Shabby Apple kids line...

I just had to share!!My good friend Alisa form home has accomplish quite an amazing dream!She and her sister have launched an Amazing Children's cloths line and it is being sold on this web site!

http://www.shabbyapple.com/c-15-shabby-baby.aspx

Check out how amazing they are! It is so LEGIT!!!! The quality and fabrics are to die for!!!! I am in love with this one...
Is that not the cutest thing ever! I just had to help her spread the word!!! Please drop in and see all their amazing creation!

Congratulations you two on this Dream come true! I know all the hard work and time you have put into it will be well wort it!!!!

Sleeping pill hang over!

Late start today that's for sure! I have been having the worst nights sleep in a long time. It takes me on average over 3 hours to fall asleep! I started taking sleeping pills every once in a while to get caught up but last nights did a number on me.

After wrestling with Blue bird and taking her back to her bad a few times I finally got to sleep. Then was up getting her breakfast at 8. Mace still slept and so I went back to sleep and Blue climbed in next to me. We all slept in till 11!!!! I love and hate when that happens! I feel so behind but at least I got some sleep!

Today I am going Visiting Teaching! I love the girl I visit!That makes it nice! I am craving a Burger and Fries from Apollo Burger so I feel it's in my best interest to give in the craving and indulge today! Why not right... I already wasted my morning so why not just throw today all off and pig out as well!

Still going strong on the no tv!!! I am loving it! I I did let the girls have a little tv time on Saturday and one show Friday night while I made dinner! I love this change! I don't even watch tv any more. Especially with the writers strike there is NOTHING on!

What shows do you guys miss?

I miss...

The Office
Grays
Private Practice

Pres. Hinckley

I quickly wanted to capture my thought. As I heard the news this evening about the passing of our beloved Prophet I was instantly saddened. But almost as quickly as that sadness was felt it was even more quickly replaced with an unbelievable calmness that over took me! I listened to the news but could not get the picture out of my mind of that dear old man in the arms of our Heavenly Father. His journey here was faithfully completed and he was welcomed home.

I truly believe this to to be a blessed day. Our Prophet reunited with his beloved wife and companion. I have been blessed to have been taught and lead by such an incredible Christ like individual. I will forever consider Pres. Hinckley my Prophet.

A year ago L. Tom Perry spoke to our Stake and said something that I had never heard before and I have never forgotten. He was sure in his words when he promised that the Lord would never take one of His Prophets home until the next Prophet that would succeed him was made ready. I take such comfort in knowing that our next Prophet has been prepared to lead and guide this church with the same love and dedication and faithfulness.

This has only strengthen my testimony in knowing that this Church is true. How beautiful the plan is and how clear it seems to me at this moment. I know my purpose here on earth. I know what my reward will be. Like Pres. Hinckley if I strive to do my very best, following the commandments and teaching of a loving Heavenly father, I too can be welcomed home into His presents and live for eternity with my family one day.

We truly are blessed aren't we!

Regrets...

I can't exactly tell you why I have been so reflective lately. It has to be the weather! I for one am not the kind of person who dwells on the past and wonders what if or if only! I do though have fallen victim to walking down memory lane and having it spark a memory of an event or of a person. I often find myself smiling as I recall something of my past. It's more good then bad that's for sure and that's why I love it so much.

There are always those moments in our lives that have a permanent place in our hearts and in our minds. Be it our first kiss ( mine was at almost 17!!! I know!!!!) or gathering up the courage to run for 6th grade President, those are the times in our lives that played an oh so important part in who we are today! Honestly... who would we be without small life experiences like that!

Today I put on a CD that a dear friend made me while we were in singles ward together! Just hearing the songs made me go back in time 8 years and I picture our time together! No we were never involved. I think that's why it makes my memories so found. We were extremely great friends with an understanding that we only shares. Maybe there could have been something there but life was easy just being friends and it was at that time in my life I needed simplicity!The months that followed proved so. The songs just remind me of good days in my past with my him... It reminds me of being hopped up on cold meds and him not letting me drive home one afternoon. Of wassail parties, singing, decorating for dances, Sunday School class and me "Soiling" my shorts!!! ( Not what you think!!!Trust me!)

That lead me to remember the first "tape" anyone ever made me. I think that's what you do in high school when you start liking someone... you make them a mixed cassette. This just makes me laugh looking back now. This was from a boy I had known for years. We were childhood "friends" more like annoyances during the early years. As we both got older we saw that we were more alike then we had ever thought. He ended up being my first kiss as well and I will never forget that moment as horrified as I was, it was great! Finally kissed! For those of you who always wondered why I can sing every word to "Summer time in the LBC" that cassette tape and that boy are to blame!!!!!

