See Ya Soon

I sure hope our Vacation turns out better than this-lol!

I have everyone in my Google Reader (I love this) so I will have to catch up on your blogging when I return. I know I will have tons to read about. You can also stop by here-I will have something posted everyday: Auto-post is awesome! Toodles Noodles! Mere

Blueberries

Scrumptious Sunday is hosted by Mercedes at Mercedes Rocks!

Theme: Blueberries (National Blueberry Month in the U.S.)

I have personally never made anything with blueberries-so I am not going to share a recipe today. Here is a lovely poem I found about Blueberries.

I Big Red Puffy Heart Your Blog Award

My dear blogging friend at Life Through a Lens has bestowed upon me another award (actually three-but I will do this one at a time) on June 13, 2008. She is wonderful and she has a wonderful site full of pictures and stories!

Dandelion Wishes had this award created so she could pass on the love!

Happy Birthday America

GOD BLESS AMERICA!

WHO WANTS A POSTCARD?

Who Wants a Postcard?

I am going on vacation next week. We will be leaving on Sunday, July 6, 2008 and we will return on Saturday, July 12, 2008. I would love to share our vacation with you by sending out postcards . I posted yesterday about the details of our vacation plans. Here is all you have to do if you would like a postcard from our vacation:

1. Head over to our Vacation Plans post and check it out-if you haven’t already.
2. Come back here and leave a comment letting me know that you would like a postcard (so I can be looking for your email) AND tell me one place you would especially like to visit.
3. Send me an email with your full name and mailing address with the location/type of postcard you would like to receive-Please choose ONE (or more and I will choose one):

• Smoky Mountains
• Gatlinburg
• Pigeon Forge
• Asheville, NC
• Biltmore Estate

I will stop checking my email officially at Noon CST on Saturday, July 5, 2008.

Are you on the list yet?

1. Shannon H. @ Shannon’s Moments of Introspection
2. Jamie @ Bumps in the Road
3. Gina @ Gina’s Public Diary
4. James Viscosi @ James Viscosi’s Scribblings OR Dennis’s Diary of Destruction
5. Lofter @ Life at the Foot of the Stairs
6. Miss Zen @ Shades of Pink
7. Tamy @ 3 Sides of Crazy
8. Shadow @ 1 Door Away From Heaven Part II
   
9. Darla @ Beauty Inside and Out
10. Pixie
    

Vacation Plans

photo off of internet

Jedd and I haven’t been out of town in almost a year. We haven’t been back to Pigeon Forge in almost two years. We have decided to take a longer vacation this year. I have finally planned and booked our lodging for next week. We are leaving on Sunday, July 6, 2008. We will be visiting Pigeon Forge and The Biltmore…and many more sites. I had to book two places in two different states-aaahhhh! I have been researching and reviewing reviews on TripAdvisor.

Do You Know?

Hump Day Humor is hosted by Mercedes at Mercedes Rocks!

Theme: Cars/Automobiles/Vehicles

Do You Know?

What is a 710 knob?

Fill in the Blanks

Moody Mondays is hosted by Shannon H. at Moody Mondays!

This week’s Moody Monday is all Fill-in The Blanks!

1. On Monday mornings I like to (This is during my Summer Break: blog, wash clothes, make business calls-make appointments).
2. The worst thing about Monday’s is nothing during my Summer break-last school year it was bus duty-aaahhhh!
3. Sometimes I like to order a soft drink at a restaurant, but most of the time I prefer to drink water.
4. I think pets are truly our best friends-they want nothing but to be loved and offer us so much in return: companionship, loyalty, and love!
5. A wise person once told me “Don’t eat yellow snow”-lol!

Thank You All!

I have been wanting to do some type of post showing stats of my blog. I found this Custom Receipt Maker over at Fighting Windmills. This was much easier and a lot more fun. Thank you all for your visits, comments, friendship, love, prayers, and support! YOU ROCK!

Impossible Cheeseburger Pie

Scrumptious Sunday is hosted by Mercedes at Mercedes Rocks.

Theme: Beef

I make this all of the time. I believe I got it off of the Bisquick box (yes I did-just found it) and I have continued to make it often. I usually serve mashed potatoes, corn, pinto beans or green beans, and some type of bread. We love it!

IMPOSSIBLE CHEESEBURGER PIE

I believe it is also known as

IMPOSSIBLY EASY CHEESEBURGER PIE

INGREDIENTS

• 1 lb ground beef
• 1 large onion-chopped (I don’t add this)
• 1 cup cheddar cheese (I use more-I love cheese)
  
• 1/2 cup Original Bisquick mix (I use 3/4 cup)
• 1 cup milk (I use 3/4 cup)
• 2 eggs
• Salt & Pepper to taste (I use a lot of salt)
  
• 2 diced tomatoes (if you want to-I never do)
  

DIRECTIONS

1. Heat oven to 400 degrees
2. Spray or grease 9 inch pie plate
3. Brown beef and onion
4. Drain
5. Salt & Pepper to taste (I use a lot of salt on the meat)
   
6. Spread in pie plate
7. Cover with cheese (I believe some people put the cheese on top)
   
8. Stir remaining ingredients (Bisquick, milk, and eggs) with a fork in bowl until blended
9. Pour into pie plate
10. Bake about 25 minutes (I usually go 35) or until knife inserted in center comes out clean

I have a pic of what we had for dinner last week-I also have pics of my trip there and back. I will post these later…when I have more time. Busy weekend.

