Friday, October 30, 2009

Overload! BU Homecoming... Jack-O and More!

(an advance "sorry" for the lengthy post... don't worry though, its well worth the read and it's mainly pics.  enjoy!)
Is it just me or does it seem like the more I have to blog about the harder it seems to sit down and do it?  My hubs informed me today that I needed to update my blog because he had no idea what was goin on in my life.  He was kidding of course but that just made me think about all of you and how I owe you a glimpse into my life the past few days.  Very busy, fun days at that!  
So let me back up to friday... that seems like a good place to start.  K worked and when he got off work we ordered a pizza and started something that will not end anytime soon.  

The OC on DVD.  
I understand that to many of you this may seem trivial or even funny but I understand that you don't understand.  And if you do understand, come over and join us, its the best time ever.  But anyways, this show at first thought, may seem like just another one of your teeny-boper shows, but its not. I promise you that it is pure greatness! And for those of you that really know me... ya'll know that I don't watch TV and I don't watch movies... but this is my exception ha! Check it out for yourself.  Thanks to Lindz and Hil my old roomates who helped me start this massive addiction.  
Anyways, K and I stayed up Friday night until the wee hours of the morning watching the OC and finally we had to crash.
Saturday morning we got up at 5am to drive to WACO, TX for Baylor University's 100th Homecoming! 

the sunrise! 
SIC EM! We unfortunately got stuck in massive amounts of traffic heading south due to an accident that had all 6 lanes of I35 closed. Gross!  Luckily we made it to the parade in just the nick-of-time!  For those of you that don't know, Baylor University has the NATIONS LARGEST collegiate parade. Thats right, largest in the nation!

To check out more images from the Parade click here:
Baylor Proud
After the parade we made way to the football game vs Oklahoma State University.  Despite the score we had a wonderful time.  It was so great to run into sooo many people that I had not seen in quite some time including my wonderful roommate from freshman year in South Russell. Such great times!

That is my baby and I at the game

Jess and I - Freshman year roomies SoRo 461!


The game ended and the hubs and I walked around Baylor's Campus for several hours.  I showed him where all of my classes were, my favorite spots, my dorm room, the swings, etc.  As if we hadn't had enough fun already we went to Baylor's Alpha Chi Omega get together in the Panhellenic building.  He got to see our room and where I spent countless hours of my college life.  

in front of Pat Neff 

Baylor's equivalent to a "Sorority House"



Judge Baylor



Love me some green and gold! Sic Em Bears!


The day was finally wrapped up with a delicious dinner at none other than Waco's best... Georges Bar! My friend Franzia met us and we had a great time before leaving good ol Baylor U.  


We again headed southbound (yes, this is still Saturday... we had quite a long day...).  We finally arrived at my parents house around 11pm or so and spent a small amount of time catchin up before bed.  It was so nice to get to go home again!  Sunday we went to church and then K and I to lunch together before going back to the church to help with their Pumpkin Patch.  We consolidated pumpkins, bowled rotten ones as well as smashed rotten ones, loaded pallets for a bonfire and much much more. They had the best of Houston's singers and songwriters come out and play music. The weather couldn't have been better and the company couldn't be beat!  (I will have to get mom to email me some of the pictures we took on her camera) 
Monday, the storms came and we decided to sleep in which I of course enjoyed!  Monday afternoon we went and ate indian food and boy was it good! Mom, K and I had fun hanging out there and then went to the grocery to get some items for din-din.  We stayed long enough to help with dinner and to enjoy it with my dad when he got off work and then it was back on the road heading north this time.  
We felt so blessed to get to spend so much time with my parents and for their loving and welcoming arms (and house).  There is just something about being back home that no other thing can satisfy.  K even told me it made him feel like he was closer to home just getting to spend time at mine. Thanks mom and P for all you did to make our trip so enjoyable! oh and for AJ- thanks for giving up your room for the weekend! :) We appreciate it!


