A Very Cool Band

They're called Peg Top. They're Christian. Their music is unique. It's amazing. Check it out! =D

Pegtop

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These Days

Life has been interesting lately. Work, play.... all sorts of good stuff. 
I had a little birthday party with a bunch of my friends! Sandy, Stacy and Matt make this huge cake that looked just like a guitar!!! It looked great (and tasted delish) and I was very impressed. You could definitely tell they'd been watching the TV show "Cake Boss" alot though. ;) We went bowling.... ate pizza, drank root beer, and went out to Culver's for ice cream afterwords!! It was a great birthday party!!

Finally we have entered that point of winter..... the halfway point... when you can start to notice the days growing ever-so-slightly longer. Only two months to go. But you never know.... we may have an early Spring!!! =D Winter isn't all bad though. Sledding parties, snowboarding..... skiing by the light of the full moon!!! I get to make a lot of cakes this time of year too. Not including my own birthday, there are 5 birthdays in my family, between the beginning of February and the beginning of March.... and I just love baking.

Winter is also a nice time to curl up on the couch and just study the Bible. I'm going through all the times the word "walk" was used in the Bible. Its very good for instruction because usually when the word walk is used it has to do with what and what not to do. So I'm calling it the study of the "Walk and Walk Not's". 

I've also been working on a quilt. I have all the blocks sewn together. Now I just have to learn to "square up" so that my quilt isn't lopsided or awkward.

Until next time..... = )

A Family Favorite

Judy Detweiler's Green Chilie

(this is a double batch)

Ingredients:

6 chicken breasts (cooked)

4 cans black beans

2 cans pintos

6-8 small cans green chiles

garlic

red pepper seeds 

Cook chicken in olive oil. Add all ingredients plus some water and cook through. 

Put on a bean burrito (pour over). Also can be eaten as soup with grated cheese, sour cream  and tortilla pieces on top.

Delicious any time of the year!

STYLE!!!

Facebook has these stupid advertisements all the time on the right hand side of your profile. Well they're automatically selected by your info (i.e. single, female, etc.). Well there were these adds for "vintage" clothes and I always liked the "look". So I finally gave in and clicked on the add. I arrived at an above my price-rage online store with a lot of cute (and some uglies) vintage/unique and yet modern clothes. I was a bit dismayed at how short all of the dresses were but I think I'm going to steal some of the ideas and design my own dresses. XD

Click here to go to the site.

They also have a blog. It could be interesting. Click here.

The COOLEST part is the video that shows you how to use those old scarf that your grandma gave you for headscarves!!! So Sweet!!!

I'm going to be bringing those old vintage headscarves back in style!!! ;)

The Birthday Tradition

Traditions aren't a super big deal in my family compared to the rest of the world. We have Christmas, and eat corned beef on Easter (It's mostly so we can eat corned beef together. We don't really celebrate the whole bunny thing, although we do acknowledge "Resurrection Day"). Thanksgiving is a big deal.... and then there's the birthday treat. 

I don't know when it all started or why, but since I was old enough to go out to eat without my mom, my dad has taken me out to breakfast for my birthday (as well as my other siblings, on their birthdays, of course). I remember being a bit hesitant about going out to eat because I had no idea what to do with my dad for that long (although eating delicious food was never a problem). What would we talk about??? Won't it be kind of awkward? Somehow we always managed to talk about plenty of things and it wasn't long before I was over my reservations of spending a few hours alone with my dad. ;)

Although my birthday isn't for another few days, this morning, I went out for breakfast with my dad at the Norske Nook (the restaurant we've always gone to... excluding one year when we tried a place down the road). We both ordered a "super saver" deal of hash browns, a pancake, two eggs and three sausages (for only $4 each! lol)! Yummy! ...and we talked and drank our coffee. For desert we had a cool slice of chocolate cream pie.

It is definitely a fun and special tradition. I don't know what other parents do for their kids on their birthdays, but going out to eat with my dad always made me feel really special. =D