365...Day 25

                                                              Fabulous Crackers

These oil-drenched crackers are sinfully delicious and addicting.  Our friend Andrea brings them to our scrapbooking retreats.  We almost fight for the last few in the bag...usually eaten about 2 am.  I don't have her exact recipe, but here is one I found online.  Now I just need an occasion to make some!

Ingredients:


1 cup of Light-tasting olive oil

1 box of multi-grain saltine crackers

1 package of Hidden Valley Ranch Dressing mix (dry powder package)

1 tbsp of garlic powder

1 tbsp of crushed red pepper flakes or cheyenne pepper


Directions:

1.  Make sure you use "light-tasting" olive oil - regular olive oil has to strong of flavor. Also make sure to use Hidden Valley Ranch "Dressing" mix not the "Dips" mix

2.  In a large tupperware container place entire box of saltine crackers.

3.  In a bowl mix light-tasting olive oil, package of HVR dressing mix, 1 tbsp of garlic powder, and 1 tbsp of crushed red pepper flakes.

4.  Pour mixture over the saltine crackers and seal tupperware container. Continuously flip the container to make sure the mixture evenly coats all the crackers.

Some people bake for 10 minutes or so at 200 degrees.

Makes 33 servings of 5 crackers each.

365...Day 24

Oh, the life of a kid whose DS has dead batteries.  Shane had not gotten to play Sarah's DS for two days for not following directions.  When he could finally play it, the battery was dead.  No worries, he just plopped down on the floor next to the plug.  Problem solved!

365...Day 23

A few of my favorite things...

 

                                   Snickers actually tie with Peanut M&Ms for my favorite candy!

Orange Chicken, steamed veggies, and Dr. Pepper

Kettle Korn...really love it at Six Flags or a fair where you can watch them make it in a huge cast-iron skillet.  Yum!

Julios's chips. 

My Del Rio military friends can agree these chips are the best! 

My scrapbooking friends have come to love these as well. 

At our biyearly weekend retreats, we always look forward to Julie bringing them from Abilene.

Luckily, they now sell them at Albertsons.  Wish they would bring in the salsa, too.

Sarah's first big computer project

Sarah has been researching oil spills and taking notes for her GATES class at school.  She had to make a bibliography page and then use her notes to create something to share the information.  She chose to use publisher and make a newsletter.  We did not have publisher on any of our computers, so we had to load it.  Since we had an older version, she could not work on it at home and school.  Last night, we finally finished the project.  Printing was another story.  Both printers downstairs were out of colored ink; therefore, they would not print at all.  Finally, I tried to print on Steve's printer upstairs and it worked!!  This is a copy that I scanned in so that Steve could see it via email.  I'll try to get one that is in color.

365...Day 22

Ho Ho Ho!  Merry CHRISTmas!  We stopped at the nearby Keller bus barn last Friday night and had an impromptu visit with Santa.  Shane asked for a DS and a K'NEX roller coaster set (kind of like legos).  Sarah asked for a car charger and the LEGO Harry Potter game for her DS.  Boy are they growing up.  I went in Toys R Us a few weeks ago and realized that my "babies" have outgrown many of the toys there.  I basically was able to visit only the LEGO and electronics sections.