We'll See....

I have totally been neglecting my blog for months now! The last time I posted something on here was last August! That was nearly 6 months ago! Wow!

I completely failed at both my New Year's resolutions last year so this year for 2014, I have not set any resolutions. If I don't set any, I can't fail at them!

I do hope however to blog a bit more this year but only time will tell. It's already the end of January and well, I obviously haven't blogged until today so I'm not off to a good start at blogging this year, am I?

This morning my son who is now 5 said something that made me decide to write out a blog post. Anyone with kids or grandkids or even someone who just is around kids can probably relate to those oh so cute moments when kids says such fun and adorable things. We had one of those moments here at our house today, thus the reason for this post.

My son was asking me if he could play the Wii this morning. He just LOVES to play the Wii and would play it all day, every day, if I'd let him. Since I don't want him sitting in front of the TV all the time, I try to limit his Wii time so this morning when he asked, "Can I play Wii?", my answer to him was, "We'll see."

He didn't like my answer and his response back to me was, "We'll see doesn't get anything so we'll say yes." His little brain was thinking this morning. That's for sure!

Totally New Thursday Week 29

Ta da! Tis Thursday and I am actually blogging about my totally new Thursday item on a Thursday for a change! Who'd a thunk it? Huh?

So it may not be the 29th Thursday of the year but hey, at least it is a Thursday for a change. I have been failing badly at one of my 2013 New Year's resolutions, the one where I list a new item in our shop every Thursday and then blog about it here. Remember that one?

My goal is to still eventually catch up with my missing totally new Thursday items but only time will tell if that truly happens.

In the meantime, take a look at my totally new Thursday item I just listed a little while ago. It's an oven mitt! I am loving how it turned out! It took awhile to make so right now I just have the one made but hope to some day get some more complete in various color choices. Thinking I might have to just do custom orders for them for now though.

Cheesy Potato Soup Recipe

Good ol' grandma and her cooking magazines is to thank for this blog post! We spend a lot of time throughout the year at my grandparent's house and sometimes while there, we browse through grandma's cooking magazines to see if there is something in there we want to try to make or better yet, something we see in there that we want grandma to try to make FOR us!

One time while thumbing through one of grandma's magazines I came across a recipe for creamy potato soup. Well, after adjusting the ingredients a bit, I've come up with my own cheesy potato soup recipe. I made a big ol' pot of it today so thought it was a good time to share the recipe with all of you!

Ingredients needed:
4 cups frozen shredded hash browns
6 cups water
1 large chopped onion
2 cans (10.5 oz each) condensed cream of celery soup
8 oz cubed Velveeta cheese
1 cup sour cream
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/4 teaspoon pepper

*In large pot, combine hash browns, water, and onion. Bring to a boil.

*Reduce heat-stir in cream of celery soup and Velveeta cheese. Cook and stir until Velveeta cheese is melted.

*Stir in sour cream, salt, and pepper. Cook and stir until heated through. Do not boil.

After that, you are ready to dish you up a bowl and enjoy! Eat it plain like I do or add your favorite toppings like bacon bits, shredded cheese, or chopped green onions! Hope you all enjoy this soup as much as I do! I'm off to grab a second bowl now! Yummy!

*Small tip: The longer you boil the hash browns, water, and onion together, the less crunchy your onion will be. My onion always seems to have a bit of a crunch to it. Guess I just get too impatient and want my soup done too quickly!

Totally New Thursday Week 28

Ever feel like you are never going to catch up? I'm beginning to think that way when it comes to BOTH of my New Year's resolutions.

For 2013, as one of my resolutions I had hoped to list a new item each Thursday in our Etsy shop and then blog about it here. Easy peasy right? Once a week, I can handle that. Well, obviously I can't since I am behind by a few weeks.

I'm still determined to catch up and have at least my 52 new listings added by the end of the year though so with that, here is a totally new Thursday item, although, yes I know it isn't Thursday!

Whatcha think? Our square dish cloths now come in a new color! Who likes the color purple?

Totally New Thursday Week 27

So today isn't Thursday, but..........I'm still running behind on BOTH of my New Year's resolutions for this year. Shame on me, I know!

I'm still determined to catch up on BOTH though so with that determination in mind, I'm blogging about a new item I've just listed in our Etsy shop.

This will take care of one of my totally new Thursday items that helps me catch up on my resolution of listing a new item every Thursday and then blogging about it here.

So it may not be Thursday, but I've listed a new item anyway. Meow! Our kitty cat dish cloth now comes in another color! Whatcha think?