Mimi Sue's Cottage

Saturday, November 14, 2009

Cozy Day at Mimi's Cottage

It's been snowing here in northern Utah most of the day. It's a great day to snuggle up in front of the fireplace. The mister has a football game on TV and some yummy chicken is cooking in the crock pot.

This is Julie's recipe from The Harwards. She's a sweetie and lives in a beautiful part of our great country. She also has a wonderful family and some of the best recipes. I made this a few weeks ago and it was a huge hit with the family.

Any Day Crock Pot Chicken

~6 boneless, skinless chicken breasts

2 (10 0z.) cans cream of chicken soup

1 envelope dry onion soup mix

1 Cup sour cream (or) 1 pkg.-8 oz. cream cheese

1 10 oz. can chopped tomatoes, drained a bit

a sprinkling of ground nutmeg(optional)

a can of plain artichoke hearts

Place chicken in greased slow cooker. Mix remaining ingds. (except tomatoes, art. hearts and sour cream)Cover and cook on high 4 hrs. (or) on low 6-8 hrs.One hour before serving, stir in tomatoes, artichoke hearts and sour cream.~Serve over cooked thin pasta...sprinkle with Parmesan cheese, garnish with parsley, basil~

Hope your day is comfy cozy too.

Wednesday, November 11, 2009

Fun with the Sweetpeas

Last Tuesday morning Mimi got on an airplane and flew to California. This picture was taken after we were in the air. There was maybe 15 of us on the plane. It was great.

Mimi went to California to play with the sweetpeas while their mommy and daddy went back east to a graduation.

We watched the new Tinkerbell movie 37 times. When you watch the movie you have to wear your Tinkerbell T shirt. They look a little spaced out here. This was after the 4th showing in a row. You'd look spaced out too.

We played with the new sticker books grandpa brought.

We had a fashion show. Yes, that's a shopping basket dog hat. Creative, no?

We went to Chuck E Cheese for dinner one night. Have you been there lately? The security is unbelievable. It's like going through security at an airport.

We spent some time at the park.

I'd like you to meet our grand dog Lucy. She was adopted from a shelter. She's such a sweetie.

We sure had a great time in California. Mimi and Grandpa are home now and missing the sweetpeas so much. You guys live too far away.

Sunday, November 8, 2009

Sunday Sayings

"We make a living by what we get, we make a life by what we give."

Winston Churchill

Thursday, November 5, 2009

The Best Week Ever Part III

On Tuesday I had lunch with some friends and neighbors. You'll have to take my word on that. I left my camera at home. Thursday night my cute neighbors, Vaughn and Marlene brought over this Barbie cake. Barbie was sitting on top of the cake instead of having a cake skirt. That's because the cake fell. Does that make any sense? If you've ever seen a Barbie cake you'll know what I mean.

Why did they bring me a Barbie cake?

It was my birthday!

My birthday is the day before Halloween. I was telling the girls when we had lunch that when I was a little kid my mom would always bake or buy a pumpkin cake. Chocolate cake, orange frosting, always. Well, once I think I had a ghost cake, but you get the idea. My sister would get little roses or ballerinas on her cakes. Her birthday was July 23rd, she got cute, girly cakes. So Marlene took pity on me and brought me a Barbie cake. Thank you Marlene. You've just saved me from years in therapy!

Tuesday, November 3, 2009

The Best Week Ever Part II

Our kids took us out to Benihana for dinner on Saturday night.

So fun. Thank you kids.

Monday, November 2, 2009

The Best Week Ever Part I

My best week ever started last Friday when daughter #1 and I went to a cute place called Gardner Village in Salt Lake City. We had lunch at a restaurant called Archibalds and then took a stroll around this fun fun place.