Busy Busy!

How is tomorrow February!?
We've been busy little bee's this month!
Biggy tried out for golf today! I will let you know how he did tomorrow when he finds out if he made the team! So exciting!

My precious friend, Emily, has inspired me to cook.
She doesn't love a lot of the things I like! It cracks me up! But I am working on her & her love for new foods!

My hubby is so tired this week! In fact, he got home at 6 tonight, was in bed by 7 after dinner, because he has to be up at 1:30 for work. I love him. I desire an easier schedule for my man! We are working on this!
Ask, believe & receive!

Here are a couple recipes I've tried lately! Pictures will follow these recipes.
The recipe is below but here is the link! Click link! I just exchanged zucchini for squash!

And hot DOG! I cooked something brand new tonight!

This is on the back of the College Inn Culinary broth ~ the White wine & herb broth.
Do yourself a favor & MAKE THIS!

Oh yum. I seriously loved it. I made olive oil & garlic cous cous with it. Josh didn't LOVE it, but he is so tired, I think he was just thankful to have food & go to bed! I really loved it. I think it's a delicious girl dish!
And Barkley Hudspeth is hoping you are having a wonderful week.

For the LOVE of chicken!

My adorable friend, Emily, told me about a recipe for PUB CHICKEN from Publix Apron's recipe box.
YUMMY is all I can say! Josh liked it a lot, I loved it & had it for lunch the next day.
Here are a few pictures along my way of making it!
Click on the word PUB CHICKEN above for the link to the recipe!

It really is so good!
Where has January gone? How can Christmas be over a month ago?

I was taking pictures of items for Ebay & Kenlee brought this sweet little crab to me. Made my day! I love a relaxing Saturday when the kids entertain themselves & I can be productive! She drew almost an hour last Saturday!

My friend Beth from high school sent this to me. It's from 1995. We were going to the Who's Who dance with Josh & his step brother. Can we say mushroom head? I just don't think my hair is that thick anymore!

And here is from a late night Taco Bell run with danceline. I don't remember being that thin. Must have been nice!

I am thankful for my memories with Beth, Danceline, dating my husband & the carefree-ness we all had! It all fell into place!

And I wouldn't change a thing!

Cute things for you!

I worked on a NICE lady yesterday who has been battling Ovarian cancer since 2011. She was really scared to get massage ~ even asking me if massage would "spread her cancer." I've had continuing education, and basically what massage does is helps your body to lessen the stress hormone, cortisol, helps your lymphatic system stimulate & get rid of toxins, helps your body reach homeostasis, which is where your body is close to the best PH level as possible. This is a good question she asked, and probably one that a LOT of people with cancer are concerned with. My job is to relax your muscles, give you better circulation, help you to reach a healthy level of sleep & stimulate your immune system. I LOVE what I do. I really have met some of the neatest people in my life doing this & I APPRECIATE this gift I get to do. By the time my client left, we were hugging & I will get to see her in a couple weeks again. She TRUSTED me, I TRUST that I can help her, so I am just thankful & putting this on my blog!
When I turn on the news, most all of it (probably 98% of it?) is BAD news. That puts the STRESS hormone in our bodies, scares us, tenses us up, makes us feel yucky. I wish there was a channel on the television for just GOOD news! I want to help people realize that we can concentrate on the GOOD & we will be much healthier. So a massage, a walk, a rest, a relaxing book, anything that makes you feel good, I hope you get to do that this weekend.
In the meantime, I'm going to show you some of these wonderful sayings so anyone that reads this can concentrate on GOODNESS, relaxing, good health, a deep breath, a sweet moment that makes you grateful, and anything that makes your body feel relaxed.

Encourage someone, don't point out the bad points first, if you know someone wanting to try something new, lift them up.

A grateful heart is open to lots of joy!

It wasn't by accident that we met!

A cleansing breath doesn't just have to be for yoga! Practice that when you lay down at night. If you can't see your chest rise & fall, you aren't giving your lungs a good workout, you are just flaring your nose :) You want to see your chest rise & fall when laying flat.

If you like the music, DANCE! That's some of the best exercise you can do, and you don't really hear of muscles being pulled while dancing like you do when someone works out at the gym!

Ok. I'm off my soapbox tonight!
Good Night!

Tuesday the 22nd!

After a weekend of strep & a day off yesterday in honor of Martin Luther King, I was so thankful to be home with my little's. My parents came over & brought us a delightful Italian roast that was gone in no time, and it was just good to see family!

