This is a poem I wrote and took to my Writer's League today. (It got the best reviews out of what I took.)
Momma Needs to Know
My children, come to Momma. There are things that I must know.
Why do shoes only disappear when it's time to go?
I want to know why you can't play in a dirty room?
And how can you miss all that stuff, with that big, old broom?
Why are babies allergic to the smell of my clean shirt?
And why are my dinners "passed" for the taste of garden dirt?
Who keeps eating all the soap to make it go so fast?
And why, of all who sleep round here, I am always last?
Why is mine the only cup from which the toddlers drink?
And who made the TP pyramid underneath the sink?
I really do not understand how a spider can be a pet,
Or why the milk is gone again, and the floor is always wet.
Can someone please explain to me how a hose gets on the roof?
Or why granola's in my bed? It's not a funny spoof!
Why does everything get blamed on those called "I don't know"?
And how come every time I look, you always seem to grow?
How can it always be so loud, so loud I can not hear?
Or why the walls are always smudged, and the windows never clear?
Just one more thing, my little ones, before I let you go.
Why is it, when you're gone from me, I always miss it so?
Sunday, October 19, 2008
Thursday, October 16, 2008
Motivate For Good.
"Parents, work hard at the matter of creating atmosphere in your homes. Let your children be exposed to great minds, great ideas, everlasting truth, and those things which build and motivate for good."
-Gordon B. Hinckley
-Gordon B. Hinckley
Tuesday, October 14, 2008
Chinese Proverb
If you think in seasons, plant cereals.
If you think in decades, plant trees.
If you think in centuries, educate your children.
If you think in decades, plant trees.
If you think in centuries, educate your children.
Teaching
"No teaching is equal, more spiritually rewarding, or more exalting than that of a mother teaching her children."
- Elder Boyd K. Packer
- Elder Boyd K. Packer
Who is the happiest of men?
"Who is the happiest of men?
He who values the merits of others, and in their pleasure take joy, even as though 'twere his own."
_Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
He who values the merits of others, and in their pleasure take joy, even as though 'twere his own."
_Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Monday, October 13, 2008
Green Chili Chicken Enchiladas
This was requested by the friend I went to lunch with today. First you start with her recipe for Enchilada sauce.
4 T oil
5 T flour
3 c water
3 beef bouillon cubes
2-8 oz. cans tomato sauce
1 t salt
1/2 t cumin
1 T chili powder
(Secret Ingredients)
1/4-1/2 t baking cocoa
1/4-1/2 t creamy peanut butter
Cook oil and flour together in a med. pot for 5-10 minutes. Whisk in remaining ingredients. Stir occasionally over low heat until all flavors are combined and heated through.
2 chicken breasts
seasoning salt & water
2 T corn starch
1 t dried minced onions
1/4 t cumin
1- 8 oz can diced green chilies, drained
1- 15 oz can black beans, drained & rinsed
1- 15 oz can whole corn
Place chicken breasts in a med. pot; cover with water and season with seasoning salt. Cover with an over-sized lid so that steam escapes while it cooks. Bring to boil. Turn down and simmer for 20 minutes.
While the condensed broth cools in pan, shred the chicken. When finished, add the cornstarch, onions, and cumin to the broth. Heat over low heat until thickened. Remove from heat, add shredded chicken and remaining ingredients, stirring well to combine.
Chicken mixture
8 burrito sized flour tortillas
Enchilada sauce
1 1/2 c shredded cheddar cheese
Spoon about 1-1 1/2 c sauce into a 9 x 13 pan. Roll about 1/3 c (or two large serving spoons full) of chicken mixture burrito/egg roll style in each tortilla; place in pan. Top with remaining sauce. Sprinkle with cheese. Bake at 350 degrees for 15 minutes.
Soo good!
4 T oil
5 T flour
3 c water
3 beef bouillon cubes
2-8 oz. cans tomato sauce
1 t salt
1/2 t cumin
1 T chili powder
(Secret Ingredients)
1/4-1/2 t baking cocoa
1/4-1/2 t creamy peanut butter
Cook oil and flour together in a med. pot for 5-10 minutes. Whisk in remaining ingredients. Stir occasionally over low heat until all flavors are combined and heated through.