I also have endless memories of High school. My close group of girlfriends and I sitting at lunch together every day. I remember the dances... Asking Jeff Decker to my first Sadie Hawkins. I love remembering dances! Mike and I went to Homecoming as "Friends" and honestly that was the best dance. We were so good at being friends. Maybe that's why we ended up so great for each other in the long run. Homecoming was special. I was over the decorating with another girl and to see it turn out so well was exciting. That was also the night Jeff dropped me while we were swing dancing in the middle of a huge circle that had formed around us!!!CLASSIC!!!! Mike took me home and we had ACTS the next morning. I wonder if he wanted to kiss me at the end of that night! hum!!!

I do remember Mikes and my first kiss. It was exactly how it should have been ... that anxious flutter in the pit of your stomach that comes and goes all night long and then when it finally happens you are just as surprised that you didn't burst out laughing because the anticipation was almost more then you could bare. Once we got over the first kiss the rest was like they say , history. I was a goner and I'd like to say so was he!

There are so many moments are that are forever branded on my mind. The day my grandfather passed away, the first day of school, Dancing to "Foot Lose" in the talent show, sun bleaching our hair with lemon juice and slow dancing with that one boy no wanted to slow dance with at the Church dances! Certain things will always spark a memory or remind me of someone...

Red vines will always make me think of Joe. Madonna always reminds me of Mary. HB Harbor will forever remind me of a favorite grade school teacher. When I hear Dancing Queen I can't block out of my mind Youth dances and just feeling free and young. Denny's will always be the after dance hangout. "Down by the bay" will forever be the anthem my sister and I so enthusiastically belt out as we near Lake Mead! And wearing my lucky green socks only reminds me BYU football and giving birth to my girls... they were pretty lucky!

As I recalled all these found memories I asked myself..." Do I have any regrets? Do I wish that any of those events could have turned out differently?" And thinking long and hard I came up with a resounding answer...NO! It's because of each and every one of those events that I created who I am, my out look on life and the value system I live by today. I learned endless lessons from the friends I have lost. I gained courage from putting myself out there when it was so incredibly scary and risky. I have friends from childhood still today I will forever cherish even if years and miles keep separating us. I fell in love with a wonderful partner who bring with him his own past so beautifully compliments mine.

I hope I can live a life with out regrets, without wonder of what could have been if only. I try to tell myself to look forward to whats to come and not pass up something that may one day make me wonder "What could have been!"

Day four!!!

It's our forth day with no TV on and I have to say it's been great! I know in the past I have let Mace watch way to much tv. That "Woe is me!" week had to be the worst yet. I was content to just let her watch while I read and you all know how I can get lost in a good book!

I often complain about how crazy she can get too. Disobeying, arguing and just plane stubborn!I realizing now that TV had a huge part in that! She has changed completely! I can have a wonderful day with her and she listens, volunteers and is willing to follow directions so much better! I hope this change in behavior can stick... guess the tv needs to off way more!

We've been filling our days with morning story time in my bed, drawing, make believe play and play room time! She has not even asked to turn a show on. I do let her and Blue watch oneLetter Factory show but chalk that up to educational!

If anything I am realizing how far behind I am with Blue. At this age Macy knew all her alphabet and what sounds they made and so much more! I really need to dedicate more time with my kids preschool skills! I am so focused on Mace and getting her ready for school I forget to expose Blue to all that I can. I loved working with Mace at Blues age. She was such a sponge! Blue can count to 10 but it's got no meaning behind it! She does it more like a memorized song. I now have a new found charge to teach my kids while I can!!!

Do you guys have any suggestions for learning tools, songs, even videos that have been helpful to your preschool aged kids and younger? I love the Leap Pad videos and found them to be so helpful with Macy. I am anxious to hear what you have to suggest!!!! Thanks!

A new day

Thanks for all the support friends! I have to admit I felt so much better after sharing my feeling even if was just to be honest with myself! I will say my attitude last week wasn't helped by the fact that I never left my house, never got dressed before 4 and was content to just read about the heart ache of a family during the 60's! Oh and a diet of cookies, boxed noodles and junk never helpes either!

