Prime Rib Recipe

As most of you know, I don't usually follow recipes.....I always add lib and try out new ways to cook things. This prime rib roast recipe is really good, I have tried different things to change it up and all of them made the roast that much better.

1- 5 lb Rib Roast

Fresh minced garlic

Salt/Pepper

Rub the roast all over with the minced garlic and generously salt/pepper the roast. If you use fresh rough ground pepper its better. Place roast in a rack roasting pan with rib side down. Preheat oven to 375. Cook uncovered for 1 hour. Reduce heat to 350. Roast for another hour. Cover roast with aluminum foil and let rest for15-20 minutes before cutting. This cooks the roast to medium, If you want a medium well roast.....cook it for another 30 minutes. I have added fresh rosemary sprigs to the roast while cooking and its great! I then use the juice for dipping. If you get a larger roast, I would add 30 minutes to the cooking time for every 3 additional pounds.

Hope you like it.....Enjoy!!! and have a great New Year.

Changing Pictures

One of the guys at work had a digital picture frame on his desk of his kids. WAY Coool! I want one of those:

10" Target Frame
12" Edge
12" Best Buy
15" Digital Framez

Christmas Dinner

Christmas day was at least 60 degrees today. Bright and sunny with enough wind to require a jacket on. Christmas breakfast was pumpkin and custard pie with a cup of coffee. Christmas dinner was served promptly at 1 o'clock, as the cook said it would. If you've had dinner with Kerri, you know that if dinner is said to be at 1 then expect to say the blessing a few minutes before 1.

Dinner was simple and delicious. Orange glazed ham, mash potatoes, ham gravy, cranberry sauce and hot batter-way rolls. Janice was here and Mark called. Katarina asked who Mark was. It is unreal that my children don't know who their cousins are. They seem so close to us, as if it was yesterday they were little guys. We chatted about times past and family traditions. Visited about the traditions of their grandparents and great grandparents.

Christmas Eve

Christmas Poem

This is a poem by Katarina. I just had to post it. Kids? You have to love stuff like this. Don't be getting all psychoanalytical either. It is all way over your head.

Mom you are always right,
and you kiss me good night.
Dad you stay out late,
that is what I hate.
Mom you cook scrumptious food treats,
that we all love to eat.
Dad is a landscape designer,
he loves to read in his recliner.
Mom you always clean,
you are the best Mom I ever seen.
Dad I never catch fishes,
because you make me wash dishes.
Mom you love the winter,
cause you are so tender.
Dad you are so true,
it is kind of new.

Merry Christmas, Katarina

Merry Christmas

Brrrrrrrrrrr....It got cold today. Stiff, relentless and blustery wind out of the north brought a Kansas blizzard to our doorstep. It left about an inch and a half in less than an hour. Kerri run out to the grocery store for Christmas dinner fixin's and to finish up the last of her shopping. The post lady is suppose to call if we have a package. The kids main gift still has not arrived. Hopefully on or before Christmas eve.

Janice is coming down to spend Sunday, Christmas eve and Christmas dinner with us. I've still got to get her stocking hung. Christmas eve will be homemade chili with cornbread for dinner. I'm going to put my Christmas jazz on and then let the kids tear into their gifts. Christmas morning is pumpkin pie and cream. Christmas day is orange glazed ham, mash potatoes, gravy, batter-way rolls (if I can find the recipe), cranberry sauce and love.

A Roadrunner has moved in under the cedar trees in the back yard. He moved in early this fall. It looks like he will be here for Christmas too. The Cardinals and Chick-a-dee's were too shy to get their photograph taken, but the Mockingbird taunted me.

We will be snug at home this Christmas. I wish everyone a Merry Christmas and Happy New Years.

Christmas times a comin', Christmas times a comin', Christmas times a comin'...

It has been such a stressful, busy time since Thanksgiving! School is finally out for the semester, the kids got out today. I really haven't recovered since my computer crashed last month. I have been so upset about all the pictures I lost. Then I started work. I was sick for about a week with the flu. Our little ice storm. Of course, today it was 61 degrees. Basketball games, Christmas concerts and shopping. It just doesn't end.

Work has been going good. My boss hasn't really been there, so I've been working with the chief civil engineer and a planner a lot. They have me doing everything. I'm researching projects, drawing planting plans, writing planning books, and today they sent me almost to Henrietta for a site visit on a wetland project. It has been pretty stressful, because they throw several projects a day at me with little guidance to go on. "You know as much as I know." sort of attitude. So apparently they are getting their money's worth, because they have me working full time over the Christmas break.

I got the bulk of my Christmas shopping finished today. Whew! I should be able to finish the rest on Friday pretty easy. I hope everyone has a Merry Christmas.

5 Days left to shop

Well here I go this morning.....out to face the world of shoppers. As most of you know, I haven't been shopping yet and I've been hearing it from my kids about no presents being under the tree. Thank goodness for Liz's presents arriving yesterday!!! I have been the worst procrastinator this year....we've been so busy with running kids around there hasn't been time to shop. Well, you know its bad when my boss tells me "Take the day off and get shopping for those kids!!", so here I am....Tuesday morning and I'm going shopping. We miss you guys! I told Jord to take pic's of the tree and put in on the blog so everyone could see our Christmas.....he managed to take the pic's but no blogging----wasn't this blogging thing part his idea??? Somehow I feel we are being cheated out of his Wilson wittiness!!! Well, its time for Starbucks and traffice......

Ice Storm

Hello to all!!! If any of you have watched/heard the national weather.....Oklahoma got hit hard with a severe ice storm and we have 500,000 people without power....the wilson family being one of those 500,000. We haven't had power since late Sunday night. The candles came out, I fired up the BBQ (ice and all) so we could eat. We braved the nights---thankfully it was only 30-35 degrees outside and not colder. Tonight, I think we may bunk at the Foote's house because they have power. We finally had power at my job, so I came in today and took a shower. Our parking lot and much of the city of Norman looks like a war zone. Trees are down everywhere----on top of houses, cars, in the middle of the road and parking lots. We drove through campus yesterday and the big beautiful oak trees are all broken in pieces....very sad. So, if any of you need to get a hold of us....Call me at work...we are hoping to have power by the time we get home tonight. We haven't heard from Ruben & Manthy, I hope they are doing alright....I know OKC got hit worse than we did. Hope all is good with you all....Talk with you soon.