Cave Tools are Perfect for Pi Day

You know my life gets a little hectic now and then. So even though today is officially Pi Day (or 3.14), we couldn't manage to have much of a celebration with everyone running different directions. Instead, we got most of the family together on Sunday to share a meal and of course eat pie.

Pulling it from the marinade.

Since we have had such beautiful weather, my sweetie opted to make barbecued chicken outside on the grill, which worked perfectly with the fact that I had an opportunity to review another Cave Tool product. I love pretty much all of their stuff, but this is one of my favorites; the Complete Grill Set.

Tongs do a great job too.

It comes with three different pieces, the spatula, the fork, and the tongs, all of which will likely be the best you have ever used. My sweetie's favorite are the tongs, because he can easily grab and lift any size piece of meat and still keep his hand far away from the heat. I like the spatula, but I mostly use it inside for flipping cookies and french toast.

They are all heavy duty and I just throw them in the dishwasher in the top rack since they are too tall to fit in my utensil holder. You know, Spring is coming and you will definitely need something nice for yourself from the Easter Bunny and to sweeten the deal, you know I can hook you up with a discount if you order directly from Cave Tools. Just use coupon code GRILLSET15 to save 15%.

Or if you would rather use Amazon, they are available there by clicking this link.

Happy grilling, everyone! And happy Pi Day!

**We received a set of Cave Tools Complete Grill Set for our open and honest review of the product.**

Drama Queen to the Rescue

Drama Queen has Mondays off, so she came over this morning and spent the entire day with me. It was so nice to hang around with her again, even if we were busy running errands. It was a quick trip to Sam's Club and then a run to the Girl Scout Council to pick up 15 more cases of cookies. (I know, but they offered me a $50 bonus if I would take them! Just for the record, my sweetie offered me $50 if I wouldn't...)

No, seriously, he is so supportive! We spent most of Saturday out delivering cookies and then we headed out about 6:30 tonight when Baby Doll got home from dance. We have been making great progress, but I still want to get most of them delivered before the booths start this weekend.

But I digress...

Drama Queen and I picked up Cat Lover from work and then we stopped by WalMart to grab a few things. It was fun to find Dog Walker and let him have 30 seconds to hug and kiss his wife. Then my amazing Drama Queen took me to the Maverik, filled up my car with gas, and once we got home, she unloaded all the groceries for me and made dinner while I took Scout to the chiropractor and did a quick workout at Curves.

Why are there no pics of us together?

She ate dinner with us before she headed home to take care of her own house and life. I just love Mondays.

Hello Girl Scout Week

It is the beginning of Girl Scout Week; did you know that? Our council gave us t-shirts and patches if we would do something fun to celebrate girls and women, so last Friday we had a resume and scholarship fair for the older girls and some fun sensory activities for the little ones.

Li'l Sis handled the resume writing part of things and Prima Donna was in charge of the little girls. She was helping them earn the senses badge, so they started playing games in the yard (we had beautiful weather!) and then they came inside to smell some extracts before turning them into frosting for cupcakes so they could taste them.

Now Prima Donna is great with kids, but for some reason, she didn't learn one simple truth from the Cupcake Club about making frosting. DON'T TURN ON THE MIXER BEFORE ADDING THE MILK!!

Now in her defense, it wasn't actually her fingers that flipped the switch to high, effectively sending a shower of powdered sugar all over the girls and all over my kitchen, but she was definitely in charge. Fortunately, things cleaned up quickly and all is well.

Half cleaned up

We just love these life lessons we learn in our awesome scout troop!

Happy Girl Scout Week everyone.
#girlscoutsofUtah

Grizzkids Pizza Party and Hockey Game

Another busy Saturday!!

We delivered cookies for almost 6 straight hours before we finally quit for the day and got ready for the Grizzkids Pizza Party and Hockey Game. If you remember right, last time we went to a hockey game, we signed up our 3 youngest and Taco and Burrito for the kids' hockey club.

They were all so excited when the invitation showed up in our email for the party. Adult tickets were only $10, but Bossy and Gamer decided to sit this one out, so my sweetie and I took the 5 kids and Sport to the game. We had so much fun!

The party started in the Centennial Room with pizza and drinks. There were a couple of players there signing autographs, but the kids were way more excited to see Grizzbee, the mascot, than actual hockey players. When we were finished, we still had about 45 minutes to kill, so we wandered the concourse. The Army booth was a favorite and the kids were given earbuds, water bottles, and pens. They also loved the one with the rescue dog (it had candy, which helped).

We settled into the game with kettle corn and cotton candy. After the 2nd period, Baby Doll was approached about doing a dance-off on camera. Unfortunately, she was bumped for someone who didn't even want to dance, but the MC gave her a cute Grizzlies frame for being a good sport. He also gave something to Taco and Burrito who were her entourage.

We left the game hungry since we had eaten at 5:00 and headed for the Village Inn to use my free coupons. Lots of fun and laughter followed and we ended up taking the grandkids home about 11:30. Tomorrow will be a rough morning, but it was pretty worth it.