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Showing posts with label Random. Show all posts

4.21.2009

2,559 Days Ago


7 years and 2 days ago....

Those two dorky kids met and fell in love
731 Days ago or
2 years ago
April 21, 2007...
Those same dorky kids take the plunge and get married...


The hubster and I are celebrating our 2nd Anniversary today. We just got back from a fabulolus little stay at Hermann Hill in Hermann, MO. It was a super relaxing trip filled with lots of good wine, food, and hot tubs! The past 2 years have just flown by. It's hard to believe we have been together for 7 years and married for 2 of those 7. It feels like yesterday we were just college kids whose biggest worry was whether or not to go to a party or stay in and order a pizza. Matt is a really great guy and I still wonder what I did to deserve him. It's been a great 2 years of marriage. I can't wait to see what the years ahead bring us.



And because I've been known to be an attention whore from time to time...a few La Vita Dolce....







Oh and lookie what he got me...
I left my house the other morning with this in the kitchen...



And came home to find this....

YAY!! He decided to break it in by making himself a frozen pizza, but I gave it a good use the next night. I swear I'll be back next week with some new posts. Life has just been hectic, I've been working a ton of OT at work and with school ending in 3 weeks, the last month has been insane. I'm looking forward to the summer when school will be O-V-E-R and I can relax and do the things I love!

12.26.2008

Where I've been

The past 4 weeks of my life been a blur of projects, papers, finals (all leading up to a 4.0!), and all of this......







I know the pictures aren't that pretty, but I took them at work.

The plates included....

Cookies
Chocolate Chipperdoodles
Thick and Chewy Chocolate Chip
Chocolate Chunk Cookies
Chocolate Gingerbread
Gingersnap
Gooey Butter
Snickerdoodles
Sugar Cutout

Candies
Chocolate Walnut and Triple Chocolate Toffee
Peppermint Bark
PB Fudge


I'm looking forward to easing up on the baking a bit, doing a little cooking, and relaxing the next 3 weeks before school starts again. I know my husband is thrilled to have the deep freeze back now that 35 dozen cookies are no longer taking up all the room!

12.24.2008

Merry Christmas!

I can't believe it's been almost 20 days since my last post. Where has time gone? Oh wait, let me tell you... school, work, finals, and a baking frenzy. I hope to have quite a few updates the day after Christmas...

a chicken chowder
lasagna
3 cookie recipes
peanut butter fudge
and some saltine toffee and peppermint bark (not that those are really blog worthy, but it's my blog and I'll post if I want to!)
There may be some more, but I can't remember them all.


Anyhow, hope everyone has a wonderful and safe Holiday and gains a few pounds :)

11.02.2008

Harvesting the Crop

No, that is not a jalapeno you see. That my friends, is a green pepper. The one and only veggie Matt salvaged from our garden. He planted Tomatoes (stupid squirrels at them all), Carrots, and Green Peppers. This is all we got:



We decided to eat it right away. It was gross! It had a very bitter taste. We both looked at each other and ended up spitting it out.

Oh well, there is always next year.


Jules, if you're reading this, we need gardening lessons next year!

7.03.2008

I missed it...

My blog turned one yesterday and I didn't even know.

The hubs and I went out for dinner tonight and started talking about what we did last year on the 4th - long bike ride in the morning followed by easy Strawberry Shortcake. Then I remembered that one of my first posts was about the Strawberry Shortcake.

I feel like I've come so far in a year! I'm still super picky and don't cook fancy things, but I've come so far from Hamburger Helper, Salad, Pillsbury Rolls, and chocolate pudding for dessert. :)

2.28.2008

Me!

I know I haven't posted in a while, but work and school are absolutely kicking my butt. The past two weeks have been the "whydidIdecidedtogobacktoshcoolthisuscks" type of weeks. Anywho, the Spectacular Nemmie was recently tagged for a meme and she decided to tag the KC gals. . Sarah (who is also spectacular!) tagged me months ago, but I never played along, so I need to throw in a few extras for her too. I love meme's with pictures so I threw some of those in too. Here goes.....


Some Things You Might Not Know About Me


1) The first meal I ever cooked for my husband (then boyfriend) consisted of Lasagna Hamburger Helper, Pillsbury Crescent Rolls, and a Salad. We had strawberries and Cool Whip for dessert. He even bragged to his friends about how great I was because of it! hahahaha! In college, this became the staple meal of our relationship.

2) The night DH proposed our meal consisted of the above minus the salad + a can of cream corn. Romantic - Nope, not one bit. It was very fitting though since that was "our meal" in college. (Note: I'm very happy HH isn't a staple in our diet anymore)

3) I lived with the same roommates all through college. I don't know of anyone else who had the same roommates for 4 years. We had a blast. I miss those times so much.



4) I LOVE cheerleading. I cheered in high school and college. In College we went to the National Championships my Sophomore Year and Senior Year. I would love to relive those weeks. Someone found a mullet wig that we would sport during the games, here is me modeling the wig.


5) I played powder puff every year in college, I was a corner. My junior year I went to intercept the ball, a prefect spiral. In stead of catching with my hands, that perfect spiral hit me directly in the eye and I had a nice shiner. You can't really see it too well, but here are some pics of it...


6) I used to want to work for CNN. I was going to have a tailor made major of Political Communications. (I was a poli-sci major, thanks to my advisor not letting me take Ed classes early enough!) My senior year of college I was supposed to have an internship at a TV station, but I got in an accident and totaled my car. Sine I went to school in Smalltown, KS, the closest TV Stations were 45 - 60 mins away. With no car, I had no way to get there. One of my teachers had a contact at CNN and he said he could get me in there the summer after I graduated. I didn't want to be that far from M, so I turned it down. I often wonder what life would have been like if I wouldn't have turned it down.


7) The only time I've ever been out of the country is last year on our honeymoon to Jamaica. Ya, Mon. I want to visit Germany and Poland in the next 5 - 10 years. This pic is from our resort, it was heaven.


8) My brother and husband have the same name

9) I have an unhealthy (literally!) obsession with Hershey Kisses. Not the plain jane boring milk chocolate ones, but the Dark, Trio, and Caramel. The Trio are my absolute favorite. I have to eat at least 3 every day after lunch. I mean, come one, what’s not to love about a candy that has dark, white, and milk chocolate in one tasty bite. I also like the Peppermint, Hot Cocoa, (hubs fav) and Truffle. I had a bag of Coconut Cream in my hand the other day, but put it back when i realized I already had 3 bags of various flavors in the cart. I know there are better brands of chocolate out there, but I can afford this addiction!






Well folks, there you have it. Can you tell I miss my responsibility free days of college?!


I'm only going to Tag 4 people...
Beth
Julie
Jamie
Leslie

"5 Things" Meme Rules:

1. Link to your tagger and post these rules.
2. Share 5 facts about yourself
3. Tag 5 people at the end of your post and list their names (linking to them).
4. Let them know they've been tagged by leaving a comment at their Blogs.

12.30.2007

Please meet my new friends

Consuela K and Francine Fondue (or Connie and Frannie).



I must have been a good girl this year because Santa brought them for me! I’ve wanted a KA Mixer for a long time. There was one on our wedding registry but, unfortunately we didn’t get it. I didn’t even know about the fondue pot until a few weeks ago when my dad, step-mom, and crew came to visit and brought theirs up. We had a wonderful fondue dinner and the hubs and I loved it and decided we would buy one after Christmas. Luckily, we don’t have to!

I’ve used the Mixer twice now and the fondue pot once (and it’s only been 5 days since Christmas) and they are awesome! It’s amazing how much easier baking has become with Connie.