I am happy to report that today I was up showered, did my hair and slapped on a bit of lipstick all in the hopes to get out and snap out of it! Well it worked! Sort of... I was quickly reminded how frustrating it is to have two girls in tow not wanting to get shoes on, teeth brushed and buckled into car seats!

We ended up at the mall... that was strange! The Fashion Place mall I guess I can compare to South Coast Plaza, sort of! I think because it's the nicest collection of stores in Salt lake so it draws in that South Coast crowd... you know the type! They look like they are trying to get dressed up to step foot in Nordstrom's and they proudly display there shopping bags as a sort of status symbol! I always loved that! It was always a riot seeing all the OC woman at the mall. I certainly never felt like I fit in that crowd and I was SO content with that! But there was defiantly that feeling in the air that they were trying to pull it all off! I laughed to myself as I saw middled aged woman in horribly ugly furry boots and huge coats with gobs of make up and expensive bags!

I did enjoy being there and being out! I ended up finding two great sweaters from Banana Republic!!! On Sale??? Of course!!!!! I have no shame heading straight to the Clearance rack! They are both adorable and I have this sinking feeling it will remain sweater weather here for months! I have to hand it to UT... All the winter stuff goes on sale just like everywhere else but here you get to enjoy the use much longer!

So all in all I feel like I'm on the up swing of my pitty party! I am still more incline to stay home and read but I'll blame that on my good books!

I want to wish one of my best friends a Happy Birthday!!!! Sorry I missed you today Shireen!We'll catch up soon! Love ya!

Sorry

So I haven't been in the best of spirits lately. Not quite sure how to pin point my haze but I defiantly feel like I have been in a funk!

I am certainly missing "Home!" I miss more then just my sister and the comfort I feel in knowing she was a constant in my life. I miss driving the streets I drove,shopping at the stores I loved, smelling the ocean as I opened my door. There is so much that I miss and it's all right now hitting me!

I could go on and on listing off the smallest of things I miss even down to the smell of freshly cut grass at the Mora Kai on Thursdays! I miss my tiny apartment and the green bench I sat on on the front lawn that I loved so much even if it had a nail that stuck up and snagged my cloths. I am pathetic I know. I try to tell myself it's ok to be nostalgic but it's been a very nostalgic week I guess that has only lead me to hurt for home.

As wonderful as life is here now I wish I could snap my fingers and be back home. Even if it meant giving up all this I would have at least know the truth in feeling like I have lived on the side with the greener grass and your right, it isn't always greener! I then am quick to remind myself that no matter when I had to finally take that final jump and leave the nest, if you will , it would have to hurt at some point! No matter when, no matter how far! I am trying my best to chalk it up to life lessons. To give into the reality that I could never live in a two bedroom apartment my entire life just because it was safe, simple and easy. The longing to leave that place was real as well. I need to remind myself of that.

But the truth of the matter is that I just feel disconnected. It's not all about missing home.I miss feeling apart of a ward, a family and a neighborhood. I was spoiled in a lot of those senses I know but You get used to that and it's harder to replace then I thought it would be! I feel like I am trying so hard here to just jump into life as I pictured it but really I am just jumping and missing each time! It easily look like life is wonderful. I am at ease with new people and with new situations but I miss more then anything the history that was behind relationships. The sense of placement in a social circle, being needed because they know what you have to offer rather then they know you to be willing to either get the job done or put forth the effort because you are desperate to make connections. it's hard to explain but even harder not to feel and give in to.

I play this constant balancing act fighting my desires to play the game and love the life we want so much and then the flip side is trying for the right reasons to get rooted here. Even as I write it I feel messed up in my thinking. Is it so wrong to want a great life with a home and new experiences? NO! Is it so wrong to miss the life you had even if you longed for the life you have now? That's a harder question to answer! Inside I know the truth. I am not as strong as I thought I was, as I wanted to be, as I pretend to be at times! I am tired of putting on the armor and trying to make a noble effort. And I know there is nothing wrong with that! I just think I am, right now, sitting in my reality and that's ok too.

I am missing home. I am missing looking forward to the dream of what was next. I am missing my sister .... I am missing my sister!!!!! I miss feeling useful to her as if I was some sort great help, even if I felt like I needed her more. I miss feeling known by someone that knew all of me. I miss so much.

And still I know this is normal and good. Like I said before...I would have had to go through this no matter when I had moved away! I think it took me longer then I expected so I felt like I was in the clear! Guess not!

