High/Low: February 3, 2012 + Freebie

My LOW this Week is

My HIGH for this Week is



I have a freebie for you today - a quickpage that coordinates with my JUST BEEZ CUZ. The Freebie was created by my TearZ Crew Member, Janeal Kelemen. Make sure you let her know how much you enjoy it by commenting!


Have a great weekend!



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Facebook Page Challenge

Please join me for my Challenge Saturday! I'm hoping to offer some kind of challenge every Saturday (except for when we have a Show-OffZ Challenge-then I will just be sharing the challenge layouts).

This week, Saturday, February 4th - please join me on my FACEBOOK PAGE for a great challenge and receive a fabulous 3-pack of StackZ! You will have Saturday and Sunday to complete the challenge! So please come and join me!

Recipe Thursday - Green Chili Enchilada Bake

Each Thursday, I am going to be sharing a recipe with you!
I will pick a recipe from my collection and I will be sharing where I got the recipe and everything. But I am going to include my own photo of the finished food, the original recipe, and try and share the things I changed when I made it!

I would love your help too! If you have a great recipe, especially week-night dinner recipes (but I would love all kinds of recipes) - please share it with me, by emailing me at dedesmith32@gmail.com. I will try it out and feature it on my blog! If you have cooking tips or anything else in regards to cooking and food - please email me!


This week's Recipe:
I love my usual recipe for Chicken Enchiladas, but this was a different and easier recipe! And I loved Jenny's alternate title for this recipe - The "I don't want to make dinner" dinner. It intrigued me and I totally had to give it a try. It turned out delicious and my kids loved it - even Beth. My son said, "This looks familiar," (because it did look a bit like my usual Chicken Enchiladas, though I use the red sauce for it), and then he said but "it tastes different, but good." :)


Green Chili Enchilada Bake
by Jenny from Picky Palate

1 cup mild green enchilada sauce
1 cup reduced fat sour cream
3/4 cup salsa verde, mild
12 white corn tortillas broken into 1 inch pieces
2 cups cooked chicken or turkey breast
One 15 ounce can black beans, drained
1 cup shredded cheddar cheese

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. and spray a 9×13 inch baking dish with cooking spray.

Place enchilada sauce, sour cream and salsa into prepared baking sheet. Stir until well combined.

Stir in broken tortillas, chicken or turkey and black beans. Stir to combine and top evenly with cheese.

Bake for 22-25 minutes, until cheese is hot and melted. Serve with chips and salsa if desired.

For Claire

A few weeks ago, Becky Higgins on her site shared the story of a family friend named Claire and her family. In trying to help the family, Becky has opened up her blog to advertising for the first time. All of the advertising money goes to Claire's family. I was so incredibly touched by Claire's story and just happened to have a little extra money this month and I was able to purchase a small ad.

Today was the first day that the ads appeared on Becky's site. I would incourage you to go to beckyhiggins.com and read Claire's story and also check out the wonderful sponsors that have made it possible for Claire and her family to move forward. I'm excited that I was able to donate the small amount that I could to her family.


** And to be honest, its really a bit selfish too. Because, I'm pretty excited to actually have an ad on Becky Higgins site - I mean pretty cool right?

2012 Blog Schedule

Can it possibly be February already? Where did January go? Crazy life isn't it?

Anyways, I am finally getting things together. Sorry about my disappearance in January. Life happened. Depression happened. But hopefully I am on the mend and coming back. I am really looking forward to finding joy in creating again and to be back on a schedule!

Speaking of schedules....I have one worked out for my blog. It's mostly the same as last year - but just for your information, I thought I would share!

Sundays - I am not doing Project 365 this year. I just needed a little break. Hopefully I can do it next year. But I would still like to share a little bit about my personal life on Sundays. So there will hopefully be a posting with photos of something that happened or is happening in my family.

Mondays - This will still be my New Release Day and Show-OffZ Challenge posting. When I don't have a new release ready - I'm going to try to share something with you - a tutorial, an idea, etc.

Tuesdays - This is still going to be my Family History Tuesdays. I am currently going to continue to offer prompts for your journal writing - but I want to also try to bring other family history ideas in. We'll see what I come up with.

Wednesdays - This is still going to be my quote/saying day. Just sharing some little inspiration for you!

Thursdays - This is my recipe sharing day!

Fridays - High/Low and a Freebie

Saturdays - This is when I will share the layouts for the Show-OffZ Challenge. If I don't have a Show-OffZ Challenge during the week - I'm going to offer some other kind of challenge - including directing you to my Facebook Page for some challenges!


