Way to state the obvious, huh? I don’t care… I’m SO excited!!! Today started off with some holiday baking. I made a fresh batch of homemade peanut butter cookies for Ryan to take to his dad for Christmas. More than one peanut butter fingers were consumed in the baking process. 😉 Sadie helped me lick the…
Ridiculous or Really Awesome?
Lunch My lunchtime wrap was a meal fit for the day after Thanksgiving. I know it’s nearly Christmas, but since I discovered that you can make cranberry sauce in the microwave, I’m still ridin’ high on cranberry sauce love. Today my lunch was a slightly revised version of my favorite post-Thanksgiving meal: a turkey sandwich…
Who Spiked the Eggnog?
Straight No Chaser just released their first ever music video! It’s holiday-themed, which obviously pleases me to no end. Here’s the video for “Who Spiked the Eggnog?” a song off their latest Christmas CD, Christmas Cheers. [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=86NZydt0H_I] I love this acapella band and own both of their Christmas CDs (highly recommended). The happy, upbeat music…
Meatloaf Monday
I think we all get random cravings for certain meals sometimes. Yesterday Ryan had a hankerin’ for meatloaf, so that made tonight’s dinner decision an easy one. I turned to Cooking Light, my favorite recipe resource, for a yummy yet healthy meatloaf recipe. We started with lean ground beef, bread crumbs, chopped onion, BBQ sauce,…
Second Thanksgiving Meal a Success
The second of my four Thanksgiving meals was, in a word, delicious! Ryan and I headed over to my friend Laurel’s boyfriend’s house for a Thanksgiving potluck party. Everyone brought traditional Thanksgiving dishes and we had tons of food! Within 10 minutes of our arrival we were diggin’ in. I went back for seconds of…