Questions

So Mrs.MillerTime posted this list of questions. Looks like fun so I will join in!


WERE YOU NAMED AFTER ANYONE? No, but my middle name is the same as my mom's.
WHEN WAS THE LAST TIME YOU CRIED? When C gave me my anniversary card (see post below, it is really sweet).
DO YOU LIKE YOUR HANDWRITING? Not really.
WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE LUNCH MEAT? Pepperoni
DO YOU HAVE KIDS? Just a cat here.
IF YOU WERE ANOTHER PERSON WOULD YOU BE FRIENDS WITH YOU? hopefully!
DO YOU USE SARCASM A LOT? depends
DO YOU STILL HAVE YOUR TONSILS? yes.
WOULD YOU BUNGEE JUMP? Sounds like fun!
WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE CEREAL? Honey nut cheerios.
DO YOU UNTIE YOUR SHOES WHEN YOU TAKE THEM OFF? No.
DO YOU THINK YOU ARE STRONG? Compared to what?
WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE ICE CREAM? mint chocolate chip or almost anything at Amy's.
WHAT IS THE FIRST THING YOU NOTICE ABOUT PEOPLE? eyes.
RED OR PINK? orange
WHAT IS THE LEAST FAVORITE THING ABOUT YOURSELF? my height.
WHO DO YOU MISS THE MOST? My sister and best friend.
DO YOU WANT EVERYONE TO SEND THIS BACK TO YOU? No; just put it in your blog. :)
WHAT COLOR SHOES ARE YOU WEARING? I am currently barefoot.
WHAT WAS THE LAST THING YOU ATE? cake.
WHAT ARE YOU LISTENING TO RIGHT NOW? No Doubt's Tragic Kingdom
IF YOU WERE A CRAYON, WHAT COLOR WOULD YOU BE? Burnt Sienna
FAVORITE SMELLS? Grass, laundry, C's cologne.
WHO WAS THE LAST PERSON YOU TALKED TO ON THE PHONE? Stephanie
DO YOU LIKE THE PERSON WHO SENT THIS TO YOU? I like Mrs.MillerTime, she always has fun stuff in her blog!
FAVORITE SPORTS TO WATCH? Soccer or Track & Field
Hair Color? Brown
EYE COLOR? Blue
DO YOU WEAR CONTACTS? Yes
FAVORITE FOOD? Cheese, chocolate, or pepperoni.
SCARY MOVIES OR HAPPY ENDINGS? Happy endings
LAST MOVIE YOU WATCHED? WALL-E
WHAT COLOR SHIRT ARE YOU WEARING? Orange
HUGS OR KISSES? Kisses!
FAVORITE DESSERT? anything chocolate
MOST LIKELY TO RESPOND? Probably SMD. She's likes to participate.
LEAST LIKELY TO RESPOND Anyone that doesn't read my blog!
WHAT BOOK ARE YOU READING NOW? Something Blue
WHAT IS ON YOUR MOUSE PAD? Frog
WHAT DID YOU WATCH ON TV LAST NIGHT? Project Runway.
FAVORITE SOUND? rain
ROLLING STONES OR BEATLES? Beatles
WHAT IS THE FARTHEST YOU HAVE BEEN FROM HOME? Mexico
DO YOU HAVE A SPECIAL TALENT? It's a secret...
WHERE WERE YOU BORN? Jacksonville, IL
WHOSE ANSWERS ARE YOU LOOKING FORWARD TO GETTING BACK? Anyone!!

The Perfect Card

As always C found the most perfect card ever for our anniversary. I should explain so that when you watch the video you will understand better. For starters, when we were introduced for the first time to our wedding reception guests, we entered to the song Happy Together by The Turtles. Secondly C wrote what he says in this card in the card he gave me on our wedding day. You'll need to have the volume up to hear the card.


Isn't it the best card ever!? Who knew you could record your own messages?

Happy Anniversary to me!

It's been two wonderful years since our wedding. Tonight we will be going to the Melting Pot for dinner with a private booth! I can't wait to open my anniversary card, C always finds the perfect card and writes the best notes!

Looking forward to many more happy years to come! :)

#16 buy dressers!

Since we got married and moved to Austin, we have not had dressers. This has been a major struggle between us. C didn't think it was any big deal not have any. However, stacking your underwear on a bookcase is not so great. Especially when your cat loves to sneak into the closet and bat all of your neatly folder underwear onto the floor. With our tax return and a great sale we were able to find beautiful solid oak dressers for a great price. The dressers came unstained with hideous, tiny, wooden knobs. Our mission; turn them into pieces we will love forever! I think they turned out way better than expected for our first time staining :)

Before:

New beautiful knobs:

C's dresser after: My dresser after:

#94 Swim every day for a week

Out of the last 11 days I have gone swimming 9 times. I am therefore calling this goal done. Pictured above are my mom and sister hanging out in the pool with me at the apartment complex. I love swimming!! Hopefully all this simming has established a habit of hitting up the pool on a regular basis.

#93 No TV for a week!

