Donuts....

This is a Paula Deen recipe, you can get it off her website. YES that is my handwriting and I know it looks like a 5 year olds : )

I have used my standing mixer once before so I was very excited I was able to use it.

The donuts are so yummy! Once you let them cool you put a homemade glaze on top. I do not have a picture of the finished products sorry. You also use the donut holes too. I don`t even want to know how many calories these are!

Doris......

I was in the field behind our house cutting some flowers. I was wearing khaki shorts & a black tank top. At that moment I realized, "I`m my mother!" We call it her "Nene" bathing suit but she wears just that in our backyard. AND she is always cutting flowers from some weird place. I might look just like my Dad but I`m starting to act more and more like my mother, which isn`t  a bad thing : )

Our Home at Dinner Time......

I love cooking. When you don`t have kids, a job or the car during the day, I don`t have much to do. So cooking is my one joy.

Fried chicken was on the menu. I do not have an electric skillet YET so I must pan fry everything. Which calls for a jacket so I don`t get popped from the grease. I wear it when I cook bacon & sausage too, which gets a weird look from my husband when he walks in the kitchen.

This is a fried chicken recipe from Southern Living.

A pan does the job for now.

For some reason she calls this her "spot". She is actually laying on my day planner. She has a weird obsession with laying on top of paper or clean clothes.

And while I`m in the kitchen, whether I`m doing dishes or cooking or ANYTHING these two won`t leave me alone! You can usually hear me yelling at them because I trip over them. The little white one stole 2 pieces of that fried chicken I made & a corn muffin. It was left on the plate while I ran upstairs to change & I came back down and it was gone! So now he thinks every dinner should be like that......

Breaking News.....

Sorry.....I had to : ) I have not blogged in a whlie and I just wanted to let all yall back home know what is going on. Not to much but I L-O-V-E it! Matthew doesn`t have to work much (he said most likely in June he will go back to a normal work schedule). So we have been able to spend  alot of time together. We have hung out with some friends on the weekends, gone out to eat once, worked out ALOT, played with the dogs & just enjoyed each others company. The weather here is still not good, rain & the highs in the 60's.....yeah someone told me it gets hot here. It is mid-May & in the 60's, in FLA it is most likely in the 90's, OH how I miss sweating just walking to the car. Living here has made us see we are both Florida kids through and through!

I actually do have some news. Matt's good friend Kendal is coming up at the end of this month! We are both very excited! I still have about two weeks BUT I have already planned out all the meals (even down to the snacks). And we found a park right near out house off base that is great. It has been raining all weekend but we drove around to check it out & it is so pretty. We can`t wait till the sun is out & we can hike!

Here is some info:

http://www.radclifftourism.org/pdf/brochure-SaundersSprings.pdf

Saunders Springs Nature Preserve is a heavily wooded natural area located on steep terrain with interesting historic features. The preserve provides opportunities for nature study, hiking, picnicing, and historic interpretation.