Almost Wordless: White Wednesday

Wednesday . . .

Thursday?

Friday? (Pretty please!)

Pin Accomplished - Super Simple Doughnuts

Hello, my name is Lollie, and I am a doughnut-aholic.

But I'm not lookin' for any 12-step program . . . unless it leads me to a Krispy Kreme.

Honey-glazed doughnut, sopaipilla filled with honey or a powdered sugar-covered beignet . . . I love 'em ALL! 

So when I spotted this pin, courtesy of Little Bit Funky. . .

Source: littlebitfunky.com via Lollie on Pinterest

I just had to heat up the oil & get fryin'!

Almost Wordless: Bummer Wednesday

What's a guy to do...

when your big brother is heading to a friend's for a sleepover, but you & your buddy aren't quite old enough for sleepovers,

then your good buddy throws back his head while laughing at his own high jinks, but he doesn't realize you're standing right behind him...

you end up with a bleeding upper lip & a fat bottom lip.

More importantly, what's a Mom to do to comfort the weepy little beast?

Surely two scoops of strawberry ice cream, a drizzle of chocolate, rainbow sprinkles and a squirt of whipped cream will soothe those lips and stop the stream of tears.

Ice cream sundae with a Fresca chaser!

If the momming marathon had a scoring system like NASCAR I'd be rackin' up some serious points tonight!!

P.S. I don't actually watch NASCAR, but I have a few friends that do.

Pin Accomplished: Yummy Blueberry Breakfast Cake

This week's "Pin Accomplished" . . . Buttermilk-Blueberry Breakfast Cake - courtesy of Alexandra's Kitchen.

Alexandra's tale of her search for just the right recipe to cure her carb craving made me smile...

"an old photocopied sheet of paper in my mother’s hand writing, I spotted a note: 'Baby Boy’s Favorite.' Oh Baby Boy. Baby Boy is my younger brother, my parents’ favorite child, and one of the most satisfying people to cook for."

Alexandra's Breakfast Cake made my boys, and our friends (who we were visiting in VT) smile too.

My notes --

•  I substituted frozen blueberries (that the boys & I picked this summer).
• Next time, I think I'll increase the two cups of blueberries to 2 1/2 or even three cups...me likey blueberries!
• I like the bit of sweet crunch you get from sanding sugar on top of baked goods, so I substituted it for the granulated sugar, and generously sprinkled it on top.
• Good bake-ahead recipe -- I baked this Friday morning, let it cool completely before covering, then transported it to VT...it was fabulous Saturday morning for breakfast.

Pigs-in-a-Crescent Revisited

The Fortuitous Housewife is feeling foodie retro tonight...

Doesn't this commercial take you back!

I'm embarassed to admit this pre-fab food delicacy became one of me & my younger brother's favorite dinners when we were kids. (Our poor foodie folks suffered in semi-silence. Yes, we heard you grumbling!) 

Weeksworld's reinterpretation...

Johnsonville Turkey with Cheddar Sausage...a recent Weeksworld discovery.

Wrap those dawgs in a crescent triangle, plop 'em on an ungreased baking sheet and slide 'em in a pre-heated 375 oven for 12-15 mintues, until the dawg is hot & the roll is golden brown. 

Shhh...please keep my secret! Martha would be horrified! And Christopher Kimball might revoke my Cook's Illustrated subscription. 

Turkey-Cheddar Pigs-in-Crescent, with some sweet potato oven-fries and broccoli slaw, were a big hit with the boys!

Tomorrow's dinner menu...Cranberry-Orange Pork Roast, Oven-Roasted Asapargus and Brown Rice Pilaf...gotta redeem myself!


Images via...
http://www.pillsbury.com/Products/Crescents
htpp://www.johnsonville.com/products/turkey-w-cheddar.html

Just keep pinning, just keep pinning...

What exactly is...

The discussion is spreading almost as quickly as Pinterest is growing. 

Is it... 

• The next social media game changer? 
• Just another cyber-based time killer?(a haven for the bored homemakers & procrastinator)   

Does Pinterest...inspire & motivate or defeat & depress?

