AUGUST 24
Happy Birthday Daddy-O!
On August 24, Dad celebrated his 66 birthday!
Here's to many more!
WE LOVE YOU!
Monday, September 6, 2010
Rob & Sheila
A couple of weekends ago we went to Buffalo for the weekend to visit Rob & Sheila!
We had a BLAST!
Unfortunately I didn't take very many pictures :(
Oh well. We went to a Scottish Festival! It was fun... but we didn't stay long.
We went to Fudruckers!!! It was SOOO GOOD!!
Sheila & Rob
Andrew & I
THAT IS THE GOOD STUFF...
We also went bowling! Rob kicked us all! Check out 9 & 10 .... 4 STRIKES IN A ROW!!!
Now that is EXCITEMENT!
We stayed over night, and I remembered how much I love air conditioning!
Went to church in the morning, and came home to a WONDERFUL Sunday dinner! Amazing!
Thank you SO MUCH Rob & Sheila for having us! It is always such a blast to be with you guys!
We cannot wait to do it again ... well, I guess we'll have to!
Lazy Bones
LAZY BONES
This is me... and I am LAZY.
I am lazy about a lot of things:
cooking, cleaning, picture taking....BLOGGING
I CONFESS: I AM LAZY
I am SO LAZY, I couldn't even find a picture of myself... just me... so this is what you get... me and and ice cream. Ahhh... lazy and a HUGE ice cream...
SO: Because of my laziness... I have not blogged the last month of my life...
SO ... here goes NOTHING...
it's CATCH UP TIME...
Thursday, August 12, 2010
Monday, August 9, 2010
Blueberry Lemon Shortbread Tart
So... obviously I don't come up with all of these recipes on my own... I follow several cooking blogs!
I have recently found a love of baking!
I love to see people's reactions when I try a new recipe and they taste it for the first time!
I love HONEST criticism!
I love making people happy in this small way!
I love to BAKE!
OK, SO, one of the blogs that I follow is: Lick the Bowl Good
http://lickthebowlgood.blogspot.com
Every recipe I have tried has turned out GREAT!
(this is the same as the Cowboy Cookies!)
SO... here we go!
*I would highly recommend checking this blog out! Her pictures are amazing... and she gives better detail to this recipe as well as a printable version!*
BLUEBERRY LEMON SHORTBREAD TART
3 cups blueberries
Shortbread Crust:
14 Tablespoons unsalted butter (almost 2 sticks)
1/2 Cup Sugar
1 1/2 Cups Flour
Lemon Custard:
3 Eggs
3/4 Cups Sugar
1/4 Cup Flour
2 Lemons... the zest & juice
Powdered Sugar (for the top)
*Set oven to 400, wash blueberries and set aside to "dry"
1. Make crust: combine flour, sugar, & butter. I used my food processor. Press into a 9in Spring-form Pan.
2. Bake crust until golden brown.. about 20 min.
*When you remove the crust turn the oven down to 325
3. Top with blueberries.
4. Make Lemon Custard: combine eggs & sugar. Beat. add flour. add lemon juice & zest. Beat.
5. Pour over blueberries!
6. Bake until the custard is set. Recipe says about 30 min. Mine took 50 minutes. It is kind of hard because it doesn't brown. I just checked it until it wasn't jiggly anymore!
7. WAIT... let it cool completely! That was the hard part, cause it smelled AMAZING! I used a knife around the edge of the pan to release it.
**I also cut a circle of parchment paper and put it in the bottom before the crust so it slid off easy. I don't like to cut on the base of my spring-form pan!
8. I cut and served it with a dusting of powdered sugar!
This is a WONDERFUL recipe! Everyone LOVED it!
Let me know if you try it! What did you think?
Sunday, August 8, 2010
Happy Hubby!
My husband is the proud new owner of...
a Wii!
(Yes... it's BLACK/SILVER)
He is so excited he can hardly contain himself!
So, as most of you know Andrew got a second job so he could buy himself a TV (if you don't know that story... let me know... it's a good one!
Well, Friday night after he cashed his paycheck he came home and said that he needed to go to Wal-Mart RIGHT AWAY... because he wanted to buy a Wii.
I got him calmed down, and the mean wife inside of me told him to do a little research, think about it, then sleep on it and if he still wanted it Saturday night, then we would go get it! (He would spend the $$ he was saving for the TV, and I wanted to make sure that was what he really wanted.)
