Cooking update!

Last night I prepared cornish game hens. I never thought I'd do that. But the Baddass saw them for a good price at Kroger and I was intrigued.

It's just like chicken. They were delicious, succulent, and adorable. But over all, nothing earth shattering.

I just like the sound of it, I prepared cornish game hens last night. How was your lean cuisine, bitches?

Ahhhh!!!!!!!!!!!

Cars and car parts are expensive!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Oh my... why can't parents pay for that kind of things even after we're married and one our own?! Its a protection thing. I'm still too young and innocent to know how mechanics rape you in prices... sob!

Baby Girl

(Okay, so I know this is an excessive amount of posts for one day, but I've really been meaning to do this post and am finally getting around to it)

Meet the newest addition to our family!

From Welcome to the family Bosco!

Bosco Baddorf

Reasoning

My husband works at a running store. They are having a sale today... better than the managers discount. Since I'm hanging out in the back and dying of boredom, the husband mentions I should look to see if there is anything I want since there are such deals to be had. Not being one to turn down an opportunity to shop, I did.

Now, I'm not a runner... I hate to sweat. I don't go to the gym, despite the fact that I have a (free) membership. But I've got some great workout/running gear. And today I add to it:
- One long sleeve t-shirt... because I don't have one. I've got a thicker turtle neck, but not just a plain, thin-ish long sleeve shirt. This one also has the longer sleeves and a thumb hole. I love thumb hole. That's reason enough to buy it.
- One men's small short sleeve shirt. Women's shirts don't fit me, the men's are longer, baggier, and I can wear a smaller size which makes me feel good.
- Two large women's running shorts. One of them is green, which is my favorite color. The other is black and grey, nice neutral colors. I need a size large right now, so that I can work out and then fit into my old shorts I already have.

See... I need these things!

Cellular

I feel like currently my life is just a series of noises that phones make. Last night we had both of our phones on the chargers in our bedroom. Someone called Bryan after we went to bed and his phone continued to make a noise every 5 minutes to let us know he had a missed call. He believed that it was mine and I knew that it was his, so neither of us did anything about it. I didn't sleep well needless to say. He said he never heard his phone make that noise before, which I believe since he always has it on vibrate.

Currently I am in the back of the Baddass's store. Some employee's phone keeps making the low battery noise. Its driving me crazy.

This blog doesn't have a point, just needed to rant about cell phone noises and how they are out to send me to the Betty.

Couscous Casserole

Last night I made a couscous casserole from my new cooking bible. It was delicious. Tomato sauce, meat, fresh veggies, coucous... what can be better?! Well... it might have been better with a little onion in there, but someone I know doesn't like onion. They also don't like tomatoes or squash, but if I left those things out it would have been beef and couscous and not have nearly the delicious flavor that this casserole did.

The only negative was that it required a couple of pans. One to cook the tomato sauce and one to brown the meat. But once I got the casserole assembled and in the oven I could wash the pots and have the kitchen spotless in time to mess it all up again.

I do love a casserole when having company over. Mainly because I like getting the kitchen as clean as possible. Making it all look effortless is as important as taste to me. I don't know why. Its probably an ego thing. I should get over that.

My concession to hostess last night was wearing a t-shirt (no bra!) and jeans. I don't have to make it all look effortless, delicious, and look good too. Its too much work. Also, I just didn't feel like it.

Spring has sprung!

Spring has officially sprung in our neighborhood.

The vines on the trellis are flowering.

From Spring 2009

I purchased ferns to put in the pots next to the door. Its amazing what having a living plant really does for the area.

From Spring 2009

When we bought the house, the previous owner left us this pot on the front porch. I thought the plant might be dead, but turns out its not. Still not sure what kind of plant it is, but a little mystery makes it a little exciting.

From Spring 2009

We even have flowers blooming in the backyard. Maybe more pictures to come... maybe.