Are you ready for some football?!?! This Saturday begins the college season for us and while we are still frantically moving the kids in with us and rearranging the entire house, all will stop for a few hours on Saturday to watch the University of Oklahoma play a game of football. Half the kids are…
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Easy Pillsbury Funfetti Halloween Doll Cake
Boy has it been a wild few days but I worked this cake in so if you wanted, you could too and get it done before Halloween. When I was 6-years-old my parents gave me a Barbie cake and even though I was not a big Barbie doll player, I loved that cake and always…
30 Minute Pretzel Buns
Have you been seeing all the great burgers and hot dogs at restaurants using pretzel buns? So have I. I wanted to make some at home and I even found a recipe for it from a new blogger friend’s blog but as you know, I’m still practicing making bread and most things are a little…
Hatch Green Chile Round-up
Hi all! I’m back (at least for today) and grateful for all your kind comments. Thank you. I have been planning this round-up for a few weeks now and was going to post it Friday but of course I couldn’t. On a happier note: It’s Hatch Chile Season! Yay! I love Hatch Chile peppers and…
A Message from Kelli
I know many of you have seen this picture of me and my beloved cousin Jimmie at my parent’s wedding. I wrote a post about my Nana and I making sugar cookies and mailing them to Jimmie and his friends when they were stationed abroad in the Air Force. I remember he was at Patrick…
Ranchero Tacos
I think I have told you in the past about our non-traditional holiday celebrations but in case you missed it or weren’t reading last year, I will tell you a little about our Thanksgivings here at our house. As you may have surmised, we have a blended family. Mr. Picky Eater and I married 8…
Tex-Mex French Bread Bierock
Sometimes I make mistakes and then I try to improvise. Sometimes it works and sometimes it does not work and this time? Oh – it MORE than worked, it rocked! This morning I roasted Hatch Green Chiles and had in mind to make sort of Tex-Mex French Bread Bierock. Whatever – it is fantastic and…
I Am The Oklahoma Blogger Of The Month
Hi all – I am the Blogger of the month as elected by the Oklahoma Women Bloggers Network. The posts are VERY DIFFERENT than the ones I post here. They are mostly about my life now and in the past living in Oklahoma. If you would like to read my posts (there will be four)…
A Proper English Breakfast?
When I was a child, three women mom take care of me…….yes, I was probably a handful but mostly because mom worked full-time back in a time when women didn’t go to college and have careers. Of course my Nana took care of me after mom was widowed and we moved back to my grandparents’…
Time to Name the Giveaway Winners and a Few Other Things!
First, let me say WELCOME to all my new followers! I truly appreciate Pillsbury for featuring my pizza dough cinnamon rolls and am flat out dumbfounded by the number of people who have commented and come over to have a look! Thank you all! Next, if you are interested in the recipe, click on the…