Friday Fiesta-- Cheesy Ham 'n' Rice Soup

So I spend half my time worrying about the party that I'm currently working on, and half the time worrying about what party theme I will work on next week.

I know...I do alot of worrying.  (I'm sure if I didn't have something to worry about...I'd make something up...oh yea...I already do.)  SIGH.  Okay, I'm a little neurotic that way.

Anyway....I've been thinking alot about next week's party, and I'm going to have a Recipie exchange party.  So I've been thinking I need to update my Family Recipie book with some cuter and yummy recipies.

So I think I'll share a new recipie on Fridays for our Bryson Family Cookbook.

Hopefully my family (HINT HINT) will send me some new recipies so I'm not recycling the same old, same old recipies.  (HINT HINT)

This week's recipie is a new one that we got from our friends.  Hank and I love it, but the kids...NOT SO MUCH.  Hopefully you're kids are a lot less NUTTY than mine and will enjoy it because it really is YUMMY!

Now That's Funny...

Okay, so I must confess....I have a new hobby.  I feel like it's become a bit of an addiction lately.  Is that bad?  Or is it only bad when it causes you to lose time as you sit for hours doing nothing but WOTTING? (WOTTING: verb: a clever take on the verb blogging, which means a "Waste Of Time" ing.)

Okay, so maybe it is bad.  But I love to Blog Surf.  The fact that I can do it anywhere now is probably not helping the situation.  Now that I have this lovely app, I can even do it on my phone as I wait in those darn Customer Service lines at Walmart...for a whole hour (different story there.)

But I love to look at Linky Parties (hey, I even had to start my own weekly party!)  This is where a bunch of bloggers come together to share their crafty ideas all in one place.  What a great idea!  How can it not be?  Check that out?  Doesn't it just want to make you peruse their homes, their lives, their ideas? 

AWESOME!

Well, in doing that today, I stumbled upon Shanimal Cracker's blog.  Can I just say that's one of the funniest blogs I've read in forever?  And I've read my share...probably your share too.

Okay, so maybe that really doesn't say much....since I don't seem to have the same sense of humor as most people.  I don't like Slapstick comedy.  I don't laugh at people getting hurt.  It's just not funny.

But she makes me laugh...and I'm just saying...that's a good thing somedays.

A Super Bowl Supper

Now I know why they call Super Bowl Sunday the Thanksgiving of Junk Food!

1st Quarter....

2nd Quarter....

3rd Quarter...

4th Quarter!

More Cold Weather

Just when the sun was starting to sign and there were signs of life on the road, it started to snow. 

At least it was only supposed to be a dusting...or so the weatherman said. 

Instead, it snowed for several hours and left us with 3 inches of snow covered ice.  Fun.

So instead...we bake.  And then we take pictures of the cookies.

Hey, I've been meaning to play with my camera to figure out the settings. 

Is there a better subject than food?  It doesn't move.  It doesn't make funny faces at you.  It doesn't complain that it's taking too long.

No, it LOVES me.

Another Day in Paradise

Can I tell you how I so feel like this?

Because I have been waiting for this...

To bring me this.....

For 4 days!  GRRRRRRR!!!!!

It's Warming Up....Finally

It's a wopping 24 degrees today! It's Smoking Hot!

I'm sure there is some logical, scientific explanation for why my fence is smoking, but I just think it looks pretty darn cool.

Winter scrapbook pages

I must REALLY be bored today.... I made 2 scrapbook pages with my cute boys as the center pieces.