Today

Meg came home from class to find this!

Her baby brothers spent some Christmas money and bought her flowers for her b-day.  She loves flowers, and she loves them boys! 

I'm trying to let these guys help in the kitchen more.  See that stool behind them?  That's been a great addition to the kitchen.  It lets one be up high enough to "work" while the other can usually sit on the counter. 

I made this.  Lemon chicken that didn't turn out too good so I won't share that recipe. 

While I listened to these guys.  This is our breakfast area made into a music room.  I LOVE this kind of noise.  It's such a loud and happy sound. 

Then I made this.  Rather my bread machine made it so I can't take the credit. 

Cinnamon Raisin Bread

1 1/4 C water

2 T softened butter

3 1/4 C flour

1/4 C honey

1 1/2 tsp salt

1 tsp cinnamon

1 C. raisins

2 1/4 tsp yeast

Place everything in the bread machine in the order given except raisins.  Pour the yeast into a well made in the flour and pour the raisins in the side of the pan.  Hit the dough cycle.  Let rise in machine. 

Shape into a loaf and let rise in pan.  Bake at 350 for 30 minutes. 

What else?

Let's see....

~Meg's b-day is tomorrow!

~Leola came by and took my serger home to clean it up, figure it out, and hopefully teach me.

~I got a new blender!  I'd been without one for weeks and it was driving me crazy.  I was always saying, "I can't make that b/c I don't have a blender."  Well of course when I finally brought home a new one I couldn't think of a thing to make with it! 

And I promised my mother-in-law some pix of my kitchen since she's in Florida for 2 more months and can't come see it herself. 

Here's one side.

And the other. Of course it's always this neat and clean. 

Ok maybe not.