Gumbo and Birthdays are a great combination!

Saturday night, October 11th was our good friend D's 50 something birthday (don't worry D. I'm not telling - primarily because I can't remember exactly...is it 52...?)so we all got together to eat gumbo, and drink snorkels! Her hubby, A., makes the meanest gumbo in North Florida!

And, for those of you who don't know what a snorkel is, you'll just have to hope that you, too, get invited to a snorkeling event where you can go deep sea drinking, oops I meant, diving as well! LOL! We had a great time and I took some of the yummy Peach Cobbler and it was a big hit and was all eaten by the time we left the party! Thanks for having us D. & A.; we had a great time!

More Friday Night Fun at the Ballpark with our boys - October 17, 2008

All I can say about these shots are that we all have a great time (and some of us have even more fun than others - notice the hat and the plastic cup...)going to the ball field and watching our boys play baseball. What's more American than the pasttime of baseball and good friends?! What these boys don't even know is that every laugh, every play, every cheer from the outfield will be a memory that they'll hold dear when, they too, are 40 something years old, and are at a ball park somewhere watching kids play baseball...whew, time goes way too fast but good times can be had by all!

Speaking of good times had by all - look who made it to the ball field Friday night - it's our new mascot the Red Headed Step Child! Look, she's really enjoying the game too! Stay tuned as I'm sure that you'll want to keep up with her travels over the next few months...

Oh, and she's not the only one who's having a good time, look at these guys...

Well, on this note, well maybe not since he doesn't really looked too thrilled here, we'll just enjoy this last view from the ball park Friday night and call it a day. Oh yeah, we won!

Yummy Peach Cobbler Recipe!

Okay, okay, for those of you who are still drooling over the photos of my yummy peach cobbler that I posted last week in my cute turquoise glass sherbert dishes, here is the recipe that you requested and I hope you all enjoy it as much as we did when I had Ms. Major over for dinner!

Too Easy Peach Cobbler

Ingredients: 1 large can of Sliced Peaches in Heavy Syrup (sorry that I don't have the ounce size but it's the one that is about the size of small can of coffee if that helps - see I'm NOT really a cook....)

Cinnamon

1 Box of White Cake Mix - 18.25 oz (I used the extra moist kind)

1 8 oz package of Cream Cheese

1 stick of Butter (softened and melted)

Optional: 1 small can of Sweetened Condensed Milk

Directions to Make Cobbler -

Line the bottom of a 9 x 13 glass baking dish with peach slices. Lightly sprinkle cinnamon over the peaches.

In a separate bowl, combine the White Cake Mix and the Cream chease together until they are a crumbly texture (I used my hands to combine or you can use a food processor but be careful and don't over process it - just use your hands as everything that has your hands in it always taste better according to Paula Dean...)

Spread this mixture over the top of the peaches.

Melt the stick of butter (I do this in the microwave) and pour over the top of the cake and cream cheese mixture.

Bake at 375 for 45 minutes or until top of cobbler is golden brown. Pour a small amount of sweetened condensed milk over each serving for a little bit of pure heaven! Enjoy!

Yard Sale Treasures - October 11, 2008

Wow, how does life get so far ahead of me sometimes?! I guess because I'm busy living, spending time with friends, going to happy hour and great parties at friends houses, etc...! Oh well, I ramble! I went to an awesome estate sale here on Oct. 11th here in town that was conducted by this company that I follow like a religion! When they have a sale, I'm there unless I HAVE to be somewhere else. They always have great estate sales, they always start promptly at 8:00 a.m. (but I'm always there by 7:00 to be in the very first few going in the house...) and everything, and I mean everything, is priced. There's no haggling until after lunchtime (and I've never even once went back as I always buy it when I'm there early if I want it) so you know how much you'll pay from the very beginning!

Perfect example is this Blinko glass pitcher that I got for $5.00. The hubby and I love the color of Blinko glass and love how this looks when the sun hits it.

