This is a new recipe that I’ve made a couple times, ( including tonight), and I have to say it’s already one of my favorites, ( Wes’ too). It’s unbelievably easy and delicious. It’s fat free too, ok maybe not. I hope you give it a try and if you do, let me know what you think.Crawfish Chowder
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Ingredients:
1/4 cup butter
1/2 bunch green onions, chopped
1/2 cup butter
2 lbs. crawfish Tails, cleaned
2 cans cream of potato soup
1 can cream of mushroom soup
1 can 20oz corn
4 ounces cream cheese
2 cups half and half
1/2 teaspoon tonys
Directions:
1. Melt 1/4 cup butter in a large skillet and saute green onions until soft. Remove from heat and set aside. In same skillet, melt 1/2 cup butter and saute the crawfish for 5 minutes; set aside.
2. In a large pot over Med heat, combine potato soup, mushroom soup, corn and cream cheese. Mix well and bring to a slow boil. Stir in half & half, green onions and crawfish. Season with Tony’s. Bring to a boil, and simmer for 5 minutes to blend flavors.
So as part of my New Years resolution, I have decided to do the one year bible plan. I ‘m 3 days into it and have decided to start over, lol. Ok, so I printed the plan to just read through, but have changed my mind and found a new plan where I can read the story from beginning to end in chronological order. So I printed a new schedule tonight and will start over. At least I decded now and not in July. So if you are feeling inspired and want to do the same, here is the link to print out your reading agenda.
So tonight we went to Saturday night service at Bethany South. The devil sure tried to keep us from going, from Kayla waking up with a runny nose, to our power going out this afternoon, to the pouring down rain just as we’re about to get into the car. We made it though and it was a good service, the first of a 4 part series, so I am excited to hear the rest of it. I tell you what, I LOVE Saturday night service. I am just not a morning person, so as long as I can help it, Saturday night will be my service of choice.
So, I got a 2009 calendar today and as I sit here transferring birthdays and anniversaries and special events into these blank squares, I can’t help but ask myself, where did the time go? I’m not going to say that 2008 was a bad year, it really wasn’t for me. It kind of just breezed by me nonchalantly without interruption. And as I fill my life into these tiny boxes, it makes me realize that it is my fault. It makes me sad to think of all the missed oppertunities and wasted time. I am tired of living this passive day to day life. I can truthfully say that I hid in the background in 2008, I don’t want to do that in 2009. I’m ready to live outside the box. My biggest goal in 2009 is going to be a personal relationship with Jesus. That has really been missing in my life. I have fallen away to a lukewarm relationship and Christianity has become just a title. I’m kind of embarrassed to admit that in such a public way, but to whom it matters, He already knows. I plan to strive for everything God has for me. Here is to a blessed and prosperous New Year.
I know, its been almost a week and no Christmas update. I’ve been too busy relaxing and being lazy to post. We had a very nice Christmas, I hope you all did too. I guess we’ll start with Santa’s workshop.
He looks thrilled doesn’t he. We never imagined that some assembly required meant so many tiny parts. It took 2 hours from start to finish.
Was it worth it? This was Kayla on Christmas morning…
This was her today…
What is it with boxes or in this cages? At least she’s entertained right? She got so many toys this Christmas, our living room and dining room looks like a tornado hit it. We’ve decided to try out this toy rotation thing. We picked up half of her toys and will rotate in new toys, to hopefully keep her entertained and out of trouble.
Wes and I fought the traffic to get to Bass Pro this afternoon to get a pictute with Santa. We figured the crowd would be less crazy there than the mall and we were right, there was hardly no one there. While standing in line the power went out, I’m talking complete darkness, which is kind of freaky in a place like that. Thankfully it came back on a few seconds later. So, it’s our turn and Kayla doesn’t want to have anything to do with Santa or Mrs. Clause. So Santa suggests that we all get in and take a family shot, (good thing I fixed my hair, cause I was not planning to be in the picture). So they snap the picture and the girl behing the camera checks it out in her digital screen and gives me a thumbs up and says, “That’s a really good one”. So they move on to the next kid in line and we wait for our photo to be printed. She hands it to me and it took all I had not to laugh. Wes couldn’t hold it in and announces, ” It looks like we beat her”. Ah memories, we’ll have them forever. Merrry Christmas.
You know those women who have it all together, the ones that have important jobs, keep a tidy house and clean children all while having perfect hair and stylish clothes? I am not one of these women. What do these people know that I don’t? I can’t seem to get it together. Christmas is 2 days away and I haven’t even brought my child to see Santa Clause. Which means no picture which means no Christmas cards. Yes, I totally spaced on Christmas cards this year. So if you didn’t get one, don’t think I crossed you off my list, no one got one. I know these things aren’t supposed to matter, but it is stuff like this that make me feel inadequate. I really hope to be more organized in 2009, that will be one of my many things to work on.
It’s day 2 of PRI and I am so tired I can barely move. I seriously wish I’d brought my pedometer because I’d love to know how much walking we’ve done in the last 2 days. Luckily I think we saw it all and may be able to take a break tomorrow. I’ve seen some cool stuff, but also a lot of stuff I’ve never seen before and couldn’t tell you what half that stuff was. It just proved what little I actually know about cars. There are some awesome cars here including the new 2010 Mustang and Camaro. Plus another car made completely out of wood. Here are a few from the show, check out flickr to see the rest.
I’ve been meaning to post about my new toy. I’ve been waiting to take some good pictures but I’ve either been too busy or haven’t felt well enough. I’ve been fighting this cold or sinus or whatever it is, for a few weeks now and just can’t seem to get over it. But anyway, that’s not what this post is about. Meet my new baby…
Isn’t she pretty? It’s a 2007 GT. Wes and I have been searching for one for a while now and after a drive to Houston, TX and Hattiesburg, MS and hundreds of hours on Ebay and other sites, we finally found one. Wes and I drove up to Hattiesburg, MS last Wednesday and picked this one up. We probably could have found one sooner, but I just couldn’t see myself with one that wasn’t Vista Blue. Wes put a new tune on it this weekend and it’s a lot faster. Can’t wait till the track opens up in January so I can go make a pass.
Just got home from the Emergency Room, been there for the last 3 hours or so. Kayla’s fever spiked to 105.5, the nurse told us to bring her in. Really scary, those sorts of things. You don’t know what’s wrong and there isn’t much you can do. It’s not strep, but it is a virus. Nothing much we can do except give her Tylenol and Ibuprofen ever 4 and 6 hours. She should be good in a couple days. I can tell you I’ll be disinfecting the shopping carts at Target from now on.
Other than that we had a really nice day. Got up at 6am to put the biggest bird ever in the oven. Seriously, the thing weighed 23lbs. I do not reccomend this. If you want to make a lot of turkey, get 2 small ones. It was quite a feat to get it out of the oven and then flipped over to carve it. We had quite a spread too, all the usuals, dressing, sweet potatoes, mac & cheese and green bean casserole. Even some new treats, like french silk pie and caramel apple pie. Once we were able to get up and start moving around again, we played a riveting game of Balderdash. It was insatiable ( lol to Dave).
So anyway, to sum it up, it’s been a really long day. Thank you to my Sister in law Holly for keeping me calm and to my mother in law Kandris for staying at the hospital with me. Ya’ll are the best
Office Max outdid themselves this year. They added new dances to the already funny elf yourself application. I couldn’t decide between Disco and Country, so here is both.
