Open House Time!!

I know you were beginning to think it would never come, but we are finally finished with everything and ready to show it off!! Open house is this Saturday from 1:00 to 4:00. The girls and I are making some refreshments so bring your friends and family and stop in and visit us! We would love to see you!
I promise to post more pictures of the rest of the house, but I am waiting until next week after the "Big Reveal".
After realizing that I still had way to much stuff around here, I had my second yard sale week before last, and surprisingly enough, made enough money to go ahead and fix up my family room! I had already prepared myself for not getting to do that for quite a while. But it is now one of very favorite rooms in the house!

On a different note, I made up a new recipe last night. I know, I know, you thought I had forgotten about cooking. But now that everything is done, remodel, trip to Dallas, yard sale, I now have time to cook again. Due to the fact that Jonny gave me a little more money for the Dallas trip than we had agreed on (I just had to have the gorgeous white coffee table from TJMaxx Home Store!), I have once again been trying to use up what I have in the freezer and pantry. This does not always mean the most healthy meals, but we are still trying to do much better about our sugar intake and chips are rarely eaten at the Jeppsen house. Monday night I made tater-tot casserole and as much as my little folks loved it, I feel very unhealthy even admitting to you that I cooked it!

Back to the point. In searching through some of favorite cookbooks last night, trying to figure out what to do with a bag of chicken breasts and very little else, I couldn't find one recipe where I had everything that it called for. So I combined a little of this and a little of that, and PRESTO!! I came up with what we will "Crumbly Chicken Casserole". My entire family loved it and it was as easy as pie. I just boiled the bag of chicken, then shredded it. Then in a separate bowl I combined two cans of Cream of Mushroom soup ( I was out of Cream of Chicken, which is what I really prefer), half a block of Velveeta cut into little pieces, a packet of Ranch DIP mix (not Ranch dressing mix), and threw in the chicken. Then I greased a casserole dish and poured in my mixture. Last I crumbled up a sleeve and a half of Ritz crackers (thank you stock piling!) and sprinkled them over the top and drizzled on a stick of melted butter. Then I baked it until bubbly at 350. Can you feel yourself getting fatter? It was absolutely delicious!! I was so impressed with myself that I just made it up that I had to brag on myself to you today!!!!

Tonight I am making chicken salad in pitas with mangoes and strawberries. I am so loving this summertime weather! Maybe we'll even take the kids for an evening swim!
Good Bye for now!

PS...I think I use to many exclamation points!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!