menu plan monday

Don't forget to visit orgjunkie.com and see what everyone else is cooking!

Okay, so my breakfast and lunch is really boring because I eat pretty much the same thing every week. I'm not sick of it yet so I'll keep eating it...

Breakfast
Either organic poached egg on whole grain English muffin with natural peanut butter, Kashi bar, or oatmeal.

Lunch
I usually pick two of these: steamed veggie pack in/on whole grain pita or flatbread, cottage cheese, apple, or hummus and carrots, grilled chicken and salad, or leftovers.

Dinner
Monday: macadamia-crusted mahi-mahi tacos with lime aioli, and sweet potatoes.
Tuesday: grilled chicken caesar salad
Wednesday: dinner with friends - it's about time for some sushi!
Thursday: chicken and artichokes on whole grain penne with evoo and parmesan
Friday: stadium food - I'm going to the Cards game with my honey!

What are you eating this week?

friday fun #22

The Feast was back up today - yay!

Appetizer

Name a color you find soothing. Green - in all forms except limey, electric green.

Soup

Using 20 or less words, describe your first driving experience. Father's Day, 1991. Grandpa wanted me to move his truck and I rammed it into the garage.

Salad

What material is your favorite item of clothing made out of? Cotton, the magic of our lives...

Main Course

Who is a great singer or musician who, if they were to come to your town for a concert, you would spend the night outside waiting for tickets to see? Good ques, I'd say Madonna, Beastie Boys, or Portishead.

Dessert

What is the most frequent letter of the alphabet in your whole name (first, middle, maiden, last, etc.)? A, I, and T all appear twice.

Got big plans this weekend? I don't... The niece and nephew are staying the night tonight, hope they're not too wild. Hitting the gym. Taking niece and nephew to lunch with Gramma. Going flower bed shopping with BFF at the nursery. Maybe some margarita time tomorrow night. I think that's it... Second boring ass weekend in a row. Oh well, the next one will totally make up for it.

Have a good one!

did you know

that it's National Grilled Cheese Month? I didn't and that's a shame. I have let 17 days of probably the best month ever slide on by without notice or even a sammich.

So, I'm going to post lots of yummy grilled cheese recipes and let any readers post their favorite grilled cheese recipes. I know what I'm having for dinner! Wait, that's not on the diet... Maybe I can find a healthy alternative while I'm searching for recipes.

Bobby Flay did a Throwdown on grilled cheese this week:
Bobby's sammich- brie, goat cheese, bacon, and green tomato
The Calvert - bacon, turkey, guac, and balsamic mayo (more like a Cali to me)

Allrecipes.com:
The bachelor - A funny and lazy way to ruin a good sandwich.
quick and easy - this one has herbs added
Greek - sounds good with feta and red onion

Wisconsin Dairy:

Tuscan style - with asparagus and balsamic
havarti and spiced apples - a touch of cinnamon and cardamom
the triple - mmmm... three kinds of cheese

Epicurious:
spicy - chiptole, molasses, cilantro, sounds a little complicated but really tasty
fontina and mushrooms - this is the one I want for dinner
the ultimate - prosciutto, basil, and tomato - yum!

Elise.com:
white cheddar, bacon, and pear - cheese and bacon and fruit, yeah!
salmon and gruyere - definitely interesting!

Chow.com:
Jalepeño and aged jack - I like it spicy!
An article "Bread Plus Cheese Plus Heat" with 10 different recipes a la cheese that I loved!

Betty Crocker:
double decker - looks delish!
The Mexican - mmm taco seasoning

What can you come up with?

Oh, I almost forgot the Grilled Cheese Blog!

menu plan mon, er... tuesday

I forgot to do it yesterday because I was slammed at work, we were shorthanded. I lost 3 lbs last week by sticking to my menu, the only bad thing I had was a brat at the Drillers game on Friday and Subway for lunch on Saturday. Woohoo!



