Good Reads

Hey, I've got all my book reviews posted over on Swap.com and Goodreads.com if you have any interest in reading them.  It's all in the Dark Urban Fantasy and Paranormal and Paranormal Romance genres, both adult and Young Adult.

Two Hearts Beat Don't Beat Any More

Giselle's hog heart and Lucy's deer heart in a picture that will be used for next year's Valentine's Day card.

Today's Field Trip

Behind the scenes at CiCi's Pizza was our February Field Trip. After the tour they each got to make their own personal small pizzas and then we sat around and ate them. The pizzas not the kids.

This'll stick in your head for days!

I woke up this morning to Joe playing this on his iPad next to me in bed. I've now watched it 4 times and still can't get the song out of my head! The kids love it too! Oh, and the guys who sing the song are from Austin! Can't believe that this was really a full length movie back in the 70's.

Play it again, now!

Morning on the last day of the hunt

Sunrise from the blind on our final day of hunting.

The Wardens visiting with the kids

On Saturday afternoon before lunch the state game wardens came out and talked to the kids about the dangerous job of a warden and what they as youth hunters can do to be responsible hunters and citizens.

The girls getting the fence

Two girls TRYING to open the gate, three girls was the charm!  Through this gate was the the weekend of a lifetime!!

Lunch stop in Uvalde

Chicken enchiladas for the girls and chalupas for me.

Part of today's history lesson

Martin Luther King - I Have A Dream Speech - August 28, 1963

Top Chef Texas - Oak Hill

Tonight's Top Chef Texas Dinner Challenge: Make two awesome single-serving meals using frozen roasted chicken and frozen meatballs with enough leftovers for a second meal of both!

The result:

Angel hair pasta with 6 meatballs per serving in a sauce of butter, garlic powder, fresh-ground pepper, and fresh-ground seasoned salt.  The customer opted to give 4 of his six meatballs to a fellow diner and also added a mushroom tomato sauce.

Open-faced BBQ chicken salad sandwich served toasted with melted cheddar cheese on top.