SUPER BOWL SUNDAY

Well an early Good Sunday morning to all of you out there! You ARE out there, right? Its a brisk but not painfully chilly morning and I have tons of things to do today so I figured I would hop out of bed and start the morning off right by chatting with all my friends! I got my mug of cocoa (don't drink coffee lol) and my glasses, so I'm good LOL!

The kids did fantastic yesterday... they all got 2's. For those of you not in the band world... its a sliding scale rating system. 1 is perfect (and very hard to get) and 5 is the worst (you get that just for showing up basically). They were pretty stoked and loud when it was all done LOL!



I had about 5 of the kids come back to my house to work on their diaper cake. So I printed out a pic of the last one I did and let them go to town. They did really good on it. They put curly's on it and made it real cute for the Asst. band director and his wife.



Didn't they do a great job? It took them awhile but they got the hang of it and were so proud of themselves. I had to laugh at my DD though. She has watched me make a ton of these cakes right? Well yesterday, she sounded like a drill sgt. LOL! "You're not doing that right", "That's not how mom does it", "OMG I just showed you that" LOL! OMG I about wet myself lmao then I had to step in and chill her out before she got "voted off the island" LMAO!



Ok, so once the fiasco of the diaper cake was over, my DD made a couple of sweet boxes to give to her BFF and another friend on V-day.



The other kids thought they were cool and wanted to make some, so they ran to Hobby Lobby and picked up a few boxes to do for themselves to give as gifts.



I, on the other hand, was working on scrapbooking all day. I got 16 pages completed and 9 partially done. You can see the cover page of my son's book and a couple of band ones I started for Madison in this shot.

As many of you know, today is the Super Bowl... Colts vs. Saints. We have a LOT of people coming over today, so I doubt I am gonna get any more crafts done this weekend... but I'm gonna try! As for food... well I was smart and made the fruit bowl and the pie tartlets yesterday evening... check them out!



This is the fruit bowl/platter... fresh watermelon, cantaloupe, grapes, blueberries, strawberries, pineapple, and honeydew. It's cute and a sneaky way to ensure they are not just eating junk all day!



Here is a plate of Key Lime Pie tartlets. I made 3 pans of these as they go fast!



These are the Lemon Creme tartlets. There never seems to be any left of either kind, so I am hoping that 3 pans of each will leave at least a few to savor later! LOL... I know... wishful thinking.

As for the rest of the food? Finger foods, appetizers, and easy pots of leave me alone all day LOL! Dips, chips, and everything is set out so get it yourself day LMAO! Making everything from chicken wings to kabobs, to shrimp, to potato skins, to anything else you can imagine. You can go through my blog and find tons of appetizer recipes and ideas. Well I'm making most of them LOL! So I better get to work. I love you all and I will see you here tomorrow! HUGS!

THE LAST WEEKEND

Hi there boys and girls! Can you believe its already almost February?! Where DID the month go?? Oh well… so how does this crisp Saturday morning find you? I’m still feeling pretty yucky, but I thank you all for the well wishes! I checked my sugars last night and they were a little higher than normal so I’m not sure what’s going on. I’ll keep watching them closely. I’m sure it doesn’t help the weather keeps going hot-cold-hot-cold etc. It needs to figure out what it wants to do!

Ok so I was looking online for some party decorations for my daughter last night… see she turns Sweet 16 this year! And for once, she would like a big party. No problem I told her. Well she wants black, white, and blue with music notes… just like her room. (She is such a band nerd LMAO! But that’s ok, I think its cool too!) OK I think… no problem right? WRONG! I searched for about 3 hours and I could not find any ideas for things like centerpieces, except those cheaply made, expensive foil ones right? SOOOOO… I got frustrated and got up and cleaned a bit. I cleaned some of my craft area. I thought maybe by cleaning, I would get inspired to do some crafting.



Well I got the diaper cake I was working on done… complete with cake topper/centerpiece.



I think it’s rather cute and the DS18 was so amazed. LOL that’s the first one he’s ever seen me do! He said his teacher is gonna love it and gave me tons of hugs and pecks. Then he told me I do too much… for others and never anything for myself… HUH? I think he’s sneakin’ some crack somewhere LMAO! J/K! But everyone in my family tells me that actually. I don’t see it.



Anyway, I also made 2 NERDS candy fridge magnets and this may be my inner “nerd” coming out, but I think I want to see how many different little tiny boxes of Nerds I can make into magnets LOL! A regular “NERDY” collection if you will LOL! I also fixed a few things I had put on the table to mend. But no music decorations… not yet at least. I’m gonna work on the décor for DD’s room today, so maybe messing with all the music note stuff will give me inspiration! LOL.



OMG I so have to tell you about this infomercial I was watching LMAO! It’s for Time Life music collection called “Flower Power”… ya know 60’s Hippie times with the tye-dye and the peace signs? As sad as it was that I knew every single song they previewed, it gave me an idea! See I love bright cheery colors… and you can’t tell me all the psychedelic pinks and greens aren’t bright! Well all the 60’s décor, to me at least, is bright and cheery. My mom was a self-professed hippie too. Well I like all the 60’s stuff and I got the wild idea to redecorate my living room in 60’s décor… complete with lava lamps and everything! What do you think? I think it will be pretty groovy! LOL… yes I am seriously considering it!

Ok, now the infamous question… what’s for dinner? I have pork chops already thawed in the fridge, as well as one last whole chicken, and tons of veggies… hmmm. Well chops are always a huge success around here… NEVER any leftovers when I make them a certain way. Served with mashed potatoes and peas and a bread of some kind (I normally do croissants and hey I just happen to have a few left that I found on clearance, remember? LOL), this makes for a mouthwatering meal.



Crunchy Honey Pork Chops

Ingredients

Box of Corn Flakes
Eggs
Pork Chops
Honey
Pepper and Garlic powder

Directions

Heat the oven to 350 degrees. Crush corn flakes to a fine/semi-course texture. Season the chops with pepper and garlic with just a gentle sprinkle on each side. Dredge in eggs and then in corn flakes. Place chops on a baking sheet that has been sprayed with nonstick spray. Drizzle honey on top of chop. Bake for about 10-15 minutes. Remove, flip chops, and drizzle honey on second side of chop. Return to oven and bake another 10 minutes or until done in the middle.

Its really one of those recipes that has no measurements but comes out great no matter what?! LOL like I said- in our house you eat them when they are ready or there won’t be any later LOL! As for me, today offers cleaning and crafting as I have a very important guest coming soon to look at my home for help with repairs and renovations. Gonna get all of Madison’s room done hopefully and I’m gonna assign everyone some chores for today to help! Stay warm and I will see you tomorrow… HUGS!