Chicken Taquitos

So since I am still lacking a computer I have no access to recipes. It requires planning and looking it up at one of our parents houses. (The Hubs' mom's computer just recently stopped working so now we are really limited)

One day we had some tortillas that needed to be used. Immediately I thought taquitos, but since I didn't have the chance to look up the recipe I made one up and it was gooood! So I thought I'd share...


Ingredients:
2 Chicken Breasts
1t chili powder
2 scoops sour cream
2 can diced green chilies
1/2 t garlic powder
a dash of salt
cheese ( I just winged it)
Tortillas (I used the burrito size because that is what I had, but any size will work depending on how big you want them.)

Bake chicken breasts for around 20 minutes at 350 degrees.   

Shred Chicken up, it's even easier if you have a food processor. It took like 5 minutes!

 Next add in all the ingredients and mix together, some of the cheese too...

 Spread the mixture on the tortilla. I was making these for lunch with no sides so I made them pretty big. If you were doing these as like an appetizer or something I would make them smaller with the fajita size tortillas not the burrito size. I made 6, but I think if you watched what you put in and used the smaller tortillas you could get around 12.

Roll them up and bake at 350 degrees for 15 minutes add some grated cheese on top and bake another 5 minutes until melted.

Top with whatever ingredients you choose. We personally love guacamole!

~CJ


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So as some of you may know I used to have a blog with my Sister-in-law Jen and friend Laryssa called ourdiydiaries. I decided I wanted to go my own direction with a blog and we went our separate ways. They are now blissful55. You may be wondering why I am going over all this... #1 They are awesome and have so much fun stuff on their blog. If you don't already, you should follow them. #2 They are reorganizing their blog and decided to let me move over my posts to my blog. What does that mean to you? Lots of posts coming your way!!! They may be duplicates if you already followed us so don't get annoyed,just put up with it for a little bit! I really appreciate it! I love all my followers and the chance that I have to share my love of crafting and teaching my son with you. Thanks for following! ~CJ

Pipe Cleaner Accessories

The other day the little bug and I played with pipe cleaners. He liked bending them and loved when I made them into accessories! Like these pipe cleaner glasses!

 It took 2 pipe cleaners, one for each "lense" and ear piece. We also made a bracelet. Those were his favorites!

Sometimes I find myself spending too much time doing stuff for me (sewing, crafting, pinterest etc), I leave my bug to entertain himself. I missing out on so much fun and making memories. I'm trying harder to focus on doing fun silly things with him each day!

~CJ

Ps this is my 50th post! Kind of exciting!!!

Color Sorting

HAPPY OCTOBER! (This means I can put up Halloween decorations now right?)

I hope you had a great weekend! Mine was fun. As usual my laid back Saturday turned out pretty busy.

My little bug is getting really good at matching things up. So I decided to make him a sorting tray. I picked up a serving tray last weekend from Goodwill for $.50 on half price day. I was going to paint each compartment, but using paper was much easier, faster, and this way I can switch them out for different colors.

 So far we have only sorted pop poms, but he loves it! He doesn't quite make it through all of the balls, but he gets enough to go through a few of each color! He loves Blue and that is the only color he says. Everything is BLUE!

I hope this gives you an idea to do with your little one. You don't even need a tray. just paper would work. I've done this with Egg cartons and plastic Easter eggs before too!

~CJ

Car Seat Cooler

So with my new sewing machine I was able to finish a project I cut months ago, but just never got around to sewing with my Mom-in-laws machine. I made this carseat cooler!

 I used this easy to follow tutorial from five crafty sisters and it was pretty easy. It took me about an hour to sew 2 of them. I had done the cutting earlier. Probably about 1 1/2 hours total time. (that was also me figuring out my machine)

I know it's starting to get cooler so I'm a little late for this, but my little bug still complains "hot" sometimes when we get into the car.

What is nice is the ice packs are removable. You don't have to put the whole thing in your freezer, just the ice packs!

What I also love is that the ribbon holds it up! It wont fall down! I was worried about the towel being too
 thick, but it works nicely!

~CJ


~CJ

Happy Birthday To ME!

So my Birthday isn't until Oct 7th, but because of warranty my Husband have me my present early:)

I'm so excited! I've been wanting one for awhile now, but couldn't justify buying one just for fun. I've already worked on a few projects so look for a few posts coming up. Lots more sewing to come on Crafts by CJ!

If you know of any really easy beginning sewing projects let me know! Looking for fun things to create!

~CJ

Fun with Foam

The other day I bought some foam sheets from DollarTree. 

Photo courtesy of DollarTree.com

They come in a pack of 32 for $1. I was trying to think of something fun and outdoors to do with them. My little bug loves being outside, but it's hot in AZ so we thought we'd test these in water. Come to find out, they stick pretty good to windows when wet!

Just DIP IT

And STICK IT

He thought this was so much fun! I cut up the foam sheets into thirds, so we only used 5 sheets, but it still gave him 15 pieces to make art! These are reusable to. We've played with them 3 different times.

~CJ

A Happy Hello

Here is a card that I am using for 3 different card challenges.

Inspire me Fridays- #77
Twisted Tuesdays- Back to Basics
Make it Monday- #108

This is also my card for the next Card Swap I am doing. The theme is Thinking of You cards. A simple sweet card to brighten anyone's day!

~CJ

Life As We Knew It

I recently read a novel series called "Life as We Knew It" by Susan Beth Pfeffer.

I really enjoyed it! In books 1 and 3 it was written as diary entries of a girl named Melanie. Book 2 is still as a diary with dates and stuff, but it's just written as someone telling the story of Alex(3rd person I think).

So what happens is an asteroid hits into the moon, no big deal happens all the time. Except this time the moon gets pushed out of orbit and closer to the Earth causing all sorts of disasters. This book tells how they survived.

This book really got me thinking, how would my family do in a situation like this. Not necessarily the moon getting pushed closer the the Earth, but any kind of disaster. Are we prepared? would we be able to survive on our own?

I'm really starting to get serious about food storage and stuff. I've done pretty good with our 72 hour kits, which is a start, but I need to think bigger. And I'm constantly thinking of things to add.  As part of my church we are told to start by establishing a 3 month supply and build from there to get to a year supply. That is my goal this year to get to the 3 month mark. Ina  life or death situation I'm pretty sure we could get by for a month maybe 2. 

So in the next few months I'll share some ideas that I have for 72 hour kits, food storage, and supplies that I think are great to have on hand.

Challenge time! Do this with me! Prepare your family to have something in case of an emergency. Something is better than nothing. Share your ideas with me, and all others that read this blog!

~CJ

SPOILER ALERT*** One thing I didn't like about this book is it didn't end. I HATE THAT! I've been reading a few books like that lately. It ends with her saying what they are going to do and says I'm done writing, this is my story. So you never find out if Earth/ Mankind survives.

Burlap Banner

I cannot wait for Fall! I may or may not have gotten some of my fall decorations out today. I have made my first fall craft of the year and I'll share it with you today. I made a Burlap Banner!

I've been wanting to make something with Burlap for awhile now, but never knew what. Burlap seems so fall-ish to me so I thought a banner that said "fall" was perfect. Here is what you need to make your own.