Doll Swap

I am so happy to have found the MJF chat board. before I "met " this group of ladies, my crafting abilities were limited to wreaths and floral arrangements. Now I am trying my hand at so many different things and finding that with enough patience I'm not too bad at it. So I've signed up for the doll swap and my gal is already on her way to Beverley, but her is her pic....

This is what Lisa sent me....

I signed up for Lisa's (tribalcime- on MJF) January blog giveaway and this is what I won. Lisa makes some beautiful jewelry. You really should stop and check out her blog- http://tribalwitch.blogspot.com/ .

I know Christmas is Past....

but I just had to show everyone the pretty bracelet Jeremy got me. Out of all the cowboy designs the cowboy and cowgirl facing each other with the horses has always been my favorite. I've never told Jeremy this and I also never tell him what I want. I love to see what he will come with on his own.

Annual Book Sale

The annual book sale at the library was this weekend. I found three books. A hardback Life Application Study Bible (NKJV), a small paperback - Don't Sweat the Small Stuff & It's All Small Stuff and a book on rug making. And get this I only paid $4.00 for all three!!

Pondering....

It's that time of month when all the bills start to roll in. I was not sweating bills at all. I thought I had plenty of money in the bank. Then the guy comes with the bill for the lot rent, gass and electric. Electric was nothing, like $63. I was amazed!! Then I looked farther down.... the gas was $350! It had nearly doubled from the last month's bill and the weather has been about the same. Well I have heard through the grapevine that next month will be double what this month was. So instead of 350 it will be more like 700. Needless to say I have gotten out the big roll of plastic and caulking gun and have been going over all the windows. I have weather stripping for the doors too. Downfall to that is it has to be at least 50 degrees out or it won't stick to the doors. Arrggg it's like 33 and snowing.


So anyways, yesterday I was at Tractor Supply pricing woodstoves. I found a lovely stove with a blower motor that will heat my home for $400. That's just the stove. I will also need to get the platform for the stove to sit on and the vent pipe. And why not tack on a chainsaw while I'm at it.

Tax time is coming and I'm sure I can hold out till then, but I am debating on seeing if there's another way I can raise a lil money until then to start putting back. I'm thinking about starting an online shop of some kind. I could do it on bluejay or ecrater. Both of those sites are free, but they do not offer me the ability to be on a personal level with my customers. That is one of the things that irks me about being online. I am really considering using blogger for this venture. I can add a guest book, my customers can also get to know me more on a personal level too cause my blogs are linked together via my profile page... I just have so many ideas! Do you think this would work? doing a shop on blogger?

Homemade Valentine

Here is one of my homemade valentines. I didn't think to take a picture of them till I made the last one and already had the other two sealed up in envelopes. I think it turned out kinda pretty. What do you think?

Tex-Mex Turkey Enchiladas

My honey man gets the Western Horseman magazine and the November issue had this recipe in it. He was like, "ummmm this looks good." I've been meaning to make it since he showed it to me. Well I finally got around to it last night. Since he has adopted a horse and I was just plowed over by the gas company our weekends of eating out are going to be slim to none. That of course does not break my heart. I love to cook and especially love to cook for someone who appreciates good food. My kiddos bless their hearts are not good eaters. They are the pickiest lil peeps. Wonder where they get that from-- hmmm partially me. I have been doing better about trying new healthier foods and I am encouraging them to do the same. I didn't realize that the recipe would make so many, next time I'm going to cut the recipe in half or we're going to invite friends over.

Here's the recipe if anyone else would like to give these a try. For someone who has never cared much for peppers and onions, these were really yummy!!

2 cups shredded, cooked turkey (I used ground) 1 tsp. ground cumin

1 cup salsa 1/2 tsp oregano

3 ounces cream cheese, cubed 1/2 tsp chili powder

3/4 cup onion, diced 2 cups shredded Mexican-mix cheese

1 cup green and red pepper 8 flour tortillas

1/2 cup green chilies, diced

Combine turkey, 1/4 cup salsa, cream cheese, onion, peppers, green chilies and spices in skillet. Place on low heat, stirring occasionally, until cream cheese is melted. Add 1/2 cup of shredded cheese.

Spoon turkey mixture down the center of each tortilla. Roll tortillas and place, seam side down, in a lightly greased baking dish. Top with remaining salsa and shredded cheese.

Cover and bake at 350 degrees for 20 minutes or until heated.

Garnish with lettuce, tomato and olives. (I missed that part. ooops oh well.)