New Job Title....

Well, I was getting frustrated with deciding who was having a boy, who was having a girl, yada yada yada. SO..........I decided to let you all hound me now! My new job title is MOM!
Yes, it is true, the Dondlinger's are having a.................BABY! Let the guessing begin. Although I don't really have much of a belly yet, but those pictures will come later.

The Great Asparagus Debate

I actually just ate some steamed asparagus this evening. So far, it has NOT made my pee-pee smell. I will make sure to let you all know(okay, really just the Waldmann's) if it makes a turn for the worst. So far, I am good.

Bacon Wrapped Asparagus

I've become a fan of asparagus. It is mighty tasty with bacon wrapped around it and grilled.

Asparagus
Bacon (sliced down the middle of each slice)
Wrap around asparagus
grill or saute in pan until bacon is done.

Correction Notice

It was Harry The Hot Dog that is missing, actually stolen. Everyone is just outraged on such a senseless act. Who would steel Harry?

Wichita Headlines.....puh-lease!

Okay, so I am watching the evening news, and the HUGE stories in Wichita just crack me up!
Here are the major headlines of Ta-Town on Monday, April 21st, 2008.............

• Marge Simpson died, no, not the cartoon.
• A water main broke
• They're searching for a missing hotdog, and the news anchor said, "It's on my grill."
• Somebody didn't have school today because of the water main.
• Oh my gosh, a water main broke!!
• Hey, did you know a water main broke! It was a mess, there was water everywhere.

Living it up, Bachelorette Style

My cousin, Laura, had her bachelorette party last weekend. We celebrated at a restaurant and got to wear these cute little bridesmaid jackets. It was fun hanging with the girls!

Changing my name..........

I decided to follow some advice, I think I will change my name to chinese.
Here it is......
du wu ning
www.mandarintools.com/chinesename.html
Or maybe not.

Going out of Business...........

So, I thought I was pretty good at determining the sex of babies. I was wrong. I decided to give up and let Adayla Kuehne be the master! I think it all started with a sick april fools joke. Now my sonar baby radar is outta whack. Geeze.

Ground Beefers

Some of you might have tried this, but I thought I would share. I bought a 5 pounder deal of ground beef at Sam's and was going to divide it out into smaller slabs. Except, I decided that I would just stick the whole thing in the crockpot and the divide the cooked meat into smaller portions and freeze. I must say, it worked GREAT! I cooked the meat on low for about 8 hours and put one beef boulion (sp?) cube and some water in. Today we had some of the meat for tacos.....it was very crumbly and moist....DELICIOUS! Try it, you will like it.

New Recipe!

Sometimes when I try new things, they don't always turn out the best. We have Pizza Hut on speed dial just-in-case. Today, we did not need to phone the pizza place. This recipe is for Hawaiian Meatballs. If you like sweet and sour chicken or sweet and sour chinese food, then you should like this. I should have taken a picture!!

I used frozen meatballs, but you can always make your own. Microwave your meatballs for about 3 minutes, then add them to your sauce (below).

sauce
1 can (16 oz.) pineapple tidbits
1/2 cup brown sugar
1/2 cup vinegar
1 T. Worcestershire sauce or soy sauce
2 T. cornstarch (a little more if you want it thicker)
1/3 cup of water (I added a little more here and there)
1/4 tsp. garlic powder

Saute these veggies in oil (or any veggies you like), then add to the sauce along with meatballs:
1 medium green bell pepper, chopped
1 small onion
mushrooms

Preparation -Drain the pineapple tidbits and reserve the juice. In a large skillet, combine the brown sugar and cornstarch. Stir in the vinegar, reserved pineapple juice, and Worcestershire sauce. Bring to a boil, reduce heat to medium and cook until smooth and thickened, stirring constantly. Remove from heat and set aside. Pour the oil into a small skillet. Add the chopped bell pepper and other veggies and saute tender. Stir the green pepper/veggies, pineapple tidbits and meatballs into the prepared sauce. Cook for a minute or two to heat through. Serve over rice for a meal.