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recipe share: simple fish tacos

I hate not knowing what to cook for dinner. And I hate when I don't have the forethought to plan our dinners. I'm usually so busy during the day that I forget to take meat out of the freezer the night before. Ugh. Eating out can be so expensive!

One of our favorite places to eat is Rubio's. They have the BEST fish tacos. Unfortunately, the closest one to us is about 35-40 minutes away. Fortunately, though, we save a lot of money because it's so far. It would be so easy (and tempting!) to eat there frequently if there was one close to us!

The hubs and I love fish tacos. And one day I tried making them at home - the super simple way:

Ready?

Frozen fish sticks + corn tortillas + diced tomatoes + shredded lettuce + sour cream.

Nothing really fancy. The kids in my house don't eat it (vegetables, are you kidding me?), but they'll eat the fish sticks with rice. So with this meal, at least I'm not cooking TWO meals, technically. Just making a variation on one general protein.

And that's a win-win for me.

Thanks for stopping by today!

recipe share: avocado + hard boiled egg breakfast

I've decided to resurrect my recipe shares on my blog. I've been trying to get better at meal planning and I've found a ton of new-to-me food blogs that I've bookmarked. I still have my cupboard of cookbooks and binders full of recipes.

It's time to start cooking.

So, last week I had a dilemma. I had an avocado and a hard boiled egg. And I was craving toast. Would that be a good combo? I asked myself. Of course I turned to Pinterest and this breakfast was born:

Nothing fancy. Just mashed up some avocado with a tiny bit of salt and pepper. And sliced up some hard boiled eggs on top of toasted sourdough wheat toast. So yummy!

Proud of myself for not using mayo. I really do love mayo on my egg salads. :)

Hope you enjoyed todays recipe share. Have a wonderful weekend!

 

HK card

Holy cow!

Seriously, I was going through my posts that I have on my blog and I had this one drafted, but I never posted it! It's a Hello Kitty Birthday card I made for J's classmate's birthday. Last year. In OCTOBER.

Anyway, I used the Hello Kitty Greetings Cricut Cartridge (I think). I really do love that cartridge. I think it's one of the main reason why I won't get rid of my Cricut. Don't get me wrong. I think the Silhouette Cameo is awesome (I still want one of those, btw.) and it can cut HK files if you do some work, but I do love the convenience of a machine that uses cartridges. I don't have to hook it up to a computer!

Maybe when/if I get a new laptop, I'll be singing a different tune, but until then, I'm still a Cricut girl. :)

Thanks for stopping by! :)

#whiskergraphics Printables + PL!

Hi everyone!

Well, from now on, I've decided to label and refer my Project Life posts as "PL"... I've been hearing a buzz about how a certain company/brand is cracking down on the use of the PL phrase as it's copyrighted and trademarked.

I have a lot to say but I'm just going to leave it at that.

So from now on I'm just going to say PL and that's going to be refering to the aforementioned name above or even Pocket Life or Life Project. :)

Anyway, on to my share for today:

Left side:

right side (with an insert for 4th of July):

right side:

Close up:

So I realized just now that I forgot to take a pic of the WHOLE spread of my PL layout. DOH! *lol* But you get the idea, right?

This week I focused on using THESE printables from Whisker Graphics. I'm all about using little extra embellies, labels, and tags to jazz up anywhere that needs jazzing (say WHAT?). Seriously though, these little scallop circles add a cute and whimsical element to photos and journal cards. I especially liked using them to add extra journaling where I didn't have room otherwise.

And, these printables are awesome for other crafty projects - scrapbooking, cardmaking, party decor like cupcake toppers, labels for treat bags, etc. The possibilities are endless! You just have to think outside the box sometimes. :)

Anyway, I hope you enjoyed my quick PL share today. Here's my YT video:

 

Also, linking up to The Mom Creative:

 

Have a wonderful week! :)

Here for you always

Hi everyone!

It seems as though I'm neglecting my poor little blog. *sigh* I could go on and on about how life is so busy, three kids are exhausting, I'm so tired, etc. but I'll spare you the boring details. If ever I get a chance to blog (or ever surf my favorite blogs to comment!), it's always at the end of the day, when the kids are asleep, and I've caught up with chores that didn't get done during the day.

Yeah, well... let's just say the chores are still piling up.

And who wants to sit at a computer all night long, anyway?

I'm hoping to get a new laptop computer (for fun and for my Thirty-One Gifts adventure!)... A laptop is easier to use than a stationary desktop computer! But we shall see.

Anyway, I was going through some posts on my blog and realized I hadn't shared this card with all of you yet.

Really simple card that I made using an Itty Bitty stamp set from Unity Stamp Co. I love Unity, but I have to admit, I don't have a lot in my stamp arsenal. This one happened to be on sale one day and I really thought it was cute. :)

I made this around 4th of July (see how long ago that was! *lol*), hence the red, white, and blue.

Hoping I get a chance to blog more often and share more than just crafts in the coming months. Comment below if that's something you're interested in or if I should just stick to blogging about papercrafting! Thanks in advance!

#simplescrapper + #paperissues layout share!

Hi all!

I just wanted to pop in really quick to share a layout I created this week using the sketch challenge over at Paper Issues, sponsored by Simple Scrapper!

(pardon the blurriness, I used my iPhone! eek!)

I used some Bella Blvd goodies I won from Studio Calico's 20K Follower giveaway on Instagram! My friend Marissa also won so we challenged each other to use what we won to create something. Because, seriously folks, how many times have we won something and we never put it to good use??? :)

Anyway, the sketch challenge runs until TOMORROW! There's still time! Thanks for stopping by! Happy Saturday! :)