happy days.....

think back to those days when we had no ATM machines, we survived on maybe cash alone or one

credit card...

ahhh. maybe simple is best....

i was literally doing bank stuff for the first 3 hours of my morning and then left to visit the bank in

person.....

i have found, when you have a banking issue, its best to just show your smiley face.

when you try to do ANYTHING over the phone, it NEVER gets done RIGHT.

so after being told that my card was cancelled d/t the wonderful hackers that

invaded my space, i was told today, that they

never stopped it.

WHAT??? mo fo.

yep. so the fraud dept and the actual bank had said it was cancelled and guess what?

it WASNT.

here nor there, the accounts have been closed and hopefully

i will have changed all accts that i am aware of that have auto payments, and

all will be well again in love and war.

speaking of war....

have y'all seen the movie

this means war???

uuhhhhhhdorable.....

yep. thats my word for adorable.

REESE witherspoon and i am not sure who the hotties were that chased after her,

but whewwww.

pretty damn hot. ok. smoking hot.

lucky beotch.

yes....there they are...3 cutie patooties.

go. see. it.

you will laugh.

very light hearted.

oh, and if you want to lose 2 hrs of your life that you will never be able to get back,

then go see,

the grey.

DUMB.

DUMB.

DUMB.

1 hr and 57 mins. only to have the stupidest ending EVER.

that my friends was the extent of my weekend. cleaning. working. writing another

lovely paper for school.

what are you all up to for valentines tomorrow?

ANDDDD....

if you could have one wish come true what would it be?

have a lovely week!!

xoxo

happy list continues:

399. seeing my sweet 18 yr old's beautiful face, who is away at college....

398. getting a text in the middle of the day of my 'grand dog'...and his ever so cute face!

397. sun on a winter day

396. chipotle. (yep. for realz.)

395. the feeling of the white nugget jumping on the bed right before the alarm goes, off, to snuggle for a few minutes......

fabulous brownies

hi y'all.....

(yep. i still wish i had that sweet southern belle accent!)

i am FUUUHHHRRREEEZING. not even kidding.

i am sitting in my office at work right now...and my fingers literally feel like they are

going to fall off.

i am queen of procrastination. i guess i should have added this to my list of resolutions!

i have a paper i have to write for school and i just do not want to do it.

and yes.

it

is

due

in about 8 hrs. 11:59 EMT. which would be one AM. here.

ahhhh...why do i do this to myself....hmmm. i guess because i am literally so busy

working two jobs and have no time to do anything.

fully legitimate. doesnt make me feel any better about not having it done.

i do not want to do it.

anywho,

i am going to share this recipe for these delightfully delicious diet sabotaging (spellling?)

BROWNIES....

you need to run to the store and get the goods to make these.

they are gooey. chocolatey.

melt in your mouth maddening.

do i have your attention YET?!

i found them over

here~@ my baking addiction!

i had a work pot luck luncheon, which i should admit right now, the truth.

i {{{LOVE}}} pot lucks.

it's cuz i am seriously food obsessed.

i had this conversation with princess # 2. she said the same thing. i think this was her

direct quote

"like, i just love food....it makes me so happy".

god i love that kid.

and the fact that yes, she is young a size two and can still eat like a pig says nothing.

like, i love food too. yet, i am no longer a size two and probably will not be. ever.

so what were we talking about?

oh yeah....

heavenly brownies.

i doubled the recipe.

i will also show you where i did a couple different things.

and honestly. they were easy peasy. you will never want to eat store box brownies again.

ever.

pinky. promise.

and the best part........

i had ALL of the ingredients in my pantry. :o)

bonus points for that fo sho.

so here ya go homies....and let me know if you try. the only complaint i had

from someone at the evil potluck, was that,

they were too rich.....wahhhhhh???

too rich? are you freaking kidding me?

they ARE BROWNIES PEEPS.

arent they supposed to be?

best brownies ever

preheat oven to 325'
prepare a 9x13 pan. i lined with stick free foil......so you can just lift and cut them at the end!

2 sticks plus 4 tablespoons butter. ( i used 1/2 butter, 1/2 margarine)

1 cup chocolate chips. I used 1/2 dark and 1/2 semi sweet.
1/2 cup cocoa powder

2 and 1/2 cups pure white sugar. yep. thats right.

