Merry Christmas!!

Merry Christmas Everyone

Here are some of the cookies Mom and I made the other day.....
Sorry in advance, I couldn't get Slide to work, so there are a lot of pictures posted below!







And here are some pictures from our evening at Erin and Chuck's house for Christmas! They had a wonderful meal and it was so nice to visit with them and the rest of the gang!










I hope you are all having a wonderful Christmas spent with family and friends!

Happy Birthday Seth!!!

Today is my handsome Hubby's birthday!!!

Happy Birthday Honey! I Love You!

Unlike last year, I have no idea what to get him for his birthday. He might not get anything at all and I think he would be Ok with that which is definitely Ok with me :)

Tonight we are going to the Christmas service at church, then out to dinner with our life group and then to Katmandu to see one of Seth's DJ friends spin. This is the same DJ we were supposed to see at Metro, but we ended up not going. I'm hoping I have the energy for all of this running around though. Yesterday I was sooo weak. I left work at 3:20ish and went home and slept until 7:30, got up, ate, and went back to bed and slept all night! This healing crap takes a lot of energy! :)

Anyhoo, enough about me, Happy Birthday Seth!!!!

Cookies with Mom

Pictures to come!

Yesterday I spent the entire day at Mom's house making cookies to mail to my uncle and cousins. And when I say all day, I mean all day! I got there about 9:30am and left right around 8pm. But we had a lot of fun.

We made:
Snickerdoodles
Oatmeal Cookies
Wedding cookies
M&M cookies
Haystacks
Peanut Butter cookies
Sugar cookies with decorating icing

We made two batches of fudge too, but for some reason they just didn't turn out well, so we threw them out. Fudge is a tricky beast! Although we will definitely have to try again b/c it is sooo delicious!

I was exhausted by the time I got home and think I probably over did it a little for still recovering from oral surgery. Oh well....

What did y'all do this weekend?

All I Want for Christmas is.....

My wisdom teeth!

This morning I had my wisdom teeth removed. It went really well and I'm not in a lot of pain, so all is good in my book! Seth was a little bummed out because I wasn't all loopy when they got done, so he didn't get a chance to make fun of me. Although, he may get his chance yet, they prescribed me all kinds of pain meds! I could start a pharmacy!

But that's all for now folks, time to lounge around and relax so my mouth can heal. Have a great weekend!

Xmas 09

Merry Christmas!!

This is the first year since Seth and I have been together that we will be home for the holidays, so we decided to get our first tree!

The wreath was sent to us from Seth's awesome Nanny. I need to get a bow, but isn't it gorgeous!?

Seth bringing in the tree....

After decorating....

These are obviously before I cleaned up all the needles at the base, but I promise they are cleaned up now. We had to bring in the reinforcements (aka the shop vac) to get them all up! And I should probably take a picture with the lights off....

Here are some of the ornaments I've collected over the years courtesy of my Mom. It's a very nice tradition she made for us! Each year we go to the fair and go see the guy who makes these and order one. This year I'm a little late, but I'm still planning on getting one if I can find his information....

Apparently, I was on a fairy kick for a while.

Then a Noah's Ark phase.

After my cat, Sport, growing up.

KatieLion and AshleighPosey after my best friend and my nicknames for eachother in high school. There's a funny story as to how I got my name, but I think I just made hers up.

Not sure.....maybe from my mom the year Seth and I got Ford?

I thought this one was perfect seeing as how Seth and I have been doing a lot of fishing this year. Had I not seen this one, something along its lines would have been one of my options for our ornament this year. Now that I know we have it, I have a back up plan :)

There is also a bear one from when I was obviously a lot younger, but its old and has no string to hang by, so I left it carefully wrapped.

Hope you enjoyed our Christmas!

Symbolism

What do you think of when you see this:

It's a men's wedding band. The exact one my husband had. Yes, I said HAD!

