Soup on Sunday on Monday

Still trying to decide if I'm going to move it to another day or just have more than one post on Sunday. Will have a few posts today anyway.

Today's Soup on Sunday on Monday is:
New England Clam Chowder(From Taste of Home's Heartwarming Soups)
4 medium potatoes, peeled and cubed
2 medium onions, chopped
1/2 cup butter
3/4 cup all-purpose flour
2 quarts(4 cups) milk
3 cans(6 1/2 oz each) chopped clams, undrained
2 to 3 tsp salt
1 tsp rubbed sage
1 tsp ground thyme
1/2 tsp celery salt
1/2 tsp pepper

Place potatoes in a saucepan and cover with water, bring to a boil. Cover and cook until tender.

In soup pot saute onions in butter until tender. Add flour; mix until smooth. Stir in milk. Cook over medium heat, stirring constantly, until thickened and bubbly. Drain potatoes; add to soup pot. Add clams and remaining ingredients; heat through.

I know some are afraid of milk on the stove, but as long as you stay near the pot and stir often there should be no problem. This is one of my family's favorite soups in the winter and I'm pretty sure it will be on our menu this week since it's looking to be a chilly week.

7 on Sunday

1. I am pretty sure we have enough candy to last us the next 2 Halloween's. Holy cow did they clean up! My arm is sore from carrying the extra bucket we took for Audrey to dump her little bucket into.

My Ninja and gymnast. Dart didn't like any of the ninja costumes we found in the store so he made his own.

2. No school on Tuesday because several of our elementary schools are polling locations. Kind of wish it was tomorrow that we had no school. I will however be glad when the elections are over. SICK OF THE ADS!

3. Hoping the Rangers can turn things around and come back and win some more games in the World Series.

4. Hard to believe there are only 2 months left in this year. It has FLOWN by.

5. My brother will possibly be having heart surgery in December in Ann Arbor, MI. Very complicated surgery. Thankfully he is extremely healthy and has an EXTREMELY healthy heart, so those things could work for him.

6. Moving Soup on Sunday to a different day I think. Or maybe there will just be 2 posts on Sunday, although this week Soup on Sunday will be on Monday again. Too tired to find the recipe I wanted to use tonight.

7. Starting tomorrow I'm doing a 25 days of handmade gifts to give. Thinking I will be posting it here and on my Pink Owl Blog as well. Will be a range of gifts for those who have everything to ideas for kids to ideas for teachers and more. Might extend it to 30, but will depend on how many I can come up with.

7.1. Hard to believe there are only 2 months left in this year. Although to be honest I am ready for 2010 to be over and I know of a lot of other people are hoping 2011 is much better than 2010 has been.

Back tomorrow with Soup on Sunday, Day 1 of gifts and Make it Monday. Wow, 3 posts in one day. I really hope I get them all done.

At the Moment:

Listening-Rangers/Giants game

Eating-nothing

Drinking-water

Wearing-Mizzou shirt and jammie pants

Feeling-Pretty good

Weather-Perfect today(got a little warm sitting at baseball tryouts, but still awesome)

Wanting-a Silhouette, would make cutting letters for banners so much easier

Needing-to fill my water bottle back up, more time before Christmas

Thinking-about all the things I want to make for my Etsy Shop

Enjoying-the Rangers winning at the moment and a fairly calm weekend for a change

Wondering-what happened to my Mizzou Tigers today? They looked bad today.

Updating Make it Monday

So far I have actually crossed a few things off my list! Added a few things to it as well, but I'm happy I got some things crossed off.

Finish Audrey's Halloween skirt(just need to get the elastic in the waist, but need her to make sure it fits)-She wore it yesterday and as long as she doesn't suck in her stomach it stays on her. Will post pictures later.
Christmas card orders filled
Gift Card boxes made and in etsy shop-working on them.
Halloween mini book made and in etsy shop
Make some stuff for a giveaway on a friends blog(CAN'T WAIT!)
finish some projects that are almost done, just need small things to be DONE!-Still have some left, but I got about 3 things finished, so I'm happy with that.
A couple of banner orders that I just received YAHOO!-Got one done and have added 2 more orders.

Made a list of things I want to get done between now and the middle of November so those will be appearing on Make it Monday lists soon. I need to stop coming up with things I want to make though. Which might mean I need to stay away from Etsy because it inspires me so much. Nah, I'll just keep adding to the list. 

Gift tags

Most of the time we only use gift tags at Christmas, however these could be adapted for any event or gift giving occassion. I'm also working on another set that will be posted later today.

Designs may vary some depending on the stamp. They measure 2 3/4x 1 3/8. Might be fun for those "special" gifts. 20 tags come in the set for $8.00.

Banners

I love finding ways to recycle things, especially all those cd's that for whatever reason seem to not want to work in the computer. My favorite way to reuse those is banners. I LOVE making banners. Made one for Audrey's birthday, I didn't use cd's on hers though, but cereal boxes. Hers can now be made into a mini book of pictures from her 4th birthday.

I recently made a banner for a friends MOPS group for Thanksgiving. She has since ordered a Halloween and a Thanksgiving banner for herself. 

 I love the "Thankful" banner. Had so much fun making it and trying some new things out as well.

Loved the little monsters that came on one side of the paper I used. She wanted it cute spooky. I love how it turned out, hopefully she will too.

Make it Monday

Seem to be a day behind this week. Hoping to get caught up, but an ear infection and a cold/allergies are making it difficult.

Things I'm going to work on this week:
Finish Audrey's Halloween skirt(just need to get the elastic in the waist, but need her to make sure it fits)
Christmas card orders filled
Gift Card boxes made and in etsy shop
Halloween mini book made and in etsy shop
Make some stuff for a giveaway on a friends blog(CAN'T WAIT!)
finish some projects that are almost done, just need small things to be DONE!
A couple of banner orders that I just received YAHOO!