The scene in our house Monday night: 4 little kids jumping up & down and screaming.
The cause for all this excitement? One sentence…..
Mommy’s going to have a baby.
Now you know the REAL reason I haven’t been posting much lately.
Archives for February 2008
wfmw – fairy coloring pages
Fairies are very popular with my three little girls and I am always looking for pretty fairy pages for them to color. Here are their three favorite gorgeous sites:
Run on over to Rocks In My Dryer for some great tips!
Tips I want to remember:
stretching a ham
Several stores have ham on sale right now for $1 a lb. or less. You can really get a lot of mileage out of the leftovers:
Ham & biscuits for breakfast
Add the ham bone to a 15-bean soup mix
Add all the little leftover bits to homemade macaroni & cheese
and my favorite recipe for using up extra ham:
Cheesy Ham & Potato Soup
12 potatoes, peeled & cubed
1 lg onion, finely diced
1 clove garlic, crushed & finely diced
1 lb velveeta, cubed (2 if you want it extra cheesy)
1 lb cubed ham
3 ½ T flour
1 c. milk
black pepper to taste
Place potatoes, onion, garlic & ham in a large stock pot. Cover with water. Cook until potatoes are almost tender. Remove 1 cup of potatoes & mash in bowl with fork. Add some liquid from pot (1 T. at a time) along with flour until you have a thick paste. Add back to pot. Add cheese to soup & let simmer until cheese melts. Stir in milk & add pepper to taste.
Serves at least 8.
What is your favorite way to use up a ham?
true education
Education is what remains after one has forgotten what one has learned in school.
Albert Einstein
wfmw – free Jan Brett cross stitch patterns
I came across these adorable cross stitch patterns the other day while browsing Jan Brett’s site. If you’ve never visited, take some time to look around at all the treasures on her site.
Click here for Cross Stitch Patterns
(This one is called Happy Spring – isn’t it cute?)
Run on over to Rocks In My Dryer for some great tips.
