yay!
i just made a FANTASTIC potato soup.
recipe: (it's my own thing)
peel 4 medium potatoes
chop into edible pieces
in a saucepan, melt about 2 tbl. margarine (preferably i can't believe it's not) with a covering of garlic salt - almost completely cover the melted margarine - raise it to almost a boiling temperature, but don't burn it...you'll know it's ready when a full aroma comes up...
place potatoes into pan, and stir up - get the marg/garlic all over the potatoes, and keep stiring for about 10-15 minutes, as needed, so it doesn't stick. pour in swanson's chicken broth - you can use water, but it's not as flavorful, and if you use water, use 4 bullion cubes - cover the potatoes with either the broth or the water. boil until potatoes are tender - you can tell this by them getting just slightly smooshy when you stir.
pour in milk - enough to change the soup to a whitish color - about a cup.
return to boil for about 3 minutes, let cool and serve.
it would be even better with shredded longhorn cheese, or a milk cheddar, and maybe some sour cream and/or bacon, chopped. serve.
4 potatoes, on the smaller side, serves roughly 2-3, 4 potatoes on the medium side easily serves 4.
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craig is taking me on a drive after the football game. he doesn't know where to, but i'm really excited. i love going on drives.
anyway, overall, it's been a really great day - i got the keys, i got some boxes from my soon to be in-laws, i spent a lot of time with my mom designing the favors (which i'm SUPER excited about) - and we got a lot determined with the sign in book (i'll attach a link soon), and we got the flower situation figured out too.
so my sister is completely rediculous. and it's kind of sad to me that i'm only going to be living at this house another 19 days, because that's not enough time to fix this. tonight, she's having two of her friends over - one that will be replacing me as a resident here, and another one who seems to be just as rude as my sister. i tried to help my sister out tonight, but she just is such a meanie. she called me up, returning my call, and i told her that i was making dinner, and did she want some. she asked what, and i said potato soup. 'oh my gosh' she says... 'i've totally been having a craving' i laughed, and said that i had plenty and she says - oh no, i'm having friends over tonight, and i'm making mom's soup, oh, and can i use your potatoes? SERIOUSLY? i don't have ANY money right now, and i JUST bought these potatoes because i figured they'd last me the next week or so, and now they're almost all gone, because i said yes. because i can't say no to my sister, because i'm constantly trying to get on her good side, and make her happy. so, she hangs up, and i'm disappointed because i just decided to finally fix dinner for me and craig - something i haven't done in more than a month - and now she's having friends over - without telling me - which means i'm banished to my room. :( i told craig we shouldn't leave the living room. i'm so tired of being banned when she has friends over, especially unexpectedly. :( :P
anyway, it's just a hard thing, and a hard situation. my sister then comes home and freaks out that i've tried to help her by getting everything all ready for her - it takes at least 30 minutes to do this soup, which she had less than. i just felt frustrated, because she brushed me off...it takes a lot to peel, chop, prepare and ready 4 large potatoes for her stupid friends. blah. moving along - then, she goes to throw something away. let me give you a pre-story.
i have done nothing but throw trash away for the last 10 months. i am forever buying the stupid bags, putting them in the container, taking them out to the dumpsters, and taking care of it. recently, my sister has shown up to start cleaning, since she's about to have someone else move in - otherwise it's been me the WHOLE time. i clean the bathrooms, i vaccum, i do the stairs, i dust, i do all the dishes, i buy the food (with my own money), and i still pay half the bills...and if i haven't gotten something done, she gripes to no end about it. so, now she's trying to get her butt in gear before someone else moves in. the end of the pre-story.
so, she goes to throw something away, and says, 'oh, you two are so...(sigh) whatever' and i say, what do you mean? and she goes on to say that we just never throw anything away, and goes on this five minute tyrade. seriously? it just hurts - when she doesn't get her way and things don't go the way she wants, she takes it out on you for as long as humanly possible, and then some.
okay, so i'm done ranting about her for now. :(
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things are progressing with the mag - i'm really excited about it - and i can't help but get that way every single time that i think about it. God is good. and He is totally faithful.
