Bits and Pieces 11th Edition: Halloweekend Preparations

Hi guys! Are you as glad as I am that it's Friday?

Anyway...this weekend should be pretty fun. Our town is doing their Halloweekend this weekend (not quite sure why they can't actually do it next weekend on Halloween, but whatever). I'm making final touches on my kids Halloween costumes.

I made successfully made my kindergartner a Yoda costume. He's so happy! And I'm happy that worked and took no time at all.

My older son wants to be a football player, so we borrowed a jersey from a friend. I spent a little time last night making his last name to put on the back of the jersey using freezer paper and paint. After browsing football pad images online last night I decided to make him some pads using a yoga mat that I never use and got for free. He loves them.

My daughter's Greek Goddess costume turned out better than I imagined and involved no sewing! Seriously, I'm so glad for the internet or my kids would have the lamest Halloween costumes ever.

In other news, my little guy and I dug up some potatoes for dinner last night. So yummy!

And I finally got out some Halloween decorations and they were put right to good use.

In food news...we all got to eat dinner together before 6:00 yesterday for the first time in months (weekends don't count). It was so nice!

And I made peanut butter cookies on Tuesday and wish that I would have quadrupled the batch and stashed some in the freezer. So yummy!

Now I get to clean up my Halloween costume making sewing/crafting mess and work on my lesson for church on Sunday.

Have a fabulous weekend! I'd love to hear what you're up to. Are you doing Halloween festivities this weekend too?

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One Hour Rolls

These rolls are amazing! I've been making these rolls since 2001 when I was a newlywed and my sister-in-law shared the recipe with me. The rolls are light, fluffy, easy to make and they only take one hour! And delicious too! I've made these rolls more times than I can count, so I've perfected the art of making them. Here are some step-by-step instructions with pictures for you. Here's what you'll need. I buy pretty much all of the ingredients in this recipe at Sam's club, thus the huge containers. You need warm water, yeast, oil, sugar, salt, egg and flour. In the mixer bowl, add warm water (not hot), oil, sugar and yeast. Mix together. After ten or fifteen minutes the yeast mixture should be puffed up like this. Time to add the salt and beaten egg. Then mix in the flour. (I've used a mixture of half wheat and half white flour successfully.) Keep adding flour until the dough is manageable. It will be a little sticky, b

Week 394 Menu

Hi there! This week is flying by! So excited that we've been having blue skies and warmer weather. Our snow is almost all melted and little bulbs are sprouting in the flower beds. However, we had our 10th snow/ice day last week!!! Hopefully it was the last one. Life has been busy, busy and I need to plan out the rest of our week's menus, even though it's already Thursday. Here's what we've eaten so far and what I'm planning: Monday: chicken stirfry, rice/quinoa Tuesday: breakfast for dinner Wednesday: flatbread pizzas Thursday: roasted butternut squash, pasta, chicken sausage Friday: tacos Saturday: leftovers Sunday: pot roast, mashed potatoes, one hour rolls Alrighty, that's what we're eating this week. How about you? What's on your menu this week? Feel free to share. I love it when you do! More from Jenny:

Don't like your house to smell like food? I've got a kitchen tip for that!

I have a smallish, one story house and if I cook food that is kind of smelly, like onions, the smell tends to linger in every room. This is a pet peeve of mine and (also my husband's). Over the years I've found a few ways to cook smelly food without smelling up the kitchen. Use your garage! I use my garage quite often to cook things in. I open the window and it airs out, especially when you open the garage door. I'm sure my neighbors wonder what I'm cooking. I've used two different kitchen appliances in the garage: my crockpot and my food dehydrator. Crockpot - I did this very thing today since I'm simmering chicken, onions, carrots and celery to make chicken noodle soup tonight. I don't want my house to smell like onions all day, so I plugged it in on my husband's workbench. Food dehydrator - when I make jerky, I plug the food dehydrator in in the garage. I don't really want my house to smell like meat for hours

What is on your menu this week?

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