Wordless Wednesday 2/13/13 a day late, LOL!!

Enough said, LOL!!!

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Blizzard Nemo 2013

Here in Connecticut, we got SLAMMED by Blizzard Nemo Friday and Saturday!! Never in my wildest dreams did I EVER imagine that we would get as much snow as we did! This storm actually beat the snow fall record from the Blizzard of 1978!

If there's been one thing that has been a result of this storm is how much it brought neighbors together all over the state. There are several people in our neighborhood that we've never even met. This weekend, I had the chance to actually get to meet some of them. Many of our neighbors all came together and helping each other to dig out. It was truly heartwarming (at least for me) to see so many people come together, not only in our neighborhood but neighborhoods all across Connecticut!

• Neighbors come together to clear streets across Connecticut

You shall love your neighbor as yourself

Crock-pot Chili

We woke up this morning to about 6 inches of snow on the ground, so I knew today is the PERFECT day for chili!! Growing up, one of my favorite dinners that my mom made was chili! My mom always added sliced carrots, and celery to her chili as well and sometimes corn. I would have added the carrots to mine but to my disappointment, I'm out.


Over the past few years, I've tweaked her recipe a bit, but still reminds me of my mom's. And she always did hers on the stove, LOL!

And to make this meal even better, it freezes very well! I typically take the majority of the leftovers and make myself single serving sized microwavable bowls to freeze for future lunches!!

Crock-pot Chili:

• 1 lb ground beef or turkey, browned
• 1 small onion
• 2 cloves garlic, minced in garlic press
• 2 tablespoons brown sugar (more if you like a sweeter chili)
• 3 tablespoons chili powder
• 1/2 teaspoon crushed red pepper flakes (more or less depending on how spicy you want it)
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1 can  Ro*tel® Diced Tomatoes 
• 1 large can of crushed tomatoes
• 1/2 teaspoon pepper
• 1 can kidney beans

1. Cook ground beef on stove until browned. 
2. Drain and rinse kidney beans.
3. Mince garlic and chop up onion.
4. Combine all ingredients and let cook in crock-pot until ready. (I usually do mine on low all day)

Googly eyed monsters

There's nothing better than project to help move a snow day along, LOL!! I had some googly eyes in my craft closet and thought making some monsters was an excellent idea after Joey watched Monsters Inc. last night! 

I just glued the eyes on paper, gave the kiddos markers and let their imaginations go wild (except I had to help Aiden and Joey a little...)!   

(Leah insisted on taking a picture of me, LOL!!)