18 days. 18 DAYS!!!!!!!!! can you EVEN believe it? i'm so excited. :D
loves!
recipe: (it's my own thing)
peel 4 medium potatoes
chop into edible pieces
in a saucepan, melt about 2 tbl. margarine (preferably i can't believe it's not) with a covering of garlic salt - almost completely cover the melted margarine - raise it to almost a boiling temperature, but don't burn it...you'll know it's ready when a full aroma comes up...
place potatoes into pan, and stir up - get the marg/garlic all over the potatoes, and keep stiring for about 10-15 minutes, as needed, so it doesn't stick. pour in swanson's chicken broth - you can use water, but it's not as flavorful, and if you use water, use 4 bullion cubes - cover the potatoes with either the broth or the water. boil until potatoes are tender - you can tell this by them getting just slightly smooshy when you stir.
pour in milk - enough to change the soup to a whitish color - about a cup.
return to boil for about 3 minutes, let cool and serve.
it would be even better with shredded longhorn cheese, or a milk cheddar, and maybe some sour cream and/or bacon, chopped. serve.
4 potatoes, on the smaller side, serves roughly 2-3, 4 potatoes on the medium side easily serves 4.
~~~~~~~~~
craig is taking me on a drive after the football game. he doesn't know where to, but i'm really excited. i love going on drives.
anyway, overall, it's been a really great day - i got the keys, i got some boxes from my soon to be in-laws, i spent a lot of time with my mom designing the favors (which i'm SUPER excited about) - and we got a lot determined with the sign in book (i'll attach a link soon), and we got the flower situation figured out too.
so my sister is completely rediculous. and it's kind of sad to me that i'm only going to be living at this house another 19 days, because that's not enough time to fix this. tonight, she's having two of her friends over - one that will be replacing me as a resident here, and another one who seems to be just as rude as my sister. i tried to help my sister out tonight, but she just is such a meanie. she called me up, returning my call, and i told her that i was making dinner, and did she want some. she asked what, and i said potato soup. 'oh my gosh' she says... 'i've totally been having a craving' i laughed, and said that i had plenty and she says - oh no, i'm having friends over tonight, and i'm making mom's soup, oh, and can i use your potatoes? SERIOUSLY? i don't have ANY money right now, and i JUST bought these potatoes because i figured they'd last me the next week or so, and now they're almost all gone, because i said yes. because i can't say no to my sister, because i'm constantly trying to get on her good side, and make her happy. so, she hangs up, and i'm disappointed because i just decided to finally fix dinner for me and craig - something i haven't done in more than a month - and now she's having friends over - without telling me - which means i'm banished to my room. :( i told craig we shouldn't leave the living room. i'm so tired of being banned when she has friends over, especially unexpectedly. :( :P
anyway, it's just a hard thing, and a hard situation. my sister then comes home and freaks out that i've tried to help her by getting everything all ready for her - it takes at least 30 minutes to do this soup, which she had less than. i just felt frustrated, because she brushed me off...it takes a lot to peel, chop, prepare and ready 4 large potatoes for her stupid friends. blah. moving along - then, she goes to throw something away. let me give you a pre-story.
i have done nothing but throw trash away for the last 10 months. i am forever buying the stupid bags, putting them in the container, taking them out to the dumpsters, and taking care of it. recently, my sister has shown up to start cleaning, since she's about to have someone else move in - otherwise it's been me the WHOLE time. i clean the bathrooms, i vaccum, i do the stairs, i dust, i do all the dishes, i buy the food (with my own money), and i still pay half the bills...and if i haven't gotten something done, she gripes to no end about it. so, now she's trying to get her butt in gear before someone else moves in. the end of the pre-story.
so, she goes to throw something away, and says, 'oh, you two are so...(sigh) whatever' and i say, what do you mean? and she goes on to say that we just never throw anything away, and goes on this five minute tyrade. seriously? it just hurts - when she doesn't get her way and things don't go the way she wants, she takes it out on you for as long as humanly possible, and then some.
okay, so i'm done ranting about her for now. :(
~~~~~~~~~~
things are progressing with the mag - i'm really excited about it - and i can't help but get that way every single time that i think about it. God is good. and He is totally faithful.
18 days. 18 DAYS!!!!!!!!! can you EVEN believe it? i'm so excited. :D
loves!