Awesome Valentine's Day on a budget! :)

We are on a tight budget because I have been without a job for over a year but we never really did Valentines on a large scale. I always told hubby to please do not buy me flowers or anything on Valentines. I don't know about every where in the country but here our roses double in price. So here was our Valentines day.

Homemade French toast with hearts cut out, 1/2 pear and sausages.
Massage at home
Lunch at a local restaurant where we had a cup of soup and shared 1/2 sandwich.
Going to a local pet store to get Scout his rabies shot for $5.00
Made Scout and Teller Liver and Oatmeal Brownies - Easy and piece of cake
Dinner I made hubby Wilted spinach and mushroom salad, with prosciutto, carmelized scallops, and topped with shrimp.
Finally, end of the day glass of wine and watched a movie from NetFlix.

Now that was awesome and we did not have to spend lots of money.

How was your Valentines?
Happy Valentines everyone.
(((hugs)))
~Kay

Laughter is the best medicine.

Cooking turkey. This is actually funny now. Normally, it would of been fine because I am a master at cooking turkey dinner. Well, both my husband and step son were ill yesterday so I was on my own, which is o.k. However, I had my shoulder reconstructed in June so I am not as strong in my right arm anymore. I took the turkey out to take it's temp. It was just about ready so I decided to leave the oven on low because we had a little while before dinner. I went to put the turkey back in the oven and my shoulder popped out and I dropped the right side of the pan right into the oven! OMG, what a mess. I had to take towels and pot holders to scoop the turkey back in the pan. It completely fell apart and left a huge mess in the oven. I was so depressed but then I decided I would take the positive path and say "oh well, the oven needed to be cleaned anyways." So I started the cleaning process that locks the oven for 4 hours. Well, soon after that all the fire alarms went off in the house. The house was full of smoke. So much so we had to open the windows, disconnect the fire alarms and take the fans out of the closet to blow the smoke outside. (It is cold in New Hampshire) Well, needless to say I have iced my shoulder since last night. On another brighter note the boys, Scout and Teller (our adopted German shepherds) just love me for their meals of Turkey, gravy, potatoes and carrots and I have a clean oven :)
~Kay

My First Blog on Beer

Let's just say I am a fan of Corona Light. Well actually, my favorite beer is Carib from St. Kitts but it is not available in the US. They have a Carib here but it is not the same. Anyways, I decided to expand my horizons if you will and try different beers. I am a total beer snob so this will be hard for me. This evening I tried an interesting beer. Samuel Adams Coastal Wheat. Needless, to say I did not read the fine print "Wheat Ale Brewed With Lemon Peel" Anyways, the first thing I said was this tastes like "Lemon." So in essence, lemon to be precise, I was right. Anyways, it made me think that since I was willing to try other brands of beers maybe I would write about it. Some how I will determine a rating system of qualities that I think I like and that is what I will write on the different beers that I try.
In the meantime bottoms up!
~Kay
PS I am a firm believer in don't drink and drive.