Monday, November 22, 2010

Late Halloween Bargains at Michael's

The girls & I had a
**girls night out**
when Joe went to the lake house with his friends,
so we did what any other girls would do
we went to Michael's!
All their Christmas stuff was out but there were a few left over Halloween items laying around that they were
practically GIVING away
so these are a few of the treasures we brought home
Got all these for less than $5.00!
Gotta love a bargain!
















The ghost basket
Full Price $9.99
Sale Price $.99

















These guys are so ugly but they reminded
me of the singing busts at the
"Haunted Mansion" at WDW!
full price $1.99
Sale price $.19 each!





















Tim Burton-ish,
full price: $14.99
sale price: $1.49

















This was just cute
Sale Price $1.29
Full Price $12.99





















Funky
Sale Price $.59
Full Price $ 5.99


See, here is the receipt! Crazy!

Saturday, November 6, 2010

The Jersey Shore in NC!


The photos speak for themselves!

Joe & I attended a Halloween Party this year.
I am not a big fan of Halloween,
even less of a fan of dressing up!

Being from NY
This was not a far stretch
being that on most of our nights out
when we were in college & our 20's
we encountered people who were dressed like this
or acted like this!
Dare I say that I probably even dated
someone like this,

anyway

we dubbed ourselves
"The Happening & T-Wow"
We had a blast and danced the night away,
yes
even The Happening danced!




after we "GTL"




I AM tan and I like being tan BITCH!




this is the shirt BEFORE the shirt.




Big is out & lean is in.



I mean this situation is gonna be indescribable, you can't even describe the situation that you're about to get into the situation

Trick Or Treat


A Cheetah & A Bunny


C picked this gourd
S picked this one
The Pumpkin Farm with Nana!

Monday, October 11, 2010

Warriors

This weekend
Joe & I
ran in the
warrior dash
in
Quarryville, PA,
in the middle of
amish country.
This is what we looked like before,

clean & shiny!
Ready to go!



This is "AFTER"


Scary



after climbing walls, bales of hay, rope ladders, wading neck high in frigid water as we had to jump over huge logs, crawl through mud under barbed wire & jump over fire





I did it
I survived
I am a warrior, maybe not a fast running warrior, but a warrior none the less!
.

Thursday, September 16, 2010

Cinnamon roll pancakes=heaven!

I found this recipe for Cinnamon Roll Pancakes on a blog called bigredkitchen a while ago & stashed it away in a file called recipes for someday,
Really i have a file for
Recipes For Someday

(& Projects For Someday....that's how much of a geek I am.)


Anyway, since my mom &n my sister gave me this

gorgeously delightful birthday present



Can you believe it?
I was shocked!!
(she is so pretty, like a little black dress but she is red..
HAWT, right???)
I have been waiting to break her in,
but secretly didn't want to get her dirty.
Had to let that go!
Today seemed like the perfect reason to make these pancakes,
not that you need a mixer to make pancakes.....
I did make banana bread too!
More about that later!

Back to the pancakes,
Can I just tell you, they are a piece of heaven!!
I wish I took pictures, of my face when i took a bite!

They are cute, they are fun & they are absolutely delish
Would be a great treat for Holiday breakfast or a brunch.
You have to try this out!
I didn't make the cream cheese icing but I am sure that would be fun,
the kids would be all about swirling some on!

On a organized cooking note,
I do make a lot of breakfast food ahead & freeze them.
I started doing that to get away from feeding the kids so much processed crap
especially breakfast foods.
All I do is make french toast and pancakes ahead of time from scratch, allow them time to cool and then
freeze them in a huge zip-lock bag
They defrost quickly in the microwave or toaster
They taste great
I probably wouldn't serve them to guests for brunch
but for the kids they are just fine!!!



Using a recipe from Everyday Food Magazine,
cant find it on the web but I did find a link to it on this blog.
Foodhero.

It is super simple & have made them in mini muffin tins as well.
I should start taking pics of my food, it is a lot of fun to see the finished product!

Have fun & let me know if you try them!



Saturday, September 11, 2010

Never Forget-9 Year Anniversary of 9/11

These are actual pictures taken of
the World Trade Center
Twin Towers in the 1970's





The photos were taken by my father of the WTC & the park surrounding.
They were taken back when these things were not common place:


color coded terror alerts
Al queda
extreme security at airports
infidels
weapons of mass destruction
Osama Bin Laden
Evil doers
shoe bombs
2 oz limit of liquid on airplanes
war in Iraq
Taliban
an attack on American soil
using airplanes full of fuel as "missiles"
Flight 11
Flight175
Flight 77
Flight 93
Anthrax
box cutters


On this day I always feel compelled to watch the specials
and watch the news.
I want to be reminded of the pain that we all felt that day,
in some way it is my version of never forgetting.

Most of us can't even remember what life was life before 9/11
It makes me sad that my children will not know life
without knowledge of 9/11

Today I did participate in Tunnel to Towers 5K run/walk in
Wake Forest.
this is the official site where it all began,
in honor of Steven Stiller


http://tunneltotowersrun.org/

this is where we ran today:

http://charlotte.news14.com/content/top_stories/630258/wake-forest-holds-tunnel-to-towers-5k-run

Saying prayers for all who lost loved ones that day.





Wednesday, September 8, 2010

Priceless-McCartney Family


Hotel Room...................................................$113.00
Pails & Shovels...................................................$1.00
Full Gas Tank...................................................$45.00
Playing by the ocean, splashing in the pool & floating down a lazy river &
uninterrupted family time........................

PRICELESS!




NIGHTTIME WALK ON THE BEACH






SISTER HUGS BY THE SEA







HERE'S WHERE I PLANTED MYSELF FOR LONG PERIODS OF TIME!





THE VIEW, THIS COULD NEVER GET OLD!