Jenny's Journey

Last week Saturday my Mom, my brother Jim, 2 of his children Reilly and Brooke, Jadyn, Jenna and myself attended the 83rd Annual Christmas Parade in Milwaukee.  My Grandma Ciminski used to take her grandchildren every year to the christmas parade.  It became a family tradition.  When my grandma passed, my Mom continued the tradition with her grandchildren as well!  This year was a nice year because the weather was the best of any years in the past that I can remember!!  It was hardly cold. Which makes it so much easier when you have little children like Jenna! We finished off our nice morning, by all 7 of us going out for a late breakfast at Miss Katies Diner!  It was great!   It was nice seeing my brother Jim out and about too!  I havent seen him in awhile and it was good to see him slowly beginning to get better!

Today is my good friend Becky's 32nd Birthday!!! Becky, I hope you have a wonderful day!  We will have to get together soon.  We dont do that enough and time flys so fast when we do get together! Cause we have so much to say, in so little time!   I always know I am gonna laugh when Becky is around!  My daughter Jadyn just loves her (well she should since Becky is a kindergarten teacher)! I was going to embarass Becky by putting some really really old pictures of her on here today, but realized I was in most of those pictures and would also be embarrased!! 

One of my favorite places to easily spend my time is Penzey's.  If you have never been there, you should go.  Quality spices, herbs, and seasonings.  One of the things that I really like about the store is that every single thing that is sold there has a jar filled with the product for you to smell.(I guess you could sample it but that would just be gross!!!)  I purchased something called Sate today, because I thought it smelled good(now I just have to find a recipe for it!) I also purchased their Florida Lemon Pepper.  I have had that before and it is great on fish!  Since James doesnt read my blog, and I know none of you will tell him....I bought him a Christmas gift from there today.  I bought the Taco Gift Pack....Original, Bold, Chicken and Rojo Seasonings.  Really it is a gift for the both of us, but I can say it is for him!!!  I wouldnt mind getting a gift certificate for Penzeys for Christmas, or a subscription to their magazine....

Try this awesome recipe out!  It is fantastic.  I usually dont so mushrooms, but I did this time and they were excellent in this recipe!  Its an easy recipe too, except dont forget that you have to cook the rice and chicken also!  I totally forgot 1/2 way thru the cooking and it was a little chaotic in my kitchen that nite!!!  The place I work at has pretty darn good soup, and I had their wild rice soup the other day and got inspired to find my own recipe to try! ENJOY! Chicken Wild Rice Soup 2 quarts chicken broth 1/2 pound fresh mushrooms, chopped 1 cup finely chopped celery 1 cup shredded carrots 1/2 cup finely chopped onion 1 teaspoon chicken bouillon granules 1 teaspoon dried parsley flakes 1/4 teaspoon garlic powder 1/4 teaspoon dried thyme 1/4 cup butter or margarine 1/4 cup all-purpose flour 1 (10.75 ounce) can condensed cream of mushroom soup, undiluted 3 cups cooked wild rice 2 cups cubed, cooked chicken Directions...

Do you remember these Quizno Sub Mascot...rodent looking things they used to have as their commercials on tv!?!??  So flipping nasty looking they are cute!!! Check out this link below to joggle your memory! Quizno Sub Commercial Well after thinking about it they really are not cute at all!  But I like it anyways!  Wonder why Quiznos doesn't use them anymore for their commercials!?!?!

Kim has been on my case to update my blog, but I dont have much to say.  I have been really busy this last week and into the upcoming one too, because I am a deer hunters wife.  A good one at that too!  James has been gone since October 30th and plans on coming back November 13th(only because I have to work that weekend...and I figure 2 weeks is enough!)  I think he owes me...what do you think?   Anyways, so I have been away from my computer this last week because my time is limited, I have been super tired(going to bed the second the girls go to bed....or even falling asleep in Jadyn's bed after story time!!!), and I really dont have much to say!