Thanksgiving

I just put the last of the dishes from Thanksgiving away. I believe we ran the dishwasher 4 times on Thursday. 

Mr. Mickey is finally big enough for his britches, I mean harness, and he wandered outside with Dizzy to explore. This is causing problems, as he now wants to go outside all the time...

After a major cleaning and rearranging (and de-cluttering) of the kitchen, we had a clean table to eat dinner at.

Due to the size of our total group, we had to add in an extra table to fit everyone.

A good time was had by all, we played cards, laughed and celebrated being thankful for good friends. My mom was worried about some really crappy weather, so she stayed home and hopes to come up soon.

It was warm enough on Thanksgiving for Dizzy to be in capris and a t-shirt (I think close to 60). Woke up this morning to something very different. It was -2 when I left to work the college football concession stand, -3 when I left. The Boss, Bean and Dizzy headed south to Bozeman where it was 41 when I left, but only about 6 when they got there and a lot of snow. 

Football (college) for me is over for the year, as both our local team and  my Bobcats lost in playoff games today. It was a good season and both teams played well today, an ending to be proud of.

A bit more cleaning and I'll be digging out the decorations and starting the Christmas crazy. I did not shop on Thanksgiving, but did a little bit Black Friday morning (starting at 7 and was at work by 9). 

Besides the kitchen, changes are still moving forward, I hope to have more news within a week or so. Until then,

Be Happy! Be Healthy! Be sure to stay warm (and manage mischief)!

Today needs to go away...

First, this is my weather...

Then I get these in the mail for Bean....

I think it's wine-thirty and time to hide in a book for the rest of the day! Hope the Boss is home to pick up Dizzy after practice (they're in the above weather putting together a tree lot).

Random kitty pictures, just cause!

Be Happy! Be Healthy! Be sure to manage some mischief!

Changes

I made homemade chicken noodle soup today. It began yesterday, where I made my own chicken stock, making the house smell yucky all day. Using that with some of the chicken I pulled off the bones I boiled to make the stock and some carrots, celery and garlic, I made a slow cooker full of soup. 

When I got home, I added gymnastic shaped pasta and let it simmer a bit before we dug in and enjoyed bowls full.

I'm in the process of making some changes in my life. I won't say anything more than that right now, but things could be changing. Something I will say is that there are some amazing people in my life right now and I would not trade them for the world!

In other news, Bean is sick, Tater's wrist hurts after falling on the playground and Mickey Mouse got to go outside on a leash today.

Be Happy! Be Healthy! Be sure to manage some mischief!

Mom! It's cold out

And, no, this isn't my 2-legged children complaining about the weather.

The window perch is empty most of the time. No kitties watching the goings on from their spot on high.

I'm way more likely to find them underfoot in the kitchen. Anyone want to guess where the heat vent is at?

Oh to be a kitten with the only worry is where to sleep each day!

Be Happy! Be Healthy! Be sure to manage some mischief!

Kitchen crazy!

Made it to work with the banana bread (contaminated and not contaminated) and the pumpkin doughnut holes.  Only 3 small pieces of bread and 1 doughnut left.

Today's mess:

dinner

more banana bread

pies for church tomorrow (still have 2 to make after this)

I have to say, I love my food processor! Made the pies in seconds!

Be happy! Be healthy! Be sure to manage some mischief!

What to do when you are gone from home from 7am to 8:30 pm?

I think it is a great idea to make banana bread and experiment with a new recipe.  This has to start, of course, with my flipping the wrong side of the recipe book up and starting off by mixing up a batch of cornbread...I didn't have 3 hours to spare. Toss that one in the garbage and start over...

So I ended up with this:

Which makes this:

And in the waiting for The Boss to bring home some more flour (see mess up in the first paragraph), I made these:

And to finish off a day where I had Bean at school at 7:30, work at 9, tutor at 2:30, make a side dish and get Dizzy to practice and then gather Bean and Tater to join the Boss at a Boy Scout Court of Honor at 6. I had to leave before the potluck to get Dizzy from practice and visit briefly with her coach.

I enjoyed this:

Be happy! Be healthy! Be sure to manage some mischief!

The top 2 pictures are of banana bread (one cooking and one finished) and the doughnut holes are homemade pumpkin. The wine is just a glass of wine.

Friday fun

Cat trap 2-fer. 

You know the phrase, "If it fits, I sits." This box is big enough for 2. I set it down and 2 minutes later it was full.

Tonight is football playoffs, The Boss and Bean will be freezing their tails off at the stadium. Go Bengals! Dizzy will be experiencing her first Middle School Lock-in and I'll join her later ('accidentally' missing the ice breakers) after sitting on the school gym floor watching Finding Nemo with Tater.

Tomorrow is the final home game for our local college team and yours truly will be working concessions again. Just might be a cold one...

Be Happy! Be Healthy! Be sure to manage some mischief this weekend!