Are You Ready?

It's Gameday! Car is loaded and we should start tailgating shortly. War Eagle!

Fabulous at Fifty :: Part Two

As you may have seen on the invitation, there will be a social hour and then dancing at her party.

The social hour has been set aside so that Mom will be able to visit with her guests. Hors d'oeuvres along with beer and wine will be served at this time. We picked her menu over a month ago when we were on the way to Atlanta. It's all of her favorites. (My mom is the general manager at the country club in my hometown. That is where this event will be taking place.)

Then comes the dancing. The band that played at my mom and Jack's wedding and that also played at mine and Taylor's wedding will be performing. My mom has had them booked for months and is so excited about being able to dance! They played at one of our ADPi formals in college, which was where I was introduced to them. Motown music, one of my favorites!

Fabulous at Fifty :: Part One

On September 25, we will celebrate my mom's 50th year of life.
And celebrating this day is no small event.
The invitations where sent out earlier this past week.

Here's a peek:



Taylor and I will be returning from our vacation on the 24th and my sister and brother-in-law will be flying an hour later. We will quickly head to Monroeville for the weekend festivities.

Stay turned for more on my mom's version of "My Super Sweet Sixteen".

free night

a free movie night, that is. thank you redbox. i've been wanting to see a couple of movies but knew that i didn't want to make taylor watch them too. so after searching for a couple of free rental codes, i picked up the movies and settled in for a friday night of movies.

i actually enjoyed both of them more than i imagined i would. it was a good decision to watch them without my husband though.

i love mail.

especially when i get home from one of the longest days of work and there is a package on the doorstep. this is my second experience with modcloth and i am so glad that i found out about it from jessica.

taylor and i are leaving for vacation in less than a month and i got a few things that will be perfect.

and this skirt also will do great for auburn football kicking off next weekend.

now, just to finally find something to wear the night after we return from vacation. there is a special occasion happening. more to come on that.

taste buds

my husband knows the way to my heart...

and taste buds. he's home until wednesday. he flew into birmingham this afternoon. i arrived home from work to find two orders of lettuce wraps along with an order of honey chicken and beef with broccoli in the refrigerator. not only was i super excited about not having to decide what we are going to eat for dinner, but it also didn't take long to convince him that we needed to eat lettuce wraps right away. i love him. and i love that he knows me so well.

quality time

One thing that Taylor and I make sure we do is not take our time together for granted. Our time together is truly the meaning of quality time.

It was incredible to have him home for a few days. Monday morning once picking him up, the last thing that I wanted to do was go back to work. We went on our date to Miyako Japanese Steakhouse, of course. Going out for Japanese food is one of our favorite dates. And sitting down next to him for a meal was something that I miss more than I realize.

Tuesday morning I returned to work and left him to sleep in and rest. I made up my mind that I wanted to take off work on Wednesday to spend time with him so that's exactly what I did. I returned home from work on Tuesday excited about my little "vacation" during the middle of the week.

Wednesday morning started with my brother-in-law and his dad starting to paint the outside of our house. Taylor and I headed to breakfast at Chappy's then off to Sikes & Kohn's to get some new shoes. The rest of the day was just spent spending time together. I loved that I had the chance to take off and just be with him for the day. I did get on my computer a few times while he was home but only once he told me to since he was having to work on his.

He left this morning. And to my surprise, he'll be home again on Monday with a flight back out on Wednesday. Thank goodness it won't be another 25 days until I see him again.

home.

Taylor is currently on his way home. His flight will land in less than an hour. I could not be more excited to see him and thankful to have him home for a few days. So if you wonder where I am, I'm with him or at work waiting to get home to him. I'm even thinking about taking the day off work on Wednesday just to spend more time with him. I've promised myself to not get on my computer while I'm at home this week. No Facebook, Gmail or Blogger once I'm home from work. It's not really quality time to sit next to each other on the sofa and both be on our computers. So, that being said... I'll see you Thursday with a recap of the week.

grass

Yes. I cut the grass. With my husband being out of town, I just cut the grass for the second time since he's been out of town. Thankfully the lawnmower didn't run out of gas until right as I finished cutting the front yard. It will be waiting on him to fill it up and cut the grass again once he gets home next week! I'm off the take Miley on a walk while I'm already sweaty and in need of a shower.

Strawberry Pretzel Salad

I know that Laura requested that I post this recipe. Like I said on the post about celebrating Taylor's birthday, this was his cake. We both love it. I took it for my breakfast for the next few days after I made it because I could not just throw a lot of it away if we didn't eat it all. I hope that you enjoy this recipe as much as my family does!

Strawberry Pretzel Salad:

Ingredients-

2 cups pretzels, crushed

3/4 cup butter, melted

2 Tbsp sugar

1 8 oz package cream cheese at room temperture - (i use 2 sometimes to make the middle layer thicker)

1 cup confectioners' (powdered) sugar

1 8 oz container cool whip

1 6 oz pkg strawberry flavored jello (large box)

2 cups boiling water

2 10 oz packages frozen strawberries, thawed

Directions-

Preheat oven to 400 degrees. Mix pretzels, butter and sugar together. Pat in 9 x 13 inch pan. Bake about 10 minutes and cool. Cream the confectioners' sugar and cream cheese together. Stir in cool whip and spread on top of pretzel layer. Combine gelatin and boiling water. Stir in strawberries and mix well. Put in freezer for a little while, until it starts getting thick. Pour over cream cheese layer. Refrigerate until top layer is congealed.

Serves 12.