Monday, June 27, 2011

Made With Love #33

Are you ready for this weeks party??? Let’s get to it! I'll be featuring my favorite links on the Facebook Fan Page throughout the week! Are you a fan?

{Just a few party guidelines}

  • To link up, I would first love for you to follow my blog. I like followers. The more the merrier. Makes me feel all warm and fuzzy!
  • Link up your crafts, recipes, home decor....anything that has been made by you! {Multiple links to different posts are fine}
  • Link back here by grabbing the super cute button on my sidebar and posting it either in your post or somewhere on your blog to let others know you've joined the party!
  • If you see something you like, click on it and go leave them a comment. Everyone loves comments!
  • Lastly, feel free to help me spread the word about Made with Love Monday! Follow me on Twitter {just click on my little Twitter button} and use this tweet "I linked up my craftiness to @sewchatty's Made with Love http://sewchatty.blogspot.com Check it out and link up your craftiness too!"

Thanks for stopping by! Now go link up something crafty!

Elizabeth :)

Wednesday, June 22, 2011

{Recipe: A Weeknight Favorite}

Hi friends! I hope you are having a lovely week! I am SO glad summer has finally come! I am playing catch up this week and then I have big plans to enjoy life at a little slower pace. Simplify is my motto for this summer.

I want to share a recipe with you all today! This is one of our favorite weeknight dinners. Right now I call it “3 ingredient Chicken Tacos”, but I am open to more creative names if you’d like to offer one up!

Okay…this is the easiest recipe EVER. Ready…

Ingredients:

Frozen Chicken Breasts 3-4, A jar of your fave salsa, A packet of taco seasoning.

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Directions:

Place FROZEN chicken breasts in crock pot, sprinkle with taco seasoning, top with salsa. Cook on low for 6-8 hours. I like to stir mine halfway. Shred chicken. It falls about really easily. I usually shred with tongs.

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Yum.

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I typically serve them with your standard toppings and rice and beans. We get lots of leftovers from this too so I like to make nachos or taquitos later in the week.

Enjoy!

Elizabeth

Sunday, June 19, 2011

Made With Love #32

Are you ready for this weeks party??? Let’s get to it! I'll be featuring my favorite links on the Facebook Fan Page throughout the week! Are you a fan?

{Just a few party guidelines}

To link up, I would first love for you to follow my blog. I like followers. The more the merrier. Makes me feel all warm and fuzzy!

Link up your crafts, recipes, home decor....anything that has been made by you! {Multiple links to different posts are fine}

Link back here by grabbing the super cute button on my sidebar and posting it either in your post or somewhere on your blog to let others know you've joined the party!

If you see something you like, click on it and go leave them a comment. Everyone loves comments!

Lastly, feel free to help me spread the word about Made with Love Monday! Follow me on Twitter {just click on my little Twitter button} and use this tweet "I linked up my craftiness to @sewchatty's Made with Love http://sewchatty.blogspot.com Check it out and link up your craftiness too!"

Thanks for stopping by! Now go link up something crafty!

Elizabeth :)

Monday, June 13, 2011

Made With Love #31

Hi friends! Thanks so much for your kind words on my last post. It means so much to know that you are praying. So thankful to know that so many of you have been in our shoes. Please continue to pray and I'll make sure to keep you posted on our journey.
 
Sorry the party is a little late getting started today...I have the plague...AGAIN. Only 3 days of school left so the plague and June gloom need to be gone by Wednesday!!! I am ready for summer!

{I'll be featuring my favorite links on the Facebook Fan Page throughout the week! Are you a fan?}

Are you ready for this weeks party??? Let’s get to it!

{Just a few party guidelines}

To link up, I would first love for you to follow my blog. I like followers. The more the merrier. Makes me feel all warm and fuzzy!

Link up your crafts, recipes, home decor....anything that has been made by you! {Multiple links to different posts are fine}

Link back here by grabbing the super cute button on my sidebar and posting it either in your post or somewhere on your blog to let others know you've joined the party!