Last night was fun. We celebrated Halloween just as I would like... watching "The Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown," and carving a pumpkin! 

karl cutting the bottom out (its a good trick- easier to light the candle then just set the pumpkin on top) 
me pulling all the nasty goo out... I had no help :( 

KJ would NOT get the goo out so I did it ALL by myself :)   
 (right) Me carving the pumpkin
 
pumpkin got a lil sick
 
K carving....

cleanin the old man up...
  
lighting the old man up (that sounds awkard ha)

And here is the final Jack-o-lantern... I'm not gonna lie, he kinda creeps me out a lil bit ha!


Well that was our weekend/week for yah!  And that is just about all that has been goin on.  I will however update you on another creation that I attempted to create this morning.  Boy was it a chore but it was still fun! 
If any of you like Home-made cinnamon rolls this is a good one to try! Although, I will warn you-- this recipe makes about 20 HUGE rolls... waaay more than K and I can handle on our own so some of my sweet friends got a lil early halloween treat! :)  To find the yummy recipe you can check out Blue Cricket Design.  Enjoy the photos! <3 

   rolling the dough out, and then rolling it up, and the final product plus icing...mmmm!


PS: IF YOU READ THIS WHOLE ENTRY, LEAVE ME A COMMENT! YOU ARE MY HERO! :) sorry for the overload there was just lots to update on :) 

Tuesday, October 27, 2009

Giveaway!! :)


Exciting news... if you all are anything like me... I LOVE FREE!  One of the blogs that I really enjoy reading is Blue Cricket Design.  In a few weeks they are hosting a free give-away-a-day! So get excited and make sure you check out their blog! :)


BCD



Thursday, October 22, 2009

more recipes mmm!

Last night K and I had a wonderful dinner together and I thought I would share with you! If you like Pork Tenderloin then you will love this. And as if things couldnt get better I decided to top the dinner off with a made-from-scratch Peach Cobbler. AMAZING! :)

Pork Tenderloin in Bourbon:
can be found online at :

INGREDIENTS
  • 1/4 cup soy sauce
  • 1/4 cup bourbon
  • 2 tablespoons brown sugar
  • 2 cloves garlic, halved
  • 3 pounds pork tenderloin

DIRECTIONS

  1. Mix together soy sauce, bourbon, brown sugar, and garlic. Pour over pork, cover, and refrigerate at least 2 hours, turning occasionally.
  2. Preheat oven to 325 degrees F (165 degrees C). Remove pork from marinade, and place on rack of shallow roasting pan.
  3. Bake for 45 minutes or until meat thermometer registers 160 degrees F/71 degrees C.
I then took the left over marinade and boiled it until it became a thicker consistency and then poured that over the top of the meat. I served the meat with baked beans, and rolls, Yum-Yum Good!

Now for the fun part! ...

Homemade Peach Cobbler!
Now, I dont know about you, but when I hear homemade I think of lots of ingredients and lots of trouble. But, let me assure you this recipe is not anything like that! It was super easy and let me just tell you... it tastes wonderrrrful! I chose to use fresh peaches (and yes, that part was a pain in the butt but well worth it in my opinion ha!) I had to cut 5 peaches and peel them... no fun but my sweet hubby kept coming in the kitchen and taking pictures telling me I needed them "for your blog" :) he is so sweet!

Okay so are you ready for this!? once again this amazing recipe comes from SouthernPlate.com and to them I give ALL credit!
Check it out by clicking here! or check out the recipe below (taken from the wonderful Southern Plate Blog)

Peach Cobbler

4 cups peeled and sliced peaches
2 T. lemon juice
1/2 cup sugar
1/2 t. cinnamon
1 cup milk
1 cup s/r flour
1 cup sugar
1 stick butter or margarine

Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Melt stick of butter in oven proo f casserole dish in oven while making pie ingredients.

Pour the two T. lemon juice over the peaches. Stir to coat. Pour 1/2 cup sugar over peaches. Stir. Heat in microwave for 1 minute so that sugar begins to melt.

