I'm still alive...

I promise to update this blog here very soon. I have taken on a few too many projects and I'm exhausted.

Life is going well.

I've lost all my images thanks to the lovely site I used going belly up without telling anyone. Once I get my new website up I will update it.

Love to all. I promise we are alive and I even included a pic to prove it.

It's Halloween

It's Halloween 2009.....well almost....but we had a Halloween party tonight....so I got my Halloween pics today. Madison decided to go with a 80's girl. And luckily we found everything we needed!!

So here she is:


But where is that Madison attitude???


Can we get a normal photo????? Apparently not...someone is over the photos and wants to leave (Oh and ignore the mess we are moving....yes still)

Come on Madison....80's girls didn't look all irritated at their moms (okay maybe they did but shhhhh)

Little better! How about a closeup....Smile for me....

That was SCARY....a real smile please???

Much better....now how about that costume contest??

I know you didn't win....but do you really have to leave now???


It was a fun evening in the middle of all this craziness. Remind me and I'll share about the guy who stole her phone! UGH

Happy Halloween everyone!

I'm alive!

Though its been barely the past 2 weeks. I have been SO VERY SICK. I have accomplished NOTHING. I am not moved yet. Life is spiraling.

So I am just now rejoining the world of the living. And I have a ton to catch up/do.

But I did make a very quick trip to walgreens:

1 box zantac (30 ct)
2 Starbucks Mocha Frappacinos
2 Glade Candle tins
2 packs glade candle refills
8 Halloween pencils

Total out of pocket: 2.28
Got back $10 in register rewards.

Tomorrow I go for toothbrushes and shampoo?? I don't know. Haven't fully decided yet. But I plan this week to stock up on the glade refills.

On a side note...the frappacino bottles are for a project. Actually the glade tins and refills I got today are also for that project. Stay tuned for more.

My frugal week wrap-up!

Well it's the end of the week. So that means today was my Walgreens wrap up. I was disappointed today. They were out of most things at all 4 Walgreens I visited. So I didn't get much. But that's okay. I think I have enough for now. Looking back on the week I wish I'd gotten more shampoo/conditioner and toothbrushes and I wish I'd had more razor coupons. But overall I think for my first week at trying this I did very well.

Before I tell you what I ended up with and how much it cost me....here's some pics of my loot!








Now for the boring details!

~11 Glade Candle Tins
~2 Herbal Essence Shampoos
~ 2 Herbal Essence Conditioners
~ 5 Pkgs Dental Floss
~ 4 pkgs Halls Refresh
~ 3 Vaseline Infusion Lotions
~ 9 Oral B Toothbrushes
~ 2 Chapstick Fresh Effects
~ 2 Venus Embrace Razors
~ 2 Gillette Fusion Razors
~ 24 Theraflu Cold Meds
~ 14 Bottles Dawn Dish Soap
~ 8 Candy Bars
~ 2 20oz Drinks
~ 32 Halloween Pencils

Now had I bought all of these items this week at their SALE price (not their true price) I would have spent $ 260.26

What I spent: $35. 18

And I have $6.00 left in register rewards
And I will be getting a rebate for the Glade candles for $15

Not a bad week!!

So what did you end up with??

And an even BETTER deal!!

So Monday I went to Target and got the glade candle tins for $.16 each. They were $1.66 and they have $1.50 off coupons. I was soooo excited with this deal as I hadn't bought anything "new" for my new home. This was my first. And I saved the receipt because at the end of the week I intend to compare what I got this week, how much it is worth and how much it cost me out of pocket.

Well last night I stumbled across a new offer. SC Johnson is offering a rebate. Purchase any 3 SC Johnson products (GLADE COUNTS) and get back $5 rebate. You can do it up to 3 times!!!

So I bought 11 tins for $2.86

I will submit my 3 rebates

I will get back $15

MY KINDA SHOPPING!!

Walgreens made simple...

I've had family and friends asking me how I am doing my walgreens shopping. Today was a small day and I got $37.00 worth of stuff for 4.00. Not bad, but not as good as the other day. Anyways I am going to *try* to explain it in simple terms.

Register Rewards-- You can get these from Walgreens on certain items each week. They are coupon that prints out that is like cash. You can use it on your next trip to Walgreens ....or in my case, your next transaction at the same trip. LOL.