Monday
B: poached egg, whole grain english muffin, and a tbsp of natural pb
L: steamed veggie pack, cottage cheese, and an apple
S: Kashi bar
D: leftover pot roast quesadilla with broccoli and carrots

Tuesday
B: same
L: whole wheat pita with steamed veggies, apple
D: whole grain penne with ham, mushrooms, and peas in a light cream sauce
S: Kashi bar

Wednesday
B: poached egg, english muffin, and cheese
L: garden salad and roast beef on a flaxseed roll from McAlister's Deli.
D: out - MIL and I are trying a new restaurant
S: pita and hummus

Thursday
B: egg, muffin, and pb
L: pita and hummus, apple, cottage cheese
D: chicken/veg tacos
S: Kashi bar

Friday
B: egg, muffin, and something
L: leftover chicken/veg tacos
D: sushi hopefully - I didn't get it last Friday

Saturday
B: Kashi bar
L: out with my BFF
D: probably nothing or leftovers from lunch

friday fun #21

I couldn't hardly find anything this week... Finally choose to do this one from Fun, Crafts, and Recipes.

#1. What’s your favorite food smell? Mmmm... that would be freshly baked bread.
#2. What’s your favorite kind of apple? A really tart Granny Smith that has been in the fridge so it's nice and cold.
#3. What veggies do you like in your salad? At a salad bar I add spinach, romaine, mushrooms, baby corn, peas, broccoli, pickled okra, and pretty much everything besides celery.
#4. Share a recipe that uses beef. See below...

Sausage Meatloaf

• 1 green bell pepper, seeded and cubed
• 1 med onion, roughly chopped
• 1 1/4 lbs ground beef
• 1 lb mild pork sausage
• 1 1/2 C cracker crumbs
• 1 envelope dry onion soup mix
• 1/4 tsp salt
• 1/4 tsp ground black pepper
• 1/2 tsp dried sage
• 1 1/2 C milk
• 1/2 C ketchup (optional - I don't use it - try BBQ sauce instead!)
  

Preheat the oven to 350*.

Finely chop the pepper and onion. Transfer to a large bowl. Add the ground beef, ground pork, cracker crumbs, onion soup mix, salt, pepper, sage and milk. Mix well using your hands, or if you have a stand mixer, mix using the paddle attachment. Transfer to a 9x5 inch loaf pan and form into a loaf, mounding in the center. Cover with a generous layer of ketchup.

Bake for 1 1/2 hours in the preheated oven. About halfway through you may need to pour some of the fat off so that it doesn't boil over.

three word answers

Tiffany from The Would-be Writers Guild posted this today and invited everyone to copy. So I am... Fun stuff! She's like the cutest little thing ever, you should check out her blog!

What I am doing: blogging not working
What I’m proud of today: I'm being nice
What I’m thinking about: is it 5:00?
Who is home: everyone but me
Plans tonight: it's ladies' night
My weekend was: too long ago
What’s for dinner: Mexican with girlfriends
Feelings about love: I've got lots
Feelings about life: it's pretty good
What I need: ten million dollars
What I want: please see above
What I have: a nasty headache
My pet peeve: people's food noises
My guilty pleasure: HDTV and DVR
What you don’t know about me: terrified of bridges
What I can hear: loud office talk
What I can smell: leftovers in trash
My style: funky, fun, sassy
My hairdo: short, blonde, straight
My outfit: is very comfy
My mood: a little irritable
The weather today: rainy, sunny, windy
Thoughts on parenting: can't wait to
Thoughts on marriage: it's coming soon
Thoughts on politics: make a difference
Thoughts on celebrity gossip: addictive and sinful
Thoughts on beauty: comes from inside
Thoughts on sleep: will be good
Thoughts on writing: wanna be funny
My favorite appliance: the mini chopper
My favorite car: white Nissan titan
My favorite splurge: bargains, sales, clearance
My favorite beauty secret: antiperspirant on zits
My favorite treat: anything peanut butter
My favorite everyday pleasure: smoking menthol ciggies
Ten years ago: loving high school
Five years ago: raising another's kids
One year ago: don't quite remember
One year from now: college or pregnant
Five years from now: nurse or mama
Ten years from now: cooking for others
I’m famous for: my cooking addiction
I’ll never be famous for: singing or dancing
Who I am: nice, genuine person
Who I hope to be: always the same
What I’m thankful for: Todd, Chris, family

That was fun! Pass it on!

Menu Plan Monday

I found the site I'm an Organizing Junkie through another blog I visited and found Menu Plan Monday - how exciting! I have been planning my meals for the week for a long time and now I have somewhere to blog about it! Woohoo!

I was barely functioning on Friday so I forgot to do the FF. I'll get ya back this week...



