Smells and wounded pride...

I had a fun day today with my mother.  We got all the food shopping done for Christmas dinner and we baked goodies... We haven't done that together for a long time... It was nice :) The house smelled so good!

We made a pumpkin roll (first time to ever make one for me).  I hear they are some-what hard to make but we will see.  It looks and smells yummy!  Then, we made six loafs of Pumpkin Gingerbread.  I've never tried it before nor have I had it so when I came across it on the good ol' internet, I decided that it looks fantastic and I wanted to try to bake it, lol.  It came out looking scrumpdiddlyumptious! I can't wait to try it.  And, I hope it turns out good because I am giving some to friends (gifts).  We also made some no bake cookies... Peanut butter!  Just looking at them makes me drool, lol!  We tried her recipe because every time I've tried to make them with mine, they never turn out... Maybe it's just me :)

Anywho, all the goodies look so yummy and I can't wait to dig in!  But, I can already feel everything going to my ass!

So, after I got home, I decided I'd walk over and check our mail (it's only about 100 feet from our house).  Well, I was walking behind Kris's truck and I hit a patch of ice.  Yep, I slipped and fell right on my rump!  Too bad I didn't eat any goodies to pad my ass a little more before my fall!  Goodness, Kris was outside and he saw it... He was like "are you ok babe?"  I said "yes, I'm fine... Just wounded my pride is all" and I continue to walk over to our mailbox.  I get back home, empty handed (no mail) and my pride was crushed even more because of my fall and walking over there for nothing... Not even junk mail!  Damn ice!

Well all, I'm sure I've bored you enough!  Have a great night :)

Yesterday...

I had a great day yesterday for my birthday/turkey day.  Kris and I went to my mothers house for dinner and games with the family.

The turkey was yummy and the stuffing and yams were the best!  Mmm... I love me some yams... *drools*... Instead of having pie, we had cake.  A yummy vanilla cake with way too many candles, lol.  My mom always amazes me with big dinners like that... Spend alllll daaaay loooong cooking just for people to sit and scarf (literally) food for 15-20 minutes.  Me?  I don't have the patience to slave away on a great, big dinner just to enjoy for a short time.  I would much rather slave on T.V. Dinners in the oven, lol.  Gotta give props to my mom!  :)

Games were fun... We played Pinochle and I lost :)  (I always seem to anymore)  After the game, there was a bit of drama between two people about health care issues... But, other then the drama, I had an awesome birthday!  I do wish my father would have been able to make it.  Hopefully he will feel better soon and we can meet up sometime...

My mother gave me candles... Black-cherry!  My favorite!  My boyfriend bought me an amazing diner at Diego's about a month ago.  My uncle and his girlfriend got me some lottery scratch-its and I won $20.00 on those and my mothers landlord (and friend for years) gave me some cash.  I keep telling people to not get me anything but they never listen.  I'm too old to be receiving gifts for a b-day.  Although, I did buy myself a cute, warm winter coat this morning!  :)  I love it!

Well, time to get my butt in gear and finish cleaning house and doing laundry so I can relax this evening.  Desperate Housewives is on tonight so I'm pretty excited about that :)  Later all!

If it's not one thing... It's another...

The seal or gasket (or whatever it is) behind the water pump in Kris's (my boyfriend) truck is no good and now water is leaking everywhere!  Once again, I will do my best to be his Mechanic Nurse and help him out.  My job is to hand him tools or whatever he needs for the job.  For some reason, I don't think he trusts me to remove bolts or anything 'cause I'm a girl, lol.

The timing of this whole thing couldn't be worse.  We are supposed to be saving money to go to Colorado for his best friends wedding.  We leave to drive to Portland on Turkey Day to catch our plane.  May have to take a bus to Portland if anything else decides to go wrong with his truck.  We already have our plane tickets purchased (obviously) but now we are going to be short on cash while there.  Fun.  We fly back home on the 30th... That's a long time with no money, lol.  But, we will make the best of it and still have a blast while there :)

On to something else... My family, Kris and I are going to have Saturday as our Turkey Day since Kris and I will be gone on the real Turkey Day.  Saturday is also my birthday so we are getting two birds with one stone... Much easier that way!  We should just pick one day out of the year and celebrate EVERY holiday, lol.  That would be a huge money saver!  4th of July, Easter, St. Patty's Day, Christmas, Halloween, Birthdays and whatever other holiday I didn't say... All rolled into one!  Sweetness :)  Well, maybe on New Years Eve...

Anywho, I should get going.  He's in the shower now and he will be ready to start mechanicin' once he's done.  Have a great day all!  :)

Diego's Restaurant

My awesome boyfriend took me to Diego's for dinner last night.  Talk about amazing food!  I found my new favorite restaurant :)  I ordered the Seafood Penne Pasta... Shrimp, halibut, scallops and lobster with a garlic sauce... It was to die for!  The only downfall is the price.  It's what I would call a 'high-class' restaurant.  But, I guess for the price, the food was well worth it, lol.

I was so excited to go there (my first time there) that I even curled my hair.  The curl didn't last the whole time though, lol.  But, it was nice to get dressed up and be all girly like :)  I don't do that very often.  I'm more of a down-and-dirty kinda girl.  Now I'm getting off track.  Back to the dinner.  We met up with another couple there and enjoyed great food and company.  I had two beers with dinner and boy howdy... Those two beers seemed to make me a little buzzed!  TWO!  That's crazy right there, lol.  I don't know what was up with that but when we got home, I sat on the couch with my guy and watched a little T.V..  Next thing I know, I wake up just in time for him to say he's ready for bed, lol.  Don't know when I fell asleep but we got home around 7:30pm.  I'm just getting too old these days... Early to bed, early to rise is my motto now when I used to be a night owl and sleep all morning... Blasted age is getting the best of me and I don't like it.

Have a great day all!  :)