Say a little prayer please...

Usually I have a witty title post but today, it's a little more serious. MommaInLawPie is having heart repair surgery this morning. Please keep her in your prayers as she is a very very special Mom to us. The doctors will be repairing a heart valve and that's about all the medical jargon I can explain! Here's a picture for visual aid (you know I must have pictures!)...

We love her so much and wish her the best. Mr. Pie will be flying out for her recovery on Thursday. We love you Mom!

Don't eat the bay leaf

Tonight Mr. Pie came back from his golf game and made cajun sausasge and shrimp jambalaya for me and Slim. It was magnificent! Who knew my Michigan boy could create a cajun dish?

The prep and cooking:

Red and green peppers charred on an open flame

Cajun style andouille sausage - delish!

All the goodies simmering in a pan... And then finally on my plate! Afterwards we broke out the Yahtzee (can you believe I've never played before?)

Peanut helped.

Slim won with a big straight at the end!

Can I wear my Snuggie in line?

The Pies are c-r-a-z-y. We woke up this morning at 7 am to go to the Circuit City liquidation sale. To buy what? Even we didn't know. Mr. Pie was cold and the Snuggie saved the day! However, after finding out that Circuit City wasn't open until 10 am (Mr. Pie luckily did not kill me for that), we headed over to IHOP for breakfast. We shared the all-you-can-eat-pancake meal and a bowl of fruit. I know, exciting right? This is what we look like very early in the morning.We killed more time at Target and then headed back to Circuit City where there was already a small crowd gathering. Mr. Pie had high hopes now for a flat screen tv. I was thinking more laptop. However, the sale blew big time. It was disappointing that only tvs and laptops were 10% off. What is that?! We left with nothing and headed to the mattress store to get our new bed! But first we stopped at the North Woods Inn where Mr. Pie has always been curious about since he passes it on the freeway a lot. The place has no windows - very strange. It's like a very dark Claim Jumper. The food was ok. I had the shrimp cocktail and Mr. Pie had the burger. Afterwards, we drove around in circles and circles, looking for the mattress store. It was totally worth it though. We were able to get a new floor model for $1k - the retail price is $2400! It's an Eastern King which is really a King. I just love that we have a brand new bed now - being delivered on Tuesday! Woohoo!Also, this might possibly be the most boring post ever. But I bet you can tell I really love my new camera :)

That's for the hookah

Ok readers, I'm going to get better at this food blogging thing because of my new camera! In the previous post, I used it to take photos of the Peldia dinner. Let me know if you see a difference because I totally do and it's great! Blogging photos will be so much more fun now and as you can see, I am getting better at daily blogging for all of you loyal readers (all 5 of you - ha!).

Mr. Pie and I returned to Mama Kabob. We were there the first day that it opened and it felt nice to support small businesses (especially during these sad economic times). The restaurant was empty except for a couple outside :(

Here's Mr. Pie being very patient with me as I play around with my new camera. Isn't he so cute? We had pita bread and a Shirazi salad ($4.99) while we waited for our entrees.

Where are the entree pics you ask? This is the part where I need to get better at! We ate it before I took a pic. Mr. Pie told me to take a picture of my empty plate - haha. Anyway, he had the beef kaboodeh ($6.99) with a side of grilled onions and a grilled tomato. I had the same but chicken (also $6.99) and with raw onions.

The restaurant is known for offering hookahs with flavors. Sorry, I can't say this with a straight face. Mr. Pie commented that the couch outside is for the hookah. Yup, that's my husband's humor!

WILD BROWN Rice

Peldia is finally home from the hospital! Woohoo! However, she still needs to be on bedrest so that little Peldia can come out in about 2 months (and not any sooner!). The Pies do what they do best so we pushed our way into their home and took over the kitchen. Mr. Pie whipped up his infamous chicken marsala, I added wild brown rice and a side of asparagus.

PK loves his!

My wonderful chef :)

Peldia getting ready to feed little Peldia!

Nevsky is waiting for a bite too...

It was delicious! PK surprised us with a yummy turtle cheesecake for dessert but we inhaled it before I took a picture.

Oh and this is what my dogs do during the day.

This is all kinds of crazy...

Right?

Or is it...hahahahaha

Happy Birthday, MommaInLawPie!

We love you and are thinking of you always! Hope your day is wonderful :)

MommaInLawPie & Mr. Pie at the lake in Michigan (this was my first visit there!)