Chick Flick

I just watched "One Fine Day"... totally reminded me of my sisters and family. <3
I love a good chick flick. I just smiled all the way through it and giggled! haha I felt like a giddy teenager again, but it was soooo cute! I want to watch another one. I rented 5 movies from the library today. (remember my love?) Anywho. I also got "Persuasion"--another chick flick-Jane Austen style. "Paying it Forward" is also among them. The other two are for Steven. Since he doesn't read this, I'll tell you the surprise-"Prince of Persia" and "The Pirates of Penzance." The latter makes me nervous but Steven thinks it would be a funny musical to see because of some of the songs.

Anywho.... I now know/am reminded of the craze over this man:

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That's right George Clooney.... is it ok to notice when a man is attractive when your married? I sure hope so. But of course, this is my favorite man:

Isn't he cute?! The best. I know. :)

Go do yourself a favor and go watch a favorite family chick flick. It will make you smile inside. :)

Did you see it?

My new page of course! It's kind of hidden. You should check it our and let me know what you think!
Do you think I can do it?
What are some items on your list? I need some more ideas for my 30 by 30! :)
Are you going to try it out?

P.S. I moved the songs to the bottom of the page. Hope that's ok! :)

I'm back...

....in the kitchen. The past couple of months (sad, I know) have been really hard in the kitchen. I felt like I couldn't make a lot of the yummy recipes due to such a small food budget. After some discouraging searching, I decided just to go for it. I started off small:

 with apple chips! They actually burned because I cut them extremely thin like the lady on the blog said to, but I don't think she knew of my awesome cutting skills. ;)

Next: Something really easy premade caramel wrapped around washed apples: Caramel apples!!! Yum!

stickin' them in the oven...yum! They were a hit. Thanks to Melissa and Rachel for helping out.

Not only that, but while we were with family this past weekend, we had some amazingly yummy food. :) Thanks to Jennie for being willing to cook for so many!

Here is one of my proudest moments. Last night, I told Steven I would have dinner ready. So, I made up a casserole. I think casseroles are my favorite. They have a rap for being pieced together and nasty sometimes, but I think they're creative and can taste yummy if you know what you're doing! I didn't have milk, bread, or tortillas. My staples for cooking, so I used:

leftover noodles from lunch

1 can of pinto beans, drained and rinsed

1 can of kidney beans, drained and rinsed

Majority of a big can of tomato sauce

1 tsp of garlic, minced

Basil, Oregeno, and very little parsley

topped with some cheese. 

Bake for 20 minutes at 350*F. Tada! Anywho. I got compliments from the hubby. It smelled and tasted delicious! P.S. I would use more cheese next time. Probably with some other tweaks. Maybe like looking more appealing. :)

 Here is my project for today:

 Homemade re-fried beans. I used this recipe, but I didn't let the fact that I didn't have all the ingredients get me down. I replaced whole garlic cloves with that Chef brand of already-minced-garlic, chopped dried onions,  and left out the coriander. I have enough spices to use already, no need to go buy some more! Anywho, I'm pretty sure I'll be back for good now. I'm sure the hubby's tummy will thank me later. 

Lesson learned: don't get overwhelmed and improvise! :)

Fell in Love

I fell in love today. I could be sweet and say I do everyday because of Steven, but although it's true a little gushy for me. I fell in love with this:

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That's right, the library! Not the campus library but the public library. I know the campus probably has the same books, but the feel of the public one is so much cooler. They have the sweetest ladies there to help you, and I love the fact that it rejuvenated my love for reading. I should have gotten a library card a lot sooner than my last semester. I think that YA books are cool, and I thought I liked reading them the most. But. After my search, I have discovered I love non-fiction. I'm glad I picked my major because I was drawn to the relationship, pregnancy (wish they had a baby name book, I love looking at baby names because Steven and I only agree on like one girl name. And no, I'm not pregnant.), children, cooking, time management, house organizing, and so on and so forth. I think I really like the idea of improving myself.

ALSO, the public library has DVDs.

FOR FREE!!!

I could go on my soap box and talk about how Steven and I don't really go to Redbox anymore because the movie selection has been lame. I'll be excited when some of the new summer ones finally come out.

