Wednesday, October 29, 2008

Mouth-watering!

So I roasted pumpkin seeds for my very first time and they are SO GOOD! I've been patting myself on the back for how scrumptious they are!

Here's how I made them...


I let the seeds sit out overnight on the cookie sheet to dry and I though "hey, I should put some seasoning on them now and let them sit and soak it up!" (Best idea ever!)


The next day I melted 4 tablespoons of butter and mixed in the seasoning (I used Devarels (sp?) and garlic powder, but you can use whatever you fancy!) then I poured the butter and seasoning over the seeds, covered the bowl and shook it like crazy to cover every last seed. Pre-heat the oven to 300 F and bake for 45 minutes (or until golden brown) stirring occasionally! I hope you all enjoy as much as I (and Trish) did!!!

Tuesday, October 28, 2008

Gearing up...

For Halloween!!! Last night me and Daniel carved our pumpkins (even though I am feeling like crap...I didn't want to put it off another day!)
This year I decided that I wanted to try and roast the seeds...I'll have to let you know how they turn out! BTW, my husband nearly throws up every time he sticks his hand in the pumpkin...seriously he gags every time! He can't stand the texture or the smell, so I have to do all the DIRTY work! But I don't mind at least he's willing to carve pumpkins and spend time with his wifey-poo!

And here is the final product..His is on the left (the goofy one) and mine is on the right! Uber fun! I love this holiday, I just can't bring myself to decorate my house too much...I think I'll save that for when we have babies! (don't get any ideas...it will be at least 4 years til that happens!)

Monday, October 20, 2008

Eat.Sleep.TV.

Now that's what I call vacation. We went to AZ over the weekend with Daniel and his parents. We went to go see his little bro Tom play soccer. (They won the game...so it made it worth the entire trip!!!) We had a blast and I love spending time with my husband and his family. But I can't believe how much I ate!!! wow! I think I put on about 20 lbs. this weekend alone. I just have to hit the gym extra hard this week to work it all off!!! (yeah, we'll see if that really happens!)


I did bring the camera...but forgot to take it with me whenever we actually left the hotel! So no pics...I am so lame!!!


I was most excited to come home to this...
How could you NOT miss a face this cute?!!??


Wednesday, October 8, 2008

QUITTER!

So I made it. 6 months. At the beginning of this journey of quiting smoking I never thought that I would get this far. I still have a hard time and still have cravings, they just aren't as bad as when I first quit. I have the hardest time when I get bored. I miss having something to do during those times. So to help me through the boring and tough times I painted my fingernails and toenails. I also got back into drawing and sketching. I think it helped to be doing something (anything) with my hands!



When me and Daniel started dating, we told each other "if you ever quit I will too". He quit chewing, so I quit smoking. He has been my crutch through this whole thing. When he could tell that I was having a hard time, he would start rubbing my shoulders or tickling my feet to help get me through the moment (or hour). So I owe a lot of my success to him! THANK YOU HONEY!

Saturday, October 4, 2008

Daniel's Project

So Daniel has been working on getting grass into the backyard. Not an easy task considering this is what he had to work with...If you notice behind us the over grown weeds. This was the only pic I could find that shows even just a little bit of the "jungle" (if you'll just take notice to the Round-up bottle next to me, we had already started the long task of killing the weeds and vines). This isn't even the worst of it...when we call it a "jungle" we are not exaggerating. We had weeds that were higher then the fence and vines EVERYWHERE. (BTW, I quite smoking...it will be 6 months on 10/08/08)
This is after hubby worked for weeks on the backyard. He killed then pulled everything (but the trees in the corners and a couple of evergreen bushes). TAH-DAH!!! This is the finished product! I can't believe how much room there is in our backyard now. We got grass just in time for winter.yeah. But I'm not complaining...really...I am so happy that it's finally done! Now Monty has a place to run free!


Friday, October 3, 2008

My SMALL taste of motherhood...

So as you all know we got a puppy on Sept. 20. He has been so much fun! and it's been a blast watching him grow and become more cordinated! The only gripe I have about him is that fact that I have to get up at 3:30 in the morning to let him out to go "potty".ugh. Daniel means well and tells me that he'll do it...He just doesn't hear the alarm go off and I don't have the heart to wake him up when I'm already awake. The worst part about it is when I put 'lil Monty back into his crate for the rest of the night all he does is WHINE.

This is Monty 5 days after we brought him to his new home.
AHH. Puppy kisses and breath!!! This 'lil guy chews on anything he can get his mouth on. We learned really quick that the shoes are going to be put away as soon as we get home! I consider that to be an added bonus to getting Monty...I don't have shoes scattered all over in the living room!I absolutley love taking pics of him! Here are just a few of my MANY!As you probably guessed I can't get enough of this pup! I love him to death and he was the perfect addition to our small family!