It is a work of art. I made roasted squash & a few other things with it. Yum is all I can say.

I did have to take Kenlee for a blood test to confirm strep on Sunday & sure enough. Her level was very high! I'm thankful my Mommy intuition kicked in & we went ahead & went.

 I adore my husband & son for letting her do their hair & nails once she felt better that night.
Seriously. I was so thankful to see her with energy.

 Kenlee doing Biggy's hand....

Then last night as I walked on the treadmill, my friend, Beth, downloaded an app & sent to my phone some fabulous pictures of me. She is crazy. She did some of Josh too, but he doesn't love his picture floating around this blog. Party pooper.

It's fun to have lighthearted crazy friends. Her Mom was my very first teacher when we moved to Anniston from Michigan & I was on danceline with Beth for a year or two. She is one of those people that no matter how much time goes by, it's like our friendship remains the same.
For that I'm thankful!

Random things!

Today has been an emotional day! My best friend from the age of 3 asked me to be in her Michigan wedding in November! Here she is with her groom to be!

I cried! It caught me off guard & I didn't expect it! I am truly honored!
We had our delightful open house at our office last night! It was great! I am blessed to have precious people in my life that showed up to support me! AGAIN! That made me emotional! I was really shocked when people I knew turned around the corner!
My friend, Angie, brought some of her odds & ends & we staged a cool area in the waiting lounge.

I took the kids today to work & here is Kenlee giving Logan a yoga lesson.

Then we went shopping for Logan's Guys & Dolls outfit. He's Benny the Gambler. The choir presents this on Valentine's Night!! It's gonna be great!

We have lots more to find, suspenders, suit, got his hat already. It's going to be awesome!
One of my friends had this cake last night & I think it should be outlawed it is so divine. It will put you in a sugar coma.

That is COOKIES on the outside of a cake. FROSTING like you have never seen & strawberries all  around. Are you kidding me?
Oh! And it snowed in Alabama for a short while last week! I will look back & see if I already blogged about it! It doesn't happen often so it's a big deal!

So instead of playing in the snow when Kenlee got in the car, we just took pictures of ourselves because it melted by the time we got home.

But that night the power went out for three hours. Not because of weather, but because of a wreck with a power pole on a nearby street, so we colored with the kiddies by candle light & built them a pallet. Then school was delayed two hours the next morning.
So much for our big winter storm!

See them on their pallet?
Oh wait! Here they are!

But our friend that we pass every morning on the way to school seemed to like the cold weather.
Have a good weekend!

Cute Faces!

I took some pictures yesterday & wanted to put them on here!
I love Logan's smile & I think his teeth look amazing! He has said for the past 8 years he wants to be a dentist, so I think he will be a good walking advertisement!

Love him!
We took a friend to school yesterday & her sweet Mom got some crafts for the girls to do yesterday afternoon. They look alike to me! They sang "Party in the USA" all the way to school!

Cute girls!
I must admit! I'm not the best face washer! I feel like since I'm getting older, I might need to take better care of my skin! I tried these last night...

My face feels extra soft & clean this morning! So I recommend them! They did make my eyes itchy, but for my face, they work great. I'll just avoid my eyes next time!
Hope you have a wonderful day!

Old School!

This weekend, Logan & Kenlee spent the night with Nana & Papa...so we had our first date night of 2013! It was delightful~ Josh & I went to eat & bowling. I loved every minute of it.

I still love that man with every piece of me after 19 years of looking at him. We needed this SO much! It was so good...out to eat, bowling & lots of laughing.

My Mom fixed up a photo album for me of old school pictures & I loved looking at these! Here are a few from the collection!

This is my Dad & I circa 1990! Playing basketball in our drive way!

 My brother lived in Michigan when we moved to Alabama, so every time he came to Alabama it was like I won the lottery spending time with him!

 Saks High School Danceline! My most fun memories of high school!!! Jessica, Beth, Bradley, Lora...some of my favorite people in life in this picture!

 This was my dog from 1989-2004. The only way I would move from MI to AL was to get a dog! We rescued him from a vet's office. They had tried to put him to sleep three times but for God's timing, he just kept hanging on & they KNEW he would have a family that loved him. This was Murphy Brown. ~ we named him before the show came out.

 And here is my most fabulous SISTOR & I ~ I'm sure going out for a night on the town to Acupulco Cafe on Lenlock Lane in Anniston ~ the most fabulous restaurant of the 80's & 90's in good ol' Anniston, AL.
 I loved my childhood!