Saturday Surprises

I planned on showing off my new cake plate, with the cupcakes I am making tonight, but on Saturday we got a surprise in the mail. My husband's birthday was in September and, my mother, usually sends him homemade chocolate chip macadamia nut cookies.

We thought this year would be no different, and patiently awaited the coveted cookies. By the end of October we had given up all hope on receiving the yummy cookies. My husband, really wanting his cookies, would make comments in the background when I would talk to my mother, He would got into full guilt trip mode and say things like, " I felt the loving embrace of your family last year, but it's fading now, your mother doesn't like me anymore..", he would sigh and be in full pout mode.

Well I guess it worked, because on Saturday morning there was a knock on the door and a package left on our doorstep. It was addressed to my husband, and guess what was in the package!? My mothers wonderful homemade chocolate chip macadamia nut cookies! They are almost gone now..

Jalapeno & Cheddar Corn Bread

Just thought I would share this find. I found this mix at Albertsons. if you can't find it at your local market, then you can try finding it at Firenza. They also have sugar free recipes.

This bread turned out better then I thought and was very simple to make.

And of course, Ford, was "helping". I think he was just waiting for me to drop a taste morsel for him..

A Day with my husband

I got to spend a wonderful day with my husband on Wednesday. Usually he only has the weekends off, but Wednesday I got a full day with him!

We started the day off with my husband making banana pecan pancakes, which were very delicious! After wich we hung out around the house for a while, then went exploring our town a bit more. We got to check out the library, I got 3 more books to add to the already long booklist I have.

Here is our library.

We checked out a few of the local antique stores, where I found this cute laundry room sign. I also got a little scarecrow man, he is pictured in an earlier post. I also got a cake plate and lid, I will use this in a picture next week, so keep checking in..

We had a very filling dinner at this really cute local resturaunt. Followed by coffee at J. J. Mocha's

All of this was located in the old town area of the city we live in. Its a really neat place when you have the chance to explore it. There are a few more resturaunts and stores we would like to explore.

We ended our lovely day with a wine tasting at a local wine store

I won

I won a giveaway!

I won this wonderful book from Sandra over at Canyon Wren Cottage!

Thank you so much Sandra!!

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On another note, I added some leafy garland to my front door.

The little scarecrow, on the right, I found yesterday at a antique store for a dollar. I'll post more later, on my other great finds.