Some of my favorite things!

Now I know I am not Oprah but I can have some favorite things right?
Stephen and I just found this new product by Kellogg's... Strawberry filled Nutri-Grain waffles. They are delicious! The only thing I don't like is that only 6 come in a box, but good thing I love Wal-Mart so I can get more! Yummy!

Netflix - I love this program, it is great when I come home and my husband has picked up the mail and there is a red envelope in the mail that brings us joy basically to our door (if we didn't have a P.O. Box it would be to our door!) The best part about this program that my great friend Sarah told me about is the Netflix Instant option. I can listen to my favorite shows at work. I get sick of the same music over and over again but this is a nice option! Of course I have to listen to shows I have watched before or know about so I am not tempted to watch them at work, so see another great thing, it tests my self control... and guess what so far, I am doing very well with that!
I guess that brings me to my next thing, I love 30 rock, it is such a funny show, some of the funniest lines I have ever heard in my life are on that show. I look like an idiot listening to that at work because I am cracking up while I am entering training details into a spreadsheet, which is not at all funny!
I love love love the Ped Egg! The commercials are awful and it is an "as seen on TV" product but it is amazing, I think it is better than paying for a pedicure from a professional. It is a great product and cheap.

My brother Jake. Yesterday I was hanging out with my mom and Jake came upstairs to tell us a funny story. Someone from Qwest came to their house and asked if it was the "Child" residence (my maiden name!) and Jake responded with a serious face and said it is actually pronounced "Chill-ad" and the Qwest guy apologized and corrected himself! The Qwest guy was trying to get them to order television with them, but they already have Comcast. Anyway, I can't believe we haven't been using that one for years, it would be great to say to solicitors on the phone! He he very clever!

Most of all, I just love my husband, he is amazing. Don't want to be too cheesy but everyday I learn something new about him that makes me love him just a little more. I can't believe I found someone that I can be completely myself with and be more honest with him than I have ever been with even myself and he still loves me. He is the most supportive person. I just love him! Good thing I married him, huh?

My Website is UP!!!!!

Finally! I have figured it out and my site is up. There are still more cards I want to design and list on the website but at least I have something started!!!!!

Check it out!

my valentine

So valentines day this year was perfect! Stephen and I just spent the day together and had a great time. We gave each other some gifts, Stephen got me three cute pairs of earrings.

I gave him a jar with 101 reasons why I love him, individually written on white and pink pieces of paper. (inspired by http://believeittoseeit.blogspot.com/2008/02/valentines-breakfast-with-my.html which I found from http://www.tipjunkie.com/ - great site!)

Then I gave him some shirts for us to wear when we go to see Flight of the Conchords in May (the tickets were a gift from me for both of us)! My lovely mother spent some time with me this week to help me make the shirts!

He had a Jr. Jazz game in the morning and while he was out I made him the best chocolate cake ever with homemade frosting that I added pink food coloring to, so it would be festive. Then we went to La Cocina with my mom for lunch were I gave her a book of "52 reasons why I love" her. I heard about this project from my friend and coworker Natalie, I found one on http://www.tipjunkie.com/ but I googled it to find something a little different and was inspried to make my version from http://herandmescrappin.blogspot.com/2007/06/52-reasons-i-love-you-dad.html really fun stuff!

Then we did our weekly grocery shopping (how romantic right?) When we got home we watched a couple of movies, the first one was "My Sassy Girl", I didn't really like it and it was a chick flick so that is weird, Stephen thought it was alright. The next one was "The girl in the cafe" it was named the best made for TV movie so we didn't have high hopes for it, but it was done by HBO and it was very interesting and quite a good movie. Then we both put on aprons and cooked dinner together, it was a lot of fun and quite cute, if I do say so myself. The food was delicious, I was very impressed with ourselves, and super impressed that Stephen went out and found the recipe on his own. It was steak lover's fettuccine alfredo.

Of course I had to take a picture with the Dr. Pepper, it makes any of my meals complete!

Steak Lover's Fettuccine Alfredo Recipe - from http://www.razzledazzlerecipes.com/

1 ounce clarified butter (we used just plain old butter out of laziness, and it was great!)

4 ounces beef tenderloin tips

1 cup broccoli, red pepper, portabella strips (we cooked the portabella on the side so Stephen wouldn't have to have any!)

1/4 cup corn, scallion, red and green peppers (small diced) (we did not add corn or red peppers)

1 tablespoon fresh garlic

1 cup heavy cream

1/2 cup fresh Parmesan

8 ounces cooked pasta1 tablespoon sliced green onion

Heat butter. Sear meat and add veggies. Add heavy cream and reduce down. Add Parmesan cheese. When it begins to thicken add to pasta. Serve hot, topped with scallions and Parmesan cheese.

We then finished up the night by watching "The Holiday" I just love that movie! And then we enjoyed the yummy cake that I made earlier, it really was the best and I don't even like chocolate cake that much!

THE BEST Chocolate Cake EVER Recipe - from http://www.kevinandamanda.com/ (I love that girl, my favorite site right now!)

1 box devil’s food cake mix

1 package Jello instant chocolate pudding mix

1 cup sour cream

1 cup vegetable oil

4 eggs, beaten

1/2 cup milk

2 tsp vanilla

2 cups mini semisweet chocolate chips

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.

In a VERY large bowl (4 qt), mix together everything except chocolate chips. Batter will be thick. Stir in the chocolate chips. Pour batter into cake pan of choice (I normally use two 9-inch pie pans). For cooking time, I use the cooking times on the back of the devil’s food cake box as a guide and usually add 10 mins to whatever it says. Then I do the toothpick check, and if it’s not done, I check on it every 5 mins after that. :) It usually takes around 45 mins for two, 9-inch pie pans.

Buttercream Frosting - from http://www.kevinandamanda.com/ as well!

1 cup shortening (crisco)

4 cups powdered sugar

1/4 tsp salt2 tsp vanilla extract

1/3 cup heavy whipping cream

(we added neon pink food coloring!)

In a mixing bowl, cream shortening until fluffy. Add sugar and continue creaming until well blended. Add salt, vanilla, and whipping cream. Blend on low speed until moistened. Beat at high speed until frosting is fluffy.

Overall it was a great day together!

I hope you all had a great day as well!

Crafter

So I decided that I want to stay at home and just craft all day! I am feeling super creative right now... which is good because I need to finish up my samples for my website so I can get that up and rolling and it is almost the weekend so I can get started on that! I am excited for valentines day tomorrow. Such a fun holiday, I don't take it too seriously, I just am excited to have a fun and loving day with my husband... who by the way sent me beautiful tulips to celebrate February 11th! What a lucky girl I am!

I am making the best chocolate cake ever, from www.kevinandamanda.com it is pretty much my favorite site right now, although I have found some super cute ones today! Her enchiladas and mac and cheese are sooo good and quite easy to make! Oh and she has some really cute fonts to download for FREE! on there and so I love her even more! You should check it out if you want to get some good ideas and cute fonts!

I want to learn how to make digital scrapbooking paper and templates. I make my cards and they are really cute but ya know, I could just do so much more, but I don't really know where to start. I think I should take a class and get some more knowledge of photoshop for sure! I'll let ya know how that goes.

Everything else is great so far in this world, I like my job, I am getting more used to it, I have an amazing husband and I am just overall happy as can be!

Have a fabulous friday and thanks for reading!