Car chases, chicken casserole and Clementines....

As Dave and I were heading to pay our respects to our friend who recently lost his father, a car whizzed by us in the middle of a small neighborhood street zigzagging to avoid hitting the other cars. In this 30mph zone, it was probably traveling at over 70 mph. It was immediately being followed by a police car with its sirens blaring. A half a block up the road we saw that the car being chased had crashed into a stone wall at a residence nearby. The police car was right there at the scene.

Dave thought that it was kind of 'cool' being witnesses to such a thing..... I thought that it was much more excitement than what I needed right now!

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Dave cooked a 'secret' casserole the other day at his house and snuck it into my refrigerator yesterday. It was to be our Sunday supper. All I could tell from it was that it had a cheese and panko crumb topping...but, that was hiding the rest of the ingredients inside.

After baking in the oven for 30 minutes, out came this creamy, delicious casserole named: 'Chicken Confetti Spaghetti' (try saying that 10 times!)

Underneath the crispy topping was a blend of chicken, pasta, onions, bell peppers, celery, Cream of Mushroom soup, and chicken broth. It was yummy....and my ever-thoughtful man 'healthified' the recipe for me and made it low sodium and low fat.

What a guy.

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Speaking of Dave, the two of us are heading out of town this Saturday for 10 days. Our first stop will be Wilmington, DE, where his family is....then on to Atlantic City where we will stay at the Tropicana Hotel and Casino for two nights (my belated birthday celebration!)...see some of my family that lives there...then, back to Delaward for Christmas with Dave's family....and ending the whole trip with a visit to Maryland and Jeffrey, Janet, and Celia!

All good things.....

but...'whew'!!!

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Along with my other already mentioned addictions-- (Raisinettes, M & M's, Reality Shows, etc.) I have a new one to add to my list: Clementines! These wonderfully sweet cousins to the mandarin orange are plentiful right now and I can eat several a day! I love them....especially the fact that they are so sweet and have no seeds. I throw a couple of them in the car when I head out to do errands....great snack.

Did I just sound like a commercial?!?!

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I watched the Survivor finale last night. The physics professor won. They kept calling him 'old' and he is three years younger than me! What is with that???

He has the distinction of being the oldest winner on the Show...and, I might add, the only contestant to ever wear a bowtie the entire time on the island! Way to go professor...think of all of the bowties you can now purchase with your newly won million dollars....

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I am off to walk on the treadmill for 30 minutes....take a shower and then take on the stores for some errands today. Wish me luck as I fight the holiday crowds! : 0

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