Not So Wordless Wednesday...

Kristen eating an orange...

"Jillian, do you really expect me to eat this?""Oook....but I'm not sure about this"

"Maybe I should pray over it first"

"Please don't watch me while I eat this"

"Because this is what happens!
Success!

....and just a sweet picture =)

Tasty Tuesday...

This is something that I've made a couple of times (introduced by Cindy) and it is so good and pretty easy!!

Chicken Alouette (from MyRecipes.com)

Ingredients

• 1 (17 1/4-ounce) package frozen puff pastry sheets, thawed
• 1 (4-ounce) container garlic-and-spice-flavored Alouette cheese*
• 6 skinned and boned chicken breast halves
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1/8 teaspoon pepper
• 1 large egg
• 1 tablespoon water

Preparation

1. Unfold pastry sheets, and roll each sheet into a 14- x 12-inch rectangle on a lightly floured surface. Cut 1 sheet into 4 (7- x 6-inch) rectangles; cut second sheet into 2 (7- x 6-inch) rectangles. Shape each small rectangle into an oval by trimming off corners. Spread pastry ovals evenly with cheese, leaving a 1/2-inch border around edge.

2. Sprinkle chicken with salt and pepper, and place in center of each pastry oval. Lightly moisten pastry edges with water. Fold ends over chicken; fold sides over, pressing to seal. Place each bundle, seam side down, on a lightly greased baking sheet.

3. Whisk together egg and 1 tablespoon water; brush mixture over chicken bundles.

Bake at 400° on lower oven rack 25 minutes or until golden brown.

Cover and chill up to 24 hours, or bake immediately.

(I substitute the alouette for reduced fat chive and onion cream cheese...just good)

Warning: Boring...

This is a boring post because I do not have much to say and I am busy trying to get my art project finished to turn in tomorrow. However, NaBloPoMo must go on! After this week I will be done with two classes for the semester and I am SOOO glad!! I'm also done with my 8-10pm lab which is VERY nice as well! Greg and I just got home from babysitting Karis and Laurel and now I am off to finish working on my homework =)

Sweet Sunday...

Today was such a fantastic Sunday! I woke up early and made us a yummy breakfast...Monkey Bread! What a mistake! It was a mistake because it was SOOOO good and I could literally eat that whole thing if I wanted! I surprised Greg with breakfast in bed before we got ready to go to church. We headed to church for a fantastic service and then ran a few errands together. I had to buy a new straightner which kinda stinks because the only one that doesn't ruin my hair are the CHI straightners which are not cheap! After we got home we straightened up around the house and lazed around (which means I took a nap) until I needed to get up and start cooking. Cindy and Thomas came over for dinner tonight (I would have taken pictures but the battery was dead in the camera...booo). We had chicken alouette, homemade mac-n-cheese-, and caesar salad. For dessert we had Ultimates Chocolate Filled Cookies...d-e-l-i-c-i-o-u-s! We had a nice time visting with the parents and enjoying dinner together. It was such a great day and a perfect ending to such a fun weekend!

Late Night Date Night....

Day 14
Last night Greg and I went to one of our favorite restaurants, Two Urban Licks, in Atlanta. We haven't been in a while so it was a totally new menu (it's changes every few months). We both got the bistro steak with whipped potatoes, roasted peppers, corn and shitake mushrooms...YUMMM! It was SOO good! I had my small camera with me but it couldn't take that great of pictures in the lighting we had (it's very dark in there) but I still got a couple. If you have not been here before we highly recommend it...the atmosphere is aweosome! After dinner we headed back to Kennesaw to go see a movie. The 8:30 was sold out so we bought tickets for the 9:35. So in between dinner and the movie...milkshakes! Date nights are night low-cal nights =) So...about the movie. You'll never guess what we went and saw...2012. Can you believe it?! You know that stuff scares me but Greg really wanted to see it so I saw it with him. And you know what? I'm glad I did! The movie was ridiculous...not very creative at all considering that plots been played several times before. So, I fell asleep a few times haha! Right before we went in to the theater I started to get a bad headache so I would close my eyes to shut out the picture for a few minutes and then wake up a few scenes later haha! Anyway....we got home at about 12:30am and Greg had to get up and go to work this morning...boooo! Tonight will probably be another late one becaues we are going over to a friends house for dinner and football...I better take a nap =)

My AWESOME mother...

I have an AWESOME mother! Those of you that know her, know that she is everything a mother should be.....loving, caring, sweet, beautiful, funny, witty, charming... I could just go on and on and on! I just don't tell her often enough how much she means to me and how much I appreciate her! But I do appreciate her so very much! I miss her SO much!!! You only get ONE mother...and I am so very glad she is MINE!!! Thank you MOM for EVERYTHING you have done for me...thank you for all your love and support!!! YOU ARE THE BEST!!!!

Just a second...

Day 12
...is all I have to write up this post! I am finishing up the final touches on my big semester long tutoring project that is being handed in tomorrow...PRAISE THE LORD!!! I will be SO happy to have this stuff turned in and the weight lifted! Anyhoo...No time for blogging but I had to get something in for the day =)