In honor of my 200th post I wanted to share this with you!!! :-)

Do you like it?! I absolutely LOVE IT! It turned out 10 x better than I even imagined it would.. and it's HUGE! I got it here - she's wonderful to work with.  I highly HIGHLY recommend her!  Wouldn't this make a great wedding or anniversary gift?!

This time change is kickin' my butt! Thankfully I mustered up enough energy last night and made dinner.  We had baked spaghetti - it turned out really good.  It's a double layered one.. YUM!  Shelby is going to be in Savannah overnight, so I wanted something I could eat as leftovers while he's gone.  :-)

Tonight Tristan and I are "puppy-sitting"!  One of the guys Shelby works with is taking his wife on their overnight trip to Savannah, so they needed someone to watch their dog, Kuri.  Tristan and I are up to the challenge!  Shelby said that Tristan LOVED Kuri when she was dropped off this morning, so that makes me super happy.  I will probably have to keep our pugs away from Kuri, because Gracie gets jealous - but T and I will manage and we'll have fun playing with a new puppy for one night!

I hope everyone has a wonderful Tuesday!! :-)

The Weekend, Work, Dessert, and Being Loved

Hello Blogging Friends!

Happy Thursday - it's almost the weekend! I am so ready for the weekend to get here because I have so many things I feel like I need to get caught up on around the house.  Shelby is working valet Friday and Saturday nights, so that will give me some time to just knock it out. (Hopefully)  I have the day off on Monday, which also happens to be my birthday, so it should be a very nice extended weekend!  Shelby has the once in a lifetime opportunity to play golf @ TPC Sawgrass on Monday as well.  Maybe I can get one of my girlfriends to go to lunch with me or something :)  That evening we're gonna go to eat and probably go see a movie.  It will be a nice date night!

TPC Sawgrass Club House

The Famous 17th Hole @ TPC

Today has been an easy day at work.  We have all procrastinated on our job duties today.. I think it's the end of the week laziness that's affecting us.  ha ha.  Our computers were down earlier today, so that's not really our fault that we were unproductive, right?  ;-)  I have some things to take care of that are not computer related, so I will probably continue to work on that this afternoon.  The way my office is set up is there is a large room with a wall inbetween that separates it into 2 sides.  We have 4 detectives, 2 on each side of the wall.  My office is at the end on this room, so i can see on both sides of the wall. (the best spot in the house!) My Lt is located on the other side of the room, just across from me.. but he can only see one side of the wall.  Anyways, I didn't need to tell you all of that - it has nothing to do with my wonderfully exciting story!  Basically, what I'm trying to spit out, I have to go out there and work on files.. but it's SO COLD out in that part of the office.  In my office, it's warm (because I have a little space heater blowing on me) and I have MY desk and my computer, etc.  It's just comfortable in here!  I wanted to take my heater out there with me, but there isn't a plug in close by - and the guys complain about it being too hot.  Everytime they step on my office I hear, "Oh my.. What the? - It's too hot in here!" Ugh... men.  ;-)

Last night I came home from work and I managed to get home before Shelby and Tristan, so I worked on a little apple crisp and put it in the oven to bake.  OH.MY.WORD.  It was DELICIOUS! And soooooo easy.  It's already GONE!  It didn't last 24 hours! ha!  I will be making another one this weekend, if not before :)  We ate leftover chicken & rice and watched a movie.  (Couple's Retreat)  Tristan was playing and being such a good boy all evening.  About mid way thru the movie, Tristan was over near the back door playing with a HUGE bear that he has sitting in a rocking chair.  The next thing I know, he's crawling over to us as fast as he can, crying.  I pick him up and it appeared that he had spit up a little bit, got choked on it, and it was coming out his nose.  It probably scared him and he couldn't breathe thru his nose.  We suctioned his nose out and patted his back so that everything could be coughed up.  Poor little guy was so upset.  It was actually kinda scary because he seemed like he was having trouble breathing.  We didn't know if he had picked something up and swallowed it or if he was just coughing up mucus that went down the wrong tube.  After his ordeal, which lasted for what seemed like an eternity, he laid his little head on my chest and was OUT.  It absolutely exhausted him!  We put him down in his bed, but he would wake up ever 20 - 30 minutes crying.  We gave him some tylenol, because we were not sure if he was experiencing teething pain (usually when he's going thru teething problems, he throws up..)  We brought him to our room and fed him a bottle.  He laid his little head down on Shelby's pillow and fell asleep.  I think it pulled on his daddy's heart strings, because Tristan ended up sleeping in our bed last night.  (For the first time EVER!)  We cuddled him all night, which he managed to sleep thru perfectly, and he woke up in a great mood. 

