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Frost Advisory:

Issued at: 3:42 PM EDT 8/31/09, expires at: 11:45 PM EDT 8/31/09

frost advisory in effect from 2 am to 8 am edt Tuesday

Alison so called this last night! Even though it is not Our county, I have to congratulate her! WHY DIDN'T SHE BECOME A FORECASTER???
growing up she would sit on the steps at Grampa Foley's and wait for the booms and flashes to come from the dark black clouds. They even got her a NOAA compact radio for a birthday gift one year. Through middle high school, we always thought she would become a forecaster. She used to say "that is what I want to do".
hmm, didn't happen, oh well

starting again..lol

okay, I am going to try the daily stuff again. It's been a weird few days and I think I might be ready for a back on track approach. Is there anyone else who thinks this way too?
An impromptu visit from DD#2 this past sat evening. Her and Dad tried to see the latest Harry Potter and that was a BIG BUST!! NO ONE IN THE THEATER,YET it was open,LIGHTS ON and she even was able to turn on the validating machine for parking! ..lol :) that's my girl!!(they all never did find anyone)
Today, Monday ..day was eh but I did get a special Birthday card made with my cricut for my neighbor Terry :)

Alison (DD#1) had a meeting for Grad studies back at her alma mater :)..MD for a surgical quick fix.All ok . She has 4 more days home and then back to work she goes.
A basic hotdog and Mac n' cheese for dinner tonight

Morning is here already! I have a few projects to get done today. One is a card i'd like to make for my niece who just officially became engaged and my sil is having an informal gathering as a celebration this afternoon. I need to make spinach veggie dip to bring.
Ashton popped her head in briefly to go see Harry Potter's latest with Dad.Her job is taking a toll on her sanity and especially her "free" time. oh, and I will get the latest cooking adventure's in here somewhere I hope today :)

tweaking some things was an ADVENTURE in itself! HTML..what??? well,search I did go and this is where most of
my help came from HERE. I had asked DD#1,but she's not up to doing much of anything but watch TV and sleep-both of which really is not out of the norm.(2:15pm)
off to play with my cricut and some digi scrapping in my bsmt craft area :)

so so day

I finally got a sleep in (sorta) and it was nice :)
After showering and playing a bit with the dogs, I got Alison to take a ride to AC Moore's with me. I want to start really scrapping paper and cards again to use up some stash,but I needed to get some tacky adhesive for my new rubber stamps I bought that are unmounted sheets. Ashton's got some boomers going through her area now and we are waiting for some too
Have a good night all..
oh gads, Walt just walked in ranting and raving about his encounters at BJ's a few minutes ago...oh no...here we go!!!

almost dinner time :)

Alison pretty much slept much of the day. I can't really say it's the surgery,but it could be the anesthesia stuff.
Derb abd B loved it that I was home even though it was 95 earlier and 88.5 now. Around noon time I started, in foil, 4.29 lbs of spare ribs that my neighbor Terry gave me and
now Walt is out putting on the "crispies".(brief break, Ashton just called :)))))_ ) on the ribs for dinner. We have to eat left over salad before our pickup from Allandale tomorrow. We bought into a Community Share Program from a local farming coop and it has been tremendous. The veggies are all grown organically and are the freshest anyone could ask for. We get 1/2 bushel every Thursday(we got to pick Tues. or Thurs.) and it's the seasons choice of what we will get.I am putting together a few 12x12 digital lo's of the taking every week so far and will post a link to photobucket when I get it done. ...Yeah! time to eat!! night everyone! ps. Alison promises me she will show me how to fix those pictures from the caramel adventure post :)

all went well- monday

everything went terrific for Alison! She felt really great,aside from a wicked dry throat. I brought her her laptop and she was in her element, just not her own bed.
The temp managed to hit near 95 today and it's really having a toll on our new backyard grass :( Even the dogs hate to go out in the heat let alone crunchy brown grass. Taking Wed-Fri off to tend to DD and I will tend to that grass too..lots of big long drinks!
I found a few great card blogs which I will get links to later this week. I really want to play with my Cricut and the new Pooh and Friends cartridge I won on EBAY :)
ok, enough babbling... stay cool everyone!

cleaning day - sunday

not much going on today. Need to get laundry put away and house cleaned up. Alison goes in for her Breast Reduction surgery in the morning, so it will be a few hours earlier then normal for getting ready. Derb and B will be all mixed up.
I'm planning on a regular day at work.I don't think she will even be in her room before I leave and then after I let the dogs out for a bit, I will head back for dinner perhaps.All depends how she is feeling :)

a bit late..Saturday's adventure..

going back just a bit,I tried out my hand at making my own Caramel to use in coffee or even on dessert :) It it quite easy,but takes a little time because you really need to watch it.
I used Sunny Anderson's recipe from her episode that she made a Thick Banana Foster Shake

1 cup sugar
1 stick butter, cut into cubes
1/2 cup heavy cream (I used 1/4 cup heavy cream and 1/4 cup Land of Lakes fat free creamer)
It came out great and so yummy!

Friday Evenings Cooking Adventure

I decided after seeing so many recipes for roasted veggies and realizing that we had most of them in our refridge and veggie basket, I wanted to do something really simple for dinner. This is what I came up with:

Toasted Garlic Bread with Roasted Veggies and Feta

I roasted the veggies with just a sprinkle of salt and pepper drizzled with Olive Oil at 375*

Cut about 4" slices of a fresh baguette sliced horizontally that I bought at Au Bon Pain(dangerous because its at work,and is another whole story) put about 1 teaspoon of Minor's Aoli and toasted them.When the bread was done,I sprinkled a bit of feta and topped with the veggies :) Oh so wonderful for a very hot summer evening! DH Loved them which is even better!

digi credits: Happy Summer Book Tag

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http://elodigi.canalblog.com/

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The second part of dinner was to try out some Fried Zucchini. I had been a lunch with my 2 picky daughters and ordered these as an appetizer. I actually got both of them to try them and they loved them!
I found a recipe that bakes rather then fries and you definitely could not tell the difference! so.. here is part 2:

Oven Fried Zuchinni

I started with fresh zuc's from Allandale stash and from a co-workers garden. I used this recipe as the base. Click here to see original. Enjoy with your favorite Marinara or Red Sauce. I happen to have made some and it was perfect with these :)

my recipe variations: 1/4 cup Italian style Panko (Progresso) and 1/4 cup plain.. 1/2 cup shredded fresh grated Parmesan(stop & shop) a dash of cayenne pepper drizzles of Olive Oil

In theBeginning...

This is the very 1st of my adventures... Today I started to discover what Blogging is all about. I am finding I am very picky about the available fonts here :/ and will be investigating if I can add or change it :)