Mr. Prof designer home

A WORD ABOUT THE PIZZA IN MY LAST POST.....
It's a thicker pan pizza and you will definitely have to EAT IT WITH A FORK....maybe the edges you can pick up after it cools a bit - but probably not the centers.

Also, we never cook the ground sirloin before...we put it on in flat pieces and it cooks completely and quickly as the pizza bakes....and because it's ground sirloin I don't worry about it not being completely cooked (ALTHOUGH IT DOES COOK THROUGH).


This day started out very early...up at 3 a.m., left the house at 4, arrived in Milwaukee at St. Lukes hospital by 4:45....Doug went up to surgery at 7 on the nose!

I went to sit in the day surgery waiting room and in came Darren and MaryAnn to keep me company...this just missed seeing dad by 6 minutes.

At 9:30 dr. came and said it went great and that the tumor turned out to be a HUGE cyst (larger than a large egg!), which attached itself onto his saliva gland...he said it definitely was benign but they still sent it in for a biopsy and we could call on Thurs. or Fri. to get the results....all is well.
Went back down to day surgery to sit with him till he was okay to leave...we were on the road back home at 11:01!  What a morning!

So now he's sleeping and I'm doing this and then will sew the rest of the day.
Tomorrow we both will be able to attend my uncle's funeral which I'm very happy about.

I thought I would post this for EVERYONE who sent well wishes our way.
THANK YOU SO MUCH.

See you all later,
Karen

Well it takes courage to swallow my pride and admit my sales were not what I hoped for at Renninger's. Thanks to everyone who did buy something from me, I just wish it was more. Most dealers I know had a mediocre show at best, so I'm not alone. Anyway, my donation for the relief efforts in Haiti will be a meager $100. I wanted to do so much more...

I am considering a show in Arcadia FL on Saturday if I can get Mr. Sweet Pea on board. He's been away for two weeks working so it's iffy. If I go you'll be the first to know.

Until next time...

Today was absolutely beautiful outside…
cold, but it looked like we were in a frosted Winter wonderland.
The temps were a bit warmer in the night and there was lots of moisture and wow the trees, shrubs, EVERYTHING was heavy with this beautiful white frost – or maybe ice, but the sidewalks and driveway weren’t iced so I’m guessing frost.

We went out for breakfast this morning and were in awe at the beauty of it all. I had wished I had my camera with me but you really had to see it for real. There wasn’t one thing that wasn’t covered with it. I don’t think I’ve seen it like that in many, many years. When we drove past the lake the Willow trees looked suspended – everything looked like a painting. I couldn’t stop looking.

Then we stopped at the store so I could get the fixins for home made pizza for dinner tonight – which we already ate and it was delicious.
I have been making this for all our married life – it was a Sunday night supper when our boys were growing up and a family favorite.
This makes a large jelly roll size pizza – enough for a family of 5 at least.

KAREN’S  PIZZA
(2) 6.5 oz. bags pizza crust mix
(1) 15 oz. Dei Fratelli pizza sauce
(4) cup pkg. shredded Mozzarella Cheese
(1) small onion – quartered and sliced thin
(1) 7 oz. can stems & pieces mushrooms/drained
1/2 cup green olives or black olives/sliced
(2) small Roma Tomatoes/sliced thin
3/4 lb. ground Sirloin or Italian Sausage
Salt
Pepper
Oregano
You will need a sheet cake pan or large round pizza pan
Prepare pizza crust as directed, let stand about 5 min. for easier handling
Grease pan, pat out dough to come up the edges of pan
Then layer these ingredients:
Mushrooms
Olives
Onions
Tomatoes
Then take your ground Sirloin and pinch flat pieces off….
this makes the meat cook faster
Salt, pepper and Oregano
Top off with the shredded cheese
Bake 425 degrees for 25 minutes
Let stand about 5 minutes to set up some.
I don’t use a pizza cutter – I use a large butcher knife….I cut up and down, if you try and draw the knife across it pulls the cheese and toppings off.
ENJOY!

This recipe sounded wonderful…
it was on the back of the Mozzarella package

I hope you all try this pizza at some point – you won’t be sorry.
It’s my recipe (although you can’t really call it a recipe – just ingredients that are typical to a pizza…but please just try it!

I decided to post again because I won’t be able to for a few days with so much going on here.
Take care,

Karen

Today started out much better than the past week. 
I am officially out of my slump…I need to tear into things now and not only that I WANT TO! Didn’t think that feeling was going to come about none too soon but WHEW it’s here.

We went to Brett and Heather’s house (our youngest son) today for Brunch at 10:00 a.m. and what a wonderful day we had.

Our entire family was there to celebrate
w Doug’s 68th birthday
w Dan and Jamie’s birthdays (Dan’s wife)
   both their birthdays are Sunday!
w A very late Christmas celebration with Darren, MaryAnn and
  Aidan (they didn’t make it to ours on Christmas –
  Aidan was sick) 
w To give a safe and fun send off to Emily going to Disney
   World on Monday
w Wish Grandpa Doug well with his surgery on Monday

So we had lots to celebrate and we certainly did that for the entire day

Here’s a few pictures during the day. Again, most of my pictures are blurry so I couldn’t use them So enjoy!

Aidan never had seen Brett and Heather’s dogs before and he was thrilled with them…both dogs are the same kind.

Some serious talk????

Heather made two different Egg Bakes and this one here was just delicious – filled with ham and cheese

And then the other one which was just plain egg, cheese.
We also had sausage links, fruits and Danish Kringle, and I took fixings for Mimosa’s

Dan made these awesome French Twists with Italian seasoning and Parmesan cheese and then tossed in salt…very, very good!