Monday
B: whole grain english muffin with natural peanut butter
L: frozen veggies: black beans, edamame, snap peas, and carrots; Kashi bar
S: an apple
D: either creamed spinach from A Veggie Venture (great site!) over rice or dinner out with the in-laws, it's SIL's birthday tomorrow.

Tuesday
B: boiled egg and wheat toast
L: frozen veggies: potatoes, snap peas, and red peppers, triscuits and pepperjack.
S: a Kashi bar
D: It's bunco night and it's my turn for something savory. I'm going to make green chili hummus and some wonton crisps - both courtesy of 28 Cooks.

Wednesday
B: whole grain english muffin and an egg
L: chicken and snap peas
S: apple
D: Mushrooms and artichokes on whole grain penne, with some pesto and maybe a little salad on the side. I'm becoming addicted to whole grain pasta. Yummy!

Thursday
B: boiled egg and toast or a Kashi bar
L: leftovers from Wednesday's dinner
S: Kashi bar
D: I'm making baked honey mustard chicken, hope The Roomies like it.

Friday
B: Kashi bar or an egg
L: chicken and a veggie
S: probably nothing since I'm eating out for dinner
D: It's sushi night, not sure where we'll go this week.

holy minty chocolatey goodness

Have you tried the new Quaker Mini Delights?

Bosslady just brought me the leftovers of her little bag to try and they are

w o n d e r f u l .

They're little tiny little crunchy bites with minty chocolate drizzled over them and the mint really "pops" in your mouth. Try them, you'll thank me.

friday fun #20

I did just about everything I mentioned that was on my plate for last weekend, less the two giant T's I had to cover in flowers. Did you know that cutting with scissors for over two hours will give you hellacious cramps and leave bruises on that thumb muscle thing? I found that out when making my precious little felt bows for my centerpieces last weekend. I was a regular little Suzy Homemaker. I did the bows, the flower balls (I really don't like calling them that), made two casseroles, and a delish apple pie for a friend's father. Cooking makes me so happy! I'm going to try to make ribs this weekend, I found a copycat recipe for Chili's and you know they can't be that bad if there's a song for the food, right?

This week I taught myself how to embroider. It's kind of relaxing and makes me feel like sitting in front of the tube (hmm... they don't have tubes anymore) I mean the plas, feel like less of a loser because I'm actually doing something productive and creative. I'll have to put pics up of my awesome work. I'm doing two big pieces this weekend, one is a pinup girl and the other is this cool fish design.

Guess what else? I started running this week. My nice little diet isn't working so it's time to get off my hiney and do something. I ran twice already (walk a mile, run a mile) and I'm going again today. It makes me feel good, except when I'm running into the gawddangawful Oklahoma wind. It will seriously take your breath away. All in all, it has been a spectacular week.

Soooo... Honeybuns is coming home and we have nothing planned for the weekend. Oh yeah, he's going to the grocery store (gasp!) to stock up on stuff for the upcoming Kill Ugly Birds (turkey) trip. You know what? Guys are funny... He gripes about me spending $100 on 7 shirts, a sweater, and a trench coat but he wants to go buy a fugly fake turkey for $70. Which one is more reasonable to you? That's what I thought... I kind of already won this argument because he killed a bird last year without a over-priced foam decoy, therefore no argument. The friends that have that ugly bird thing haven't killed one yet. Hmpfh.

Guess it's time for the meme... Going back to my fav, Friday's Feast.

Appetizer

What does the color dark green make you think of? Spinach... My favorite veggie!

Soup

How many cousins do you have? I know for a fact that I have 8 first cousins, as for 2nd/3rd cousins - there are hundreds. My gma had 13 brothers and sisters... Need I say more?

Salad

On a scale of 1 to 10 with 10 being highest, how honest are you? I'm going to give myself a 9. I'm pretty much a straight shooter and the only reason I'm not giving myself a 10 is because I have to lie at work sometimes. Ha.

Main Course

Name something that is truly free. Guilt.

Dessert

Using the letters in the word SPRING, write a sentence. There were tornadoes in Oklahoma yesterday, so that must mean Spring is here.

friday fun #83 (not)

It's finally Friday and I'm bring the fun back! I haven't done this in a long tome so I made one up.

No plans for me this weekend besides craft, craft, craft. I've got about 100 bows to make, 4 floral balls to cover, and 2 giant T's to cover. The Roomies are gone and it'll probably rain so it'll be a perfect weekend to get some wedding shtuff done.

