Coleman's 9th Birthday

My friend Heather's son - Coleman - had his 9th birthday party today...a skating party! That sure brought back memories, I loved me some skating back in the day!

New apron!

The hubs got me a new apron for our 2nd anniversary - isn't it cute? My kitchen is deep red - with all the matching red KitchenAid appliances, tools, etc. I used to wear an old red apron that I got as an amenity in Fort Worth, TX when I was a meeting planner. This is so much better!

Steelers' Season Opener

A few football cookies for the Steelers' first game of the season. Yellow frosting was obviously a bit too thin, as it spread out as it set. But they are still yummy! (And the Steelers managed to squeak out a win in OT - yay!!!)

Follow-up picture from Isabel's birthday party!

Here is the birthday girl, blowing out her candles with the help of her little sister!

Another "new" stove

Yesterday - we had another "new" stove delivered. Same model, same color... We discovered about a month ago that the temperature in the lower oven didn't seem to be holding steady. And by holding steady, I mean - going 75-100 degrees ABOVE where I set it. Not good! Of course, it wouldn't do its thing for the repairman the first time around, so he told us what to look for and write down. So...last weekend, we did some testing and come to find out - BOTH ovens were doing it and the top, smaller oven - 100+ degrees above the set temp.

Repair call #2, declared the entire control panel fried and had the Sears outlet authorize a replacement (thank goodness we bought that extra protection plan!). So, we ran over there after work on Friday and got the same one again, got the balance of the old price vs. new price applied to a longer maintenance plan, and somehow managed to walk out the door with cash in hand. Still not sure how that happened, but I'm not arguing! We love the Sears outlet customer service!

I put the new "new" stove to work quite a bit today, 3 loaves of homemade wheat bread and a double batch of cinnamon rolls! It seemed to behave, but I'll be watching you...