Some items this week with register rewards:

Herbal Essence Shampoo and Conditioner-- Cost 2.99 but you get back 2.00 in register rewards
Chapstick Fresh Effects-- Cost $2.99 but you get back $2.99 in register rewards
Oral B Toothbrushes-- Cost $3 but you get back $3 in Register Rewards
Vaseline Infusion Lotion-- Cost $6.99 but you get back $6.99 in register rewards
Theraflu Cold Meds-- Cost $4 each and if you buy 2 you get back $4 in Register Rewards, if you
buy 3 you get back $8.
Gillette Fusion Razor-- Cost $8.99 but you get back $6 in register rewards
Venus Embrace Razor-- Cost $7.99 but you get back $4 in register rewards
Dentek Dental Floss-- Cost $2 and you get back $2 in register rewards
Halls Refresh-- Cost $1 and you get back $1 in register rewards

There are more but those are the main ones I've bought. I also had coupons I used.

For the toothbrushes I got a coupon out of the paper (i bought 2 papers) for $1 off one. So that made them $2 and I got $3 in register rewards back.
For the lotion I had printable coupons for $1.50 off making them $5.49 and I got back $6.99
The Healthy Savers book at Walgreens has a coupon for $2 off Theraflu, it WILL multiply the number of bottles you bought.
The Gillette I had a coupon for $4 off one. The Venus I had $2 off one.
The dental floss I had $1 off one and the refresh I had $.75 off one.

Soooo....to sum it up as simply as I can.....In a pretend scenario you could possibly use...

Purchase the Gillette Razor for 8.99, a shampoo for 2.99, and a toothbrush for 3.00.
Use the $4 off coupon, the $1 off coupon
Total cost for you is $9.99 + tax
You will get back $11 in register rewards

Then you purchase 3 Theraflu cold meds at $4.00 each
A chapstick at 2.99 and a Halls at $1.00 You need some more items because you must have equal number of items/coupons so grab some Halloween pencils at 4/$1 .
Throw in a dawn dish soap while they are $.99
Use the Healthy Savers coupon for $6 off
Use the Halls $.75 off coupon
Then use the $11 register rewards
Total cost for you is $.23 + tax
You will get back $12 in register rewards

Then you purchase a Venus razor for 7.99
A toothbrush for 3.00
a conditioner for 2.99
A dental floss for $2.00
Throw in some more pencils at 4/$1
Use the Venus coupon for $2.00
Use the toothbrush coupon for $1
Use the floss coupon for $1
Then use the $12 in register rewards
Your total cost is $.98 + tax
You get $9 in register rewards back

And you just keep going back and forth with items. You can't use a register reward to purchase something from the same company, so you have to alternate. Especially this week when so much is proctor and gamble.

Coupons make this an even better deal because you actually profit.

I ended up with a lot of "space" i needed to fill because your total has to be over the amount of the register reward you are using. So I have a lot of dawn dish soap!! And I have almost enough Halloween pencils for Madison's entire grade LOL

It is very complicated to begin with, but it is super easy once you get going. And I have plenty of cold meds and dish soap. Tomorrow the goal is to increase my stock of shampoo/conditioner and toothbrushes!!

It may be too late to start this week, unless you spend Saturday at Walgreens. But you can start next week. Some deals like the lotion and the gillette are MONTH LONG!!!

If I can do it, anyone can do it. And its WORTH IT.

Thanks to Loryne, Jenna, Fancy and the rest of SHFB for teaching me how to do this!!

It is REAL

It's hard to believe that the day has come....that all this waiting and worrying is real. But it is. I am officially a homeowner. Do you know how strange that feels??

We did a walkthrough without all of the previous owners stuff in there. And without a doubt it needs some TLC. And I will be learning in a big way how to do things I never thought I'd attempt. Like repairing floors, fixing a board on the deck, replacing a toilet.

But its MINE!! Which means at no time can anyone take it. Or tell me I have to move from it. I am there until the day I choose to leave it. So all the repairs, will be to upgrade MY HOME.

It has tons of potential. Now I just have to find the time/money to do it all.

So mark October 1, 2009 as a magical day in history. The day when I was handed the keys to my very own, paid for, I own it home.

Who needs drugs....

When you can get high off of shopping??? LOL. Seriously!

I took advantage of the target glade candle tins for 16 cents a piece.

Then I decided to try my hand at the walgreens register rewards deals. All I can say is W.O.W.
I'm addicted.