Honestly I feel better having cried it out a little! I guess I needed to get to this place before I could move forward! I hope that's the next step! Moving forward and enjoying the dream of what's next for us because I am actually living in that moment as we speak.

Sorry for the bla bla bla Debbie downer! I put it off long enough so please forgive me.

What's better then 75% off?

90% off of course!!!Yep that's right!!!! My lucky guardian angle must had prompted me to go to Tai Pan on yesterday for a reason because while I was there getting a price adjustment from my last visit they announced that all remaining Christmas stuff was 90% off!!! there was still tons of great stuff so I loaded up yet another cart of items and headed to the check out. This time I only spent $30 but got more stuff that looks great out for decor all year round then just for Christmas! Small topiaries and other fun stuff that i now have up year round! IT was a good shopping day!

It's been such a crazy week I forgot to mention that last Friday I got together with one of my favorite childhood friends and her family! It in itself was a crazy day! I ran to the store before she was to arive and locked myself out. I was so mad! she was excited to see my house and of course I was excited to show her! I ended up sitting in the car for an hour waiting for her to show up before we headed to lunch! It was still a great visit with Courtney and Coltan. I just love those guys! She also saved me and gave me a spare diaper! Yep!!!! another joy of being locked out!

So the rest of that day we just wasted time while we waited till 7 before Mike came home!That takes me to the next fun thing! WE ended up at the movies seeing Enchanted!!!!My new favorite Disney movie!!!How cute was that! The music was great and I just adored it! The girls were entertained too!!! I can't wait to see ti again!

Well today I have to get to the post office to get to gifts off! I hate going to the post office! But I am excited to get the packages off to my sister and my friend Shireen! I really need to resolve to get Birthday gifts off early! What a horrible sister I am. I'll blame this one on the cold!

Thanks for the call Donna! I just love talking to you! I have my fingers crossed that we''ll be able to meet up in AZ! How fun would that be!!!

Have a great weekend ladies!

Join the cool croud!

So for years now I have been raving about the KRAFT Food & Family magazine!!!! If you were either held back in kindergarten or and have yet to catch onto the wisdom I so freely share... WHATS WRONG WITH YOU!!!!! Snap out if it and join in on all the fun already!!!!!!

I kid you not! I can cook nearly every single recipe in this FREE Magazine! It comes with colored photos for all us visual learners and who knows when the scratch and sniff editions will hit the press! I just got my first copy sent here to my new address so of course I am over the moon with culinary joy! I have already planned my weeks worth of meals and have so many on reserve for next week! Boo Ya!!!!

Here's the link to sign up for your very own copy to be sent right to you!

http://tiny.cc/UgkL8

Also don't forget to bookmark the Kraft web site! I so am all over typing in a dish and getting endless recipes!!! That's where I usually get my "What's for dinner" recipes I share with all of you!( I know I have been terrible!!!!!! I'm off to update it now!!!)

Ok ladies! It's a new year! Why not set some new goals!
Meal Plan!!!
Try something new!
Impress your family!
Eat healthy!
Mix it up a little!
And say goodbye to cereal for dinner! ( Even thought I really love a bowl of LIFE once in a while!)

Eat up!

For real...

Why not! Aren't we just the family that just can't catch a break!!! Yep! We're all sick again! Even Mike has a cold! I swear we are all going to survive the Bird Flu when it hits!!! They say all the healthy people with strong immune systems will be the first to kick the bucket! Woo Hoo!!!There's the silver lining they talk about!

We got hit with colds on Friday night starting with Blue while we were out to dinner with friends! We ate at a local Ethiopian restaurant that was beyond grub! On the way home Blue just kept saying " I want to go to bed!" You know it's bad when they ask to go to bed early!

I barely made it to church only because I had to teach. Sunday was a day of crash and burn over here! I was barely able to sit and work on a puzzle! At least the girls seem to be on teh upside and were happily playing together while we vegged on the couch

OH MY!!!!! Did any of you catch American Gladiators on last night!!!! Holy Awesome that show was great! This is coming from a huge fan of the original show! I remember my brother and I used to set up courses in the back yard and pretend we were on the show! It was a riot to watch last night! That Wolf guy was so freaky looking! I get a kick out of the contestants and the commentary!

Well... There is no rest for the weary! I have tons to do today and it all has to be done! I HAVE to run to the post office and get a few people lines up to get over here to estimate the shower repair. Thankfully the Cleaning lady has been totally wonderful about it all and is letting us do whatever we feel most comfortable doing in regards to fixing it! I'm still super paranoid that it's about to crash down on us at any moment so the sooner it's fixed the better.

