Keep or No Keep?

I picked up a new mirror today.  I am test-driving it on the mantle. 

Whatcha think?  Keep or not to keep?

Lemon + Chicken = Chicken Piccata Yum

Monday evenings in my home are rather frantic. Between kids getting home from school, getting homework done and getting son out the door to scouts, 4pm to 7pm are crazy!  It was closing in on dinner time and I needed to make something fast. 

I got all my ducks, er, dishes in a row and commenced to making chicken piccata. 

After getting all the chicken browned and resting in a warm oven, it was time to make this tangy simple sauce.

In about 30 minutes, the final product was done - and quite tasty if I do say so myself!

Gotta feed my boy scout. 

(p.s. Son was in a silly mood last night. 

He said the dinnertime prayer for us by starting it, "Yo God, What up?"

He got to start again.  )

*editing note: I tried for a very long time last night to upload pictures so I could post.  After about an hour of waiting on pics I gave up and went to bed.  Oh well, best laid plans and all.  

The Super Bowl Spread

My Wisconsin-born hubs and my son have been working on Super Bowl snacks for this afternoon. 

Let's review:

Pork, ground and stuffed into a casing (bratwurst)

Beef, ground and stuffed into a casing (Hebrew National dogs)

Turkey, ground and stuffed into a casing (Ball Park Turkey Franks)

More pork, ground and stuffed into a casing (summer sausage)

Cheese

con queso made with sausage, cheese dip, and salsa, served with tortilla chips

Pretzels

Here are the additions made to the spread to bring up the health level a bit:

fruit

hummus

fresh pico de gallo (Pioneer woman's recipe, yum!)

veggies with light ranch dip

and

Shrimp burgers made by my sweet daughter. 

Gotta balance things out a bit, you know?

Dorothy Meets Alice

This afternoon daughter and I went to a production at her old school.  It was a play based on The Wizard of Oz and Alice in Wonderland. 

The costumes were great.  It was nice to see some old friends and some new faces.  

 It was very high energy and well-done.

Here's a pic of my favorite flying monkey. 

(How many folks can say they have a favorite flying monkey, huh?)

The wicked witch was really terrific. (I bet she has a favorite flying monkey too!)

The cards danced and generally caused mischief.  I think they need to be dealt with. 

(I crack myself up!)



It was a well-spent afternoon.  Great job Academy Children's Theater.



The Joys of Living on a Mountain

Living on a wooded mountain lot, this is about as close as we come to grass in our yard. 

As wet as it has been lately what we do have is lots of moss.  And lots of mud.  And puddles. 

Come on spring!

A Good Day

Today was a good day.  My GFWC Legacy ladies (plus two other friends) came over to work on a sewing project for the sweet orphans in Thomaseau, Haiti that I will have the privilege of seeing again in April. 

We had lots of sewing machines, sergers, and sewing notions covering the kitchen and dining room tables.

Besides sewing and serging there was lots of ironing to do.  Lots.

The project is coming together nicely.  I will be posting some finished project photos sometime before I leave in April.  But for now, here's a peak at a small portion of what we got done today.

Yep, I would say a day chock full of volunteerism and fellowship constitutes a good day.

Bathtime

Today Peaches the Wonder Bassett Hound got a bath.  Yea, I know it is raining but trust me, it was time.  She was getting to be quite a funky hound dog. 

I have found the trick to having a calm bath time with Peaches is to give her a bath when the littlemates, er, kids aren't around.  I picked her up and took her to the tub without any hysterics or drama.  This is the look I got throughout her bath.

Of course she had to give herself a bath after I gave her a bath.

I am pretty sure she has forgiven me for the bath, especially since I wrapped up a heating pad in a towel for her to dry on.  Sitting on a warm pad makes up for a host of sins of the master (like giving baths on a rainy day).