2 chicken breasts
seasoning salt & water
2 T corn starch
1 t dried minced onions
1/4 t cumin
1- 8 oz can diced green chilies, drained
1- 15 oz can black beans, drained & rinsed
1- 15 oz can whole corn
Place chicken breasts in a med. pot; cover with water and season with seasoning salt. Cover with an over-sized lid so that steam escapes while it cooks. Bring to boil. Turn down and simmer for 20 minutes.
While the condensed broth cools in pan, shred the chicken. When finished, add the cornstarch, onions, and cumin to the broth. Heat over low heat until thickened. Remove from heat, add shredded chicken and remaining ingredients, stirring well to combine.
Chicken mixture
8 burrito sized flour tortillas
Enchilada sauce
1 1/2 c shredded cheddar cheese
Spoon about 1-1 1/2 c sauce into a 9 x 13 pan. Roll about 1/3 c (or two large serving spoons full) of chicken mixture burrito/egg roll style in each tortilla; place in pan. Top with remaining sauce. Sprinkle with cheese. Bake at 350 degrees for 15 minutes.
Soo good!
Sunday, October 12, 2008
Life
"Life is always going to throw some craziness your way. Sometimes you have every right to feel frustrated, but you also have every right to move on and be happy. Eventually you just have to pick one or the other."
-Cherie Call
Gospel Singer & Songwriter
-Cherie Call
Gospel Singer & Songwriter
Audrey Hepburn's Beauty Tips
-For attractive lips, speak words of kindness.
-For lovely eyes, seek out the good in people.
-For a slim figure, share your food with the hungry.
-For beautiful hair, let a child run their fingers through it once a day.
-For poise, walk with the knowledge you'll never walk alone.
-For lovely eyes, seek out the good in people.
-For a slim figure, share your food with the hungry.
-For beautiful hair, let a child run their fingers through it once a day.
-For poise, walk with the knowledge you'll never walk alone.
Journal Writing
I would like to share the scriptures of one of the 'pillars' that hold up our 'house of faith' in school. First is Revelation 1:19, and it reads:
"Write the things which thou hast seen, and the things which are, and the things which shall be hereafter;"
I love this scripture, because it encourages us to write about life- ours, our family's, our community's, our nation's, and the world's. Writing is near and dear to my heart. It is one of the joys that lift my heart, and it is nice to have a scripture on my side when I tell my kids that "yes!" they do have to write.
The other scripture that goes with this pillar is found in 2 Nephi 29:11. Now I know not everyone believes the Book of Mormon to be scripture, but I do. In fact I know it is! I have read it too many times and felt that confirming witness too often to doubt it. But regardless, you really can't argue with wisdom. This passage reads:
"For I command all men, both in the east and in the west, and in the north, and in the south, and in the islands of the sea, that they shall write the words which I speak unto them; every man according to their works, according to that which is written."
Now when I came across this in my reading, the thought hit me hard that I need to write the things going on in my life- especially the good thing, both that I have done, and that the Lord has done for me and those around me. The reason is in these two questions. (According to this scripture) What if only my 'bad' works are written down? Do I really want that to be the only gage by which I am judged?
Hmmm, think about it. Better yet ~ write about it! :o)
"Write the things which thou hast seen, and the things which are, and the things which shall be hereafter;"
I love this scripture, because it encourages us to write about life- ours, our family's, our community's, our nation's, and the world's. Writing is near and dear to my heart. It is one of the joys that lift my heart, and it is nice to have a scripture on my side when I tell my kids that "yes!" they do have to write.
The other scripture that goes with this pillar is found in 2 Nephi 29:11. Now I know not everyone believes the Book of Mormon to be scripture, but I do. In fact I know it is! I have read it too many times and felt that confirming witness too often to doubt it. But regardless, you really can't argue with wisdom. This passage reads:
"For I command all men, both in the east and in the west, and in the north, and in the south, and in the islands of the sea, that they shall write the words which I speak unto them; every man according to their works, according to that which is written."
Now when I came across this in my reading, the thought hit me hard that I need to write the things going on in my life- especially the good thing, both that I have done, and that the Lord has done for me and those around me. The reason is in these two questions. (According to this scripture) What if only my 'bad' works are written down? Do I really want that to be the only gage by which I am judged?
Hmmm, think about it. Better yet ~ write about it! :o)
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