recipe...(choclate muffins for the freezer) Well, I have only the kitchen to lean and the living room, which I will be starting shortly. The girls are down for quiet time... wish I was   But After cleaning the house and setting dinner t be ready when My MIL gets here to watch the kids I need to jump in the shower and get ready to leave. I also need to start a loaf of bread.Does anyone here have Joni Mccoy's book Miserly Meals? I need the recipe for english muffins. I have a recipe for english muffin bread but not actual english muffins and I need to make them to make breakfast sandwiches in bulk. I know, My DH is very picky and likes them fresh in the morning, BUT we do have mornings where we wake up late and I"d like to be prepared and not have to send him on his way without a healthy energising breakfast to get him going. I'm planning on making crackers, I found a recipe for soda crackers and if the are not to hard to make I plan to make them instead of buying them. But that all depends on the cost compared to the store ones. I also found in my old recipe emails a recipe for cheese nips! Amazing huh? I have the cheese nips recipe in my online program DH set up for me. http://recipe.fatgeek.net/ its under cheese nips. lol. I also just found a recipe for soft pretzels. I'm looking forward to making them for my DH. He loves soft pretzels! I'll be adding that to the recipe site tonight. We'll I'm going to run. Here's those tables that got cut off. Double Chocolate Muffins
Assembly Directions: Place all dry ingredients into a mixing bowl. Mix thoroughly until evenly colored. Add liquid ingredients and stir until moistened. Batter may be lumpy. Pour into oiled muffin cups filled 2/3 full. Bake at 350 degrees for 20 minutes. Freezing Directions: Allow to cool. Place muffins in freezer bags or rigid containers. Seal, label and freeze. Serving Directions: Thaw in refrigerator or at room temperature. They can be warmed in the microwave after thawing. Microwave on high for 10 to 15 seconds. Comments: These muffins have a great chocolate flavor! The key is to thoroughly mix the dry ingredients so the cocoa powder is evenly distributed. Nutritional Info: Per Serving: 249 Calories; 10g Fat (36.1% calories from fat); 4g Protein; 37g Carbohydrate; 2g Dietary Fiber; 17mg Cholesterol; 151mg Sodium. Exchanges: 1 Grain (Starch); 2 Fat; 1-1/2 Other Carbohydrates. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Thank you for the suggestions. I think you are all right about mildew. I will have to go buy those oils though. I keep a gallon of vinegar in the kitchen for cooking and cleaning. So today I did my room cause I couldn't find the floor, let alone the walls. hahaha! Well we have allot of furnature and things that need to be stored, and no place to store it.  SO I scrubbed the walls I could get to. I need to do the walls behind my big shelves. Unfortuanely I can't get behind them until Muscle, I mean DH, moves them for me. Tonight I tried to make these hamburgers from the kraft website. You put miracle whip in them to make them moist before you cook them... they fell apart, and were gross to boot. Will not be repeating that recipe! lol I've been adding (slowly) recipes to my program DH set up for me on his website. http://recipe.fatgeek.net/ I'm getting there. I have tons and tons of recipes! Recipe books, recipe via email! I got the greatest things from a girl in a yahoo group. Master Meat Mix
Assembly Directions: Put ground beef, rolled oats, onion, salt, garlic powder, eggs and ketchup in a large bowl. Mix together well with your hands. Meatloaf: go on to freezing directions. Meatballs: Form meatballs with your hands or a small cookie scoop. Cover a rimmed baking sheet with foil for easy clean-up. Put the raw meatballs on the baking sheet. Bake at 375 degrees for 20-30 minutes, until lightly browned and no longer pink in the center. Cool. Freezing Directions: Meatloaf: Put the meat mixture in a gallon freezer bag. Seal, label and freeze. Meatballs: Package the cooled meatballs in the appropriate size freezer bag(s) or rigid container(s) based on your family size. Seal, label and freeze. Serving Directions: Meatloaf: Thaw at least overnight in the refrigerator. Dump the meat mixture into a loaf pan and pack it down with your hand. Bake at 350 degrees for 1 hour or until no pink shows in the center of the loaf. After removing it from the oven, let the loaf sit for 10 minutes before slicing and serving. Meatballs: Thaw at least overnight in the refrigerator. Bake at 350 degrees for 10-20 minutes until hot. You could reheat them in a skillet, but they will be more likely to fall apart that way. Sloppy Joe Sandwich Filling
Assembly Directions: Brown ground beef, onion, and bell pepper together over medium heat. Cook thoroughly until no pink color remains in the meat. Drain and discard the pan liquids. Stir in remaining ingredients and simmer for 30 minutes stirring occasionally. Package the Sloppy Joe Sandwich Filling in family size quantities, or package into individual servings. Thawing and Serving Directions: Thaw in the microwave or in the refrigerator. Reheat over very low heat on the stove or microwave on medium high until heated through. Stir the mixture several times during thawing and reheating. Heap the sandwich filling onto opened sandwich buns and enjoy. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||