Hope you all are having a great Turkey day filled with family, fun and lots of yummy food!
Thursday, November 27, 2008
Happy Turkey Day!
Hope you all are having a great Turkey day filled with family, fun and lots of yummy food!
Thursday, November 13, 2008
Somthing new for you...
Thank you for your concern, I am okay, just bewildered. So I wanted to change the pace back to something happy... something yummy...instead.
I don't think I have posted a recipe before and I have had two requests for copies in the last week so here they are.
My mom used to make "cowboy potatoes" while I was growing up and it was one of those things that I thought everyone just enjoyed. I have since found out that a lot of you don't know what they are. Pure comfort food yumminess. So here it is...
Cowboy Potatoes
2 large baking potatoes
six slices of bacon
diced onion
fresh mushrooms
margarine or butter
cream of mushroom soup
chunks of cheddar cheese
This is the fancy version of this side dish. I rarely make it this involved. Mine always has potatoes, butter, cream of mushroom and cheese, but every once in a while I will add this or that as well.
Cube up the baking potatoes into 1 inch squares. (Sometimes I peel the potatoes, sometimes I don't. It's what you like.) Place them in the skillet and fry with the butter, turning them as each side browns up nicely. Slice the bacon into small pieces and put it into the pan to cook. Stir and allow it to brown, then add the onion and mushrooms. When everything is sauteed up nicely then stir in the cream of mushroom soup. When it is mixed up well, then toss in the cubed up cheese to melt. Take it off the burner while the cheese melts. Serve immediately.
I also have create a soup recipe that is alot like this and equally as yummy. If you want that I could add that later.
The other recipe is from my mom's kitchen as well. We were able to visit them for Thanksgiving two years ago and she served this dessert. I fell in love and have made it several times since then. I made it again tonight for my ladies night out. They loved it and I promised to send it on to them.
Pumpkin Crisp
1 15oz can of pumpkin
1 cup evaporated milk
1 cup sugar
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1 package butter flavored yellow cake mix
1 cup chopped pecans
1 cup butter, melted
Stir together first 5 ingredients. Pour into a lightly greased 13x9 baking dish. Sprinkle cake mix evenly over the pumpkin mixture. Sprinkle evenly with pecans. Drizzle butter evenly over the top of the dessert.
Bake at 350 degrees for 1 hour or until golden brown. Remove from oven and let stand 10 minutes before serving. Serve warm, topped with whipped cream or vanilla ice cream.
Enjoy!
I don't think I have posted a recipe before and I have had two requests for copies in the last week so here they are.
My mom used to make "cowboy potatoes" while I was growing up and it was one of those things that I thought everyone just enjoyed. I have since found out that a lot of you don't know what they are. Pure comfort food yumminess. So here it is...
Cowboy Potatoes
2 large baking potatoes
six slices of bacon
diced onion
fresh mushrooms
margarine or butter
cream of mushroom soup
chunks of cheddar cheese
This is the fancy version of this side dish. I rarely make it this involved. Mine always has potatoes, butter, cream of mushroom and cheese, but every once in a while I will add this or that as well.
Cube up the baking potatoes into 1 inch squares. (Sometimes I peel the potatoes, sometimes I don't. It's what you like.) Place them in the skillet and fry with the butter, turning them as each side browns up nicely. Slice the bacon into small pieces and put it into the pan to cook. Stir and allow it to brown, then add the onion and mushrooms. When everything is sauteed up nicely then stir in the cream of mushroom soup. When it is mixed up well, then toss in the cubed up cheese to melt. Take it off the burner while the cheese melts. Serve immediately.
I also have create a soup recipe that is alot like this and equally as yummy. If you want that I could add that later.
The other recipe is from my mom's kitchen as well. We were able to visit them for Thanksgiving two years ago and she served this dessert. I fell in love and have made it several times since then. I made it again tonight for my ladies night out. They loved it and I promised to send it on to them.