In this picture you'll see the cute vintage cards that I got for $0.50; a bag of thread for all my sewing projects for $0.75, the vintage planter that I use by my sink to put my scrapers and scrub pads in for $0.75; the Wire Glove hanger for $1.00, the handpainted wooden Easter eggs for $6.00 (I love the workmanship in these); 2 Pyrex small bowls for $0.75, some fingertip towels for $0.50; some awesome 60's embossed bath towels for $0.50 each (these are hard to find in good shape and I'm just drawn to them for some reason); the Scottish wool scarf for $2.00; a gorgeous vintage Christmas tablecloth for only $3.00 (Sorry it's not in this picture); the cool green and white velour table runner for $1.00; a vintage 2 hole paper punch for $1.00 (I also love to collect vintage desk accessories from the 50's); and there were a few more things but they aren't in this picture as I had started to put things away since it was a couple of weeks ago. It was so much fun and I can't wait for their next one.

It always makes me feel kind of good to know that I'm giving a good home to someone else's "treasures" and that they won't wind up at Badwill or somewhere where they won't be appreciated like they will at my house.

But, I guess you should feel sorry for my nieces and nephews as one day, there will be one heck of an estate sale at my house....but, until then, I'm going to keep going to other people's estate sales and bring their treasures home with me!

Yard Sale Treasures - October 4, 2008

Whew, who knew it would be so much work to post my treasures each week and try and keep up with it so you guys could see what I find! But, I'm already catching myself running a little behind; sorry 'bout that! Here's just some of the stuff I found last Saturday. My silver watch for $5.00 was one of my favorites and I even found a few gift items that were brand new as Christmas is not far way... Oh, and then I went to this moving/estate sale of a guy who I think was a long way away from dying (hence, the "estate" sale part) but he sold me some awesome 50's Shiny Brite ornaments for my vintage silver Christmas tree for only $1.00 a box! That was a steal as I have paid $6.00 for one before! he also sold me the cute witch that stands watch in our yard now! I also got the cute flamingo salt and pepper shakers from him to add to my "vintage Florida" collection. Oh, and that Swiss army knife, yep, got it for $0.25!

Fall Fabulousness on my front stoop!

Wow, I'll really be glad when it starts to feel like fall and it stays that way. We've had a few cool days (days below 85 degrees) but they haven't come to stay yet. But, that doesn't stop us Floridians from decorating in the Fall Fabulousness in hopes that the cool weather will soon come! Isn't it all cute?! The girl scarecrow represents me (as my hair is kind of spiked on top, too!) and the male scarecrow is the Mr.. I think it all turned out very cute and if you live close and know where to find us; drive by and enjoy; that's what I do it for and if you think this is something, wait 'til you see what I do to "Deck the halls...."!Sorry the pumpkins are a little out of focus but I'm kind of tired tonight.....

I also took some more pictures of our Mexican Daisies that are in full bloom now at night and these are beautiful too - day or night!

Look! I really can cook!

Okay, so, some of my friends now call me "Millie Stewart" and here's why. Sometimes, if my hubby gets really lucky, I take a notion to cooking a great home made dinner for him, during the work week, which is what I did one night last week (I think it was on Monday the night we always eat at home so we can watch the Antiques Road Show on PBS). Does this look yummy? Well, it should because it was! The menu was: Grilled New York Strip Steak, baked sweet potatoes with brown sugar and cinnamon added right when it came out of the oven, steamed green beans with butter and lemon pepper and 3 cheese Texas Toast (the hubby's favorite bread). So, it was so good last week that I decided to do it again this week when we had our friend "Ms. Major" over for dinner. I made Chicken Croissants (and we ate those so quick I forgot to take a picture - sorry- I got this awesome recipe for them from my dear friend "H" in Hotlanta); a fresh garden salad, and home made peach cobbler that was so easy to make and I served it in my new blue glass sherbert dishes...doesn't it look yummy!

Can you tell my hard working hubby loved the peach cobbler?! Yummmmm! Please don't pay attention to those nasty "Red Packs" in his pocket. Pray he has the strength to quit as I worry about him and love him dearly and wouldn't want those to get the best of him - Peach cobbler will probably be what gets me...LOL!