Showing posts with label Cooking. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Cooking. Show all posts

Friday, May 11, 2012

Mother's Day

I am going in to cleaning and cooking mode this afternoon.  We decided to have my in-laws over for dinner tomorrow night for Mother's Day.  This includes Jake's sister, her husband and 2 kids!  I don't think we have ever had them all over for dinner before.  The kids are going to be so excited, they don't know about it yet.  I am going to have to put them to work cleaning too.  I have their lists all made out!  

This is what is on the menu
  • Chicken Fried Chicken
  • Mashed Potatoes and gravy
  • peas, corn and green beans
  • Homemade Texas Roadhouse hot rolls
  • Strawberry/Blueberry Shortcake with homemade shortcake and whipped cream
I wish I was one of those moms who always had the house ready for company but I am SO not!  I can barely keep up with the kids mess most of the time.  It's actually pretty clean right now, just the usual stuff to do like vacuuming, mopping, etc...  Most of the time will be getting ready for dinner I think.  I love to cook though so that's always fun for me!

I picked out a couple of my own Mother's Day gifts today...that was fun!  We are doing pizza for dinner then we are going to watch this when the kids go to bed...


Saturday, October 22, 2011

Pumpkin Butter is Tasty!

I just finished up my Pumpkin Butter and I just have to get it in containers now, but I wanted to go ahead and post the recipe really quick.  My whole house smells yummy right now!


Monday, September 19, 2011

Start of a new week...

It's the start of a new week, but it's been a slow start for me!  I slept in this morning until after 10, I was going to get up earlier, but I was so tired I kept going back to sleep.  I had to make myself get up when I did!  We had to run to town to go by the bank so we ate a quick lunch at Hardee's and stopped by Macy's so I could get some new cookie sheets.  I had a couple of the old "air in the middle" ones and one of them got a crack in the corner and started "spitting" out rust dust!  I think I have had them for probably 12 years or so, it was time for some new ones.  I got 2 new non-stick Analon cookie sheets and a big cooling rack.  I have also needed some new cooling racks, but this one rectangle one held 3 dozen cake mix cookies so I think one will do for now!  I also ordered a Emerilware 12" cast iron skillet from Macy's.com.  It was $24 cheaper than the same one in the store and I saved 20% when I ordered and I will save another 20% when my employee discount goes through!  All of these kitchen things were my 15 year anniversary gifts.  Our anniversary is on Wednesday...I really wanted to go to Hawaii for our 15th, but that's SO not going to be happening!  Maybe on our 20th anniversary...

I haven't even started sewing today.  I have a bunch of accessories that I will be working on this afternoon and probably tomorrow.  That will get out another 3-4 orders!  I have a code up now for FREE US SHIPPING, check out my FB page to get that.  You have to be a fan to get the code though!  It's good for the next 4 orders.

I am so excited that one of my favorite shows is back tonight!!  Castle season 4 starts tonight!  I LOVE this show and I can't wait to see what happens to Kate.  I have been a Nathan Fillion fan for almost 20 years now, since way back when he was on OLTL.  He is the only celebrity that I have met, actually.  It was back around 1996ish when he was still playing Joey on OLTL.  We had a new Sears store open and he was at the grand opening signing autographs...weird, I know!  Anyway, I was working and so I send Jake to get an autograph for me, he did, but he also made me go in on my lunch break and get my own.  I was mortified, but Nathan was super nice and he shook my hand and gave me an autographed picture (I have 2 now).  I am going to have to dig those out and find a safe place to keep them!  Since then I have followed him to Firefly, Buffy, Serenity and now to Castle and I love him just as much now as I did when he was the skinny kid playing Joey Buchannan on OLTL.  Captain Mal is my favorite character that he has played, but Rick is definitely my 2nd!

I need to get to work now, but I am going to talk some more about the shows I am loving later!

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