BLISS!

This can't be healthy?




Yes, that is one stick of butter melting in my skillet, with a little bacon grease (cooking in my newly replaced Pampered Chef skillet. It is worth it to pay a little extra for pans with a life-time guarantee. Just sayin'.)

I was making this:

Pioneer Woman Quiche.

And, it was delicious!

Yes, a picture would be nice, but I didn't take a picture of the finished product. We've already discussed the issue of my lack of pictures featuring the completed food item here, moving on.

I also made this, this weekend:

Crustless Spinach Quiche.

Again, no picture, welcome to my life.

I also made some of these:

Pioneer Woman Cinnamon Rolls.

And, added a little of this on top to one pan:

Raspberry Cream Cheese Cinnamon Rolls.

Why did all these recipes come from the Pioneer Woman site?

Right now, it is the best place to find delicious recipes.

Why did I make all this food for the past weekend?

Because of this:



Yes, I obviously took a picture of a table covered in paper, and tools, and hands moving around the table paper, tools and pictures. No, I did not take a picture of any of the ladies sitting around the table, if I had I may not be here to tell the tale.

Showers? We were scrapbooking this past weekend. Scrapers don't need to take no stinkin' showers, there are pages to complete, and phone calls to make to friends who are also scrapping for the weekend across the state and brag about how many pages we have completed. Scrapers are serious, and competitive.

But we do have fun.


We did take a break Saturday. We showered, changed out of our pajamas and sweats and headed out for dinner.

What do you do to find bliss in your life?

Ladies ... Start Your Cropping!

Or stamping, crocheting, knitting, .... Your hobby of choice.

Yes, the 2009 NASCAR season started today. And since the man and the boys in my life are gear heads they are hooked. They have been talking about this for weeks.

What does this mean for me? It means we are not planning any outside activities on a Sunday afternoon. Or woe is me if I even suggest we miss part of a race to do something as simple as go on a family walk.

And a free afternoon where most people in our family are glued to the TV means I can head downstairs and complete some scrapbooking.

If I keep this up I may be done with 2008 (I'm still finishing 2007 and just started the kid's baby books) by the time this NASCAR season comes to a close in October ... or is it November?

At which point someone can explain to me why watching cars drive in a circle is considered entertainment.

If You Forgot, Or Haven't Heared Yet ...

Do you burn more calories walking in the cold? This was the question I (repeatedly) asked myself as I walked around an outdoor outlet shopping center today.

I'm away for the weekend!!!! No kids, a little cooking, lots of eating, sleeping in and scrapbooking. What more could a girl ask for? Oh, right. We also have have lots of chocolate and alcohol. A weekend made in Heaven, just forget that it is 4 degrees, or below, outside.

So, while you wait with baited breath for Monday, when I will share more about my glorious, almost in Heaven weekend y'all have an assignment.

GO GIVE BLOOD ... or at least make an appointment.
Do you like the red color? Totally tacky I know!

Manic Mommy is hosting a virtual blog blood drive. All the details are on her blog, along with the great prizes you could win if you enter.

Off with you now! Be good members of society and help fellow mankind by giving blood. Yes, Hubby that means you too. (Since I can't give it is up to Hubby to enter us in the competition. However, he is being difficult. Grrrr, stupid Mad Cow rule.)