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You might be a full time parent, successful business person, doctor, nurse, teacher, lawyer, administrative assistant, military (Thank You!), retired or any other myriad of careers. We all have something in common. We all need and crave accomplishment. Remember the early days with your newborn baby at home? If you were like me you felt as if you accomplished a lot if you had a shower and changed your own clothes and had a happy, well-fed baby by the end of the night. But now, right now, what does accomplishment mean to you?
I am a "pleaser" by nature. Meaning I tend to find my joy by giving joy to others. I feel accomplished if I have done my job of taking care of others (my children). But today is a little different. I am holding my head a bit higher. I have a different feel of accomplishment. I completed a house task all by myself. My 4 year old daughter watched me closely (but at a safe distance) as I sawed, painted, nailed, caulked, taped and admired the job I did today. Last week I took apart and fixed 2 sinks, fixed the garbage disposal and now today I accomplished framing the mirror in my bathroom. Something I have wanted to do since I first eyed the large but rather drab mirror.
Typically I give you recipes but I have been slacking in that department. But I'll give you a killer one after I'm finished bragging about my wood working job. I need to give a shout out to Mrs. Buffalo. She was my industrial arts teacher when I was a kid. I can't remember what grade but I'm crazy, ridiculous, embarrassingly good with names so i remember that at least. I also remember how awesome, smart and powerful she looked as she used tools to create works of usable art in class. I felt like Mrs. Buffalo, confident and strong as I showed my kids that I can fix things! Here is my project!
This was my bathroom mirror. Large and in charge but definitely lacking. I knew it needed a frame. Big sis, T, cleverly told me to use wood and not tile since tile can go out of style. Always listen to wise older sisters! I'm lucky to have 2 of them!
Now look at that!!!! The frame makes it so much better!
I had to tape just to be sure the liquid nail did its job! My beautiful assistant was admiring my tools!
Ta Da!!!!!!! Now all I have to do is remove the tape tomorrow and it'll be perfecto! What do you think?
Now it's time for a fire made by ME!!!!!!! And by the way. My Mom said she's SO proud of me and then she tried the dinner I made tonight and said I should sell it! She wants my Asian taco recipe. My kids loved it too! Score for me today!!!!!!!!! I did something good and made a good meal.
Here's my super easy recipe for Asian Tacos:
2 pounds raw chicken rubbed in a tiny bit of sea salt and black pepper
Big bag of Trader Joes peppers and onions (frozen)
1 can drained/rinsed garbanzo
1 can drained/rinsed black beans
1 whole big ole can of chopped tomatoes (I used Trader Joes brand for all canned goods)
1 jar of Trader Joes Thai Red Curry sauce ( seriously this stuff is the bommmmbbbbbb!!!!!!)
Now here's the crazy fun part. Put all that jazz in your crock pot (or slow cooker as it's commonly called nowadays). Here's the 1920s girl in me coming out....... Ready for it? After you pour the whole jar of Thai sauce in the crock pot pour a little water (like 1/2 cup tops for you measuring type A people) in the jar of Thai sauce. Screw the lid on nice and tight and shake it up. Get every last bit of your sauce out of that jar! Now this trick works on EVERYTHING! Lotion, makeup, food! Don't waste anything! Ok, back to directions....... Just stir all that up and set your crock pot on low for 8 hrs or high for 4-6 hours. You will have the most delectable, melt-in-your-mouth, awesome chicken and veggies!
Now for the kids I just warmed taco shells and let them spoon the filling into their taco shells, add cheese and they were in chicken heaven! I added chopped jalapeños and ate mine over steamed kale. Yummmmmmyyyyyyy! Seriously, try it. If my Mama tells me to write it down and sell it then you know it's awesome! Enjoy and tell me what you think!
