Saturday afternoon we were supposed to meet up with some more friends and go boating on Coralville lake. Ryan's friend from home came up and another from Wartburg brought his boat. We toughed it out at about 2pm and went out on the lake anyways! By then it was just cloudy and a little cool. By 3 and 4pm there were more boats out on the lake and we ended up just floating around and enjoying what little peaks of sunshine came out.
Yesterday was a lot nicer and Ryan and I decided to get some sun and read a book out by our pool. We both got a little red, but enjoyed the nice weather. I have been trying to come up with some casserole recipes to make so that Ryan can take leftovers to work. Last night was tater-tot casserole and turned out very nicely. He loves Mom's chicken tortilla bake; that will have to come again in the next few weeks! If you have any great recipes, please send them our way, we like to experiment with what little we have :)
Here's a great story of how I lost $10.........
Ryan and I went to the BBQ Roundup two weekends ago to see what it was all about. There was a variety of BBQ vendors in the competition, a live band, and a carnival. Ryan and I walked around the carnival and he wanted to try his luck on a fun, but easy game. I was the only one with cash at the time so we tried out the Balloon Dart game (Ryan is pretty good at darts!) So we wandered over there and the "Carny" was already trying to get us to give up some cash. It was 3 darts for $5. I have him a $10 bill and he gave us the first dart "free". Ryan popped the first balloon, the guy held on to my money and didn't give me my change right away. Ryan threw 2 more darts and popped two more balloons. The guy said he'd give Ryan one more dart for free and if he popped a balloon I could pick from a selection of stuffed animals. Ryan of course popped another balloon, no problem and the guy offered up another deal. Man Ryan was just on a roll! He popped three more balloons and now I got to choose from an even bigger selection of prizes! The man offered up another deal and finally I said stop, I just wanted to spend $5 and get my prize. Some how we got caught up in the sceeming of everything and ended up losing all $10 and getting a $5 prize!! LOL, here is what Ryan won me! :)
Here is just a picture of the live band "STAMPEDE" that was playing that night.
Haha, nice prize! We make 'Taco Skillet Pie' a lot in the cooler months but in the summer we usually just grill extra meat and take it in our lunches the next day.
ReplyDeleteTaco Skillet Pie
1 can black beans (drained)
1 can diced tomatoes with jalopenos (do not drain)
1 lb. hamburger
1 pkg. taco seasoning
1 Jiffy corn muffin mix (requires one egg and milk)
-Shredded Mexican Cheese
-Preheat oven to 425
1. Brown hamburger in large skillet and then drain grease. Add tomatoes, black beans, and seasoning mix and boil mixture for one minute.
2. In the mean time, mix together the corn muffin mix according to pkg. directions (it is better if you let it sit for a little while the hamburger is cooking)
3. Pour hamburger mixture in large glass baking dish (no need to grease pan).
4. Spoon corn bread on top in little mounds (usually about 6)
5. Bake for 15 minutes or until corn bread is a little brown.
6. Sprinkle cheese on top and bake for 5 more minutes or until cheese is how you like it.
7. Let cool and enjoy...one of our favorites and makes a lot for leftovers. Fairly healthy too, you can add corn or anything else as well.