I promise....

I promise not all my posts will be about my Pinterest projects ;)

But I do have a couple to share...

It's pretty darn good. I will give it a 8.5/10, it would be especially great as an apetizer (for example for the Super Bowl etc)

next I did a small, key word: small, Valentines Craft today:

Buy cheap, plain candles at WalMart, some cute paper at the scrapbook store and a little twine and  a hot glue gun and you done!

That was easy :)

Pinterest obsessed!

If you haven't checked out Pinterest yet, I urge you to take a look! You can get lost in a world of projects, fashion, decorating, recipes and many, many more various helpful tips and future projects and purchases!

That being said, I took inspiration from Shannon in that I cannot justify spending hours looking and never doing....

So I decided to try a couple of recipes and here they are:

First up:

Chocolate Chip Cookie/Oreo/Brownie dessert

I will admit, when I tried it warm, out of the oven, I wasn't super impressed. In fact, I was a little disappointed. After it cooled however, it got better, really good actually! I would suggest serving it with  scoop of vanilla ice cream and drizzle a little hot fudge over the top! hmmmm

(you will find the complete recipe on my "yummy" board on my Pinterest)

Next up:

Lasagna Soup

This soup was completely, 100% delicious! I am in love with it I think! :)

It tastes similar to the sausage/tortellini soup mom makes but a little different. I would HIGHLY recommend it. Again, you will find the recipe on my pinterest, Food board this time.

I already have my next project picked out, it will probably take a bit of time but in the meantime I will keep looking and "pinning"

hello, it's me again....

You know I am still alive because there is evidence to prove it! I have taken a very long break from blogging. Not sure why. I have some excuses but I will just skip those and say

"it's a new year so I am going to begin again"....or something like that. Part of me feels I don't have much to blog about but I guess that just means I will have to start appreciating the smaller moments/events.

SOOOOO,

what have I been up to you wonder?

(I am skipping right over the holidays, family visits, parties, birthdays, daughter going to college, blah blah blah) and get onto the good stuff....

haha ;)

This week I decided to get out and dust off the Valentine decorations and put them up....

 I should probably add at least one more decoration, frankly what I have looks a little blah (I need my crafty sis-in-law to help me with a project perhaps!!)

Secondly,

I have been organizing drawers, cupboards and closets. It's amazing how much crap we save....

Below is an after picture of my organized "junk drawer". It does look much better. I kinda came to a conclusion as I have been organizing, it seems that all I am really doing is moving things from one spot to another...sigh. :D

So that about does it for now.



Audrey Cherie!

Born: November 25th, 2011

Time: 10:30 pm

Where: Northwest Hospital, Seattle Wa

Weight: 7 pounds 7 ounces

Height: 19.5 inches

"For after much tribulation come the blessings."

This cannot be more true for David and Tiffany.

I am so happy for them and for the joy little Audrey will give to them.



First things first

We had a great Thanksgiving at our house. Not a very big crowd but it was nice to have some company and a friend to share the cooking with! (Bob does the turkey and stuffing).

We stuck with the basics but somehow even the basics take time! (We did make homemade rolls).

Hope your Thanksgiving was wonderful.....now for the best part.........

and so it begins....

Along with the beauty comes snowplowing/shoveling/icy roads/winter boots/slow drivers and last but not last but not least an end to my outside walking. (at least for the most part, I'm a chicken when it comes to walking on icy roads and hills, time to hit the treadmill now).

Sean is 2

Saturday Bob and I went to Sean's 2nd Birthday party!

He's 2? Already?

Notice his dirty little face :)

He enjoyed his pepperoni pizza, punch, and candy of course!

Right now Sean is a big fan of Buzzlight year so what else would he be for Halloween besides Buzz!

It was so fun to see him again!

(I already put these pics on my facebook but even I am sick of looking at my month old post!)

Happy Halloween everyone!

Decorating: Done!

