Always Stay

There is a thickness in the air,
Restricting me from breathing.
The sensation of happiness has gone,
Leaving only a sadness feeling.
Looking toward the news,
Another tragedy has happened today.
Between the bombing and explosions,
I know now that no one is safe.

I mourn for those lives lost,
Lives of familes destroyed today.
I wish there is something I could do,
To make their pain and tears go away.
It was all of a sudden,
And there was nothing could have been done.
But in the mist of the pain and tears,
We ask GOD why he let this happen.

But I continue to keep my faith in HIM,
And try to move on.
Keep praying for those families of those vicitims,
And continue to stay strong.
My heart aches for you all,
I shed my tears for you along the way.
May GOD continue to be with you all,
For he will never leave your side, but will always stay.


*This is in memory for the lives lost and destroyed by the tragedies from the Boston Marathon and Waco, Texas explosions. *

By:  Ashley M. Ashley c2013
MD Productions

He Does Not Know

He Does Not Know 

Day dreaming about him,

With the feeling as if I am floating on thin air.

Heart pumping fast with anticipation,

In hopes that he will be there.

At every single place or around each corner I go,

My heart beats so hard, as if it is about to come out of my chest,

But yet.. He does not know.

Does not know of this feeling I have,

Fills up my soul with lust and desire,

Even with every simple touch,

This love I have for him feels like pleasure combine with the burn by fire.

Even though it hurts, I yearn for more.

The smell of his cologne……his touch…. his kiss..

The thought of having his lips against mine,

That would fully grant this girl’s true wish.

But yet…. he does not know……..

I wait until the day he notices me,

Notices the girl he sees just as a friend.

The friend he can always relay on to be there for him,

Never knowing how much love I have for him from within.

Within this heart of mine,
I want to tell this world I love him so.

But yet… I sit quietly by his side as his friend,

Due to the fear of rejection, the way I truly feel about him,

He may never know…

By: Ashley M. Ashley  c2013
MD Productions

Sloppy Joe Tacos:
Rating: 9.5/10

Sloppy Joe Tacos..... How in the world, did we come up with this weird combination. Well, everyone commonly makes Sloppy Joes using of course the sauce from the can, hamburger meat and slices of bread/hamburger buns. But taco shells? Let me explain.

This all started when my daughter was watching ICarly and I noticed that my husband was watching it with her while he was trying to get her dressed. (Gotta love daddy moments. At least this time it was not Dora the Explorer. lol) Well anyways, he saw that ICarly was famous for making spaghetti tacos and wanted to try it out so we tried it that night. Well.. in my personal opinion, we did not particularly care for the spaghetti tacos so that was a disappointment. But the next night, we planned to have regular tacos until my husband saw the Sloppy Joe mix in the cabinet. And it was like a light bulb click on by the look of his face and he says "Honey! Lets use this as the hamburger mix and try it out.  Looking at him like he was crazy at first, I said "Sure." After cooking the hamburger meat, adding the can of Sloppy Joe mix and then making our tacos, can we say YUMMY!!!

We tried this with an assortment of toppings as you would with a regular taco. But personally for me, the only toppings I would use with this is cheese. Any kind of cheese only because the lettuce and sour cream just makes it taste funny. You may want to add tomatoes but still may taste funny.

So why the rating of 9.5/10 if Sloppy Joe tacos are so good you may ask? Doing a survey between myself, family and friends, we agreed that Sloppy Joe Tacos have difference preferences when it comes to soft or hard tacos. Some of the surveyors preferred hard taco shells with this while others preferred soft. Then there was some who liked both the soft and hard taco version of this. Try this out for yourself. This is a cheap, fast, and easy meal to make for the family. Enjoy!

Four Cheese Potato Flake Chicken:
Rating: 9 out of 10



  Well, a lot of my friends and family know how I can come up with some crazy food creations. Well tonight, my friend Diana aka Honey Bunny (Long story but that is another blog..lol) were talking about different variations of making Potato Flake Chicken. Of course, I normally use the plain mash potato flake and add my own variety of stuff in the bag (Garlic powder, spices, etc.). Tonight, we decided to try the  "Four Cheese Mash Potatoes" mix (98 Cents per bag) for the flake portion.

I preheated the oven to 375 degrees, greased the pan with spray vegetable oil and lined the bottom of the pan with the mash potatoe flakes. After I washed the chicken, soaked each one with egg (You can do this with egg or without... your choice), Diana did the shake n bake style and stuck the chicken in a zip lock bag and shook it until each one was covered in the flakes. (We used chicken legs for this.) After placing each one in the pan, we stuck the chicken in the oven to cook and checked on it 30 minutes later. I sprayed the top layer with grease to try to avoid the "burnt bread" effect to happen. After 45min-1hour, we removed the pan and let it cool for a bit. Along with the chicken, we made mac/cheese, baked beans and butter flake bread.







Ashley:  9/10: Only because it still lacked some flavor. Maybe next time I will add more spices to the egg batter.

Amanda: 9/10 : It was not warm (Ashley- Because she took too long to get here)

Diana: 8.5/10 : I particularly did not care for the egg in it. Seemed like it weighed the flakes down.









Next recipe blog and rating is:  Sloppy Joe Tacos

A little bit of me

Well... A little bit of me. A little of who I am, what I am about and so forth. Well.. My name alone can start asking questions such as: Did she mess up her name? Did Google mess it up? Did her parents give her that name?  None of those right.. I married into that name. 

A little bit of me.... I am daughter, wife, sister and most importantly.. A mother. A mother who cherishes each day with her children and her family. A mother who sees how fast each day is going by. A mother who has days so stressful that I could pull my hair out... But I would never change anything.....

A little more about me.. I enjoy to laugh, make others laugh and use laughter to bring light in this dark world. I love GOD with all my heart. Even though I may not be the perfect in some people's mind, only GOD can judge me and I keep my faith in him. I love art, poetry and music.. I grew up with music and to this day, I sing and write music. I cherish each chance that I can enjoy these moments because you never know when these gifts will disappear. And most importantly.. I love my family and friends. They all mean so much to me and they all give to me the strength and hope to become better each day.

That is a little about me so I hope you will enjoy my later blogs.. My later blogs will have my opinions and thoughts about life itself, movies, books and more. I hope enjoy my blog and may God bless you all!

Ashley "AA"