Taco Cups

Ahhh ... and the little ones are down. Just in time for me to prep dinner. That is the most fantastic feeling. Well, one of many I should say. It gives a sense of Mission Accomplished! This evening is one of my many simple meals. Keeping it simple is the best. If a recipe has too many ingredients I tend to pass right by it. In less of course hubby would like it or I know that it would be a total winner with - like say Cheesecake Factory Cheesecake. (I found that recipe online and am going to be making it within the next week!!) This is a fun one to do with the kids. That and the fact that they can have their own special little taco cup is a bonus.

Taco Cups
1 can of wampum biscuits - you know those biscuits in the can that you have to wamp open!
1 lb of hamburger meat or meat of choice
1 package of taco seasoning
1/2 c cheddar cheese

Preheat oven to 400 degrees. Cook the hamburger according to the taco seasoning directions. In a muffin pan, place one biscuit in each cup and for to cup. Fill each cup with taco mixture, then back for 10 minutes. Remove and add cheese to tops and place back into the ove for another 2 to 3 minutes.

** Bonus - add black beans to the hamburger when adding taco spices. I always buy about 2 lbs of hamburger and divide it up into thirds when I bring it home from the store. So my pound of hamburger that goes into recipes is less than a pound. To make up for it in this recipe I am adding a can of black beans to it. We get the fiber and additional benefits from the beans and no one knows the wiser. Shhhhh... its a secret!

Salsa Rice
2c cooked rice
1/2 c salsa
1/2 c cheddar cheese

Cook rice according to directions. Add salsa and cheese to rice. Viola! I mean 'Ole!!

Bathroom Art

Hubby had recently redone the bathroom. Since then I have added a few things. There needed to be a little sign to go on a shelf that I had purchased from Target. I just knew it needed something that was sign-like, but didn't know what. Until I came across it at PB online. Holy cow that stuff is expensive. (We don't have one in our area, so I never really concerned myself with them or their prices)

I knew I could make this! It couldn't be that hard could it? And everyone else has been doing knock off t-shirts, so I thought I would take my own direction in doing a knock off a little different from everyone else. It would be perfect in the bathroom - that is the size of a closet. The deminsion that it came in not fit into else in the bathroom. Nor would it be to scale with were I wanted/needed it to go. Hubby went and cut a peice of wood for me that would be appropriate for where I wanted it to go. A little pain, a steady hand and viola!!

Here it is on the shelf from Target.

 This is art work we had made during the summer. This is on the opposing wall.



Hair oh Hair!

Once you become a mom everything changes. If your a fellow mom you know exactly what I am talking about. If you are a stay at home mom you know may be able to relate to my whole hair issue. The whole stigma of 'your just a stay at home mom' thing. When you don't feel put together it just doesn't help how you feel about yourself. And when you have a horrible haircut it just adds insult to injury.

I had gone to a hair dresser that had botched up my hair a bit. I had told hubby that I had two different haircuts on my head. It was terrible! Well, so I thought and felt. I HATED it. I mean just hated it. Back in May we were going out of town to visit hubby's family, which happened to be the same weekend I had scheduled an appointment to get my hair cut. The trip out of town over rode the hair cut, so I canceled it. Needless to say I never rescheduled it or went back. I went months without a hair cut. This is so unusual for me. Every time I would get it cut I would make an appointment before I left. It always saved me the time and hassle of remembing to call for an appointment. Since May I had cut my bangs myself out of desperation. I had also gone to a place in the mall - one of those walk in places. Desperation was among me. Finding a new hair dresser at this point was like going to the dentist. Uggg!! What to do! We have a local publication called Family Magazine. They have a contest in there every month. You locate the acorn picture, go to their website and tell them what page you found it on. I did that! My prize?! I won $30 to a salon! Really?! Yes, really!! I was estatic. Maybe this was what I needed. I called and made an appointment. I gently explained I was unhappy with my current cut and said it was not right. It was messed up. This past Tuesday I went in to the unknown. A leep on faith if you will. She told me she was at a hair show the day before and had the perfect cut for me. A deconstructed bob. Ok, lets do it. She cut and cut and c-u-t - that ' s a l o t o f h a i r  *gulp*.

I thought it's ok. It is a new phase. Two little beautiful girls and I need something a bit new for myself. A few snip snips later and... 

Much better! Ahhh!!!

Stop over at Simply Modern Mom to enter her give away. That is one sweet giveaway - a laptop! Not only is it a sweet give away, but it is in honor of breast cancer. Dell has done a few special design in honor of the month October and Breast Cancer awareness.