Friday night he found a great deal online and thanked me for stopping him from spending so impulsively. I smiled, and humbly patted myself on the back... followed by a "and that's why you love me!" ... ahh... I've got this humility thing down pat!
Well, Saturday comes and Andrew calls me from work.
A: "Do you love me?"
Me: "of course... what did you do?"
A: "I want the Wii..."
So.... we went and got the Wii...
and I have a VERY HAPPY HUBBY!
It's been nice knowing you Andrew!
Friday, August 6, 2010
Picnic & Croquet
Last night Lynda & Joe invited us over for a picnic & croquet! We had SO MUCH FUN!
I didn't get a TON of pictures, I got some, then for some reason the rest were fuzzy. My lens cover does not close all the way... that may have something to do with it... grr...
So, here are a few that were good :)
Mom and Dad walked from across the street! The girls ran to Papa.. it was so cute!
Ella's new favorite game. Step up and down on the chair.
Now this is what PICNICS are ALL ABOUT!!!
The food was EXCELLENT! Joe made really yummy cheeseburgers! Lynda made her amazing potato salad, coleslaw, and brownies! Mom made baked beans with bacon! And I made bean salad! Sarah brought the drinks! Mmmmm... I could eat all of that again tonight!
Joe, enjoying a cheeseburger!
Then a game of croquet! We LOVE croquet!
Again, pics were fuzzy, but I had to add this one! Sophie is a great helper!
Thank you SO MUCH Lynda & Joe!
Wednesday, August 4, 2010
Amazing Easy Pizza
So, my coworker told me about this pizza she has been making! She said it was easy and yummy... so I HAD to try it!
AND... she was RIGHT!
EASY & YUMMY PIZZA!
Betty Crocker has a pizza dough, just add hot (not boiling water) Follow the directions on the package. By the way... they are less than a $1!
I made 4 packages for 2 lg. pizzas!
Here is the dough!
Then I melted a stick of butter and added 3 cloves (pressed)... wisk...
Chop up some fresh basil (thank you VAL!)
After putting the crust in the STONE, paint the butter/garlic mixture over the WHOLE THING... even the outer edges. Oh yeah... I also painted the bottom of the stone with it before I put the dough on. It browned nicely and came right off!
Add mozzarella cheese and fresh chopped basil...
I added chopped tomato to this one...
To this one I added a fresh chopped green pepper from my parents garden and some onion I had left over in the fridge.
Bake at 450 for 12-17 minutes. I did them both at the same time. Took the green one out after 13 minutes. Moved the red one up to the top shelf and cooked an additional 4-5 min!
I liked the red one a lot, it had a crispier crust! yummo!
Anyway... that is that! It was super easy, super fun, and super yummy! Thanks for helping me Mom! And THANK YOU VAL for the idea!
Oh and a BIG thanks to Sarah, Chris, Sophie, Ella, Mom, & Andrew for eating with me! Sent the leftovers home for Dad... can't wait to see how he liked it!
Tuesday, August 3, 2010
Darien Lake
Didn't do so great at taking pictures... but I did get a few!
Last week Andrew and I went to Darien Lake. That is what we did on our first date, and we were close enough to that "anniversary" to go!
They have a new "Splash Town" water park area. See that BIG funnel thing... SCARY... that is all I have to say!
Andrew's tattoo. Hahaha...
And one on the Ferris wheel!
I LOVE YOU!
The most AMAZING parade EVER!
On our way home from the ZOO, Dad called and said that there was a Parade of "Old Cars" that he wanted to see. So, when we met up with him, it was sprinkling. Then RAINING! My wise and creative father brought us "rain gear" ... I LOVE YOU DAD!
Here is Mom in her handmade Rain Poncho!
Ella and I shared! Hahaha... she didn't think it was funny!
Sophie even wore one, made out of a Wal-Mart bag because she would have gotten lost in the big ones!
Let the Parade BEGIN!
Mr. Bagpipes!
Oh yeah! GO KART!
3 cheers for DeSales High School! Can you see their pom poms out the top of the window!?!
The little "cemetary"...
And here is a video of the rest of the parade! If you look towards the end, you can see the entire parade in one shot! YEAH!
I love that the band is playing "Singing in the Rain"
And a cute picture of Sophie & Papa!
That's it! Oh, I am SO PROUD of our town!
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