Monday, June 09, 2008

Tuesday, May 27, 2008

Strawberry Jello Salad

Grandma Florence’s Strawberry Salad

Boil hard the following:
1 pkg. Tapioca pudding (not instant)
1 pkg. vanilla pudding (not inst)
1 small box strawberry jello
3 cups water

Take off & cool well overnight.Mix in one small carton Cool WhipMix in sliced strawberries. Garnish top with strawberries to look pretty!

I doubled the recipe for our Cinco de Mayo party.

Thursday, April 24, 2008

Leadership...

From the Marriot Hotel -



1. Continually challenge your team to do better.

2. Take good care of your employees, and they'll take good care of your customers, and the customers will come back.

3. Celebrate your people's success, not your own.

4. Know what you're good at and mine those competencies for all you're worth.

5. Do it and do it now. Err on the side of taking action.

6. Communicate. Listen to your customers, associates, and competitors.

7. See and be seen. Get out of your office, walk around, make yourself visible and accessible.

8. Success is in the details.

9. It's more important to hire people with the right qualities than with specific experience.

10. Customer needs may cary, but their bias for quality never does.

11. Eliminate the cause of a mistake. Don't just clean it up.

12. View every problem as an opportunity to grow.

Saturday, January 26, 2008

Photography...

Photography can be so powerful. Check out this link.

Wednesday, January 16, 2008

Leslie's Really Yummy Bread

Beer Bread

3 c. self rising flour
½ c. sugar
1 can beer or carbonated beverage

Mix al ingredients for 20 strokes, mixture will be lumpy. Pour into a break loaf pan. Bake at 350° for 50-55 minutes or until golden brown.

Leslie's Chicken

Aunt Borghild’s Chicken
Serves 6

6 boneless chicken breasts
1 can cream of chicken soup
6 slices of cheddar cheese or Velveeta
¼ lb slices mushrooms (fresh is best)
½ c. white wine
2 c. Pepperidge Farm Herb Stuffing
1 stick butter

Place chicken in 9 x 13 glass baking dish.
On each piece put a slice of cheese.
Put mushrooms over cheese.
Mix soup and wine and pour over chicken.
Spread stuffing over top and pat it down so it acts as a cover.
Melt butter and drizzle over stuffing.

Bake uncovered 1 hr. at 350 degrees. (You can leave it in oven at 250 for another ½ hr to make sure chicken is done.)

anytime...

we joined a gym yesterday. I am so glad to finally be able to work out regularly. We went last night and I hopped on the treadmill for 30 minutes. It felt great!

Thursday, January 10, 2008

Sleepy...

Taylor is still sleeping! I put her down at 10:30, so she has been out for almost 2 full hours. We have stuff to do today, so I'm wondering if I should be waking her up. Plus, she has to be hungry!
Although I made Spaghetti-Os for her and just ate almost all of them. Oops.

Monday, January 07, 2008

Library

I am a huge fan of the library. But I do need to keep better track of the books that I read.
I just finished "How to Talk to a Widower" by Jonathan Tropper. Really really enjoyed it! A funny and sad but speedy read.

Leinies!




We did the Leinenkugel's tour Sunday when we were in Chippewa. It was a fun tour, I love breweries. More fun to be there with Isaac and Marit as well!