Jan. 29

I'm looking ahead to Groundhog's Day later this week.  I saw a cute groundhog made out of a heart, and decided to try it my way.  Here it is.

It's all made from a sheet of 9 x 18 manila paper.  I've seen it made by cutting the hearts for the head, ears, teeth and nose from colored construction paper... brown for the head and ears, white for the teeth, and black for the nose.  However, I like to let the kids color their pieces for projects.  I decided to use hearts for the eyes as well.  We'll make it Thursday.  Cutting the hearts will give them good practice for Valentine's Day sacks next week!

Jan. 28

I love my family!  I managed to get both brothers to my parents last night for family dinner.  First time since Christmas we've all been together.  One brother did salad, the other brought steaks, and I did stuffed potatoes and a pound cake.  Oh, and I brought rolls.  The cake was a new recipe for me... from a Paula Deen cookbook.

It's one of the prettiest pound cakes I've ever made, and it tasted as good as it looked.  The potatoes were pretty good, too.  Here are a couple that were leftover.

You can see the cheese and the bacon bits.
After dinner, Dad showed us the scar from his knee surgery.  I took a picture of it, too, to send to my daughter.

He is recuperating very well.  He should be good to go in another month or so!  So happy for him.

Jan. 27

Why is it that the cuter the shoe, the more it hurts your foot? I ordered some new boots earlier this month, and I wore them today... and my feet cried all day.  But they sure are cute!

Jan. 26

I spent a couple of hours tonight working on a Water Cycle foldable.  I'm hoping to do it with my class tomorrow.  What took me 2 hours, might take them 30 minutes!  lol  Here's what mine looks like... stay tuned for theirs!

The Front

The Inside

Jan. 25

When I was shopping Sunday morning, I found a bread crumbs and cheese mix for chicken.  I thought it sounded good, so I picked it up.  I thought I'd use it to make chicken Parmesan.  I decided to make it last night, but by the time the chicken thawed and I got it made, it was late and I wasn't up to making it all.  So I just ate some of the chicken, and it was good!  But tonight, I cooked some pasta, heated up some sauce, and had my chicken Parmesan.  And I made enough so I can have leftovers for lunch tomorrow!  :)

Jan. 24

Well, it's "that" time of the month...

All paid till next month!  :)

Jan. 23

Sunday night I finally got around to using one of my Christmas presents... a gel nail kit from my precious daughter.  Now that I've done it once, I think I'll do a better job next time.  lol  It's really hard to get a picture of your nails, and have the polish color come off close to what it actually is... this is the best I could do.