Wordless Wednesday

Stuffed Green Peppers

Last night for supper I made these wonderful Stuffed Green Peppers. I found the recipe at allrecipes.com. You can find the original recipe here.



Stuffed Green Peppers

Original Recipe Yield 6 servings

Ingredients

6 green bell peppers
salt to taste
1 pound ground beef
1/3 cup chopped onion
salt and pepper to taste
1 (14.5 ounce) can whole peeled tomatoes, chopped
1 teaspoon Worcestershire sauce
1/2 cup uncooked rice
1/2 cup water
1 cup shredded Cheddar cheese
2 (10.75 ounce) cans condensed tomato soup
water as needed

Directions

1.Bring a large pot of salted water to a boil. Cut the tops off the peppers, and remove the seeds. Cook peppers in boiling water for 5 minutes; drain. Sprinkle salt inside each pepper, and set aside.
2.In a large skillet, saute beef and onions for 5 minutes, or until beef is browned. Drain off excess fat, and season with salt and pepper. Stir in the tomatoes, rice, 1/2 cup water and Worcestershire sauce. Cover, and simmer for 15 minutes, or until rice is tender. Remove from heat, and stir in the cheese.
3.Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. (175 degrees C). Stuff each pepper with the beef and rice mixture, and place peppers open side up in a baking dish. In a medium bowl, combine tomato soup with just enough water to make the soup a gravy consistency. Pour over the peppers.
4.Bake covered for 25 to 35 minutes, until heated through and cheese is melted and bubbly.


My hubby loves stuffed peppers and said these were the best he had ever had :) The kiddos even loved them... I had extra filling left over so I just put it in a dish, sprinkled some cheese on the top and they loved it :P It was really easy to make and so yummy.

Wish I had a picture for you... but we ate them before I thought about it!

Happy cooking :)

Fun times in the Mountains, Part 2

The Mountains are a very special place for my family. My parents bought their place when I was pregnant with Josh, so both kids have been going since they were newborns. One special place we always visit is the Dairy Ace. It is a small place that has been around for 5o+ years. It has a U shaped eating counter and only seats 12 at a time. The kids love to go eat there every time we are in town. They have the best hamburgers and milk shakes.

Josh, Annalee, Gmomma and Gdaddy waiting on their food :)

The Mountains are full of beautiful creeks and waterfalls. There is one particular water hole that is very popular near my parents house. They call it the Blue hole because the water is so cold. The kids have always like swimming in the deep part but this trip they got brave. They decided it was time to jump off the big rock. I couldn't believe my babies were going to do it!

Here they are looking the situation over. Do I really want to do this? I don't think it was the actual jumping off the rock... I think it was the idea of how cold the water was.... it was freezing!
Annalee jumps.....

Josh jumps......

They loved it and jumped about 50 more times!!!! We couldn't get Daddy to do it... he said he didn't have his bathing suit on..... chicken :)


My parents have a little dog that absolutely LOVES Annalee..... he follows her around the whole time we are there and wines whenever she leaves him. This is always how you found them before bed time..... precious.

Bai-lee boy

Fun times in the mountains, 2010. Hopefully we can make it back in the Fall :)

Fun times in the Mountains, Part 1

This summer has been a busy one for us but we were able to slip away for a long weekend to visit my parents in the Mnts. They live outside of Asheville, NC. The temperature is so much cooler and we always have a blast when we are there.

The trip is never complete without at visit to the creek to go "Creek Stomping". We have taken the kids to this same creek since they were babies. It is always freezing cold, but they do not care!!! They have a ball. This is also where the local churches hold their baptism services.

This is the view off of my parents front porch.... can you say "Heaven"?


Daddy and his girl taking a walk to the creek.

A little trout that was trying to hide after the kids interrupted him :)

There are always lots of butterflies at the creek drinking. When the kids where little they would catch them with their butterfly nets.... now they have moved on to this......

What is the world are they doing???? in the freezing water???

Here's Josh patiently looking... for...

This.....

A crawdad.... this is the biggest one they have ever caught.... it really looked like a baby lobster.

