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DAY 2: Super Bowl Sunday. And good news, it rained!

Sundays in the Juanitas house usually starts out with a big breakfast. Today I made a Roasted Onion & Bacon Crustless Quiche. Going through my pantry and stockpile the past few weeks I discovered a small box behind the canned foods. It was from Tastefully Simple. They are a gourmet food, multi-level marketing company that has home parties to sell their product. And they have some really delicious stuff. Including the Roasted Onion Warm Dip Mix that I rediscovered. The side of the box has a recipe for the Quiche. I thought it would be a delicious Sunday breakfast. And it was yummy! Quiche is one of my favorite meals and this recipe only needs 3 eggs plus half and half. Well, I didn't have any half and half so I used 4 eggs and lowfat milk about a quarter cup less than the recipe. Plus last week I bought some bacon on sale $3.99/lb at Safeway from the meat counter, thick-cut applewood. Which is a really good deal. And can I just day, I hate that bacon has become so expensive because I enjoy it so much.The last ingredient was swiss cheese. I didnt have any swiss so I substituted 1 cup mozzarella and 1/2 cup of cheddar. It came out perfect!
Sunday is also laundry day. So exciting! ~lol~ I like doing it on Sundays so that everything is ready for the week. Joel and the kids went to a friends house to watch the Super Bowl. They took a 9 inch round cake that was given to them last night as a thank you for doing security at the crab feed. We are not really a cake eating family and it would have gone to waste sitting here so, better to share it with friends.
The only money that came out of our pockets today was for the collection at church. And as soon as we walked out of church today it started to rain! Thanks be to God. We need the rain so badly here in California right now.
All in all it was a typical laid back Sunday sharing time as a family and with friends.

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