Happy (late) Thanksgiving

An amazing deal...

I was so bitter when I looked at my Smith's ad with a great sale on chicken $1.79/lb only to discover it was last week's circular. (argh)
I was resolved not to have chicken this week either until I found a better deal than $2.29/lb.
Whilst shopping at Smith's I was in the meat section looking at a roast when out of the corner of my eye I see Boneless Skinless Chicken Breast with an orange sticker on them meaning it was on sale.
When I looked to see how much it was....... $1.19/lb. It was the left over chicken from the previous' week sale. It was getting to be needing to be eaten or frozen. I bought $30 worth and froze them all. I ended up with 32 beautiful big chicken breasts....
So tonight for dinner would you like chicken or the chicken?

some good things in my life...

Well there have been some yucky things happening in my life as of late. I would like to be a "Pollyanna" and focus on some things that are making my life a little nicer.

1. The Hourglass Door. I was at Barnes and Noble (one of Kyle and mine's FAVORITE hangouts) when the author comes in to sign books and to promote the last book of the series. I'm a little shy because truly deeply in my heart I would love to be an author and have my book in a library that there is a queue for checkout. anyway... She is very nice and tells me a little about her book and hands me the 1st book in the series and I ask if it's okay if I take to read a bit. She says yes, So I find a chair and I start. Next thing I know it's 1 1/2 hrs later the book signing is over and I really like the book. I was very sad that I didn't get to tell Lisa how much I enjoyed her work. So I did the next best thing. I went to the library web site and requested it. I'm number 17 in the queue.

Today after work Kyle and I went to Barnes and Noble and while he is browsing I head straight for the book and pick up where I left off. As I'm reading my dear, sweet, wonderful and thoughtful husband buys an autographed copy of the book for me so now I don't have to wait for my turn.

2. The cookie scoop. I was making cookies the other night for pot-luck at work and man... the cookie scoop saved so much time and mess. I made chocolate cake batter cookies with toffee crumbs on top. Very tasty...
3. My job...

4. You.

"Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows - Part 2" Trailer 2

It was great. I lost count after 1o tissues....

stuff i've been doing lately...

Baby shower cake for a friend. It is red velvet with Bavarian cream filling. The stroller is a twinkie. It was really REALLY tasty.





Spencer's birthday Buzz Lightyear cake.

pretty stuff.

I'm so excited that my tulips are in full bloom! I have Queen of the Night... the dark purple/black ones... A pink one that is more peachy on the inside.



This is the long side shot of the walk up to the house.

I LOVE my peony tulips. They are a stripped pink and white with lots of petals like unto a peony rose.
I love spring now that it's finally here!

flowers, helicopter and gym

I'm so happy that my flowers are blooming. All the daffodils are smiling at us. I love them so much. Thanks mom.




Kyle's birthday was last month and got a new helicopter. He's having so much fun reading the directions. It just came today. I love the look on his face!



And for me... I've been saving some craft money and found a gym that was $49 to enroll and only $10 a month. I'm very excited to have a gym. I like the equipment and they have a cardio cinema. It's a dark room with treadmills, elliptical and bikes that has an almost movie theater sized screen and you watch a movie.
We feel blessed.