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Comfort

22 Wednesday Jul 2009

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OK, so Monday, the mission team were all leaving for Mexico….remember? The one I was supposed to be going on? And the whole bummed, I missed it…..this wasn’t the trip for me….blah blah blah….

So, Monday, I’m in the shower (don’t hate, it’s one of the few times I’m alone) and I’m praying for the mission trip (so many weird/odd things to this whole sentence….) but I’m praying for safety, open hearts, success, etc etc, and I suddenly have this THOUGHT:

What IF God DID want me on this mission trip and I backed out because of my FEAR???

Plausible. I am afraid of lots of stuff, failure being only one.

So I continued my prayer with “Lord, I’m so sorry if I messed up, if I failed again….”

I get dressed, go out into the living room to read my Bible and my son’s phone rings indicating a message. I check it (yes, I check it….I’m a nosey Mom) Message is from Hannah who says their FLIGHT HAS BEEN CANCELLED, they are still HERE!

Yes, that really happened!

So I call and find out that apparently there was this HUGE storm where they were supposed to be landing and they may not even be able to get out til WEDNESDAY! What??

So I call Jeff (Youth minister, one of the ones heading up the trip) and he said if I had still been going, it would have been a NIGHTMARE for me because of my job! Everyone going had a flexible enough schedule that they could wing it, I on the other hand had ZERO flexibility in my schedule and it would have been a DISASTER!

{pause}

Seriously.

How MIND-BLOWING is that?

I’m not a failure. I didn’t mess up. I’m good.

…..err……ummm….

I AM very sorry the mission trip had so many problems starting out. Really. But I gotta say a big ol’ YEHAWWWW for God giving me just a little pat on the head and comfort to know I’m not a total screw up.

😀

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Sometimes the pictures aren’t always pretty either. HAHAHA!

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Iron Chef-blogstyle Recipe 3&4

22 Wednesday Jul 2009

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cooking, Iron chef blogstyle, kid recipe

OK, I’ve just been busy and didn’t get these up like I should have.

Taco soup by Adventures of Cat and BamBam

Ingredients:
1 lb ground beef or ground turkey (browned and drained)
2 cans black beans
1 can corn (drained)
1 can diced tomatoes
1 can Mexican Rol-Tel
1 8 oz can tomato sauce
1 packet Taco seasoning
1 packet Ranch dressing seasoning
1 small onion (chopped)

Toss in crock pot, cook on low all night. Serve with shredded cheese, sour cream and tortilla chips.

Trying to open the cans was hilarious…

Brooklyn even gave it a go, but nothing happened. HAHAHAHA So I had to open all the cans and they dumped it all in. I’m all about opening cans and dumping stuff together, I can cook like that!

Yeah….my daughter’s her own personal tattoo artist. Sucks. OYE! Just look at the cool food….

Now, I do not have a crockpot anymore. Tragic accident of meeting my ceramic tile in the kitchen….tile survived….crockpot didn’t. I miss that crockpot…so, I had to use a pot on the stove to cook mine. It worked just fine, I just let it cook on low for about 30 minutes and that just had to work.

My take on it: I have to say, I was REALLY skeptical of RANCH dressing going in it, but it was YUMM-O for sure! In fact, I make taco soup all the time and will definitely be using this recipe. It was GREAT! Not sure how kid-friendly it was since I had to brown the meat, and open the cans, but they can sure dump!

And now, for RECIPE #4:

Corn dog twists by Chef Nathan

Ingredients:
• 1 tube (11-1/2 ounces) refrigerated corn bread twists
• 8 hot dogs
• 1 tablespoon butter, melted
• 1 tablespoon grated Parmesan cheese

Directions:
Separate corn bread twists; wrap one strip around each hot dog. Brush with butter; sprinkle with Parmesan cheese, Place on a lightly greased baking sheet. Bake at 375° for 11-13 minutes or until golden brown. Yield: 8 servings.

I know…you wanna just dive on in there and bite that baby don’tcha? All that flaky yummy…

OK, this picture is HIL*ARIOUS! Look at that poor face….is she NOT the saddest thing you’ve ever SEEN?!? She was CONVINCED that I did NOT give her the hotdog that SHE personally made. LOL OK, granted, it’s probably not, but I had 4 kids helping me make these bad boys….

They went over REALLY well, I have younger kiddos eating these and I’m a FREAK about choking hazard-stuff, so I sliced the hotdogs lengthwise. For the younger ones, I usually slice them lengthwise, then turn them and slice them lengthwise AGAIN, but that’s just not probable with this recipe. LOL The OTHER adjustment I had to make, I could NOT find for the life of me the corn meal stuff, so I just had to go with what WalMart had. I think I used croissant stuff. It was GOOD!

Good, kid-friendly lunch.

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