Sweet things

Nina left us some sweet things on her way to work this morning



carrot, vanilla and chocolate cupcakes, baked in her kitchen on a snowday from   work.  She also left cupcakes at Jeff's work for his coworkers. 



homemade lemon curd 

the sweetest thing of all, baby Elizabeth.
 Nina let us keep the cupcakes and lemon curd but she took the sweet baby back when she got off work. 

Sweet Theo - laying in the hall outside of the room where Elizabeth was napping.
 We sort of got Theo from Nina about 7 years ago,   but he will keep staying with us. 

Cinnamon rolls and buns from Grandpa's bread recipe

I made another batch of Grandpa's Bread yesterday.    Instead of baking it as loaves,  I made buns and cinnamon rolls. 

For the cinnamon rolls,  I rolled half of the dough, spread it with 3 T of softened butter, then sprinkled it heavily with cinnamon sugar.  I keep cinnamon sugar mixed up in a shaker for making cinnamon toast and cinnamon rolls. It is about 1 cup of sugar mixed with 3 t of cinnamon.  I don't use the whole container, I just shake it on until it looks well covered.

I also added some chopped walnuts to this batch.  Then just roll them up and slice to the size rolls desired. 

4 hamburger buns and 5 hotdog buns, cut from the other half of the recipe.  In case you are wondering,  I used about 2 cups of whole wheat flour and not quite 4 cups of white flour for this batch of bread dough, 

The rolls look little before the yeast has time to rise.

So, they rested under a towel for about an hour or more.  I think the whole wheat version takes longer to rise than when all white flour is used.

all baked and cooled. 

The cinnamon rolls got a little frosting and more walnuts on top. 

We had burgers for supper last night and for lunch today. 

Most of the cinnamon rolls and the hot dog buns went in the freezer for future meals.

My friend Terri who you probably know as Penny Ann Poundwise made some beautiful loaves of bread from this recipe and posted them  here. 

Here are my grandparents on their 33rd anniversary.

Cinnamon Burst Cherrios winner

thank you to everyone who entered.  The winner is Carol!

why didn't I think of this sooner?

Jeff and I both take a few vitamins in the morning.  I had been opening all those bottles and dishing them out daily.  Then I saw these pill dispensers at Walgreens for 99 cents.

Now I spend about 3 minutes a week filling them up, much better than counting out vitamins every morning. 

We are buried under 8 inches of fluffy snow and this is how cold it is here

Current Conditions

-19° HI 28°

LO -8° ClearSUNRISE 07:20 am

SUNSET 06:04 pm HUMIDITY 77

Our weather

 But it is supposed to be in the 60s by Sunday.  Yea!

giftpack giveway - Cinnamon Burst Cheerios

thank you to all the entrants, this contest is closed

Look what MyBlogSpark sent to my house last week - a Cinnamon Burst Cheerios cereal gift pack that included a box of Cinnamon Burst Cheerios cereal for my family to try, a family 4-pack of cereal bowls, a Fit &Fresh travel cereal chiller and a cinnamon scented candle.

Made with real cinnamon, new Cinnamon Burst Cheerios cereal will delight your taste buds! This newest edition to the Cheerios line-up allows you to provide your family with a delicious and nutritious breakfast that contains 20% of the Daily Value of fiber (or 5g per serving), has 9g of sugar, is low in fat, saturated fat free and naturally cholesterol free. Cinnamon Burst Cheerios cereal also provides at least 8g of whole grain per serving; at least 48g recommended daily. A true crowd pleaser, Cinnamon Burst Cheerios cereal is sure to kick-start any morning!

I opened my box  to try them.  A cup of Cinnamon Burst Cherrios has 110 calories so with a 1/2 cup of skim milk, it is  just 150 calories for nice breakfast or afternoon snack.
They have a very nice taste, the cinnamon is good but not too strong  or too sweet. 

MyBlogSpark is providing a Cinnamon Burst Cheerios gift pack to give away to one lucky USA reader of my blog!

If you would like to enter to win the same giftpack that MyBlogSpark sent me, and I hope everyone who reads this will enter, just leave me a comment and tell me what you do get your day off to a happy start.
You don't have to twitter or facebook or follow me but if you want to put it on your blog as well,  you will get an additional entry. 

I will close the contest and announce the winner on Friday, Feb. 11. 2011. 

Granddaughter Elizabeth thinks the cold  ring from inside the travel container makes a very cool teething ring. 

It is filled with that liquid that freezer packs are made of, so she only got to hold it a minute.  The ring is NOT a safe baby toy. 

My Blog Spark

Legal stuff - Cheerios provided me with the free product, information, and gift pack through MyBlogSpark

hope you will enter!