My Green Bean Casserole

Had this for supper tonight and decided to share what I add to it :)  I always make a double batch so i get the 4 cans of green beans, 2 cans of cream of mushroom soup, and 2 cans of french fried onions, and you'll also need 2 cups of milk.  I add chicken, mushrooms, and onions to it though to make it a meal instead of a side :)  I cube up 2 good sized chicken breasts, chop up a whole small onion, a pre-sliced package of mushrooms from the store (easier lol) and a couple teaspoons of garlic and oil to fry that all with.  As soon as it's all cooked I add it to the normal mixture for the casserole and cook it like normal.  Not a whole lot different, but it's sooo tasty and I don't have to worry about making a main course to go with it ;) Let me know if you try it and what you think of it.  Do you have any classic dishes you've spiced up and would like to share?  Would love to hear about them!!

Crocheted Washcloths

I found the pattern for this washcloth here, but I only cared for the first pattern so I thought I'd give a tutorial for it.  It's all single crochet, but it creates a nice basket weave look that is really pretty.

Chain 32, sc in 4th chain from hook, and chain 1.

Skip next chain, sc in next chain, chain 1 and continue pattern until the end of the row.  Chain 2 and turn.

For each row you'll be doing a sc, chain 1 pattern, but you'll be sc in between the sc from the previous row.  Go right between the stitch under my finger in the first picture, and the stitch under my finger in the second picture.

As you're going along you should notice the upright stitches move closer together, which will form the basket pattern.  Be careful not to go between these upright stitches, it will separate and not look quite right.  Here's two pictures of the difference.

When you've gotten it to a square (about 24 rows total of the pattern) you'll sc all around the edge, with 3 in each corner.

When you get back to the beginning of your edge, slip stitch into the second sc and finish off.  I whipped out these 3 in just a couple hours, and that was including me doing it for the first time and then taking pictures through one of them.  The last one I had no interruptions and it took me probably about 30 minutes.  Super easy once you have done a couple and pretty quick too.  Good for gifts ;)  Or, you know, dishes...but I prefer gifts haha :)  Try it out, and check out the other patterns too, you may like them more than I did, her instructions are very easy to follow.  Hopefully going to be making some scrubbies I found a pattern for as well soon, but that's for another night.  Later! :)

Spring Happenings

I've been so busy with actually doing things I've completely forgotten to post about doing things - whoops! I've actually taken a bit of a break from doing crafty things because I've been busy with getting my vegetable garden going for the summer and trying to clean up the flower gardens around the house.  This is the first time I've done it all by myself so we'll see how it turns out, so far things are going well, so we'll hope and pray it continues that way :)
I recently held a Mother Daughter Tea at my church just before Mother's Day, my Nana took pictures but I've not been able to get them from her yet so I don't have anything to show you just yet.  However I'm also holding a Father's Day Pancake Breakfast the morning before Father's Day so hopefully I'll remember to take pictures of my own that day and I'll be able to post pictures of both events at the same time!  The tea actually went over very well, considering it was the first time I'd ever done anything like that and also for not having a lot of people show up (due to my not advertising very well, still learning).  I also held this event in the fellowship hall at my church; I used pink tablecloths for all the tables, I used a few old books topped with flower filled tea pots for centerpieces.  I got the tablecloths and the flowers from the dollar store, and the books and most of the teapots came from my Nana, and a few teapots came from another member from my church.  I made tea wallets for all the mothers that came, and I'll be making a gift for all the fathers for the upcoming breakfast as well, but that's a secret for now ;)  I also have another little party in the works that I'm planning, but that's an even bigger secret.  Coming up shortly I'll be getting back to doing crafts as I have to start making all my Christmas gifts (I have to start early when I hand make all of them).  Hopefully I'll actually get the other site really going as well soon, I'm such a bad procrastinator lol.  Out for now, but not for long :)