cookies won't be freshly made for santa (due to that minor problem of the broken oven). Hey! I hear he likes Rice Krispie Treats, too! Big still won't have newbedding because I haven't found one I like for the price I like. Poor kid. His blankets are seriously falling apart. I won't have finished holiday shopping. Its true. Even by Christmas. I know we won't have a gift for the huz and I'll need to quickly come up with a picture of something to wrap and say "its coming." putting together the … [Read more...]
Whip it up Meat Sauce over big tubey noodles
December 17, 2009 By 2 Comments
Yes, really. This is what we called Monday night's dinner. When our dinner plans fail us, the huz and I challenge each other to "whip something up." And so, being failed by a "faulty" (ha!) oven, I was challenged to "whip something up." Ingredients 1 pound ground beef EVOO 28 oz can crushed tomatoes 1/2 yellow onion, diced salt &pepper oregano basil big tube noodles (I'm so sure any noodles would work with this one!) grated parmesean Get Cookin' Ina large pan, brown ground beef … [Read more...]
Send a Warm Fuzzy and help 1-800-FLOWERS donate $5,000 to Toys for Tots
December 16, 2009 By 5 Comments
The Chester County Moms Holiday Extravaganza was so inspiring that I now find myself drawn to Toys for Tots promotions, collection boxes, even signs with their logo. I just never realized before how important this organization is. Hearing about the 9,000 children who are signed up to recieve toys this year just in Chester and Western Montgomery Counties (PA) alone was a huge eye-opener. If there are 9,000 children here in my immediate area, how many are there throughout the US? The number, … [Read more...]
Dinners when living life without an oven
December 16, 2009 By 1 Comment
Hopefully my lack of recipes has now been explained in the post below. You see, I'm without an oven this week. And while I often don't use an oven, not having one at all has thrown me. In fact, I when I prepared my menu and shopping list for the week, I planned on meals that didn't require an oven. But did require Halibut. And when I arrived at Wegmans to find there was no Halibut, I quickly changed my mind to a prepared salmon dish, forgetting there was no oven. Oh. How quickly I … [Read more...]
Life without an Oven, part 2
December 16, 2009 By 1 Comment
There really is no part 1, officially. Had I been blogging 7 years ago (did people blog way back then?) there certainly would have been. So, lets make the puffy cloud outline this part of the story, as we travel back in time to part 1. We moved to our newly built home in October 2002 and promptly the seed hit the egg and the symptoms started. One of which was an incredible sensitivity to smell. In-other-words, the big nose did her job. And, in doing so, the nose noticed a gassy smell throughout … [Read more...]
Congrats to our recent winners!
December 15, 2009 By 1 Comment
Jill C won a 4-pack of tickets to Disney on Ice: Let's Celebrate in Philadelphia this month. Want to go? We're taking our kids as a holiday gift, and you can, too. To get discount tickets order your tickets from ComcastTix with coupon code MOM. You’ll get four tickets for $44 for Monday-Friday matinee shows, and $4 off Friday night and weekend shows. With the code, additional weekday tickets are still priced at $11. But you must purchase a minimum of 4 tickets to get the discount. … [Read more...]
