November 10, 2010

I love coming home to packages!!  Yesterday I got a HUGE package from Wholly Guacamole – thanks to Danica’s giveaway that I won!  Look at all the loot – besides the food though, I think my favorite thing is the t-shirt saying – can’t wait to wear this shirt! We opened the medium salsa for the NIU football game last night – beware – the...

Tony knows that I come up with some strange ideas.  When I said the above sentence while making dinner, I think his first thought was going to be “well at least the turkey breast is going to be delicious!” First I have some pics from the weekend – I didn’t realize how many I had since I only did BSI in yesterdays post. Hannah’s got...

Thanks to everyone who participated these last two weeks!   I am taking Dave’s suggestion, and I think going forward – BSI will be two weeks long, sometimes a week isn’t enough time 😀 So in no particular order . . . Dave from My Year on the Grill:  Really Rocky Rocky Road Brownies with Chipotle Chile Pepper Sauce: Gayle Made:  Chipotle Chicken Corn Chowder: Gayle...

We are having the best weather for November – yesterday’s high was almost 60 degrees and today proves to be even warmer.  I think I’ll take a walk in the trail by my house – I’ll see if our dog is up to it, he’s getting old – the last time I took him on the long route, he didn’t have enough energy left to...

I can’t even believe I am typing this!  Remember how I told you that AT&T and Scripps, the producer of FoodTV, HGTV and Cooking Channel couldn’t reach an agreement?  They said that as of October 31, if an agreement wasn’t reached, I’d no longer get those channels.  I remember calling Tony on Monday morning and saying “turn on 451” (FoodTV) and he said it was...

But seriously – that’s a good thing!  Okay, I am not going to go into too much detail here (Tony is probably covering his eyes at this point!).  Let’s just say that sometimes after I eat stuff, within a half hour, um, I need a restroom.  I’ve never really taken the time to figure out what causes it – I just assumed its when I...

No, I didn’t sign up for a 10k.  I had my quarterly diabetes doctor appointment yesterday.  I had my blood work done at my last appointment, and he always mails me my results.  This past time he didn’t, so I was figuring, no news is good news.  And I was right! First though, thank you thank you for all your kind comments yesterday – because...

Starting into day three of South Beach, I was thinking about what my long term goals are.  When I started this blog over two years ago, I thought my having to be accountable with everything I ate, taking pictures of my food, etc. would almost guilt me into making he right choices.  I remember back in September of 2008 saying I was 160 pounds, and...

I decided just because I am hosting BSI – chiles this week that it didn’t mean I couldn’t come up with a recipe! First I want to thank everyone who emailed me or commented about Kalyn’s Kitchen for recipe inspiration – she has so many wonderful ideas!  My breakfast yesterday morning was inspired by one of her breakfast casseroles, except hers called for cottage cheese,...

We had probably the best Halloween weather we’ve had in a long time.  Trick or treating started at 4:00.  I took my bowl outside and decided to sit on the top stairs of my deck. No one was coming by, so of course I had to take pictures of leaves and trees! 😀 After only two groups of kids came by within an hour, I...