Catch up with photos

The month of March blew by! Here are some photos to catch everyone up! (PS I posted these in reverse order!!)

Last weekend, my sweet husband and I traveled to Galveston for his band Joshua Experience to preform.

It was a quick trip-there and back within 14 hours! But, it was nice.

Thursday before our trip, my sweet and I had fun with my lil munchin!

She's sweet!

I was able to complete an adoption on the 21st in Houston. It was beautiful and special! This is a photo from the ceremony.

The weekend of the 16th, my sweet and I went to the GMA House Party for me to do a lil talk about my job. For old times sake, I had him take my picture on the camp sign. This is the camp I went to twice a year fro 3rd grade til 12th!

And...we started the month by going to a concert at the Meyerson in downtown Dallas.

In addition to all of this, we "squeezed" in a work day at my Grandma's for her birthday, a trip to Corpus and back (for my job!) and  went to buy me a new pair of glasses. I haven't had a new pair in about 7 years. I thought it was about time! (Photos to come when they come in!!)

Good month overall. Busy busy busy, but good!



Love, Mrs. M.

Date Night with my honey

My sweet husband and I went out last Monday night to see a legend, Doc Severinsen at the Morton H. Meyerson Center in downtown Dallas. It was a beautiful evening weather wise. We were dressed nice. And we had a lovely time. Until...

We waited after the show to meet Doc, for over 30 minutes, and he NEVER showed. He kept allowing one person here, two people there, to go back and see him, but he never came out to meet everyone. Now, I know the man is in his 80s, and it was a late night, and really he's "earned" the right to not come out and greet his fans, but really? He couldn't have made his decision to NOT come out before we all waited for 30 minutes?

Oh well, we got to hear him play (which was pretty cool), and I really enjoyed spending the quality time out with my sweetheart. I love him!

This last one is a bonus shot from Valentine's Day with my roses! I have a sweet man!!!

 Love, Mrs. M.

Thoughts on July

What a month July has been!!! I commented to my husband last night that I felt like I'd been on call for the past month....he quickly agreed. Three out of the five weekends this month, I've been on call. One weekend I was in Lubbock for a family reunion, and this weekend, well, it's been pretty great. Last night, when I got home from work, I sat on the couch, with my husband, and just sat. No TV. No music. No Talking. It was so peaceful. No phone ringing. No one needing me or asking me to do anything. Just quiet.

Typically, being On Call for my job entails of telling a few people they have the wrong number or asking them to try calling back because the office phone has rolled over to the oncall phone. This month, however, was much different. Much much different. Sorry to be vague. When my husband reads this, he'll be mad and think I shouldn't have said anything, because I'm not going into full detail. But I feel like I owe my readers (however few of you there may be) an explanation for my month long absence from blogging. So, the only explanation I have is: I was living kinda craziness this past month, and the thought of trying to be happy and bloggy at the end of a day seemed too much. I'm sorry to have been gone for so long.

Although on call has been crazy this month, good things have happened as well. Since July 1st, I've gone to court to finalize five different adoptions!! These days are definitely highlighted in yellow and pick a sticker on them kind of days for me. It's so cool to see these individuals walk into a court room and see them emerge a family. I know that technically, love and relationships make a family, but there's something about the legality of having an Adoption Decree to prove to each other, and the world, that we are a family. I think it's beautiful.

As I mentioned, my husband and I also went to my family reunion in Lubbock this past month. That was a L-O-N-G weekend. Overall, I'd say we had a good time. It was hot and uncomfortable at times, but nice to be in the company of those who love you. While there, I gave my niece a huge piece of watermelon. It was hilarious watching her eat and enjoy!!! Well, at least her Uncles and Aunts thought so...mommy and daddy weren't as impressed.

A tradition at our reunions is to work on a puzzle. It usually takes the whole weekend, but this year, thanks to my husband's mad skills (and my aunt and uncles!), we were able to finish not one, but TWO!! Now, the hubs is completely hooked and has already added quite a few puzzles to him amazon wish list!! Here are the fruits of our labor!

Lastly, my mother in law hosted a party this month to celebrate July/August birthday's and the fact that one of my husband's cousin's is home on leave from the Army. She is the queen of themed parties, and this time it was a luau. Here is a beautiful picture of my husband's grandmother who is 93 years old!!! She is so beautiful, and in this photo, festive!!!!





Hope you enjoyed catching up on my past month. I must be honest and say I'm 100% glad this is the end of July. I am ready for a new month. Happy end of July everyone!!! Here's praying that August is (for me) better then July!!!!

Love, Mrs. M.

Thoughts on what I came home to today

 


Oh I wish you could smell what I smell!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I had to work today and when I walked in my front door, my wonderful husband had a dozen red roses sitting on our kitchen table with a note

He is soo sweet to me! I couldn't ask for anything more!!!! Thank you God for such a wonderful man to call my husband!!!

Happy first anniversary Baby! I look forward to the next 100 years together!!!! I love you!

Love, Mrs. M.

Food Blog: Week 1

I feel weird the title of this bog not being "Thoughts on..." But, since it's about a specific dish, I think I'm going to sue this format when blogging about the dishes I make each week.

I know I was supposed to (per my last post) do this cooking thing on Wednesday, but my sister called and invited my husband and I over to dinner at my parents (weird, I know) because she was cooking a pork loin. I decided this was a better idea then cooking, so off we went.

Thursdays are my 1/2 day at work, so honestly, Thursdays might be a better day for me to embark on creating new menu items for us. I'm not getting to my dish fast enough. I'm fast forwarding to what I just cooked: Beefy Baked Ziti. This is a recipe that I found at my local Brookshires. They have a kiosk at the back and when surging it one day, I found this. I'm never had ziti, so I decided this would be my first endeavor. Ingredients are as follows:

• 1lb dry ziti pasta
• 1lb lean ground beef
• 52oz Classico Tomato and Basil Pasta Sauce
• 6oz provolone cheese, sliced
• 6oz mozzarella cheese, shredded
• 1 1/2 cup sour cream
• 2 Tbsp grated parmasean cheese

It said to use a large skillet, but I chose to use a medium size one. I should have listened. The pot was soo close to over flowing. It was supposed to simmer for 15 minutes, and during that time, I imagined it splashing all over my kitchen when it was bubbling! I put a lid on it! (hahaha, I just imagined someone say "PUT A LID ON IT!" to a bunch of noisy kids.)

I then layered everything, according to the instructions in a 9X13 pan. Again, I don't think this pan was really big enough. Do they make casserole dishes bigger then this? If so, I think I should invest in one!

It then had to bake for 30 minutes in the over. Here's the finished product!

It was pretty good. In our opinion, too much sour cream. I'm going to try making it again sometime with less. It makes A LOT of food. We each ate two servings and 1/2 the pan is left!!! Next time, I'm going to invite my parents over to help us finish it off!

Love, Mrs. M.