Book Club February 2008

I've Been Tagged

Tag! I'm It.
I have been tagged by Nancy:

A. The rules of the game are posted at the beginning

B: Each player answers the questions about themselves

C: At the end of the post, the player then tags 3 people and posts their names, then goes to their blogs and leaves a comment, letting them know that they have been tagged and asking them to read your blog.

10 Years ago today...I was happily waiting for Spring Training to Start. I was on my way to Phoenix to watch the Brewers play. I of course was teaching 3rd grade at West Clinton Elementary. I was also thinking about my 30th year class reunion. I was 10 pounds thinner.....and I'm working losing that so I can be awesome at my 40th year reunion.

I Enjoy: Cooking, reading, spending time with my family. I must have 100 cook books, and I don't dare admit how many other books I have in my home. If you have been there you know what my library looks like. I belong to a bookclub that has really made a difference in my life. My family is my first love. I know that I bug them all the time, because I talk to all of them at least once a day....sometimes 2 or 3 times a day.

What would I do if I was suddenly a billionaire. I'm sure I would see that my family was debt free.... then I would buy a Bed & Breakfast (hire Jason and Nancy) and enjoy being the Hostest with the MostessT I would travel to Italy, and learn the language.

3 of my bad habits: This is not a fun question....

#1. I eat to much. Most of my life I have been very slim...now I just eat to much.

#2. I use shopping as RETAIL THERAPY. I own to many shoes...is that possible?

#3. I do laundry only when I have to...or when I'm tempted to buy more socks!

5 places I have lived:

Spanish Fork, Utah

Provo, Utah

Orem, Utah

Kaysville, Utah

Clearfield, Utah

5 Jobs that I have had:

I worked for my parent's at their Hallmark Bookstore. GIFT FAIR

Geneva Steel as a clerk

Selective Service as a Draft Board Secretary

Mountain Bell ......as a order clerk

Teaching.......2nd, 3rd, and 4th grade......this is year number 29

5 things people don't know about me:

I pretty much can't answer this question, because then everyone would know 5 more things they probably don't want to know about me. Okay - I'll keep it generic

1. I'm compeitive

2. I'm spoiled (just a little bit)

3. I don't make public speeches.....I'm way to nervous to stand in front of a group of adults.

4. I avoid situations that are confrontational.

5. I am a Morning Person... I love watching the sunrise.

Tag your It.... Jason, Robyn, and Jayedee

Weekend Breakfasts

Breakfast Sausage EnchiladasIngredients:
2 lb browned breakfast sausage

1/2 cup green onions chopped

1/2 cup green peppers chopped

2 1/2 cups sharp shredded cheddar cheese

(There will be left over sausage mixture. I use it the next night on baked potatoes.)

10 flour tortillas

4 eggs beaten

2 cups half and half

1 tablespoon flour

1/4 teaspoon salt

1/4 teaspoon garlic powder

4 drops Tabasco sauce

Sour Cream ~ Salsa ~Guacamole
Directions:Cook sausage. Add green onions, green peppers and cheddar cheese in a bowl. Divide into tortillas and roll then place seam sides down in greased rectangular baking dish. Combine beaten eggs, half and half, flour. salt, garlic powder and Tabasco.

Pour egg mixture over tortillas then cover with foil.

Refrigerate overnight.

Bring out of fridge 30 minutes before you start to cook.

Bake at 350 degrees for 45 minutes. (I bake mine in a roaster oven)Remove foil during the last 10 minutes of baking. Serve with sour cream, salsa and guacamole

Here is our breakfast buffet, with fruit, drinks and Peach Pancake Breakfast! It was delicious. There were no left overs this morning. We have decided to try this recipe with Mango, adding a little cinnamon and nutmeg to the batter.

Peach Pancake Breakfast

Make Bisquick batter with 2 1/2 cups pancake mix, using only 1 cup of milk. Pour into greased 9 X 13 cake pan.

Drain 1 (16 oz) can sliced/diced peaches; arrange peaches on top of pancake batter.

Cook link sausages cut into bite size pieces; arrange on top of batter with peaches.

Bake 30 – 40 minutes at 350 degrees.

SYRUP:

1 c. peach juice
½ c. sugar
2 tablespoons cornstarch
2 tablespoons butter
¾ c maple flavored syrup

Mix together peach juice, sugar, and cornstarch. Cook until clear and thickened (stirring constantly). Add 2 tablespoons butter and ¾ c maple syrup.

Serve syrup warm.

So, I think I was Snowed In! Look at this

Here comes Halie! Her dad used to make a huge pile of snow in the corner of our front yard. Every winter that we had enough snow, he would pile it, pile it, pile it, until the bushes underneath needed a year to recover. The neighborhood kids would come with their plastic sleds and away they would go. Looks like he is continuing the tradition.

Snowed In at Hayhurst B & B