Here's the fun, from the Feast!

Appetizer

Given the choice, would you prefer to live in the country or in the city? I would live in the country, where I could grow my own food, raise my own animals, and have a place where my [future] children would grow up like I did - playing in the dirt, climbing trees, and learning to ride a bicycle on a gravel road.

Soup

Who is the cutest kid you know? That would most definitely be my 3 year old boyfriend, Nater. Do you know any 3 year olds that screen their phone calls? My cutie pie does!

Salad

Fill in the blank: I couldn’t believe it when I heard my little brother was getting married before me and now they're having a baby before me. *sigh*

Main Course

If you could star in a commercial for one of your favorite products, which one would you want to advertise? I think I would want to be in a cheese commercial with those cows from California. Those are some funny cows.

Dessert

What type(s) of vitamins and/or supplements do you take on a regular basis? I take a multi-vitamin, vitamin C, and B12 daily. I take echinachea when I'm starting to feel sick, which is a lot lately, considering it's flu season. I really should be taking my calcium since I don't drink milk but they're really big and yucky.

Have a wonderful weekend!

a little more uplifting... (and my 100th post)

Sorry about that last post. I was sad and mad and all kinds of other things. Anyway, happy 100th post to me!

It's St. Patrick's Day - normally one of my favorite days of the year but I'm not too excited about it today. Perhaps because it's Monday and I'm finally recovered from Saturday night and my honey won't be here to celebrate it with me. It will get better I'm sure. BFF and I are going out for some green beer tonight so it will liven up.

He finally got that dang interview! After 3 weeks and 9 phone calls he passed the phase I interview and they're moving onto phase II. I still have a good feeling about it because the guy is persistent, even if it's only at procrastinating.

We had a fab weekend. Mostly anyhow... Friday night I colored my hair, caught up on my shows, and slept, which was nice. T came in late and made me get up and go hang out with some friends and I was not happy about it but that's what you do when you love someone. We had big plans on Saturday but they got delayed because we never want to leave my room. When we finally did, we went to the car show and walked around for a few hours. I picked out a new dream car - the Lexus IS F. Holy crapballs that thing is amazing. It's only a mere 56K, T is going to work on getting that for me. I wish... We tried to win the powerball this weekend to offset the need for a car that expensive but I don't think it happened.

We really did pick out a new car for his mom at the car show. She's been looking for one for a bit and I hope she finally made her mind up to get a G35, which I would also take should someone want to buy me one. See, we've had this debate going on for a long time. His mom really doesn't stand up for herself when it comes to her opinion, even when it comes to buying cars. So, T's brother has been trying to get her to buy a Corvette for like a year because the little brat butt wants to "buy" it from her later. Toddles and I are looking out for her and realize that she works hard and deserves something more luxe, hence the push for the G, which she loves because of the sportiness and luxury. So then she has this new boyfriend who only buys Chevy vehicles and is messing up the mix, trying to get her into a Chevy car, which are complete pieces of dookie (Impala) and unreasonable (Vette). After the car show and long talks, I think she finally listened to the good son and is going for the G. Gosh, if she only realized we're really looking out for her.

Moving right along... We did the car show thing and worked up an appetite for the BBQ place we've been meaning to try out as one of the options for the wedding caterers. I think we decided against that particular one because they didn't have enough meat options. It was tasty, and some of the best hot links I've eaten but the chicken had bones and there was no turkey or pulled pork options. Gotsta have pulled pork when you're eating BBQ.

Sunday was a beautiful day and we went to soccer game after we recovered from the 3:30 a.m. party the night before. I watched my friend's baby fall on the bleachers and bust his teeth through his lip, poor guy. Baby mouths make a lot of blood, it's really kind of amazing. I was just happy he didn't lose a tooth. This one is seriously going to try to knock them all out before kindergarten - this is the second incident already and he's not even 2 yet. After we got the tyke cleaned up and his dad's team won the game we all got some take out for dinner and played with the kids until it was their bedtime.

Once again, I'm at work and Toddles is at the house, sleeping. It really sucks having to leave him when he's asleep but then he can't make me all sad and weepy. Hopefully he'll get up in time to take me to lunch before he hits the road.

