1-24-10-Part 2- Even Better When I Don't Have to Cook Twice In One Day

The kids and I went to a friends house for Dinner. Had Salad, Spaghetti & a really good sauce that was nummy.... Oh and garlic bread...


I made something called Sin Cake that my friend Jessica gave me to make for dessert. It was really good also. Very rich but good. (Anything that has 2 sticks of butter to 1 1/2 cups flour for the crust should tell you something right there.) I didn't take photos while making it but I'll post up the recipe she gave me.... Did I mention that it is REALLY good?


Anyway, the kids all sat at the table and there wasn't room for my friend and I so we sat not far away. I'm still counting this as a Make-up meal because we were all in the same room.


The photo is pending because it needs to be emailed to me. I took it with my friends camera.


It was a fun evening...


(edited 1-26-10 to add the photos)

Eric's slowly getting the hang of submitting to my photos.... got the other 4 trained already... it only took Megan one weekend :-)

1/17/10 - Day 3 Part 2 - Lake Coeur d'Alene Trip

Earlier in the afternoon when I got back from the store I made some cookies so Megan and I played Uno for quite a while, ate a few of the cookies and then around 5:30 I woke Madeleine up. Since no one was hungry for dinner yet the girls once again headed off to the pool and when they go back we ate dinner. We had left over Mac N' Cheese & veggies.

As the weekend went on Megan got better about just submitting to my picture taking.

Madeline on the other hand became more and more of a PIA about it.

Probably because she knew it was pissing me off.

After dinner the girls hung out and I went to take a nap but was so tired I honestly went to sleep. It was after 7:30 pm so I didn't feel bad about it.

Since this was our 2nd meal of the day together it gets to be a make-up meal.

~Jamie

1/16/10 Day 2 Part 2 - Lake Coeur d'Alene Trip

After we ate the girls hung out and swam some more while I made the Macaroni & Cheese for dinner. After I got done we watched a movie together.

I had a new mission for the weekend... to turn my friend's daughter into a chick-flick junkie. The poor girl's almost 13 and had never seen "How to Lose a Guy in 10 days". As far as I'm concerned that has to be some form of child abuse right there. When I was out at the store I  picked up a rental of this and a few other good chick-flicks to watch with her over the course of the weekend. Poor girl lives in a household with too much tetosterone anyway so she needs some ammo to counter act it :-) 

By the way she liked the movie...

After it was over the girls decided they were tired and went to take a nap. I woke them up about 7pm, we set the table and ate dinner. That Mac N' Cheese was REALLY good...

After dinner the girls went swimming again then we watched the movie "My Sister's Keeper" which I had read the book but not seen yet. Although it is a Drama I wouldn't classify this movie as the standard chick flick like 50 First Dates, the Notebook, Return to Me or How to Lose a Guy 10 Days. It wasn't totally like the book but was still a very good movie... a tear jerker in the end that's for sure.

Because this is our 2nd meal together for the day I get to count this one as a Make-Up meal.. yeah!
~Jamie