Potato Corn Sauage Soup

Last week we had a cold and rainy day so I made this new soup for the first time. It was the easiest and yummiest soup I have made! Amelia liked it, Anna sort of liked it, and Brian and I really liked it. I found the recipe here and swapped out the shrimp for diced turkey sausage.

1 (8 ounce) package cream cheese

1/2 cup butter

1 cup chopped green onions

2 (10.75 ounce) cans condensed cream of potato soup

1/2 (15.25 ounce) can whole kernel corn

1/2 pound cooked sausage

1 1/2 cup milk

•In a soup pot, slowly melt cream cheese and butter over low heat. •Add green onions and simmer 10 to 15 minutes.

•Stir in potato soup and corn. Simmer 10 to 15 minutes.

•Stir in milk to desired consistency. Begin with 1/2 cup of milk and add more if needed. Soup will be thick.

•Add cooked sausage and heat thoroughly.

Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs?

O.K.... I'm not sure what happened to Sneezy & Bashful but does this Ewok and R2D2 really think Snow White won't notice? I mean come on... Bashful is the designated driver and this pink sparkle limo isn't going to drive itself!

Photo credit goes to my hubby, we love how the kids set up their toys.

Corners of my home - the CLEAN office

Ahhhh, you can see the desk and I can breath again! So much better than this!

Refashion - T-shirt skirt

I found this great tutorial and had to make this cute skirt for the girls. I changed mine up a bit: I only added the ruffles to the front of the skirt and I sewed the elastic right to the fabric instead of encasing it. I thought it would be less bulky around the waist this way. I also added two skinny strips of fabric to the top row so that you won't see the sewing stitch and it makes an extra ruffle.
Since I made my skirts out of 2 old white t-shirts I dyed it on the stove. I knew white skirts on a 4 & 5 year old would not be white for long! I dyed each skirt one at a time and learned that the first item will be a bit darker so if you want the items to match you should dye them in a bigger pot at the same time. I need to get a bigger pot!

Anyway... it was easy to make and pretty cute for about $1.50 a skirt (elastic & dye). I'll add a photo with the girls wearing them soon, but it is cold and rain today.

Skinny Dipping

This is what I walk into when entering the bathroom after the girl's bath night... barbie butts. After bath time Brian collects the toys into a basket, but because the barbies have long wet hair Brian sets them on the side of the tub to dry. But it's the way he lines them up that is a bit funny looking.

Poor Brian, the only man in the house. He is holding up well... he has the girls hooked on watching Batman cartoons with him and they also love Star Wars toys and Speed Racer.

Corners of my home - the fridge

Another peek at my home... the fridge is usually cluttered with Amelia and Anna's cute art work. I don't really like this mess of stuff on the fridge but I can't resist any art work the girls make, they are so proud of it.

After something has been up for awhile I either put it in the save folder in the office or I hide it in the recycle bin. But... I have been caught several times and they ask... Mama why is my picture in the trash? I usually play stupid and say it must of fell in there by accident. Then I hang it back up until I get another chance at the recycle bin. Well... I just can't keep it all, especially the amount they both create each day! But it is cute stuff!

Videos - Tooth Fairy in Action

Check out my second stop motion video staring my handmade plushy friends: Anna, Sweet Tooth and Baby Sweet Tooth. I have 4 videos, check them all out.

Corners of my home - the office

Believe it or not there is a nice big desk under all this junk! Ugh... I really need to clean my office before I end up on the hoarders show! O.k. I'm not that bad but I do need to clean this desk off, it's very hard to work in clutter!

I am not usually like this but ever since I had kids it's hard to keep the house picked up. They just go from room to room making one mess after another. And my poor office has become the dumping ground. It doesn't help that I use this room to work, craft, sew, scrap book, pay bills, file, sort mail and much much more.

O.k. it's getting cleaned up and I give myself untill Monday.... go, go, go!

Garden - the start

So after our failed attempt to grow pumpkins last summer we are still hopeful to produce something from the garden this year. We planted seeds and already have little sprouts growing! We are going to try to grow zucchini, beans, and have some flowers starting. I have also been gathering info about growing tomatoes and cucumbers upside down in hanging containers. So we'll give it a try and see how it goes... I'll keep you posted.

Hand cut card

I made this card for Brian, it is hand cut with green and red paper applied to the back. It's a grasshopper playing "Fly me to the Moon" on his violin.