Jamaican-Style Jerk Chicken

1-1/4 lb. (565 g) bone-in chicken pieces (legs, breasts, thighs), skin removed

1/4 cup  Kraft Calorie-Wise Rancher's Choice Dressing, divided

2 green onions, finely chopped

1 clove  garlic, minced

1 tsp. ground allspice

1 tsp.  hot pepper sauce

1 tsp. lime juice

1/4 tsp.  curry powder 

 

Place chicken in large shallow dish. Reserve 2 Tbsp dressing. Mix remaining dressing with remaining ingredients; pour over chicken. Turn chicken over to coat both sides of each piece. Refrigerate 30 min. to marinate.

Heat greased barbecue to medium heat. Remove chicken from marinade; discard marinade.
Grill chicken 30 to 35 min. or until done (170ºF), turning occasionally and brushing with reserved dressing.
 

Pecan Chocolate Chip Cookies

1 cup butter, softened

1 1/2 cup brown sugar
1/2 cup white sugar
2 eggs
1 tsp. vanilla
2 1/2 cup flour

1/2 tsp. salt
1 tsp. baking soda
1 tsp. baking powder
1 cup chopped pecans
2 cup chocolate chips

Cream together butter and sugars. Add eggs and vanilla, mix well. Mix next 4 ingredients in med bowl, mix well.  Add dry ingredients to cookie dough in 2 separate amounts mix well after each addition so that there is no dry mixture remaining.  Stir in pecans and chocolate chips. Drop by tablespoon onto ungreased cookie sheet two inches apart. Bake at 375 degrees for 12 - 15 minutes; 12 minutes for chewy and 15 minutes for crunchy. Let cool for 5 minutes on baking sheet, move to rack.

Killam Creative Birthday Blog Candy!

If you LOVE Magnolia stamps your going to LOVE the Birthday Blog Candy that Susan has to offer over at "Killam Creative"  She has all the instruction you need to follow for your chance to win this awesome calorie free candy :) Easy Peasy!  But don't wait too long as you must enter by May 31 at 11:59 pm.

The picture below shows what is in the Blog Candy Prize.

Happy 2nd Blog-aversery Killam Creative~

Hump Day!

Welcome to "Hump Day", next to Fridays I think Wednesday is my favorite weekday...there is only 2 more days left and its the weekend.

Not much for today....the fire that started 10 KM north of Prince Albert is still burning.  It is still classified as being out of control but the good news is that it doesn't seem to be growing in size.  Unfortunately one family lost their home in the blaze that has been named the Nisbet Fire.  These article appeared in May 18th edition of the Prince Albert Daily Herald, click HERE and HERE for the articles.  Today the forecast is for a bit cooler weather +28 Celsius yesterday we hit +31 Celsius.  They are saying that now that the fire is closer to being under control they can start investigating to determine the cause of the fire.

Sharon, one of my co-workers had her camera at work on Monday and was able to get some awesome photos.  Head over to Rose of Sharon to see the pictures that she took from our office windows on Monday afternoon when we noticed the smoke building.   It was an amazing display to watch the smoke build and build as well as see clouds of smoke rise within the huge cloud of smoke.  It was amazing to watch the Bird Dog and the Water Bombers from Ministry of Environment Northern Air Operations do their part in attempt to extinguish the fire.  Those pilots are very good at their job.

Happy "HUMP DAY" everyone!

Blog Candy from Creating From the Heart

Melissa is giving away some awesome and very generous blog candy.  I can only hope I am lucky enough to win.  Think I shall do some kind of chant or something...maybe improve my chances at luck.  Anyways head over to Creating from the Heart to check out her awesome blog candy.

She explains what to do for your chance to win her blog candy consisting of a Sizzix Big Shot, some Sizzix Dies -  A Bow maker, butterfly and an awesome flowers!! You can also win these 3 dies along with the machine!   I had to read the post twice to make sure I read it right.

Good luck to all who enter to win! 

Thanks Melissa for your generosity!

Explosion Box

Last night I completed my first "Explosion Box".  I definitely will be making these again....if you haven't tried making one and enjoy paper crafting it is worth trying at least once. Click HERE for a pdf of the tutorial.

