As promised....

I remembered that I never posted the picture of the apron I made my Aunt for Christmas! I told you all I would, so here ya go!

Bacon Potato Soup anyone?!

The result of a container of soup being dropped (by accident) from someone behind me at church. Thankfully it came out, lol......it was all over the back of my skirt. If ya don't laugh, you'll cry :o) Needless to say, I was smelling the soup on the way home...haha

Hummus and Pita Chips

Have I mentioned before that I l.o.v.e hummus?! Especially paired with pita chips....delish!!

~New Background~

There is no good reason why a single lady can't celebrate Valentines Day right?!

I did it!!

I've been talking about possibly doing it, but today I actually "did it." I bought the iPhone. Hurray! This thing is so sweeeet! Its really cool and I'm excited to play with it more! P.S. I already have this cool cover for it all picked out that I need to order :o)

One more thing...I've been wanting to get for the longest time is a ruffle pie plate. "Raise your hand if youv'e heard me talking about it...." Wow...that many huh?! hehe Anyways, I got one by Paula Dean this week! Its super cute and really nice. Plus, its red!!! Double Sweet! I made a apple pie last night and it turned out delicious! (Thanks Alyssa for the Taste of Home cookbook!!) Just for fun, here it is....

So many topics....which one to choose?!

So I've had a lot of blog post topics going on in my head, its hard to choose one to write about! Alas, I have decided.....

Tonight after work I went to Walmart to pick up a few things. Ahead of me was this couple with a little girl about 3 yrs old. They had their cart full of groceries, which is not unusual. As I was standing there waiting for my turn to check out I happened to notice something. Maybe its just me or maybe other people notice this too, but I noticed what they were buying. I'm telling you about 80-90% of what they were buying were frozen dinners, frozen pizzas, frozen meals, FROZEN..... Now before you go crazy on me, I'm not one of those people who don't think you should have frozen foods. Frozen foods are fine, as long as you don't consume them all the time. The main problem I have with them is how unhealthy those frozen foods tend to be. When you are consuming them every single day for breakfast, lunch and dinner, what is that doing to your body? People wonder why they gain 20 pounds in a short amount of time? I understand that some people are very busy and just don't have time to make a three course meal every night for dinner. Most people don't have that kind of time. Yet, when you are a mother you are in charge of what your family eats. You are the one who makes the food (or thaws it :o), you are responsible for the health of your family in that area. To me, its important to have those home cooked meals. Not just because its healthier for you, but also it really is cheaper in the long run. Plus, how many preservatives and who knows what else is in there that you are constantly eating. I'm not a organic eater and I'm not a straight NO PRESERVATIVES junky. Trust me, I eat all sorts of stuff which is so not good for me, but all I'm saying is in moderation...thats the key......not every meal.

Happy New Year!

This week the Hower family came and spent a couple days with us. They came Tuesday evening and left Friday morning, allowing a couple days of great fellowship! I was able to get Wednesday off of work and enjoy a full day of fun and games. It was SO nice to visit with our close friends and see them once again! Yes....we played hedbandz :o)

New Years Eve we went over to the Majors house and had a pj party. We ate (of course), played some games, and did the quiz that the church in Oak Harbor was doing for their New Years Eve service. To make things a little more interesting, we thought it would be fun to make the losers of the quiz drink some of the spicy wing sauce Chris made. Oh yeah, it was on! Unfortunately, both teams came to a tie, therefore no losers! Instead, Dad, Chris and I decided we would do it anyways, just for fun. We had to hold some in our mouth for 10 seconds and then swallow it. You would think holding something hot in your mouth would be worse that swallowing it, but it wasn't! Once we started swallowing it, thats when it started to burn! It really wasn't too bad and the flavour was pretty good! Later, we had a video chat with Alyssa and played some games on the wii. All in all, we had a great time bringing in the New Year!

After staying up past 1 am the previous two nights, I was exhausted! I slept in this morning until X am. and just took it easy. Stayed in my pj's all day, did some things around the house, practiced piano, and gave myself  a pedicure! Ahhh.....so nice! I had a hankering to bake something, so I found some delicious looking scones in the cookbook Alyssa got Kali and I for Christmas. They had cinnamon and heath bits in the batter with a cream cheese glaze on the top. I had one of those OH.MY.GOODNESS. moments. Do you all ever get those?! Where something is so delicious that you want to faint or you might go weak in the knees?! (This may be exaggerated just a little :o) They were really delicious!

HAPPY NEW YEAR EVERYONE!! Who else thinks that its absolutely crazy that its already 2011?!