Showing posts with label photography. Show all posts
Showing posts with label photography. Show all posts

Monday, October 10, 2011

pop culture , a recipe and baby pictures...

none of which are related, in case that wasn't obvious...;)

so i had the privilege of taking my new niece's newborn photos recently and wanted to share.
that's what you'll see throughout this post.



what you will read however, is about my lack of pop culture awareness.

are you ready?...



i'm ashamed to say (because it sounds as if i should be?) that i'm still sort of unclear who steve jobs was.
i mean, i googled and figured out he was a computer creator.
that's about where my knowledge ends with him.




i also googled another pop culture thing that has slightly less relevance...

you see when i read (somewhere ?)  that Carmen Electra was marrying Rob Patterson,
i pictured edward from Twilght.



i thought to myself "as little as i know about these 2 souls walking around, that just seems a very odd couple."

ya, edward would be robert pattinson.

rob patterson is, apparently, some musician for Korn (i think, not looking back to make sure!), that by wikipedia standards looked much more like who i would picture carmen electra with.
(not that i care).

it was a sad waste of 5 minutes.

now, onto the recipe!
the reason i'm sharing this is because it is easy and a good Fall all in one dish!
corn bread pie:
first of all mix up your favorite cornbread recipe.
i use the Homesteader's Recipe found here .
set aside.


preheat oven 375.
get a cast iron pan (i use my 9 or 10 inch),
or, i suppose a square 9x9 pyrex would do.

cook hamburger or turkey burger (about 1/2 lb) in the cast iron skillet, drain off grease.
add in 2 cans of ranchero beans.
(i have put in my own cooked beans before, and it's okay, but not as good)
a cup of frozen corn or a can of drained corn.
and a can of diced green chilis.

pour corn bread mix over top.
cook at 375 until corn bread cooked through and browning on top.

enjoy!

blessings,
mandy

Sunday, October 3, 2010

On this Sunday...

I am missing my men again, who are off shooting bambi.

I am thinking of my grandma who has been gone 3 years now.


I need to finish watching North and South , an amazing movie, it shows a lot of the horrid things that happened in that time period unlike so many of the others like it, that only show the beauty.



I really need to sweep.

And figure out how to get this primer out of my hair.


Skipping church do in large part to aforementioned primer encrusted hair.

I'm listening to my 2 year old squeeze the life out of a cat.



I need to go to my second home...wal mart.



And get a coffee from Dutch Brothers.



Wanting to buy a Need To Breathe CD
(I think the last time I bought a CD was years ago)

I will meet a good friend to finish this little angel's portraits...

(these ones are from yesterdays, she got too tired to finish them)
 
 
And I hope you all have a blessed Sunday.
 
 
God Bless,
Mandy

Tuesday, March 30, 2010

quickly...

Monkey #1 told his sister that we would have foolish dogs for dinner tonight...well son, actually that would be Polish dogs.


foolish of us from the artery blocking view point yes...



and Monkey #3 said "hey mom, do you know what Hell is probably like?" 
 me:speechless
him: "I think it's like getting thrown into water without your lifejacket".

how profound is that??!!
from a 3 yr old.
out of the blue.
and no we don't walk around preaching fire and damnation.
Have NO idea where that came from...
but I'd say he's pretty darn wise...

My baby girl will be 6 in just a few short hours...

where did the time go?



God Bless,
Mandy

Tuesday, March 9, 2010

happy things...

Happiness is...

a pair of new cowboy boots (60% off)


cherry blossoms


cute shoes in all colors



blooming trees



ugly chairs that I can transform into something lovely (stay tuned)




the new Flea Market Style magazine and my favorite quilt



another project...letters covered in vintage sheet music
(actually I wanted to spell out HOME or NEST but I grew impatient waiting for the store to get more 'e's in!)


Finally typing out and framing our  "House Rules"



a spoonfull (or 4) of Nutella


And  looking foreward to BUNCO night on Friday
(I'll have to take my camera along this time)!!!

Happiness IS NOT:
realizing that as I ran around taking blog pictures these two monkeys were catapulting then crushing fish crackers about the living room...


  God Bless,
Mandy

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