Scenes From July 4th 2012

I had to move beyond my steak and shrimp post.  The food itself was over-the-top good. But my photos could use a lot of help.  Mostly I think I’m too novice a photographer to take photos at night. Anyway, here are some scenes from our 4th of July last year.  I am excited to see…

2013 Food Blog Goals

OK, First things first.  Now, Down to Business. In 2013 I want the food part of this blog to be a little more structured so I am going to set a couple of goals for it as well.  I don’t think that it is really fair to just show naughty recipes when they constitute so…

Food Scenes From Our Christmas Eve

Ben’s Mother, Deanna, makes amazing arrangements of goodies every year! I just wanted it to be hassle free and easy this year, and it was.  I made Bacon, Ranch, Cheeseburger Soup and Hot Artichoke and Spinach Cheese Bread.  Everyone else brought something wonderful to go with what I made.  We played 99 (a card game)…

Charley The Naughty Dog

The other day Ben and I were in the kitchen, probably making ourselves dinner, when all of the sudden our 56 pound German shepherd (Charley) jumped up on to the counter.  We have had her for over four years now and I have never seen her even attempt this.  But there she was perched up…

A Pound of Heaven on Earth

Here is a funny story.  Ben and I went to Kmart to do a little Christmas shopping.  Ben spotted these 1 pound Reese’s candy bars.   Reese’s are Ben and Will’s most favorite candy bars in the world.  We bought two of them.  We were taking the next two days off from our strict diets so…

How to Eat an OREO Cookie & A Cool Diaper Pin Trick

This is my naughty toddler, Will. He never ever eats the chocolate cookie, just the filling.  So, naturally he is a double stuffed OREO fan. Compelling Calorie Clue: ~100 calories worth of Double Stuf OREOs = 1 & 1/2.  Actually three of them = 210 calories so 1 & 1/2 actually = 105 calories. I…