Another order from KAF

That would be King Arthur Flour....see post below. If I had time to bake, everything would be from scratch. Unfortunately, that is not the case. I still want to bake, though, and I want whatever is baked to taste good. So, I placed another order from KAF. This time, I paid the extra $3 and got fast shipping. So, the shipping was still $15, but the mixes were on sale, so in the end, paying for faster shipping was a wash.

I made the cinnamon buns. From a mix! The dough was beautiful and so easy to work with. And, they were awesome. So awesome, they were better than my homemade cinnamon rolls. How sad. But, since they were easier, I am not going to put up much of a fuss. I would take a picture, but I didn't think of it at the time and they were gone way too fast. I will have to remember when I make the next item. I think that will be the caramel monkey bread.

What a nice Mother's Day

Geez, I am spoiled. Matt and Jamie came by yesterday and gave me some really nice olive oil and jelly bellies. (Plus a gift certificate to one of the coolest stores in Galena!) Then I got some perfume, an awesome new cell phone and a bunch of accessories for the phone. Plus breakfast and roses. Wow!
The perfume wasn't quite what I was looking for, so Gary and I went to the store to return it and get something else. I ended up with a perfume called "Roxy." We also got some clothes, chocolate, lotion and a margarita mixer from Williams Sonoma. Which tasted good in the store, but I really didn't like at home. All in all, an expensive day. Tonight, I get a steak dinner with baked sweet potatoes, crusty bread and asparagus - compliments of Gary and the boys.
And, Luke sent me a Mother's Day email.
What a nice day!

Trip to Florida

What a nice trip. Especially getting to see Luke. I think he is enjoying himself despite his complaints about work. I wish we could have stayed longer, but we sure didn't need to spend more time at the Disney Parks - the four days we were there were great, but I don't think we needed more than that. I did ride on the "Rockin' Roller Coaster" which surprised me - that I had the courage to ride it at all was amazing. But that I actually enjoyed it so much I went twice - well, that is unheard of. We spent a day at Cocoa Beach, and although the water was a bit chilly, it was still great. I really love the beach....
Our hotel (Old Key West resort) was really nice, one of the better hotels that we have stayed at. It had fully equipped kitchen, so we saved some money on food expenses. We also went down at the right time of year, the parks were not that crowded, so we didn't have to spend time waiting in lines. We also got fast passes for the more popular rides, that saved a lot of time as well. I wish we could get there once more before Luke is done - maybe when we go to pick him up!

It's shake day

Last summer, John (one of my co-workers) and I went to lunch at Panera. Right across from Panera there is a Cold Stone. It was hot, so after lunch we decided to take a shake back to work. It was a Thursday - it turns out that shakes are half price on Thursdays at Cold Stone. Awesome! We decided to go the next week, but also got shakes for all the co-workers in the NOC. (Which we expensed.) That was the start of shake Thursday. Every week since then, we have ordered shakes at work on Thursdays, which the company has picked up every week. About three months ago, I looked up the calorie content of the Cold Stone shakes, and I no longer order them - 1700 calories! In one shake!! If I am going to get that many calories in one drink, it better have tequila in it. Anyway, the shake sign up list still goes out every Thursday, and today it went out high tech. Via email. We are a technology company, after all.

They need to come up with the margarita shake. It would make my Thursday afternoons a lot more interesting.