Monday, November 19, 2007

"My Favorite Things" - Nov 19

We had a very fun-filled "My Favorite Things" meeting where we all got to share some of our favorite things that make life a little easier for us, and we got to make a wonderful sugar scrub!


Here is the list of all of our Favorite Things
(there is the slight possibility that I misspelled or miswrote your favorite thing - please forgive me! Just write the correction in the comments section below)
  • Family Recipe Book
  • Birth Control Patch
  • Scrapbook
  • Recipe Book
  • Macguiver pocket knife
  • Home Made book by Alexa Lett
  • Boudreauxs Butt Paste
  • My Favorite Lip Balm from Bath and Body Works
  • Robe from home
  • Keychain shopping cart coin
  • shoes from the Bazaar - Danskins
  • I-Midge webcam for Mac
  • Scrapbooking cards
  • Cut-Rite wax paper - for ironing leaves
  • "5 Love Languages" by Gary Chapman
  • DODDS minute website
  • Mac Laptop and digital scrapbooking
  • Estee Lauder long wearing lip stick
  • Family Recipe book
  • ponytail holder
  • BoFrost
  • Oxyclean
  • computer
  • baby sling
  • yarn and knitting
  • stroller
  • light dimmer
  • Karen Kingsbury
  • purse
  • oven thermometer in F
  • travel binder
  • ear thermoscan thermometer by Braun
  • Ergo baby carrier for back
  • Bisquick cook book
  • Pampered Chef can strainer, corn cob holders, and corn butterer
  • Mommy Cards (business cards) and holder
  • knitting stitch counter
  • Stormie OMartin - The Prayer that Changes Everything
  • Bath and Body Works - Patricia Wexler Anti-Aging Treatments
  • Hands-free cell phone that works in the car
  • jar openers
  • Pampered Chef Italian Seasoning
  • On Star
  • Storybook records and record player
  • Golden Book CD's and books


Here are the ladies from Laura Kasten's Table...



Measuring out the ingredients for the Sugar Scrub.





For those of you who weren't at the meeting, or for those of you who would just like to know; Here are the ingredients for the Sugar Scrub we made.

Gingerbread Sugar Body Scrub
3/4 cup brown sugar
1 tsp freshly grated ginger
1 tsp cocoa powder
1 Tbsp oil


Vanilla Sugar Body Scrub
1 cup white sugar
3/4 cup oil
1 tsp vanilla extract
dash of soap fragrance




And as a final bonus, I'm adding Becky's Recipe for Quiche Lorraine - I thought it was delicious!

Quiche Lorraine


Pastry for 9 inch pie
8 slices bacon, crisply cooked and crumbled
1 cup shredded Swiss cheese
1/3 cup finely chopped onion
4 large eggs
2 cups whipping cream
1/4 tsp salt
1/4 tsp ground pepper
1/8 tsp red pepper

Heat oven to 425. Sprinkle bacon, cheese and onion in pastry-lined quiche dish. Beat eggs slightly, beat in remaining ingredients. Pour into dish. Bake 15 minutes. Reduce oven to 300. Bake about 30 minutes more until knife inserted in center comes out clean.

Bunko!! - Nov 17

We had a fabulous time at Bunko Night - thanks to all the Moms and Pops who showed up and made this night a success!
Here are Laura and her husband dueling it out on the foosball table. I do believe Laura won...right?? (Mark doesn't read these does he??)




And here are the wonderful Jen and Deanna who volunteered their time to help out watching the kiddos - Thank You SOOOOOO much!!




Here we are eating and talking before 'getting down to business'



You would be surprised at how competitive some people got...especially the husbands!!