We’re just waiting for Jason to wake up to head over to hang out with some friends and family. I have cupcakes, wings and potato skins all packed up and waiting for my sleeping prince.  I must admit that I didn’t know who was playing until I went to Publix this morning and saw all the balloons and after discussing it with Brian, GO SAINTS!

Here are some fun Superbowl XLIV Coloring Pages. They have a ton of teams in addition to the Colts and Saints. I printed out the Bucs and the Dolphins too. And for the adults…here is a fun drinking game.

BOA is helping us save our nickels and dimes by giving away general admission to participating museums, zoos, science centers, botanical gardens and more on the first full weekend of each month. Just by presenting any Bank of America Card. Just visit Museums on Us for more details.

We are BOA users, but the closest thing to us is St. Pete. Luckily we will be headed to Miami on the first weekend in March for my Momma’s birthday and hope to take the troops over to the Miami Children’s Museum.

I am enjoying sitting at the machine working on the last items for my Etsy Store. These were a recent gift for a new mom and good friend. The front is 100% cotton and back a terry cloth. Even though the cotton can be washed, I would use the front as a drool catcher and the back for eating. I don’t have anymore of this fabric and I may or may not incorporate applique on the next batch, I like how the new fabric looks without. If I can get my hands on the same fabric there will be more of these in the future.

The Sunday before last I helped my niece clean out her room. I wish I would have done before and after shots with the room. She did a fantastic job of sorting and getting rid of things she didn’t need or want. She donated a TON of stuff. I would give her bins of sorting assignments and fill them up when she was done. I would quickly ask “keep or toss?” before throwing the item towards its new fate. I found her Jesus bear, which I knew was similar to Jason’s Mine in that she loves it and slept with it for many years. Clearly her dog got to it. When i picked it up I saw her look at it to which I said “repair or toss?” Repair! she said with certainty. So above is the before and below is the after. I looked at two Joann Fabric’s (including their catalogs) and a Walmart to find the same fabric and I couldnt. So I picked my favorite fleece and gave it a Jesus shirt and pocket(the original had a back pocket in the same spot). I hope she likes it.

A Few Short Cuts turned me on to a great two in one meal idea. Today, before Jason finished his breakfast, I had these meatballs in the oven. Tonight we had meatball subs with whole wheat pretzel sticks (so good) and bunches of grapes. The remainder of the meatballs will be used for spaghetti later this week. The meatballs were SO simple and delicious! I have bought the bags of meatballs before but won’t again.

Here is what you need for the meatballs:

• 2 lbs ground beef
• 1 cup bread crumbs
• 1 egg
• 1 clove garlic minced
• ¼ cup finely chopped onion (optional)

Here is what Amanda did with them. Thanks Amanda!

Jason now has maybe 12 or so blankets, but loves only five. They are: Mine, two, three, pink (his unconceived sister’s), little and new mine.  Hopefully he will share them with his siblings one day. For now he will watch “sonar” (dinosaur) train and eat grapes with them. Can you tell which is the original?

I picked up the blue nail polish, “Absolutely Alice” for my niece Kelly this week at ULTA. I would have loved this color in high school or even college. My nails seem to be red or unpainted these days. The OPI Alice in Wonderland Collection celebrates the release of Disney’s much anticipated remake of the classic children’s story. Very unique and perhaps slightly odd, these new colors transport you into Alice’s wonderland, where nothing is quite as it seems!

The colors are featured on OPI’s homepage with a feature that allows you to “try on” the colors so you can see how they will appear on your nails. There is also a giveaway to win one of 26 prizes being given away, which comes to an end on 3/5/10, the day the movie is released. If you like these, you will probably LOVE Urban Decay’s Alice in Wonderland Book of Shadows which ULTA also carried. This too is out of my make up realm, but for those of you bold enough to go where Alice goes these are great! Click here to check out the trailer and other video clips from Disney.

I enjoy most comfort foods and Chicken Pot Pie is definitely one of them. I have never made one because I can think of tons of things I would rather be doing than making individual pot pies from scratch. Kraft had a great solution! I must say that I could have done without all that cheese. As you can see Jason has a mouthful and has no complaints, and Brian said he wouldn’t change a thing. I could scrap it from the recipe entirely, but if it weren’t for the cheese, Kraft wouldn’t have been able to introduce me to their almost homemade technique. I will probably reduce by half next time and see how much I can marginally take out of the dish without any frowns.

Here is what you need:

• 3 cups chopped cooked chicken
• 1 Package Frozen Veggies
• 8 oz Cheese
• 1 can Cream of Chicken Soup
• 1 Package Crescent Rolls

Here is how you make it.

I am getting close to opening up my etsy store. I already have two crib quilts awaiting the arrival of the tags I bought here. I also have two of my swarowski crystal breastfeeding reminder bracelets to put up. The above fabric is going to give me two aprons, a crib quilt and four bibs. I so enjoy sitting at the machine and creating these one of a kind pieces and can’t wait to open up.

Okay you can, but I’m just going to take cover. We started out the day at University of Tampa’s Alumni Brunch. My cousin Mariah graduated from the University and now teaches there. We headed to the Gasparilla parade but with a sleeping boy in the stroller and rain drops starting to fall, Timpano’s seemed like a much better plan. We spent the afternoon enjoying eachother’s company and some great food. They had the most delicious muscles and some lovely pinot noir to go with it. Below is Jason lounging back, enjoying a chocolate covered cheesecake lollipop. We had a great day, and probably would have preferred this to a sunny crowd down by the festivities.