Blogger Friendship Award

Lofter at Life at the Foot of the Stairs awarded me with this award personally via email on May 30, 2008! He is such a great friend with a wonderful way with words! I am always smiling when I receive comments or emails from him! Lofter~You Rock! Peachy

p.s. I have had this ready to post-but I don’t know why I didn’t hit publish-aaaahhhh!

Questions, Silly Questions

The Saturday Special is hosted by Toni at The Saturday Special.

Friday’s Feast

Friday’s Feast is hosted by The Chef at Friday’s Feast.

Art y Pico Award

My great friend, Tamy at 3 Sides of Crazy also awarded me with this award. She is wonderful and has a wonderful site too! Tons of yummy recipes over there! This is what she said: Mercedes at Mercedes World for her organization and adaptability to real life. Woohoo! Thank you so much! I received this award once before and already passed it on. I believe I will keep it at that for this award. Tamy~You Rock!

Super Commenter Award

My dear blogging friend at Life Through a Lens has bestowed upon me another award (actually three-but I will do this one at a time) on June 13, 2008. She is wonderful and she has a wonderful site full of pictures and stories!

Dandelion Wishes had this award created so she could pass on the love!

Love Me Award

Translation

Love Me. When I deserve it the least is when I need it the most.

Kathryn at 4urpets honored me with this award on May 24, 2008. Kathryn couldn’t have picked a better time to award me with this award! Thank you so much! This is what she had to say:

Mercedes needs a lot of love right now because she just lost Patch, her wonderful and loyal Dalmatian. We love you Mercedes.

Tree of Happiness Award

Oooohhhh~I love awards! My dear friend, Kathryn at The Empty Nest honored me with this wonderful award. Kathryn is a wonderful friend. She stops by often to visit and was very supportive during our travels down Patchy Sickness Road and now is very supportive during our travels down Patch Is Gone Road. She is also helpful with computer/camera stuff-I just email her and she helps me out! She has 3 wonderful chihuahuas she blogs about on her other site: 4urpets.

Think Before You Speak

Hump Day Humor is Hosted by Mercedes at Mercedes Rocks.

Theme: Think Before You Speak

E-mail Forward: Here are six reasons why you should think before you speak the last one is great! Have you ever spoken and wished that you could immediately take the words back…or that you could crawl into a hole? Here are the Testimonials of a few people who did….

Pictures

Moody Mondays is hosted by Shannon H. at Moody Mondays!

This week’s Moody Monday is all about…Pictures!

Share your favorite photo with us! It can be a photo of your kids, pets, husband, wife, other family members, animals, beautiful scenery, etc….whatever you heart desires

R.I.P. Patch

More About Me

I am way behind on posting the memes I have been tagged with! Oopsie! If you wanna learn more about me, just click Read More.

Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough Dip

Scrumptious Sunday is hosted by Mercedes at Mercedes Rocks.

Come on over and join in on the fun!

Theme: Dairy-National Dairy Month

Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough Dip

We always have potlucks of finger foods at school for any occasion. This is the specialty that a teacher assistant always brings-yummy!

Summer Movies & Oil

Saturday 9 is hosted by Crazy Sam at Saturday 9

Collage Photo Meme

I have been meaning to do this meme forever. I finally decided to do it after I saw LarryG at Yesterday, Today, Forever do it! Feel free to join in on the fun!

INSTRUCTIONS
1. Type your answer to each of the questions below into Flickr Search.
2. Using only the first page of results, and pick one image.
3. Copy and paste each of the URLs for the images into Big Huge Lab’s Mosaic Maker to create a mosaic of the picture answers.

THE QUESTIONS:
1. What is your first name?
2. What is your favorite food? right now?
3. What high school did you go to?
4. What is your favorite color?
5. Who is your celebrity crush?
6. What is your favorite drink?
7. What is your dream vacation?
8. What is your favorite dessert?
9. What do you want to be when you grow up?
10. What do you love most in life?
11. What is one word that describes you?
12. What is your flickr name?

Most of my answers are obvious. If you can’t figure out my answers, click Read more to find out what I put in the flickr search and if I searched again-I would get a different group of pictures on the first page-lol!

Kind Blogger Award

My dear blog friend Darla @ Beauty Inside and Out honored me with this award on May 31, 2008. She says”for her loyalty and heroic actions when her dog passed.“ *sniff* Thank you! Darla is such a dear, kind friend! I’m so glad we have met via the blog world and she has a wonderful blog too! Love Ya! Mean It!

I am catching up with passing on recent awards. I would like to pass on this award to the following bloggers~You are all too kind, but I narrowed it down to 10 today. I know many others will receive this soon when these buddies pass on the love!

Friday’s Feast

Friday’s Feast is hosted by The Chef at Friday’s Feast