Lent

So, I attempted to stay dessert free for hmm about one day! :-) I made these delicious Marble Cheesecake Brownies and couldn't resist trying one. With that being said, I'm giving up something different for Lent in hopes of actually committing to it and being able to keep my vow. I'm decided to give up Pop. I don't drink a lot of pop, but I drink enough to want to stop. So, my new goal is no Pop for the next 39 days! :-) We'll see how this one goes!

I got my wonderful recipe from a new baking cookbook my mom bought me for Christmas. It's called The Taste of Home Baking Book and it is amazing! I've only made two dishes out of it so far, but they did not disappoint! Get yours today!!

Lent

So, growing up it wasn't a huge deal in our family to give up something for lent. We aren't Catholic and therefore; we can still eat meat on Fridays, etc... I've decided this year that it would be beneficial and even healthy for me to give something up. I've decided to give up chocolate and cakes. Now, if you don't know me, you wouldn't know my obsession with Chocolate! I love Chocolate Kisses, Hershey Bars, Cookies, any kind of cake, etc... So, it is the start of a long 40 days for me. We'll see if I can do it. I'm sure my husband is doubtful, because there's always something chocolatey or dessert like in our home..... We also have a dinner party tonight where I am in charge of bringing the dessert!! Yikes! It will take some great willpower to pass up something I've made myself.... We'll see how everyone else likes my chocolate cheesecake brownies, as I will hopefully not know how delicious they are! :-)

What have you given up for Lent? Anything? Wish me luck!

Sick....

It's been a few days since my last blog.... I had the flu that is apparently going around. Trust me, it sneaks up like you wouldn't believe! Oddly enough, my friend Katie and I had it at the exact same time though she lives about 4 hours away from me! Very strange. I took Tuesday off and went home early today because I still was not feeling up to being at work. I will be back in full force tomorrow! I will leave you with this very cute picture of our 3 children! :-) enjoy!!

This Week

Ahh It's finally Thursday! This week has been a whirlwind! Some days speeding by while others go in slow motion! Monday was spent at home working on paper #2, which mind you was to be about 20-30 pages.... Yuck, well I finished mine. Ending up being a whopping 22 pages! Right where it should have been. We'll see the results next week. For those of you who don't know... I'm getting my masters in School Counseling, so that's why I'm writing these papers. Tuesday I was spent, still finishing up my paper before I submitted the final product. Wednesday I had class and here we are, Thursday. My wonderful hubby has been working his butt off and I owe him a huge Thank-you! He's been putting in 11-13 hour days everyday this week! His thinking is that while others are getting laid off, he might as well work the overtime and get paid for it. I'm so fortunate to have a husband who is willing to work and to be a hard worker at that. He never complains about working and about where the money goes. Sometimes I can't believe how lucky I am to have ended up with this man. He is very good at making me happy in simple easy ways. So, this is my huge thank you to him for all of the wonderful things he does for the both of us. Without him, I don't know where I would be. :-) He is amazing!

With that being said, we are looking forward to a weekend full of projects! We will be:

finishing the new entryway- tearing up the entryway into the garage to re due- cuddling on the couch watching a movie- shopping for window treatments- cooking dinner together- watching my little second cousin Emmy on Saturday, can't wait!- relaxing on Sunday- catching up on some housework and laundry- and simply enjoying the days off work! (Except for my hubby, he'll probably work a few ours this weekend too, ugg... it's never ending!)

Hope you have wonderful plans for the weekend as well! :-) Enjoy!

Wedding Bliss.........

So, I'm finally getting around to posting a few pics from our wedding..... First, I have to tell you a little about it. We were married on October 4th, 2008 in Iowa. We had our wedding outside at an Arboretum (sort of like a Botanical Gardens) I looked at the weather daily {read: hourly} for about the entire two weeks before the wedding! Needless to say, that only made matters worse. I even bought pink & black umbrella's to match the wedding party for pictures in case of rainy weather. Well, it was suppose to be 58 degrees and a 60% chance of rain... Yuck right? Turns out, the day of our wedding it couldn't have been more perfect. God had truly blessed us with the perfect day. It was 64 degrees and sunny with blue sky's!!! I knew right then and there that He was watching over us! With that being said, the girls weren't too cold and the guys weren't too hot. *PERFECT*
So, here are a few pictures for you all:

Valentines Day

I stole this from Chelsea, because I thought it was absolutely beautiful!
Brought to us by: Jennifer Squires

So, we've never really celebrated much for Valentines Day, but I am in love with cards. My hubby could get me a card for every holiday and he would melt my heart. I just think that they are the most personal gift because you have to stand there and pick one for the special person in your life. Then he knows he has to write something inside just for me. What's on the card is cute, but it's what he writes that makes me love it so much.... I know he will not disappoint this year! I can't wait to see what he has in store. But in the mean time, my bigger gift was a purse I've been wanting for quite sometime now! Here it is in cream, but mine is black!

I love it so far! Remember, mine's even cuter because it's black!! :-)







I hope you all have a great Valentines Day with the one you love! Let me know how you celebrated! Our night will go as such:

Cooking a spaghetti dinner together
Having wine by candle light
Cuddling up on the couch to watch a movie!

What a perfect Valentines Day!!

Earth Hour

Here's a great way to show you care about our environment without hardly any effort!

On March 28, 2009 at 8:30 p.m., local time, World Wildlife Fund is asking individuals, businesses, governments and organizations around the world to turn off their lights for one hour -- Earth Hour -- to make a global statement of concern about climate change and to demonstrate their commitment to finding solutions. Turn out. Take action. Be part of this historic event.


Found at the lovely Nothing Else Matters Blog, it's a way we can all give back by cutting back. It only takes one hour!