Completed Box

I sprayed the rose and the lid with Pearl Glimmer Mist!

Magnolia's Tilda stamped image is colored with Copic Sketch Markers and PrismaColored Pencils.  Wings are done in Crystal Stickles.

Click HERE to go the MAGNOLIA-licious store.

I couldn't decide which of the two exploded boxes to put up so I put both here so you can get a closer look at them.

I like this view as it shows how well the colored papers that I had in my stash go with my colored Tilda. 

Hope you enjoyed looking at the photos of my Explosion Box.  I am looking forward to making more in the future.

Happy 2nd Birthday Magnolia-licious~

Sneak Peak -- Postponed

Tonight I completed my Explosion Box for MAGNOLIA-licious Challenge in celebration of the MAGNOLIA-licious Yahoo Group's 2nd Birthday. I had a blast assembling this box...right from coloring my stamped image of Magnolia's Tilda with Rose to assembling the box.  I can't wait to try another one, think this will be the type of Christmas Card I make for my 4 girl friends from High School.

I am having a bit of problem uploading the pictures, so am unable to give you a sneak peek of my creation in anticipation to tomorrow's post.  Seems like my internet connection is extremely slow and not allowing me to upload my photo for the sneak peak.  Stay tuned to tomorrow to see the finished product.

Well it is getting late and I have an early morning tomorrow.

Timon

On Friday evening my husband had the sad task to go find our faithful companion Timon and bring his body home to be buried in our pet cemetery.  Timon was a Lab/German Shepard/Malamute Cross.  When Timon came to us he was a rambunctious puppy that got into anything and everything he could.  Chewed the Saddle Bags off my my husbands snowmobile and the Bra off our friends car (to his defense it was ripped, hanging down a bit and very inviting).

He grew into a wonderful companion to our 3 children and to my husband and I. He was a gentle dog unless he felt that his family was in danger.  He was also very protective of children.  I remember one time my cousin was teaching her niece how to ride her 2-wheel bike and she wiped out in front of our house and of course the little girl started to cry....well Timon instantly went into protection mode.  When my cousin and her niece walked up to see us Timon wouldn't let my cousin anywhere near me or even toward her niece.  He protected us so well the he even ran a black bear out of our yard one night.  My husband was very surprised when the bear dropped back down on all 4's and ran off into the bush.

Timon just walked away to die...he was 92 years old in human years....he would have been 12 yrs old at the end of October.  Timon was very much a part of our family and will be missed by all of us.

TIMON

1998 - 2010

Rest in peace buddy!

Thoughts for Today

I am still in awe of the beautiful "Explosion Boxes" done up by the design team for MAGNOLIA-licious' 1st challenge out of 8 in celebration of MAGNOLIA-licious Yahoo Group's 2nd Birthday.  I have printed the tutorial for the Explosion Box so that I can start mine today.  Click HERE for the tutorial found at Splitcoaststampers if you want to try your hand at an explosion box.  Don't forget to check out the Magnolia Birthday Bash Blog for the blog hop and to see the summited creations, as well as to find out how you can join in on the fun and prizes.  Stay tuned to see my creation coming soon!

Anyways onto other things....my hubby and a couple of friends got most of the railing up on our deck yesterday.  It sure looks nice...just have 1 more set of panel to put up and it is finished.  Last night we enjoyed BBQ supper on our deck with the soft lighting of the Solar Chinese Lanterns I picked a couple of weeks ago and the lights from our table umbrella. 

It's Been A While

It's been a long time since I last posted anything on my blog...think it was back in January.

I recently joined the MAGNOLIA-licious Yahoo Group and have been getting inspired to start stamping and creating cards again. I haven't done any since Christmas. In celebration of the MAGNOLIA-licious Yahoo Group's 2nd Birthday head over to the "Magnolia Birthday Bash Blog" and check out their first challenge. Instruction are there on how you can participate in the celebrations.

You need to join the Magnolia-licious Yahoo group to join in on 8 weeks of fun and prizes! Click HERE to get to the MAGNOLIA-licious Group home page to join the group...and have fun creating.