Bunco Night!

Tonight is the night that I really look forward to every month. A group of my friends get together for bunco. It is the most fun, relaxing and enjoyable time!! We happen to be meeting at my house this month, which is always a plus...I can have fun and never leave home! For my "bunco treat" tonight, I made a grape salad. I haven't tasted it yet, but it looks wonderful!! Here is the recipe...

Grape Salad

2 lbs green grapes
2 lbs red grapes
8 oz cream cheese
8 oz sour cream
1/2 cup sugar
1 tsp vanilla
1 cup brown sugar
chopped pecans

Remove stems from grapes, rinse and set aside. Mix cream cheese, sour cream, sugar and vanilla by hand until well blended. Mix in grapes. Mix brown sugar and nuts together. Put half of grape mixture into serving dish, covered by brown sugar mixture. Repeat another layer. Refridgerate overnight. YUM!!

I'm a sucky blogger.

I've just come to accept this fact. But I've also come to realize that it doesn't really matter, because nobody actually reads my blog!! Hopefully that will change soon. I haven't been doing a whole lot of cooking lately for some reason. I guess we have just been pretty busy. On Monday, we grilled bbq chicken, and I made hashbrown casserole, squash, and s'mores bars, and that has fed us for 3 days! I haven't cooked since. But tonight, I am going to attempt Pioneer Woman's chicken spaghetti. It looks sooo good, and I just hope it turns out well. I also hope that my hubby likes it, because he is weird about chicken recipes. If it were up to him, we would eat steak every night of the week!

On a different note, I am participating in my first "swap" this month. I just got the name of my swap buddy, and I am SO excited!! This is right up my alley! Well, I guess thats it for now. I'll try to be more faithful to this blog from now on!

Ok, so I haven't gotten better at this yet!

I really, really do have good intentions with this blog, I PROMISE!! Today I thought I would just post an easy "recipe". Its not even that. Its just one of my most favorite things. I love love love potatoes. Pretty much any kind. But I especially love a baked potato. I make mine the same way my mom always made them, and they are delicious!! Here's what you need...

1 large baking potato
butter
Lawry's season salt
aluminum foil

Start by washing your potato, and poking holes in the top. Then tear off enough foil to wrap the potato loosely. Set the potato on the foil, put a couple globs of butter on top, and sprinkle with season salt. Wrap the foil at the top, and put in a 400 degree oven for an hour to an hour and 1/2. It is WONDERFUL!!


On a different note, I'd like to find out who, if anybody EVER reads this blog. If you do, would you please leave me a comment to this post so I can check out your blogs? I look forward to "meeting" you!!

Turning 30 and other random thoughts

Almost 2 months ago, I turned 30. Now to some people, that may not seem like a big deal, but to me, it was HUGE. I got a little depressed in the weeks leading up to my birthday, because frankly, I am just not to where I thought I would be in my life by 30. Then, out of nowhere, I realized how ridiculous that sounded. I mean sure, maybe I don't have kids of my own yet, and maybe I am as successful in my career as I thought I would be by now, but when I sit back and look at what I do have, I have to say that I am pretty blessed. I have a job that I enjoy, an awesome husband who makes my life interesting every day, a stepson that I am starting to really build a relationship with, and a family and friends that I wouldn't trade for anything. When I started to realized how incredibly lucky I really am, the rest of my worry seemed to fade away. By the time that my actual birthday got here, I had embraced the idea of turning 30, and I actually had the best day ever!!
Now, I wish that I was better at keeping up with this blog. I really want to have a cooking blog like some of the ones I've found on here. But the fact is, I'm just not that disciplined. I don't want to post recipes without pictures, but I keep forgetting to take pictures when my meals are ready. I'm working on it, though. I'm going to get there eventually!!

Oh my!

I have been TERRIBLE at keeping up with this blog!! Wow! I re-read my first post, where I stated that I was not going to let this blog die down...Hahaha! But I have been spending a lot of time reading other blogs lately, so I think I am motivated. Plus, I finally found the cord for my camera to download pictures, so recipes will be coming soon! I hate finding blogs that have recipes but no pictures. I NEED PICTURES!! So anyway, this might be a slow week recipe wise because it is the end of a pay period, but I am bound and determined to make this blog worth reading. So stay tuned...!

Hmmm...

Well, it turns out that I am not a very faithful blogger! I just haven't had much to say this week. It has been a fairly boring week, which honestly, I should be grateful for. I'm glad that it is Friday, and I have a whole list of things I want to do this weekend. I am going to FINALLY do my spring cleaning, and work on the closets. No more excuses! I have got to get rid of stuff before our apartment starts busting at the seams!! So, I will hopefully have a good report on Monday!!

Why can't I bake?!

I don't know what my problem is. I can cook, and seem to be getting better everyday, but when it comes to baking, I JUST DON'T GET IT!!! Yesterday, I decided that I was going to try to be a good wife, and make sugar cookies from scratch for my hubby. (one of his faves) Not so difficult, right?! WRONG!! It was a disaster!! They just melted together while they were in the oven, and turned into one big, flat cookie. It was ridiculous! And the sad thing is, something goes wrong every time I try to bake. I guess it is a good thing that I am not big on sweets, because I would be in big trouble!


By the way, I STILL didn't get to those closets! (maybe next weekend...)