Shoes and Ribbon, Oh MY!

Yesterday Jerrie and I went to town to do some shopping for the museum. Our annual Docent Dinner is next week. Jerrie and I have been putting this dinner together for about 13 years. We like to keep costs down, appreciation for our volunteers up and we like a fresh look every year. It's a challenge and it's tons of fun for us.

As we look at color combinations, for good sales and enough supplies for a dinner for 75 we may or may not shop a bit for ourselves.

I picked up some scrapping supplies yesterday, bits and pieces. Jerrie did too. Nice things.

AND then I found this stash, bronze and golden chipboard letters, borders with bronze foil, turquoise and bees! Then the hit of the day for me. Velvet, leopard print ribbon. Shut up! I was a tad excited.

I'm not entirely sure what I am going to use the ribbon for but if I need it, I have it. This is especially groovy as I just ordered leopard print shoes. Wooo Hooo!

I Got a New Toy

I got my first pizza stone. I love it. Not sure why, but I do. I picked up some of Trader Joe's ready to go crust and I've been busy. Sometimes I make my own pizza or calzone dough and some times I use TJ's. Joe's crust is tasty, inexpensive at $1.29 and convenient. It comes in white, wheat or herbs, nothing like variety.

Saturday evening I made a Canadian Bacon and Pineapple pizza. YUM! I used crushed pineapple and lots of cheese.

Sunday evening I made a Mexican Chicken Pizza. First I found a recipe on Tasty Kitchen and then I did whatever I wanted to do with the ingredients I had in the pantry.

Mexican Chicken Pizza

Spread out your crust on the stone or in a pizza pan.
Drain one can of Rotel tomatoes and spread over the crust
1 1/2 c. cooked and cubed chicken breast (Cash and Carry!)
1/3 c. corn
*I thawed the corn and chicken in the microwave for about a minute on 50% power.
Then sprinkle the chicken and corn on the tomatoes and peppers. Next sprinkle on the Julio's, our favorite seasoning from Texas.
Cover with low fat Mexican Cheese. The guys didn't even notice it was low fat. HaH!
And bake at 425 degrees for 15-22 minutes.
I sliced up an avocado and got out the sour cream for toppers.
Guys loved it. So, it's a keeper.

Tonight calzones... And all this coming from a kitchen minimalist, I do not like gadgets. But I am loving the stone!

Kicking and Screaming

And maybe a little pouting. Hubby was off work on Thursday and Friday. He was pretty excited to pressure wash, mow, weed, and do some gardening. Me, not so much. I haven't had a snow day this winter and so I am not ready to garden yet.

But I did and Hubby was right. It felt good. The front is cleaned up, half of the cars are washed, the patio is tidy, some of the flower beds are cleaned up. Hawley got a bone and followed us around the yard. Max came home and helped. It's good.

The only problem now is that I went out there and saw up close and personal just how much needs to be done.

Still hoping for a snow day to get cozy and not feel like I should be gardening.

Dutch Candy

Remember the little balls of evil?
YuM!

Valentine Recap

It was a good Valentine's Day with all of the elements, flowers, love, friends and family, my one true LoVe, sweets and treats, and a princess. Hubby gave me a stunning bouquet with roses and lilies. And he searched all over our little town for my favorite candy aka the little balls of evil. Love him!

Delinquents?

Max and Tyler's Dads told them they could skip school one day to go snowboarding. Today is the day! We gave him our blessing, the Element and a BiG lunch...and LoTs of advice for driving in the snow. And we specifically told him NOT to break anything! As in bones.
Obviously I don't know how to use my new scanner.