I went to the doctor today and hopefully the medicine she gave me will help. Tomorrow is Kats party! I have chicken tenders marinating in teriyaki sauce and I've made my yummy fruit dip (recipe to be posted later). We are praying we all feel better before guests arrive! Stay tuned for post part post!!

Last night while waiting for my cough medicine to kick in I decided to post from my phone to my blog. I mean, I had time and I had my phone and I WASN'T sleeping!! Well when I hit send my phone immediately sent me 8 confirmations that my post was successful. "That's weird" I thought. So I head over here to check it out and lo and behold it posted my entry in 8 separate posts in no order whatsoever. You would be required to have the gift of interpretation to read it. After deleting every entry, I tried again, only to have the same thing happen, so I deleted again and gave up. BUT since I took time to post from my phone, I'm just going to copy to my computer what I took the time to post last night. I'm at the church waiting for the girls to call me. So....read on.....
Previously attempted post: I seriously think that all attempts at posting are being thwarted (and last night proved this true). Everytime I've gone to post while I'm at the church something has come up that has kept me from it.

It hasn't helped that I've been sick for the last week with a nasty cough and now a mondo humungous cold sore....Botox anyone? Cause that's what I look like! A bad inection of Botox. Kat and I have spent the last week on our couch and chair in the living room because we keep coughing throughout the night! Oh, these are the times I wish my internet at home was existant because I'd get a lot done while NOT sleeping.
Soooo once again, I haven't posted in days. Recipes lie waiting to be shared, updates are slowly slipping my mind (my intention to write posts when I think of them and publish later hasn't happened....anyone know of a good, free, offline program that works with a Mac and blogger?)

So now I'm sitting on my comfy chair waiting for the cough syrup laden with codeine to kick in so I can sleep! Tomorrow I'm bringing a new mommy and her sweet hubby a chicken pot pie! I'm making two so we can enjoy it as well!

I love blessing others with a meal! My hubby asked me the other day why I keep getting asked to bring meals when there are so many others who could do it....I said probably because they know I enjoy it and I'm a good cook (nothing wrong with admitting that ladies). I've been on the receiving end of some meals that while I know were good intentions, they were not good.

This weekend is Kat's birthday party. 14 girls will grace our home....am I crazy? I think so. A scavenger hunt through town is planned as well as floor hockey at the church. Dinner will be Teriyaki chicken kabobs with rice and salad. For dessert, fruit with my yummy fruit dip and chocolate fondue. Breakfast will be costco muffins!
There you have it...my post from last night. I did finally fall asleep. My sleep has been very restless and not good at all. It hasn't been good.

The pictures above of Kat were taken at our recent conference during a prophetic Art workshop! The bottom pic is of the girls with Kat's peanut butter pie on her birthday.

Well, I feel as though I could just fall asleep! I think it's time to go home and make some serious coffee!! Doctors appointment will be made for tomorrow to make sure that it is only a cold and maybe have them give me something to help me sleep!
With Joy UNquenchable,

Hello....It's Me

But not for long....I am hanging out in my hubby's office on a youth group night because my throat is sore and I'm just tired of talking. I could go home, but ummmm we're having meatballs for a snack tonight and I really want some because I didn't make dinner (I was shopping all day...for food...to make dinner). Plus I can go online!

Kat and I have been fighting a cold. I have been fighting it for a few weeks and it really kicked in last night and today. She and I slept together downstairs in the living room, she on the chair and I on the couch! Tonight we are loading up on Nyquil (we didn't have that last night). I was so tempted to knock us out with some codeine laden cough syrup that hubby took for his pneumonia but I didn't cave into the temptation. Instead, it took us a few hours to fall asleep. Then of course the two of us were up by 8:00 and Princess Nan slept till 9:30 (would have slept longer had I not woken her up).

Kat went and played indoor soccer today and then the three of us girls went grocery shopping. I love being with my girls. We got to the store and we all just wanted to be done so I'd send them off with a list of things to find and when they'd come back and find me, I'd give them more! Cut our shopping down quite a bit.

Tomorrow is Kat's 14th birthday. She has requested Turkey Burgers and Peanut Butter Pie. I plan to make homemade rolls. Her party will be next week with about 15 of her friends...oh I better be feeling better by then.

I have a few more recipes to post but I don't think that'll happen tonight or even the rest of the week. We have birthday dinner and then a conference this weekend at our church, as well as Nan's final soccer game and soccer party (we're doing potluck style and I'm making enchiladas). We also have a friend who is going in tomorrow to be induced so I will be bringing her a meal next week...Chicken Pot Pie.....and I'm making two so we can eat it as well. I also picked up two whole chickens so I can make some chicken soup!! Wish I was having that tonight.

We are officially re-designing the second phase of our house. I like how it is coming together. We just really needed and decided that we wanted to cut down on the size a bit, for financial reasons and also so that we wouldn't be required to have a sprinkler system. I think we have almost been in our home a year next week!! Wow did that time fly. I can't tell you how much I love being in our own home.

Well I'm going to head out to eat some meatballs and then head home to go to bed. I'll chat with you all soon.

(above picture was taken at a lake near our home)


With Joy UNquenchable,

Recipe: Tuscan Turkey Soup

Last week I decided to try another recipe from my new Taste of Home Magazine. The Tuscan Turkey Soup caught my eye, mainly because it used canned pumpkin and 1) I had canned pumpkin in my fridge that needed to be used, and 2) It sounded interesting and was quick to make.

I got the soup made and simmering on the stove. When I went back in to check on it I stood perplexed at what I saw in the pan...where did those kidney beans come from, and I didn't put zucchini in this....WHO SABOTAGED MY SOUP I wanted to know! Well, the culprit turned out to be my hubby who took it upon himself to add the leftovers from our Chicken and Vegetable taco dinner the previous night, along with some rice and kidney beans. Boy did I give it to him....albeit nicely! I even admitted that it tasted really good. So my Tuscan soup became TuscanMexican soup. Still it was a good one and could be made again.

In a saucepan, saute 1 c. onion, 1 c. celery and 1 c. garlic (I never measure these things), until tender.

Add 2 c. chopped, cooked turkey (or in my case...chicken tenders)

Add to that 1 15 oz can white kidney beans (Cannelini)

1 15 oz. can pumpkin, 2 14 1/2 oz. cans chicken broth, 1/2 tsp. salt and basil and 1/4 tsp. pepper
Cook till heated through and if you so desire let someone in your family "sabotage" it and see how it turns out!

I have a few more recipes I want to post but probably won't get to those till tomorrow

With Joy UNquenchable,

Goodness! I've been trying to sit down to write a post everytime I've gone to the church this last weekend and it just has not happened. I've got 3 recipes I've wanted to post as well as just updating you on life!

Everytime I go down there something happens that keeps me from it! Grr!! I'm hoping I will be able to today because along some posts, I need to make and order some photo collages for Nans soccer team!

So hopefully in the next few days I'll get something up!!

I actually have been going online and visiting you all, though a few times I've had problems commenting. I also have been going back and reading some of my old posts. That's been fun! There's some good stuff...LOL

Well posting from my phone is annoying so I'll say goodbye for now.