Tony Burgess

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Hi there, my name is Tony Burgess (my friends call me T-Bird) from Chattanooga, Tennessee, USA. I am a believer, bleeding heart, idealist, and blogger. I'm married to Laura the Soup Diva and a dog dad to Frankie, Cody, and Mikey. Daily I work for a blood bank recruiting donors. My blog is where I chronicle and curate the sacred, serious, and silly things in my life. I am a member of The Episcopal Church. Thank you for connecting with me. Grace, peace, and love!

I was asked by a person at work if I had ever done anything crazy as a teen/younger person. My answer was no. As a teenager I didn’t have a ton of friends and my only social outlet was church youth group and school. Other than that I didn’t get invited to a lot of places to do a lot of things other than youth group stuff. So I didn’t have a lot of opportunity to do really crazy things. Thee was a time when I did manage to go out with some peeps and got thrown out of a McDonald’s because we were being too loud.

Flash forward to today and I think had I done something crazy it would have impacted my life in the present. I am who I probably was meant to be. Life, faith, spirituality, karma, the universe, whatever has a way of leading to do things that will shape your future.

From where I sit now maybe a pierced ear or perhaps something else benign. I am grateful for the time spent with family who I consider my role models and I did spend time with older folks my parents and grandparents knew. Perhaps I am a old soul with now a youthful spirit or something like that.

Everyone has done stuff in their past that makes them who they are today. Maybe I was born to be mild. As Lady Gaga sings I was born this way. Someone who is radical, open minded, eclectic and loving. Yeah, it’s crazy right?

This is delicious, easy and filling. In a crock pot it is even better. Enjoy this yourself!

The Soup Diva

When I was a poor, single girl, this was my favorite variety of that “just add hamburger” stuff in a box. This version is almost as easy, and far more tasty (with ingredients you can pronounce that are probably in your kitchen right now!)

1.25 to 1.5 lbs lean ground beef
2 15 oz cans tomato sauce
2 cups dried macaroni noodles
1 cup beef broth (plain water will work too)
1 cup Cheddar cheese
1/3 cup milk (plus more if needed)
3 tbsp dried minced onion
2 tbsp flour
1 tbsp minced garlic (or 1 tsp garlic powder)
1 tbsp Italian seasoning blend*
1 tsp paprika*
Salt and black pepper to taste

Brown ground beef in skillet on high; switch to medium-low and stir in onion, flour, garlic, and seasonings. Heat on low until onions and flour have soaked up the remaining grease, and scrape into slow cooker. Add…

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