I got Breakfast at Tiffany's (never seen) and Australia (never seen). I LOVE old movies. Actually rephrase. I just love OLD. I love old people, I love old movies, I love old etiquette/manners, I love old furniture, I love old clothes (so well made!), I love the style of a lot of their things. I'm talking like 60s and prior. I even love all the way back to 1700s. <3<3<3

One thing I am excited for is a book I got that I want to read with Steven- "Rediscovering Values: On Wall Street, Main Street, and Your Street" by Jim Wallis.
This brings on a confession. I think this is crucial to America. CRUCIAL. If everybody could just raise their personal values, I believe things could be a lot better. I need to, as well. I am so intrigued with my theory that I am looking for ways and ideas and executions to accomplish this. I want to raise awareness to at least my community on things like this. I don't have details, but it will be amazing. I could call it something like "One Family at a time."

Anywhooo, that's what I got out of my trip to the library, and I look forward to the day I have kids to take them there! So fun!

Funny Story: I walked up to the desk in the library and asked how to go about getting a card. "We need photo ID and verification of address. If you're under 18, you'll need parent's consent." So, I hand her my ID, clearly turned the way "Over 21." (PS Have you ever noticed that?) She then proceeds to tell me what I need to do. Then, bringing back the temp. code, she makes small talk and finds out I'm in college "Is it your first semester?"
"No. It's actually my last...." I must look really young. And I wonder if she noticed I'm married. I must move really fast to be married before my first semester. :)

Email Adress

Oh, my! I feel great! I just went through my gmail account and not only deleted most of the 1100 emails in there, but I unsubscribed to most of the stuff that junked it up. I will be able to function with it now. Hallelujah! It feels good to dejunk, even if it is virtually. :) That's my new favorite button. P.S. To speed things up, don't go chronologically. Just enter in something you know you don't read (ex. hip2save.com) and then select all and delete. I didn't think about that until tonight. Hope it helps you!

Washington, Part 2

So... my sister had a baby:

And we got to go see them! Not only for the mini-family reunion and baby blessing, but for another whole week! I love Liz, and I love her family. Their family name is now "The MEHWA's" in cyber world. I don't have all the pictures yet, but I wanted to start blogging about it before I forgot. Which happens a lot.... and I am not pregnant nor have I had babies, so I'm in REALLY big trouble here people. Everybody says that babies make your brain go to mush. Yikes....

The Monday after family left, we kind of cleaned up from the aftershock of the baby blessing bash. And just relaxed at the house. I don't have any pictures because pictures of cleaning? Not so fun.

Now Tuesday, we went Geo-cashing! (Spelling?) It's a GPS you can buy that hooks up this satellite that has coordinates for things people hide. Go look it up for more details. It will give you something to do. :)
Here's for the fun part--I actually have pictures!!!

Steven found it! 

Cheesy face

Hunter being silly!

Then Wednesday night we went miniature golfing....

 The boys had their fun climbing while waiting

 Boy, was it fun! And wowee I can tell you right now, I will NEVER be professional or anything near it. At one hole, I swatted at that stinkin' ball 5 times! No joke! And missed!! My depth perception must be off because that is not right my friends. Not right.

Thursday:

 We went on a date to Subway (Italian BMT is still my favorite. <3) followed by Wally World

 We picked up some presents for the boys... (P.S. My "tissue paper" was actually some Wal-Mart bags upside down with the print toward the inside...too bad this would probably not be socially acceptable b/c I thought it looked pretty decent)

 William enjoyed watching Hunter open his present....

 Now it's William's turn! (Hunter got a yo-yo).

 William was SO excited for his ball. :)

William threw his new ball

 Then, I told Hunter to get a blanket and we played with it. You know, where the kid sits/lays in it and you shoot backwards as fast as you can (usually little bursts)... I don't know what it's called, but forever now on in my family it will be known as... "blanket slide." Yep, that sounds good.

I've officially decided that I love little kids.

So stinkin' fun.

How does she?

So, there's this girl. Her name is Sydney. She is quite hilarious, ok ok really hilarious. She is a friend of a friend. I don't even actually know her, but that's what makes blogging so fun, right?

Attention: All of my pregnant friends. Go do me a favor and go read her blog--especially the Awkward/Awesome Thursday posts (make sure you have a clear way to the bathroom. I've heard being pregnant can be brutal that way). I was telling Steven about it (that's kind of what you have to do when you bust up laughing for no apparent reason). Steven laughed, too. But he doesn't get how someone can be so blunt and open and say things nobody else does. I said that's the best part about it! Everybody thinks it, but NOBODY says anything about it. My secret is that I wish I could be like that.


Not only does she have this amazing blog, but she has another AMAZING blog.

My question(s):
How does she do it?! It is amazing. She can keep up with two blogs and still do things to actually blog about. And where did they get those amazing photography skills? And how does she afford such dang cute clothes? And accessories and makeup?

I'm sitting here turning greener by the minute. I'll get over it. She is almost the cutest pregnant woman I've seen.

The End.