Checking in and checking out

Just wanted you all to know that I’m still around and I’m just stepping back from the computer a little bit more to enjoy the holidays.

Some nights are like tonight when you get home from work and the store and bring home “take and bake” pizza from Papa Murphy’s….tonight we’re having Chicken Bacon Stuffed Pizza and Chicken Mediterranean Pizza….

no, I don’t cook from scratch every night….and yes, we have fruitcake and nuts and chocolate and christmas cards and mail waiting to be opened on our kitchen counter, like I hope everyone else does too….perfection is way over rated!  But that being said, I also whipped up some of this spinach artichoke dip, which is supposed to taste like the spinach artichoke dip from Applebee’s…..if it’s good, then I’ll share the recipe with you.

Lonnie is waiting for Kenny to come back from the library so we can eat,

and Cleopatra is chillin’ on the sofa.

Enjoy the holidays and be as forgiving with yourself as you are with others.