Till Then Smile Often

October 13, 2013

Sunshine Award

I was nominated for a Sunshine Award by Renee from So Fill Your Heart. She is so incredibly sweet and a new blog I follow, she is from Newfoundland Canada and looks a little like Amy Adams. What’s not to like, so go check her out!

The great thing about these posts is that you get to learn a little more random facts about me. If you are into that kinda stuff! FREAKS!! Just kidding! 🙂 It still boggles my mind that there are people out there who read my rambles! So the questions she has for me are:1. What do you love most about blogging? I love being able to share recipes, and projects I do in the hopes that others enjoy them too. The biggest part I love about it is meeting other bloggers from all around the world. There are so many amazing people out there and are so kind and supportive. It blows me away. I love seeing how our lives are similar and how they are different.
2. What’s something most people wouldn’t know about you? I am really shy when it comes to meeting new people. It takes me a bit to warm up but when I do I can be outgoing.
3. Do you have a Type A or Type B personality? Totally Type A. I wish it wasn’t since it stresses me out more than anything.
4. If you could travel anywhere right now, where would it be? I have so many places on my bucket list. Greece, Australia, and Italy are big ones. Though I want to make it up to Canada soon too!
5. Which celebrity is your fashion idol? I love Jennifer Aniston’s style. She just has a very relaxed classic style.

6. What’s your favourite holiday of the year? Halloween!!! I love dressing up and decorating the house. I pass out the candy to the kids and some have even stopped to take pictures of the house!
6. Nails painted or not? Not, since I bake a lot it is best for that, plus painting them every two days (mine never last) is just a total time suck I just don’t need.
7. Heels or flats? Flats since I walk a lot at work, but I love rocking a pair of heels too for special occasions.
8. What’s your favourite t.v. show? I love so many right now especially with the Fall TV season picking up. I have to DVR pretty much everything and watch on the weekends though. Currently Sons of Anarchy, New Girl, Super Fun Night, Dads, The Voice, Grey’s Anatomy.
9. What’s your idea of a perfect Sunday? Doing absolutely nothing! Never leaving my PJ’s, coffee in the morning. Reading or thinking up new recipes. Reading a book or watching movies. Snuggling up with the pupster!

10. What do you think is your best feature? My smile. I have been nicknamed smiley because I like to smile whenever I can and it cost me a pretty penny too! 😉 Though I have been told my eyes too, not sure why since they are really dark brown.

Thanks again to Renee for nominating me.

October 11, 2013

Learning To Be Southern

Well Y’all know what time it is right! It is Friday and it is glorious! Another week has come and gone. It has been a hectic one as I imagine this whole month with be, but I do have a few days off coming to look forward to. Well it’s time to recap the week with 5 things I am loving, doing, watching, reading. Pretty much anything because heck it’s my blog! 😉

One. I think I may the last person on earth to get a Keurig but I finally got one this week! Thanks goes to Kristin from Hopelessly Ever After for giving me a 50% off code to use.

Two. I am going apple picking this weekend with one of my besties so on the menu to bake is this little scrumptious ditty.

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Three. I mentioned this already but I had my first cake decorating class on Tuesday and it was so much fun. I have practiced making at least 5 roses per day since the class. I have cakes to bake and frosting to mix before my next class so that will be my day on Sunday.

Four. This one gets me every time.

Five. I finished Then Came You by Jennier Weiner and am now reading What Southern Women Know (That Ever Woman Should) by Ronda Rich. I am only on page 32 but I am already loving it. I will soon be a Southern Belle *chuckling* in a very ladylike manner. (Okay even I can’t keep a straight face on that one but it’s worth a try).

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Well that’s all I have for you this week. Go party your little socks off, it’s Friday!!!

October 10, 2013

Never Have I Ever

Well lookie here I am posting on a Thursday. It doesn’t happen that often so just go with it. When Amanda from The Lady Okie said she was doing a one time link-up just like the drinking game I use to play in college (sorry Dad) I figured I just had to join in on the fun.