After that scary episode was over, we couldn't help but feel a little piece of joy.  Tristan, in a moment of being scared or hurt or whatever it was, ran to his Momma and Daddy.  He didn't just sit there and cry and wait for us to go over to him - he came to us.  It's like when a child falls down and then runs to their parent for comfort.  It made us feel kinda good that he wanted us.  That little boy is everything to us.  Our life is so much better with him in it.  We love him so much, and it makes my heart overflow when I see that he loves us too.  Children are the best gift. :)

What Shall I Name This?

I made another apple cobbler! YUMMY! I wish this photo came with smell .. it's soooooo good :)

This one was a little bit juicier than the last one. It still tastes good, so that's fine but I think I like it when it's not as juicy. Maybe once it cools the juice will sorta thicken and then it will be perfect :)

This one is MUCH MORE RICHER than the last one :) I put two layers of my yummy brown sugar/cinnamon/butter mixture instead of one. I put a layer on the apples and that's what I think made it juicier. Shelby might not like it .. it is pretty rich and SWEET!

I think I know what I need to do to perfect it. Next time I will do just that!! :)

Y U M M Y !

Tonight for dinner I fixed one of my favorite meals. Curry Rice!! :) We first had curry rice back when I was a sophomore in high school - one of the Japanese exchange students fixed it, and ever since I've been hooked!!

Shelby doesn't like curry rice, so I have to wait until nights when he's not home to cook it for myself :) You can make it with chicken, beef, pork - probably anything. Chicken is my favorite. I'm not a fan of carrots, so I just like the chicken and the potatoes :) Lately I've been making it without meat - it's just as good and a lot faster to fix! Sometimes when you cook something it is better than others. Tonight it was really good. I chopped the potatoes into smaller chunks, so there was more flavor and they were cooked more. Yummy!

Does anyone like apple cobbler or apple crisp? Well let me tell you - I have made two of them this week and they are SO GOOD!!! I used a recipe a friend gave me and tweaked it a little bit. This last time I finally got it right. (And it only took me twice - woohoo!) It will seriously melt in your mouth! I think I could sell it and make a fortune. I'm not one who likes to toot my own horn - but this is so incredibly good. I didn't use a "recipe" for this one.. I kinda threw everything together, so I'm worried I won't be able to recreate it. I'm gonna try to this weekend though!!

Shelby is working valet tonight - so it's just me and Tristan. He's asleep now, and I was going to clean but I think I'm going to get some rest instead. I'm tired - so I'm going to take this opportunity to rest! I can clean tomorrow - the mess will still be there :)

I can't believe how FAST the weekend went!

I had a good weekend with my boys. Saturday we ran some errands, went to a birthday party, and I cleaned a little bit. Today we went to church, went to lunch, and then finished up our grocery shopping. I made some sort of apple cobbler type thing this evening - it turned out OK. It was such an off night - I made the biggest mess! I think I need to perfect my recipe a little bit... it wasn't as good as I was hoping. LoL

Tomorrow I think I'm gonna make fajitas for dinner. We haven't had those in a while. I kinda made up my own recipe for them and they are pretty good! We enjoy them!

I got a new book today. I got the Julie and Julia book - I hope it's good! I like to read. It feels good to my brain to read - I know that sounds strange, but it's like my brain enjoys READING instead of watching or listening to something. LoL Once I finish the book I can go see the movie!! Maybe I can start reading more often... I feel smart when I read.. ;)

Tristan was such a sweet boy today! This evening Shelby was holding him on the couch and he was PETTING him (Yes, you read that right.. PETTING Shelby like you pet your cat) It was HILARIOUS!! I took a video of it and I couldn't stop laughing - I'm sure the video is pretty shaky :) If I can figure out how to post the video on here, I'll do it so you can see him. It was so funny but so sweet. He is such a happy baby - I love him SO MUCH!

Is anyone looking forward to FOOTBALL season?! I AM!