Sunday, February 27, 2011

Oh. My. Gosh.


I could eat this literally every day. Oh, and it's made out of leftovers.

It's a recipe that chris and I made up one night when I REALLY wanted chicken tortilla soup but didn't have any of the ingredients...SO here's how we make it

Onion-about a half of a white onion-chopped (no particular size) and let those sauté in the bottom of the pot so the'll be nice and translucent.

Next throw in some chopped up garlic (however much you want. We only had 3 of those pods left so thats what we used).

Next put an entire box of chicken broth in, then fill that box up with water and pour the water in the pot so you have equal parts.

Next throw in chopped carrots (we chopped up baby carrots because it's what we had)...again...however much you want! We used almost a full small bag of the baby carrots.

Let that all boil.

In the mean time, boil some chicken so you can shred it later.

Start cooking rice (unless you have leftovers). We cooked 2 cups of rice just until it was almost done.

Then we chopped up tomatoes and green onions next (the green onions were a last minute addition because we had some left over)

Next, throw in the chopped tomatoes and green onions. Then the shredded chicken. Then throw in some frozen corn. Then the rice.

Bring it all to a boil, add seasoning...

Crunch up some tortilla chips at the bottom of your bowl, soup on top of that, sour cream, pepper jack cheese (I swear that MAKES it) over that...

....enjoy....

Saturday, February 26, 2011

Exhausted


Well I missed yesterday...actually missed a couple days...BUT this is a picture to show what the weekend was like for lil hazel...

Yesterday was treatment {this was an easy one though} and Adrianne and the girls came to meet us {that always boosts chris's spirits!}. Then we got to sleep over at their house which is always fun for us but exhausting for hazel! Haha...passed from one niece to another, always being held, chased, dressed up, and rolled around in a doll crib...this puppy gets it good! Luckily, we want her to learn to be passive around kids so what better than to put her around kids??

Chris is feelin well now after a good 3-4 days of NOT fun....so we are happy to say we have successfully completed 2 of 4 chemo sessions!! Yay for half way done!!

Thursday, February 24, 2011

Got a hair cut


Hazel was getting a little shaggy like...so she got a hair cut today :)

Chris wanted us to keep her fro so she still has a shaggy afro...

She looks so tiny again!!!

Seriously...everywhere


As I walked into my bathroom today to wash my face, I stepped on a portion of a raw hide that has been ripped into smaller portions...

...I then walked back into my room and looked at the end of the bed...this is what I saw. Tiger (the squeaker has been surgically removed by her teeth), and 2 raw hides...

...this is my life!

Tuesday, February 22, 2011

That's right! I'm a graduate!


My diploma FINALLY came!! After 3 years of cheering, 4 1/2 years of schooling, 1 year of independent study, and finally, a hold on my account, I officially have the paperwork!!

Oh yes, my parents are proud :)

Sunday, February 20, 2011

New Jewelry

My niece made these for me today in church :)

Such sweet presents!

Harbor


Seriously, I love the harbor.

It is a goal of mine to one day own a nice sail boat {we had a sail boat when I was growing up...but I'm talking about one that has an inside area, bedroom, "kitchen"- I'll even settle for a kitchenette - and living room}

So I love walking by and seeing all the big beautiful boats!!