~ Liked Surprises – Don’t get me wrong a surprise gift in the comfort of your own home, very welcome. Surprise parties or singing Happy Birthday in a restaurant totally makes me uncomfortable.

~ Not had a dog and/or cat.

Sparky – 14 yrs old when she passed

Mickey – 12 yrs old when she passed

Current Cutie Pie Seamus – 7.11 yrs old

~ Ditched Class (I was a good girl – i.e. my Dad would have beat my a$$)

~ Been on a cruise – aka Barf Mobile

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~ Cheated on a boyfriend – Loyalty is a big thing for me

~ Liked commuting

office space samir frustrated with traffi gif

~ Liked Mushrooms.. just gross.

~ Liked to mop the kitchen floor. Necessary but I hate it.

~ Tried drugs – Crack is Whack

Whitney Houston crack is whack

Well that is all my tired brain can think of for now! Hope you got a chuckle!

What things have you never done?

October 9, 2013

Cake Decorating is Hard

Can I just say I am absolutely exhausted! Like this is very possible once I get home from work!

I have a feeling the whole month of October is going to be like this, thanks in part to my Cake Decorating class. Woohoo! It will be totally worth it since it was really fun. It is going to mean homework of practicing, baking cakes and cupcakes to decorate and whipping up batches upon batches of frosting. I am not mad about it at all, I just know I am going to get overwhelmed with trying to keep up with housework, going to the gym, practicing frosting, regular housework and blogging. So please be patient with me if it takes longer to respond than normal.

I did try to sneak a few pics of the things we worked on, my teacher Kristen is awesome and really patient. It is an evening adult education course for 3 hour a session for four session at the local Technical School not far from my house.

Our decorator kit – tips and pastry bag

Practicing making roses – this was harder than it looks

Some of the less than horrible roses

Getting closer

Practicing handwriting for cakes – yeah mine looks like a 2 year old wrote it. Womp Womp!

Just getting used to how to hold the bag was a task and it is much different than how you hold a pencil and write your name. Needless to say this will require lots of practice. Look forward to my next class. 🙂

I am also Guest Posting over at The Daybreak Bird about my favorite vacation – Christmas By The Sea in Maine.

Linking up with Liz from Fitness Blondie

and with Shanna for Random Wednesday.

October 8, 2013

Chicken and Gouda Grilled Cheese

Well, yesterday was a very stressful and exhausting day. After Seamus got sprayed by a skunk the whole morning was consumed by giving him a bath (the baking soda, Hydrogen Peroxide and dish soap) mix my Vet friend suggested worked wonderfully. Then I gave him a regular bath and he was smelling like roses. I took another shower, sprayed Febreeze on the couch, put all blankets in the wash and burned some candles to help air out my living room. I placed some cups of vinegar around the house to get rid of some of the odor as well. Everything is back to normal thankfully. Though it gave me a headache and I started to feel a little nauseous.

Well enough about the smelly business because this weekend it was nothing but the amazing smells of grilled cheese. It is one of my favorites from my childhood and so it seemed only fitting to make a more adult version.

Ingredients: 2 Slices of Sourdough Bread ~ Thousand Island or Russian Dressing ~ Smoked Gouda with Bacon cheese ~ Rotisserie or shredded Chicken ~ 1-2 slices of pre-cooked bacon ~ tomato

Directions: Spread the dressing on both slices of bread.

Layer Chicken, Bacon, Gouda, and Tomato.

Top with the other slice of brad and spray grill with Pam. Press between the grill until cheese is melted about 2-4 minutes.(I know I didn’t have to spell that out right?)

If you don’t have a Panini/Grill the ridged grill pans work well to! Tonight is my first cake decorating class so be prepared for me sharing some of cake decorating tips.

Do you have any favorite filling you like to add to grill cheese?

What is one of your favorite meals from childhood?

Linking up with Jessica and Ashley.

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