The Narratives of Nancy: I'd rather decorate myself...

...than my house! I loathe decorating my house. I'd much rather decorate me. Hence, the posts about outfits, makeup and cool jewelery. I will whip you up a meal, some cookies or an appetizer any time you want. But decorating...it SUCKS! I'm no good at it and I don't enjoy it. I'm always amazed at my friends who go to Homearama to get decorating ideas...really? Just not my thing.

So I decorated our house for Christmas. But here's the thing. None of my Christmas decorations match. Why? I just seem to get a mish mash of stuff from here or there. Aunt Jeanne gives me a lot of stuff, she loves searching for the deal, the best price, the bargain. Now, don't get me wrong, I've gotten a lot of good stuff from Aunt Jeanne, she's generous at Christmas with the cash, she's provided Joe some awesome kitchen tools at rock bottom prices; griddles, both stove top and electric, a set of stock pots, a roasting pan, just to name of few. However, she also buys a lot of stuff because the price is too good to pass up...that ends up in the houses of me and my siblings. Over the years, I have purged some mismatched items just because I'm not much of a decorator and I don't need all the stuff. So I'm left with a few things, and I try to keep the ones that match, but again, I'm not very good at it so if you come to my house for Christmas, it is what it is...but the food will be really good!

Speaking of food, I really haven't cooked much since my last post. Isabelle wanted to try this recipe she saw in one of my Taste of Home magazines so we made it and it was actually pretty darn good...a little fusion cooking at the Schultz House!

Greek Tacos
1 pound ground beef
1 can (14.5 ounce) diced tomatoes, undrained
2 teaspoons Greek seasoning (it's expensive, make your own with 1/2 teaspoon each of dried oregano, dried marjoram, garlic powder, lemon-pepper seasoning, ground mustard and salt)
1/2 tsp minced garlic
1/4 tsp pepper
2 cups fresh baby spinach
1 can (2 1/4 ounce) sliced ripe olives, drained
taco shells
feta cheese
chopped red onion

In a large skillet, cook beef over medium heat until no longer pink; drain. Stir in tomatoes, Greek seasoning, garlic and pepper. Bring to a boil Reduce heat; simmer for 8-10 minutes or until thickened. Add spinach and olives; cook and stir for 2-3 minutes or until spinach is wilted.

Bake taco shells, spoon in meat mixture, top with cheese and onion.

Sorry, I didn't take a picture but everyone seemed to enjoy it.

Gia and I made gingerbread cookies last week for her to take to school. It was grandpartents day and they got to go to school and help Gia make a gingerbread house. I cannot provide a recipe for the cookies because I will admit that I cheated and made them from the Betty Crocker bag mix.