Friday Favorites

I am thinking about doing a recurring topic on my blog called "Friday Favorites".


The only thing that these posts will have in common is that they will be:
products, companies, recipes, methods, etc. , that work for me, personally.


I hope some of you will be willing to play along and add your opinions!


Today's Friday Favorite:
Addictive "Heroin" Chicken-
( a low carb recipe that works for my husband's "No-Wheat" diet)

4 lbs. Chicken parts (wings work great- but I have used this recipe with drumsticks too)

1 cup grated Parmesan Cheese
2 tablespoons dried parsley
1 tablespoon dried oregano
2 teaspoons paprika
1 teaspoon salt
1/2 teaspoon black pepper

1/2 cup melted butter/ margarine

Preheat oven to 350 degrees
(if using wings cut off pointy tips)

Combine Parmesan Cheese, parsley, oregano, paprika, salt, and pepper together. (I do this in a gallon storage bag- it makes coating the chicken ( think Shake and Bake (tm)-lol)
and clean up much easier)

Line baking pan with foil (again this helps with clean-up)

Dip chicken pieces in the melted butter to coat then roll/shake in cheese/seasoning mixture.

Arrange on baking pan and bake about 1 hour.
(recipe doubles well)

Meme from A-Z

Leslie from Hillbilly Heaven posted a Meme, not too long ago....
http://leslieshillbillyheaven.blogspot.com/2009/02/barbara-here-is-my-meme.html

And tagged anyone who wanted to play along, (so consider yourself tagged ;-)

The object is to describe yourself using each letter of the alphabet
So here is mine:

A- My name is Alex
B- I enjoy "Blogging"
C- I have 5 children
D- My husband's name is Doug
E- Etsy- I would love to sell my sculptures on Etsy
F- is for Family
G - has got to be for greyhound
H- is for humor- it makes everything better- movies, blogs, relationships, life
I- Interior Decorating- one of my passions
J- I like Jade, Japanese Irises,the smell of Jasmine, jazz (but only big band/swing), and my
Jack Russell mutt - named Pepsi)
K- is for kitchen , where I spend a LOT of my time
L- has to be for laundry (if you have kids; you understand why)
M- is for "Mom"- My other name.
N- New York (my hometown!)
O- is for- "O.K."- I use that phrase WAY too often when I blog
P- is for the Power of Prayer
Q- is for quiet- with 5 kids and 2 dogs I am not very familiar with this, but I think it sounds like a wonderful concept
R- I am a practicing Roman Catholic- ( but I do need more "practice" ;-)
S- Is for sculpting and scrapbooking (which I do with varying amounts of Success)
T- is for Television- which I watch far too much, Teachers- (for whom I have the greatest respect!!)- and teenagers (well-- not so much)
U- is for unusual- dare to be different
V- is for Virginia (I have lived here 21 years and counting)
W- is for warm and windy- I love warm, windy days.
X- xeriscape landscaping (a good idea, especially when watering plants is not your thing)
Y- is for yellow- Not my favorite color- but still- the color of my house (exterior and living room), daffodils, honeysuckle, lemon meringue pie, and buttered popcorn, (so it's pretty cool)
Z - our last name starts with Z- so my initials are A.Z. (and that's me from A - Z)

Playing with the sign generator

More Humor, To Help Get Over the Wednesday Blues

Click on the picture to enlarge: To be honest , I am Roman Catholic, so I knew this was fake.
Even though, some of us Catholics know that without dogs it wouldn't be "heaven", (and some priests DO have a sense of humor- not many- but some :-)- It's still fake.
Too bad though- I would SO go to that church!

As Larry the Cable guy, would say- "Here's your sign"-
Here's the sign generator-
http://www.churchsigngenerator.com/

So go ahead y'all- have at it.

seeing is bee-leaving

What is this?

Hero being musical !

Know why ???

That's a Bee-flat if ever there was one!

(corny joke)


Sorry

Everybody Loves Hero

Ok, so ALMOST Everybody loves Hero.




Actually, Alaina has not been too enamored of him the last few days

because when she held his head between her two hands to give him a kiss on his nose he actually DARED to give a little growl. (No she was not wearing the Batman mask at the time)

He did not snap, he just gave a noise to let her know that her advances where not really appreciated,
and those feelings were not reciprocated.

What's that movie? "He's Just Not That Into You"?

Poor Hero- Hell hath no fury like a woman scorned.

But - these pictures were taken TODAY:

Everyone wants a turn Snuggling with Hero.

The story behind the pictures with Will; We threw Hero off the sofa (his usual spot) to allow Will to take his nap. When I checked in I saw that Hero had snuck back on the couch (without waking Will) , so the position of holding "hands" was all Hero :-)

Of course I ran to get my camera- I think there is a law written somewhere saying such things MUST be photographed.

Hero was his usual charming self yesterday at Dog Scouts.

We have started our video taping our "tests" for certification.

Hero nailed: down, stay, heel, and even sit (even though we are breed exempt :-)

Come was less impressive :-(

(We have to work on his coming STRAIGHT towards me.- no detours)

One of the other owners (of a couple of small mixed breed dogs) even expressed an interest in adopting a greyhound- so I chatted him up- telling him just how amazing they are!!!!

The weekend in review

Saturday February 21, 2009

We celebrated Alaina's birthday at:

The Japanese steakhouse,

Thank goodness it is Americanized enough that we didn't have to take off our shoes.

They Do however cook your food right at the table

Some of our party were more impressed

Than others

I can't dress them up- or take them out




(note how Alaina is wearing her new "haircut" lately)



Even Will had a turn trying to catch a piece of shrimp tossed by the chef

(No- he didn't it catch it, it bounced off the top of his head- of course his mouth isn't as large as some other people's :-)

For birthdays at Osaka's, one

"Makes a wish and hits the gong":

Alaina is good at hitting:

The thing she is flinging about is a stretchy rubber hand that is sticky on the end- it reminds me of a frog's tongue (ok- it loses something in translation)
So this is actually just Saturday in review, I will do Sunday next (but I keep getting the "could not contact Blogger" error, so if I can get this much posted I will take it and run