I haven't posted in awhile, friday i had to work, saturday i got called off yea! mike stayed the night i made my special meat loaf with a ancient chinese secret sauce! we watched dark night it was pretty good but heath ledger did play a very dark part, no wonder he had a hard time sleeping. monday i was off so ronnie made short ribs and over the top potatoes. we call them that because everything is in them. that is a picture of them above then we had gingerbread and pepermint ice cream with sprinkles and watched mama boys another reality show i got ronnie hooked to. tuesday i was off too ronnie decided to make tamales, so he smoked the pork shoulder for 8 hours then make his chili verde val & dave came over and cindy.

to help out rolling tamales poor ronnie watched 4 videos the last one was on utube. they came out really yummy lots of flavor. we ended up ordering pizza i made pomegranate maragarita's they turned out really good my first time i had a good time so next year i think we will make it a tradation before new years so we can eat them ! tonight is nye and we really don't have any plans. who know what we will do. post more next year!

i know i been gone a while dec 20th we had our annual christmas part, the 21st i stayed in bed so tired , the 22 and 23 rd sick stomach stuff and back, but i worked and the 24th i got off at 6pm just in time to make it to vals and daves for cioppinio, it is soo good i think it is from the east coast, she only makes it one time a year! then on christmas i got lc (low censis) so i got called of.

Lisa and Phil invited us over, they were making a ham glaze from emeril and potatoes from paula dean. Ronnies back was hurting so we stayed home and had our own christmas here. ronnie made his own ham glaze using 4 oz of jack daniels , 6 oz of maple syrup, 4 tbs of brown sugar , and some red peper seeds Yummy, he also made the sweet potatoes using brown sugar , butter, cinnimon, nutmeg, 1/3 cup of jack daniels and topped with coconut marshmellos, yummy, and finally he did the cranberries with black berries cooked with oj and a cup of sugar oh so good i think we will always do that. I made my scalloped potatoes with italian blend shreeded cheese, 1 cup of 4 cheese sauce, and left over cream cheese, cheddar cheese and bacon left over from my japs on saturday with half cup of white wine , butter let cook for about a hour with chopped up garlic and onions it was soo good and for dessert i had a scoop of gingerbread and peppermint ice cream topped with cranberries and a sliced of anna's rum cake i went to bed with a coma!

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we went to william glen yesterday which is a tradtion for lisa and i, it always gets me in the mood for christmas.

ronnie found this soup recipe on food network, he had to use the rest of the butternut squash, it end up being more like a creamy rice, next time we both agreed less rice, but the flavor was sooo good, then we whatch fred klaus it was so cute i think we have another xmas classic, i down loaded some purple and green xmas cards to 2 peas, oh and i am drinking egg nog with gingerbread liquor, soo good, please excuse my spelling usually when i get to the blog it is late at night, i couldn't resist this pic, ronnie put on sadie's (Mama, or monkey's) ears

this picture was taken saturday, we invited val over she was a hunters widow this weekend and mrs. cindy luv these girls. ronnie made jambalaya

yummy, soo good. i am so happy ronnie loves to cook. i made gingerbread mattini's, go to hiram walker they are make pumpkin liquier yumo!

then we played the 80's triva, ronnie won but not really he pretended not to know the game at the end. it was a good night. we also let val know we were the culprits of the misfortunes of her deer.

sunday i took it easy ronnie whatched football i worked on a scrap mojo challenge and a prima challenge. monday i worked, tuesday i worked. wednesday i called in my back was giving me trouble. this year i was diagnosed with degenerative disc dz, in my back so i have good days and bad. anyways i did work on my cards for a magazine, maybe i will get published! ronnie took care of me he made me soup off of the food network beefand butternut squash stew it was sooo good, we will do that one over!

i had a nice day today, went to the antique store found all kinds of old christmas books, so cute can't wait to make something may use one of them for scrap mojo challenge. ronnie and i decided to get a tree, i hope this one lives longer, last year we were scared to turn on the lights during the christmas party that was the last thing we would need is a fire. ronnie did the lights as he always does, and i decorated and he put the angel on top. i made my oatmeal cookie drink, you can copy it from food network but i think i have it in the old head. 1 shot of irish cream, butterscotch, jager, and 1/2 shot of cinnamon . i think my spelling is off maybe no more oatmeal cookies.

from the last picture i downloaded you will see ronnie had fun with our neighbors deer!

The new blog is coming along, ronnie added a link to two peas, and now we have pictures up i can't believe how it has transformed. all morning he has been working on it he did such a good job, love you bubba. well today i have to work so i won't be working on much today , i did try to start the 12 tags of christmas. the first tag i did up side down, and the second tag i accedently used chalk ink, not good it dosen't blend like the distress inks, oh well, and the mask stuck alittle so it pulled a little paper up oh well i did try

wow, i had a crazy day, all day i have been going back and forth between 3 different scrapbook shops to find the name for the products i used. I am going to be published at scrapbooking.com magazine, jamie contacted me, ronnie had posted some off my pages and she like them, i feel like sally field when she won her first oscar you really really like me! I completed typing up all my information boy that took like three hours, i hope i don't sound like a idiot. ronnie is outside putting more lights up, i think he's trying to compete. so now i have time i am going to try doing the 12 tags of christmas, tim holtz. I had luch with lisa at panera, yummy. i don't get to see her often since she has started school.

i got off early about 2030 last night came home and whatched to rest of kung fu panda it is too cute i whatch the first half on thanksgiving but the turkey got to me and i was snoring by 2130 ronnie said it was the 32oz pear martini's i am sure that had something to do with it. i got up this morning dragged all the xmas stuff out put my kitchen tree up it looks really cute. ronnie came home and we headed to home depot brought home 3 sets of santa claus lights every year we try to add to our outside lights, our neighbor came over dave he said you know my last name is'nt jones ha, ha were not trying to keep up just maintain, the majority of people put up lights plus it puts me in the mood for xmas. ronnie is across the street watching football so i think i will make some cards, i will post.
by the way what kind of animal is the "master" in kung fu? ronnie states it's a marment but i don't think there is such an animal. also my favorite saying from the movie!! yesterday is history, the future is a mystery and today is a gift that is way it is called the present. cute hu

well today is day 2 of our new blog, i got up and made breakfast for ronnie and i. I made veggie eggs and bacon i tried to make potato pancakes like my mom use to make but they didn't quite come out, all i had to use was a wok, that thing was awful i guess we'll just use it for stir fry, note to self i need another skillet but i want a good one so i guess it will be awhile i made some xmas
cards this morning, will post when i can, jen called she's at knots berry farm. and ronnie is heading across the street to whatch football with mike. i have to go to work, oh phone just rung do i want a a day off i have to say no i was c alled off yesterday oh well hope its a good night at hospt

oh my gosh i did it, it has taken me awhile to come into this technical world, but this month i have taken huge steps, i got a blackberry, set up a blog and posted my work on 2 peas, wow ! but none of this would be possible if it were not for my husband thank u !! you made it possible. i would be writting more later, getting pics up and some art work or what i mean my husband will do the posting, i can do the blogging.