The Imposter – Movie Review
The Imposter comes out on DVD today.
Pure Flix sent me a copy of this movie to review. I really liked it, and so did my husband.
The movie is about a Christan rock band in which the lead singers life spirals out of control. He gets kicked out of the band and the movie follows him as he hits bottom. Through Jesus, he finds his way back.
What I liked most about this movie was the ending. Every one seems to think that after you accept Jesus as Lord and Saviour, your life will be perfect. Not so. Life on earth is never perfect. We have to reap what we sow. In the Imposter, Johnny C also has to reap what he sows. But with Jesus, he has hope! With Jesus he can rebuild his broken life. So often movies have a “happy ever after” ending. I think this movie has a real life ending, instead of a fairy tale ending. It shows that we all can have hope in Jesus Christ.
We haven’t let the kids watch this movie yet. We think parts of it are too intense for kids. We will let the teenagers watch it, though.
You can visit Pure Flix to view the trailer and get your own copy of The Imposter.
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What’s For Dinner?
I didn’t follow last weeks menu plan exactly, again. I think this is becoming a trend. Wednesday night came, and we didn’t have any leftovers!
So I threw together a quick Turkey Chili from the freezer. I used about 3 cups of turkey, 2 cups of beans, 2 cups of diced tomatoes, all from the freezer. I added an envelope of Cincinnati style chili seasoning (because that’s what I had) and some water. I even put everything in the pan while it was still frozen! Turned it on low to defrost, then simmered for a few minutes.
I had experimented with freezing whole baked potatoes. We had some left one night, so I put them in the freezer. I warmed them in the oven while the chili was defrosting. I served the chili over the potatoes. The potatoes were good for serving something on top of, but they appeared to be off in texture, so I wouldn’t freeze whole baked potatoes for eating plain. But I would freeze leftover baked potatoes they we wouldn’t be eating right away for something like this again.
Everyone loved the chili over baked potatoes.
The two recipes that I tried from the $5.00 Dinner Mom Cookbook were excellent! Everyone has requested that I make them again.
Now for this weeks plan…
SaturdayBeef Chow Mein (yes, this was the double decker cans from the store)
SundayHomemade Sub Sandwiches
MondayLasagna, Brocolli
TuesdayLo Mein
WednesdayBaked Chicken, Baked Potatoes, Cauliflower
ThursdayPasta Alfredo with chicken, Green Beans
FridaySalisbury Steak, Mashed Potatoes, Turnips, carrot sticks
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Saving Money on Tomatoes
We love tomatoes of all kinds. We even like fried green tomatoes, the kids even like them. It’s very hard to get a tomato in the winter that actually tastes like a tomato.
We use Roma tomatoes in the winter (year round actually). They are red and ripe all the time. And the actually taste like a tomato. And the best part (as if a tomato that tastes like a tomato wasn’t good enough) they are cheaper than the slicing tomatoes that are so expensive in the winter.
You can even use them on sandwiches. Just slice them the long way, and use a slice on each half of your sandwich.
A tomato that tastes like a tomato in the winter!
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Homemade Powdered Laundry Detergent
I absolutely love making my own laundry detergent. I have been doing it for several years now. It’s probably safe to say that I’ve saved hundreds of dollars on laundry detergent. Especially since we bought our new front loading washing machine. The special laundry detergent for these machines is expensive!
Here’s the original recipe that I used forHomemade Liquid Laundry Detergent.
Then in my ever changing quest to make my life simpler, I changed the original recipe to make it easier, by eliminating keeping it in the bucket for 24 hours, and pouring straight into the bottles. It sure saved on time.
Homemade Powdered Laundry Detergent
For almost a year now, I have been making powdered laundry detergent.
I grate a bar of Fels Naptha soap, add one cup each of washing soda and borax. I store it in a quart canning jar.
I keep a measuring tablespoon in the jar, and add 1 tablespoon per load. I use 2 tablespoons with my husbands work clothes.
I love using the powder over the liquid. No more large bottles of laundry detergent sitting in my teeny, tiny laundry room. Just one quart canning jar that actually looks nice sitting on top of my washer.
We do a lot of laundry, and this recipe usually lasts us for 5 weeks. At around $2 a recipe, it’s a big money saver.
Procrastination
Oh, yes, I’m one of those.
The one who puts things off until you absolutely can’t put them off anymore.
sigh…..
Why is it, that they thing you had dreaded doing, is never as bad as you thought it was going to be?
I got a couple of things out of the way today.
Now I have to work on our taxes.
sigh……
Too bad Spring is a procrastinator, too!
sigh……….
(no, that is not a current picture, that was last year, when Spring tried not to be a procrastinator)
What’s For Dinner?
We didn’t follow the menu exactly last week, either. I didn’t start the meatloaf on time, so we had hamburgers instead. No one complained. I think they’d rather have hamburgers anyway! At least I had the hamburger ready to go, instead of scrambling for something at the last minute.
The Broccoli Cashew Stirfry that I made on Saturday was awesome. I’m excited to try 2 recipes from the $5.00 Dinner Mom Cookbook this week. These will be the first I’ve tried out of it.
Saturday – Broccoli Cashew Stirfry served over turkey and rice.
Sunday – lunch – Turkey Tacos with all the trimmings, and for supper – Baked chicken, mashed potatoes, salad
Monday – Beef Enchiladas-from the $5.00 Dinner Mom Cookbook – browning the hamburger for Thursday night today as well
Tuesday – Homemade shake & bake chicken, baked potatoes, broccoli
Wednesday – Leftovers
Thursday – Beef Burrito Skillet-from the $5.00 Dinner Mom Cookbook
Friday – Lo Mein – with whatever meat and veggies are leftover, if no leftovers, then I’ll use meat and veggies from the freezer
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