shellac and chili ya'll!!!!

Hope your week has been blessed and fun like ours. I started my morning with a parent auxillary meeting for our daughter's school.  I also attended a Mom's In Touch prayer meeting that I did not even know was meeting. I strongly believe God puts you in places for a reason. It ended up being an awesome time of worship and  fellowship!!!!

Sooo I had promised an easy Chili recipe my friends and here it is...

It was given to me by my sweet friend Dawn M. (nurse I work with).

Chili

Brown 1 lb. of hamburger meat, 1/2 to 1 large onion, and 1/2 green pepper, dash of salt and pepper.

1 large can of Ranch Style beans

2-3 Tablespoons of chili powder

1/8-1/4 cayenne pepper

1-2 bay leaves

2-3 whole cloves

1/2 tsp of paprika

1/2 cup of celery

1/2cup or more of carrots.

1 large Campbells tomato juice

After you brown meat with onion and green pepper then add all the other ingrediants and simmer for 1-2 hrs.

YUMMO!!

Thanks Dawn for this easy but awesome recipe!!!!

Since I am a savvy shopper I have been looking for a salon that had Shellac polish. It is an amazing polish that will last for 2 weeks!!!WHAT???Yes lovelies two weeks. I found a salon in Missouri City that has it for $25 instead of $50-$75 like other places. It is Spectrum Nail Salon on Hwy 6.  Got mine today!!!

Hope you guys have an amazing weekend. Look at this relaxing little heaven on earth place in Texas!!!We so have to plan our little getaway soon!!!

For more details on nail salon leave me a comment and I will get back to you shortly.

Valentine gifts~~placing order this Friday!!!!

Sweet lovelies.. I am placing a big Scentsy order on Friday let me know if you are interested.

This beauty is a full size warmer and is 10%off. I have sooo many different scents I'm sure there is one for everyone in you life!!!!

hope your Tuesday is full of red roses

sweet smells

lots of LOVE!!!!

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Cook at home save some mula

Some of you loves have asked for recipes...well I recently was part of a Motherwise bible study class at my church. This class really changed me. I used to not cook very much and I was getting a bit lazy in the kitchen. Albert is an awesome cook he can whip up anything in a few.

The awesome ladies in this class who now I consider great friends shared some Crockpot recipes.

Chicken Tortilla Soup

1 rotisserie chicken de-boned

1 Tall box Kitchen Basics Chicken Broth (yellow box)

1 can Diced Mexican Tomatoes (whole can)

1 Small Bag Frozen Mixed Veggies

1 can Black Beans (partially drained)

1 Tbsp Chili Powder

Cilantro ( did you know there's a tube now lasts longer)short squeeze of this

Dash of Salt and Pepper

Combine all and cook on low 4-6hrs.

Zippy Beef Tips

2-3 lbs stew meat

1 Can Healthy Request Cream of Mushroom Soup

1 envelope of Dried Onion Mushroom Soup

1 Small Container of Mushroom (or small can)

1 8oz can of 7up of Sprite

Combine all in crockpot and cook on HIGH for 6-8 hrs.

Serve on top of rice or egg noddles

BBQ Pork Loin

1 Pork Tenderloin

20 oz. favorite BBQ sauce (KC Masterpiece original)

Cook LOW 6-8 hrs

serve on top of baked potato

YUM!!!Enjoy lovelies I'm cooking Chili tonight I will share that one too let me know;)

Saturday~~that's how we roll....

Sorry about the quality of this picture, my camera has been acting up... time for a new one???

Well this is Lucy our golden girl she is soooo very sweet. I gave her a bath and she had to pose for a quick picture.

Most Saturdays Albert heads out early and does his coffee run and stops at Home Depot I'm sure. He stayed with Dave today and the girls and I did a girl morning out.

The girls have been really good about picking up all their toys and keeping their room clean so they got their nails done.

