Yard Sale

This coming Saturday, June 13th, our local LPA chapter is having their bi-annual yard sale.

It's going to be at 5114 South 2200 West in Taylorsville. 7:00 am to 2:00 pm. Please come by

and see us.

New blog

I've started a new blog, it's a cooking blog. The address is raylcookingadventures.blogspot.com. I have posted a link to the side. I love cooking so I thought it would be fun to share some of my favorites as well as new one's. Please feel free to let me know if you are interested in adding your favorites too.

May Birthdays

Mike's family (two brothers and a nephew) has several May birthdays and last night we had the opportunity to get together and celebrate. The family tradition is to go to Sizzler and have dinner. Why Sizzler? I'm not sure, but we have been going there for years.

I took a couple of pictures with my phone at the last minute so they aren't great. No surprise. I'm not the best photographer.

Quick work update. For the last three months I've been going through a big transition at work and I can honestly say I feel like I've been to hell and back, but I think the fog is beginning to lift and is going to get better. I have a great team and feel lucky to get to spend everyday with them.

My mom, husband and friends have been so great to listen to me cry and complain almost everyday for the last few months. Thank you.

Memorial Day Weekend

Happy Memorial Day!

Not much happening in our house today. Mike is at work until 9 tonight. I'm doing the basics - grocery shopping, laundry, housework and watching Gilmore Girls. The animals have spent the first half of the day asleep on the guest bed. They love it in there.

My friend Nicole is having her 25th birthday today. Happy Birthday Nicole!

15 years ago today...

Mike and I got married. It's amazing how fast times flies. We don't have a lot planned today, we both have the day off and are still sick so we are just going to do dinner and hang out at home. Here are two pictures of us. One from the day we got married and the other from this year. I don't have any wedding pictures in the computer so it's a picture of a picture from my mantle.

Sickness

Sickness has made its visit to our house and doesn't seem to want to leave. First, I got a sinus infection, those are so nasty and now Mike has bronchitis and I seem to be getting a cold. I'm really hoping we get better soon we have a busy March.

What we have on tap for the next couple of weeks:

• Our 15th wedding anniversary is on the 18th
• We are going to Idaho to see my parents for their birthdays (the big 70 for my dad)
• Mike's oldest brother Ken is turning 60 this month (I'm going to miss his party, see below)
• I'm headed to Atlanta with my boss for work

Lots going on. I'll post pictures later.

Cookie Salad

Today I made a yummy salad. It's called Cookie Salad, I got it off a friend's blog. It's really good.
Next time I make it I'm going to use more fruit and less cookie.

1 6 oz pkg instant vanilla pudding
2 c. buttermilk
1 12 oz cool whip
1 8 oz can drained tidbit pineapple
1 pkg Fudge Striped Cookies, cut into bite-sized chunks (I didn't use the whole package)
2-5 bananas, sliced

Sprinkle dry pudding mix into milk. Fold in cool whip and fruit (gently). Add cookies before serving and sprinkle a few on top.