Strawberries in milk

My mom used to make this delicious dessert for us when I was little. Now I make it for my own kids and they love it!

Ingredients:

3 cups fresh strawberries

1 1/2 cups milk

1/4 cup sugar

Preparation:

Wash strawberries and cut in small pieces. Add milk and sugar. Refrigerate for a couple hours or overnight to blend flavors.

Dinner is ready!

It's nice to have teenage daughters....

...Sometimes they make dinner!

I heart faces-pets

This week at Iheart faces is all about the pets. Here is a picture of my cute cat Rocky.

Be sure to check out the other entries at I Heart Faces.

I did it!

So, I guess I have this sewing thing all figure it out! When Issi asked me to make her a dress, I wasn't sure I could do it, but I decided to at least give it a try. I made a few mistakes, but overall it turned out better than I expected!

Meatballs with Spaghetti sauce

INGREDIENTS:
1 1/2 pounds ground beef
1/2 cup Italian seasoned bread crumbs
1/4 cup chopped fresh parsley
3 cloves garlic, minced
1 medium yellow onion, chopped
2 eggs, beaten
1/4 cup Parmesan cheese
1 (28 ounce) jar spaghetti sauce
1 (16 ounce) can crushed tomatoes
2 Tbsp tomato paste
1 tsp sugar


DIRECTIONS:
In a bowl, mix the ground beef, bread crumbs, parsley, garlic, onion, and eggs. Shape the mixture into meatballs.
In a slow cooker, mix the spaghetti sauce, crushed tomatoes, tomato paste, parmesan cheese and sugar. Place the meatballs into the sauce mixture. Cook on Low for 6 to 8 hours.

bookcase makeover

I purchased this bookcase many years ago, and it has been unfinished in the kids room for the last ten years. Lately the girls asked me to get it out of their room and I found a great space for it in the living room, so I finally decided to painted in black to match the rest of the furniture, and I am very happy with the results. Now, I just need to find the right accessories, and I hope it doesn't take me another 10 years!

can I do it?

I'm not very good at sewing, I've done some blankets in the past and they weren't too bad, but I haven't done the "real thing", with patterns and everything... I hope I can do it!