Cooking all weekend! PW style!

Got up early this morning to walk the dogs and make maple pecan scones with icing for the family. I got a the new Pioneer Woman's cookbook from my sister-in-law and wanted to try out a few of the recipes! I was planning on making the cinnamon rolls on New Year's Day for breakfast but my very own Marlboro Man requested the scones first. So I made them and they were delicious!! It took about an hour but worth the wait (and weight, based on the amount of butter, heavy cream and 1 pound of powdered sugar involved). Tonight we are having chicken fried steak, mashed potatoes and fried onion strings- all from the PW. Check tomorrow for the review!

holiday treats

Christmas was filled with family, gifts, food and fun! We played new Wii games of Glee karioke and U Draw. Got to spend quality time with family we don't see everyday And all kinds of yummy holiday foods! Santa was good to us all! Merry, merry Christmas and looking forward to a Happy New Year!

A WHITE CHRISTMAS!

It has snowed for a full 24 hours now and we have about 6 inches of snow! It is the first white Christmas for my town in my life!! The big girls flew out to NYC today until Thursday and M. enjoyed the snow with family and friends! Now we are back inside, in front of the fire with hot chocolate and biscuits! I see movies, Wii, and reading the NY Times in my future! Great Christmas treat!

Skating in downtown!

Our downtown just got ice skating rink. It is temporary, just for the the winter, and small but was a lot of fun today! There were lots of people and you just rent skates and go! The music was blasting and the snow flakes started falling so it was a winter wonderland for a little while!

A lucky break!

Our high school got our early yesterday- real early, 10:30 am. Turns out a student hit the transformer about 8am and literally knocked out all the power and heat to the school. The kids were held in first period until all the buses could be rounded up and brought back. I got to take my 2 girls (and a few friends) out to lunch to P.F. Chang's. Fun, unexpected day out of school. And the best part is that it will not have to be made up since only one school was involved. Everybody was "thanking" the kid who hit the pole on facebook (there were no injuries to the kid, just the car and transformer).

A Star is Born!

M. had a lead in her school musical yesterday. She also has had a cold and missed school both Monday and Tuesday. I took her in for play practice then brought her home. Well , the performances were OUTSTANDING! She did a fabulous job and enjoyed every minute of it. She had lots of speaking parts, even taking over for another child last week. She apparently "saved" the show and her teachers gave her a small gift in appreciation. So now she is a STAR at our house. She was not nervous at all. The funniest part was she really knew everyones lines because we could see her mouthing the lines when other were speaking. Hilarious! Now she is definitely trying out for the Wizard of Oz next year!

Snow much fun!

College, snow and birthday!

It started snowing about 12:30 pm Saturday and continued for hours and hours! Fun little oddity and the earliest I can remember. But it was H.'s birthday so that made it and extra lucky one, according to M. And K. got into the University of Georgia! Great weekend all the way around! We celebrated both the birthday(dinner at our favorite Vietnamese place) and the college acceptance (champagne, balloons and red M&Ms).

Happy Holidays

I am so happy because the holiday lighted balls are hanging in my front trees, the Christmas tree is bought and decorated and my cards are mailed! Whew! Now I can get on with the buying and wrapping of gifts! Ho! Ho! Ho!