7 months and 13 days until we get hitched. I've got lots to do on that this week. Florists, DJs, and passports, oh my!

Enjoy your St. Pat's day!

hero

I see her, sitting in a wheelchair all slumped over.

Do you see the lost look in her eyes? It's not my Grandma anymore.

I hate to know that she's wearing a diaper that probably hasn't been changed in a few hours. I hate that she does not know me. I hate that she cannot talk or say my name when I tell her who I am. I hate that her face is swollen and no one knows why. I hate that her clothes are dirty and her hair is long. I hate that she is gone but her body is still here. I hate that when she goes in her room and looks at the pictures I just hung, she won't realize who we are. I hate that she can't keep her eyes open. I hate that I have to leave her here again. I hate that as she sits there I wish that it would end.

I hate it all and it makes me question so many things about my faith.

Dear God;

Why is she still here? Why is she being punished when she was the one perfect, great person in my life? After 98 years of a long and healthy life, doesn't she deserve a break? Why would you keep her here when her mind has obviously left? Is it punishment for us - a way of paying us back for not being there? Is it because her son didn't always care? Is it because I didn't call enough? Is it because my family won't visit because they are too busy going through her house? Why? Why Lord? Why!?!

Just so you know, she never deserved this.



She was, is, and always will be my hero.

hmpf

This whole job situation with Toddles has been frustrating - for him. He still has not heard from this guy but the guy keeps telling our friend that he wants to interview T, so it's like WTF? And something else... I made a deal with him that if he got a huge raise, like over 10k, then I would move there. And now he's gotten a couple of calls offering that much. What is that? Destiny stepping in or something?

I had a wonderful weekend for the most part. I visited pretty much everyone I know in OKC, family-wise anyhow.

Friday I woke up feeling like shit. After overdosing on vitamin C, echinachea, and alsparagus root juice crap, I thought I would be able to fight it off. I made it to OKC early that afternoon and managed to see both of my brothers, the preggie sister-in-law, dad's girlfriend, grandpa and grandma, and a cousin, all after a little shopping trip. The cousin, one bro, and his girlfriend and I went out for a bit that night to a decent little bar.

Saturday was my big girl's day. The 3 C's came down about noon and we met at the Cheesecake Factory. Can anyone guess what I had? Yes, fried mac & cheese... *drooling* It was soooooooo incredibly good. No cheesecake for any of us though. We headed to the mall and tried to find shirts for the night. We all succeeded but by the time it was finished I was about ready to pull my hair out and started doubting my outfit choice. It was time to get out of the mall, we all needed caffeine and ciggies! We left to check into our very fabulous and swanky hotel. After we got unpacked and coffee made we vegged around and enjoyed the break. The four of us ladies started getting ready for the night... We ended up looking so hot. I mean HOT HOT. We cabbed it to a friend's bar and had a few beers. Then he drove us to the club and we mingled. All in all, we had a really great time. We ended up taking the same cab four times that night (thanks Betty!) because we had to eat after the bar closed. Word to the wise, never, EVER, let a cabbie take you to a truck stop breakfast buffet at 2 a.m. EVER. I thought I had rot-gut the next morning when I woke up. Ugh. Oh, and if you start to lose your voice, don't try to scream and yell to make it go all the way. It really hurts. I can hardly speak today.

Sunday was a loooooong day. We hadn't slept much because one of the C's snored and coughed all night long. I went to my other grandparent's house for a visit and coffee, and to get the courage to get ready to go get the things I wanted out of my great-gram's house. I finally got ready to go and met my grandpa over there. What a nightmare. The house was a pit, her stuff was all gone, and my family had taken every last thing that meant anything already. I got the stuff that no one else wanted, but it's okay because it means more to me than them. After that was finally over and I made my peace with everything I called my other Gram for an early dinner. We visited for four hours and I made my way to the nursing home to see Grandma.

More on that in another post.

I made my way home and cried it out. All of the stress and tension from my family tapped me completely. I was emotionally worn out. I turned the tv on and turned my brain off and tried to sleep. I coughed for over 30 minutes and thought I was going to the ER because I was so short of breath but I managed to recover. That brings me to today....

Happy Monday yo...

update

No real job news just yet. The hiring manager called T last night at 8:00 p.m. On a Sunday. For an interview. Weird huh? He told the guy that we were having dinner with family and that he would have to call him on Monday morning for a proper interview. Guy was cool with it so whatever.