Pumpkin Crisp
1 15oz can of pumpkin
1 cup evaporated milk
1 cup sugar
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1 package butter flavored yellow cake mix
1 cup chopped pecans
1 cup butter, melted
Stir together first 5 ingredients. Pour into a lightly greased 13x9 baking dish. Sprinkle cake mix evenly over the pumpkin mixture. Sprinkle evenly with pecans. Drizzle butter evenly over the top of the dessert.
Bake at 350 degrees for 1 hour or until golden brown. Remove from oven and let stand 10 minutes before serving. Serve warm, topped with whipped cream or vanilla ice cream.
Enjoy!
Monday, November 10, 2008
shocked
I experienced quite a shock today. One that I am not sure I will be able to stop thinking about for a while.
Death is a part of all of our lives. Loved ones, friends, co-workers, acquaintances, friends of friends. We all have to experience the loss at one time or another, and God willing, it is not often, but it is part of the circle of life. Sometimes it is a blessing, giving relief from a life filled with pain or a long drawn out illness received when fighting for our country. Sometimes, it is a natural, peace filled passing. But there can be shock as well. When a child is taken way too young while biking with his family, or trying to surprise a friend with a birthday cake. These deaths seem so unnecessary and they stay with us while we try to find the balance in our lives again. But there is another kind of death that will always rock me to my core. Suicide.
I have know only a few in my life. I will remember the first always. I was a senior in high school. It was late winter or early spring and I had a friend that lived down the street. He was a good guy, always laughing and smarter than anyone that I had ever known, but he had deeper troubles that he was not willing to share. I was leaving school one day when I heard the news that he was gone. I drove home and collapsed when entering the house, sobbing and sobbing. My mom was crazy, she had no idea what was wrong and I could barely tell her. I remember the aftermath, the friends, the way the school handled it the next day, the church service and life went on, but there was always the "why?".
Seven or eight years ago another one came my way. A friend of my sister's. More unanswered questions and even though I had only ever met her one time... there were still the questions. why? What could I have done? Where could I have helped?
During these times of uncertainty we all have our ways of coping. We turn to our friends and family, our religious leaders or counselors. Not that they can answer the "whys?" but because we can talk through it. But what happens when it is our religious leader? What then?
I got news this afternoon that a pastor for my church, who had resigned in June and moved to Alabama, had taken his life last week. A pastor. A religious leader, guider, counselor. When he began his service here six years ago, I worked under his guidance. When I gave up my position at the church a while ago, our relationship slowly faded away. He was busy, I was busy and our paths just didn't cross. So it's not that we were close. It is the shock of the act as well as the added shock of his position. It adds a whole other layer of "whys?" that I can't even begin to get my head around.
This one will keep me spinning for a while.
Death is a part of all of our lives. Loved ones, friends, co-workers, acquaintances, friends of friends. We all have to experience the loss at one time or another, and God willing, it is not often, but it is part of the circle of life. Sometimes it is a blessing, giving relief from a life filled with pain or a long drawn out illness received when fighting for our country. Sometimes, it is a natural, peace filled passing. But there can be shock as well. When a child is taken way too young while biking with his family, or trying to surprise a friend with a birthday cake. These deaths seem so unnecessary and they stay with us while we try to find the balance in our lives again. But there is another kind of death that will always rock me to my core. Suicide.
I have know only a few in my life. I will remember the first always. I was a senior in high school. It was late winter or early spring and I had a friend that lived down the street. He was a good guy, always laughing and smarter than anyone that I had ever known, but he had deeper troubles that he was not willing to share. I was leaving school one day when I heard the news that he was gone. I drove home and collapsed when entering the house, sobbing and sobbing. My mom was crazy, she had no idea what was wrong and I could barely tell her. I remember the aftermath, the friends, the way the school handled it the next day, the church service and life went on, but there was always the "why?".
Seven or eight years ago another one came my way. A friend of my sister's. More unanswered questions and even though I had only ever met her one time... there were still the questions. why? What could I have done? Where could I have helped?
During these times of uncertainty we all have our ways of coping. We turn to our friends and family, our religious leaders or counselors. Not that they can answer the "whys?" but because we can talk through it. But what happens when it is our religious leader? What then?
