Getting Things Done

I have accomplished two things that I have wanted to do for years. I mailed Christmas Cards and have made Christmas treats to share. I still can't quite believe it but I figured that if I didn't get it done this year while staying at home with the babe I never was going to do it.

It's got me thinking about what I want to accomplish this winter and I thought I would post it in hopes that it will motivate me in the new year.

1. Finish loading all of my CDs into iTunes.
2. Hang pictures on our walls in our home. Have lived here 5 years and still haven't gotten around to filling the walls.
3. Create a website for my business.
4. Sell some stuff on eBay.
5. Make a pie.

I'll stop at five and see what happens.

MornigStar Bomb

I was craving a Philly Cheesesteak the other day and my husband offered to go the store to get the fixings. He came back with these to replace the steak.

I am a big fan of MorningStar Farm products.  I have loved everything I've tried especially the mini corn dogs so I was game to try them.  

I cooked up some onion and added the steak strips. I took a taste after they had been cooking for awhile and they tasted awful so I dumped a ton of A1 sauce in the frying pan.  It still tasted funky after that so I hoped that a bun, some mayo, mustard and cheese would help and I stuck it under the broiler for a few minutes.  

The result: edible but pretty nasty tasting.  My daughter just moved the food from one part of her high chair tray to another.  Needless to say, I plan to stay away from this product in the future and stick with their other items.

Thanksgiving Tidbits

This Thanksgiving had a very Yin and Yang vibe.  The downside of this year was that my poor mom who was visiting fell sick with the flu on the big day.  The upside was that Will, Vivi and I chilled at home while we cooked a yummy Thanksgiving dinner which we have been eating for days.  With the extra family time, we were able to capture Vivi in one of her finest Toddler Moments to date.




The other thing I was able to do with the help of my DVR and the extra time at home was to watch the entire Macy's Thanksgiving Parade.  I will never watch it live again!  I was able to fast forward through the current cheesy teeny bopper bands to my old school cheesy teeny bopper hearthrob Rick Astley.  After wondering what the hell I had witnessed for about five hours, I went out with my Catholic High School gang and their Sig O's  and found out that I had gotten RickRolled.  To celebrate Rick Astley's new found cultural relevnace, I helped lead a verse or two from Rick's smash hits, "Never Gonna Give You Up" and "Together Forever."  Thank goodness the bar was very loud and none of the other tables seemed to mind.

Here are links to two of my favorite recipes from our Thanksgiving Feast:

Green Bean Bundles

Italian Sausage and Dried Cherry Stuffing

What's the dealio?

I have retired my older blog due to my husband's security worries and the reality that I am the one in our family that blogs so I felt a re-branding of the site was warranted.  I hope to post more often as I have bought into the Google solutions hook, line and sinker and am starting to use my MAC laptop more than our slow desktop PC.  I will be loading older posts in the near future so my year of baby blogging will remain intact.

I hope that you enjoy the changes I have made to my blog and that you stop back again soon.