Just Cause its Thursday

So i wasnt going to blog today but because its thursday and everyone is getting excited for the end of the week to be here but yet its still quite not here. i just wanted to post a picture to hopefully give you a lil chuckle so that your day can be a little brighter.


Happy thursday to you all!! :D

We are Home/Pinterest!

We made it back safely Monday afternoon and even though vacations are great makes ya realize how much you love home! :D

I will post some pics and info about our trip sometime this week hopefully!

I take my state boards to become a licensed registered nurse a week from today... Ahhhh! im scared out of my mind! So just finishing up my studies to hopefully be prepared! Cross your fingers and pray for me please!!

Other than that simon is back at work and has been told they might start doing 10 hour shifts again, start doing more weekends again, and some night shifts are in the near future. Like the money, but makes me miss my husband. He is such a dedicated worker though! :D
So my step dad has been really busy as well and has been working days and nights. So i texted my mom and told her simon will be working some nights here soon so told her we need to have a slumber party!! :D this will be my first night alone in our new place... kinda nervous!

So i have found a new website that i just love and had to post cause i know Jessica will love it as well. I heard about it from my sister in law Cara while in texas.

Go to.... Pinterest.com
You wont regret it lol. Its an inspiration board where people just post pictures of things they love or are just cool.
So these are a few pics i have saved in my new picture folder in my computer labeled Pinterest.
1: So very very true. I may be pale but at least its real and not fake lol
Rasberry Ice cubes!! So cute for a party or just yourself! I posted these cupcakes for you Jess. I cant think of the name of that candy but i know you can get it at any grocery store. Love these cupcakes! Makes me want to make cupcakes lol A "Book" shelf... Sooooo cute! I will definitely have this in my house one day!

Anyway there is just an idea of some of the things you can find on Pinterest.com



Todays Funny Picture actually comes from Pinterest. I got quite a chuckle out of it!





Have a Great Day!!

Texas in 2 days!! :D

In a matter of T-minus 2 days we will be landing in Texas :D Gonna spend some amazing fun with this beautiful family (Yes, this picture is almost a year and a half old but its from when we were last in Texas)



My sister in law Cara has been filling up our 10 days of being there. We are going to Corpus Christi Beach monday through wednesday, my bro and sis in law got a beach house :D . Going to go see a fresh water spring, gonna go paint some pottery and try some apparently amazing monte cristo sandwiches, swim in the pool, have a bday party for my nephews 3rd birthday, go shopping, and im sure many more things! :D Super excited!!

Anyway, other than preparing to go to texas all i do during the day is study for my NCLEX to get my nurses license. I take it May 25th!! :D wish me luck!
Im getting my hair cut today and thinned!! I couldnt be happier, especially to be going to hot humid texas!
We are loving our new place. Its perfect for me and simon and my dog. However my dog is really lonely so we are going to have to get another dog at some point but first we need to get a fence up. Me and my mom still talk a million times a day or text lol
Anyway just wanted to do a little update on our lives. Not much is going on!


so i wanna post a picture every now and then that is funny or just interesting to hopefully make you smile! This weeks picture is when we were in texas for christmas 2009. We went to the Ripleys Believe it or not building and this is the tallest guy ever in comparison to simon.

Have a great rest of the week and weekend! :D

Frito Corn Salad

Simon wanted BLTs for dinner and i was gonna make this amazing macaroni salad but you have to make it in more advanced... i will make it and post the recipe at some point. So i totally forgot to make this so i thought of this salad that had fritos and corn in it at this fourth of july thing i went too. So i googled salad with fritos and corn and HA guess what... its actually called Frito Corn Salad, kinda chuckled to myself about that lol.

Frito corn Salad from http://www.food.com/recipe/frito-corn-salad-88251?scaleto=8&mode=null&st=true

you will need:
1 can whole kernel corn
1/2 cup diced green or red pepper
1/2 cup diced onion
1/2 cup mayo (give or take. just until its a nice mixture)
Shredded cheese
Frito Corn Chips (as much as you want, i personally love crunchy)

Directions;
1: mix corn, peppers, onions and mayo together and chill
2: add in fritos right before eating.

Now here is what i did based on some of the Reviews of this recipe

I made two bowls cause i dont like peppers or onions. So i put them in simons bowl. I used whole kernel corn and some sweet white corn. I salted and peppered the corn before adding the mayo. I then totally forgot the cheese.
It was so good! We enjoyed this with out BLTs, we decided its a nice summer meal, even though its not summer haha.


