Wing Stop & Costco

Best Birthday celebration ever. Cajun Boneless wings, and three bites of a ice cream bar dipped in chocolate and nuts was heaven. Oh, lets not forget the free samples and tour of Costco (the cherry on top right there). Thanks Victor. I never knew you were capable of such a thing. Seriously.

Off to work. Have a great day everybody.

a day of thanks, and family, and food. really good food.

It has been an incredible day. We woke up, watched the Macy's Day Parade, at a delicious breakfast... compliments of my Papasan. After dinner I decided I would take a shower. Except for there are like 20 people all sleeping, eating, and well... showering in the same house. Which means my shower was cold. Uber cold. And of course the only thing I wanted to so was crawl into bed ans get all snuggled up. It was amazing. Except for I fell asleep... and didn't wake up for hours. No one even woke me up. They just left me there. Needless to say, I am ready to party! (right now)

Let's talk about dinner for a minute shall we?  I didn't help. At all. Which makes it almost ten times more delicious. But I did do all of the dishes. With the help of the boys... their measly help. Don't worry everyone.. I took picture. Of the food. They make the best pictures. Always looking to mighty fine.

Doesn't it look great? It was.
I am sure everyone's was great. And before I go,
I just have to say...
Thank you.
Thank you Mom & Dad. For being the best and always loving me. Thank you for raising me to be who I am today. For always teaching me how to be responsible for my own self. Thank you Gram & Papa for having us here every year. It is one of my very favorite family traditions. I love you both! And I love seeing everyone every year. Thank you to my entire family. For being amazing. We always have the best time. All just a bunch of goof balls.  And thank you to my friends. You guys rock too.

& thank you to my Father in Heaven. For giving all of us the opportunity to be here today, and to become like him. Thank you to our brother and savior, Jesus Christ for sacrificing his life for us. For giving us the atonement so that one day we can return to them again.

xoxo
Happy Thanksgiving everyone!

Oreo cupcake anyone?

Made Oreo Cupcakes today. Obviously. 

They were for Stephie. (foreign exchange student from Norway)

They were a hit. And a total success. 

The Oreo in the actual cupcake was the perfect touch. 

Make them. 

Here is the recipe.

Ingredients

1 package Oreo Cookies, regular size

1 package Mini Oreo Cookies, for decoration (optional)

1 package chocolate cake mix (mix according to directions on box)

8 ounces cream cheese, room temperature

1/2 cup butter (1 stick), room temperature

3 3/4 cups powdered sugar

1 teaspoon vanilla extract

cupcake liners

Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Mix packaged cake mix according to directions (do not bake). Line cupcake tins with liner, place a regular size Oreo cookie in the bottom of each liner. Take 1/2 of remaining cookies and chop coarsely and add to cake mix. Fill the cupcake tins. Bake for 15 minutes (or according to box directions). While cupcakes are baking make the frosting.

Cream together butter and cream cheese. Add vanilla, then add powdered sugar slowly until blended well. Chop remaining regular-sized Oreos very fine (I put the cookies in the food processor instead of trying to chop them up super fine and it worked out really well). Add to frosting. After cupcakes have cooled frost and decorate with Mini Oreos.

New Design

New blog design!

I'm in love...

With this.

& this.

& this...

& this........

Should I go on? Maybe tomorrow. Good night. 

P.s. I made a pie tonight with two super cool people. & Church rocks. So does Mariah. Yay for phone calls. Life gets a little better and better everyday. 1 day till I see my favorite fam bam ever. Yee!

thank you smart crafty people.

These are incredible. Seriously I'm in love with them. I want to make them so bad. Bad enough that I am about to hop in my car and drive the whole five minutes to Walmart (the only store open at this hour) and buy materials for this lovely little project. Simply because tomorrow is Sunday, and well... that means lazy, crafty, have fun with myself day. And I must be prepared. You should make some too. That way we can both have cute things. HERE She shows you step by step. Lucky us. 

You know what else you should do? THIS.

I am seriously amazed by people in this world. They are so smart. And let me tell ya. I am so glad they share their smartness with us. Cause now we can pretend we are smart too. Yay for crafty smart people who make this world was cooler. 

we are family.

I have the coolest family. Not kidding, they are America's most wanted family. But too bad cause they are mine. Sorry kids, maybe next time. 

My parents: So in love. Sometimes I have to cover my eyes, and ears... at the same time... but I am so grateful. For parents who love each other so much. And who love their little kiddos. Who aren't so little anymore. Thanks Mom and Dad. For raising me right. For always teaching me how to love others. And how to be a hard worker, how to have a positive outlook on life, and how to laugh my head off. 

I can't wait to see them. Only 3 days. 

