New & Bright for Spring

Buy this for spring! It is $8.80 and much more expensive looking! I am very impressed with the quality for less than $9. (Note...I purchased online so did have to pay shipping. I am not sure if they have it in  store but if you call your local store with the item number they can look it up.)



I also found these bright blue jeans at Old Navy this week for $19. Mine had a slight flaw so I got an additional 10% off. Richmonders...the Willow Lawn Old Navy is sold out of a bunch of sizes.



Here's to spring! We had snow and an almost 80 degree day within one week. Crazy weather!

Snow.....

We got the little bit of snow we were hoping for....

Menu Planner

Michael broke out the deep fryer yesterday and he fried his first turkey! It was delicious and we didn't have to use the first extinguisher! Success! My mom, Michael parents and my sister and her family helped us devour it. My sister brought mashed potatoes made with Swiss cheese and I made Savory Green Beans to go with our Fried Turkey. Oh and I can't forget these Pretzel Bites with Cheese Sauce that I made as an appetizer. They were the best! I made some Cinnamon sugar ones as well and am going to make the vanilla glaze today as we sit inside and wait for the maybe snow! I plan to sneak some banana into that glaze...my Clyde is getting really, really picky!

The bird before....


Going in for the deep fry....


Finished product...


Here is this week's menu planner.

Sunday - Pork Tenderloin, Baked Beans, Corn (carryover's from previous week)
Monday - Mexican Black Bean Lasagne
Tuesday - Spiced Mini Burgers with Cucumber Relish
Wednesday - Casserole Queens Ziti Bake
Thursday - Chicken Ranch Homemade Pizza

We are hoping for some snow. We got a small taste last weekend....

Missing in Action!

Phew! Where are the weeks going? Sorry for the lack of posts, I have been trying to manage everything (work, family, exercise, etc) and blogging has been low on the priority list.

Also, I ran out of photo storage on Blogger so I had to figure out another means....this is my first post using Flickr.
Here is what we have been up to....

Lots of Coloring...watercolor by Camille

Lots of Ice Cream Sandwich Eating...yes...Clyde is wearing a diaper only! It happens....frequently!  

Lots of Baby Care giving.

I have been working my tail off...so today I splurged on this. It was on sale and I ended up getting an additional 15% off the sales price so the total was around $131. This is a big purchase for me but I have one other Kate Spade bag that Michael gave me for Christmas probably 5 or more years ago and I still use it. So hopefully this is a good investment. Plus you use a purse ever day so that like good jeans...I feel like you can spend a little more! I can't wait for it to arrive! (Sorry the picture quality is awful).

Happy Friday everyone! I started working on my menu planner today so stay tuned for that. Also, we are deep frying our first turkey this weekend with a fryer Michael got for Christmas! I will let you know how it goes.

Menu Planner

Sorry for the lack of posts...I actually planned our menus last week but never posted. Work has been busy and I have had to prioritize a little. Here goes this week's menu planner.

This week I was trying to use up some of the items already in my pantry...BBQ sauce, Bertolli Alfredo Sauce and Italian Sausage. I am going to post last night's meal because it was tasty.

Saturday - Very Good Gouda Turkey Burgers

Superbowl Sunday - Meatball Subs (we are winging this - no recipe), french fries, layered spicy black bean dip is our app.

Monday - Chicken Noodle Casserole

Tuesday - White  Bean Tortellini Soup with salad and bread

Wednesday - Chicken Cordon Blue Alfredo, Risotto, Green Beans

Thursday - Pork Tender"lean" BBQ, Baked Beans, Corn

Friday - Shell Pasta with Sausage & Greens