New blog!

I'm starting fresh with a new blog.  check out www.ilypie.blogspot.com.

xo Devon

Happy Friday!!

How to stay organized..

Can you tell me how?  I just can't seem to do it!  My house will be clean and organized one day and completely trashed the next. 
Here are my issues:

• My daughter has too many clothes making laundry and putting away clothes ridiculous
• Every little thing in my house doesn't have a place (the new magazines that came in the mail, the phone chargers, ipod chargers etc)  They are just on the counters.
• I don't like organizing
• I cook a lot and the dishwasher is usually full and then has to be emptied to fill again.  It's a never-ending cycle.

I just need a few tips.  Anyone?  Thanks

Recipe Wednesday

Slow Cooker Chicken and Vegetables with Dumplings- Bisquick recipe

2 1/2 to 3 pounds boneless skinless chicken thighs


1 pound small red potatoes (about 2 1/2 inches in diameter)

1 medium onion, coarsely chopped ( 3/4 cup)

2 cups baby-cut carrots

5 1/4 cups chicken broth (from two 32-ounce cartons)

2 cups Original Bisquick® mix

1/2 cup water

2 teaspoons parsley flakes

1.Place chicken, potatoes, onion and carrots in 6-quart slow cooker. Add broth.

2.Cover and cook on low heat setting 9 to 10 hours.

3.Increase heat setting to high. Stir together Bisquick mix, water and parsley in medium bowl. Drop dough by rounded tablespoonfuls onto hot chicken mixture. Cover and cook 45 to 50 minutes or until dumplings are dry in center.

I love chicken and dumplings- this recipe is pretty tasty!

Disgusting, ugly, gross dinner

That is what I made for dinner- disgusting, ugly, gross pasta with meat sauce.
The fit went on for an hour- and it ended with her apologizing to me.  I love that girl!  But WOW! she is feisty

Manic Monday

Oh I love that Bangles song "It's just another Manic Monday oh oh I wish it was Sunday oh oh cuz that's my fun day..."
Anyways,  Shutterfly has great websites for sports teams, classrooms etc. that are free.  I even received 30 free 4x6 prints just for setting one up.  I'm using one for my preschool class and I had one for Irelyn's soccer team.  They are so easy to use and put all of the information you need in one place.  Check it out!

Money for Goals

While running down the soccer field with my team, the girls were having fun laughing, kicking, and then scoring!  Our team scored!  On the way back to our side of the field, the girl that scored shouted over to her Mom "You owe me a dollar!"  I looked at her and I said "Your Mom pays you to score?"  And she said "Yep." 
As a coach, it is my "volunteer responsibility" to make sure the kids know skills, how to dribble, throw ins, goal kicks, and sportsmanship.  Sadly, I cannot teach them sportsmanship when the majority of parents think that soccer is an individual sport and think that their kid is the "best in the world" if they score a goal.  On our second day of practice I said to the girls after our scrimmage "That was great that _______ scored.  Did she do that on her own or did you do it as a team."  And a few of the girls answered "On her own"  Now they are 6 and don't really know any better but soccer does not happen with one player.  Of course you can have one really good player on a team, or even two or three. The point is that as parents we need to encourage the players as a team and teach our children to compete against the other team not their own team.  It's not all about the goals... soccer is about teamwork, skills,  building character, defending, supporting, and having fun!

Yay Electric Eels!

Irelyn had a great time playing on the Electric Eels this year.  And I had fun coaching...it started out a little rough but it's all for the kids right?  As long as they are having fun then that is all that matters.

10 things I'm loving in November

10 things I'm loving in November

1. 90210
2. Holiday cups at Starbucks
3. Soup!
4. Modern Family
5. Coach's Oats
6. The fact that I wear a staff shirt to work makes getting ready in the AM soooo easy
7. my clean house
8. the anticipation of the Holidays
9. volunteering in Irelyn's class
10. my new philosophy and bare minerals from QVC