A recipe and why I need to not do on my day off.

I have come to the conclusion that I have a love/hate relationship with Tuesdays. While I am thankful for a full day off during the week, it is also the day I try and cram everything in. For the past several weeks, I have told myself that I was going to stop what I was doing in the evening after the girls went to bed and scrap. Do you think that I have even attempted to drag my goods out? Nope. Instead, I fill my evening with dishes, preparing for the rest of the week, blogging, dvr'd shows and a bunch of other junk. And, if you had the night I had last night ((Miss Ruby was up 6 different times, but who's counting)), you would then understand my energy (or lack of) levels. You guessed it. Non existant.

Of course I was productive today by getting a few much needed things done. One of our flower beds is completely weeded and I still managed to hang wit Reyna while doing so. She dug for worms and helped me while Ruby took a nap. The TV did not babysit my children much this morning, I made sure we played, laughed and had a good time. This afternoon, we piled into the van and headed to Cascades. And of course, we couldn't leave w/out a flushie (green to be exact) for Bug and a heaping mount of mint chocolate chip for me. Ruby was pretty cranky today due to her teeth, so she was a little more demanding of my attention, which I did my best to sympathize, although I wanted her to feel a tad bit sorry for me and my crap night of sleep, as well. I know teething sucks for babes, but what about parents???!!!!

After Ruby went to bed, Reyna & I played Candyland and read a few books before I tucked her in, so I definitely feel like I was a "good mama" today, but I wish that I had it in me to just do nothing on my day off. I wish sometimes that I didn't care that there was dishes from dinner sitting on the counter or laundry or weeds or anything. I wish it were simple for me to just sit down, watch TV and not feel like I should be doing something else.

Okay, so let me end this post with a tasty recipe. I will warn you, it might not be the healthiest, but whatev.

Enjoy. Oh, and I got this from a website, it's not an original.

Layered Mexican Bake

The goods:
1- 1/2 pound ground beef (I think I use a whole pound)
1 large onion, chopped
2 green peppers, chopped
4tsp. chili powder
1 cup of chunky red salsa
20 oz. frozen corn
6 whole wheat tortillas 8 inch ones
1 cup sour cream
sharp cheddar cheese (It says 1 1/2 cups, but I just sprinkle as needed.)

Prepare it:
Brown meat with onions and peppers in large skilled on med. heat. After meat is done, stir in chili powder, cook 1 min. Add salsa and corn, mix well and let simmer for 5 min.

Spread 2 cups of meat sauce onto bottom of 13x9 baking dish; top with layers of 2 tortillas. Spread some sour cream, more meat sauce and sprinkle with cheese. Repeat the process. You should repeat so you use 6 tortillas total.

Bake 30 min. @ 375 for about 30 minutes or until heated thru and cheese is melted.

I didn't have chili powder in the house, so I used a few teaspoons of a taco seasoning packet, which tasted just as good. And, the first time I made this, I didn't have whole wheat tortillas, so I just used regular, which works too.

If you try this recipe, let me know how you like it. I will say this, Reyna gives it a 2 thumbs up. There was nothing left on her plate tonight.