Read YESTERDAYS post first if you haven't already!!!!

So yeah... That's a shattered shower! Not Sure why blogger pooped out on me yesterday but I had way more to say after posting that last picture but it never posted!

Shannons comment pretty much coins it perfectly " What the FA!"

The cleaning lady came to me all wide eyed and scared and showed me the shower! My bathroom looks like an "Urban Outfitters" store front! The first thing she said was "I'll pay for it!" DANG right woman!

I did feel bad for here. It must have just made her heart sink when it happened! Honestly, I have cleaned that shower how many times and I had yet to hear a creek, pop or whine from any of it's walls! Oh well, accidents happen. As long as she replaces it I'm cool!

So she was here for 2 hours and only managed to clean the upstairs.. and not very good! But I'll get back to that!

She was over an hour late so when I only had an hours window to get ready in I just had her stop. She really was a nice lady! We had some great conversations and I felt like I really looked passed the broken shower and enjoyed the experiance! That was until I made my first carnal mistake and payed her before inspecting her work. Right after I handed her a check she says "Oh I need to show you one more thing in the bathroom. And this is what I found...
Lovely! A clogged sink!

Then after she leaves I start noticing all the other things that went a rye on this Cleaning adventure! Not one but two clog sinks! This one included a busted garbage disposal!

A horribly steaky mirror

And the list goes on....

She failed to scrub the sink fictrures
clean the fronts of the oven and dishwasher
clean the inside of the microwave!(the one appliance I asked her to clean the inside of)
Get he bottom of the toilets clean
She did mop but now I have cloudy floors because I think she used her mop instead of the one I asked her to use!

Oh... And I came up stairs and found that she left her wet rag mop leaning against the wall face down ON MY CARPET right next to my mop I asked her to used to mop the hard woods also face down with cleaning product on it! And She put my rugs back on the hard wood floor while they were still sopping wet. Thankfully I found them that way right after she left so I was able to quickly take them off, towel dry the floor and fix it before the water warped my floors!
What the FA!!!!! Seriously!This is what I was dealing with yesterday! I so could have done all that she did... but RIGHT, in less then an hour! My house looked no different then before she came but now it smelled like Pine Sol. When mike got home I had to take him on a tour of house pointing out all that went wrong. 20 mins. later he had un clogged the sinks, had to fix the disposal and was at a loss for words over the shower!

Too bad. she was really sweet and nice and talked about doing trades for future cleanings for my craft stuff. NO thanks! I can't afford the damage control or the time it takes to redo the work she did!

So now we are dealing with getting the shower fixed. She said she'll have her husband come fix it this weekend! Ummm....That makes us a little nervous! Not sure what sort of expertise this dude has. Unless his truck had a " Shower and glass pro" Logo on the side I think we'd be smarter to just get a third party to handle it and have them pay for it! We'll see how that flies!
Oie Vey!!!! What an experiance!

Pretty sure I won't be hiring anyone to clean my house in the near future!

Don't hate me too much Steph!!!!

Look what I scored at the Tai Pan Trading 75% off sale!!!! It was like nothing I had ever seen before! Usually by the time it's marked down that low endless groves of middle aged woman would have turned the aisles of any store into looking like the after math of LA Riot! I was half expecting to only find ceramic Santa Clauses and Funky Stockings.'Twas not the case!

I so had my pick of all the best that Tai Pan had to offer! I loaded my cart to my hearts desire and then like any level headed woman would do, edit half of what my heart desired and left with only having spent a reasonable $60! Pretty amazing if I don't say so myself! I can hardly wait to see how it all looks next year!

While in town I took my family to this Utah hot spot and YES!!!It was a huge hit! Limited space on airplane made for sadness and want!!! That's why I tell all my visitors to either bring an empty duffel bag or rent a UHAUL!


Look What I Did... FINALY!!!! ( The evolution of the "HUB"!)

Remember my "HUB" in Huntington. My go to organization head quarters with all my lists , Goals and important dates! Well It got a face lift! Thanks to some handy dandy Vinly and a little paint and some magnet board making know how from Boo I was able to make a "HUB" worth bragging about! Many of you know I am a list whore and I just love to organize...even if it doesn't look that way half the time! HEHEHE!!!!

I love my magnets that keep my lists organized and pretty! I can update, cross off and add to when ever I need! And staying true to form, I only use 100% recyclable paper and the back sides to junk mail and scrap paper! Rock on mother earth!!!!

