The Letter G

The letter G is for grandmother. Most people who know me knew my Mama Hayes so this post is for my other grandmother, my MawMaw Harris, the one most people didn't get to know. As I was looking through my pictures to add one of her, I noticed this one of me also standing, facing the same direction she was so thought I'd post both photo's, grandmother and granddaughter with time cut short! Below is something I wrote for my grandmother's page on Ancestry, it says it all:

Willie Lee Herron Harris was my maternal grandmother. Unfortunatly she passed away at the age of 49 years, at that time I was only 5 years old so sadly I have no memory of her. I am sure I was probably the little apple of her eyes since I was the only grandchild she lived long enough to see. As a newborn right out of the hospital I spent my first several days of new life in Guin, Alabama at my PawPaw and MawMaw's house. Also, until the time she passed away I spent every weekend with my Harris grandparents, I still have my 4 perfect attendance pins from the First Baptist Church of Guin, Alabama to show for my weekends of staying with my grandparents. I am sure MawMaw Harris is up in Heaven now because I have heard from many people what a kind, christian woman she was and all about how she loved her bible. I know it will be a very special day when Pam, Darrell and me all get to know our MawMaw Harris, until that day, I hope she's up there smiling, knowing even though she left this world so suddenly that she never has nor never will be forgotton...

Written by Tracy - March 04, 2007

Eye exams for the kids

Today was a pretty busy Tuesday, still going through heck dealing with this new pharmacy our insurance is making us use, really stinks! I know each month is going to be terrible when it comes time to order Molly's meds. Gotta do what you've gotta do though I guess, just these two meds are $3000 each sure couldn't make it without the insurance. Thank goodness the insurance did an over-ride this month so we could get it from our local pharmacy, if they hadn't done that no way the med would have got here by the time we needed it to.

Wesley and Molly had their eye exams today, we got Molly's new glasses ordered. Wesley got a prescription for glasses also but says he's not wearing glasses and his prescription is so weak they don't even make contacts for it so what do you do? The vision in Wesley's left eye which is his worst was 20/25, so that tells you they aren't that bad. Molly's was alot worse though, poor thing...

After getting out of the eye doctor and going the optical store we had Steve meet us in Columbus for supper at LaFiesta's before he had to go to work, I knew I wouldn't have time to come home and cook before he had to leave. Was nice to all sit down together and eat something that I didn't have to cook or wash the dishes afterwards. After leaving there me and the kids rode to New Hope to see my parents for a few minutes before coming home.

Ok, after 10pm now ... 5am is gonna come early in the morning so I'm gonna hit the sack!

The Letter F

The letter F is for family.

Here's a photo from a family reunion last September. The people in the photo are: 3 boys in front from left to right, my nephews - Landon, Logan and Austin. Molly (my youngest daughter)is standing behind them. Then second row there's my uncle, my dad, mom, Tiffany (my daughter), my sister (Pam), and her husband Scott. Back row- my hubby (Steve), Wesley (my son), Me, Dustin (my soon to be son-in-law).

Chicken Pot Pie

We all love chicken pot pie, I make it quiet a bit but I do complain that it is kind of expensive to make. By the time you buy your ingredients, then your deep dish pie shells, then the dough for the top crust , it all adds up.
My mother told me of a recipe for one that she made, her and my dad both talked about how good it was so I thought I'd give it a try last night. It is a little cheaper to make because you make the crust yourself. I changed the recipe up a little bit but it did turn out good.

Chicken Pot Pie

Bottom layer :
4 chicken breast
1 med. onion, finely diced
4 hard boiled eggs, chopped up (I might leave these out next time, Molly didn't like them in it)
Boil your chicken then shred it or cut it up in bit size pieces and spread in the bottom of your baking dish. Cover the chicken with finely diced up onion and the chopped up eggs.

2nd layer:
1 can cream of celery soup
2 cans cream of chicken soup (I just used 1 large can cream of mushroom soup)
1 lg can drained mixxed veggies
1/2 cup chicken broth
I seasoned this with salt, pepper and about 1/2 teaspoon poultry seasoning (My mom's recipe didn't call for poultry seasoning, so you could leave this out). Mix these ingredients well and spread over your chicken, onion and eggs.

3rd layer (your crust)
1 cup self-rising flour
1 cup milk
2/3 cup mayo
Slowly add the milk to the flour while stirring, when this is mixed well, blend in the mayo. Pour this mixture on top of the 2nd layer.
This is what it'll look like

Bake at 350 degrees for 30 minutes or until golden brown, then enjoy!
See how pretty it turned out! It wasn't just pretty, it was yummy...

The Letter E

E is for exhausted. I have debated today as to what word I would use for the letter E. Wasn't hard to finally decide after looking over toward the sofa seeing Molly curled up napping. She had a friend come home from school with her yesterday to spend the night, from the minute they walked in the door they were wide open. They had such a blast together. Her friend went home late this afternoon and I guess Molly just couldn't handle it anymore, she had to have a little nap.

Shout-out

I just had to give a big ole shout-out to the New Hope Trojans Boy's basketball team for winning the 4A State Championship last night, boy it was an exciting game! I nearly had a heart attack watching it on tv. The Trojans beat Picayune in overtime with a score of 56 to 51.

Even though we're South Lamar Stallions now I still love Trojan basketball. Wayyyyyyy to go Trojans !!!!!

Snow

Well we did get a little snow here last night. Molly and Penni have been out this morning playing in what snow is left that they could find. It's all melting really fast.

Below is a picture of our great snowman of 2008! haha ... We made him on the trunk of my car. Don't laugh because he's so small, we did what we could with what we had to work with haha...