With my mom and sister recently being in for 8 days, I had no reason to watch TV. I made it a whole week with no TV. On their last night we did watch an hour of TV, but it had already been 7 days! yay! I thought that this one would be super tough, but I have triumphed :)

I will leave you with a picture from their trip. This was taken at Zilker botanical gardens. As some of you may remember, my mom broke her leg and had to have surgery. She is doing quite well and is walkng around on a cane and air cast.

#96 Breakfast in Bed

Two weekends ago I was awakened by the delicious smell of freshly made cinnamon coffee cake. C had gotten up early and made the delicious cake. He delivered it to me in bed along with the Sunday paper, the cat, and fluffed my pillow up. Gotta love him :)

#52 - 6 more books!

Man am I behind on blogging!! First book up is Sophie Kinsella's Can you Keep a Secret? I must say that this was a very funny book! It is a perfect light-hearted summer read. I give this book to thumbs way up. Here is a brief synopsis:

Meet Emma Corrigan, a young woman with a huge heart, an irrepressible spirit, and a few little secrets:
Secrets from her mother:
I lost my virginity in the spare bedroom with Danny Nussbaum while Mum and Dad were downstairs watching Ben-Hur.
Sammy the goldfish in my parents’ kitchen is not the same goldfish that Mum gave me to look after when she and Dad were in Egypt.
Secrets from her boyfriend:
I weigh one hundred and twenty-eight pounds. Not one eighteen, like Connor thinks.
I’ve always thought Connor looks a bit like Ken. As in Barbie and Ken.
From her colleagues:When Artemis really annoys me, I feed her plant orange juice. (Which is pretty much every day.)
It was me who jammed the copier that time. In fact, all the times.
Secrets she wouldn’t share with anyone in the world:
My G-string is hurting me.
I have no idea what NATO stands for. Or even what it is.

Until she spills them all to a handsome stranger on a plane. At least, she thought he was a stranger.But come Monday morning, Emma’s office is abuzz about the arrival of Jack Harper, the company’s elusive CEO. Suddenly Emma is face-to-face with the stranger from the plane, a man who knows every single humiliating detail about her. Things couldn’t possibly get worse—Until they do.

This is another great murder mystery book by Denise Swanson. If you love murder mysteries then you should give this series a shot. You get so attached to the main characters and rather sad that it takes here a whole year to get the next book out. Again a synopsis:

Grandma Sal's Soup-To-Nuts Cooking Challenge is coming to town, and Skye Denison is entering. And though she can't solve the mystery of the perfect mousse, murder is another story. Because a cocky contestant has been found delectably drowned in a chocolate fountain...

I enjoyed this book, but it was a little slow. The main character, Rachel, often has flashbacks or the need to describe her current actions because of past events. In the end the book picked up speed and was a good read. I will most likely read its sequel which follows up the second book, but is told from the other person's point of view. Here is the back cover synopsis again:

Something Borrowed tells the story of Rachel, a young attorney living and working in Manhattan. Rachel has always been the consummate good girl---until her thirtieth birthday, when her best friend, Darcy, throws her a party. That night, after too many drinks, Rachel ends up in bed with Darcy's fiancé. Although she wakes up determined to put the one-night fling behind her, Rachel is horrified to discover that she has genuine feelings for the one guy she should run from. As the September wedding date nears, Rachel knows she has to make a choice. In doing so, she discovers that the lines between right and wrong can be blurry, endings aren't always neat, and sometimes you have to risk all to win true happiness. Something Borrowed is a phenomenal debut novel that will have you laughing, crying, and calling your best friend.

This is another great book by Sophie Kinsella writing under a different pen name of Madeleine Wickham. This book is very much like Sex and the City. It follows the lives of three London city girls who meet up for cocktails all the time. One small event changes all three of their lives forever. All in all a good read. Synopsis:

If you like Sophie Kinsella, you'll love Cocktails for Three. Madeleine Wickham, whose Sophie Kinsella books are international bestsellers, has written an irresistibly dishy and entertaining novel about three savvy young women and the secrets they share over monthly drinks.

Each month, three staffers of The Londoner gather at a nearby lounge for an evening of cocktails and gossip. One April evening, Maggie relishes her last weeks of normalcy before the birth of her first child, while Roxanne breezes through between glamorous foreign assignments. But Candice's chance encounter with a girl from her past reveals secret depths in the clean-scrubbed reporter, and the events that follow have permanent repercussions for the trio.

With the graceful storytelling and dark humor that have made her books beloved international bestsellers, Wickham introduces a trio of irrepressibly charming women whose adventures will keep listeners riveted through the very last word.

I am still re-reading the Harry Potter books. They are still awesome books, and if you still haven't read them, you should!!! Seriously :)

1001 Books to read update

My husband has read 70 of the books! That is nearly 7% and he isn't even an English major.

#89 Make Horseshoes

This fourth of July weekend I decided to take the time to make my hubby's favorite dish, horseshoes. Some of you may not know what that is, so I will explain. Horseshoes are a local dish back home in central Illinois. It consists of two pieces of toast (one if you are having a ponyshoe) on the bottom, then the meat of your choice, followed by French fries and then topped off with a delicious cheese sauce. It is heaven if you love starch and cheese, and who doesn't? :)

You can find the recipe on my food blog http://culinary-creations.blogspot.com/