Bacon- Wrapped Jalapeno Thingies

One of my favorite blogs is the Pioneer Women. She has all sorts of great photo's and tutorials, stories and recipes. I found this recipe and decided to try it out on Jeff last night. All I can say is they are addictive, you can't stop eating them. The first one was not hot at all and the second had a little more heat but not too bad!
The recipe says to leave some pulp and seeds (the source of the heat) if you want lot's of heat. But, I was too chicken! I see now she baked them on a rack, I didn't and they didn't get too crispy on the bottom sitting in their own juices, next time I will put them on a rack. Click on the link to get a printable recipe and while your there look around at her interesting blog. Enjoy!

P.S. I found a little worm in one of the jalapenos, what kinda worm likes the fire of a jalapeno?

http://thepioneerwoman.com/cooking/2007/07/bacon-wrapped_j/

25th Silver Wedding Anniversary

Jeff just happened to have to be in Las Vegas for our 25th Wedding Anniversary so we thought why not have all the kids meet us for a nice weekend celebration. Ryan & Whit from Santa Barbara, Nicole from Tampa, Erin from Chicago, Jeff from Cleveland and me from North Carolina. It was great to see all the kids together, seeing that we are all so far away from each other. We had fun playing the slots and walking around Vegas before our Anniversary dinner.
We had reservations at Rao's in Caesar's Palace for Saturday night. We all went to our rooms to get ready and when the kids knocked on the door I was so surprised to see them all standing there looking like a million bucks all dressed in silver. I wanted to cry, for 2 reasons. 1st is they all looked so great and went to all the expense of getting new outfits and 2nd because I didn't bring anything dressy to wear and looked like a frump next to them! Well, we had a great dinner at Rao's, everything was wonderful and the pasta was exceptional!

Ryan and Whit had to leave Sunday since the are leaving next week for China, Jeff worked the Show and the girls and I hung out around Vegas. Didn't get to lucky this trip, Jeff won $550 and I won $500, which is not to bad but I usually get luckier than that. But I couldn't of been happier than to have all the kids together with us to help celebrate our 25th.

Young@Heart sing 'Fix You' by Coldplay

I saw a segment on CBS Sunday morning on tis choir. This is the kind of choir I want to be in when I am old and gray. No, I'm not there yet but it will be sooner than we think.

HARLEY DAVIDSON'S

I really don't get into the whole motorcycle thing like Jeff would like me to, but I do enjoy this little drink called the Harley Davidson. Do you guys remember the Christmas that we decorated the tree while enjoying a few of these yummy shots. I remember Jeff and Ryan (wimps)each passed out on the one of the couches while Nicole and I enjoyed the Christmas tunes and singing along as we decorated the tree. (I think Erin was out that night) This came to my mind because we were able to finally find one of the main ingredients after a long search and enjoyed a few with Margaret and Steve the other night. So here it is:

Jack Daniels Tennessee Whiskey
Yukon Jack Canadian Liqueur
Lemon Wedge

It's Jack on Jack ( Greg & Jeff, I guess this could be a gay drink) 1/2 Daniels and 1/2 Jack. Just pour straight up, shoot right back, then suck on the lemon to help you enjoy it going down.

Now don't go riding after these, you want to live to ride another day!

Clouds of Pine Pollen

We got home this past weekend and immediately my eyes started itching and my head was all stuffed up. Now look carefully at the picture. I thought that there was a fire or something, then I saw these huge clouds of pine pollen (sneeze) falling off the tree's, it wasn't smoke at all but clouds of pine pollen.
When I went out this morning to meet a friend for coffee, my nice Vanilla Chrysler 300 is a pretty shade of lime green. It was cloudy and drizzly all day yesterday so the pollen sticks nicely to the paint job.
Glad to be home, although I do miss you Jeff!

Happy Birthday Erin!

< Hope you have a great day Erin!
Love and Miss You!

Bon Jovi & Chris Daughtry Concert

The Bon Jovi/Daughtry concert was awesome! That's the only word a woman my age can come up with that doesn't sound to corny! There is something about loud, live music that makes you feel so, young & alive! And yes I apologize now for the phone calls and text messages, but I just couldn't help myself. I drove up to Greensboro with Margaret and Lauri and we met up with Lauri's daughter and a few of her friends and had dinner at PF Changs. Then on to the concert for 3 1/2 hours of non stop music. My favorites were Living on a Prayer and Wanted Dead or Alive. Oh yeah, then there was Want to Make a Memory where Bon Jovi came out and sang from the audience. Yes, I think I will have to do this more often!