Yesh..

I dont know how many times I need to apologize to those following my blog.... I am horrible at keeping up with this! Mostly because I have been sick the past couple days and havent made anything spectacular. So sorry Mom and Dad. ;) Last night was my first night back in to it. Only a couple more meals to make! Last night I made Baked Ratatouille. (in honor of nathan) I was hesitant about it because I have never had eggplant before and not sure how to pick one out or even a zuccini. It had a special take on it so it wasnt completely vegeterian (sorry mom). I added bacon to it. Makes it delicious! My plan was to make Ratatouille while watching Ratatouille for date night.But that didnt happen. O well. We watched The Other Guys instead. Pretty funny. Doug liked dinner and had several helpings. And I actually enjoyed the eggplant. :) So this one is a keeper.
In other news, I am glad the Royal Wedding is over.. I am tired of hearing about it. Altho I do have to admit, her dress was gorgeous. But enough said. :) Also, I watched the trailer for the last Harry Potter, or Parry Hotter as Bill likes to call it.. And it looks AWESOME! I CANNOT WAIT! :)
Also I dislike walmart and the people there.. you know what im talking about those of you who I called sobbing too..
And I have a cake to do this weekend. Should be pretty fun!
AND I have been watching every episode of the Office all week long. I am so sad Michael Scott is gone.. I need to watch last nights episode still.. so dont spoil it!
I am full of several emotions this week and that is why this blog is so random.

Left overs

Last night I made Spaghetti Pie. Im a huge fan of spaghetti and any chance I get to have some I take it! It was delicious. And with the garlic bread it was just mouth watering.. My mouth is watering as I am typing this. Think I will have some left overs for lunch. :) One nice thing about it only being the two of us, is that we always have left overs because for some reason I always make enough food to feed 5 or 6 people. :) Atleast its nice to know that I dont have to change our meal planning for when we have a few kids. :) Tonight, probably left overs since its Good Friday and Doug will be at the church all night.

getting healthy.. or not

I am so thankful for my husband. I am thankful that he is loving and faithful to me. I love that he makes me laugh and is there for me to cry to. He is my best friend. I cannot imagine my life with out him. I am so blessed to have him in my life. Today we went to the gym today.. I never to go the gym. Partly because well lets be honest, I dont need to lose weight. But I am definitely not in good shape either. And Doug wanted me to go, so I went. I warned Doug I wouldnt last long. I talked the whole time as well.. Im sure I annoyed him and he will never want me to come with again. :)  After the workout my whole body felt like jello and I couldnt feel my legs from doing the bicycle for 20 minutes. Im sure you are chuckling, thinking what a ninny. (thats some word doug used to call me a weakling.) Well its true. I am. While Doug was finishing up his workout I watched a workout class going on, bodycombat. It looked fun. I want to try it. Beat me up some people, well technically air. :)

For dinner, we had pierogies and polish sausage, very healthy. ;) I grew up on pierogies so technically its not a new recipe but I did cook them another way so it kind of works. I have made some from scratch before but they take like 3 hours.. but so delicious. Besides the week has been crazy already so I needed something easy. Spending the night with my husband, eating food I grew up on and watching the office... Its a refreshing night to what the week has already presented. I cherish these moments. And I cannot wait to get in bed and pass out.... oh and by the way I included a picture of Brayden sleeping on my floor because thats what I feel like doing. :)

Fishiness??

I am really bad at remembering to blog after I cook! I apologize for my few followers.. (mom and dad) :) Thursday night was date night, so I dont typically get on the computer that day, but I did cook. For the very first time ever, I cooked fish.. Yepp fish. I know what some of you are thinking, kimberly hates seafood.. its true. I dont enjoy it. BUT.. I kind of liked it this time. I tried another recipe out of the Grace Church cookbook, thanks to the lovely Karen Wade, I used her recipe. It wasnt bad at all! and I am not sick from it either. Double bonus. Super easy to make, triple bonus! The only probably I had was picking out a fish. I dont know how to shop for that. The recipe called for a white firm fish.. uuhh ookay?? So I headed to the store and went to the seafood isle.. looked around for ten minutes with a confused look on my face and my tonge sticking out.. you know the look. :) After careful consideration.. I chose Tilapia. It was the cheapest and looked white and firm to me. And thanks to my wonderful husbands knowledge of the doneness of fish, we had a lovely meal of fish, rice and bread. I was certainly proud of myself. :) Friday we had taco villa. Yummy!! Today, we will see what the future holds for us. The plan- steak burritos.

Hazards

I almost had a freak out moment literally 10 seconds ago.. Patch decided to throw a large kong toy onto the keyboard.. it froze and wouldnt work. Thankfully it is working again! haha dogs.. Its been a day of hazards. I came home from the store today and started putting away the groceries. Well apparently as I was putting away some veggies in the fridge I stuck my head too far in and when I lifted up.. I smacked, no slammed my head in to the door. I hit is so hard that Im pretty sure I blacked out a second because the next thing I knew I was hunched over on a chair. Instantly felt sick to my stomach. My head still hurts. The lessoned learned here.. dont stick your head in the fridge no matter what! :)
Tonight I made one of Cheryls famous casseroles. As everyone knows everything she makes is famous. Shes an amazing cook, and lets face it, I will never be as good as her. but I can certainly try! :) I made Chicken and Chilis casserole. One of Dougs favorite from his childhood. It is delicious! If you havent tried it,you should. It is in the Grace Cookbook.-Which I will be cooking from all week, so someone else may be mentioned. ;)
The dogs are wrestling at the moment.. yes literally wrestling like teenage boys.. I feel another accident happening...

Mondays..

