A tag!

This tag from Missouri's Lilac @ Missouri Daze (Thanks you sooooo much!! I haven't done a tag in such a long time :) requires you to list 10 things you love (who's ready to up it to 100?) Ready? LET'S DO THIS!!!

1) I love my Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ... I don't know what I 'd do with out His redeeming love and forgiveness.

2) I love Algebra 1... weird? Yup!

3) I love turqouise and yellow put together. They just seem like really, really good friend if you know what I mean.

4) I love my sisters dog, Trevvor. Why? Because he is the mOst adorable thing EVER!

5) I am learning to love piano... even though I've been able to play for 5-6 years.

6) I love my family <3.

{No, this is not all of our shadows... we would need about 8 more ;)}

7) I love birds singing in the morning.

8) I love earrings!! Especially pretty ones like below :).

9) I love calisthentics even though I don't do them that much.

10) I love soccer :).

I am going to tag:

Rebecca @ Living for Christ

Johanna @ An Old Fashioned Girl

Bess @ Bess' Bag AND...

...if you want to do this tag, well, TAG! Now, grab it and go! Just be sure to give me the URL to your blog post in a comment so I can go read about the 10(0) things YOU love :).

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Airshow!!

Now, in case you didn't know, my family is a huuuuuuge fan of AIRSHOWS!! Every year, ever since I can remember, we have gone to an airshow. That's the #1 thing we do every year. It's kind of like drinking wassail at Christmas. And then after the airshow we go eat BBQ. Why? Because, meat+BBQ sauce= AWESOME!!

Is this heart cool or what?

This is a P-40. Or it could be a P-51, but I it isn't. Argh! I don't think the names should be so similar. My dad has all of the airplane names down. But then of course, he grew up on a military base because his dad was in the Navy. I think.

I have no worth the idea which planes these are. If you know be sure to tell me :D.

The parachuters are so cool! One of those parachuters is a 70 year old lady! That gal's gotta have some spunk. Period.

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There was also a 'missing man formation' (Picture from google) which represents all of the brave Americans who have given their lives for our country in WWII, Afganistan, Korea, and Iraq.

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One other thing that I appreciated SO much was that before the airshow, a prayer was said for our soldiers and our country. I think this was the first time this had ever been done (at this particular airshow) and I hope that in the coming years it is repeated. There is nothing more that this country needs than prayer.

GLOW Academy is having a Giveaway!

No... I'm not having a giveaway, but Renee is. HERE you can find out what is being given away and how to enter.

Come Back Giveaway

If any of my blogger friends want a chance to win my brother's CD, Come Back, HERE is your chance!

Butterfly Bananza!

A few days ago, my eldest sister got me some more fabric paint... oh yea! I'm lovin this :). And Mary (11yo) had a yellow spotted shirt that she wanted me to paint to cover up the spots.

It's kinda crazily nutty, but I had to make sure I got all those spots.

Have an awesome day everyone!

Taco Casserole...

Yup. I'm going to share a recipe with y'all entitled Taco Casserole. It is very simple and easy to make and yet awesome-ly tasty.

Taco Casserole:

-1 & 1/2 pounds lean ground beef or turkey

-1/4 cup McCormick Taco Seasoning Mix

-1 15-16 oz. can pinto beans, drained and rinsed

-1 15 oz. can of tomato sauce

-1 11- oz. can Mexican style corn or whole kernel corn, drained

-1 cup shredded Cheddar cheese

-1 cup coarsely crushed tortilla chips

-Assorted toppings: sour cream, sliced green onions, shredded lettuce and chopped tomatoes (optional)

+Preheat the oven to 400* F.

+Brown meat in a large skillet over medium-high heat. Drain off the fat.

+Stir in season mix, beans, tomato sauce and corn. Bring to a boil. Reduce heat to low; simmer for 5 minutes.

+Spoon the mixture into a 2-quart baking dish. Sprinkle with cheese and tortilla chips.

+Bake for 5-10 minutes, or until the cheese is melted

+Serve with assorted toppings, if desired

-->Makes 12 servings.

Before baked:

After baked:

I'm digging in folks!!