1 1/3 cups flour

4 tsp. vanilla
1 tsp. salt
1 tsp. baking powder
3 large eggs

mix dry ingredients together in large bowl. set aside.
melt over low heat the butter. add in the chocolate chips stirring to melt. my baking addiction recommends double boiler but i am lazy and just heated on low and worked perfecto.
when chips and butter have melted stir in sugar and vanilla. add eggs one at a time. stirring between each one.
pour chocolate mixture into bowl of dry ingredients and mix until blended.
pour into prepared pan and bake. i think i ended up baking mine for about 32 minutes. my baking addiction states DO NOT OVERBAKE. you want your toothpick to be moist and wet crumbs! so true.

i love gooey madness. seriously. i was in heaven. will you think poorly of me, if i devulge that yes, i brought the leftovers home from the pot luck and by sunday had consumed about 6 brownies? not kidding. i feel the butter stuck to my glutes as i type this. help. i have issues!

source: my baking addiction

bake up kiddos. i promise you wont regret.

xo



thirsty thursday!

so long gone are the days of hanging out on thirsty thursday!

i can now live vicariously thru my lil peanut

whom, i think may be

enjoying more of her share of thirsty thursdays, fridays AND

SATURDAYS!

yikes.

i love her honesty, but yikes. it scares me to think that my lil peanut is out there

in the world making life decisions...

lol...ok, maybe not life decisions....

but even if it's deciding to

eat or not eat pop tarts for dinner....

you see where i am going...

but that's what college kids do, right?!

so in honor of thirsty thursday i wanted to share a few healthy smoothie recipes!

enjoy!

red, white and blue fruit smoothie

Ingredients

1/2 large banana, cut into pieces and frozen
2 large fresh strawberries, rinsed and sliced
1/4 cup blueberries
1/2 cup milk (i use skim....just sayin....)
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
2 tablespoons vanilla yogurt
2 ice cubes

Directions:

Place the banana pieces, strawberries, blueberries, milk, vanilla extract, yogurt, and ice cubes in a blender. Blend until smooth.

drink it up! sooo tasty!

 green smoothie! (aka. the green monster!)

Ingredients


1 banana, thickly sliced, frozen
2 cups chopped kale
1 tablespoon flax seed meal (optional)
1 tablespoon coconut oil (optional)
1/4 cup milk
1/3 cup orange juice (again, i use the lightened up version!)

Directions


Place the banana, kale, flax seed meal, and coconut oil into a blender, pour in the milk and orange juice. Cover, and puree until smooth; serve.

Enjoy!

and lastly for all you chocolate yuppy guppies.....

chocolate/banana smoothie...heaven...

ingredients

1 banana

1 tablespoon chocolate syrup

1 cup milk

1 cup crushed ice

directions

In a blender, combine banana, chocolate syrup, milk and crushed ice. Blend until smooth. Pour into glasses and serve.

source: allrecipes.com

happy thirsty thursday!

do y'all have a fav smoothie flavor?

xoxo



monday,funday!

hello lovies!

i am trying to be excited about jumping back into the work week.

i typically ALWAYS have the monday morn blues.

but i am trying to view life differently and

appreciate

every

little

thing

that

is

brought

my way.

weekend was uneventful. i sat at princess # 3's high school invitational track meet on friday night.

brrrr.

it was flipping freezing.

this poor lil gal is having relationship issues and has been a basketful of tears lately.

when you are young and in love.

(or old like, me)

you know what it feels like to have your heart ripped out.

poor lil babe. my heart hurts for her.

saturday:

went up to college to visit princess # 2.

here's a recap of our visit.

took g'ma along for the ride. she loves hanging out with us.

first of all, i should say while parading thru the mall, we came

across these:

yep. utterly HUGE, ridiculously ENORMOUS,

easter bonnets!

yikes.

or i guess, kentucky derby worthy bonnets?

your call.

of course we had to have a fashion show right there in the middle

of the aisle. 

 even my sweet 72 yr old mom....isnt she adorable?!?

like, people really wear these???

lol.

actually, i have to admit....there were a couple that i loved.

i guess, i can tend to be a little extreme in the fashion sense tho....

we made a stop at a place called the cookie jar...

imagine:

hottttt, warm, fresh baked cookies, made to order.

full

of

deliciousness.

here's my two models while we waited for the baking!

my lil mini me! lurrvvee that kid!

ok, one last note, if you are feeling crazy and want to vote

for my blog, head over

here:

 k, have a splendid day!

love

you

tons.

bye.

xoxo



hi friends!

hi lovies!

by the time you read this, it will be hump day....

so, a happy happy hump day to you.....

i just finished scholarship letters for princess # 3. yes.

scholarship letters.

applications.

what.

the.

hey.

my

little peanut butter cup will be leaving the bunny nest in 5 very short months.

insert sad sad sad face, here.

when you have your children you can't wait.

you can't wait for them to 

walk. 

then they never stop.

you can't wait for them to talk.

then they never stop.

you can't wait for them to sleep the night.

then they do that too.

you can't wait for that first day of school. 

then look. 

my teeny weeny baby girl is getting ready to leave.

bless her sweet stinkin heart.

i want my little baby doll back....the one who ALWAYS asked for shoes for her bday...
instead of toys....(hhhmmm see a pattern like mama like daughter?)

when she was a little girl she said i could go with her to her prom.....

do you think she still means that?

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wish she was super duper small like this again........
just sayin....

xoxo