So I forgot to post last week so this week is a 2 for 1 :). The past 2 weeks have been ordinary. Work is the same as usual as is school. only 6 more weeks to go until the final and the certification test. Long days make for long weeks but it will all be worth it.
So now for the recipe for beef tips. Now these are slow cook tips in the meaning that you make them and bake them for 3 hours. Gives you the convenience of a slow cooker type recipe (set the timer and go about your business) but half the time of a slow cooker to cook it.
Ingredients:
2 lbs. beef tips/stew meat/chuck roast/chuck eye, cubed
1 can cream of mushroom soup
1 packet brown gravy mix1 packet dry onion soup mix1 cup water or ginger ale soda
Preheat oven to 300
Put cubed meat into 9x13 baking dish
Mix all the other ingredients and pour over meat
Cover with foil - DO NOT REMOVE UNTIL COOKING FINISHED :)
Bake for 3 hours
Serve over rice/mashed potatoes/egg noodles
**The original recipe can be found here:http://www.mommyskitchen.net/2008/08/no-peek-beef-tips.html
And for the cookie recipe.
Ingredients:
1 box triple chocolate fudge cake mix
1/2 cup veggie oil
4 oz toffee bits
4-6 oz chocolate chips
2 eggs
3 heaping tablespoons of toffee cappuccino mix
Preheat oven to 350
Combine all ingredients together
Spoon onto cookie sheet
Bake 10 min
**The original recipe can be found here: http://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/semi-homemade-cooking-with-sandra-lee/stephanie-tylers-chocolate-surprise-cookies-recipe/index.html
So little man turned 3 months last week! How time has flown by. Doesn't seem that long ago we were discharging to bring him home. Work has slowly gotten back to normal (after 1.5 months of being back). School is still going well although I am finding out that the "real world" of medical records is so much different than the "select world" of medical records. But i am learning a lot and still enjoying it. I am considering in the future going back and getting my degree and certification in health information. But that's a while off.
So in my quilting pursuits I have done quite a few baby quilts. Each one has the baby's name cross-stitched along the bottom. Here are 3 that I have done:
Bush baby - girl
Brasel baby - boy
Henry baby - girl
So this week I started "back to school" so to speak. I am taking a certificate course in Electronic Health Records Management. My employer is converting from paper charting to electronic over the next few years and I figured this would be a good jump start. I am also considering going back to school and getting a degree and certification in Health Information Technology. But right now that's just a thought :)
Little one turned 3 months old today! He is growing so fast. Starting to teethe already. And still hating tummy time lol.
So now for the rest of the title. For Christmas the past few years I have been making homemade gifts for some of my family members. I have been into quilting but decided this year I wanted to do something even more personal for my mother. But before we get to that, here are the 2 quilts I made as xmas gifts:
This one was for my mother - it is queen sized, backed with a lime green flat sheet, and stitched with hunter green thread so there is a design element on the back.
This one was for my aunt - it is also queen sized,backed with a black flat sheet, and stitched together with yellow thread so there is a design element on the back.
As I mentioned above, this past xmas I wanted to do something more personal and much more challenging than a quilt (because my quilts are just squares sewn together- not very hard). So I got together with my aunt and got a hold of some of my grandfathers Air Force uniforms. He was a retired Senior Master Sergeant and passed away when I was one. So, I made something that my mother could use for multiple occasions (including a diaper bag) and she would have something to remind her of her dad. This is what I came up with:
The bag is 85% used/worn uniform with a navy lining. The side pockets are his actual rank (although from his Technical Sergeant days) and the front flap has his actual name tape and branch tape. And it goes without saying that it was a HUGE hit.
Not sure how I am going to be able to top that this upcoming xmas season but I better put my thinking cap on now!
