After Work

I will be the first person in line to admit that I do NOT live to work...just work to live. I would much rather spend my days chasing Luci around and keeping the house up...Yeah, not the same attitude that I carried 3 years ago, but nonetheless this is who I am now. Unfortunately, I have to work right now at this point in our lives...so, I do what I can to make my after work time with my family as precious as possible!! Since Luci started eating table food, my suppers usually always consist of the use of the crock pot...it is a life saver!!! For instance, yesterday, I put chicken breasts in the crock pot with barbecue sauce and cooked it while I was at work. By the time we got home around 5:30 the barbecue chicken was ready to go. I quickly cooked two side dishes and by 6:00 we sat down to dinner. (Tonight I am putting beef tips in the crock pot for stroganaff. Recipe at bottom of post.) After dinner, we gave Luci a quick bath and got in the car to go to my sister's house for a bit. Luci and I walked around outside for a bit, but it was so hot we couldn't do it for long. After that, we loaded up and ran to Target for diapers and other essentials. Luci loves going shopping, but tires of sitting in the cart after about 30 minutes! She would much rather run free in the store! After Target, we came back home, played toys/books with Luci, and then put her to bed around 9:00. Then, Mitch and I started clean-up from supper. We usually wait until after she is bed so that our time spent with her is not trying to get her out of the dishwasher!! I love my little family and I love spending time with them! I just wish it was more!! Lottery where are you?!?! LOL!


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~Slow Cooker Stroganoff~

Mix 2 cans of Cream of Mushroom with one packet of onion soup mix.
Pour over 1.5 lbs of trim stew meat
Cook on low for 6-8 hours or on high for 4-5 hours
During last 20 minutes of cooking, add 1/3 cup of sour cream and stir in.

Serve over egg noodles or rice! Yummy!