Nikon You are my frienemy.

I really wish I knew how to use my camera better. Maybe Nikon should come out with a genius bar like apple, so you can make an appointment at your local Nikon store to go learn how to use your device. I would pay for that service.

In the every user mode? Nt sure what it is called

in the every user mode with a flash.

more advanced mode

more advanced mode with the flash. Love the color of them here.

Instead I'm going to bore you with pictures I took of my afternoon snack. Yes, those are olives. Yes, olives are a snack to me. I probably should be sewing since I am sitting at my machine but my ADD struck.

Mexican Lasagna

I was looking for things to make for dinner the other day and other people from work were gathered around my desk. As I spoke out the name everyone went that is so yummy. I thought to myself surely that can't be that good, but It was so much better than I thought it would be so I'm sharing.

I didn't follow the recipe but used the same ingredients.

3 chicken breasts
1 can rotell. I used mild
1 can diced tomatoes
1 onion cut up. I cut in rings again cause I'm lazy and so my hubby could easily pick them out
2 green peppers cut up. I did strips
1 can diced green chilies
 1/2 cup water.
1 box lasagna noodles. I like bertolli flat no cook ones. Use what u gt. Follow directions on box as to cook or not first. I used the water above for extra liquid since I use the no cook first noodles.
1 package shredded cheese. On hand I had Colby Jack so that's what I used

Cause I'm lazy I put everything but the noodles and cheese in to the crock pot and cooked on high for 5 hours. When it's done I use 2 forks and shred up the chicken.

Pre heat oven to 350

Get a 9 x 11 baking dish and spray the pan with non stick spray put some of you mixture in the bottom
but just a little. Then put your fist layer of noodles. Add more mixture then add the cheese. repeat till you have n meat mixture left. If you cooked your noodles first then all you have to do is put in over till it's hot and cheese is melted. If you used no cook noodles. cover with foil and place in oven for 45 Min's, take foil off and bake for another 15 minutes.

Top with whatever you want. We ate it plain.

With apprehension in my heart

My baby brother is leaving for war.

The Army sees a man.
I see a boy.
The Army sees a man who can fight
I see a boy who likes to play dinosaurs.
The Army sees a man who can fight for his country
I see a boy who likes to play dinosaurs and not share with others.
The Army sees a man who can fight for his country and protect other peoples freedom.

picture from behind cause he'd be mad at a face picture.

And I see my brother as a eight year old boy who cried when he fell down and scuffed his knees, I see my brother who use to play on the "wings" of the house and pretend he was Godzilla. I see my brother who doesn't think things trough and climbs trees to high and breaks both feet. I see my brother who use to be a dork and wear his socks pulled up his knees.

Be safe baby brother.
I love you and I hope you come home safe and sound!

Baby quilt anyone?

Last night I started a new bible study and as I was sitting there waiting for the ladies to arrive, one woman walked in and I heard God's voice saying to me make her a quilt. I was like why God? Well off comes her coat and she's pregnant. So I guess I got some work to do. I won't go back until next Wednesday and I'm not sure what she is having? What are good colors to use for a baby when your not sure what the sex will be? I suppose I could ask her but I want it to be a surprise.


Who knows...maybe If I do a little of what God wants he can throw me a bone and get spring in here a little early. I can't wait to see this picture again in real life. I'm missing sitting on my patio with good friends and a beautiful blooming magnolia above.

Mug Rug Swap and WIP 2

I signed up for a mug rug swap at Quilting Gallery. We are to make our partner two mug rugs. I've been stalking my partner. She didn't specify any certain colors or fabrics she like so I took to liberty to go off what she had on her blog. It seems to be safe to assume she likes bright colors. I was thinking that with these mug rugs I would try out some stuff that I want to do but not sure if I have the time commitment to make large quilts at this time. I was thinking of making double hour glasses with these 2 fabrics. Do you think white will be an OK pairing with them or should I go with a different color? Or do these two fabrics even go together?

The second one I was thinking of maybe those mini HST with gray as the solid color. I'm not sold on the use of the batiks. I also like the look of the mug rugs that use the Dresdens like tumblers. It would be fun and easy with lots of potential with the colors. I could even stick with the batiks. Any thoughts?

Wow! I am so disappointed with what the camera does to the colors of fabric. That's what I get for having such and expensive camera that I don't know how to use.

Sunday Dresser Story

The color doesn't do it justice. It's really not a baby blue but maybe a robins egg blue tealish color.

I did it. I said I would have something done by a certain day and I actually got it done before that date. Well minus one side but I have a very good reason for that. The paint I was using was really stinky and I wasn't feeling good to begin with. See that trim around the side. That's all I have left to finish. So last Sunday I woke up feeling so sick to my tummy. I laid around watching TV and then the feeling kinda went away and I saw the paint and thought why not. Well the why not turned out to be I forgot how bad this paint smelled and how slow it dried. I had pulled out all the fabric and so while the large drawer dried in the hallway for THREE DAYS the small drawers held the fabric in heaping piles that were about to topple over any minute. Not to mention the tripping hazard they were creating. I surely didn't think this over well. Finally the drawer was dry and the dresser was dry enough for all the drawers to go back into it. So it's over, well until this summer when it's going to get a second coat only this time it will be done in a ventilated area and not in the middle of winter.

Socks 2, Me 0

Socks by Betsey Johnson. Swollen feet  by bloody marys and spicy olives.

Lets set the scene. Two weeks ago i start the washer with a small load of misfit items that missed the major loads. I got after a reasonable amount of time and the washer is still full of water. Hubster comes home from work. Can't figure it out so he takes all clothes out of washer and shop vacs all water out to do his thing. 2 days later I'm leaving work and I get a voicemail.


Cody: Hey I wanted to let you know I fixed the washer. Ummmm your SOCK went through it and clogged up the pump.
Me: bahahahahha. Thank God I don't have to buy a new washer.


Then today, I go to vacuum our bedroom and it's not doing anything. I mean the noise is going on but the cup is not spinning and anything I suck over the dusty stuff is comig out the front of the vacuum.


Me: Babe can you come here
Cody:  OK
Me: The vacuum is broke.
Cody: Again? Really you need to stop breaking it!
Me: OK OK OK.

~so as he turns it over and checks the part where the stuff goes into the vacuum, because I am notorious for vacuuming up bobby pins. There is a freaking SOCK in the roller thing. I'm not even kidding the only thing we can do is start laughing hilariously cause where do the SOCKS keep coming  from!!!!!!!!!!!!!