Sunday, April 15, 2012

The Dallas World Aquarium

When my kids (well at least some of them) were home in Texas at the end of February we had a chance to visit the Dallas World Aquarium and we had a blast.  I can't believe we've never taken the opportunity to visit before now but wow ~ I'm glad we did! Here are just a few pics from our recent visit.

 

We had taken Bentley, my grandson, with us so he could see all the cool things.

Here he is...

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Asleep the whole time but still very precious. <3

 

I'm a safety brochure art critic...

Not professionally of course but it is something I do on the side.  You could say that I'm a free lance critic or you might think it's an odd thing to peruse on the plane but what else do you have to do? 

As always I take a pic of my in-flight "meal".

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Here is the brochure that provided my in-flight entertainment.

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First question regarding the photo below...who takes a remote control car on the plane with them?  Who I ask you?!

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And the transistor radio tv and radio?  Who still has those? And hey...the 80's called and they want their pager back.

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Now seriously these are examples of bracing yourself for impact.  Have you tried it?  Now I can definitely do the lean against the headrest of the seat in front of you one but the other where they are bent all the way over was not happening.  Try it.  I dare you.  Seriously the first issue is my feet don't touch the ground so you have that and add to that the fact that my stomach has some extra cushion AND I'm apparently not as flexible as I thought and you've got some definite challenges in it happening with me.

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Just at first glance I notice several things going on. I had no idea the Blue Man Group traveled in their costumes.  Did you see them in the upper right corner of the pic?  And the guy jumping onto the inflated ramp looks like he's really going to enjoy the ride.  A very exuberant jump!

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This guy has laser vision that can create fire, break glass and make it flood.  His vision is soooo powerful. 

I'm interested in what your thoughts are on safety brochure art.  Speak up!

Thursday, April 5, 2012

Chicken Florentine Casserole

It's been a while since I posted something on my blog so I figured I would post the newest recipe that I tried.  It's from the Kraft website and it's called Chicken Florentine Casserole and it was really, really yummy! 

Here's what you need:

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1 ob. boneless skinless chicken breasts, cut into bite size pieces

1 tub (10oz) Philadelphia Italian Cheese and Herb Cooking Creme

3/4 c milk

2 c cooked farfalle (bow-tie pasta)

1 pkg. (10 oz) frozen chopped spinach, thawed, drained

1 c Kraft shredded low-moisture part-skim mozzarella cheese

4 slices Oscar Mayer bacon, cooked, crumbled

I of course used more pasta, cheese and bacon then the recipe calls for just because I can. :)  Also, the tub of Italian cheese and herb cooking creme is something new and I'm sure you could make your own cooking creme.  Tom Thumb had it over by the cream cheese so that's what I used.

Here's what you do:

1.  Heat oven to 375*F.

2.  Cook and cut up chicken

3.  Stir in all remaining ingredients except bacon into a 1 1/2 qt. casserole that you've sprayed with cooking spray; cover.

4.  Bake 25 min. or until heated through, uncovering and sprinkling with bacon after 15 min.

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It's really pretty simple and easy and it was really yummy.

~Enjoy <3