Here is baby girl, not at all afraid of Mr. gigantic crawdad.

Just to give you an idea of how big Mr. crawdad was.... this is my Daddy's hand holding it.

The loot.... and yes, we did let them all go..... even though Annalee wanted to keep Mr. Gigantic Crawdad. :)

Remember me?

Sadly the reality that summer is over has hit me..... where has summer gone? We have been so busy this summer with our daughter and have had the time of our lives in the process... More on that to come.

First....

A while back I did this post on "rethinks" . I promised I would post the afters very soon..... well..... that was back on June 24th. Can you believe that? How bad of a blogger am I?! I guess that saying "better late than never" can apply here for sure!!!!

I will go ahead and post the before and the after so you can get a better idea.

Yucky, old Urn that has been in my MIL's basement for years....

Cute little Urn that now holds some pretty pepperoni plant on our deck table. total...$FREE, already had the black spray paint and the plant. :)

Not so bad lamp found at Goodwill..... I'm just not into the "gold" phase anymore....

Nice little buffet lamp that is now in my kitchen :) I traded lamp shades with a lamp in my bedroom and bought a new finial to finish it off. Total....$10.00 :)

I have a few other projects that were completed around the house this summer..... I will do my best to let you in on those later :)

I will be back soon with all the scoop on our summer :)

Have a great week friends!

Dixie Softball~ Georgia STATE CHAMPIONS!!!!!!!!!!

I am beyond proud to report that this past weekend my daughter's all-star team won the STATE Title!

Dixie Softball Georgia State Champions!!!!!

Annalee, we are so proud of you and your teammates!!!!!!

Now we are busy fundraising to pay our way to the World Series in Van cleave, Miss.! Wish us luck! Go Georgia Explosion!!!!!!



P.S. Annalee's hitting is much better! She hit a game winning 2 run RBI in one game and the team chanted her name in the dugout! It was priceless!!!!

On their way....

Annalee's all-star team, the "EXPLOSION" are on their way to the State playoffs....They won both games this weekend! She is so excited but has alot of work to do~her hitting is suffering! Your prayers would be greatly appreciatied :) for her and her Momma! I know she can do it and it hurts my heart when she struggles.... swollow that Momma pride :)

Have a great weekend ;)

Friday Funnies

It's been a while since I have joined Kim at Homesteadersheart for Friday Funnies.... I came across this and just had to join the fun this week.

Hop over to Kim's and get some more laughs!

Happy weekend everyone! :)

A man and a woman go to the carnival every year. Every time the man says,"Anna can we ride them airplanes that goes up for a couple of minutes then comes back down?"

The woman always replied by saying,"We don`t need to spend any extra money on them airplanes,its to expensive.Ten dollars is ten dollars."

Tom, the pilot, said," Larry, every year I hear you say you want to ride my airplanes, and every year Anna says it`s too expensive. I`ll make you a deal, if I do all of my flips and tricks with you in there with me, and you don`t say one word, I`ll give you the ride for free."

Anna and Larry discussed it and decided they would take the deal.They got up in the air and Tom did all of his tricks and flips.

Tom said,"Larry I just knew you`d say something on that first flip,but you didn`t!"

Larry replied," I was going to say something when Anna fell out, but ten dollars is ten dollars."

rethinks

I am the type of person that likes instant gratification! Can anybody relate? I love to do home improvement projects and really love the ones that are quick and easy. I love to go to Goodwill and Salvation Army to find things that need "rethinking".

Here are a few things I have found so far this summer.... I will only show you the before now because I am to lazy to take the after pictures right now....hehehehehe!! Stay tuned :)

Meet poor Mr. Squirrel.... this baby has been in my Mother-in-laws basement for YEARS! My hubby and I went plundering one day and found him. My Son's room is done in a hunting theme so I thought Mr. Squirrel would be tooooo cute! FREE! Remember, this is before!

Next, we have old yucky pot.... this was in my Mother-in-law's garage and she told me to take it...FREE.... again.... before!

And last, we have a not too bad buffet lamp... bought at Goodwill for $5.00

Stay tuned for the after pictures :) I will post them soon.

