Confo Halloween Party

Danny was so excited for his first confirmation get together! He kept saying, "I can't believe I'm in Confirmation!" and just giggled. When I picked him up after the party he was all excited and said, "I won! I won!" I asked him, "You mean nobody guessed you?" He said "No! I just pretended I wasn't there. I heard someone say my name but I just shook my head. I was tricking them. I was pretending I wasn't at the party!" I tried to tell him that he cheated. I can't convince him. He just thought he was pretty clever by "tricking" everyone!

Gift Exchange

Thanks to pinterest.com we all came up with a fairly easy gift. We made gifts for the person above us. Everyone but three, got their idea from pinterest! The person holding the gift received it from the person standing with them. We had a great time in Madison. It was a blast and of course as you reflect back on it, it just gets even funner and funner! I find myself smiling as I remember the weekend. (Like if you want to know how to get free meals, ask Sara!) The two babies with us were almost perfect! The weather couldn't have been nicer either. Shopping was awesome........many thrift stores for the thrifters and a nice big mall for the non-thrifters.

Pampered Chef

My sister Kristin is selling Pampered Chef again. I am doing a catalog show. The October special is 20% off of unglazed stoneware. If anyone needs anything, please let me know this week. You can go on The Pampered Chef website or see me about a catalog. Thanks.

Happy Birthday Matt and Wade

We celebrated Matt and Wade's birthdays yesterday. Wade has his usual Buster Bar Dessert (or as we call it, ice cream dessert) and Matt had Banana Split Cheese Cake. It was suppose to be a diabetic recipe but it did have quite a few carbs in it. It was pretty good though.

Down Syndrome Awareness Month

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Almost Big Boy Slim Jim

My sister Maria gave me this recipe for a Big Boy Slim Jim sauce. I made them last night with left over ham.

1 cup mayo
1 tablespoon finely chopped onion
2 tablespoons dill pickle relish (I chopped up dill pickle)
2 tablespoon dill pickle juice

Mix ahead and let be in fridge awhile if possible. (I often don't.)

Hoagie Buns
Ham
swiss cheese
tomato
lettuce

Brown ham. I prefer regular left over ham, not lunch meat.

I heat a frying pan and liberally grease it with butter. Then put the hoagie bun face down and lightly brown. Flip bun over on frying pan and spread Big Boy sauce on bottom (or both) sides of bun. Layer ham, swiss cheese, tomato and lettuce. Close bun and flatten with spatula. Serve and demolish!