French Toast and Omlets

A light, healthy, omelet... sausage, hash-browns, green and red pepper w/onions, sliced cherry tomatoes, baby spinach, sliced mushrooms. Sprinkle cheese on top, melt and serve.

French Toast Breakfast Casserole

Assemble the night before and let set in refrigerator. Bake and serve next morning.

Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Cook time approx. 45 min.

1 loaf hearty bread (Cinnamon Bread, Irish Soda Bread, Cinnamon Swirl Bread - etc.)

Slice into 1 inch cubes.

Pam a casserole dish.

Fill with bread cubes.

Sprinkle over bread cubes and mix in: 3/4 C. cranraisins, golden raisins,, or regular raisins.

Beat 6 -8 eggs (judge how many you will need according to the size of the baking dish)

Add and mix into eggs 3 C. half and half and

2 t. vanilla and 1 T. of cinnamon.

Pour egg mixture over bread cube mixture.

Cover and let set in refrigerator for at least 1 hour, or over night.

Uncover, and bake in 350 degree oven for 45 min. or until brown and set in center.

If desired: cover top of casserole with sliced almonds before letting set in refrigerator.

Serve with butter, syrup or honey, or dusted with confectioners sugar.

FUN AT NANA'S

Auntie Lauraleigh says she is Brock's favorite Auntie.

Swinging outside on a sunny day is the perfect thing.

Can you tell? We have some proud cousins!

We had a wonderful day together during Spring Break. We all visited and visited, played with our baby Brock, held him lots and had lots of time for hugging boys big and small. Making cookies always brings out the silly faces.

RE: WHAT TO DO?

I finally figured out that I wanted a sewing room (or maybe just somewhere to go when I want some time to myself) so... with a little paint, a little moving, and using what I had and adding a few small purchases from garage sales and second hand stores -- I have a new sewing room!

Now, I'm ready to start my projects!

RE: WHAT TO DO?

I have slept some, I've worked on some projects and I'll be hugging grandson #1 & # 2 on Thursday. I got to hold grandson #3 already, and plan on more holding soon!

Everything's a Project... is a saying of an old friend of ours. I got distracted from all the projects I thought I had on my list when I figured out I couldn't even clean my bedroom until I moved all the sewing projects out!

So, now I have a new project and a very fun one too. I've taken over the top floor in the two-story building in our backyard. Whatever it was going to be used for is long gone now. It is now becoming my sewing and craft room. It took one day to clean it all up, and today I painted. I'm now looking for a rug and other things to complete the room.

Here is a before shot of the sewing/craft room.

Spring Break Breakfast

BREAKFAST PIZZA

1 LB. BULK SAUSAGE

1 8OZ. PKG. CRESCENT DINNER ROLLS

1 C. CHEDDAR CHEESE, GRATED

1 C. MOZZARELLA CHEESE, GRATED

6 EGGS

1/2 C. WHOLE MILK

3/4 tsp. OREGANO

1/4 tsp. PEPPER

1/4 tsp. SALT

OPTIONAL ITEMS - PICK WHAT YOU LIKE

RED PEPPER SLICES

BLACK OLIVES

MUSHROOMS

YOU PICK ?

PREHEAT OVEN TO 375 DEGREES

CHOP UP AND COOK SAUSAGE IN SKILLET UNTIL BROWNED; DRAIN AND SET ASIDE.

PRESS CRESCENT ROLLS INTO 9X13 CASSEROLE DISH.

(IF YOU WANT A REAL PIZZA LOOKING DISH - PRESS THE SRESCENT ROLLS INTO 8 TRIANGLES WITH ELONGATED POINTS TOWARDS CENTER OF A GREASED 12 INCH PIZZA PAN. )

PRESS TOGETHER TO FORM A CRUST.

BAKE AT 375 DEGREES FOR 5 MINUTES. CRUST WILL BE PUFFY.

REDUCE OVEN TO 35O DEGREES.

SPOON SAUSAGE OVER DOUGH AND SPRINKLE WITH CHEESES. COMBINE EGGS, MILK, OREGANO, SALT, AND PEPPER AND POUR OVER SAUSAGE MIXTURE.

ADD TOPPINGS OF YOUR CHOICE.

BAKE AT 350 DEGREES FOR 30 MINUTES. MAKES 6-8 SERVINGS.

What to do?

How exciting... Spring Break is here.

I'm so tired I need to sleep the whole week.

I'm so behind on projects-- I need to work the whole week.

I'm so in need of hugging all my grandsons -- I need to play the whole week.

Lord help me

I need you to guide me the whole week!

My On Going Christmas Gift...

D. gave me a wonderful Christmas gift... a box full of $$! I get to spend it all on whatever I want to as long as it's on gardening "stuff"... one of my most relaxing passions. How can I say that? When I garden, my back aches, even my fingers ache, but I love listening to the wind in the trees, the birds, even the children playing next door... cool and cloudy days are fine, sunny days are beautiful, hot days not my favorite but I can endure.... I even love to garden in the rain until I'm soaked to the skin.

So today, I bought a new way cool gardening wagon that dumps! I also bought all kinds of new perennials, old fashioned creeping phlox, Euryops, Hollyhock, Violets, Shasta Daisy's.

All I need is more time! Spring Break is only a week away and I do imagine myself spending a lot of that week in my yard.... what peace.