"GUY TIME"

In order for Brody to not be surrounded by girls all the time I have been arranging for play dates with his guy friend. This is what they chose to do for their guy time. I have nothing else to say about this.

Christmas addresses

I know everyone is done with me talking about London, but my joy lives on in my sweatshirt. I bought Taylor a matching one not realizing how much it would bother her to be twins. Now I wear it just to bug her.

On a side note...I know old friends look at my blog and I don't have addresses for Christmas cards. I would love it if you would email me your addresses.

srandjr@sbcglobal.net

Thankful for London

Pretend I am doing this post in an English accent.

Lessons learned in England.

I want one of these phone booths for my house.

I will be watching the Royal wedding in April on TV here at Westminster Abby. Not ashamed to admit.

America does not even compare to their beautiful buildings.

Once you do the London eye you never need to do it again.

My first and last time in the eye.

I like warm vacations instead of cold. The queen is smart to stay inside Buckingham palace.

I learned how dumb we are. It is such a habit when you look to cross the street you look the direction the cars should be coming. Since the cars are on the wrong side of the street we would continually look the wrong way and almost get hit. They even have it printed on every cross walk but we still were dumb.

The London bridge is amazing but this is really called the tower bridge. The London bridge is a normal boring bridge that would not be a cute picture.

If I had to hear him speak in his English accent one more minute I would throw him in the dungeon.

Stonehenge is smaller than you think.

My biggest lesson I learned was that chivalry is not dead. Scott gave up his first class seat on the airplane for me while he rode in coach.

It was a great Thanksgiving.

Happy Thanksgiving

Do we look like Prince William and Kate in London?

Turkey

How do you know what Holiday is coming next.? Look out and see the white trash blow up turkey in your neighbors yard. I am that neighbor. I was not kidding we love our yard blow ups.

cashew chicken

2 lbs boneless, skinless chicken thigh tenders (don't use chicken breasts)1/4 cup all purpose flour
1/2 tsp black pepper
1 tbsp canola oil
1/4 cup soy sauce
2 tbsp rice wine vinegar
2 tbsp ketchup
1 tbsp brown sugar
1 clove garlic, minced
1/2 tsp grated fresh ginger
1/4 tsp red pepper flakes
1 can of water chestnuts (optional)
1/2 cup cashews
Combine flour and pepper in resealable food storage bag. Add chicken. Shake to coat with flour mixture. Heat oil in skillet over medium-high heat. Brown chicken about 2 minutes on each side. Place chicken in slow cooker. Combine soy sauce, vinegar, ketchup, sugar, garlic, ginger, water chestnuts and pepper flakes in small bowl; pour over chicken. Cook on low for 3 to 4 hours. Add cashews and stir. Server over rice.
Review:
I was not expecting to love this dish, but I did. It was excellent and I am so excited that my year is almost over so I can try it again. It was just a little hot with the red pepper flakes, but not too bad. I'm giving this 5 stars. Tell me if you love it as much as I did.

http:www.365daysofcrockpot.com/

I love crock pot cooking and found this blog. She did 365 days of crockpot and rated them 1-5 stars. I only make the ones rated 4 or 5 and like most of them. Here is one that I made and is worth sharing because even the kids liked it.

Summer in November

California has a lot wrong with it...especially after the elections. California also has so much right with it. No, these are not summer beach photos. How great is it that is is Nov. 3rd and it is warm enough to go to the beach and get in the water. I love year round school so they can have days like this.

We really feel so bad for all the cold weather folks.