Credit:

{Costco Wholesale, Home Cooking The Costco Way, Seoul, David W. Fuller, 2009. Print.}

Photo Contest...

Grace @ A tinge of blue, a speck of red, a patch of green is hosting a photography contest. The theme of this contest is 'simplicity'. Here is the simply-simple photograph I am entering...

Stylish Squares

Do you want to know how to turn an ordinary white t-shirt into something with pizazz? Well, today I'm going to show you how you can restyle any shirt within your reach, using an awesome technique using freezer paper, an exact-o knife and fabric paint (I get butterflies in my stomach every time I think about it!!). Here is what you need:

Freezer paper, fabric paint, paint brushes, an iron and ironing board, and

a cool design.

Step #1: Trace your design onto the non-shiny side of your freezer paper. I added some embellishments of my own... make sure you get creative and add your own flair to it.

Step #2: Cut your design out with an exact-o knife. While doing this, I found that it is easier to cut with a downward stroke.

Make sure you save any bits of paper that you cut out your design because they will be used later.

Step #3: Make sure you iron is on a 'no steam' setting and heat it up to the 'linen/cotton' temperature.

Step#4: Slip a piece of regular paper into the shirt you will be working on... if you don't do this step you will end up with blotches of paint where you don't want it.

Step #5: Lay your design, shiny side down, on your shirt. Make good and sure that every thing is straight and that the shiny side is laying directly on the shirt fabric!! If the shiny side is not facing down, then you will end up with a design stuck on you iron... not cool :D.

Step #6: Lay the heated iron directly on top of your design. Iron away and make sure that all the sides are sealed.

Step #7: Remember the cut out pieces of your design I told you to save? Now they come in handy! Arrange the cut out pieces where you want them and iron them on.

Step #8: PAINT TIME!! What type of paint do you use? Well, I used Tulip fabric paint. However, I'm thinking that any machine washable, permanent, fabric paint will be fine. Anyhow, pick out you favorite,snazziest color and squirt them onto a paper plate. I had to mix my paint so if you are mixing make sure you do that now.

Step #9: Now it's time to get happy! Paint away, girl. When painting, begin at the edges and pull the paint in toward the center... this will help the stencil stay down and make sure your paint doesn't go places you don't want it.

Keep painting!

And painting!

Step #10: Now begin to peel you stencil away. This was the first time I ever attempted freezer paper stenciling... so, at this point in the process, me and my sisters were squealing with delight because it was turning out so well. I was soooo delighted!

Step #11: Now that the outer stencil is off it's time to pull the inner stencils away. Get some tweezers out and begin to pick them things away!

Step #12: Dance around with joy at the awesome, cute, and peppy shirt you just created!!

This project turned out soooo well! I was extremely happy with myself and my sister Ann (stylish squares is her shirt) is crazy over it. I now have three more requests: Patrick wants me to make him an American themed shirt, Alva (10 yo) wants a soccer themed shirt, and Grace (4yo) discreetly made me bend down so she could whisper into my ear, "I would really like it if you made me one for my birthday." Gotta love the honesty of kids, right? Haha! Much love to my followers...

A Shaweeet Giveaway!

Grace @ Grace's Garden Walk is having a c00l giveaway.

Isn't this headband peppy and cute? Well, if you're thinking the same way I'm thinking than I think you should think about going over to her blog and entering the giveaway. If the latter sentence was confusing I'll boil it down... gO chEck iT oUt!!

Snakes and Geometry

So I just thought I'd share some pictures of my day with y'all. Enjoy!

Sammie... she's not supposed to jump up but I encouraged her to knock me over so I could get this picture. I cheated :D.

Here is the snake I mentioned in the blog post title. Part of the fun with this snake was watching Joy (7 yo) get all dramatic over him. Haha! I don't think she appreciates the reptile family very much.

We are having awesome weather!! Green oak trees are so beautiful in the spring... even though they drop their annoying pollon cases around this time of year.

Ahhh! Geometry! I have decided that I am not naturally logical, but can learn to be logical.

How do y'all like my new blog design? I think I'm finally satisfied and won't change it to terribly much for a while... but don't count on it. Also, I changed my blog URL to www.moethesoutherngal.blogspot.com

Everyone have an awesome rest-of-the-day!