What do you think? I hope you will follow me this year and I would love for you to participate! Here's to a fabulous new year (yea, I'm a month late, but whatever!) Love you all!

Wednesday Sayings - 2/1/12

Each Wednesday, I am going to be sharing a quote/saying with you!
I am a collector of quotes/sayings/scrapbook titles, etc. and I love to hear new ones! So, each week, I will share a quote/saying with you that I hope will inspire you and make your day a little better! If you have any great quotes/sayings - feel free to send them in to me at dedesmith32@gmail.com - I would love to use them!


This week's quote:

Life is like a camera. Focus on what's important, capture the good times, develop from the negatives and if things don't work out, just take another shot.
- Author unknown

Changes

I made the difficult decision of leaving Digitals today. It has been my digital home for a long time and I am so sad. But sometimes change is a good thing right? I just felt the need to move on.

So, I will be focusing on my blog/facebook store and at MyMemories. I hope you will join my Facebook page and continue to support my efforts.

Thanks for all your support!

Yes, I'm Alive

So hi. Yes, it probably seems like I have disappeared into the blog oblivion, but I really am still alive.

I am just working behind the scenes trying to get my new blog store/facebook store cart system working. Adding products is just taking all my time and energy. I'm really excited about the whole thing though - so go check it out. Right under my blog header you will see a link to my BLOG STORE. I am still uploading, but I do have a few products in there. I'm most excited about offering bundles! So you will be able to get all my collections as bundles for a special price - only through my blog or facebook. This same cart system is available on my Facebook page too - so it is very convenient and I hope you all came take a look around and let me know what you think.

Speaking of Facebook - I am now the host of a page instead of a group. So please come like my page. I will be discontinuing the group shortly. I did this so I could take advantage of having a store right on the page - it didn't work with groups. When I reach 100 likes - I'm going to send you all a coupon - so come like me now!

Back to the new store - I haven't got a sale yet - and I'm hoping to entice one of you readers to be my first customer! You can do it through Facebook or this blog - its the same cart. And my first customer is going to get a $10 coupon for a future order!

So lots going on - even though it seems like nothing is going on. Once I get all my products loaded, I will try and get back on the blog and doing my almost daily postings and freebies and new products! Thanks for your patience!

Recipe Thursday - 30 Minute Rolls

Each Thursday, I am going to be sharing a recipe with you!
I will pick a recipe from my collection and I will be sharing where I got the recipe and everything. But I am going to include my own photo of the finished food, the original recipe, and try and share the things I changed when I made it!

I would love your help too! If you have a great recipe, especially week-night dinner recipes (but I would love all kinds of recipes) - please share it with me, by emailing me at dedesmith32@gmail.com. I will try it out and feature it on my blog! If you have cooking tips or anything else in regards to cooking and food - please email me!


This week's Recipe:
I love my old Roll Recipe - A LOT. But I had to try these out because my old recipe takes a long time. But these are really fast and they use yeast even! They are beautiful, yummy rolls that go perfect with soup!


30 Minute Rolls
by Leigh Ann from Your Homebased Mom

1 cup plus 2 Tbsp warm water
1/3 cup oil
2 Tbsp yeast
1/4 cup sugar
1/2 tsp salt
1 egg
3 1/2 cup flour

Heat oven to 400 degrees.

In your mixer bowl combine the water, oil, yeast and sugar and allow it to rest for 15 minutes. Using your dough hook, mix in the salt, egg and flour. Knead with hook until will incorporated and dough is soft and smooth. (Just a few minutes)

Form dough into 12 balls and then place in a greased 9 x 13 pan and allow to rest for 10 minutes. Bake for 10 minutes at 400 degrees or until golden brown.

My Blog 2012

Hi everyone! I hope you had a fantastic holiday season. I sure did. I'm having a really hard time getting back on track and coming back to the real world! I'm in the process of deciding what I want to do in 2012 and get organized.

So I want your help!!!! I want your honest opinions. What do you like about my blog? What don't you? What would you like to see more of? I would love to have more postings and get a schedule going - so please comment and let me know!

Just so you know - I have decided to not do the Project 365 this year. I have done 3 years in a row and have gotten so behind in the layouts. I am vowing to get those 3 years done in scrapbooks this year. I still hope to share my life with you through a label of LIFE 2012 - but it won't be every week and it will probably just be major events or something. But hopefully I can get back on track and do Project 365 in 2013.

So help me out and please comment!