I forgot to blog on saturday about what I made... Im so forgetful sometimes, or just very busy lately. Saturday night we ended up going to the park with family and watched Brayden feed the ducks. Really watched him eat the bread himself. :) I did make something saturday. Bruschetta Chicken. I love anything Bruschetta. Bruschetta Steak (which by the way, mine is delicious) and just plain ol' bruschetta. I could snack on it all the time. I have fond memories of it back in college on valentines day when my friends and I made bruschetta and venison that a friend has recently attained the weekend before. :) Sitting in the dorm room cooking it on the electric skillet we werent allowed to have, making valentines day cards that night.. ;) As for the chicken I made.. it was good, I dont think it cooked all the way. So there were parts we just ate around. O well, cant all be a success.
Tonight, no new recipe. Sorry to my fans. ;) I worked longer hours today due to a sick mother in law and was just too tired to cook something new. So just a pork roast that i just popped in the oven with some pasta. Still delicious. Tomorrow I will have to pick up where I left off. Quiet night at home tonight. I finished a book I've been in to for the past week. Ive set a record for myself. 4 books so far this year. Nothing compared to Dougs 10 books so far.. but its no competition.. or is it? :)

Friday,

Today has been a pretty okay day, not including the few emotional battles since last night, but not bad all together. I worked extra hours today, which was nice because I basically got paid to sit there and read a book im in to at the moment. So im not complaining there. :) Once I got home.. different story. Apparently our dogs dont like being locked up an extra two hours and decided to have more energy that I can handle, as well as my poor feet, which by the way have scratches all over them because they wouldnt let me walk more than an inch with out stepping on me. And our neighbors decided that they feel need to blast their music so loud that it pounds thru our walls and we can hear it over our tv. As I am typing this it is still going... ugh. I took Atlas for a walk to release some stress. In the process I found the perfect house. Unfortunately its in a neighbor that we definitely would not be able to afford for a long time. Discouraging.

One thing that is good, was dinner! I made bacon wrapped meatballs with french fries! It was yummy. I think I need to cook it a little more next time, a little runny. I was so thankful that when it was time to cook dinner it was easy and fast. After a long day at work and emotions running high its always nice to have something easy to make and not stress over that. Tonight, quiet night. I think I might even go to bed early. Big shock. ;)

Thursdays

Every week I look forward to thursdays. It is a reminder that I am getting closer to the weekend, I get off of work early, its date night and I get to hang out with my favorite and only nephew all afternoon. Its usually a pretty good day, exhausting day for sure. Today Brayden and I did household chores, well actually I did and he, well did baby things. :) I see it as a preparation time for me whenever Doug and I have little ones walking around. I love rocking him to sleep and he seems to enjoy it as well.. I mean who wouldnt enjoy being held and back rubbed while falling asleep!? I think I will have to convince Doug to do that to me tonight as I try to drift off.. :) I love being the Aunt, its my chance to spoil the heck out of him. He says hello in the cutest way and if you havent heard him yet, Ive gotten a little video for you. (I cant figure out how to turn it up right so I apologize) It just breaks your heart and makes you so happy at the same time because he is the most adorable baby. I cant wait for my own.
Anyways, For date night, I made dinner, Which I normally do. Tonight I made Apple Stuffed Pork Chops with broccoli and cheese and french bread. It was delicious! Doug said that so far my little project has been a success. And I think he has enjoyed having new recipes to try. This one, I thought was going to be difficult to do, which in fact it was super easy and fast! (well besides the hour of baking in the oven) Tomorrow will be Bacon Wrapped Meatballs.. we will see if that is a success as well!

Day 2- Pizzeria

Today is a day I can describe with one word.. Exhaustion... Busy day at work and a busy day at home. Today I decided to deep clean the apartment... like scrub the baseboards on all our walls. I even pulled out all our furniture and vacuumed behind everything. Dusted and swepted the cielings and walls. Our home is a brand new place! :) Im like a real housewife.. All I need to complete it is a couple kids running around. Our dogs will have to do unitl then. :) During all of that I was able to start making my first homemade pizza. For the past several months I havent been able to eat pizza for some odd reason. Every time that I do I end up sick to my stomach and not able to function. Im not sure if I am allergic to the sauce or if the grease just upsets my stomach so much, but I decided to make my own pizza and pray that I dont get sick. So far.. Im healthy as can be, so I think we might have a winner! The real test will be during the night. I made a Marinated Mozzeralla Pizza. with fresh basil and parsley and garlic. It was yummy. The only thing that would have made it better was a sauce to dip it into. I will have to remember that for next time. We just came back from walking both dogs on such a nice cool night. Walks are one of my favorite things Doug and I do. Brings me back to our dating days when we would take walks just to get away and talk. I burped on our walk (yes very lady like) and I got the after taste of garlic.. you know the taste, Doug says theres no better burp than that. :) Day 2 is a success.

Day 1 of Julie & Julia challenge.

Today kicked off my new recipes for every meal I make in the month of April! After spending an hour at the worst walmart in the world and having a headache.. I was finally able to come home and relax and start cooking. Tonight I decided to make French Onion Soup and Tomato Mozzerella Salad, or as Doug likes to call it- Tomatza salad or mozamato.. :) (gotta love him) The smell of onions is still lingering in our apartment but its a delicious smell of carmelized onions. Even though doug had to leave the room because of the burning of his eyes from the onions (it required 3 cups of onions) it was delicious! A perfect blend of salty and crunchiness from the bread. And as I type this now my eyes are starting to water from the left over scent. Well worth it. :) I definitely recommend opening a window if you are going to make this in a small kitchen! The salad was a nice refreshing taste to the savory soup. Tomorrow I look forward to making another new recipe. So far it is a success. :)