Perhaps they scheduled the conference to coincide the Dallas Pride.
The restaurant is Del Frisco's. I know it's a chain, but we ate at the one in Ft. Worth and it was awesome! We went to the one in Vegas last January and it did not disappoint! There's one in Dallas, but it didn't get nearly as good of reviews as the Ft. Worth restaurant. Coming from So Cal that's not much of a drive for us.
Last time we were in Texas she was hospitalized with pneumonia the day we were supposed to fly out. We stayed an extra 6 days, she was at Arlington Medical Center, not fun, but she is willing to go back. To Texas, hopefluly not the hospital.
She will never be pain free. Normally she takes percosett and norco to control her arthritis pain. That's why she needs the morphine for even more acute pain. Her normal pain maintenance meds would knock most people off their rocker!!!!! When I have a pain-related problem that's really bad, I take half of one of her pills and that kicks my butt!
I'm predicting a bigger meet, with Aimee too!
How's Fran today?
I'm sure it takes a lot to assist her with her pain, after all, look at all she's dealing with. I know your role as her partner is a difficult one sometimes, but your love shines through.
Hope everyone's better today!
Jen - I don't think we have Mexicorn here. What is it? Is it like a creamed corn?
Anyway, have a good day all. I'm interested to see what y'all do for Christmas. Maybe we can have a whole host of Christmas cake recipes for this thread...if you haven't done it before.
Mexicorn is Mexican corn. It has chiles in it.
And I can't wait to do a holiday recipe share!
Morning, everyone! Today I am making meatloaf, garlic mashed potatoes, and a vegetable to be decided later. I am also going to whip up some cream biscuits later, just for the heck of it.
Nothin' like a homemade biscuit.
Princess - I love Christmas baking!!! I usually start making my cookies the first week in November, and freezing the dough so I can just pop them in the oven when I'm ready to bake. It makes them all taste fresh, but saves on work and exhaustion, closer to the holidays. I also like to bake my mom's pumpkin bread. That just says "Christmas" to me! This year, for Thanksgiving, I've been given permission to make my gingerbread trifle, as my SIL is making pumpkin pie!!! I'm ridiculously excited about that!!! I'd love to start sharing some Christmas/Thanksgiving recipes!!!
I'm not a gingerbread fan. But, you added the word trifle, which automatically makes me interested.
Here's how I watched it.... take a napkin, cover your eyes with it, and stay that way for the whole movie
And here I am getting ready for winter... It was 38 when i left the house this morning and the high is mid 50's today
Thanks for all the well wishes for Kady. She is 100 % and she went to the gym with me last night and even did 30 minutes on the eliptical machine!!
Have a great day everyone!
UncleR is a scary movie fan. I tag along because we like to watch movies together. But, I can't watch Paranormal Activity. If she goes to watching one that is too scary, I just get on the computer and watch till it's over.
So glad Kady is better.
Crockpot Roast
In the bottom of the crockpot empty 1 package of dry onion soup mix. Place your roast on top (I used an arm roast - probably 3 lbs.) on top of the roast empty a can of jellied (not whole berry) Cranberry sauce (don't worry that you don't like cranberries, because it doesn't taste anything like them). Cover and cook on low 8 - 10 hours.
OH MY GOODNESS Ladies this was fall apart tender and oh so flavorful. I took the drippings and made a wonderful gravy for the mashed potatoes.
The weather has taken a turn for the cold today. There are even winter storm warnings in the panhandle for tonight - 4 -5 inches of snow.
I am so not ready for winter and the ice and snow. If I could stay home and not be out in it I love it, but since I have to be out in it I don't like it one bit.
I would also be really interested in a cookie exchange. Oh how fun!!
Oy that roast sounds delicious! And I agree. I think we should do a cookie exchange!
Stay warm!
Tonight we're having Huli Huli Chicken, a Hawaiian dish made in the crockpot and served over rice. It sounded good, and smelled good this morning, so I hope it's a hit!
Is this a pinterest thing?
Jen- I don't really use a recipe for onion soup, but this is what I do...
Slice a lot of onions, enough to fill up the pot. Cook for at least an hour, low and slow. Sometimes I add a little wine or beer, last night I used a splash of balsamic vinegar and deglased the pan. A sprinkle of thyme and a 50/50 mix of beef and chicken broth. Cook it for a while. I puree it (mostly) with an immersion blender. My husband used to not like the texture of cooked onions (I've sinced fixed that flaw of his) but he liked the taste. We both ended up liking the soup better pureed.
I toast a piece of bread, then top with swiss cheese and broil it. I don't do it right on the bowl because the bowl is a pain to clean broiled cheese off of and we don't have a dishwasher. Hope that helps.
Thank you!
Ok, you asked for the recipe, and here it is! Hope you all enjoy it as much as we do!
Mystery Cookies
1/2 C. melted butter (1 stick)
3 1/2 C. granulated sugar
2 beaten eggs
1 can condensed tomato soup
2 tsp. cinnamon
2 tsp. nutmeg
2 tsp. baking soda
2 tsp. salt
2 C. raisins
2 C. chopped walnuts (I use pecans, as I hate walnuts)
4 1/2 C. flour
Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Microwave the butter in your mixing bowl to melt it. Add the sugar, let it cool a bit, and mix in the beaten eggs. Open a can of condensed tomato soup, add that to your mixing bowl, and then mix it all up. Stir in the cinnamon, nutmeg, baking soda, and salt. Then add the raisins, and the nuts, and stir. Measure the flour and add it in one-cup increments, mixing after each addition. Let the dough sit for 10 minutes or so. Drop the dough by teaspoons onto a greased cookie sheet, 12 to a standard sheet. Bake for 10 to 12 minutes or until the cookies are golden brown on top. Let them sit on the cookie sheet for a minute or two (no longer or they'll stick), and then transfer them to a wire rack for complete cooling.
Yield: 10 dozen.
I've made tomato soup cake! These little babies are going on the "to try" list!
Jen, I don't just have a grill. My range top still works, it is only the oven that is broken. Plus I have a microwave, toaster oven etc. But if I want to make bread I have to grill it. I have actually come to prefer the taste of grilled pizza over baked pizza. I like the subtle char flavor.
I don't know why I didn't think of the stovetop.
Wherever you make your pizza and food, it's still always beautiful!!!
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Today was one of those days, where you wake up and everything goes wrong.
First, I lost something I needed. Then, we were wrong on a vet appointment for Tooter, and she was supposed to go in this morning when we thought she went in tomorrow.
I had a difficult couple of things at work.
And then, I was missing an ingredient for dinner and had to make a dinner on the fly. I never do that!
Tomorrow will be a better day! Tomorrow is Halloween Party day in speech class. We're making some of the food crafts you guys posted!
It'll be a nice break.
Tonight's dinner was a new recipe. Penne with sundried tomato cream sauce. Very easy and tasty. I'll post the recipe and a pic in a bit.
all around!
) but I know she will want to jump in eventually and talk cookies with everyone. She is the family cookie baker.
so all is good.
Marisa and I watched my nephew change his status daily. CHris is is a relationship. CHris is Single. back and forth. By the end of the week his status was "It's Complicated with XXXXXXXXXXXX" 
to the bolded parts. I don't understand why the H8 mongers don't see that we mean no harm. How can love hurt others?