Sweet Mya

Pink for Ms. Emmy and purple for Ms. Mya

We made a quick stop at Claire's and picked up this fairy skirt for one dollar...

We are sooo excited tonight we get to see our friends the Nail Family. They are our sweet friends who have a sweet girl named Lea who turned five in December (like Emmy) and they are having her birthday party today. Can't wait to see sweet Arlis either. I got this shirt made for Ms. Lea Rose at a cute shop in Missouri City. I will have to place an order for my girls too, they are way to cute.

They make Valentine shirts for both boys and girls...Off to make lunch and get ready for our party.

Have a blessed weekend loves!!!!

I want, I need, me,me, me so sad!!!

 I decided to post things that I will getting this year. I will space them out so that Albert does not kill me. I have a plan lovelies, Valentine's Day, Mother's Day, my birthday you know how that goes....

I heard these babies will make you run and get back into shape..for those of you that don't know me I was a runner back in the day. I used to run five to six miles a day without a problem, I was also a size 2 but then I got married, had babes and you know the rest!!!

These sweet things would look lovely with khaki pants or shorts don't ya think???

Heard this is the facial cream to use for ladies over thirty, like me HA!!!!

I am really enjoying my book The Help it is an easy read and very fun!!!

Happy Thursday sweets;))

Candle of Month~~Scent of Month

Candle of Month~~~Margot 

Got this awesome idea from my sweet friend Meredith from Sweet T Family blog about selecting a candle to burn each month. Well..... since I am a wickless candle kind of girl I have a hard time picking one scent. My favorite scent of all time has to be Welcome Home, I burn it all year long. I do switch every now and then for fun. When I mean switch I have an assortment of wax.... closet full HA!!!There are 80 different scents we have so it really depends on my mood which one I burn. Clean Breeze is awesome for the restroom just sayin'...

Anyway lovelies this month My Wish is what will burn in the Castro Casa...

Have a good Wednesday

XOXO

Hollywood in Missouri City and Happy New Year

Our New Year's Eve was awesome!!We were at my brother Joe's and sister-in-law Mimi's home. They are the best hosts ever. I know some of you know my sister-in-laws Mimi and Belinda and my sweet (almost like sisters) friends Ruth and Sylvia have a brother named David who is an actor in L.A. He is very talented and has been in many different movies and shows.  His sweet wife Maria is the mother on the very cute show on Disney Wizards of Waverly Place.  They came down for Christmas and New Years to visit family in Texas. They have two cute very talented little girls too. Here is a picture of Mya and me with Maria.

My sweet brother Joe and Mimi with David and Maria

and so our spread was very yummy...we had chalupas which is a typical Mexican dish. Toasted tortillas with beef, lettuce, tomatoes, avocado and beans. YUM!  

Almost forgot had my sweet MAMA's tamales too!!!

My nephew Jacob is engaged to Karen who visits her parents in Qatar. We were able to chat with her during the party on Skype...yes that's how we roll!!!

Here is my Mya with my niece Monica.

Sweet Papi!!!

Soooo it never fails every New Year we go all out and buy sooo many fireworks it is insane...

INSANE!!!

Getting ready for midnight!!!

Here is sweet David and Maria again. They were so down to earth and sweet!!!

I am so excited about 2011.....

Ok lovelies sit down

ready

here it

is

the NEWS

My sweet Albert started a new job in October with a different company. All was well but he decided to go back to his former employer. This has been a bit stressful in that we have not settled down since October. I am so excited that he will be back with his friends and with the customers he has come to know and love.  Once again this has been a big BLESSING for us. We did not know this was going to be the outcome but we knew God would carry us through it all. Sweet babes are great growing, learning and loving their new play ground outside. I am happy with my new found blog addiction and now Twitter (hopefully won't be addicted to it)!!Joined a new book club soooo excited about that. Cannot wait for my Tuesday bible class that starts in March. Hope this year brings you many blessings from above.

Peace out~~~~The Castros