Angela Simmons did not coin "Food Shoppin"

So I was catching up on my recording of this weeks' "Runs House" and Angela kept mentioning how she needed to go "Food Shoppin".

Having not lived in NJ since like, 1992, I had totally forgotten about that phrase.

It made me laugh. Eric was like, WHAT did she say? He had NEVER heard that phrase before.

I was IM-ing with my friend, Cathy and was telling her about it. She grew up in NJ too, but hasn't lived there for a long while. She had totally forgotten about it as well.

I got to thinking, that probably outside of the NY-NJ-CT maybe even PA area, that no-one probably uses that phrase and hearing it on TV they might think it's some new fangled hip-hop girl saying. LOL

I also got to laughing about how it's apparently necessary in NJ to distinguish what kind of shopping you are doing... Mall Shopping, Clothes Shopping, Food Shopping, Car Shopping, etc. LOL

I need to go message my cousins on MySpace and give them a good ribbing. :)

March Blizzard

So, we've been having a Blizzard. You know it's serious when the close the school here in the city. They hardly ever do. In fact, I think the last time the kids had a snow day here, was Fall of 2005. There's only been 7 snow days in the last 10 years.

We've now had 2! lol

We have a 6ft fence around out backyard. There are drifts back there that are a good, 3ft high. The dogs think it's great fun. I'm just hoping they don't get any higher. We don't need them hopping over the fence!

Yesterday am, I was IM-ing with my friend Laura. She lives here in SD too, just about 45 minutes north of us. I was telling her that I was putting some country ribs in the CP for supper. I bought them on Sale this week, and needed to cook them.

The purchased part of a cow (I can't remember if it was 1/4 or 1/2) this fall, and so she was inspired and grabbed a pkg of ribs to put in her CP too.

Now, Laura make THE BEST beans, EVER. So she starts blabbing about making beans, which has me wishing there was no blizzard so I could drive over there and get some. So I start wondering if I have a can of baked beans. Nope. I did have about 1/2 pkg of dried Pinto beans tho.

So I go to my favorite recipe site, and I find this. Ummm, YUM!!! it took most of the day to make them, but that was ok, cause it took the ribs that long too. They were REALLY good. so much better than canned!!

Then Laura starts blabbing about Banana Bread, so since I was already perusing AllRecipes.com, I looked one up and found this one.

Banana Banana Bread



again, YUM!!! I made a few modifications. I used 1C whole wheat flour and 1 C All Purpose. I added vanilla to the sugar/butter/egg mixture. I added Cinnamon, nutmeg and a pinch of ginger to the flour mixture, and I threw in a pkg of chopped walnuts.

This bread won't survive till supper. LOL

I really don't know what it is about being STUCK at home that makes me bake/cook/try things from scratch. Normally, I'd be opening up a can or a box, but it's kinda like a challenge to see what I can make with what we have around the house.

My Mother is evil

I love my Mommy, but she is EVIL!

I just brought a box in off the porch. It's filled with Drakes Cakes! Yodels, Ring Dings, Funny Bones, Devil Dogs, Yankee Doodles, & Coffee Cakes. Pretty much everything but Fruit Pies and Sunny Doodles.

To add to the pure evilness of this, I _JUST_ took a HUGE batch of brownies out of the oven. I was feeling like a treat, so I whipped some up! ACK! At least the Drakes stuff will keep.

Well, I'm off to go gain 10lbs! If you don't see me for a few days, call a crane. I may need it to get out of the house. ;)

Mmmmmmmm Coooookieees

A couple-few years ago Denise posted a recipe she discovered over at Allrecipes.com, called "Big Soft Ginger Cookies".



I decided they sounded like a good recipe to try. Especially since I had all the needed ingredients on hand. (I generally always do)

They were an INSTANT hit around here. I think I made a couple batches of them. I ended up giving some for Christmas gifts. We just couldn't get enough of them!!

I whipped up a batch this am, to send over to my neighbors house. The funeral is this afternoon. It's always hard to know what to do or say to let someone know you care. I just thought they might enjoy a baked treat. I know they are getting lots of casseroles from Church.

Of course Eric and Johanna needed me to assure them I made enough to keep some for them too. LOL

It's really a great cookie, if you are looking to try something other than choc. chip or PB!

Yay for picky eaters!

So earlier this week I bought a bunch of POST cereal that was on sale, cheap. LOL I got a couple boxes of Cocoa Pebbles. I love Cocoa Pebbles... I have ever since I was a kid.

Johanna asked to try them. She took two bites and declared she didn't like them.

This made me happy!!

Rarely is a person happy about a picky eater, but I'm sure glad I got to have 2 boxes all to myself! LOL