I've actually done really well. But for the rest of the week I must step back a bit and not do quite so much.

But so far

Todays walgreens-- $137.75 worth of stuff...cost $10.82....total so far between walgreens and target-- $187.26 worth of stuff...cost $24.40

And on top of that....I wont have to buy dish soap for a long while. And if we get sick....we are set on medicine. Which is GOOD for me. I stay sick in the winter.

Tomorrow I will just hit one walgreens. They seem to be the only ones restocking. Plus I have to take it easier the next few days. Money is TIGHT. So I will the Register Rewards to get more toothbrushes, shampoo, conditioner, dish soap and probably cold meds. I'm out of razor coupons :(

At the end of the week I will post my grand total of items, out of pocket expenses and a pic of all my loot.

Now to learn how to do this aat the grocery store.

Say What???

We've always had what amounted to a phrase of the moment or word of the moment. With Madison, it is to be expected. She picks up a phrase and that is ALL she says.

We've been through:

Whatever!!
Oh No You Didn't!
Oh Snap!
That's right, I went there!
I know, right?
(insert name) say what?
Sweet Niblets

and the list goes on. And yes I realize the child watches too much Disney.

I never know what might pop out of her mouth and become the new thing to say. So I just go with the flow, giggle a lot and wait until it changes again.

But one day that all changed. It was a day not too long ago. One of the very few days of summer we actually had this year. We were enjoying a nice afternoon at the beach. Playing in the water. When out of the blue popped the question i'd been avoiding.....

Mom what is sex?

So as I stand there waist deep in Lake Michigan contemplating what I was going to say....and deciding if I wanted to postpone it for another time or answer....she got impatient.

Mom you promised you would tell me.

SNAP. That's right, she went there.

So I decide honesty is the best policy.

Sex is when a man inserts his penis into a woman's vagina.

EWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW gross.

(whew!)

So we carry on with our day after a brief conversation on how she may just adopt babies, which I fully supported LOL.

But that was not the end, my friends.

It seems that Madison has adopted a new word.

Penis.

I swear she can work penis or sex into ANY conversation. Mostly penis though. Sex still grosses her out.

We are talking about a game for her birthday party.

Oh that reminds me of people using their penis.

We are talking about pulling her pants up

You know what else would be bad? A boy showing me his penis

I mean I don't want the child to believe it's a bad word. But do we really have to talk about it two or three times a day?? At what point does it become too much?? And what happens when we are at walmart and I say Do you want to get bananas? and my cell phone wielding 11 year old drama queen announces to the whole store that bananas look a lot like a penis.

Sadly we've talked so much about penises that tonight she asked me to clarify what a vagina was. Hello. It's the part you actually have. Focus on that for a while.

Come on Hannah Montana, come out with a new saying! We need a new phrase around here.

On a side, silly and pathetic note....I have recently adopted "check it out". Anyone who has seen Sonny With A Chance will get that reference.

Well I am off. Hopefully I won't soon be doing installments of "Conversations from the produce aisle"

It's been a while....

Well if you are a reader, thank you for your patience. It's been a long time since I've written. Not for lack of wanting to write. Simply because sometimes, life gets in the way. So here I am. And wow I have a lot to update you on.

To pick up where I left off, I did make my trip to see my friend. I finally got the privilege of meeting April. We had a nice day out and about in Madison including the mall, State Street, a tour of McFarland and of course Cherry Limeades from Sonic. I had a blast and it was GREAT to finally meet her. She is as wonderful in person as she is online!!

Then to move forward a bit, I started my gig at the Mission. I absolutely love working there. The people I work with are great. And the job is rewarding. For a temporary time, I am the person who gives out stuff to people in need like furniture, diapers, etc. I'm loving that, but it's only while Ms. Phyllis is out on leave.

ChaCha-- Well ChaCha is going to kill me. Nuff said.

A sad update. In June, my wonderful dear grandmother passed away. It was an extremely sad time for all of us. I am still having a hard time with it. I miss her soooo much. Needless to say as much as I loved seeing my family, my summer trip to NC was not under good circumstances.

Summer sucked in Michigan. Most days it was too cold to do anything fun.

Madison is back at school and responsibility is the motto of the year.

Speaking of Madison, she is now 11. Her birthday has come and gone....and For her birthday I got a $50 a month bill!! And in exchange, my little girl is now carrying a cell phone.

