Random Blathering

I made a cheesecake yesterday.  Josh told me it was a must do after we went grocery shopping and I bought cream cheese again without checking to see if we already had some.  After we were done shopping, we had about seven bricks of cream cheese in the fridge.  

Good thing, because I used the recipe for New York Cheesecake from the "America's Test Kitchen" cookbook and it called for 5 bricks of cream cheese.  FIVE, can you believe it.  That's not a heart attack waiting to happen. But it is ooohhh so good!  Apparently they do all that testing for a reason.  Everything I've made from that cookbook has been fabulous!

I called Josh on his way home to pick up some graham crackers for the crust.  When he came home he was putting the extra packages away and noticed a Brand New box of graham crackers in the cracker keeper.  Something tells me I am going to have to start actually checking for groceries before we shop!

Is this this new blogger background I put up giving anyone else a headache???

And I've decided that I am a better cook than Dream Dinners is, even though the convenience is nice.

Signs of Spring and ... Radiation?

These make me so happy!  This winter seems like it has been so very long and not considerate enough to give us much snow to play in.  I am so glad to see the beautiful signs popping open.

This is my vase of buds from Costco that finally opened  up! They are prettier when they are in focus :)

These beauties are in my front yard.

This is the one that concerns me a little.  This being four daffodils on one stem.  I've never seen this before and all of the flowers shooting out of this one bulb are multi-headed.  I've never been too worried about living near Hanford but...this I am not so sure about.

Taco Body

Overheard Boone singing, sounded like something about tacos.

Me: "What are you singing buddy?"

Him:  "The chipmunks song"

Me:  "Which song is that?"

Him:  "You know Mom, Won't you take me to funky town, taco body, taco body, taco body..."

Spring Cleaning

Have you guys seen this stuff?  I finally broke down and bought some this weekend.  I hadn't bought any yet because I though it was too expensive but I looked at it and its very concentrated, so it should last for a bit.  I wiped down the whole kitchen with some last night and I told Josh it was like a tiny little nosegasm!  Yummy!  I can't wait to try some of the rhubarb or basil scented stuff too.  The website has lots of little starter kits too.  It is always good to find something that makes you want to clean.

No Photos, Please

Boone is playing around with the camera again.  We talked about getting a kiddie camera for Christmas but remembered our old Cannon was in the drawer doing nothing.  Plus, it is a tank of a digital camera.  He's learned about turning the power off, not resting in on the lens and does a pretty good job.  Today we were learning about the zoom during his brother's nap.  

I was cleaning the microwave and I heard him near me.  Then he giggled and said "Mom, your butt is huge!"  "I am trying to take a picture of your back pocket."  Needless to say, we didn't keep any of those lovely pics.