TV junkie

Brandon is playing in a golf tournament and left this morning at 7 and won't be back until tomorrow afternoon. I admit it was nice to sit around and watch all my shows that I had recorded but I really miss Brandon being here. I have caught up on Tori and Dean: Home Sweet Hollywood and Dancing with the Stars. Puddles has thoroughly enjoyed me just sitting on my big bazooka and cuddling with her.

Happy Easter

Happy Easter all! I hope everyone had a great weekend. Mine was great but went by way too fast. Saturday I hung out at Chad's store (Southern Turf Products) all day and then we all went and ate at yummy Red Lobster after they closed. They had a great Grand Opening sale! So remember if you are in need of any outdoor power equipment, go see them first!

We had our Easter dinner tonight at Mom's house. We had ham, hashbrown casserole, baked beans, rolls, slaw, dressed eggs (that's what my Gran calls them ;) ) and Lemon cake for dessert. It was all so delicious! The boys looks so cute in their matching Easter outfits even though Chad said they were 3 stitches short from being a dress.

Tomorrow starts another week...at least the cold weather is gone and it has warmed up. :) Can't wait to hang out at the pool soon.

It's been a while

It has been a while since my last post and I thought I would list what has been going on around here.

1. On February 26th, we celebrated Lauren's birthday and went to Foodworks for dinner. Mom made a delicious Heath Bar cake that was yum yum yum!

2. Chad got the 'go ahead' on his baby "Southern Turf Products", an outdoor power equipment store in Chattanooga which in turn gave my baby a job. ;)

3. The week before the official opening of STP, friends and family worked really hard at the store trying to get everything ready. My duties included dusting, sweeping, mopping, and filing.

4. Puddles has been staying out in the house while we are gone during the day...she has only had a few accidents and done really well. I am hoping that this change will help her gain her weight back from her rigorous workout routine she obviously was doing in her pet taxi all day long.

5. I have been working out at Cleveland High with Mom, Jo, and my aunt Karen for a few months now. No weight loss at this point because I continue to eat junky foods. oh well.

6. My friend Julie's birthday was March 5th. I left her a message but haven't actually talked to her. I hope she had a great day. :)

I think that is about it!

Happy Valentine's Day

I hope everyone is having a weekend filled with love. Mine started out Friday at noon when I took half a day off and Brandon and I along with my parents headed to Atlanta to eat at the Cheesecake Factory for my birthday/Valentine's. We caught in traffic on the way there because of the snow scare but when we finally got there...the food was blissful. Brandon and I always share the Louisiana Chicken Pasta which is the bomb!!!!! And for dessert, I tried Red Velvet Cake cheesecake which was new to the menu. It was sooooooo delicious. A perfect combination of cake and cheesecake. I was so full when we left though...that is the only bad part about eating there...I always leave miserably full. Tonight Brandon and I went to see Dear John. It was pretty good. Some cheesy parts but overall pretty good. I am not sure a lot of the boyfriends/husbands will like it though (Brandon wasn't too thrilled). He toughed it out though. ;)

Happy Valentine's to all! xoxo

This week so far

This week I feel like I really have a baby because I have been letting Puddles stay at my mom's while Brandon and I are at work. At our house, she has to stay in her pet taxi while we are gone because she has had a few incidents that have banned her there. At mom's house though, she is completely fine...she just sleeps. I don't know what the difference is but I am pretty sure she is just SPOILED ROTTEN. I made her that way so I can't really complain about it. I mean look at that little face. lol

I tried to make "Slow Cooker Cajun Chicken Pasta" yesterday for dinner and it was overall good but very hot!! The recipe called for 4 teaspoons of cajun seasoning and lets just say that was way too much. I will probably use 1 or 2 next time. It was so hot we just had to make a trip to Sonic (since DQ is closed *sniff* *sniff*) to get a $1.00 jr candy sundae. They were pretty good but we were not sure they were really worth a dollar they were so small.

Aspiring Cook

I am trying to be a good wife and cook meals at home but I am having a hard time finding reasonable recipes...reasonable meaning that the recipe doesn't call for like 20 ingredients and it is something I can cook after work and we can eat before 8 o'clock at night. If anyone has some favorite recipes they would like to share with me, I would really appreciate it! Leave it as a comment or you can send it to my email. (malorieryan@bellsouth.net)

Birthday party pics