TGIF Coffee Everyone !!!!

It's Friday Yea....  Good Morning Michigan, Good to have the DW home for a few days.... I sleep in and feeling a lot better .. This cold is losing....... I'm drinking my old stand by ...What's in your cup?

The Q for the day..... How much sleep do you average a night?

For Me ............. I'm lucky to get about 7 hours ...most of the time less

Plans for the Weekend? Still the some here Lansing on Sunday the rest is open .... I know she will shop sometime in the next few day...lol

Have a great weekend ...Get out and do something fun....Life is to short !!!

GOOD MORNING EVERYONE!!!!

Yes, its Friday.  And its valentines day at the school.  I am taking treats to my daughter's kindergarten class today.  I am drinking flat diet rootbeer to kick start my day.

Qotd:  I get about 5 hours of good sleep per night.  And since I've been laid off, I am more restless now.  So its hard to stay asleep.

weekend plans:  One of my friends gave me a great idea for dinner on SAT.  Its going to be an all RED valentines dinner.  I am making spaghetti, and strawberry koolaid, tom/mozz salad, and for dessert, tina's famous strawberry pretzel dessert.  If you have anymore red food ideas that kids would love, let me know.  I bet Pam E. has some great ideas!!! she rocks.  

How about a Jello cake made with Reduced sugar cake mix and diet lemon lime soda,  sugar free strawberry jello topped with cool whip and some red sprinkles.   The kids in my family love jello cakes.  (if you want pink cool whip, use add some of the sugar free jello to the cool whip and put it back in the frig for a while - red food color works too, but the jello adds more flavor.)

I took cupcakes in for my sons class.  White cake with red sprinkles mixed in, pink frosting and red and white heart sprinkles. 

Hope it helps

Pam

 

That's a cute idea to make an all red dinner.  I've already talked to my younger daughter on the phone from work and she is dying to give my my V-Day present.  lol....she's so cute. 

I make the jello pretzel salad too - never made it SF though - might have to look into that.

Hope your dinner turns out good.

Carey

Morning everyone!!

I am off today since my Mom is coming down for the day.. I have to take 3 of the 4 cats to the vet today for some routine stuff and of course my problem child is missing fur on one of his paws. Then come back home to get ready for shopping with Mom!!!

I sleep usually about 7-8 hours a night. If I get less I am usually grumpy. Before surgery I could get away with 4-5 hours and not have trouble. I do have issues falling asleep though. I started taking melatonin and so far that has helped me relax when I go to sleep.

Tomorrow I have to work in the morning and then I have some surprise dinner that DH has planned. I think I have figured out where we are going but I am not sure. It will be fun. Other than that I think we are going to start painting on Sunday in one of our bedrooms.

Boxer Mom: Can you share the strawberry pretzel dessert? It sounds yummy!!

Happy Valentines Day everyone!!

I sure can!  It is sooo yummy and wls friendly....



Directions:
First Layer
Mix and spread in a 9x13 pan
2 cups crushed pretzels
3 Tlbs. Splenda
¾ cup melted margarine
Bake at 350 degrees for 8 minutes. Let cool.
Second Layer
Beat together
8 oz. low fat cream cheese
1 cup Splenda
Add 12 oz. Lite Cool Whip
Spread over crust.
Third Layer
Dissolve
1 large Sugar Free Strawberry Jello
1 ½ cups boiling water
Add 2 – 10 oz pkgs frozen Strawberries
Slightly thicken and pour over the cheese mixture.
Refrigerate and enjoy. Makes 20 servings
Be careful with the last layer.. it thickens SO fast once you add the frozen fruits!

Number of Servings: 20

Is the first part that says first layer right or is the recipe complete after the directions part.. LOL

I is confused. LOL

after the directions, i think they just broke it down a little bit.

Thanks for clarifying for me hun.. I might make this on Wednesday for a pot luck that I need to go too!

Have a great Valentines Day!!!

I make this all the time.  Used to make it before sugar and now I substitute splenda for the sugar.  My family can't tell.  It's just so good.  Wwth the pretzel crust, it has that sweet and salty thing going on.  YUMMO!  Just make sure you let the jello set up enough, but not too much.  Too runny, and it will just soak down into the pretzels.  Too much, and well, you can soak the bowl in some ho****er for a few minutes to loosen the jello back up.  Tina