I got news this afternoon that a pastor for my church, who had resigned in June and moved to Alabama, had taken his life last week. A pastor. A religious leader, guider, counselor. When he began his service here six years ago, I worked under his guidance. When I gave up my position at the church a while ago, our relationship slowly faded away. He was busy, I was busy and our paths just didn't cross. So it's not that we were close. It is the shock of the act as well as the added shock of his position. It adds a whole other layer of "whys?" that I can't even begin to get my head around.
This one will keep me spinning for a while.
Thursday, November 6, 2008
A laugh for today...
So I was welcoming students into my classroom for math this morning when a student approached me with this greeting...
"Is your hair supposed to look like that or do you have bedhead?"
Don't you love kids =)
"Is your hair supposed to look like that or do you have bedhead?"
Don't you love kids =)
Wednesday, November 5, 2008
Lucky duck
I have one incredible neighbor. I was reminded of that again today.
My daughters usually crash her house most afternoons after 4:00 or whenever it is that we get home. Today, true to themselves, 4:00 roles around and off they go. One right after the other, spilling out the back door.
You see we don't have a portion of our fence that joins our yards to hers. It fell down maybe 1 1/2, maybe 2 years ago. We have looked into getting a new fence. We have had people come out and bid to build a new fence, but the truth of the matter is that we love not having that section up. Diana also claims that she loves not having that fence up. When the people came to bid, she would ask if we could keep one section down so my kids could still come to see her. She has an open back door policy with them. If she is home, they are welcome to come.
Tonight I get a call soon after the girls go on their way. How soon before dinner Mom? We are going to make some cookies. They have an hour before dinner, so they were given permission as long as they waited to eat them.
A little while later I head over to round them up and bring them home for dinner. There is Avery on Diana's lap with her own spatula scrapping cookies from the cookie sheet. Avery knows to scrape and then drop the cookie on the foil. Bailey is also helping with her own spatula. Big smiles on all three faces. Once again truly enjoying each other's company.
Our next door neighbor does have two kids of her own, but they are in college now and have moved away. Katie to Chicago, and Mike, not too far, but still in Greeley. She misses her babies, but talks with them often. They will be home again soon, but in the meantime... if they don't mind too much... my babies are happy to come and play.
Thank you Diana for everything you do for us!!
My daughters usually crash her house most afternoons after 4:00 or whenever it is that we get home. Today, true to themselves, 4:00 roles around and off they go. One right after the other, spilling out the back door.
You see we don't have a portion of our fence that joins our yards to hers. It fell down maybe 1 1/2, maybe 2 years ago. We have looked into getting a new fence. We have had people come out and bid to build a new fence, but the truth of the matter is that we love not having that section up. Diana also claims that she loves not having that fence up. When the people came to bid, she would ask if we could keep one section down so my kids could still come to see her. She has an open back door policy with them. If she is home, they are welcome to come.
Tonight I get a call soon after the girls go on their way. How soon before dinner Mom? We are going to make some cookies. They have an hour before dinner, so they were given permission as long as they waited to eat them.
A little while later I head over to round them up and bring them home for dinner. There is Avery on Diana's lap with her own spatula scrapping cookies from the cookie sheet. Avery knows to scrape and then drop the cookie on the foil. Bailey is also helping with her own spatula. Big smiles on all three faces. Once again truly enjoying each other's company.
Our next door neighbor does have two kids of her own, but they are in college now and have moved away. Katie to Chicago, and Mike, not too far, but still in Greeley. She misses her babies, but talks with them often. They will be home again soon, but in the meantime... if they don't mind too much... my babies are happy to come and play.
Thank you Diana for everything you do for us!!
Sunday, November 2, 2008
Halloween
We were in Aspen, CO for Halloween this year. Dillon had a hockey tournament there and so we enjoyed some fun time with his team. Here are the Monty Python Player, the Tooth Fairy and a maneless lion. Sorry, the only individual pictures I got were ones with pizza being shoved into their face....
More from the weekend to come later...
More from the weekend to come later...
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