And the positive.....we are moving. I am getting my very own I own it home. I am soooo excited yet stressed beyond belief. But stay tuned for all my cool decorating projects as I make this place a real live home.

If I disappear, packing the basement swallowed me!!

Now a couple of notes.

Since January, it has been a struggle. Financially, emotionally, physically and spiritually. I have hit my lowest, pulled up a bit, fell back down and repeat. So many people have been there for me. In many different ways.

To my special family....you have helped me with bills, listen to me complain and just been there. I can't possibly list all you have done. But I wanted to say thank you!!

To SHFB-- for being my sounding board-- Thank you soooo much. For all the prayers-- Thank you even more. And for the laughs-- thank you the most. Trust me that more than a keyboard is between us!!

To my dear special friend...you know who you are. You have given so much of yourself. You have helped me with things as trivial as advice and as serious as affording to get to NC for the funeral. I know you have been struggling the past little bit. And I am praying for you. But please know how very special you are and what a tremendous blessing you have been in my life. Even if I argue with you.....I appreciate every single thing you have done!

To the two ladies who helped out with back to school-- one sent a straightening iron for Madison and one sent a huge box of back to school supplies. Thank you from the bottom of my heart.

To my friend who probably won't read this because she don't do the online thing much. Thanks for it all. Hanging out, talking, texting, cigs, nails...all of it. I enjoy it more than you know. And someday we will go free bowling followed by smores and rum and pepsi!! LOL

And finally to my everyday chat with me friends --- okay that means you Lynn-- thanks for being my friend for like ever.....and not getting sick of my griping about my life and laughing with me over ChaCha questions.... and just being the bestest of best friends.....The cabana boys are waiting!!

It's been a struggle....but my motto now is If I survive September I will be good. It's almost over, so I am almost there!!!

Love you all!!

I didn't die LOL

I've just been super busy lately. Doing what? Well....taking care of life. Isn't that what we all are always doing?

My mom left for NC a while ago. She is there indefinitely. And we've been making some changes around here. We had become quite dependent on my mom to do some things around here. The dishes. The laundry. Picking up the living room.

So I've been on a mission to get the house in order. And let me tell ya....its been a LOT of work. We are STILL working on it. But its become habit now to clean and keep the laundry up. We're almost done with the upstairs and then we tackle the unknown...the scary....the basement. Goal is to have it all done and rooms moved by May.

On top of that....I have a new gig. I am a ChaCha guide. What is that? Well you can text any question you might have to 242242...ChaCha.....and it will get answered. Don't believe me? Try it. I have. Anyways I am the person who looks up the answer and sends it to you. One of the people. The many many people. So I've been working hard to earn some money on that.

Ebay is...well...on hold at the moment. Long story and I don't care to share. But I am working towards getting that resolved ASAP.

And the state. The lovely state. I say with sarcasm. They have decided that job hunting wasn't enough for me. I already had to turn in 40 applications a week. Which I did. But if you live in Michigan you know that jobs are VERY hard to come by. And I am having no luck. So the state decides that I need actual work experience. This can come in the form of a) working for free at a place like Goodwill or b) volunteering at some place. Now thats cool. I will not work at Goodwill and if you ever want to know why feel free to ask. But I don't mind volunteering. So I ask the lady how many hours I need....2...3....maybe 4 a week. Nope 14. FOURTEEN hours a week I have to go volunteer.

Yep I am superwoman LOL. I really don't mind it though. I am going to be working with the Rescue Mission. And I believe God is doing this to lead me down the path I've known for a while I was headed towards. I was letting life get in the way and God stopped that.

But here's the sad part. On top of this....I have to try and get registered in school for a minimum of 8 hours a week.

Soooooo in a nutshell....I need to attend 8 hours a week of classes, 14 hours of community service, 40+ hours with ChaCha, however many hours Ebay takes, clean my house, help run a girl scout troop, raise a daughter and still find time for game night, movie night and our sunday day of doing something active.

I can soooo do this. NOT.

Or the alternative is to get to the point where I can purchase medical insurance and don't need it from the state. Which is my goal for the year. Get self reliant. But right now I can't do without the medical. So I must jump through hoops.

I have a meeting tomorrow to plan what I'll be doing as a volunteer. And when. Then I have to go take a 3 hours reading, writing, math test to prove i'm smart enough to work.

