Twas the Night Before Christmas.......

Well, I haven't done very well posting on my blog, but soon a new year will start. We have to work tonight and then will have breakfast at Angie and Jeremy's, then home to sleep. All the kids were here last weekend and we opened gifts and had several meals together so they could all divide there time with other families this weekend. It gives us time to spend together without the hustle and bustle of lots of places to go. Chuck and I will go visit Grandpa and Grandma Rainbolt in January. Sure do miss my family Christmas' of long ago with my grandparents, aunts, uncles and cousins. But, it is nice be the grand parents now!

Chilling at the Holiday Inn

We are on our way home from Myrtle Beach. Thinking about cooking when we get home. Last year on the way to Myrtle Beach we listened to Julie and Julia audio book. We bought the Julia Child Cookbook and I tried some of the recipes in the condo! I kinda lost that effort and really haven't tried many new recipes lately. I want to go through some saved recipes and recreated some I haven't used in years. I have always been a recipe collecter (starting when I was about 15) so I have lots and lots of cookbooks and clipped recipes. Time to get them out and start cooking!

Myrtle Beach cooking

We have eaten out twice, once with a gift card we bought on ebay at about 2/3 value at Tommy Bahama and once we splurged and ate at Greg Norman's. We have grilled pork chops, steaks and have chicken marinading for the next meal. We have enjoyed coming back to the condo and not having to get dressed to go out again after golf or the beach. It required a stop at the grocery store after we got here but I brought my coupon box and it helped some. We also bought snacks, wine, ice cream and sandwich stuff. We brought some things like frozen meat in the cooler and onions and seasonings with us because we drove. Just some ideas for saving money we currently use, any further ideas???

On our way to Myrtle Beach. Had printed out 2 coupons to buy one entree and get one free at Ruby Tuesday's. Gave one to Marylin and Steve. Not really frugal cooking but frugal eating... two meals for $22 for Marylin and Steve. Chuck and I had salad bar in addition to our meals and a bottle of wine... still just $48. Gotta love it. Looking forward to cooking at the condo and playing golf and chillin at the beach.

Frugal living

I not only love to cook.... I love frugality... but I am not very good at it, I can save money one place and then spend it all on food. I love organic and can't stand the idea of concentrated feeding operations to get meat or chemicals to get pretty produce! Does any one agree??? Open for frugal suggestions!

Did Julie Child use a crockpot?

I love my crockpots, but don't know really how to change recipes into crock pot meals. I work nights, sleep days and would love to have gourmet meals ready when I wake up, fresh out of the crock pot. Am I the only person wondering this???

Starting my Blog

I set this up because I have no idea what I am supposed to do with a blog. I did see the movie Julie and Julia and she became famous because of a blog... could that happen to me??? I love to cook, read and spend time with friends and family, but sometimes I can be a loner... so what will my blog be??? I guess I will go and see where it leads!