Have a great Thursday!!!

All star Annalee

It has been so long since I have posted about our happenings.... We have been so busy!

Annalee made the all-star softball team this year and we have been hitting the ball field a lot! Her first tournament was this past weekend and they did soooo good!

Her team is called the Explosion and they came in 1st against all-star teams and 3rd against travel ball teams!

She had so much fun and is now hooked! Momma and Daddy sweated like pigs but it was so worth it to watch her having fun. We were at the ball field for 13 hours! Fun, fun!

She has another tournament this weekend.... Friday and Sat. I will keep you posted on how she does! :)

Publix love

This weeks Publix deals were fun....

Total before coupons.... $63.43

Total savings... $42.18

Total OOP.... $21.25

Not bad for all I got!!!!

Happy Wednesday! :)

Publix and other fun deals :)

It has been a while since I have posted a great deal from Publix! This week was to good not to show!

3 boxes Frosted Flakes cereal

4 Sobe waters...all free :)

2 packs light bulbs

2 bottles salad dressing (paid me .89 to take these off their shelf!)

4 Tony's pizzas

1 Tombstone pizzas

1 box Eggo Waffles

3 bags Bliss Chocolates...yummy!

2 packs Dentyne gum

2 pts. Starbucks Coffee ice cream

1 bag sub rolls

Total before coupons..... $71.76

Total Savings....$55.46

Total OOP....$16.30!!!!

I forgot to put the sub rolls in the picture :)

I also had to return a cat toy that my daughter had bought. We had used a $2.00 off a $5.00 purchase on the pet isle. When I took it back I told the cashier that we used the coupon and she told me not to worry about it! She refunded the total price which was $5.35! We had a $2.00 profit on that deal!

Later that same day I took the kids by McDonald's for a Ice cream cone and decided to get me one of the yummy Mocha Frappacinos....I ordered a small Mocha(we were in the drive thru). When I got it it was a Caramel.... Yuck.... I went back in and told them nicely that I ordered a Mocha... and they gave me a Large one for my trouble!!! Yummy!

It was a fun frugal day! :)

Poor Daddy

This will be a quiet weekend at the Scarbary house..... Daddy had some dental work done this morning. He is snoozing as I type. It is so pitiful to see him not feel great. Hopefully he will be back to himself soon!

Annalee has made him some signs to hold up since he can't talk right now. Isn't that the sweetest! I think we will rent some movies later and have a quiet evening!

We love you daddy and hope you feel better soon!

Happy weekend!

Happy Birthday, Josh!

Today is my sweet boy's 15th Birthday!!!!

I can't believe it!

Happy Birthday, Josh! I am so proud of you and love you to pieces!!! Thank you for making your Momma laugh all the time!!!! You are a precious gift from God and it still feels weird to have to "look up" at you now! That is so not right!!!!

Have a wonderful Birthday!!!!!

I love you ...

Momma :)

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Time to brag!!

This school year has been such a busy one for my kids, especially Annalee.

I have been so proud of all her accomplishments this year. With her 11th birthday being last week, I decided it was a great time to brag on her a little!!!!

1. She PASSED the CRCT with flying colors!!!!

2. Her portfolio paper on the state of Georgia scored the highest out of 83 fifth grade papers! Her teacher said she honestly could not find a single problem with the paper! She scored a 5's all the way across the Rubric scale.

3. She meet the standards for her State mandatory 5th grade writing test. She had to go to a testing sight, was given her topic to write on and had to develop her idea, write the rough draft, and write the final draft in 2 hours. She did great!

4. She finished all the requirements to move on the Middle school!!! (there were too many to list!) She is now officially a 6th grader!

5. Her softball team won every game and are League Champions!

6. She made the All-star team and will play in several tournaments this summer!

7. She completed her year in Bible Study Fellowship and studied the whole book of John!

Annalee,

You have worked so hard this year and all your hard work has paid off!!! I am so very proud of you!!!!!

love, Momma xoxox

P.S. This friday is Josh's birthday..... I will brag on him them also!!!! hehehe :)