Sometimes I hate Michigan.

But I wouldn't leave.

Irony.

Anyways back to life.....

I didn't get a chance to post that Caleb and Christopher are home. They are both doing awesome!!

And I haven't shared photos in a while. I promise to find time to blog here in the near future. I just wanted to let you know I am alive and kicking. And screaming and crying LOL

Oh and a juicy tidbit to make you curious.....

I am planning....God willing.....and short adventure to meet and see a very very special friend of mine. And so far everything is working out. So keep your fingers crossed for me. I will update as soon as I know it won't jinx it. And I'll of course have photos!

For now, its time to shower and go to bed. Gotta start my busy day early tomorrow.

Toodles for now

It's been a while

since I've blogged. To be honest its been a while since I've really accomplished anything. You see, my grandma was taken to the hospital Monday. It turns out she has congestive heart failure.

She is now in a different place for a couple of weeks. But the prognosis isn't great.

My mom will be leaving here next week to go be with her and to help my aunt.

I am here, just hoping I get a chance to spend more time with her.

I'd blog more about it, but honestly its just too hard to talk about. But if you read this...Keep us all in your prayers. My mom and aunt, my grandma, my cousins-brother and me. And of course the little ones.

Here's a picture of her I took while we were there over Christmas...It's a really good shot of her.

The first father/daughter dance

Every year Madison goes to the Girl Scout Father/Daughter dance. Well this year WMAAA had their own father/daughter dance on Valentine's Day. So Madison was excited to go. It didn't turn out as well as she had hoped :( But I heard the dance was really nice and the music was great. Anyways here she is all ready to go. And a pic of dad/daughter. Brian could smile once in a while LOL

I'm suffering creators block LOL

I've been working on the design for a friends blog. And I get it done and it doesn't look right. So I've been stumped. So what do I do when I get a brain freeze? I join in some challenges from the groups I am in.

Well this challenge I took part in, the rules were to create a page layout that showcased your valentine. Any way you want.

I think I did pretty good. And now I am ready to get working on designs again :)

Here's what I created: (betcha can't guess my valentine?? LOL)

I made this....

On OneTrueMedia. I love it. I can add pictures, songs,....whatever. And it makes a little film. LOVE IT.

Anyways heres the one I made. Shows how crazy it is around here :)

Make an on-line slide show at www.OneTrueMedia.com

Conversations from the car....

Yep it's time for your next installment of conversations from the car...


(man in car on side road pulls almost into the road in front of us)

Nana: STOP the car FOOL!
Madison: Nana, it's impolite to call people a fool
Nana: Sorry
Madison: Well, at least you didn't call him a jackass or something

I'm a winner!!

So you know I was obsessively entering all the blog giveaways last week.

Well I won. Two things actually.

First I won some chocolate. Now who can beat that??? I mean seriously.....chocolate has got to be the world's perfect gift. And it wasn't even what I was entering for! LOL. I got chocolate for making the blog owner laugh :) How cool is that?? And the funny part.....she lives right near me. She could have just driven the chocolate to my house LOL. It arrived today and could NOT have been better timing. I was in need of a chocolate fix and viola...it came in the mail!

Here is the link to the giveaway that I won chocolate from!


And second...I won this totally awesome pair of shoes for Madison!! I am so excited. I can't wait to give them to her and see her face. And all I did was tell just how awesome Madison is! That was easy.

Here are the shoes I won:

Now go check out their awesome blogs! And be sure to show em some love.

Update!

I updated my blog links (to the right-->>)

I added a BUNCH of new links. Some are blogs I ran across during the blog carnival. Others are scrapbooking blogs. Some are Paint Shop Tutorial Blogs.

I now need to organize them by category.

Mom survey

This is all about your first born.

1. WAS YOUR FIRST PREGNANCY PLANNED?

not exactly lol

2. WERE YOU MARRIED AT THE TIME?

engaged but not married...was suppose to be married 9/12/98

3. WHAT WERE YOUR REACTIONS?

O-M-G I am pregnant

4. WAS ABORTION AN OPTION FOR YOU?

no way

5. HOW OLD WERE YOU?

22

6. HOW DID YOU FIND OUT YOU WERE PREGNANT?

I took a test....it was positive....then Brian made me take another more expensive one...it was positive and we started driving and on the way I took a third and it was positive lol

7. WHO DID YOU TELL FIRST?

aside from Brian, my aunt

8. DID YOU WANT TO FIND OUT THE SEX?
absolutely...im too poor for surprises

9. DUE DATE?

9/15/98

10. DID YOU HAVE MORNING SICKNESS?

very little.

