Mary

Love this modern version of the Immaculate Heart of Mary. Just had to share.

~peace and blessings~
Lisa

Peperoncini Beef Sandwiches

Peperoncini Roast Beef Sandwiches

2 pounds beef chuck roast

1 (12 ounce) jar peperoncini peppers (sliced or whole)

2 loaves french bread (I used Schwan's )

6 slices provolone or mozzarella cheese

This is very simple: In a crockpot, place the chuck roast. Dump the jar of peppers and all the juice over the roast. Cover and cook on low for 6 hours. Remove beef from crockpot and shred into pieces, discarding any fat. Return shredded beef to the crockpot, combining it with the peppers and broth in the crockpot. Continue to cook on low for another 30-60 minutes. Serve on french bread topped with cheese. I broiled our sandwiches for about 2 minutes to melt the cheese. They were delicious! Enjoy!

The beef and peppers in the crockpot after being shredded.

~peace and blessings~

Lisa

Love my daughter...

She left me these notes on my desk yesterday. They say: "will you always be mine. I love you so much that's all I have to say." So cute!

~peace and blessings~

Lisa

Testing Motivators

It's testing week in our state. This is my first year administering the PSSAs and I thought I'd make up some motivators for my students. Above is a printable from www.lessonplanSOS.com that I gave out on the first day with a pack of Smarties candy.

Dum-Dum Lollipos with a flag

Starburst Candies with a flag

Cookies with a tag that says "You are a "smart cookie"! Good Luck!

Licorice

I didn't get overly fancy since my students are sixth graders after all, but I do think they like the whole idea since they've been saving my little sayings and taking them with them after testing. That makes my teacher heart happy.

~peace and blessings~

Lisa

More additions to the Den

I added the table and pillow to my reading corner this weekend. I had the lamp on my desk, but decided that it is the perfect size for this reading corner and will save me from buying a floor lamp at this time. I have ordered the checkered pillow for the chair too. I am still searching for the perfect throw. Any ideas where to find one? I still need to accessorize the table...thinking photo of my loves and some kind of knick-knack. I have to do something with those cords too!

~peace~

Lisa

Baby Gift Idea

This gift idea is from Darling Doodles. It is called Time for Baby. If you visit the site, there are printable tags that you can add to the gifts for each activity in a baby's day. In the morning, it's an outfit to wear. The afternoon brings spoons and cups for feeding. The evening brings washclothes, a hooded towel and baby wash to get ready for bed. I tied the tags to the gifts using pink ribbon. Then wrapped each part in tissue paper and arranged it in a large gift bag. A basket would work just as well. I couldn't find one that was what I wanted while shopping this week.

I tied the final tag...of the clock...on front of the bag. I hope the recipients like it!

~peace and blessings~
Lisa

Chicken and Dumplings

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This is one of my new favorite recipes. We enjoy eating it with carrots mixed in and lots of pepper on top. The photo is from Comfy in the Kitchen. I found the recipe on her site, but adjusted it because I found her dumpling dough to be too sticky. This is the final version after several different attempts at correcting that issue. Thank you for stopping by!

~peace and blessings~

Lisa