friday fun #20

I did just about everything I mentioned that was on my plate for last weekend, less the two giant T's I had to cover in flowers. Did you know that cutting with scissors for over two hours will give you hellacious cramps and leave bruises on that thumb muscle thing? I found that out when making my precious little felt bows for my centerpieces last weekend. I was a regular little Suzy Homemaker. I did the bows, the flower balls (I really don't like calling them that), made two casseroles, and a delish apple pie for a friend's father. Cooking makes me so happy! I'm going to try to make ribs this weekend, I found a copycat recipe for Chili's and you know they can't be that bad if there's a song for the food, right?

This week I taught myself how to embroider. It's kind of relaxing and makes me feel like sitting in front of the tube (hmm... they don't have tubes anymore) I mean the plas, feel like less of a loser because I'm actually doing something productive and creative. I'll have to put pics up of my awesome work. I'm doing two big pieces this weekend, one is a pinup girl and the other is this cool fish design.

Guess what else? I started running this week. My nice little diet isn't working so it's time to get off my hiney and do something. I ran twice already (walk a mile, run a mile) and I'm going again today. It makes me feel good, except when I'm running into the gawddangawful Oklahoma wind. It will seriously take your breath away. All in all, it has been a spectacular week.

Soooo... Honeybuns is coming home and we have nothing planned for the weekend. Oh yeah, he's going to the grocery store (gasp!) to stock up on stuff for the upcoming Kill Ugly Birds (turkey) trip. You know what? Guys are funny... He gripes about me spending $100 on 7 shirts, a sweater, and a trench coat but he wants to go buy a fugly fake turkey for $70. Which one is more reasonable to you? That's what I thought... I kind of already won this argument because he killed a bird last year without a over-priced foam decoy, therefore no argument. The friends that have that ugly bird thing haven't killed one yet. Hmpfh.

Guess it's time for the meme... Going back to my fav, Friday's Feast.

Appetizer

What does the color dark green make you think of? Spinach... My favorite veggie!

Soup

How many cousins do you have? I know for a fact that I have 8 first cousins, as for 2nd/3rd cousins - there are hundreds. My gma had 13 brothers and sisters... Need I say more?

Salad

On a scale of 1 to 10 with 10 being highest, how honest are you? I'm going to give myself a 9. I'm pretty much a straight shooter and the only reason I'm not giving myself a 10 is because I have to lie at work sometimes. Ha.

Main Course

Name something that is truly free. Guilt.

Dessert

Using the letters in the word SPRING, write a sentence. There were tornadoes in Oklahoma yesterday, so that must mean Spring is here.

Todd's turkey...

Here it is folks, my honey and his turkey dinner...

Monday

I had a great weekend, what about you? Friday night's dinner with my friends was a success! I made the most awesome fried pickles that night, I'll have to share the recipe. We drank beer and wine and ate, it was fun. On Saturday, Mom and I drove to OKC. It was a nice visit, a little heartbreaking, but okay. My great-grandmother isn't doing so well, she didn't even recognize us this time. I miss talking to her so much... Had dinner with Grammy and visited my brothers. Sunday we went to church with the family and then out to the obligatory buffet luncheon after service was over. It was a nice message, I really enjoy listening to the pastor - he's always interesting. Plus there were babies sitting in front of me so I got to make faces the whole time.

The Gang got back from hunting yesterday afternoon. Toddles and Tim both got turkeys! I was so excited for T - it was his first bird. It sounds like everyone had a great time, I just don't know about having animal parts in my garage. I'll do it for my honey I guess. : )

Anywho, just another day so far - it's still early though. I've been at work since 6:45, had to drop T off at the airport this morning to catch an early flight. I'm going to be exhausted by the time 5:00 rolls around...

Here's that recipe!


YUMMY FRIED PICKLES

• 1 jar of dill pickle spears
• 1 egg
• 1/4 C milk
• dash of Louisiana hot sauce
• 1 C breadcrumbs
• 1 C all purpose flour
• 2 tsp. dried dill
• 4 C oil for frying, I used peanut

Drain the pickles and lay them out on paper towels to get rid of the moisture. Get the oil hot, I just set it on med-high for about 5 minutes while I prepared the egg wash and coating. Beat the egg with the milk and add a dash of hot sauce in one bowl. Mix the breadcrumbs, flour, and dill in another bowl. Dip the pickles in the egg wash first and then into the breadcrumb mixture, then drop them carefully into the hot oil. Don't put too many in at once or they'll stick together and you'll lose your crust. I left them in the oil for about 4 minutes, until golden brown. Remove them from the oil and drain on a plate covered with a few paper towels. Serve with ranch dressing - preferably Hidden Valley Ranch - because it goes together so well. ENJOY!