Sunday while eating lunch with some friends my husband suddenly noticed that his wedding band was missing from his finger. He never takes it off, although he does fiddle with it a lot (twisting it on his finger, bringing it up to his knuckle then back), the cool temperatures may have played a factor in its disappearance too, unless maybe it came off in the shower....we are not sure. He can't remember the last time he had it on, but thinks he had it on in church.

Anyway, during the process of realizing the loss, the ensuing search for it, and conclusion that it is gone for good and will need to be replaced I was surprised by how upset I got. It is just a ring after all. An object. But an object that I believe holds a lot of meaning, and defintely has many memories associated with it, specifically the memory of when I placed it on his finger 2 1/2 years ago stating that we would love eachother til death do us part. I am not necessarily mad, but sad. And even if I was mad, I could not be mad at Seth as he didn't lose it on purpose.

What are your thoughts? Has your spouse ever lost their wedding ring? How did it make you feel? Did you feel anything at all?

Scotcharoos

Delicious!

If you have never tried them you are definitely missing out! My friend Grace introduced these to me a while ago and I have been in love ever since so I thought I would share :)

1 cup sugar
1 cup light corn syrup
1 cup peanut butter
3/4 bag milk chocolate chips
1/2 bag butterscotch chips

Heat sugar, syrup and peanut butter over medium until sugar melts (stir continuously as the sugar will burn)
Once smooth remove from heat
Stir in 6 cups of rice krispies
Pour this into a 13 X 9 greased pan
Even out by pressing down with wax paper
Melt chocolate chips and butterschotch chips stirring until melted and smooth
Pour over pan the flattened pan of rice krispies and smooth evenly
I put mine in the fridge for a little while after this to help the chocolate firm up quicker (aka, so I could eat it sooner!)

Enjoy!

Giveaway!!

There's a giveaway over at Nesting Place!!! Check it out! This fine lady is hosting a give away for a couple canvases from Red Letter Words. If you haven't seen Red Letter Words before then you really need to browse around, you'll fall in love!

These two are my favorite, but I would love to have any of them!

Good Luck!

Update:

He GOT THE JOB!!!!!!!!!!!!!!


Woohoo!!! We are so excited! and I am so proud of my handsome husband! I knew he was the best candidate for the job and I'm so glad others saw that as well!

Congratulations to the new Operations Manager of the Raleigh District!

Now he just has to get over this cold so he can start kickin butt and taking names :)

God is Amazing and is definitely working behind the scenes in our lives!

Short side story that makes this even more amazing: Before Seth went on the Men's Hike awhile back he was very unhappy with his job and where he didn't feel it was taking him so he was very seriously persuing the air force. While on the men's hike one of his big questions to God was 'what do I do?' and God gave him this verse "Be still and know that I am God. Cease striving" (literally, a guy walked up to him and gave it to him). Even after such an obvious answer to his question he/we were struggling to come to terms with it, then things started unfolding with this position and look where we are now! Wow! It's amazing what our Lord can do if we just allow him to and put our faith in him! God Is Good!

Dinner and an Update

Let's start with the update: the interview went Great! In his own words he "nailed it!". We should find out this morning who they are choosing for the position so send up a prayer for us!

Dinner:
For dinner Monday night I made stuffed flank steak with mushroom gravy, steamed carrots and a salad. It was delicious! My dad passed the recipe to me recently and I just knew it would be good.

So start with a flank steak, cover it with plastic wrap and beat the crap out of it with whatever you have on hand. I used a rolling pin, previously I have used a can. This is to help break up the conective tissue since we are not marinating it. Next, make some chicken stuffing from Stove Top and have it to the side. Slice your steak length wise into individual portions. I did mine in 3, but should have done it in 5! Take a ball of stuffing and place it in the middle of a strip of steak, fold the ends around and pin them with a toothpick. Do this with the rest of the strips and stuffing. I lightly sprayed a 9x9 with cooking spray then placed the rollups in the pan. For the gravy, mix 1 can cream of mushroom soup, about 3/4 can of water and some worcestershire sauce. Pour the gravy over and around all your rollups. I cooked mine in a 425 oven for about 40 minutes. YUM!!!! They were so good! I think I would use a 13x9 next time so the heat can get in and around the rollups better b/c they were not evenly cooked. So good though, you must try it! And I will get a picture next time I make it :)

Lot's to Catch up on!

