Back to the BOOKS Giveaway Hop

Well I dare say this is the best way to start a month out!

I personally love BOOK hops!

They are so much fun, going from blog to blog and seeing what everyone is reading...too fun.

Just think by the time you're done with this hop alone you've visited 200+ blogs!!!!

(try not to think about sore fingers....LOL)

I'm a really big fan of Amazon gift cards......that way you get what you want.

So, up for grabs here....

Yeppers!!!!! A $10 Amazon gift card will be given away at random on Sept. 8th!

(Wow....I wonder what everybody else has up for grabs.....LOL)

All you have to do to enter to win...

Leave a comment

I know it's really hard, but with so many blogs I don't want your fingers worn out before you can visit everybody else :0)

Speaking of everyone else you'll find a complete list here:

Complete Blog Hop List

A big thank you to I Am A Reader, Not A Writer and Buried in Books for hosting this hop.

The Taste of Home with Frito-Lay Recipe (Contest/Giveaway)

*Contest is over*
Random.org picked Number 1-Debbie....has been emailed 

Ok, I know it's not a hop but.........

I wanted to enter this contest to give you a brief little inside into me so you know 

"Hey this is the crazy woman we come and see what's in her head every now and then"

Plus, they do have a giveaway of a variety pack of Lay's Regional Flavor Potato chips for my readers,I'm dying to try the Honey Mustard and Creamy Garden Ranch :0)
I mean seriously...They were inspired by popular American Cuisine

        Northeastern U.S. – Lay’s Honey Mustard
   Midwestern U.S. – Lay’s Creamy Garden Ranch
Northwestern U.S. – Lay’s Balsamic Sweet Onion
 Southwestern U.S. – Lay’s Chipotle Ranch
 Southeastern U.S. – Lay’s Cajun Herb & Spice

And of course.....

All of the Lay's Regional Flavored potato chips are made with all natural ingredients and cooked in healthier oils, like corn and sunflower oils, which contain 80% or more of polyunsaturated and monounsaturated fat - the "good fats." They also contain 0 grams of trans fats per serving!

There’s also less sodium in them than you might think – a 1-oz serving of our Lay’s Regional Flavored potato chips contains less salt than a plain bagel!

(Ha..Ha..Ha...Bet you never thought you'd ever know that much about a chip huh?)

 So without further ado.......


For those of you that don't know I'm a Marine Brat....And PROUD of it...LOL

I'm used to traveling around the country from base to base (state to state), without a choice. You pick up and move. It didn't matter if you had to leave your best friend, your first boyfriend....if your parent was told to move....you moved.

I learned to love a bunch of different types of food because of it. I honestly think the times I spent in the backyard just hanging with my friends was the time I actually considered anything HOME. I learned how to make easy food to take with me to my friends homes so that we could party without the care of "hey you might be gone soon".
Now......We're grown and I still think back on times we shared and how I miss so many friends....I think " what happened to her or him", sometimes tears are shed and laughs are loud, but memories will last a long time.
I find that I make this recipe a ton.....I picked it up long ago and change it to fit my mood. All depending on which part of home I'm longing for and thanks to Lay's it makes it even easier!!!!


The Chicken Pan


2 Boxes of Stuffing mix 
2lb of Cooked Chicken (cut bite size)
2 Cups Shredded Cheddar Cheese
2 Cups Shredded Italian Style Cheese (Mozzarella, Provolone, Parmesan, Romano, Fontina & Asiago Cheese)
1 Can Cream of Mushroom
2 Tbsp Peppered REAL Bacon Bits (or regular)
1/2 Cup Milk
1lb pkg Deli slice Ham (thin slice type, then cut up into small squares)
1 Bag of Lays Potato Chips...about 3/4 crunched.
(you won't use the whole bag but,they're nice to snack on while you cook...LOL)


Now if you have a big pan use it or you'll need two 13x9in pans. Lightly greased (I either use tin foil or just gently spray them).
1-Prepare stuffing mix as per box and set aside.
2- Layer chicken on the bottom of each pan.....So you'll basically have 1lb on the bottom of each (Yum!)
3- Next you'll sprinkle your bacon bits (note should you not be able to find peppered bacon bits, sprinkle a bit pepper...for taste!)
4-Now on to the Ham....1/2 lb into each pan....since the ham is cut into squares you want to break them up and spread them along the pan.
5- Next you'll sprinkle 1/2 Cup of the Cheddar Cheese on each pan (that will leave you 1 Cup of Cheddar Cheese for the topping)
6- Next sprinkle 1 Cup of the Italian Cheese on each pan.
7- Spread out the stuffing over the top of each.
8- Mix the milk with the can of soup in a separate bowl....and sprinkle half over one pan and the other half on the other.
9-Cover and Bake at 350 degrees for 30 minutes
10- Remove from oven uncover. Cover the top of each pan with the crunched chips and 1/4 cup of Cheddar Cheese. Put back into oven for 15 minutes or until Cheese is Melted.
Serves family of 5 ( one being a growing teenage BOY) with left overs.
Note....when I'm in the mood I change the meat to steak and cheese to Mexican. This recipe has so much you can do with it and the Lays Chips have so many different flavors now....HOLY MOLY!!!

This is dinner tonight...YUMMY!!!!

So I know you all are wondering how is she going to choose who wins the chips??? I mean I know we all need them for our end of the SUMMER parties....LOL

Easy leave a comment tell me how great this looks and what flavor of Lays you are DYING and I mean DYING to try!!!

(US only, But I still love all my readers.)

