Marinated Mushrooms

I recently had to take a couple days off

work due to a southern snow storm.

I knew this was gonna happen so I 

prepared myself with something to do.

I had been wanting to try canning these

marinated mushrooms for a long time.

I decided this was the perfect excuse.

I got 10 packages of small button mushrooms

All the ingredients 

A pot full of mushrooms

The finished product

You have to wait 6 weeks to eat them so

they have plenty of time to infuse with flavor

I can't wait

The Price is Right

COME ON DOWN....

I have always been a huge game show

lover and so while we were in California

we went to a taping of The Price Is Right

I had to make us shirts so just in case

one of us got called up, we'd look good

We got there at 8:30 am and stood in line for a

long time- like 5 hrs

And after a quick 20 second interview with

the producer to see if they want to pick you to

come up, we finally got to go inside the studio

Once we were inside it was so fun

The studio was way smaller then it looks on tv

but the announcer was funny and the host

Drew Carey was awesome.  He would

talk to people in the audience when it was 

the commercial breaks.  Neither Cali or I

got called up but the girl behind us did so

if you watch the show on Feb 12th you will 

see us giving her high fives and cheering

It was pretty dang cool

California Adventure 2013

These pictures are all from 

California Adventure

It's right across from Disneyland

and has a lot of the Pixar stuff from Disney

They had a Cars land and it is just like

you are in the Cars movie.

It was awesome

We had such a good time

The weather was prefect durning the days 

and just a little chilly at night.  

It wasn't crowded at all.  The

third day we went to both parks and

the longest we waited in line was like 

8 minutes.

Breakfast Bunco

November was my month to host Bunco

I went with a "mornings" theme

I made breakfast foods and the gifts were

things you use in the morning

And since it was November I threw in a little

Fall stuff too

The table scape with pumpkin printed burlap and

brown paper table cloths

I made pumpkin donut holes for dessert

They are heavenly

I made a fruit tray

I also made pumpkin french toast, scrambled eggs, bacon, 

sausage and homemade hot chocolate

Everything tasted yummy.  It was a fun night

Yet Another Painting Class

Some time this summer I did another painting class

with Katy and Stacy.  It was Katy's first time

and of course it was a good time, they always are

even though my painting really are no

pieces of art-  haha

All finished

Fun girls and a fun night

Halloween 2013

We kicked our Halloween season off 

this year with some 

pumpkin painting

Nash used paints, stickers, glitter and candy

to decorate his, pretty much everything but the

kitchen sink.

He was so proud

This is mine

On Halloween at work we all dressed up

I was a "Holy Cow"

The dogs dressed up too and we went to the 

Trick or Treating in downtown Watkinsville

Later that night Lexie and I went to the church Trunk or Treat

and this our decorated trunk

 Pretty Spooky

Bedroom Project

This summer I decided I wanted to bring some

color into my room.  My old bedroom colors

were black, white and red.  

I got this new quilt with lots of color, but

then decided to bring some color into the decor.

Lexie got a new bed too

I got a bunch of wood frames from Goodwill

Then used spray paint in several colors

I also got this vase and spray painted it too

I arranged the frames on the wall and 

I added some colored things here and there

I think it turned out pretty cute

I also found this pig at Goodwill and spray painted it too

Zucchini Chips

I saw this great recipe for zucchini chips on Pinterest

It looked really easy to make, so I went and bought a 

mandolin and some zucchini and went for it.

Slicing them thin

Soaking up some of the moisture

Baked them...but they didn't look anything like the

picture on Pinterest

I tried several different times playing around with the

thickness & cook times and still no success

They were either too mushy or too burnt

Definitely not crunchy like a chip

So I tried some apple chips with a little cinnamon and sugar

They turned out much better, at least they were eatable

DISNEYLAND 2013

In November Cali and I went to Disneyland

I hadn't been there in 25 years

It was just as amazing and magical as I had

remembered.

We had a blast!!!

Both Disneyland and California Adventure

were totally decorated in Christmas and

it was beautiful.  

It was great to let lose and act like a kid again

I took a million pictures but here are just a few

of the good ones.