Biggest Loser's Makeovers

I'm a big fan of this show, especailly the makeover show. Tomorrow.

Mike's mother is addicted to magazines. She gets 5 or 6 a week. She sends them home with Mike whenever he visits her. I usually don't read them all, but I do look to see which ones he brings. When I saw that "Good Housekeeping" had an article about the biggest loser - I'm like Yes, a behind the scenes peek!
Well, they had pictures of Ron, Helen, and Kristen's makeovers. WTF! They just showed the makeup and haircuts. They had their colored t-shirts on and weren't dressed into the new small clothes but really WTF!
Ron cleaned up real nice and the article was interesting.

The Masters

The phone rang this morning at 7:30. What? It's my day off people! It was Darlene my mother-in-law wanting to know my recipe. Turns out she really liked my deviled eggs.
Well that got me outa bed and off and running. The bed is stripped and the laundry is started - The dishwasher is loaded and running - On to cleaning the kitchen floor and bathrooms, got to get to the store for the Easter basket presents and food for the Easter "bring a dish". And I took a minute to let you readers know what i'm doing! I have to be finished by 3pm when the greatest game of golf will be starting on the most beautiful course anywhere... The Masters!!!
You only get one chance a year to see this so I'm planning on not missing a stroke today!
I would pick Augusta to be my "if only I could" golf course and my dream foursome would be (sorry Mike, Dup and Sharen) Tiger, Michael Jordan, and Mike Ditka.

We have a friend who's father-in-laws company had tickets and he would go each year and bring us back souvenirs.
So at 3:00 I will have my Masters golf shirt on. I may borrow Mike's Masters hat and for sure the Masters 18th hole flag will be flying as I tune into ESPN to watch.
Go Tiger!!!! Call me crazy, but I want him to win every tournament he plays in. LOVE HIM!

Deviled Eggs

Apparently I can make deviled eggs.
Last weekend at the birthday parties I brought deviled eggs (I always have to make the eggs) and a new recipe I wanted to try for sausage bites (these would be better right outa the oven).
I'm in the kitchen heating up the bites and I hear "Karen what are you doing?"
I'm heating up these sausage bites"
"Oh I was hoping for your deviled eggs"
"They are in the frig"
I got them out and they were gone in less than 3 minutes. Darlene, my mother-in-law even liked them. So I told them my recipe (total surprise by everyone). I use Lite Miracle Whip (do NOT tell Kory, anybody he claims to hate Miracle Whip), a touch of mustard, and Lite Ranch Dressing, some salt and pepper. How much of each depends on how many eggs. It's as simple as that. Whip it like a bad stepchild and well-la perfect deviled eggs.

WOTM

For those of us in the know that means "Women of The Moose".

Mike and I have joined the Moose of Elgin. Yes - I am a Moosette.
I'm not sure what that entails besides $1.50 draft beers, but I'm looking forward to finding out how I can volunteer. We stopped out there last Friday for the Fish Fry and I know I want to help in the kitchen.
I'll never forget one of my favorite jobs, working in the kitchen at Ellis Middle School. I guess I wasn't that easy to forget either. Last Thursday, I sat in the bar with Michelle after bowling and 2 young fellows were discussing how they knew me. Turns out I'm the "Cool Cook" who juggled tater tots when they were going to Ellis.
Made me smile.

7 AND 4

This weekend was the birthday parties for Logan who is 7 and Kaylyn who turns 4. Logan was excited to get his blue bat bag and Kaylyn carried around her hula hoop.

But both were more interested in thier cakes..





Logan's was a plain yellow cake that had awesome icing. (Logan's words) and of course Mike had to get his little princess a dairy cream "princess cake".

I love Lilacs

Growing up we had lilac bushes in the back yard. Sharen and I would spend hours in those bushes making tracks with our trucks, swinging from the trunks, sharing secrets and just hiding from life.
When we moved into this house on Shady I was so excited that the neighbor had a large lilac bush right outside our front door. I love the smell of lilacs and Ray would let me take as much as I wanted. I would bring them into the house and put them in the same vase that Grandma Budney would use for her flowers on the farm in Antigo. Though I remember hers was used for mostly Peonies.
This is what they look like today after the wet and heavy snow of last weekend. My heart is broken.

Cake & Crap

YES!!! A new camera!

A few people had some nice things to say about Mike.

They finally got around to recognizing Mike's 30th anniversary at the city. I stopped down for some cake and ice cream and to hear just what his boss had to say about him. Mike claims that HIS boss is worse than mine. He was SOOOO right. His speech about Mike kinda went like this.
Mike started here in 77' (groans from the crowd) thirty yrs is 79 you putz. Oh Yeah I started in 77 You must of been 79. DUH...
I was in the planning department - What Department did you start in Mike? HUH? This idiot did not even know what Mike was doing when he started there. You would think he would of checked on Mike past accomplishments, but NO it was all about Jerry. It took everything I had not to burst out laughing or better yet say something.
I'm beginning to count the days when he's done.
Mike got the biggest laugh when Femi, the city manager, was talking about Joan (10 yr anniversary and everyone loves her - including me) He told her she had a ways to go to get to where Mike is and Mike yells out. "Sucks to be You". That lighten the mood and all went well after that.