My life as I know it

It's a little known fact that I absolutely love soup. Ask my former college roommates and they will tell you, I could eat soup every single night and never get sick of it - even during the summer. So when I got an email last year telling me to save the date for National Soup Swap Day , you better believe I did! When it was finally January 2012 and I saw National Soup Swap Day on my calendar, I wanted to try and participate. So I organized a swap with the ladies at work. We did it a little differently than the official guidelines which recommended bringing soups that have already been frozen and then swapping them. I thought it would be more fun to bring the soups in crock pots so that we could all sample them during lunch. And fun it was. We had nine participants and I am embarrassed proud to say that I sampled all nine soups. Each person also brought their own storage containers and then packaged up whatever soups they wanted to take home with them - or in my case packaged ...

Chicken Tortilla Soup   ( allrecipes.com ) Prep Time: 30 Min Cook Time: 30 Min Ready In: 1 Hr Ingredients 1 -2 pound s skinless, boneless chicken breasts, cooked and shredded 3 10.75 ounce cans cream of chicken soup 3 14.5 ounce cans chicken broth 3 14.5 ounce cans diced tomatoes, drained 1-3 4.25 ounce cans chilies, drained 1 10 ounce package frozen corn, thawed 2 cup s uncooked brown rice 1 -3 15 ounce cans black beans, drained and rinsed Garlic salt to taste Cumin to taste Chili powder to taste  Light sour cream (optional) Shredded cheese - mexican or cheddar are good (optional) Tortilla chips/strips...

It seems the only time it's cute for someone to be running around saying, "I'm late! I'm late! For a very important date," is when you're a fictional little white rabbit. Pat and I had very little going on this weekend and were able to be completely lazy both Saturday and Sunday. It was great. Except for the fact that the only two obligations we did have, I made us late to both. Pat does not find it cute or endearing and I don't blame him. On Saturday night we had Pat's uncle's retirement party and I was providing the music. I wanted to get there about 15 minutes before it actually started so I could have the music going before people arrived. 15 minutes early turned in to 20 minutes late, all because I waited too long to get ready. I felt horrible. On Sunday afternoon, we had a gymnastics meet for Pat's cousin Lia. We wanted to make sure we got there right on time so we didn't miss any of her events. We ended up getting there 15 m...