If you see something you like, click on it and go leave them a comment. Everyone loves comments!

Lastly, feel free to help me spread the word about Made with Love Monday! Follow me on Twitter {just click on my little Twitter button} and use this tweet "I linked up my craftiness to @sewchatty's Made with Love http://sewchatty.blogspot.com Check it out and link up your craftiness too!"

Thanks for stopping by! Now go link up something crafty!

Elizabeth :)

Thursday, June 9, 2011

I need your prayers…

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“Who of you by worrying can add a single hour to your life?” Luke 12:25

I don’t talk about a lot of heavy things here on the blog. I do my best to keep the topics nice and light with a focus on sewing and crafting. But in the midst of the sewing and the crafting…life happens.

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We are facing a pretty tough decision in the coming weeks and we need all the prayers we can get. Our little guy was diagnosed with autism last year. He is almost 7 years old and such a great boy. He is in a really great program at his school and while he is doing well, he needs a lot of support.

His mind is CONSTANTLY going a million miles an hour and he struggles to focus and lacks impulse control. I fear it will only get worse as he gets older without medical intervention. We’ve been approached about medicating him several times in the last few years and have always been very adamant that we were not ready to go down that road. It’s scary. Trying to make a decision whether or not to begin medicating your child is SCARY. I know it can help him, but I am scared. I don’t want medication to take away his good quirky qualities. I don’t want it to make him sick. And I don’t want to play the “let’s guess which medication will be best game”.

It’s kind of a lot to handle. So pray for us. Pray that as we begin to navigate this road that the Lord will be our guide. He has been SO faithful every step of the way and I know His faithfulness will continue.

Pray specifically that…

  • It would be crystal clear which decision we are to make…to medicate or not. {And if we decide to…}
  • that the doctor would get it right on the FIRST TRY. The right med and the right dosage. No guessing and playing with different meds.
  • That there would be NO side affects that would disrupt his eating or sleeping patterns. No tummy aches.
  • That it wouldn’t change who Carter is as a sweet, funny, awesome little boy…just help him to focus and manage his behavior.

I know that’s asking a lot. Like asking for a miracle. But my God is faithful and he is good ALL THE TIME. Thank you for your prayers. I covet them. I’ll keep you posted on what we decide to do.

***I don’t think any of my readers are meanies, but just in case…Please don’t post mean comments regarding this post. If you don’t have anything nice to say, please don’t say it. I know that medicating a child is a hot topic, but this is our journey and we need to go down this road our way.  I am feeling down about all this and I need to be lifted up not torn down further. Thank you for respecting my feelings.***

Elizabeth

Wednesday, June 8, 2011

What I Love Wednesday…

Hi friends! I hope you are having a happy week! It is very June gloomy here today. Boo. Why is it that the sun makes me productive and clouds suck the life right out of me???
Here are some of my favorite things that are helping me to beat the June gloom…
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I love this little devotional book by Sarah Young called “Jesus Calling.” I am trying to be better about reading my Bible everyday and this devotional is one of the best I’ve used. Coffee and Jesus are a pretty good start to my day.
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I love that our tomatoes are starting to ripen!!! These are the first of the grapes. I picked them yesterday. I’ll be whipping up a salad today for my lunch!
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I am throwing a baby shower for a little man on Sunday and I think that these are the the most awesome binkies ever. I’ll be including them in my gift for sure.
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My new boots came on Monday and now I need to make some lacey socks STAT. I’m a little bit of a country girl at heart. So pretty.
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I have always wanted to host a brunch. I just think it sounds so fun! I am determined to have some friends over for a yummy breakfast soon and I am pretty sure this yummy French toast casserole will be on my menu!

I'm linking up with Krystina at Lollipops for What I Love Wednesday.

What’s helping you beat the June gloom? Hope you have a happy day!
Elizabeth