So we are sitting there eating and simon goes.... so is yours just fritos and corn, i laughed and said yup!! :D Then i laughed even more cause my BLTS are just BLs, i dont like the tomato on the sandwich. So apparently im boring haha. But i liked this salad so much i might make it my official salad i make for family functions! MMmm.
so i borrowed simons sandwich for the picture haha

Caramel Popcorn

I have been craving caramel popcorn soooo much lately! So finally i got some corn syrup and could make it. Now this caramel popcorn is special to me. It reminds me of my husbands sister that passed away. She loved this popcorn! One night Simon and I went for a sleepover at her house and all she wanted to do was eat pizza and caramel popcorn and then watch chick flicks! We watched Maid in Manhattan and The Wedding Date. That night i will never forget. Then in 2008 she was in the hospital for a long time before she finally passed away. So i made this popcorn and took it up to her. Even in this time of saddness and suffering she always new how to crack jokes and make you smile. She had a big mask on for her oxygen and to eat she had to unsnap it, put food in her mouth and then resnap it. It was an annoying process. So she took HUGE handfuls of the popcorn and shoved it in her mouth, i was just laughing! I miss her dearly.

Anyway now that im done tearing up... sorry if it made you cry Cara.

Now im sure there is nothing so fantastic about this popcorn could just be my story with it that makes it so fantastic for me.

Caramel Popcorn

You will need:
4-6 Quarts popcorn
2 cups brown sugar
1 cup butter
1/2 cup lite corn syrup
1 tsp baking soda
1 tsp vanilla
dash salt

1: Bring brown sugar, butter and corn syrup to a boil.
2: add in baking soda, vanilla and salt until foamy.
3: pour over popped popcorn and mix. (it may seem kind of weird at first but once the caramel cools down it looks normal lol)

Easter Dinner!

So i had the great pleasure of being able to invite my parents and our family friend over to OUR house for Easter Dinner! :D I was so excited!
I made twice baked potatoes, a pork roast, rolls, and corn. And a yellow cake for dessert. I know i know weird that we didnt have strawberry shortcake but i made dinner based off what i had in the house.
So thought i would post the meal and some directions on how to make some of these things if you have never tried before or just want something different to do with your meat and potatoes lol


So here is the roast... i know sorry not a great picture, im bad at remembering to take pictures when they are out on the plate lol. But dont let this horrible picture stop you from trying this amazing pork roast out for yourself!

Now its really simple
All you need is:
1 pork roast
1 onion diced
Yoshidas Original Gourmet Teryaki sauce
water

1: Put the roast in the crock pot on high for 3-5 hours. (It all depends on how big the roast is) Season with whatever herbs plus salt and pepper you prefer. You can always start on high and then turn to low if it is cooking faster then you are wanting it too.
2: Add in diced onion, 1/2 cup of water or so, and as much Yoshidas as you would like. (Yoshidas is the secret to this flavorful roast, no other teriyaki sauce will give it this same flavor. Besides once you try yoshidas you wont go back lol)
3: Cook till it pulls apart and enjoy!!



Sorry for again the bad picture... 1: its sideways 2: this is before the cheese ontop and re-baked.

These are really easy as well... the main trick with this is getting big russet potatoes. (yes, im from idaho)

Anyway you will need:
However many potatoes you want (remember 1 potatoes= 2 twice baked potatoes)
shredded cheddar cheese ( i like it cheesy)
milk
sour cream
ranch packets
salt and pepper.

1: Bake potatoes in the oven at 350 degrees for 1-1 1/2 hours. Take out and let cool down.
2: Split in half and use a spoon to spoon out the potato into a big bowl.
3: Add however much milk and sour cream to it is smooth and creamy.
4: Add Salt and Pepper and Ranch to the taste that you like. During this process i usually am taste testing quite a bit lol
5: Mix in as much shredded cheese as you like (as i mentioned earlier i love it cheesy)
6: Spoon back into potato shells with shredded cheese on top and put back into the over for 15 minutes and until cheese is melted.

Enjoy!!

Hope everyones Easter was a good as mine was!!

Chicken Pesto Pizza!

I totally forgot to take a picture of this pizza... but i used the same dough recipe as the Chicken alfredo pizza in the recipe below, along with the Garlic Butter and Chicken.
The only thing that is different is that i dont make an alfredo sauce lol
I just bought a bottle of premade pesto

So basically the pesto goes in place of the alfredo sauce!! :D

Ps- forgot to state that the tomatoes are an added thing i did with the pizzas.

Next time i make ill post a pic, but all in all in looks the same as the previous pizza just with some green stuff on it lol


Enjoy!!