I finished up my fall/Halloween decorating last night and I love it! I thought I would share:

The witch and 2 owls I found at THE BEST TJ Maxx I have been to in quite a while! It was in Everett and we stopped in after attending Bob's Aunt Mary's 85th birthday party on Saturday!

I just love the owls!

I love this owl toooooo! He's from Pier 1

And I couldn't forget this owl! Mom got this for me and as you can see with our recent fall like weather I have been using it for hot chocolate! Yum!

Happy Fall everyone!

Katie is cooking!

Yes, you did read the title correctly! Katie has not done a lot of cooking, unless you count Top Ramen, Mac and Cheese, and tuna melts as cooking. So we (Katie and I) came up with the idea that in order for her to be a little more prepared at cooking for herself and potentially others at college she would start making diner once a week! This was last night's dinner, carne asada, homemade rice and black beans, yum! The week before she made dinner for mom, dad, and Bob for his birthday (beef broccoli).

Goodbye Again!

They just get home and then they're gone again....I guess I have to get used to the fact that they were never really "mine"......

Maddy thought she wanted to go with and check out college life tooooo :)

New Shoes

 Old walking shoes

It might be hard to see how worn these shoes are, the right shoe even has a little hole where my toe is starting to escape out! These have served me well for OVER a year now....

New walking shoes!

I have been thinking and looking, looking and thinking about buying some for at least a month.

These bright colored Saucony walking shoes were finally purchased :)  It was a tough choice between the bRIghT orange and these.

I love them!

I have a family here on earth.....

they are so good to me, I want to share my

life with them through all eternity.

 Families can be together forever, in

Heavenly Father's plan.

I always want to be with my own family,



 and the Lord has shown me how I can.

 The Lord has shown me how I can.

 Families ARE Forever!

Thanks mom and dad for the wonderful week together as a family.

Memories were shared and words aren't enough to express my gratitude!

Love you....

better late than never!

Bob reminded me over the week-end that we never "officially" celebrated Brian's birthday. I thought about it, and he was right!

Don't worry, he wasn't completely forgotten. His birthday fell while he still at school, during finals week. I send him a birthday package, deposited some money into his account and I know he received cards from grandmas and grandpa!

So we decided better late than never! Of course today I ended up having to work late but when I finally got off I rushed home and made his fav.....

chicken roll ups, mashed potatoes and corn. Katie brought a cheesecake home from work. Pretty simple but now we can say we "celebrated!"

How can he really be 23??????

one more thing...

Our YW activity this last week was a sleep-over at my house!!

Bob decided on Monday evening that he would finally install tile in the upstairs bathroom. If you haven't ever put tile in I will spare you the details but if you have, you might understand that when you start Monday night and rip up the floor board, have to run to Home Depot twice the next evening because first, you discover your one tile short and then after you get home and start cutting the tile the saw blade breaks, it sets you back significantly.

Needless to say about 30 minutes before the girls were to arrive we were hooking the toilet back up and I was cleaning up dirty sinks etc...

Phew. But, it looks sooooo much better than carpet scraps which is what has been on the floor since last summer when we replaced the carpet upstairs.

Thanks hon! ;)

what we've been up too...

Maddy needed a haircut in the worst way. Every time I called to see if I could make her an appointment at Petco they were full for days....of course I never thought about it days ahead, just usually the morning I was heading to Wentachee.

So, we thought what the heck! How hard can it be? It will always grow back!

My advice to anyone who might want to try this: DON"T. Your dog might be easier and better behaved but Maddy is scared of the smallest of noises so when those clippers came on, she was out of her mind. We got through it, but it wasn't easy.

There might or might not of been a little raising of voices during the process....

 It might be hard to tell but we cut off a lot. NO, it doesn't look like a professional did it, but as I said before:

it will always grow back.  :)

Bob was kinda happy cuz he said it saved him 40 dollars. I will pay double that next time as long as I don't have to do it!