My Recipe Monday

Okay I am going to try something new. Every Monday, I am going to try to post a yummy tried and true recipe. My family loves this recipe, I sure hope you enjoy. I think I will try to find the BBQ chicken pizza for next week. Of course if you have questions about the recipe, please let me know.

Creamy Chicken Enchiladas

Ingredients:
1 can Cream of Chicken Soup
1 container (8 oz.) sour cream
1 cup picante sauce or salsa
2 tsp. chili powder
2 cups cooked cut up chicken or 1 Lrg can chicken
1 cup shredded Monterey Jack cheese
10 Fajita Size Flour Tortillas, warmed

Directions:
Mix soup, sour cream, picante sauce and chili powder. Mix 1 cup picante sauce mixture, chicken and cheese. Spread about 1/4 cup chicken mixture down center of each tortilla. Roll up and place seam-side down in 3-qt. shallow baking dish. Pour remaining picante sauce mixture over enchiladas. Cover and bake at 350°F. for 40 min. or until hot.

Tagged by Audrie-20 years

Tagged by Audrie:

20 years ago I was 13 and I believe that I was in the 6th grade (that was still grade school at the time) I really liked my teacher. I ended up that year being in advanced math and advanced writing. That year, I helped my 6th grade class write a book.

10 years ago I had just been married. We went to Jamaica and got married there and enjoyed our honeymoon. At that time, I was working as a caretaker cleaning buildings and apartments and Aaron worked for Gateway. We lived in Dakota Dunes, South Dakota in a 2 bedroom apartment.

5 years ago, we had been living in McKinney for 2 years. Justin was 2 1/2, I was having a day care in my home, & Aaron was working for Blockbuster. I got pregnant with Emilie later in the year.

3 years ago, Emilie was walking around and Justin was eager to learn. Aaron got a job working for Collin County and I was just a stay at home mom.

1 year ago, I said goodbye to a dear friend, who moved. Justin was in 1st grade. Emilie was in her 2nd year of pre-k. I started watching children again, but only before and after school.

This year, we adopted a pet rabbit and she got sick, but is okay now. Justin is now in 2nd grade and reads at an almost 4th grade level. Emilie is in her last year of pre-K. Aaron and I celebrated our 10 year anniversary. I am still watching kids before and after school.

Today, I am more relaxed, even tho I carted around two little girls to a couple different stores. I came home and cleaned and did laundry. I got 7 kids off the bus today, but all the kiddos left by the time 4:30 came around.

Tommorow, my family will wake up in the morning and go to wellness in the park. We seem to have fun with it every year. I also need to finish cleaning my house and the never-ending laundry. I will also have to make my menu for next week and finish my grocery list.

I tag Jalynn and anybody else who wants to reflect a little on the past 20 years and the wonderful blessings that they have been given.

Mystery Reader

Today I went to Justin's school and volunteered to be a mystery reader. Justin had no idea that I was coming. It was to read to his class, but man, they were full of questions. After every page, I had a least 3 hands shoot up every time! All the kids seemed to love the story even if it was nonfiction. Just glad that it went well, and I told Mrs. Pickens, that I would gladly do it again.

Feeling Busy Again

It has been at least a couple weeks, so I will try to catch up with everyone. Lets see, where to begin......

Emilie started school the first week of September. There was a big mix up with her class, but she ended up in the right class this time. There are 12 children in her class and she says they are all her friends, although she misses Alana and Ashley. She really likes her teacher and is already learning tons of stuff. She can write her name legibly and count to 100 with a little help.

We just got Emilie's pictures taken last Monday at Wal Mart. At the price I had to pay, we probably will not go back. They said there picture CD's went up to $139. Literally, my jaw dropped. Luckily I had a coupon and paid $102 for the CD and the package deal. Here is the one that we ordered. The pictures at least were really good! I will try to put the rest on a slide show.

Justin says he really likes his teacher this year, they seem to mesh real well. At meet the teacher night I let her know that I had plans to fill out the GT papers to have Justin tested. She remembered and gave me the new papers a week ago. She also followed up with a phone call to make sure that I got them. I turned them in today. I also signed up to be a mystery reader for Justin's class this year and I will get to read to them on Thursday. I am excited and a little nervous.

This last weekend Jalynn and I hosted a BBQ in our front yards. Aaron did all the grilling, thank you hon you were a great help! Everyone that came brought a little side dish. Total for people I think was 23 people. We even got to see Randy & Diana, thanks for coming, it was a great time! There were a ton of little kids running around from 2 yrs old to 3rd grade. It was great, we will definitly do that again.

I think that is about it. I would love to hear from any and all, you can leave a comment after every post that I write, have a great day all!

Saving Money

Everyone likes to save money, so I have investigated some websites to use. Also a story about a family that was asked to spend only $100/week on groceries, when usually there grocery bill is a lot more. I have only printed coupons one time, I just thought it was a hassel, but in the wake of trying to pay off some bills, ya just have to, to save more. Right now, including eating out and extra stuff, our grocery bill is around $50-$70/week, but that also includes cleaning items, and stuff like toiletries.

http://articles.moneycentral.msn.com/CollegeAndFamily/RaiseKids/CanAFamilyEatOn100AWeek.aspx

www.coupons.com
www.coolsavings.com
www.couponmom.com
pchcoupons.com

Also if you go time free coupons in a search engine, you can come up with a lot more.