Local news, CNN, tech pundits and mom bloggers...seems like everyone is exploring & explaining this pinning explosion.

• TechCrunch reports Pinterest Hits 10 Million U.S. Monthly Uniques.
• Kristy, over on the Clever Girls Collective, posted the fact-filled and in-your-face "How to Stop Being a Pinterest Sexist".
• Scary Mommy recently proclaimed her position on pinning in her hilarious "Pin This" post, and announced she had closed her account.

Lil' ol' me jumped into the pinning parade a few months back - Pinterest...is there a 12-step program? - and I'm is still thoroughly enjoying the spectacle. 

All this Pinterest hullabaloo reminds me of way back when, before her extended "vacation", when Miss Martha was the focus of much adoration and abhorrence - no one can be so perfect, or accomplish so much!

Why am I still a committed pinner?

(Hold on a second, someone's knocking on my door...it's two guys in white jackets, they say they've got a nifty jacket for me to try on.)

• It's oh so visually enticing! And I'm a visual girl!
• It inspires me to try new things & tackle neglected (and nagging) projects.
• No more stacks of dusty old mags (Martha, Cook's, etc) cluttering up my bookshelf, saved for some now forgotten idea or recipe! 

So last week I spent a little time sifting through my boards (34), pins (600+) & likes (100+), and created a couple of new boards to help me put this fun new toy/tool to real use - ASAP Pins & Pins Accomplished.

I'm thinkin' it will be fun to see just how many pins I complete in 2012.

Are you pinning?

Have you actually put a pin into play?

Best Valentine...Part Duex

Valentine's Day 2011...the Housewife ran off with a gal pal for a couple of non-momming ski days in good ol' Killington (VT) - The Very Best Valentine - and it was a much appreciated gift.

So how are the Handsome Husband and Fortuitous Housewife celebrating Valentine's Day (and our wedding anniversary) this year?

Yeah, I know, it's kinda cheesy to get married on Valentine's Day, but we had our first kiss after a anti-Valentine's Day dinner party, so what the heck!

This year I'm home & on solo Momming duty while the Handsome Husband is off skiing in Utah with friends.

Source: powdermountain.com via Lollie on Pinterest

  

The Handsome Husband's fantasy Utah ski day.

I guess what they say is true...payback really is a bitch!

Source: wine-magnet.blogspot.com via Lollie on Pinterest

So, for all those gals sippin' alone on Valentine's Day...here's a super sexy cinema kiss to savor.

Stellar cast, mediocre movie...supreme screen kiss.

Happy Valentine's Day to all the sweethearts out there!

The Tale of Three Jars

What I believe...

• Every cloud has a silver lining.

• Every life challenge eventually leads to a valuable life lesson. 
• And the glass is always 1/2 full.

But the last three days I have realized a disturbing trend in Weeksworld....the jar is always EMPTY!

Sunday morning - peanut butter

Monday afternoon - salsa

Tuesday morning - Nutella 

What is it with this family of mine putting all these empty jars back in the fridge?!

Have they forgotten where the trash can is? 
     (Three feet to the right of the fridge, gang!)

Or is there some deeper meaning to all this emptiness? A message or warning from the cosmos? 

Or is it just plain laziness? 

Like one of my favorite bloggers, Tracy at Lost in Suburbia, who's lot in her family is toilet roll police, is mine to be the disposer of all that is empty in my fridge?

What's your Housewife/Mom role/peeve?

Whiteboard Valentine

According to the Baron of Boredom, I am "MEAN".

And some days I even win "WORST MOMMY EVER!"

But everyone once in a while, like a parenting Blue Moon, I'm not so bad after all...

 My early Valentine, on a dry erase board.

I love all the "X's", but no "O's", 'cause "kissing is gross, Mom!"

Boo-hoo...kissing Mom is already gross @ 6.5yrs!

It's sweet moments like these we Moms must treasure and remember...'cause they are the reason the little monsters survive the not-so-sweet days!