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I think there are two types of people when it comes to wing eateries.
Those who really get into the enjoyment of eating with their hands and gnawing on bones, and those who don't.
Most of my family falls into the former category.
As you can see by the bone carcasses here. And those carrots and celery? Really? Do you eat those? So which category do you fall into?
Not to upstage The Girl and her skating adventures, but in our family we are celebrating the arrival of this cute little boy.
This is Isaac Marc. Look at that hair!! He arrived yesterday afternoon and weighs in at 7 pounds even. The little guy was breech and arrived via c-section.
Mama and baby are doing well and lucky me, I get to cuddle him soon.
Photos texted to me this week from The Girl. I find it interesting that I don't get pictures of textbooks or homework, but of the fun stuff she finds to do.
This past week it was ice skating, and she says she only fell once and it wasn't even that bad.
And the resulting blister. Thicker socks, Girl!
And the ball pit that appeared in the Wilkinson Center.
She didn't think it was that funny at all when I texted her a pictures of our dinner the other night...one of her favorites. Her comment to me was, "Mom!" On the whole, I'd say that college life is pretty good. Of course, she did have her first test of the semester this week as well, so it's not all fun and games, but I'm glad she sends me pictures of her life.
For the last 10 days or so, we have been caught up in an inversion that has socked in fog and frost.
It has made for some really nice picture taking.
It just makes everything looks like we belong in the movie "Frozen."
Right about now my sisters are shivering in their shoes just looking at these pictures. They are "bake your brain" types and long for sunny days and warm weather. Pay attention, because you're getting a very rare glimpse of...
Me. I have been walking in the mornings despite the cold weather and on this morning, I actually had frost in my hair when I was done.
What I haven't seen before is the way the frost hangs like icicles.
Or not. This is fancy frost that decided that to do something more exciting than hang in straight lines.
We had one afternoon last week that the sun actually broke through. I made PB rake the pine needles that had blown down onto the front pavers.
But otherwise, we have pretty much had this view. These are the trees that drop the pine needles everywhere.
I can almost not be mad at them when they look like this. Almost.
Last week was the last official day of duck season here.
We now enter The Dark Time, when there's nothing to hunt and the men, and most notably Ollie are sad...just so sad.
I have a different take on this. Since there's just nothing to do, I'm thinking that now is the perfect time to take care of all of those stacks my DH likes to make...all of those "honey-dos" that he never seems to have time for. Right?
ETA---My husband's reaction to the suggestion? "Riiiiiiiiiight...."
I got this recipe from my sister and tried it last weekend when we had a semi-crowd to eat it. The name of the recipe is a little confusing since there is technically no pudding in the cake, but pouring the sauce on it does make it totally yummy...and decadent....and warm-with-melting-ice-cream goodness. There are 4 grated apples in it, so really it could be classified as healthy, I'm thinking.
Apple Pudding Cake
Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Mix all ingredients together and bake in a greased 9x13 pan for 45 minutes. (Mine was done about 10 minutes sooner than this, so watch it carefully for the last little bit.)
Sauce for cake:
Mix sugars and corn starch together in a medium saucepan. Add everything else except the nutmeg, salt and vanilla. Simmer about 10 minutes or until thickened. Add nutmeg, salt and vanilla. Spoon sauce over apple cake OR while the cake is hot, poke holes in it with the end of a wooden spoon and pour the sauce over the whole cake. (I chose this method.) Let cool a little bit then serve warm with ice cream.
With PB back in school, I have found myself with a little quiet time and have been able to work on a couple of projects. The images can be made a little bit larger by clicking on them.
The first being starting out the new POTD/Project Life album for 2014. I decided to try out a monthly kit from Gossamer Blue for some of the additional cards and have liked a change from Studio Calico. I cut the "hello life" card with my Silhouette from an Ali Edwards kit and like the see-through aspect to it. I used various other sentiment stamps for some of the cards.
I am using the Ali Edwards Messy Weekly Lines on top of a photo to number the weeks and the journaling card is from Cathy Zielske, her Day Documents. This documents the exciting trip to the cabin with no water and time with the grandboys.
The second week I didn't have very many pictures at all. Thankfully The Girl sent me some I could use.
I also made a few cards from an old Taylored Expressions card kit. I picked a few designs from PageMaps and made several cards from each.
Most of the supplies came from the kit with only the addition of a few flowers, punches and stamps.
PB started back.
It was time.
The Girl is back in school in full swing. When she was home for the break, we discussed some menu ideas for her. She has a lot of flexibility when it comes to food. She has a little kitchen where she can cook if she has the time and inclination, or she can eat at the dorm cafeteria.
She texted me this picture of her lunch one day to reassure me that she's eating nutritious food. I love that she can text me things so easily.
She also texted us this photo of her finger for evaluation, which she cut while cutting potatoes for making mashed potatoes for dinner. This was the day after. Between this and my mother, what is it with my family and knives lately?
And then it's always nice to have a little recreation time. I found this on instagram and requested she send it to me. I just love technology.
I am missing this...
