My Favorite Things - Peonies in a Mason Jar

A few years ago, I bought a peony plant.  Every spring it blooms profusely.  I love it!  I wanted to use the flowers for my daughter's wedding a few years ago, because the color was a perfect match.  It hailed the day before her wedding.  

30 Years Ago...

I can't believe it was 30 years when my beautiful daughter No. 2 was born.

Happy Birthday, D...I love you!!

Tamale Pie

When I was in fifth grade, I remember my school made the best Tamale Pie for lunch.  It was so good, that I asked one of the kitchen ladies for the recipe.  She just snickered (I mean, can you imagine a fifth grader asking a school cook for a recipe - maybe she thought I was being sarcastic).  But recently, I found a recipe that is very much like the Tamale Pie I loved from Southeast Elementary.  The thing which separates this recipe from the rest is the topping.  It is, I believe, cornmeal mush instead of cornmeal...yummy!!!

Grand Opening

Not much happens in this small town of ours, so when we heard about the Grand Opening of the New King Soopers, my oldest daughter and her 6 (yes, count 'em 6) kiddos were sure to be there.  Unfortunately, I didn't read anything about the Grand Opening ahead of time and was I ever surprised when we walked in and saw Terrell Davis signing footballs (and I have a football at home with Eddy Mac's autograph on it just waiting for another autograph).  I did snap a picture, though...

We were so busy inside finding samples and looking for Grand Opening specials that I forgot to take any pictures inside.  This store is amazing.  It is a huge grocery store, but also sells furniture, lamps, area rugs, well, I guess it's just about like a Super Target.

When we left they were no longer giving out samples of Meadow Gold Ice Cream (or whatever)...so we missed that,  but A won a $1 lottery scratch ticket (that could win up to $5,000) and I won a $5 lottery Bingo ticket.

All-in-all, a fun morning outing!!!

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My Favorite Things - Silk Flowers in a Tomato Sauce Can

If you read this blog, you know I love flowers!  I also love re-purposing.  Here are some little silk flowers in a  cute little tomato sauce can.  Can it get any cuter than this?

Meatloaf

One of my favorite recipes is a meatloaf recipe I found when I first got married.  I still use this recipe and my three daughters and their families like it, too.  Here is a link to the recipe on my daughter's blog - 

A Delicious Melody's Meatloaf 

(I don't have a picture of my meatloaf, this is a picture I found online
that looks about like mine.)

I Wish I Had a Work Area Like This...

I was recently perusing a favorite blog of mine and found these pictures of a craft area in the corner of the crafter's living room.  

I personally don't see how this would work in a living room (unless there were no little ones around), but I definitely will use this for inspiration for my own craft room!!

Wordless Wednesday

Crocheted Flowers Tutorial

I love flowers!  And I love the look of crochet and wish that I was talented enough to figure out how to do it.  If you are one of those who know to crochet and need cute flowers to add to your crafts, here is a tutorial for you...

My Favorite Things - White Chocolate Lattes

I can make delicious lattes at home (and save lots of $) using Ghiradelli sweet ground white chocolate...

You can purchase Ghiradelli Ground Sweet White Chocolate at Amazon.com.

Totally Worth It!!!

My youngest daughter, who now lives in North Carolina, is here visiting since her sister who recently had a baby and much to our surprise, we found out yesterday that the Pioneer Woman was going to be in Denver today signing books.  We had already planned to go shopping in the Denver area, so we went to the Tattered Cover Bookstore in LoDo.  The book signing was to be from 2-5 pm.  We arrived at about 1:30 pm and found that a ticket was required.  Much to our dismay, our tickets were Nos. 318 and 319.   The first 250 people were able to sit down in a room and wait until 2 pm when Ree Drummond would speak and answer questions for about 20 minutes before the official book signing.  We were a little disappointed when people who showed up an hour after we did were able to procure tickets in the 100's.  C'est la vie!!!  We patiently waited 4 hours and briefly spoke to the lovely Pioneer Woman!!!  And we have photos and autographed books to prove it!!

Chipotle-Style Burrito Bowls

I looooove Chipotle's burrito bowls and decided to try to make them at home.  Luckily for me, my daughter has a cooking blog so I didn't have to search for a recipe.  Here is the link to

A Delicious Melody's Burrito Bowls.

Here's a picture of my burrito bowl...
(I really need to find some white cheddar)

Wordless Wednesday

My Favorite Things - Eggy Man

This is an Egg Separator - and it really works!!

Made by Alley Cat Pottery in Richmond, KY

(it apparently is a small company and doesn't have a linky)

Lion House Rolls

I am always searching for delicious recipes.  Here is a recipe I recently found for very delicious, light dinner rolls.

Lion House Rolls

Here are my rolls before I put them in the oven...
(I like the way you cut the dough in 2"x4" rectangles
and roll them up.)

Here they are after baking...

Delicious!!

Wordless Wednesday