new car and new recipe

we drove down to warrensburg last night to meet up with my parents.  

my old car needs to be licensed and it has always been in my parent's names.

so as of last night, we are now proud owners of a 10 year old sunfire.

sa-weet. let's celebrate.

and since we were in town, mom made us dinner.

homemade chicken pot pie.

my favorite.

and here's the recipe:

it's a doozy, but if you ever have the time, i suggest it.

you'll need:

1/2 C chopped onion

1 large can veg-all - or mixed frozen veggies

(carrots, green beans, corn)

1/4 C chopped celery

3 cups cubed cooked chicken

6 Tbsp butter

1 tsp salt

1/2 C flour

3 C chicken broth

1 potato

boil chicken in water until cooked. cut into cubes. make two crust pie dough (double your normal recipe) and roll out. cook onion and celery in butter until tender. add flour and salt, cook for 2 mins. add broth all at once. cook and stir until thick and bubbly.  boil veggies and a cubed potato.  add chicken and veggies to broth.  pour into a pie crust.  top with the other pie crust. seal edges. 

bake at 350 for 35 to 40 mins.

my mom always makes her pie dough from scratch, but i bet you could totally buy it and make this 10 times easier. 

good luck and enjoy!

preplanned

lindsay and i are planning a baby shower for our good friend, jana, 

due on april 1st with a little baby boy.

max.

the shower will be held in my newly renovated basement.

and this is also why i have ronnie working on our new bar every night.

that thing HAS to be done in time.

not to mention, that i told him i needed this up to standards in time as well.

(he hates life)

here is the invite we sent out a last week (via shutterfly).

going from that, i think we'll probably keep most things

blue, white and yellow.

i was thinking balloons would be festive

and easy on the wallet.

this could be fun for the stairs.

or string them up over the food table.  maybe both.

we plan to do a onesie craft during the shower - so linds and i will have our done

and hung on a banner with M A X on it.  should be cute.



and then when everyone else gets done,

they can hang theirs to dry as well.

and my mom has a bunch of mason jars,

so i thought this might be fun too.

shower planning is so fun.

especially with pinterest.

btc, phone home

so i know NOTHING about phones.

and didn't really need to.

why?

because i try to avoid talking on them.

sure, i'll respond to a text... when i get it.

and most times, that's hours later.

and if you catch me at the right time

i might even have a nice 20 minute conversation with you.

but that's where it ends.

and so, for the last several years,

this was my phone.

still is my phone.

pretty sweet, right?

but,

my office blocks the internet.

and for someone that is on

blogger

facebook

twitter

goodreads

and

pinterest

it's a lot to miss.

so i'd like to get a new one.

something that has the internet,

with a clear screen

and takes good photos.

oh, and no small buttons.

these fingers are not made for small buttons.

i was thinking touch screen,

but didn't know if those broke easy?

advice?

please advise.

living in a winter wonderland

this "winter" is bazaar.

barely any bad weather to speak of.

today was actually cold,

but tomorrow will be back up in the 60's.

but i still wanted my house to have some winter decor.

and i didn't really have any.

so i bought a bag of pine cones,

some white poinsettias

kept my white snowflakes off my christmas tree

and made a quick trip to hobby lobby for some crafty items to make more snowflakes.

i hung my homemade snowflakes from my window cutouts in the living room.

thank you popsicle sticks and glitter.

here are the poinsettias and pine cones.

i also make sure and change out the books i keep on my entry way table.

the colors always go with the seasons.

bringing the pine cones to the living room.

and kept my feather wreath up on the backdoor.

my "snow" trees stayed as well.  then i added a row of snowflakes under the tv.

i added one pine cone to each plate in the dining room

and bought new glass hurricanes,

but i haven't figured out exactly what i want to do with them yet.

and some friends of ours stopped by and dropped off this awesome doormat.

the hubs and i with our puppies.  perfectly represented.

so that's the winterscape at our house right now.

hopefully the snow will join us outside as well.

the first 365

last week mr. mason turned the big oh one.

and over the weekend we went to dana's to celebrate.

and then since my friends weren't quite ready to say goodbye,

most of us made a night out of it at shannon's.

and i got to see little graham again.

lots of cute little stinkers filled my saturday.



friday night lives

last friday i had plans to have a girls night, but it was cancelled when our

hostess realized her husband had to be up and ready for work bright and early saturday. 

so instead, ronnie and i went out with our

lee's summit besties to a new restaurant/bar.

we played the juke box.

drank some beer.

ate unhealthy food.

and finally made our way back to my house. (1 block down the road)

ronnie showed off his christmas present which lindsay modeled.

then we played my christmas present/the best game ever, A to Z.

and after the turnbows left,

i realized how drunk my husband was.

how could i tell?

well, he spilt a beer

put on some george strait
and wanted to dance.

and that's why we're perfect for each other.

 

gross or great

when ronnie and i went to visit his mom around christmas
she offered us pancakes one morning for breakfast.
and when she popped a bag out of the freezer, i was skeptical.

frozen pancakes.

no thanks.

but then i ate them.

now i love them.

and bought a bag for ourselves.
seriously - - always save brand, blueberry pancakes from walmart.
who knew?
and the best part - - 70 seconds and they're done.

gross or great?

you decide.

my verdict:

great!

ps- we don't actually use Mrs. Butterworth's.  we buy sugar-free Log Cabin which has 200 less calories per serving and i think it tastes better.