I even made a place for new behavior cards! We'll see how well those work! So far so good!!! I will be making more sets of magnets for resale so if you have a color and other phrases in mind, I am open to custom ordering!


Smells like a Pine Forest!!!

And for good reason!!!Thanks to a wonderful Mother in Law who paid for a Cleaning lady to come after the Christmas crowd, I am basking in the smell of Pine Sol while the sound of someone else scrubbing fills my ears! Ahh! This is something I could get used to... well we'll see when it's all said and done!

What's up with that "cleaning before the cleaning lady comes!!!"I swear I spent 3 hours cleaning before she actually showed up! That makes me sound like a slob but I was simply putting away toys, cloths, doing laundry and dishes. It's almost more work getting ready for her to come! And I'll be honest...She was an hour late and now she's creeping in on my " get ready for BUNCO time!"

...oh MAJOR CLEANING LADY UPDATE!!!!!

Cindy, the cleaning lady just came in here all wide eyed like she just saw Dead Elvis! She told me she needed to show me something in my bathroom! OOPS!!!


That can't be good!!! Hummm....Should I figure a shattered shower into her tip!!!!! YIKES!!! Poor thing was so scared to tell me! The first thing she said was "I'll pay for it!" DANG Right!!!!
Honestly I feel bad for her! But what can you do!

YISHK!!! 40 mins into her clean and this! Like I said... we'll see how I feel at the end of this before I call her or any other cleaning lady back!

Happy New Year!!!!!!!

WHAT!!!A post about the New Year on New Years day!!!What the heck! I must be smokin' somethin'! It really must be the new year! I have been such a blogger slacker! Oops!That's what a whole lot of fun can do to ya!

Well Happy New year folks! I can not tell you how much I love a new year! I am one of those people that thrive on goals and lists and starting a new so New Years Day is like my own version of a Super Bowl!!!! I love to clean, think and reflect! Plan, make lists and gear up for the days weeks and months ahead!

Last night we rang in the New Year by having family and Friends over! My in laws were already here and Jason and Erin joined us for yummy meat balls for dinner and games! Does anyone else love Catch Phrase as much as I do!!!!??? Holy cow that's a great game! It helps that he crowd was all sarcastic and mature! I hole nothing back when it comes to getting my team to guess the right word!
It was a great night!Sadly this morning we had to say good bye to Rob and Steph! I have to admit I held back the tears! I just hate saying Good Bye! I just love those guys!Thanks for a great visit! Steph left me a beautiful Friendship gift that I just love!

Ok.... I ment to give Steph the Pretzel Recipe before she left but why not share it with all of you too!!!!Eat up Christina!

Pennsylvania Dutch Soft Pretzels


3-3 1/2 cups Flour
1 pkg dry yeast
1 teaspoon sugar
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 1/2 cups warm water

3 tablespoons baking soda
Coarse Sea salt

Combine 1 1/2 cups flour, sugar, salt and yeast in mixing bowl. Mix in warm water until all blended. Slowly add remaining flour until it is all combined and dough easily leaves the sides of the bowl.

Knead dough until smooth, about 5 min. Cover dough with towel and let rise in a warm place for 45 min.

Take tangerine size portions and roll out to create Pretzel shape. Get fancy and try to flip and spin it like those Crazy Mall Pretzel makers!!It's way fun!!! Oh and flour your counter so it doesn't stick. Make all the Pretzels before going to next step!



You can set aside to let rise for an additional 30 min. but I just went on to the next step...

Preheat oven to 400. In large skillet bring to boil 1 quart water and 3 tablespoons baking soda! Place pretzels in water bath two to three at a time. : simmer 20 seconds making sure to slash the top with bath as well... no need to flip.

Place "bathed"( funny huh!!!) pretzeles on well gressed and floured cookie sheet 2 in. apart. Sprinkle with coarse salt. Bake for about 15 min. or until golden.

I leave half mine un salted and after baking brush with melted butter and sprinkle cinnamon sugar on them. The others I have to dip in cheese sauce!

Te Da!!!! Yummy and impressive home made Pretzels!!!! I made a double batch but just did each single batch on it's own. I hate mixing all that flour so in stead of one huge doubled batch I do two single batches!


One last thing....I added three new items to Blue Cricket Designs collection!!!BE sure to take a look at new Clippies and my Greeting Cards!

Ok chicas! I'm out!