"Pics Of My Little Anna Pearl"

She needs some work. I am willing and able to make her beautiful again. She is named after my maternal Grandma.

Simplicity in Hoosier Form

This beauty was in my paternal grandmother's house. It was built into the wall and was painted that lovely green color of the 30's. We are still working on restoring her. She is in my livingroom and holds all my treasures. After my grandma passed away, we went to her house to say goodbye to it. (They were tearing it down) This little cabinet was hidden under a bunch of stuff, but it just seems to call my name when I walked by it.

It takes me back to the simplier times when my Grandma must have prepared meeals using the porcelain top to mix bread perhaps. She used it in later years to store treasures as I do. I visit it every once in a while, to take me back to where I come from and where I need to be going.

Frugal Freezer Meal Ideas

Here's some ideas from http://www.hillbillyhousewife.com/frugalfreezermeals.htm

She also sells a book called "Freezer Cooking Made Simple."


Frugal Freezer Meal Ideas

When it comes to freezer cooking, it is easy to prepare frugal meals. Many frugal recipes can be placed in your freezer for cooking at a later date. Here are a few ideas to get you started.

Chicken: Buy a large amount of chicken, divide it into freezer bags with the marinade of your choice, and freeze. The chicken will marinade as it thaws and you will have a tasty dish ready. Just add a side salad and some rice.


Beans and Rice: Healthy, full of fiber, and filling, beans and rice is yummy frugal meal. No need to make any other side dishes because beans and rice is truly a meal in itself.


Chili: Prepare a simple chili with cans of beans, onions, garlic, tomato paste and chili seasoning. You can add meat if you like but when it is made right, chili with no meat is very good. You can also add fresh tomatoes and other vegetables like bell peppers. Cook the chili, let it cool, and then just freeze.


Casseroles: Some casseroles like tuna or broccoli and cheese don’t cost much make and can be frozen with ease. When you make a casserole for dinner one night, make two. Instead of cooking the second one, once it is prepared, put it in the freezer.


Meatballs: Meatballs are another item is not expensive to make, can be doubled and frozen. You can find ground beef on sale often and can buy it in bulk in wholesale stores. With meatballs you can make different types to freeze like simple ones for spaghetti, honey barbecued, or teriyaki.


Taco or sloppy joe meat: Who doesn’t love tacos or sloppy joes? Again you can get hamburger meat in bulk. The good thing about these frugal meals is that you can cook them or just prepare them and freeze. It really makes creating fun, great, quick meals simple and very feasible.


Soups: Some soups like chicken noodle or split pea can be frozen successfully. You want to be careful freezing soups with potatoes or cream in them. These types of soups do not always freeze well and will make for a gummy, mushy meal for the family.
Freezer cooking can not only be frugal but time saving, convenient, and really easy to do.

My valentine is my super DH of 27 years! I love you, Ron!

I love this little craft. Someone else's great idea.


http://www.sugardoodle.net/mambo/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1983&Itemid=42

What do I want to do when I grow up?

Can you really go back to school?

I sometimes have dreams about high school. They usually have something to do with being late, being unable to remember my schedule or locker combination or being naked. (Okay, high school really wasn't that great.)

Now, I've decided to go back to school. It has been a long time coming. With one child in college and another in high school, I feel that I should at least get my AS before my youngest gets his. I've been putting this off for many years.

My fears are that I will be soooooo incredibly old in the classes. I have my dear friend Glena to help me through this. She is almost as old as I am, so we will be ancient together.

I'm also afraid that I will not be able to learn like I used to. It has been many years since I have taken learning seriously and I might have to jumpstart the old brain. It's important that I get good grades so that my company will reimburse me for the costs of classes.

I do look forward to the exchange of new ideas and to listening to others perspectives on things. I am interested in learning more about human nature and the effects that one person can have on another. Maybe I should go into psychology.

For now, it's general studies and I will work on figuring out what I want to be when I grow UP.