Winter 2008

A photo I took earlier today while we were leaving our road and heading to town.

Much better!

Found a layout that I like a lot. Still have a few kinks to work out (fixing links at the top & adding my blog roll back, for example). Will do that in a bit. Plan on sharing a few photos, too.

A little better...

I don't LOVE the new layout and how things are arranged, but it's better than the messed up version that I made it a few days ago. So this will have to work until I'm able to customize it how I really like.

Well...

I was trying to put a new background on here and nose at how it would look, and accidentally saved instead of hitting preview. Sooooooooooooo............ it's really messed up & I'm hoping I didnt lose all of my blog comments AGAIN. Please give me time to fix it {or try my best, anyway}. Thanks!

Nicholas Yancy Nischan Foundation

Nicholas Nischan - 1995-2008

Nicholas Yancy Nischan, born May 22, 1995, finished his race and received his reward on Saturday, Nov. 29, 2008, after a 61/2-year battle with cancer.

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In honor of Nick and in lieu of flowers, the family prefers memorial donations to the Nicholas Yancy Nischan Foundation be sent to First Church of Christ, 287 Pomeroy St., Grayson, KY 41143. These funds will be divided between several ministries that are special to the Nischan family. In addition, a portion of these memorial donations will be used to establish a literacy outreach program.

You can also help if you shop online. The First Church of Christ in Grayson, which is where donations can be sent, was just added to GoodShop and GoodSearch. Go to GoodShop.com and follow the tutorial listed below (same concept applies if you go to GoodSearch).




<---- You can search for more stores if you use these boxes that are located on the left side of the page!

Sharing Thanksgiving Recipes

For our family's Thanksgiving Dinner this year, I made two new recipes. I found both on Food Network's website and will share the links to pages with you (just click on the names).

First up, Parmesan Puff Pastry by Paula Deen. Everybody bragged on these a lot! I bought some Pillsbury flaky dough sheets, if you need an idea on what you can use. I really liked these and they were super easy to make!














The second thing I made was Oven Roasted Cauliflower which was shared by Emeril Lagasse. Let me just say that it came out looking NOTHING like the photo *ha, ha* And we were running late to get to my parents' house, so I forgot to add the garlic in at the end.. oops! It tasted kind of funky at first, but then I liked it after a few bites. Not everybody tried it (which I cant say I blame them... funky doesnt always scream delicous!), but those who did seemed to like it.