This hat is too big Mom!

Train Conductor

Happy Halloween!

Some pictures of the pumpkin my mom carved...

It's the Great Pumpkin Charlie Brown!

Happy almost halloween... tomorrow I'll have some pictures to share of Jonathan's first real costume... he is going to be a train conductor. Choo! choo! My mom also did one of those fancy carved pumpkins. Do you have your own fancy pumpkin that would make the Great Pumpkin proud? Email me and I'll post the pictures!!
dcms@alum.dartmouth.org
Have fun!

no brainer bbq pork

Here is an easy recipe! Just put 4-6 pork chops in a crock pot with a bottle of your favorite bbq sauce and cook on low for 4-6 hours (in mine it is closer to 4, but the recipes all say longer.)

For those of us that don't like tuna...

For all of us that don't like tuna fish, but think the idea of a tuna noodle casserole is somewhat appealing, campbell's has a site with many casseroles including chicken noodle casserole which I made the other day. I changed it slightly to have leftovers and not extra chicken. I made a full bag of egg noodles, which is about double. I used the same amount of chicken, double the soup and one and half times the cheese. I also added a half can of peas, which Mike and Jonathan both like. It came out really good, definitely great for a cold winter day, or even better, a snow day! Another recipe to make on a day when you are sick of all your other recipes. That happens to me a lot!

Mike's posting

This a poster at Mike's work. I think it might be funnier if you are a computer help desk person or a computer support person in general. Still, it makes you think of all the stupid questions people ask...

Jonathan's first pictures

After getting a hold of Mike's cell phone, these are the first pictures Jonathan took. The first one is of his shape sorting push cart. The second is of his fingers. It's a close up. Hey, not bad for a one year old.

Latest Jonathan video

Sorry this is so dark, but we were using the digital camera and not the video camera, which needs to have its battery charged! It's still funny, I think...

Turn the volume up to hear it better!

Garden 2007

Simpson's version of me...

Hey, if you haven't checked it out yet, you should check out my sister-in-law Angela's blog- The Coolest thing ever! I used her link to the simpsonizer... so what do you think, does it look like me??

The first recipe I ever made...

cheddar chicken

As some of you know, I didn't do much cooking until I moved out on my own in 2000. Even then, I didn't really start cooking frequently until I got married in 2002. However, this was the first recipe (outside of middle school home economics) that I ever tried. It was an instant success with Mike and the rest of my family. Of course, with butter and cheese, how can you go wrong? I rarely make it now, but it is good for something different with a lot of flavor! Enjoy.

Bad day...

Did you ever have one of those days when everything just sucks and there isn't anything you can do to change it? I had one of those days today. I should have known when I woke up to the sound of DJ's talking about how the Yankees lost last night that it was going to be one of those days. Of course at 5am when the alarm goes off, they could be talking about money falling from the sky, and it would still be annoying. The only good thing about today is that it's almost over. ARGH.

Recipe- Cuban Sloppy Joes

I don't like sloppy joes, but I love these. So good!

Fun "fall" weekend

Jonathan walking, yes, walking around at the Harvest festival on Saturday. And a picture from picking a pumpkin today at the farm. Of course Saturday it was about 80 degrees and humid, and today it was in the 70's! Not exactly your typical October day...

fire truck playhut

Jonathan playing in his new fire truck playhut! More pictures on the flickr site...