Wow How Time Flies

Wow here it is Thursday and I'm once again apologizing for not posting much, the summer months are so busy for all of us who have children, no school, running here and there and trying to keep them entertained. And I do want to let you know we will be out of town for a couple of weeks, we are going to see my sister in Nevada, so I hope I can get to a computer to post on my blog, but if not, please hang in there with me and when we get back I will post again. I pray you all are having a good summer so far, stay safe and be blessed. Debbie

Tasty Thursdays

For today's Tasty Thursdays, and since our weather here in Arizona is getting very hot, I like to do light meals. Such as sandwiches, veggies, fruit, salads, just anything that's light and easy. Another thing that's fun is making up a picnic basket and going to the park or the lake with you're kids. I really think its the little things we do for our children that make a difference, hopefully they will look back and remember "Hey I remember when my mom" did this or that for me. I do remember a few things my mom or my dad did for me when I was little, and its fun to remember those good times. Even though my parents divorced when I was only 8 years old. But as a single parent, I do try to do things different, to make a difference in my sons life, so for this Tasty Thursdays post I hope you have a great week and alot of fun with you're children this summer.

Memorial Day Weekend

I want to say once again, that I am sorry for not posting much lately, with my son being in Little League and running him back and forth to practice and games and with school ending for the summer, I feel like a taxi LOL. And in a couple of weeks we will be going to Reno, to see my sister, so hang in there with me and I will try and post as much as I can. Today I wanted to write about Memorial Day, and how blessed we are to have such brave men and women who do serve our country, and my father was one of those who did serve, he was in the Vietnam war, so tomorrow and every day we need to pray for our troops and be thankful that we have the privilege to live in the United States and to be able to have the freedoms we do have. May God bless all of you. Go out and have fun with you're kids.

Sunday Supper

With the weather getting hotter here in Arizona, I look for easy and light things to cook for suppers, so today's Sunday Supper my son and I will be having Turkey Brats and Homemade Potato Salad

1. 4 large potatoes, peeled and cubed, boiled to fork tender
2. 2 eggs, boiled and diced up
3. 1 small onion, diced
4. 1/2 cup relish, I use dill relish
5. 1 cup mayo, 1 big squirt of mustard
6. salt and pepper to taste
7. Mix all ingredients into a large bowl and enjoy, everyone loves this Potato salad.

And for the brats, you can cook them on the stove or grill, how ever you like them:)

Have a Blessed Sunday all.

Family Fridays

Wow how time flies, schools almost over. My son and I have some things planned, we will be going to see my sister in Reno, Nevada and while we are visiting there we will be going to the old ghost town called Virginia City, and to Lake Tahoe and to a town in California called Roseville, they have a HUGE flea market, I haven't been there since I was a child, oh yea, we will also be staying In Las Vegas for a couple days. Whew and when we get back my son has to have surgery on his nose, not looking forward to that, but it has to be done. But as for this family Friday we will just be hanging out at home, we have to be saving our money for our trip. Well I hope you all have a blessed weekend and a great summer with you're children.

Stuffed Bell Peppers

During the hot days of summer I love to cook light and eat more of those yummy veggies, and amazingly my son loves veggies too, so for today's dinner I'm cooking

                                                   Stuffed Bell Peppers

1. 2 bell peppers ( any color red, green, yellow, and depending on how many you are feeding, just add more peppers
2. 1 lb. ground meat, I use ground turkey
3. 2 cups cooked brown rice
4. 1 small can tomato sauce
5. Wash and cut the peppers in half, take out seeds, put the peppers in a large pan cover with water, cook on stove till tender, cook meat, cook the rice as directed, when the meat and rice are done mix together add the tomato sauce, when the peppers are tender, drain and fill with the meat and rice mixture, some people put cheese on them and bake them, but since I'm watching my weight, I did not add cheese or bake them. These are really good and good for you I hope you enjoy them too.

                                                    

Happy Mothers Day

Today on Mothers Day, I wanted to write about my experience as a single mom. Yes, being a single mom is very hard, but I am very blessed because the Lord allowed me to have a child, there are so many women out there that would do anything to have a baby, including two of my sisters that haven't been able to become pregnant. But then again there are women out there that shouldn't have had a chance to become mothers because they have abused their children or killed their children, which to me is so heart breaking, how could you hurt a baby or child, I will NEVER understand. My son was two months premature, he weighed only 4 lbs.he was in intensive care for a month and came home on oxygen, he was so tiny for about the first year of his life, he walked when he was one year old and his first words were DA DA, and boy was I mad, I wanted him to say MA MA. LOL His father has not seen him since he was three yrs old, It makes me mad but, its his loss, I have had the privilege to be able to see him grow into the young man he is today and oh yeah hes 160lbs. and 5"6' today, so I guess Ive done a good job, even as a single mom, Thank you Lord for my son.