I think he's got it in the bag. I asked Toddles last night if I could be a stay at home mom, he said no because we don't have a kid to stay at home with. I said fine, can I be a stay at home wife?

He said no. What a party pooper.

wishes

I am going to ask my bloggies to say their prayers to the job fairy/god/guru - my dear Beloved has applied for a job here and he's got a phone interview coming up. I'm trying really hard not to get too excited because this is the first application but it is sounding good for him.

Wowsas...

Good thing, the wedding is 7 months and 27 days away and I'm kinda going to need to live in the same state as my husband.

I'll keep this updated as we find more out.

On another note, my wedding diet has started again, full swing. I've got 25 lbs to lose and as of this week I've lost 2. 23lbs to go!

I've been really good this week. I've only got to exercise once because it's been butt-ass cold and windy outside. On the downside, my sugars dropped really low on Monday night and I thought I was going to go into a coma at my favorite bar in the bathroom.

My Meals This Week: (Breakfast) (Lunch) (Snack) (Dinner)
Monday: (B) oatmeal (S) toast w/ pb (L) chicken, 1 C brussel sprouts, 1/2 C cottage cheese, and 1/4 C granola (S) apple (D) 4 oz. steak, 1 C mixed veggies, 1 C salad. (S) 2 vodka crans

Tuesday: (B) oatmeal (L) 4 oz. steak, 1 C mixed veggies, 1/2 C cottage cheese, and 1/4 C granola (S) apple (D) 2 C whole wheat pasta with peas, spinach, onion, and poached chicken.

Wednesday: (B) 1/2 C cottage cheese and 1/4 C granola (L) Greek chicken salad and 1/2 pita with 2 tbsp hummus (D) roast beef and swiss on whole wheat with mustard, apple

Thursday: (B) toast w/ pb 1/4 C cottage cheese and granola (L) 1 1/2 C pasta with peas, spinach, onion, and poached chicken. (D) grilled chicken, broccoli and carrots, apple.

Friday: (B)oatmeal (L) grilled chicken, broccoli and carrots (D) sushi from Asahi - samauri roll and a spicy scallop roll.

whoopsie

I forgot about my poor little blog. What can I say, I've been a busy girl...

Last weekend was an awesome weekend! I got to buy my super beautiful wedding dress, went to a hockey game, and went to an 80's party at a skating rink. It was one of the best weekends I've had in awhile! It was crazy busy and I didn't even get one nap in but it was totally worth it. I got to see both of my bubbies, my gparents, and visit with my long lost BFF. Awesome, awesome.

I'm finally well. Or so it feels for now. Almost every single person I know has had either bug #1 - the coughing, sneezing, can't breath thing or bug #2 - the poops and the pukes. I was lucky enough to get #1 but it's taking a long time to go away. I was afraid the Bossman was going to give us all bug #2 because he had a damn fever the other day and wouldn't go home. Nice, huh? Anyway, the good thing to come out of this is that I haven't been smoking like normal. I have gone like 8 of 11 days without smoking. I'm going to try to only smoke when I drink, we'll see how that goes. So far so good. But my Love is coming home tonight and that means he'll take me out, and I might just have to drink. Maybe.

My Vday turned out okay and it was actually kind of surprising, considering I'm really not a fan of the day. My sweets sent me a cute ecard first thing in the morning. I got some new slipper socks from Bosslady. I bought everyone breakfast (but the picky shits didn't eat it so I did today LOL). I went home and the Roomies and I made dinner. I made beer bread, roasted sweet potatoes, grilled avocado, and the sauteed mushrooms. Dad made the steaks. Momma P made the salad. It was a perfect dinner, especially once I found a bottle of Smoking Loon Pinot Noir in the pantry that I forgot I had bought. After dinner I found my pj's and settled in with my new lover, HD DVR, and some Lost. Oh, and I bought T a book that I'm sure he'll never read and that's too bad because it's great. It's called Well Groomed: A wedding planner for what's his name (and his bride). It's really funny and I hope T takes the time to at least browse through it, it's got great wedding advice for the guys.

BTW: Wedding date - 8 months, 10 days. I've got a lot going on with it right now. I've decided that we're having BBQ for our dinner, added a margarita machine (or two), and we rented a whole 'nother room for the reception. I've got to make an appointment with the florist for next week and we're going to try a new BBQ place this weekend that I've heard good things about. All of the parents are starting to chime in on their opinions and I'm none too fond of any of them. Weddings are a control freak's nightmare. That bridezilla is in all of us...

