Creamy potato soup- savory Sunday

It's that time again, it's savory Sunday! Which means a brand new recipe by yours truly. I tend to search all the time for recipes and then end up doing my own take on it cuz yes I'm so adventurous (giggles). This Sunday I'm featuring the creamy potato soup cause boy it's cold outside! It's like winter creeped up and said hello with zero warning. Here it is below and enjoy! Xo

Ingredients: 

3 cups chicken broth

1 cup finely chopped onions

4 tablespoons of flour

4 tbsp of butter

Salt and pepper to taste 

2 cups milk

4 medium size potatoes cut small

Shredded cheddar cheese

Process: 

Let the broth and potatoes cook with the onions salt and pepper. 

Once potatoes are cooked add the flour  and butter and milk.

I took a whisk to help de-clump the flour. 

I added some shredded sharp cheese to it too to make it extra cheesy. 

Serve and enjoy 

The mommy milk lactation cookie recipe

I'm a breast feeding mom. I wanted something that will help keep my milk supply up plus be healthy for me so my milk can be even more healthier for baby. If you're a breast fed dint mommy I highly recommend you to make this cookie. There's tons of other recipes and ways you can do it. This is the version I enjoyed best for myself. Make a batch freeze half and bake the other half. Try to eat two cookies a day :) enjoy the recipe xo

The ultimate mommy milk cookie recipe 

1 1/2 cup flour (whole wheat or regular)

1 3/4 cup of oats (not the instant one)

1 tsp baking soda 

1tsp salt

1 cup flax seed

3/4 cups of peanut butter

3 tablespoons of yeast (brewers)

1/3 cup of water

1 tsp cinnamon 

1/2 cup sugar

1/2 cup brown sugar (I used light brown)

2 tsp vanilla (you can even use almond)

2 large eggs (I used organic)

2 cups of chocolate chips

And 1 cup nuts of your choice but I didn't add that to mine

Pre heat oven to 350

Combine flour, baking soda, sienna on and salt in one bowl

In another larger bowl beat peanut butter, butter, sugar (both of em) vanilla and yeast, flax seed and water till creamy 

Mix in eggs.

Gradually beat in flour mixture from the first bowl 

Mix in chocolate chips and nuts if you opted to use nuts as well

Add oats slowly 

Make em into balls 

(We had to mix it with our hands cuz the batter was a but too tough for a whisk and I don't have a mixer)

Place balls onto baking sheet and press down a bit with a fork. 

Bake for 12 mins. 

I baked enough for a few days cuz I'll be eating two a day. And froze the other batch I didn't use for when I run out. 

Let me know if you tried it. God bless xo

That's what they will look like ;) 

Holiday wreath making at my church

Paster Tim prayers before crafting.

My church held a wonderful craft even to make a holiday wreath. I was super excited to be around other crafters and even learn! I was able to learn 2 different flower felt techniques that I can later use on my girls bows yay! I been had in mind to make one but this one I will def put in my window and wait till you see the end results of my winter holiday display (photos later down the line). I really enjoyed myself and even the kids made their own lil Christmas crafts enjoy the photos. Xo

All assembled. :)

God bless and stay tuned for more holiday blogs cuz it's that time of year! 

poem- vicious poison

these words that penetrate deeper then you can ever understand

like vicious poison they enter my veins

embracing every single part of my body 

entering my fragile heart that has already endured so much more than others

what do i do 

tears overwhelming my face

nothing stops the tears

this sadness engulfs my every being

i try to swim away 

to climb away 

yet here i stay 

trapped

sinking further and further

wishing for a friend to release a rope 

to help me 

just pull me out of this 

but what is a friend

nothing but disappointments

only come around when it conveniences em 

how much more can i take 

spiraling 

tumbling 

down a whirl wind of endless mindless bullshit

wanting someone to just listen 

and not throw stuff in my face

make me feel worse

words slice threw my soul never to be repaired again

amongst the billions of other scars that are covered up 

hidden from the public 

from family 

from these fake as friends

what is love when the one you love doesn't want to understand

doesn't try to 

doesn't want to 

doesn't seem to listen to your cries

hopeless 

this vicious poison has engulfed me 

loneliness so overwhelming

lost

lost Lil girl once again

trapped in my own emotional box

my own emotional turmoil

oh vicious poison i am not thankful of you

how do i rid this all 

how do i surpass all this 

feeling like the walls are closing in 

like every step forward is 100 backwards

insecurities eating away at me as well

what to do 

no one to turn to 

no one understand 

oh vicious poison of words 

watch what u say to fragile soul like me 

i can easily break like a egg shell

no one understands 

thank you vicious poison for making everything that much less more difficult...

x, Vanessa 

My first week with cloth diapers

I had my beautiful little miracle on october 27th. She finally got to come home with us on November the 1st. I am excited to share with you all my first week of my experience with cloth diapers with her. The first day I was like oh man what did I get into but then after that I got the hang of it after about 15 diaper changes in a day. I couldn't believe it myself that I was really adament to continue and to not get discouraged no matter how many times she had the poo storms (thats what we call em now). First off if you want to consider it please please please do your research on what would work best for you. My research went from PINTEREST and to a number of blogs that gave tons of tips. Then i went to YOUTUBE and really viewed as many videos on how to cloth diaper (prefolds) and the tips that the mommy's on there gave which were really useful. My husband likes the pockets AIO (all in ones) because its easier for him to handle (of course!). I prefer the prefolds with the thirstees covers because I like the folding techniques. I use the charlie banana bamboo disposable flushable liners to place em in the cloth for easy clean up of the poo (trust i highly recommend for you to get these flushable liners!) Everyone is different so buy both if you're interested and see which works best for you. I have 30 prefolds with 8 covers. I have 3 snappies and have ordered some cloth diaper pins that still havent arrived. I have 6 charlie banana's size xs which wont fit her soon and I have 8 regular all in one pockets which i will be needing more very soon and hope to have a massive stash of em because the colors are simply cute. I have a bucket for the dirty cloths filled with water and I let them soak till the next day when thats when I wash em. You can wash em every other day depending on how big the stash you have on hand. Since my baby breast feeds I use half my stash and wash the other half thats dirty. DO NOT DRY IN DRYER! Hang dry em always if not you will ruin em. I use the arm and hammer sensitive or the ALL detergent clear and free. Below are the photos I've taken of the whole experience. I'm by far no expert and I am still learning but I am happy with my decision and I am here sharing my experience with you all. xo.

i prefer this method above

this type of method didnt work for me because it leaked its better to wrap em around the baby

these are what all in ones pockets look like

 i loved this picture so had to add it

this is what a normal laundry of cloth diaper looks like from a day of use

after soaking in the bucket for a night i dump it in the washer sink rinse em again and throw it in the wash

these are the two detergents that i use (i also coupon so they are practically free)

thats all for now hope i helped xo.

Free Friday apps! iPad and iPhone

Free Fridays only.

These are the apps I've downloaded for the kids. Every month or two weeks I see if they get bored with apps and switch em up.

Enjoy and they are only free on Friday so get em now!

Below is the screen shot of my kids section 

Enjoy and please share the post on Facebook :) 

Featured app of the week. iPad only.

Many parents feel frustrated with math. I came across this app for the iPad and wanted to help out you fellow mommies. Let me know how you like it and how your kids react to the learning app. I like to have my kids play learning apps in their spare time. Learning should be fun but also done on a regular basis. Enjoy and please leave feedback. 

It's free!! So get it now! Xo