Interesting Tidbit

Oh, and I do mean tidbit. Couldn't be a smaller morsel of info if I tried. But alas, it is all I can muster because I am so sleep deprived that I am losing my grasp on reality. Yesterday morning, I pulled out of my driveway to head off to work and an empty gallon-sized milk jug had blown out of someone's recycling bin onto my lawn. My immediate thought was to want to shoot someone. No lie. This is how I get when I have had waaaaaay too little sleep. Paul and the boys duck and cover.

Anywhoooo, back to my tidbit. The black and white photo of dancers' feet at the left belongs to me and my boys. Thought you'd like to know. Hayden's ridiculously high arches are at the left, Turner's darker-skinned, long, slender calves are in the middle, and that's me on the right.

Snow Day Creations

My boys wanted to do projects today. Hayden decided to use iron-on fabric crayons to draw the logo for his spy society: the Society for Integrity Defenses, which he then ironed onto a t-shirt. Turner applied fabric paints on a t-shirt to draw a new logo for one of his baseball teams: the CT Cobras. And I decided to create new pieces of jewelry. We spread everything out on the dining room table, cranked up the iPod (Beastie Boys and Coldplay were today's playlists of choice) and set about making stuff. So fun.

Scrumptious in the Slow Cooker

This was a bit of an impromptu, late in the day creation, but it was so delicious that I just had to share!

Creamy and Zesty Chicken
Ingredients
2 lbs cubed raw chicken breast (about 4 boneless chicken breasts)
4 oz. neufchatel cheese
1 can cream of chicken condensed soup (though if you prefer cream of mushroom, I bet that'd be good too)
1/4 cup wine (red or white, you choose, gives it some zip)
1/4 cup zesty Italian dressing
1 lb thin spaghetti

Put the cubed chicken into the slow cooker. Whisk together the cheese, soup, wine and dressing and pour this mixture over the chicken. Cook on high for 2-3 hours or low for 4-5. Cook the pasta just before serving and pour the sauce and chicken on top.

Note: This would be a great dish for a dinner party; really simple and totally luscious. The ingredients listed above serve 4-5, but there was plenty of extra sauce so you could easily add another breast or two. Also, if you wanted to fancy it up, you could garnish with parsley.

Everyone in my house loved this, even my eldest who is the finickiest eater ever!