BBQ Chicken Soup ~

OK so my youngest Jaelynn will not eat anything hardly. So I'm always trying to find something she will eat other than Pizza. I can get her to eat a little but she will not eat a lot at all. So these recipes are inspired by her.

Left over BBQ chicken soup.

I was looking online for left over BBQ chicken Recipes and I came across one that seemed really good. However I changed a lot of it to fit what I had on hand. Here it is I hope you enjoy.

5    boneless chicken breast cut up.

1    can chicken broth

2    sticks of celery (chopped)

1    Red bell pepper (chopped)

1    green bell pepper (chopped)

1    can diced tomatoes with basil, garlic, and oregano

1/2  Med onion (yellow)

1/2  BBQ sauce

1/2  tsp. Honey

1/2  a box whole wheat Penne Noodles ( Do not add noodle till soup is almost done)

Pepper to taste. ( I always use whole peppercorn freshly ginded)

Add enough water to cover everything

Cut chicken and all your veggies add to crock pot. Pour chicken broth and enough water to cover.

If in a hurry cook on high heat until desired readiness. Allot of this is taste every time I stirred I tasted the soup and added what I thought was needed. I ended up adding almost a cup in a half of BBQ sauce.

Ultimate Blog Party 2012 ~

So I am taking part in the Ultimate Blog party. I am super excited. I am new to the blogging world so I haven't been able to post much yet but this is my goal for my blog.  My blog is a Random blog. Crafts, Photos, Books, Movies, every day life, what not to do. Kinda blog. I hope to meet many new people and can't wait to find all kinds of blogs to follow.

Meet us the Arcuragi Clan~

Meet Jasmine Nevaeh ~

our eldest She was Born Dec. 30, 2004. She was born premature. I was 34 weeks pregnant when out of the blue my water began to leak. I had never had any issues during the pregnancy I never even got morning sickness. Jason was in Boot Camp and was not able to be there for her birth. She is our little Miracle Baby so are Joslyyn and Jaelynn , But Jazzy had a little more of a fight. The doctors thought the odds were against her she went through a lot but in the end she pulled through the first 14 hours she was fighting a fight. Then out of no where she pulled through. They told me she would probably be in the NICU for a month or two but she said different. She was released 1 week after being born. She surprised all the doctors. In my photos you will see my favorite photo. That is the moment I handed Jason his little girls for his first time ever holding her or looking into her little eyes.

We had some complications she ended up having to have hear tear ducks opened when she was 1. She also now has ADHD. We do not treat it with medication. I use flax seed oil in her food and it helps a lot. She is our dare devil. You can not hurt this child believe me she has tried many times. She is a lot like me when I was young a big tomboy. We are never unamused by her.

This was taken 14 hours after she was born. She was finally out of the incubator and off the breathing machine and breathing
on her own.

 As you can see she waisted no time or energy to get plump lol.

  Meet Joslynn Lachey~

She was born in Michigan at our first duty station 11 months after Jasmine. She was born Dec 19,2005. We were due to leave two days after she came. And we did it was not to fun. I went in for a routine check up before I went on our long car ride back to Ohio to visit. Before going to Oregon. I had planned on having her in Ohio at the same place I had Jaz. She had other plans. I went in and the told me I was 4 centimeters Dilated. That I had to be admitted. We were at the hospital for 6 hours trying to get her to participate in the process but she wanted to stay at 4. The nurses were cracking up because I was dilated to 4 and not hurting at all you couldn't even tell I was in labor. Finally I was at 6 and still no pain. I loved it .. Then one hour earlier she was out. It was great pain free and no medication to boot. Wonderful.

She is my whiner / Princess. She is artistic in the way she dresses her self which I love. She is for sure a I'm my own person kinda girl.

Meet Jaelynn Nazarah ~

Oh Baby Jae. Well she is our Youngest She was born in Oregon at our second duty station. She was born on July 18, 2008. I went into labor on my birthday with her. We was on our way to Dairy Queen to get my Ice cream cake and bam into labor I go.I kept telling my Hubby it was just braxton hicks. Well after and hour in a half of bending over the chair screaming, Him and my Friend Tina made me go in. 6 hours later she came out. She hurt a lot lol. But once again no medication. I'm telling you it is the best thing in the world to do to go natural. For me anyway.

She is a I have to have it my way kinda girl. And she will find a way to get it. She is a mix between a Tomboy, princess, and Diva. She will be a good con artist.

Now last but not least meet our Fur-Babies

Camo He is our Boxer he is a big Baby. He will be 4 years old in January.

Meet Mater ~ Like Tamater without the Ta.. He is our English Mastiff he is a real big baby and a duh all the time.

He will be 2 in May.

They love each other..

That's it that is who I am. Hope everyone has a great UBP.

Room do-over

Wanted to share another crafted project by the Arcuragi Clan. Which in all actuality means my hubby and I just pointed and said ha ha. OK so when we moved into this little Shack with walls it was horrible. I thought I had before photos of the room but I can not find them. It had ugly red walls, I love red but in a 10 X 10 < not lying. Space it looks like someone has taken and murdered a poor helpless creature . So for future reference please do not do this. Also not only did it have ugly red walls but the ceiling was caving in. As if that's not enough there was holes in the walls

and the carpet was hideous.

We started with replacing the whole ceiling and let me tell you that was a ( female dog in heat ) if I ever seen one. I think the Hubby lost a lot of hair in this process. Soon he decided to recruit my Dad. However they did trust me with the drill to put the drywall screws in. I give my self a pat on the back I did beautifully. After the ceiling we ( my hubby) patched the holes.

Then we took down all the trim and cleaned, sanded, and painted all of them. I was actually able to do this he he. We painted it a off white/ beige color and the walls a light brown/green color.

We then searched all over to find the best price on flooring and Lowe's ended up having the best price. Before putting the floor down we used KILZ primer on the OSB to kill mold , odors or anything that may have been there. So with a whole weekend gone we now have a toy room this Momma is one happy Lady!

Our Easter weekend!

As being a parent I am finding it very frustrating putting in all this work to make our kids happy and Santa, Easter Bunny and all other fictional characters getting the credit for it. It makes me wonder if they only knew it was us would they be more grateful hm .. probably not. However with how upset I get about it, and just want to scream "IT'S ALL FAKE". I look back at all our photos of the day, and remember the fun , then I think it's all worth it.. I start remember all the fun I had when I was young, then I think my parents were probably thinking the same thing. So all that matters is at the end of the day we made memories.

So here is some photos of our fun day.

Girls can do it too.

Here is a DIY project I did while in Alaska. Took about a week and a lot of coaching from my Hubby but I did it..

And... Voilà! The finished master piece.. See girls can do a mans job...

Some of my Photos

Wanted to share some of my photos.. This is one of my Hobbies... I wanted to add them a different way but I haven't figured this whole thing out yet.

A Project

Well I know everyone likes doing crafts. I to like crafts however I don't reallt get crafty until October for Halloween. So I just wanted to show you some other types of crafts I take part in for now. I will post some easter recipies after I try them of course haha.

I didn't get to help on the buiding of this tractor but I do get to help paint it. The Boom and all the writing I had no stenciles so I had to free hand and it was almost 100 degrees outside that day the paint would dry as soon as I touched the brush to the tractor. So If you need any tractor parts or know anyone who does Check out http://www.robertstractor.com/
This is the website I manage and my Family owned Buisness running for 80 years now!