So I have finally uploaded all of the pictures of the things we have been doing lately! I know, I know, I'm a slacker!

Fall Dinner and Pumpkin Carving:

Durham Rescue Mission and Hanging at Ben and Jenni's afterwards:

Dane Cook

Seth's Interview (today)

Minus the chin fuzz though, he shaved that off for the interview.

Cross Your Toes for BOGO

At lunch today I'm headed to Rack Room Shoes for their BOGO (Buy One, Get One half off) sale to hopefully pick up not one pair of new boots but TWO! I never replaced the boots that my dear lovely Shelby ate recently, and technically I never replaced the boots that my adorable Ford ate when he was going through his puppy phase either...so nows the time to replace both!

I found these:

and they come in black too!


So cross your toes that they are as cute in person and that they fit so I can get them! I've already got the go ahead from Mr. Husband, so I'm really excited!

What a Week!

I don't know about you guys (but feel free to tell me!) but this week has been C.R.A.Z.Y.!

Our office is in full flu shot mode, both seasonal and H1N1, and boy is it busy! Monday I was only in for a half a day and I sure regretted that Tuesday when I got back in, there were mounds of claims to be entered. We had Life Group over for group/dinner last night and it was a really good time. I made lasagna, salad, garlic toast, and chocolate eclair squares, Yum! The we discussed the first half of 2Timothy before watching Seth's skydiving video (I'll try and get that up here soon) and calling it a night.
Today doesn't look too bad work wise, but I'm really looking forward to this weekend :)

Tonight we are going to Metro Lounge to see our friend John Brown spin some drum and bass.



Saturday we don't have any plans really, but its going to be such a gorgeous day I think I'll take the dogs to Harris Lake to have some fun.

Sunday night we are going to see DANE COOK!!! at the RBC Center! I'm so excited!!! My sister-in-law hooked us up with tickets to go with her and her husband, and we are going to have a blast!


What are y'alls plans for the weekend?

Oh, and I forgot to mention that I started the 30 day Shred by Jillian Michaels. Holy Moly are my calves sore! And what a wierd place to be sore right? I was hoping my abs, back, arms or even thighs would be sore, but no, just my calves. So I'm walking like a little old lady, but hopefully I'll see some good results!

Check It Out

So I was surfing some blogs and came across the link to Shabby Apple on Nienie's Dialogues. WOW! I love thier clothes! "Yes, hello, I'll take one of everything, thank you!" Go look! And if you win the lottery any time soon, I was serious about wanting one of everything :)

I really like Fifth Ave, Antiquated and Rosie the Riveter

They are also having a design contest that looks cool, and they are helping women worldwide so check them out! Def good people!

Fall Dinner and Pumpkin Carving

Just sent everyone off for the night, and boy! What a night! Great company, great food, and great pumpkins!

This year I served salad, homemade rolls, mashed sweet potatoes, green beans with bacon, broccoli and cheese casserole, balsamic marinated flank steak with peppercorn gravy and for desert I made a Chocolate eclair cake. Yum!

I always forget to get a picture of everyone sitting at the table, but some good pictures of the pumpkin carving were taken, so I will post those later. For now, off to watch the UFC fight!

Distracted...

So....while I was supposed to be cleaning I had to run to Walmart to get a new belt for our broken vacuum. While at Walmart I just happened to walk down the curtain isle which revealed to me the valances to match the curtains I currently have in our living room. Coincedence? I think not. Divine intervention? Absolutely :P

Before:(full post link)


After:


And added:


I also moved some pictures around and reframed one of our honeymoon Haitian pictures (which you can see in the kitchen picture). The frame is a little too small and the picture is cut off a bit, so I need to (at some point, not now) get a more appropriate frame. Not bad though.