Blogville- the pioneer Woman

The Pioneer Woman

her blog is kind-of famous so you've probably heard of her.
I love her recipes and funny brand of humor in her articles.
BUT
I can only go there when I have a lot of time to read and get ideas,
oh yeah, and recipes!
here she is: here

Wednesday Wisdom

(another mom-ism... like last weeks)

You never know what you can do till you try.

William Cobbett

I'm semi=famous

Hey, I’m Semi-Famous!

One of my blog friends in Texas, Maggie, asked me to write about my life. (she does this fun cool segment every week where she has people she’s met-blogging- write about their life.) It took me a couple of weeks to get something together and LOOK she actually liked it and posted it today. And I’ve already made a new blog friend!!! (hi Shely)

Thanks Maggie for the opportunity to branch out and try my writing skills and share our Love story

you can find it here

What I Need

I found this ? ('album') stand last summer at a Church Bazaar for five bucks. A little dented, faded, scratched and stained but sturdy. I just knew it was something I needed.
Now it needed a little sanding (lost that picture) Then I spray paint primed it. I spray painted the inside cream and the outside AQUA I used a gold glaze over the Aqua,with a bit heavier (professionally applied with my finger) around the edges. up close of glaze on the edges and there you go, a Fabric organizer! In my new favorite color, Aqua somehow fabric never does fold up neatly. especially the organza's!! Yep, that's all that fabric I made the flowers with ..here.. now I have it close at hand to make MORE.

today I'm thinking

Blogville- Beneath my Heart

This is a great blog with great ideas of things to make.
here
I found her when I saw her link up for this REALLY fun tutorial on making a magnet board here
Stop on by, she's always sharing something to MAKE, ideas, CONTESTS and great recipes too.
You know me I'm a sucker for Crafty blogs who make things that are pretty EaSy to teach...

Food Fun Friday- Italian Sausage Soup with Tortellini

It is still soup weather here, with another big storm tomorrow. I made this Sunday, yum yum nice and warm and filling. But I did some different things...
I used a crockpot.
I used Italian sausage and it was pretty spicy! (couldn't share it with my mom, WAY to spicy for her mouth) You could make it with any type of meat! or add beans and make vegetarian.
I did not add the zucchini until about an hour before we were going to eat.
I did not add the tortellini until about a half hour before we ate.
Italian Sausage Soup with Tortellini

Ingredients

* 1 pound sweet Italian sausage, casings removed
* 1 cup chopped onion
* 2 cloves garlic, minced
* 5 cups beef broth
* 1/2 cup water
* 1/2 cup red wine
* 4 large tomatoes - peeled, seeded and chopped
* 1 cup thinly sliced carrots
* 1/2 tablespoon packed fresh basil leaves
* 1/2 teaspoon dried oregano
* 1 (8 ounce) can tomato sauce
* 1 1/2 cups sliced zucchini
* 8 ounces fresh tortellini pasta
* 3 tablespoons chopped fresh parsley

Directions

1. In a 5 quart Dutch oven, brown sausage. Remove sausage and drain, reserving 1 tablespoon of the drippings.
2. Saute onions and garlic in drippings. Stir in beef broth, water, wine, tomatoes, carrots, basil, oregano, tomato sauce, and sausage. Bring to a boil. Reduce heat; simmer uncovered for 30 minutes.
3. Skim fat from the soup. Stir in zucchini and parsley. Simmer covered for 30 minutes. Add tortellini during the last 10 minutes. Sprinkle with Parmesan cheese on top of each serving.


I found this here
http://allrecipes.com/Recipe/Italian-Sausage-Soup-with-Tortellini/Detail.aspx