Emily and Joe

Jamie (birthday girl)

After we ate Emily and Joe thought Grandpa should see what Wii is all about.
Both are trying to show him how to go about holding the control.

Here they are well into a game!

Darren has been playing with their Wii at home and trying to use it for therapy – he has gained some use of the right arm and can swing his arm with the control but if he tried to lift his arm in the air from the shoulder he wouldn’t be able to … and he can only hold something in his hand for about 2 minutes then he looses use of it….please continue to pray that the healing will be complete.

Besides spending money we gave Emily a Locking Diary/Journal to take to Florida with her….She was one of 18 chosen from grades 6-8 to participate this year in the JASON PROJECT and Monday they are all going to Disney World for a week of learning…classes everyday and hopefully a little time for some fun. (She’s in grade 6)

And then Aidan had to get his funny groove on!

Our other two grandchildren, Alexandra and Jesse (Dan’s children) didn’t make it…Alexandra had to work until one and Jesse must have been at one of his buddies….but we did have a great day.

w w w w w w w w w w w w w w w w w w w w w

Monday Doug goes in for day surgery on the right side of his neck just under the jaw bone to remove a tumor.
And my uncle passed away yesterday and the funeral will be Tuesday morning.
If Doug has to stay overnight I won’t go to the funeral but if he gets to come home Monday late, then I will go into Janesville to the funeral by myself.

I doubt I will be on here Monday or even Tuesday but will certainly see you all Wednesday.
Thanks for visiting me and have a great Sunday!

w w w w w w w w w w w w w w w w w w w w w

I also want to THANK everyone who participated in my YARD SALE on PictureTrail…it was a huge success.
It started at 12:30 Friday with 40 items and by 6 that night there were 6 left. THANK YOU EVERYONE.

Karen

So I didn't get to forage for treasure much this show as I am doing it solo, and the best chance to make a sale is to stay in the booth... I know, boring right? Well I did manage to snap a few pics before we opened on Friday and just had to share them with you.


Fab old book with great cover.


Okay do you love this or what?


Part of an old optician sign. Love the look.


Love this door.


This to~die~for Victorian mirror is much bigger than it seems. Probably 2 feet high and the mirror was all ghosty like we love.


Could you just die?


1800's pediment from an old church. One of two. Yum.


Chippy. White. Fabulous.


Stopped me dead in my tracks, I swear.

Okay, here's a teaser for you. One of these pics shows something I bought for Marburger Spring show. That's all you get...

Hope you enjoyed the mini tour...

Shelley

Hey all you antiquers, junkers, bloggers, searchers of fabulosities~~I encourage you to come out to Renninger's Antiques Extravaganza this weekend in Mt. Dora Florida and buy something from me in booth 522 under the pavilion. I AM DONATING 10% OF MY SALES TO THE EFFORTS TO HELP HAITI. Please help me in my desire to be a steward of GOD and help where help is most needed.

I'll let you know on Monday what my donation will be. I pray it is huge though I know anything will help. I encourage all of you out there in Bloglandia to do what you can. Please. I've seen several fellow bloggers donating part or all of their sales from etsy to this cause as well. GOD bless you.

Hugs,

Shelley

Do you remember that pile of items I had on my dining room table???
Well I finally went through it all, put SOME things back out in the house, packed up SOME and took pictures of the rest to SELL ….

I put pictures on my PICTURETRAIL this morning and have sold a few items already…here’s my link:  http://www.picturetrail.com/kmprimitives  so go on over and see if there’s something you might like….now remember it’s like a garage sale….lots of the items have been in my possession for for quite some time, some newer.

If you see anything you like just e-mail me with your choice(s) and I will send a PAYPAL invoice for the amount plus shipping – I don’t have a set-up to have a BUY NOW on here for this so the e-mail will have to work.
 
Thanks for looking.

W W W W W W W W W W W W W W W W

So how has your day gone??? Mine has been a mish-mash of stuff and besides getting the pictures on picturetrail I put a load of laundry in and then every now and then I sit down to read or watch the horrible disaster on Haiti…I don’t really know why I’m so drawn to it – but I’ve come to the conclusion that I watch in hopes of seeing something good happen to just ONE PERSON! But that won’t be for some time to come. Pray is all we can do.

I am sooooo not happy with my decorating right now. It’s like I’m in limbo – between seasons it seems. I don’t want Spring flowers out yet – so I don’t put any out….I don’t like all those tiny little decorative things on my shelves/tables anymore but I don’t have anything I want to replace it all with.
And in this conclusion….I’M BORED WITH EVERYTHING I HAVE! Sounds like I have Cabin Fever or just plain not easy to please these days…lol

I think I need a couple different table or cabinets instead of what I do have – maybe that would help me…or get some new lamps, yeah, that’s it…we are so in need of lamps in our family room. I want the black iron Colonial floor lamps but haven’t found the ones I want yet. I want to get the lamps off the side tables so the floor lamps would work great. We have two of them in the den and they work great.

You know what….I think we need a ‘BLOG PARTY’…..we all need to log on at the same time, have our goodies near us, pick something fun to do and talk about….how in the world would we do something like that????? Any suggestions?  Like a CHAT.

W W W W W W W W W W W W W W W W

Today is my husbands birthday (WOW, 68!!!) and he’s on a day delivery and won’t even be here for dinner tonight – he just called and said the group is going to stop to eat on the way home…so it’s just little(little ??) ole me. Anyone want to come on over and keep me company can…the door is always open.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY DOUG….your family!

Guess I’ve rattled enough….go on a check out my PICTURETRAIL.

Karen