Whatever Wednesday

 I was reading over at West Sac Honey and I thought this post was great!! 

I hope you don't mind that I copied it, Jenn!

A. Age: 23

B. Bed size: Queen

C. Chore you dislike: Dishes!

D. Dogs: N/A Sweeter really wants a husky..when we have a place with a back yard!

E. Essential start to your day: Radio

F. Favorite color: Purple

G. Gold or silver: Silver

H. Height: 5'5"

I. Instruments you play(ed): the recorder? :-)

J. Job title: Management Associate

K. Kids: None now or int he near future

L. Live: California

M. Mom’s name: Andria

N. Nicknames: Sweeter, Friend, Tache

O. Overnight hospital stays: None

P. Pet peeves: When people drag their feet...

Q. Quote from a movie: Honestly, I don't watch too many movies

R. Righty or lefty: Righty

S. Siblings: Sam, 12 & Daniel 10

T. Time you wake up: During this rotation-6:00am

U. Underwear: I love lacy panties

V. Vegetables you don’t like: Mushrooms and Olives (if that is a vegetable)

W.What makes you run late: I think things will take less time than they actually do!

X. X-rays you’ve had: Teeth, Ankles, Hands

Y. Yummy food you make: I love to to make and eat my hamburgers...I write a post about them int he near future

Z. Zoo animal favorites: Penguins!  

Gifts, Gifts and More Gifts!

Hello Lovely Blogging World! 

I promise that I have not fallen off of the face of the Earth

...I am slowly getting a grip and I am back, slowly but surely!

I am at the stage now in the wedding planning to be thinking about gifts

Gifts for the Maid of Honor

Gifts for the Bridesmaids

Gifts for my Parents

Gifts for Sweeter's Parents

Gifts for Junior Bridesmaids and Groomsmen

Eek, I need some help and fast! :-)

(And of course, Sweeter has already gotten his gifts...what a good man I have on my hands!!)

Please help me out with some ideas! 

I would greatly appreciate it!

I hope you all had a great Monday!

Be Yourself

“Be yourself. Who else is better qualified?” 

― Frank J. Giblin II

I got this quote in my email and I fell in love!

What a great way to start your Friday!

Have a great day! 

And happy happy Friday! 

Gorilla Pod

This past weekend, Sweeter and I went hiking on Palomar Mountain.

We weren't sure what to expect, we just knew that we wanted to get outside and have an adventure!

And adventure is what we had!

We were driving up the mountain to find our trail and we see snow on the ground!

Snow, in March, in San Diego?!

What?!

And as we climbed, we came across more and more snow!

Oh boy!

We were obviously unprepared for the snow...

Especially since Sweeter was wearing his five-fingers! Ha!

We get up to the trail head that we wanted and we find out that the trail name is very sentimental to us!

My future last name!

What a co-inky-dink!

Now on to the good stuff....

I love to take pictures

I love pictures!

A couple of weeks back, we were in REI and we bought a Gorilla Pod.

We haven't really had the chance to use it until this hike.

And it was a God send!

We ended up taking about 130 pictures and a bunch of them were timed and using the Gorilla Pod!

I love this little gadget and I definitely recommend i!

Its legs can be wrapped around anything

and it looks like you have your own personal paparazzi following you around!

It is a great little gadget!

We just had a blast!

I wish you all a happy Thursday!

I Pitty the Foooooooooll....

I love this song!!

I think that it is so funny and it always makes smile!

Every time I hear it, I want to dance around and sing at the top of my lungs!

Does this song have the same effect on anyone else?!

Happy Hump Day!

Chicken in the Crock Pot

I made a very yummy dinner in our crock pot and I would like to share.

I have been very hesitant to using the Crock Pot because the first time I used it, I would say 5 years ago now , the meal was terrible!! And the second time, which was a couple of weeks ago, we pretty much used it just to keep the chili warm.

So, last night, we made chicken burritos. We buy the chicken from Costco, so it is already separated in 2 breasts per package. I transferred the chicken into a ziplock bag and poured McCormick taco seasoning into the bag and coated the chicken. Once the chicken was coated I browned the chicken for 4 minutes on each side, to really seal in the taco seasoning flavor.

After the chicken was browned, I put the chicken in the crock pot. I covered the chicken with a jar of Pace salsa. I then sprinkled some chili flakes and poured some Tapatio into the mix. I kind of mixed it all up making sure to keep the chicken covered.

I let the chicken cook for about 4 hours. 3 hours into the process, I cut up red and green bell peppers and some onions and just laid them on top of the mixture to steam them a bit and give them some of the chicken flavor.

Meanwhile, we made brown rice, and added onions, salt, garlic powder and pinto beans (we prefer black, but we didn't have any in the cabinet). We grated cheese and waited for the chicken to be done.

Like I said, I cooked it for about 4 hours on high heat. When I checked on line for a time to cook chicken it said that if you cook it on high, it would be done cooking in about 1.5 hours.

We made burritos and they were delicious! The chicken just fell apart! We shredded it with 2 forks, we didn't even need a knife! Oh my! We didn't add any more salsa to the burritos because there was a lot of sauce in the crock pot, so we just used that.

Oh my, I am now sad that I gave Sweeter all of the leftovers for lunch today ;-)

Ingredients 

(of course, you can substitute any of these ingredients):

2 Chicken Breast

1 Package of McCormick Taco Seasoning

1 12oz Jar of Pace Salsa (Medium)

Chili Flakes (to your desired heat preference)

Tapatio (to your desired heat preference)

1/2 of an Onion (thick slices)

Red and Green Bell Peppers (thick slices)

Brown Rice

Beans (of your choice)

1/3 Onion (Diced)

Salt

Garlic Powder

Tortillas

Extra Sharp Cheddar Cheese

(Please forgive my lack of measurements...I learned to cook just by using the eye and tasting everything, so I don't really measure too much - and also, it is just one more thing to have to clean!)

Happy Thursday!

The Passage- The Old Testament

Sweeter and I have chosen the verses that we want to be read during our wedding ceremony.

We decided to chose a verse from the Old Testament and the New Testament and we have asked two people very close to us to read them.

For the Old Testament verse we decided to have Sweeter's cousin read Song of Songs: 2:8-10, 14, 16a; 8: 6-7a

 

A reading from the Song of Songs

Hark! My lover-here he comes

Springing across the mountains,

Leaping across the hills

My lover is like a gazelle

Or a young stag.

Here he stands behind our wall,

Gazing through the windows,

Peering through the lattices.

My lover speaks; he says to me,

“Arise, my beloved, my dove, my beautiful one, and come!

“O my dove in the clefts of the rock,

In the secret recesses of the cliff,

Let me see you,

Let me hear your voice,

For your voice is sweet,

And you are lovely.”

My lover belongs to me and I to him.

He says to me:

“Set me as a seal on your heart,

As a seal on your arm;

For stern as death is love,

Relentless as the nether-world is devotion;

Its flames are a blazing fire.

Deep waters cannot quench love,

Nor floods sweep it away.”

The word of the Lord.

We are very excited to have Sweeter's cousin read this during our ceremony!

It is a beautiful quote and we are getting so excited that time is going so quickly!

Yay!

Sweeter's Favorite

It was Sweeter's Birthday on Thursday!

On Saturday we celebrated and I made his favorite meal, Penne with Beef and Arugula.

It is a Giada recipe and I definitely recommend making it!

Oh my it is delicious and it came out great!

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I was very proud of us! 

Enjoy!

Buon Appetito!