DIY Halloween Costume

Well, we are going as the deer and hunter. It was something easy and cheap considering Ben has his outfit already and all I needed was a trip to Hobby Lobby. My sister and her boyfriend are going to a different party and they have decided to be the same thing so we went shopping together. I think it is going to turn out cute!

Items I needed: head band, duct tape, fake fur, shirt, and two wooden rods.

 

 Step 1: Cut the light fur to be the belly of the shirt. (I wanted a dark brown shirt but refused to pay more than 6 bucks; so light brown it was!)

Step 2: Hot glue the fake fur on.

Step 3: Cut the wooden rods into the sizes you want to make the antlers and wrap them in brown duct tape.

 Step 3: Hot glue the antlers onto the head band.

Step 4: Cut the tail and glue it on. (I haven't cut the tail in this picture yet!)

 I am wearing this with brown leggings and boots. I plan on painting a nose and some "freckles" to hopefully tie the look in. I will post pictures of the full outfit soon!

Happy Halloween,

Abbie

What's for supper tonight?

Tonight we are having a very easy, very cheap, and very non healthy meal! For a few weeks I was attending a bible study every Thursday night and one week I hosted it at our house, so that meant Ben had to entertain himself elsewhere. He went and ate with our neighbors and they made this meal for him and he came back and cooked it for me one night. I am not really sure what it is called, but we call it Chili Dog Casserole.

Ingredients:

• 2 cans of chili (your pick)
• 1 pack of tortilla wraps (remember, I am feeding two, so you may need more!)
• 1 pack of hot dogs
• cheddar cheese 

 Directions:

• preheat the oven to 400
• spray the dish and put one of the cans of chili on the bottom of the pan
• wrap a hot dog and some cheese  up in a tortilla wrap (I double my wraps up because we like them thick)
• then layer the other can of chili on top and a layer of cheese 
• put a piece of tin foil over it and bake it for 30 min.

Enjoy,

Abbie

What's for supper tonight?

I love a good crock pot meal on fall days, but then again, who doesn't? Today I decided to finally cook those frozen pork chops that stare me down every time I open the freezer. I found a recipe on Pinterest for ranch pork chops and we love anything that involves ranch and cream of chicken soup so I gave it a try! Ben gave me two thumbs up and told me it was a keeper.

Ingredients:

• 3-4 boneless pork chops
• 1 packet of dry ranch mix
• 1 can of cream of chicken soup (I will probably use 2 cans next time)

Directions:

• place the pork chops in the crock pot and sprinkle the ranch packet on them and then the soup and cook it on low for 3-5 hours (depending on your crock pot). My pork chops were frozen and I cooked it on low for 3 hours and they were ready.
• Serve it with mash potatoes and any other side of your liking!

Happy eating,

Abbie

 

The Halloween Struggle

My brother and sister in law are throwing a Halloween Party and costumes are encouraged. Well, I don't want to be the Grinch of the party so I am looking obsessing over finding the right costume for Ben and me. I thought about doing a couples costume but I can't seem to find anything decent enough to talk Ben into wearing. I will have to say Pinterest is letting me down BIG TIME!!! We went looking tonight and every store we went to had been picked over and they were your typical Halloween costumes. So, I went back to the drawing board (Pinterest) and found a few ideas. Here is what I found.....



 I like the Mario and Luigi idea.... but I would rather have the cute tutu for my costume!

 Or maybe Mario and Princess??

 Since I am a school teacher I love cartoon movies and I can't help but want to dress up as a minion!

This would be easy since Ben has camo and he wouldn't mind wearing it!

And Ben's pick.......Classy, right?

What are your ideas and suggestions?? I will let you know what we decide! :)

The Struggle,

Abbie