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Friday, January 06, 2012

New Years Update

I just realized that I never posted about our New Years.

The day before New Year's Eve, Daniel's college roommate and his family came to see us. They have a one-year-old little boy who is adorable. It was great to catch up with our old friends – staying up way too late and eating really rich chocolate mousse cheesecake while we visited.

Recipe from Blue-Eyed Bakers

New Year's Eve we went for a walk at a local park and visited Unclaimed Baggage – our guests always seem to want to make a stop here. After lunch they headed home.


It has been a long time since Daniel and I did anything extra special for New Year's Eve. This year we took Jack to Cracker Barrel. We have actually taken him to quite a few restaurants in his short life and normally he sleeps through the meal. Not this time. He got a little fussy and we discovered that he just wanted to sit in Daniel's lap so that he could watch us eat. We received really great service from our waitress... I think she just made extra stops at our table to that she could talk to Jack. When we got home we stayed up to watch the ball drop.


New Year's Day was gorgeous. We ate breakfast on our back porch and then took Jack out for his first ride on a four wheeler.


The day after New Years Jack and I headed to Nashville to spend some time with my family, including some of my extended family who had driven down from Canada and my parents. Jack is turning into quite the traveler – we had a three week span where we either had guests at our house or we were traveling to see family almost EVERY DAY.

We hope you had fun ringing in the new year.

Monday, April 18, 2011

Menu Recap

Last week's meals were as follows:


Monday Dinner: Taco Salad – my mom made this dish often when I was growing up. There is something about cold lettuce and warm meat that makes me happy. Daniel gave it 4.6/5 stars. 


We had these Chocolate Peanut Butter Cookies for dessert {Recipe Adapted from Blue-Eyed Bakers}. They would have been better if I had had the Chocolate Covered Peanut Butter Pretzels from Trader Joes.
 
 
Tuesday Dinner: Pan-seared Steak with Baked Potato and Corn. Simple and yummy. Daniel gave it 4.7/5 stars.

Wednesday Dinner: Frozen CPK Sicilian Pizza.

Thursday Dinner: We celebrated a friend's birthday at Margaritas Mexican Restaurant. Daniel and I split the Supreme Nachos.

Friday Dinner: I was craving Japanese food so we tried the local Tokyo Japan restaurant. I had the Hibachi Chicken. It was surprisingly good {and cheap}. 


Saturday Lunch: Nachos with leftovers from Monday night.


Saturday Dinner: Leftover Red Beans and Rice from last week.

Sunday Lunch: We went to Cracker Barrel in Huntsville and enjoyed breakfast.


Saturday Dinner: Burritos with leftovers from Monday night.

Word for the Year: Reframe

For fifteen years now, I have been starting my year with intention. Last year I hoped to find contentment in my life, and I believe I did. T...