Are you ready for some football?!

tonight i will become a football widow. the first preseason game for the Dallas Cowboys season is tonight against the Oakland Raiders (luckily in Oakland.) For those that dont know, Damon is a diehard Cowboy fan. Eats, breathes, lives football. Cowboy football!





so tonight I will become intiated i guess you could say, whether I am willing or against my will. I'm gonna try to get into football more. For his sake. And my sanity.

GO COWBOYS!

stay puff marshmallow man

i've told myself that i have to stop being lazy and get my butt to the gym again.. i can say that i havent been to the gym on regular consistent basis (like 4 days a week) since my grandpa died in January.

and my poor body is starting to look like it. I've got to go back into my healthy ways.

Monday... its gonna happen. It has to!

auf wiedersehen

i absolutely love love love project runway, which used to to air on the Bravo network and had since the start of this magnificent show. apparently there was something happening, so Lifetime picked up the show and the new season starts August 20. I cant wait for all the craziness that the new season has to bring. The only downfall.. No more NYC and Gotham or Mood for that matter. All LA now.. Boo! but atleast we still have time gun.

went to damon's moms yesterday to visit and see how the new floors/unpacking were coming along. Man it looks GREAT! I love the hardwood floors. I'm in love with them actually.

she gave me abunch of kitchen things, and you know me and kitchen things. I was thrilled to get them. also I bummed all her past Food and Family magazines to make copies. I love Food and Family. They have soooo many great recipes and ideas. so with that I told Damon that I am gonna start trying lots of new recipes out.

I cant wait to get started. :)

Need a prayer? Just call.

I thought I was pretty knowledgeable and culturally diverse when it came to things. And I had thought I had seen my share of oddities and things that you just didnt think existed. Until yesterday. Heading to 114 from work yesterday, I am following behind a lady in a Honda Accord (older model.) We pulled up to the stop light and while waiting for the light to change back to green I glance down and began reading the purple bumper sticker she had on her car.

It was for a prayer hotline. I never in a million years would have thought there were prayer hotlines. 24/7/365 ones for that. Yes I know they have the prayer towers and prayer rooms at churches/cathedrals/mosques/etc where theres 24 hr praying, but yea never a prayer hotline. I was just baffled. Meh. Guess I am a little more diverse now than I was before.

batter batter everywhere and not a drop to eat

so with a little culinary motivation from Damon's stepdad, I got back into the baking spirit and made cupcakes sunday morning.. Chocolate with buttercream frosting. I haven't really baked any sweets (minus the 3 ingredient peanut butter cookies and not what you think wacky cake) since we moved into our new place.

i whipped out my list of cupcake recipes and began on my cooking journey. Damon loves filling up the cupcake liners, so of course i gave up kitchen control and let him fill. I have now learned that with my chocolate cupcakes, you CAN NOT and I repeat CAN NOT fill them per instructions. we followed the instructions first fill around and I now have burnt cupcake all on the bottom of my oven :( so second go around we cut they down to 1/2 full instead of 3/4 and they came out perfect. Typically I can go the 3/4 full route but not with my chocolate ones. now comes the daunting task of cleaning my oven, and if i'm like anyone else, its a much dreaded chore.

once my cupcakes were complete it looked as though my poor cupcakes had been to "hell and back." then I realized they literally had been. but they did taste fantastic. I love my homeade buttercream frosting as does everyone else!

so lets just say my culinary motivation kick up was not a superb one.. but i hope to make some yummy snickerdoodles before the week is out. I can't wait! Thanks Rickey & Yovi!

I'm not really sure why we changed license plates, all i do know is i dont like them. they dont even look Texan!

Saturday we went to my grandma's for a Birthday lunch with her. Happy 74th Birthday Grandma!! Or like you say 72nd, since we are going back in age now.

even though it was a rough day, it was a good day :) I love you <3

BTW, I miss him as much as you do.