Here's my Friday Fun, from Friday's Feast.

Appetizer

Name one thing that is unique about you. I have a large dragonfly tattooed on my stomach.

Soup

Fill in the blank: My favorite salad dressing is honey mustard but I like ranch too.

Salad

What type of wood do you have for your home’s furnishings? We will be filling our home with dark, espresso colored wood. (Can't think of the name right now, and some of what I got isn't really wood, it's that fake shit).

Main Course

Who do you talk to most often on the phone? That would be my #1, Toddles.

Dessert

What level of responsibility do you have in your job? Mmm... I'm responsible for the money that comes in and that's a lot of responsibility.

Have a great weekend!!!

pass the puffs

I am finally back to work and near a computer after suffering from 3 days of fever, coughing, and an awful runny nose. Seems that I caught what T's roomies all had and brought it back to Oklahoma with me after our ski trip.

We had a wonderful time over the weekend. We got to St. Louis early in the evening, all thankful that the roads weren't bad from all the snow. After getting everyone to their hotel rooms and me delivered to my honey, it was time to get dolled up and head to the casino. We had a great time, actually the best time I've ever had in a casino. We all split up - boys and girls. Wanna know what the best part was? My drink of choice - Crown Royal - was only $2.50. Fabulous. Needless to say, the girls and I got pretty tanked. We were having fun, flirting with old men on the craps tables, C&C playing roulette, and really putting the drinks down. We met up with the boys and decided to try out the new nightclub, girls only again because they weren't in the dancing mood. We danced our buzzes off and had a blast! Everyone decided to call it a night and we headed to Awful House to ward off nasty hangovers for our skiing adventure the next day.

Saturday we all woke up, feeling fine and pretty pumped for the day ahead. It took awhile to get on the slopes but once we did it was fun. It was a perfect day for skiing, we even got hot in our heavy coats. Toddles was worried about my skiing abilities since we had never skied together. We got to the run we were going to try first and I took off. Next thing I know he's behind me saying "slow down" and I'm like "nooooooo" because I knew what I was doing. I proved myself...

It was a really good time. We spent all day skiing until things started getting messy and we were worn out. I only fell one time and it was my first time on a black run. Oh, and I about got knocked out by the lift because of some punk ass kid. I ended up with two bruises the size of baseballs but at least I didn't hit my head.

That night we all went to dinner with T's roomies and their kid. I finally got the prime rib I'd been craving for a month. We went to this nice little Irish pub (not with the kid) for a bit but everyone wanted to call it a night because we were exhausted.

I woke up Sunday feeling like shit. It's really a great way to travel. Can't breathe, can't sleep, just lovely, and I swear that everytime I go up there, I get sick. We got home and I went straight to bed with a nasty fever, which brings us to now - three days later and I finally feel a little better. The only reason I'm at work is because it's Bosslady/aunt's 10 year anniversary. I'm so outta here after lunch.

Do you think everyone's sick because it was like 75* on Sunday and then it's freakin snowy again today? Gotta love my Oklahoma.

oh marie

Two words...

bacon

quiche

A rep brought us breakfast today from Marie Callender's and it was fantabulous. Bacon, spinach, and lots of gooey cheese is certainly the way I'd like to start everyday. That and big beautiful snowflakes are starting to fall so I'm really happy.

The gang and I are going skiing this weekend outside of St. Louis. We're all pretty excited - especially since there's going to be new *real* snow.

Must get back to my baaaacoooon.

mmmhmmm

We're having a poker party this weekend and I've been looking up new drink recipes, particularly vodka infusions because I can't handle beer that much anymore. I found two delish recipes that I'm going to mix up tonight!

The first one is pineapple/coconut/lime and the other is orange/cranberry.

Both of them sound delightful on the rocks. I'll have to keep you updated on how they turn out. I'm pretty sure anything with coconut and lime is going to be tasty.

crazy sad...

My first celebrity crush was just found dead in his apartment.

Heath Ledger passed away from an apparent drug overdose. It's all over the news.

How totally freakin sad, considering that he has a beautiful baby girl.


(image from moviehole.net)
RIP Heath.