Mix together 1 cup flour, 1 cup sugar, and cinnamon until blended. Pour in 1 cup milk and mix until blended.

After butter is melted, take casserole out of oven and pour batter on top of melted butter. Pour peaches on top of batter. DO NOT STIR! Sprinkle a tablespoon of sugar over pie. Place in 350 oven and cook for 55 minutes or until golden.

If you don’t have fresh peaches or just want an easier way to do this, substitute the following for the fresh peaches:

Easy Day Cobbler
1 29 0z. can sliced peaches in syrup
1 T. lemon juice
This can be substituted for fresh peaches. You will not need to add the 1/2 cup sugar to peaches.

Also, here are a few of my pictures that the hubby took while I was in the kitchen.

fresh peaches! cutting and peeling (not fun ha)
the peaches with some sugar mmm!
mixing up the dough :)

Monday, October 19, 2009

Creative Itch

Lets see here... I guess somewhere along Friday afternoon some bone in my body got a huge creative itch and I just went with it. Karl had to work on Friday so that left me with plenty of time to play! I made this yummy Halloween dessert, Candy Corn Bark:

To find the recipe click here. it is very easy to make and thanks to The Idea Room for their simple step by step instructions! They always have very cute things... you should check them out at www.theidearoom.blogspot.com

Here is something else creative that I decided to try this weekend. Some YUMMY Grilled Chicken (without the grill) . If you like to marinate your chicken in an Italian dressing this is a MUST for you to try! It was seriously sooo easy! Just make sure that you take it off the heat, just in time before the meat gets too tough (and have at least an hour to marinate). This was a big hit for both of us!

I found the recipe on www.southernplate.com . They have all kinds of yummy recipes as well as other fun things on their site. The grilled chicken (without the Grill!) recipe is here.


In the recipe for the chicken was a link for a Bananarita *it is a non-alcoholic drink more like a smoothie*... I decided to make these for K and I for breakfast ... they were yummy and for the most part... semi-healthy with a total of 4 banana's. I added a few strawberries also just for fun and because I can never get enough strawberries :) Here is the link to Bananaritas .

Sunday was a good day also, the hubby was off work and the weather was beautiful! I think it was about 68 degrees with a nice breeze and no clouds anywhere to be seen. We layed out and K even got a little sunburnt. We finished off the weekend with a trip to The Village where we saw lots of friends and went to Chili's with two friends who I havent hung out with in forever, Bryan and Leslie. We had a great time talking and just hangin out.

I forgot to mention that Friday night we went out with a couple of our friends after K got off work. We enjoyed getting out and we bother really enjoy Emerald and Justin who are engaged and soon to married also, YAY!

I guess that is about all for now, back to the grind.... Happy Monday!

Friday, October 16, 2009

I Wanna Be Like YOOOOU!!!


"just danced around the living room with his wife...to music from Disney's Jungle Book...thank God I found her, I'm sure any other wife would think I'm retarded..."Oh, oobee doo, I wanna be like you, I wanna walk like you, Talk like you, toooooooooooooooooooo!!!" --K.J.'s (my hubby) status on facebook tonight


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ur3uk0OiyuA

(please click on this link and have it playing in the background while you read this post hehe)