11. WHAT DID YOU CRAVE?

taco bell and long john silvers lol

12. WHO/WHAT IRRITATED YOU THE MOST?

the heat KILLED me. It was the hottest year I can remember in SC

13. WHAT WAS YOUR FIRST CHILD'S SEX?

she's ALL girl

14. DID YOU WISH YOU HAD THE OPPOSITE SEX OF WHAT YOU WERE GETTING?

no way

15. HOW MANY POUNDS DID YOU GAIN THROUGHOUT THE PREGNANCY?

i'll keep that a secret

16. DID YOU HAVE A BABY SHOWER?

yep sure did

17. WAS IT A SURPRISE OR DID YOU KNOW?

I knew about it

18. DID YOU HAVE ANY COMPLICATIONS DURING YOUR PREGNANCY?

at the end I did

19. WHERE DID YOU GIVE BIRTH?

Greenville Memorial

20. HOW MANY HOURS WERE YOU IN LABOR?

omg...they induced me at 6am and it started right away....she was born at 7:03

21. WHO DROVE YOU TO THE HOSPITAL?

Brian

22. WHO WATCHED YOU GIVE BIRTH?
Brian

23. WAS IT NATURAL OR C-SECTION?

c-section

24. DID YOU TAKE MEDICINE TO EASE THE PAIN?

heck yes! lol

27. HOW MUCH DID YOUR CHILD WEIGH?
7lbs 4 oz

28. WHEN WAS YOUR CHILD ACTUALLY BORN ?

9/12/98 (see question 2 for the irony of that)

30. WHAT DID YOU NAME HIM/HER?

Madison Ashleigh

31. HOW OLD IS YOUR FIRST BORN TODAY?
10 going on 23 LOL

Time for a Recipe...

So today I was cooking.

Yes that is right. I was cooking. I know I know....it's hard to believe. But every now and then I venture to the kitchen for more than a diet pepsi.

So today is my mom's birthday. HAPPY BIRTHDAY NANA. And since we are homebound because of the car, I decided to make my homemade manicotti bake. It's not the average manicotti. But it is VERY popular here in our house.

So I thought well why not share. Maybe some of you will get as much enjoyment from it as my family does. It's actually pretty easy to make. So here is the recipe for Jenni's Famous Manicotti Bake.

Well maybe not famous...but I am all about embellishment.

Ingredients:
1 Box of Manicotti Noodles
1 Small can of spinach (you can use fresh but I am cheap)
2 8 oz bags of cheese- now you don't HAVE to use this much. But we LIKE ours extra cheesy. And I typically use the 6 cheese italian blend. It has parmesan in it and saves an added expense.
1 15 oz container of Ricotta cheese
1 Egg
Your Choice of Spaghetti Sauce

Now on to the instructions:

Put noodles into a pot of water to cook. *TIP* Use a little oil to prevent sticking *ADDITIONAL TIP* if you use oil do not spill the boiling water on your foot or it WILL cause 3rd degree burns

While noodles are boiling, mix 1 bag of cheese, ricotta cheese, egg and spinach in a bowl. mix well.

Open spaghetti sauce.

Once noodles are cooked, cool them. Now I am impatient. So I replace the hot water in the pot with ice cold water so I can move along.

Take each noodle and stuff it with cheese mixture. Now this can be difficult. And the noodles make break. Thats OKAY. You can just fill it and stick it back together. It doesn't matter because this isn't traditional manicotti.

Once noodles are stuffed place them in a baking pan. You want one with some depth because you will topping the noodles.

You will probably have some cheese mixture left over. Now you can trash it, save it or use it. I usually use it. I top the noodles first with the mixture that is left. Then I pour spaghetti sauce over the top LIGHTLY. You don't want it too saucy. After that top with remaining bag of cheese. Again you don't have to have that much cheese. This is FAR from a healthy recipe. But oh so good.

Once you have topped the noodles, stick in the oven at 350 for 30 minutes or less depending on your oven. Be sure to watch it.

And another tip: Don't forget you are cooking and burn the top layer LOL

Let cool. Eat and enjoy!