Wishful Wednesday (1)

Brooke over at Bright Wishes, does a weekly Wednesday post about things she is currently wishing for and has asked us to join in.  Not much is going on right now, except a new hair color (pics coming soon) & sleet + some snow..  Yay more of this mess.  Hopefully it doesn't stick around as long as last week's did.

Now for the wishes!

sunshine!

Lots of sunshine!  I'm ready for spring already.. Days full of sun, warmth and bright skies - minus the snow.

pasta salad!

Pasta salad! My pasta salad for that - I will be fixing this wish this weekend, because I dont think I can make it any longer with this craving.  I will share the recipe next week.

money!



Money!  I know this should be a no-brainer, but I'm ready to get everything paid for in regards to the wedding.. Its a never ending list people!

doggie!

A doggie!  I know I have to wait a while on this one, but we will have a dog one of these days.. And I can't wait!

What are you wishing this Wintery, Windy, Wednesday??

Cheers,

anam cara & red velvet cake

Good Tuesday morning my lovely blogger friends!



totally sinful!!


I got a recipe from a dear friend of mine's blog, Anam Cara , for some amazing Red Velvet cake.  And if you know me, I love Red Velvet Cake.  Its up on the top of favorites when it comes to anything edible.  So when she shared the recipe she uses for Red Velvet, I knew I would have to borrow it and make some of my own.  Thanks Bekah for sharing!!

So for Valentine's Day ♥ this year, I plan on doing just that.  Red Velvet Cupcakes w/ Cream Cheese Frosting (of course!) with fun Valentine ♥ sprinkles for those I love. 

I will post pictures of my creations as soon as I get them done.  Along with the cupcakes, I plan on making pasta salad this weekend.  I know they don't go together, but man I've been craving my pasta salad so what better way to fix that craving than by making it??

Are you baking anything special for Valentine's Day ♥?? If so, share your recipes and pictures, as I would love to see!

XO

Cheers,

wiis, babies, & football..

dance-o-rama

The beautiful weather this weekend & early release from work on Friday allowed the mister and I to get alot of the things on our to-do list complete plus a few fun little bonuses.

My tax return was deposited to my bank account Friday, which was an extremely nice surprise for the week.  I know most people think getting money back on taxes is not good, but hey I like to think of it as a little bonus every year, so please don't rain on my fun. :)  And with my return, I like to buy one fun item and then the rest goes to whatever like bills, weddings, etc.  So this year, we got a Wii. 

I know people, I'm a little behind on the times..  What can I say?  I still have a free cell phone - I refuse to upgrade to anything thats fancy and high tech.  As I'm still getting the hang of the Wii, and all of its amazingness, I can say I thoroughly enjoy it and am glad we finally got one.  My game of choice - Just Dance 2.  It has been kicking my butt since we got it, but thats a good thing - any exercise is good exercise, plus I'm hoping it gets me into a bit better shape before the big day...

Besides the Wii, the mister and I decided to go baby shopping for some friends of ours (The Mister's Best Man) who have a baby due right around our wedding day.  Now wouldn't that be a crazy mess if baby was born at our wedding.  We stuck with the registry to ensure they got some of the things they were wanting, plus a few extra items just for fun.  Shopping for babies is so much fun, as long as its not my baby.  :)

The remainder of our weekend was spent relaxing, catching up on household chores, and of course football - well for the mister it was.  I'm not as big into football as he is, but he grew up playing football through school and I was just a book nerd, so go figure.  I watched long enough to watch Glee's Lea Michelle excel at America the Beautiful, Christina butcher the National Anthem, nasty Ben throw some interceptions, the Black-Eyed Peas rock it (well for what we could hear), Slash make a surprise entrance, and Usher dance without words; then I went to the other room & watched random shows like My Fair Wedding & Kim and Kourtney Take NYC.  Yea I'm lame.  But its better than watching nasty Ben get pummeled by what I think is Jake Gyllenhal's lookalike.  I'm so glad Ben didn't win!!

Anyway, I'm glad its Monday.  I'm glad the Super Bowl is over & we can get our metroplex back.  I'm glad all the Packers & Steelers along with their nasty attitudes went back to their respective places. And I'm definetely glad we have our sun and we're above freezing temps.  Well until tomorrow. 

Have a Happy Monday Friends!

Cheers,

dairy queen owed me a blizzard...



outside my office window



God blessed us (DFW, Texas) with seven inches of snow last night.  Pretty amazing if you ask me.  It's the nice light and fluffy stuff that you only see in pictures or movies.   I wish I was able to stay home and enjoy this landscape, but I made my way in finally.  The commute was long and forever going, but extremely beautiful..

I hope everyone is having a warm Friday morning so far.  If you have snow pictures I would love to see them!

Happy Friday friends! ♥

Cheers,

just trying something...

I'm trying a new layout (same features as the design Lindsay) created, but just a different way the blog flows to see if I like this better or not.  I've saved the other template so I want to revert back.

I was starting to lose myself with my previous layout and all the things I look for on a regular basis.

Be patient.  I will figure this out eventually.