Disclosure-Frito-Lay did provide me with chips and this blog post is in fact my entry into their recipe contest. 

I had a BLAST!!!!.....Thanks for Stopping By for the Hop!

Thank you everyone that came by during the 

I've picked the winner and even emailed them a couple of hours ago....

I'm just awaiting them to email me back.

I'm sure though that 

RICKI

will email me back soon....LOL

I hope to see everyone back for the next hop which will be

Where of course I'll have another Amazon gift card up for grabs...Love gift cards....LOL

A BIG THANK YOU to our host of these hops!!!!

Without you putting these together...well duh we wouldn't have them :0)

And for those wondering....If you ever get a chance to go to the Marlboro ranch....GO!

It was the best trip ever!!!....I got to drive a H1 Hummer, shot a shot gun....at clays of course (although....LOL). 

I learned how to shoot a long bow and a compound bow, and I even learn how to fly fish!

The people there were some of the kindest people I've ever met and the food was amazing!!!

I've posted some pictures up on Face Book should you want to see.

Ranch Photos

More Ranch Photos

Summer Giveaway Hop

Summer.....Ahhhhhhhhhh...Yes!!!!

Although the heat lately is another thing....but thanks to

Our hosts at 

http://iamareadernotawriter.blogspot.com

http://www.maryinhb.blogspot.com/

We all have a reason to stay inside where it's nice and cold!!!!

This post is going up early as I'll be up in Montana from the 1st through 4th....I'll be thinking of all you :)

It's going to be a great adventure...off-roading, clay shooting, fly fishing and archery.....I can hardly wait!

For my giveaway here I'll stick with my favorite.....AMAZON!

Yep....$10 to the winner...to be picked on august 8th!

Now for how to win......

Leave a comment....That's all :0)

Easy....Peasy

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Thanks For Stopping By!

Called Home-Two Hearts Answer

This was such a remarkable sweet story, that show how much a man will go through to prove to a woman

I LOVE YOU!

Emma Benson's view of life was crafted by the death of her brother as a child, abandonment by her father and later, the man she trusted she would marry, until David Schlosser-back in town after years in New York writing best-selling novels-threatens her neatly tended life. Romance blooms. Emma and David eventually persevere in the face of tragedy, refusing to leave their dreams behind.

This book grabs you from the start and doesn't let you go until the end. The characters are well defined and strong willed..

It was so cute how they first met with a tornado baring down on the Benson's house and David showing up.....Priceless! I mean he was only trying to warn them.....Really Emma....Did you have to be so Rude???

Emma is clearly a woman out to prove no man will ever be needed in her life after the one who threw her in the garbage. David just move back home, missing life really, only to fall head over heals for Emma. She sure in the heck isn't going to make it easy on him.

I'm still having problems trying  to decide which is my favorite part....

The one where she thought she could still do everything even after being shot (by the way that was totally awesome how David came to save the day!) or dinner with his family.....or the horse race at the end....Oh Gloria what have you done to me???????

This book clearly shows that when a man is in love he will go through Hell to get his woman (even if that woman doesn't realize she's in love...LOL)

Great anytime read.....

Pick up your copy at

Amazon    Barnes & Noble     Book Depository

More about the Author:

Gloria Schumann

More about the Publisher:

Savant Books



Summer of Gomez Winners

"Every once in a while you come across a novel so fresh and new it reacquaints you with feelings of childhood wonder. The novel my neighbor, Warren, wrote was my first example of the exact opposite of this."
-- Gomez in 'No Hope for Gomez!'

Blogger Kindle Winner: Serena from SavvyVerseandWit.com Reader Kindle Winner: Arthur Hall (US) Reader iPod Winner: Lynn Bassler (US) Limited edition Winners: Ebehireme Iyoha (US) Yasmin Raad Muhi (Mal) Sarah Bibi Setar (SA) Gemma Richardson (UK) David Lane (US)

Thanks to everyone who decided to make the summer of 2011 an official Summer of Gomez! I for one had a lot of fun and lost only a little bit of hair (and a few teeth) over the administration. A small price to pay of course.
Let's try something great next year as well.

The Thirteenth Gift

Since I know a bunch of us will be spending time with the family this weekend I thought this would be an AWESOME time to share this wonderful book with all of you.....PLUS if you have a kindle it's currently FREE for download!!!!

While on assignment in Eastern Europe, Claire, a U.S. journalist, learns of a local legend. The deceptively simple fable about the thirteenth gift has a profound effect on Claire, which soon transforms her marriage, her work, and the way she sees the world. The Thirteenth Gift is both a cautionary tale and an inspirational fable as it shows a way through the perilous consequences of greed, arrogance, and abuse of power to an uplifted state of consciousness and community. The Thirteenth Gift invites readers to renew their own sense of wonderment, which can lead to freedom from fear and a greater experience of hope, beauty, and joy in daily life. Like the message of the award-winning book, The Twelve Gifts of Birth, this novella from Charlene Costanzo reminds readers to see the dignity that is inherent in themselves and others.

This is a wonderful Novella that reminds us all  that we have special gifts. Each of us have been blessed with amazing gifts that we tend to over look in our everyday lives.

As Claire learns from this Fable told to her when she needed to hear the most.

You'd be truly amazed yourself at your own "special gifts" and I'm sure you'd be amazed at what you'd missed in so many others. It's such a simple, sweet eye opener.

So, should you get a chance, it's not very long,

Re-charge your batteries and your thinking....

READ THIS BOOK!!!!

Amazon-Kindle

Check out more of  Charlene Costanzo wonderful books Here