More stuff from my project 38

So I haven't updated my progress on my 38 books to be read. I'm a little behind in my reading as well as my non-scrappy projects. But the latest book I've read was Clockwork Angel. It was a great read but I'm not real happy with the ending. Now I'll have to wait who knows how long for the next one to come out. However the author is releasing the next book in her other series soon. Can't wait for that.

I haven't posted any scrappy projects in a long time so here is some of the stuff I've been working on for the challenge over at Scrapbook Heaven Ga.

The first one is of my hubby and I celebrating our 6 year anniversary. The next is of the twins on our daughter's birthday playing in the leaves in the yard. The last is of our beautiful daughter.

New recipe number 13

This is the last of my Simple and Delicious new recipes. This was really really good surprisingly. It's Chicken and Bacon Tart. It was very simple to make and with the red pepper jelly it had just a smidge of a zing to it. The recipe says it serves 4 so I doubled it and for the three grown up eaters and two little ones there were only 2 pieces left. So if you have heafty eaters you may want to double or even triple it. And guess what? I actually took a pic of it. so here ya go.

New recipe 11 and 12

Almost caught up. No pictures for these though. But here are the two new recipes and my thoughts on them. Both came from the newest Simple and Delicious. I wore that issue out.

Best Ever Pizza - It was good. I thought the crust was a little rubbery. Don't know why. Everyone thought it was really good. I'll make it again. It's inexpensive. I'm going to try some different toppings next time.

Chili Hash - My main problem with this is one of the ingredients is Chili Starter. Can't find it. But according to what I found online it's basically beans and sauce. So that's what I used. I won't make it again. It was kinda dry and very bland. I'm used to seasonings but the first time I make a recipe I try to follow it. It needed.....a lot of things. I would drop the peas and add corn. My dad sat and picked all the peas out of his. He had a plateful of peas left over.

I'll have one more to talk about tomorrow and maybe a layout. It's been awhile since I've posted anything scrappy.

New recipe number 9 & 10

Oops fell behind a bit. I've also gotten very bad about taking pictures. But anyway. Both of these recipes were from the newest Simple and Delicious magazine.

Number 9

Parsley Crusted Cod-I try really hard to make fish for the family but it always seems to fail miserably. We can't find any that we like. And this was no exception. It was blah at best. I really can't say much else. I can't think of anything that could possibly have made it better. The twins hated it and would not eat it at all which is odd for my "Mikey-ish" son. My daughter said it was ok, and the hubby said he'd rather I didn't fix it again. Oh well, back to the fish board.

Number 10

Chicken Pamesean Couscous-This is supposed to be made using leftover chicken from the number 8 recipe that I posted. I did use some leftovers from it but had to make and extra chicken breast to go with it. So.......all we have to say is "Oh my God please don't ever in a million years make this again". It was awful. Almost to the point of dumping it off in the woods to the wild life and run to McDonalds awful. I'm serious. It was so dry you could barely choke it down.

So that's the recipe rundown there. I actually think I may have a Couscous pic but I'll have to check.

There are a few more recipes that I've made that I'll update later with.

Here is the pic of the couscous.

The pillow project

As promised here are pics of the finished pillow. I don't follow instructions well but anyone who knows me would probably be shocked if I did. I found the pattern at Walmart for a quilt and the pillow. So I used scraps from my quilt (that is still not finished) to make the pillow. It called for 16 strips in 6 different colors. I used 15 strips in four colors. It was quite simple to make and only took a few hours to put together. The hardest part for me was sewing it closed after it was stuffed. So without further ado here it is.

The back of it.
The front of it.

New recipe number 8

Once again I failed to take pictures of the new recipe but I have to say my oh my it was very very yummy. I made the Lemon Sage Roasted Chicken from the newest edition of the Simple and Delicious magazine. Just reading the recipe it seemed like quite a bit of work but it really wasn't. I just had to mix a marinade in a large bag, put a whole chicken in it and let it sit for 4 hours. Take it out at the right now, put it in a roasting pan, put some butter under the skin, shove some sliced lemon inside it dump seasoned potatoes and onions around it and bake for 3 hours. Wow, talk about fall off the bone tender. I will definitely make that again in a heart beat.

Also on my 38 challenge I finished another book a few days ago. It was The Fire by James Patterson. It was pretty good, not as good as the other two in the series but still good. So that puts me at 5 books for the year and I have 4 more stacked on the nightstand. Guess I need to get reading.

I'm not doing so hot on the 38 projects end though. I've only completed 2, the scarf and now a pillow which I will talk about in another post. I've got a quilt started that just needs to be quilted. I need to quit being a baby and just do it. I've got the gryphindor scarf that I still need to finish and another one of those to make. I've got another pillow that I want to make and another lap quilt in my head to make. I just need to get cracking and start making.

Shopping

As an avid scrapper one would expect me to spend a lot of money walking into Joann's on scrapping supplies. However, yesterday as an early Valentines gift I went shopping. I only bought 4 sheets of cardstock and a bottle of glossy accents. The rest of the money......fabric. For two different projects mind you. I'm going to get started on a lap quilt as a gift and then I'm going to tackle something a little bit harder (for me anyway). Can you tell I may be becoming obsessed with quilting? I'll post a sneak peak at the fabric for my next project. It may let me know who reads this. I also looked at a lot of yarn but figured I have 2 projects started that need to be finished and I have a third that I need to start. Plus I have about 10 balls of yarn that haven't even been opened yet. Guess I should do something with all that stuff first huh? That's if Isis (the newer kitty) doesn't eat it all first.