Chicken Fricassee

It's been a normal day, nothing too out of the ordinary. Took the day off yesterday for MLK, so I did have to do a little catch-up with work. I took my 8 yo to the bank to open a savings account. She was very excited to get a piggy bank and 10 lucky duck bucks. Cute incentive for kid's saving money. She currently has more money in her account than I have in mine!

Tonight I am fixing a dish I have not made in over 10 years. It's called 'Chicken Fricassee' with dumplings. It's a wonderful recipe that I pulled from my Betty Crocker cookbook. It smells delish and is cooking now. One thing I've learned is through the years, you don't need to cook chicken nearly as long as the old recipes used to tell you (2.5-3.5 hours for cut up chicken pieces?!). If you overcook it, or the chicken is too done, it becomes dry and tough.

Found some great deals this weekend at Fred Meyer. Cute little girls black patent leather dress shoes, with a slight heel for under $9. Also we found a candy jewelry making set on clearance, for almost 75% off! It was fun using some of my rewards coupons, which I've never earned before, except for a huge painting job we did in the fall.

We celebrated a 16th birthday of a friend's daughter last night. It was beautiful, delicious and included a wonderful live concert with music and song. We teased the parents of how they have just set the bar way too high for the rest of us!! It was fun and a very special evening indeed!