Well that is the perfect start to this post. Trust me... this was the highlight of my night, my week and most likely our marriage this far (okay that might be a stretch but still it was great, you get the idea.)
K was off work today, YIPPEE! and we spent it doing a lot and a lot of nothing. We slept in - wonderful- and then started our day. We mailed a package to Karls grandma with a bottle of wine in it. The mail guy made sure we were not sending cologne because apparently that is not allowed... interesting... of course we asked why. dumb reasons but apparently it is flammable and the airplanes do not allow it. (this bothers me... why am I allowed to travel with it but my package can not?... just wondering...) Learned something new today anyways... cool. ha!
Okay, welcome to the great state of Texas where the weather was 64 degrees and sunnnny and breezy... pure BLISS! we had the time so we drove. just straight up drove and drove... ... ... and ... ... ... drove. Loved it! Windows down sun up breeze in the hair... thank you Jesus, it was wonderful.
We decided that we needed to fuel our engines (not the car, our tummies) so we stopped at Pei Wei and I enjoyed a nice Spicy Chicken Salad- go try it. Perfect combo of sweet and spicy! We then made a trip to Barnes and Noble where we purchased a few books -- one called "Letters from a Skeptic" by Dr. Gregory Boyd and Edward Boyd, and "The One Year's Devotions for Couples" by David and Teresa Ferguson. I will keep you update on these new reads as we go. I skimmed todays devo and so far it looks like a great devotional for those of you out there who are married and looking for something to strengthen the spiritual side of your marriage. I'm real excited about this- it is something that I have wanted us to do for some time now... can't wait to start that tonight in a few mins.
My parents go to a church in Sugar Land, TX named Holy Cross Episcopal Church. This is a wonderful God-fearing, God-serving church. Father Scott has been doing a series on Marriage that he started last weekend when we were in town. Convenient. :) So since we aren't able to travel such a great distance every weekend (even though we would love to...) we podcasted the sermon online -- you can check it out to by clicking on the link here. Today was entitled "Marriage: Real Love" -- it comes HIGHLY RECOMMENDED ... by me! You can download it to your ipod and even listen to it on your way to work or on your daily run. It isn't long and it is definitely rewarding.
By the time the sermon was over my tummy was definitely rumbling for some food. K cooked for me and ordered from Papa John's pizza ha! One of the best meals ever haha!
The other night K and I purchased a couple of movies from Wally World... classics... tonight he picked the WONDERFUL Jungle Book. The movie was good, as usual, the company was great, as you should come to expect, and ... well... the music during the menu was THE BEST hahah! We danced around the middle of the living room singing and having a grand ol time. GRRRAND!!!! We have sooo much fun together, even if we do act like we are 10 years old. I hope we still do things like this when we are 100! and honestly, I have no doubts in my mind that that will be a reality. (Even if we are in our wheelchairs! ha!)

So until next time...

Oh, oobee doo, I wanna be like you, I wanna walk like you, Talk like you, toooooooooooooooooooo!!! :)

Tuesday, October 13, 2009

Whooo will it be!?

MMM the smell of fall is in the air... literally ha! I have the pumpkin spice candles burning and the decor has been up for some time now... I have pictures that I will post later tonight. I have a glass of sweet red wine in hand and my hubby on my right side! Leftover dinner is warming and Dancing with the Stars is on. Not that I care about that show... BUT... tonight at the end of the show ABC TV network will be announcing who the Bachelor will be!!! I am trilled to death and hope so bad that it is Jake Pavelka!!!!! The show airs in January so until then they are just teasing us... :)
Updates to come later.... oooo keep your fingers crossed!

This is a perfect end to my already good day. A productive day at that... for once! Picked up the house, did laundry and put about 100 pounds of laundry away, as well as picked up the bathroom and slightly cleaned it- which was much needed!! Oh and to top everrrything else off... the hubby came home early tonight!!! Such a treat! Thank you Jesus for that blessing!

Monday, October 12, 2009

Yummy Din-Din

Weekend Wrap Up:


Friday: Date night! Wahoo! Had a nice dinner then relaxed, watched a movie and called it a night.

Saturday: Spent 5 hours (yes, FIVE) on our first draft for wedding invites.
Outcome was good though, we have a starting point now! Wahoo!

Sunday: Did a lot of relaxing and Church


Tonight was good as well... K worked and for dinner I made meat-loaf, mashed potatoes and corn.
Very delicious! For all of you out there who don't believe I actually know how to cook,
here is a picture for yah :)

Hope all of you had a great weekend!





the whole package!

the yummy meatloaf :)
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