We will spend the whole 48 hours we have together snuggling, laughing and being awesome. Love you guys. to be continued...

too tired to blog.

I had to close tonight... I am sleepy. But I want to get married. Is that weird? I think I am going to go dream about it.

also.... can I have this ring? PLEASE.

And can I wear this?

one more thing....
I want to do it here.

thank you.
sweet dreams...

Holidays Schmolidays.

I'm a Google freak. I am obsessed with Googling. I'd say it is without a doubt one of my most favorite hobbies. Are you all aware of the incedible-ness of Google? Cause I am infatuated. I am in love. With Google everyone. Wanna know why I am so obsessed? I can get any idea and any kind of inspiration with the click of  a button. Or like six, but whatever. I am so excited about the holiday season. I have been Googling my little heart out. Getting inspired for this wonderous holiday season. I want to decorate and bake and sing and create! Roomie and I are going to host an "Ugly Sweater Party". We figure if we are stuck here we might as well make it worth while!

Check out this ADORABLE felt garland... I will definitively be ordering some of this lovely-ness.

I actually think I will just order some felt balls (since I really dont feel like making them myself) and make my own garland. That way I can pick and choose my own colors... yee!

I decorated my room a little today... Its still not done but it is definitely on its way to completion! Thank goodness. It is so much more fun to hang out it when it's decorated. Maybe I'm just weird... eh whatevaaaa. Here it is..

I think I am going to go hit the gym before I head to work. Lovely days for everyone I hope! xo

Kimberly Michelle James.

She thought I forgot her. BUT I DIDN'T. I simply talked about my day... not my weekend! But she is right. Everyone should know how much I love the guts out of this girl. She visited me yesterday. She is amazing. I really am blessed to have such an amazing friend as she. Kimmy... I love you! And I really love snuggling with you. Move in with me? Help me love my life? Thanks.

it's blog time everyone.

Today was a strange day. I think mostly because my emotions were all over the place. But I think I have finally gathered them all. I had to call out of work today. The last few days my tummy has decided to be in knots and hurt me so bad. Honestly the pain I have been in is indescribable. It is so miserable. But when I OD on Ibuprofen it usually helps subside the pain enough to let me be somewhat productive. This morning when I woke up I could hardly get myself to walk to the bathroom, but somehow I managed to make it to grocery store for about 15 minutes before it was completely necessary to lay down. Eh, hopefully I will be alright in the AM.

So... I bought ingredients to make Gluten-free cupcakes today! My lovely little roomie, Pasha is extremely sensitive to Gluten so every time I make something yummy... she never gets to have any. So this time I decided to make it Pasha-proof. I found the recipe here. After making the batter I tried some... YUCK. Seriously gross! But! The finished product was actually really yummy! I loved them! I was so excited.

ta-da! The finished product everyone!

Anyway. After all those shenanigans and after a few episodes of criminal minds I got to talk to Mariah. We talked for while and just caught up on life. Every time I talk to her I just want to go move to Utah and be right by her cause she is one of my very most favorite people in this entire world. If I could hug attack her right now I would be so for it. regardless of what she wanted. ha.

Lastly... I was all of a sudden feeling crafty and creative so... I whipped out my hot glue gun, some ribbon, and my lap shade and decked the heck out of it. Some people may think I am nuts and that I may have potentially ruined my lamp shade but honestly.... I really like it. It gives my room the little kick in the behind that it needed. If you tell what you think... I may love you forever.

                                                                        Light off.......

                                                                         Light on......!

Kinda cool? Yay? Nay?? ha. Whatever.

first off... Happy Halloween!

I hope everyone had a very Happy Halloween. Every year of Halloween that I can even remember my Mom has always made cornbread and chili. She decorates for Halloween like its Christmas, and she makes the cutest vegetable tray with all sorta of Halloween signs. She makes it the best holiday. Even though the tradition didn't continue this yeas, due to all the kids growing up and heading out I want my Mommy to know how much I LOVE that tradition. And one day.. when I have a family I really hope I can be that cool. And, although, I can't say I did anything too festive but I still had a good day. I was off work the last couple days and i definitely enjoyed catching up on some much needed sleep and being some-what productive. My friend and I decided to drive around downtown and check out everyone's costumes except for here's the catch! We didn't see one costume. Nope. Not even one. So we just rented a movie, grabbed a pizza and stayed in for the night. Worked for me! I figured I needed to have a little bit of spirit. So I dressed up at a Ninja Turtle... ha! Anyway... It's been a good & slightly productive day today but tomorrow is my first day of "dining room clean-up training". Which means I have to be at work very early. And at this rate I am looking at only a few hours of sleep. So... it's ta-ta for now. Oh and.. by the way...I love funny people.