Weekend....

So, last night I'm on my laptop and all of a sudden my computer stopped working. I had this bad feeling that I'd lost all of my photos, all of my radio commercials, psa's, promos, air checks etc that I had done. This morning, Nate went to best buy and got some device to put my hard drive in and he recovered all of my things and he picked up a new laptop for me. :)

So, Nate's family came over today for a late Easter dinner.

For snacks while dinner was cooking I had Wegman's pepperoni, Muenster cheese, townhouse crackers, fresh pineapple and fresh strawberries.

For dinner I made BBQ pork chops, crescent rolls, applesauce, and bacon asparagus. Linda brought potato salad. Everyone loved everything. And the bacon asparagus was awesome!!!!!!!!

Last night, I made a sheepy cake. Just a white cake mix baked in a sheep shaped pan. It was perfect or at least before the icing. That didn't turn out too well. haha Feel free to laugh at the pictures, and please call me up if you ever want a sheepy cake. haha :)

FXBG Photo Show....

I've made a decision to participate in the Fredericksburg Photography show this June. Nate entered it years ago and one of his pictures placed at the top. I love taking pictures and I have a few that I think will be perfect for the show. :)

Here are some of my pictures that I plan to enter into the contest:

Pink....

I was at the kitchen sink washing my hands and as I was looking out the kitchen window I saw that the tree next to my shed had pink flowers all over it. I grabbed my camera and had to go take some pictures. They are very cute little pink flowers. :)

Easter 2010

My friend Sharon and her husband Joe invited us (as well as John Blaze and the Anderls') to have Easter dinner with them. We didn't have any plans so we were in! I made a small turkey breast that morning and Kristen brought Carrot Cake Cupcakes with Cream cheese frosting.

When we got to Sharon's....Sharon was busy in the kitchen making deviled eggs. She added bacon bits to the deviled mix. So good!!!! We also got some chips and salsa out and put a plate out of muenster cheese and real pepperoni. Oh so good!! I don't think I've ever had muenster cheese before. It was so good. And real pepperoni is much better than packaged. Sharon then prepared bacon wrapped asparagus. OMG!!!! Soooooooooooooooooooo good!!! We all loved it and I think every piece was gone before she was done making the next batch. LOL

Kristen's cute little cupcake! :) Easter was lots of fun and very nice sharing with friends!!! :)

Farmville Fun....

This past Saturday, Kristen, Ashley and I took a little road trip to good ol' Farmville, VA. Before Farmville we stopped in at the Brickhouse diner for a hearty breakfast. I got the Bigboy Waffle combo. It's Belgium Waffles, Scrambled eggs, bacon and grits. YUMMO!!! :)

We got to Farmville, and then went around to all the little shops. I didn't find anything I needed or had to have but it was fun looking.

We did go into a shop called Amish Originals. They make a lot of their furniture in Holmes County, Ohio. We told them about my husband having relatives (Amish and English) in the Ohio area. The owner, Carol immediately had to check an ancestor website to see if there was any relation. Come to find out the owners mom, who is Amish is my father-in-laws 3rd cousin. How cool!! :) When we left I laughed and said "See you at Thanksgiving" and they laughed. :)

We found a little Amish/Mennonite deli down the road and had lunch. It was a cute little shop. I got Birch Beer to drink with my lunch. Very good root beer! :)

After we got back from our road trip, Kristen made baked Ziti for dinner for us. As a surprise project, Kristen got us a cookie kit. The kit included cookies, icing and decorations for the cookies. We all had a fun time decorating our cookies.

Here are the finished cookies!! My plate is at the top of the picture. Ashley's cookies are on the left and Kristen's cookies are on the right. Thank you Kristen!! :)

Sheepy Surprise

Anyone who really knows me knows that I adore and am a little obsessed with Sheep! :) Last night, when I came home from work I was greeted with a little fat woolly sheepy surprise from Nathan. It made my day!! :) He was added to the shelf in the sheepy room. :)

Spring....

Springtime is a wonderful time of year. Except for the allergies and sinus infections that come with it. haha But I'm glad to see all the flowers and trees in bloom. Sooooo pretty!

A field of Daffodils by the FXBG train station.

These trees are all over downtown. The blooms look like puffs of snow and when the wind blows them off the trees the little blooms cover the streets and sidewalks. :)

Oreo Truffles

The other day at the doctors office I was reading through an old issue of better homes and gardens magazine. I came across a very simple recipe for Oreo Truffles. I knew I had to try to make them.

You only need 3 ingredients. A package of Oreo Cookies (I used reduced fat), 1 8 oz package of cream cheese, and 1 package of melting chocolate. (I used white morsels for this batch)

I put the Oreo cookies in a large ziploc bag and crushed them up into little pieces.

Once all the cookies were finely crushed I mixed in the cream cheese with my hand mixer. Then form into little balls.

Melt the chocolate. I used white chocolate morsels. On low heat melt the morsels. Once the morsels start to shine, keep stirring till they are all melted. Once chocolate is melted dip the balls to coat and place on a cookie sheet covered with wax paper. Refrigerate for 1 hour.

They are great!! I will def try to make these with milk chocolate next time. With the white chocolate, they remind me of Oreo cookies covered with white fudge chocolate that are in stores during the winter. YUM!!!