I am away today.  My cousin passed away last Wednesday and we have gone to be with the family.  Please keep this family in your hearts and prayers today and in the holiday season upon us.  She was a young mother of three, with a wonderful homelife and strong Christian beliefs.  There is still much grief in her sister, her parents, the rest of the family, and their friends.

My thoughts are already on the year ahead.

It’s officially vacation!

I am through with this fabric.  There is only a bit of the orange I used on the backing and a half yard maybe of the bright squares, the rest is history.  Here are the “sisters” too.

I want to make my dd a calendar that has all the birthdays of her cousins so she can send them cards on her own.  Plus the grandparents, Holiday cards, the whole shebang.  I knew what I wanted but I didn’t want to spend a fortune on a card organizer, or try to make one totally from scratch…so I compromised.  I picked up this bill organizer from the one dollar store – monthly pockets, check!  Top half perfect for a calendar printed off computer and mounted on scrapbooking paper I had, check!  Cute cover, still working on that one!  But I’m so happy to have this ready to go in her stocking.  And for one dollar plus stuff on hand.

I am looking for a pork chop recipe, I found these, what is your favorite?

http://allrecipes.com/Recipe/Italian-Style-Pork-Chops/Detail.aspx

http://allrecipes.com/Recipe/Stuffed-Pork-Chops-III/Detail.aspx

http://allrecipes.com/Recipe/Pork-Chops–Stuffing-Bake/Detail.aspx

This sounds dreamy…

Sopapilla Cheesecake Dessert

http://allrecipes.com/Recipe/Sopapilla-Cheesecake-Dessert/Detail.aspx

Ingredients

• 3 (8 ounce) packages cream cheese, softened
• 1 1/2 cups white sugar
• 1 1/2 teaspoons vanilla extract
• 2 (8 ounce) cans crescent roll dough
•  
• 1/2 cup melted butter
• 1/2 cup white sugar
• 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
• 1/4 cup sliced almonds

Directions

1. Preheat an oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
2. Beat the cream cheese with 1 1/2 cups of sugar, and the vanilla extract in a bowl until smooth. Unroll the cans of crescent roll dough, and use a rolling pin to shape the each piece into 9×13 inch rectangles. Press one piece into the bottom of a 9×13 inch baking dish. Evenly spread the cream cheese mixture into the baking dish, then cover with the remaining piece of crescent dough.
3. Drizzle the melted butter evenly over the top of the cheesecake. Stir the remaining 1/2 cup of sugar together with the cinnamon in a small bowl, and sprinkle over the cheesecake along with the almonds.
4. Bake in the preheated oven until the crescent dough has puffed and turned golden brown, about 45 minutes. Cool completely in the pan before cutting into 12 squares.

Made by hand but not crafty today!

Based on this recipe:

http://allrecipes.com/Recipe/Quiche-Southern-Egg-Pie/Detail.aspx

Breakfast pie

Ingredients

1 (12 ounce) package ground pork sausage

½ cup chopped bacon or ham (if on hand)

4 eggs

1/2 cup milk

1 (8 ounce) package Cheddar cheese, shredded

salt and pepper to taste

1 pinch white sugar

1 (9 inch) unbaked deep dish pie crust

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
2. Heat a large skillet over medium heat. Add sausage, and cook until evenly brown. Drain, crumble, and set aside.  Repeat with bacon.  Set aside with ham.
3. In a medium bowl, whisk together eggs and milk. Stir in shredded cheese. Season with salt, pepper and sugar.
4. Spread meat mixture in the bottom of crust. Cover with egg mixture, and shake lightly to remove air, and to level contents.
5. Bake in preheated oven for 45 to 50 minutes, or until filling is puffed and golden brown. Remove from oven, prick top with a knife, and let cool 10 minutes before serving.  Crusts will usually brown so cover with foil if you like.

We have added spinach, and chopped tomatoes if we have them at times and love it this way.  The kids usually eat it with syrup over the top or fresh preserves.

Stop by Diary of a SAHM for some great reading!

Results of my stash rehash giveaway:  carewear.org, no comments so off to charity it goes

The weather in my neck of the woods:
It was 74 one dayand 44 two days later.  Our nights have been kind of chilly around 35.  

One of my simple pleasures:
Looking at my Christmas Tree.

On my bedside table:
cell phone, alarm clock 

On my TV:
ABC holiday movies, food network 

On the menu for tonight:
Crock  pot roast

On my To Do List:
Laundry, Dishes, Unpack from a weekend of traveling

New Recipe I tried last week:
Homemade pizza breads

In the craft basket:
Started piecing the dino quilt, some scrapbook ideas

Looking forward to:
Christmas when we see hubby again!

Homemaking Tip for this week:
nope, sorry!

Favorite Blog Post of the week (mine or other):

anything crafty, I’ve been blog hopping a lot
Favorite photo from last week:  from fresh and fun.blogspot, this adorable ornament

Lesson learned the past few days:
Pain is the bodies way of saying slow down.  And if you don’t listen, you may be very sorry.

On my Prayer List:
My health.  Our Family.  Many financially strapped friends.  Church hunt. 

Devotionals, Scripture Reading, Key Verses:

Still reading the One Minute Prayers to Start Your Day

ENTER until 9pm eastern for the stash rehash giveaway,look at friday for rules!

Here it is….actually here they are, I manged to squeak out two of them.

What is she up to next?  A blankie destined to be an isolette cover, for carewear.org.