Neiman Marcus Chocolate Chip Cookies

There were a couple of people at my work who helped me out with our wedding invitations.

So, I bought them lunch and I am baking them the Neiman Marcus Chocolate Chip Cookies.

NEIMAN-MARCUS COOKIES (Recipe may be halved)

2 cups butter
24 oz.chocolate chips
4 cups flour
2 cups brown sugar
2 tsp. soda
1 tsp. salt
2 cups sugar
1 8 oz. Hershey Bar (grated)
5 cups blended oatmeal
4 eggs
2 tsp. baking powder
2 tsp. vanilla
3 cups chopped nuts (your choice)

Measure oatmeal, and blend in a blender to a fine powder.
Cream the butter and both sugars.
Add eggs and vanilla, mix together with flour, oatmeal, salt, baking powder, and soda.
Add chocolate chips, Hershey Bar, and nuts.
Roll into balls, and place two inches apart on a cookie sheet.
Bake for 10 minutes at 375 degrees. Makes 112 cookies.

a heart attack waiting to happen...

 

We have upgraded from our ghetto cookie cooling rack!

Please make these...they are sooo tasty!!!
YUMM!

Wednesday Hump Day

{one} if you won a trip to Disneyland/world, who would you take with you? I'd bring my Sweeter and my brothers! I think that my brothers would love it and I would need to have Sweeter with me to keep me sane!
{two} when was the last time you listened to a CD? Probably in Shirley...I was actually thinking about that the other day...there was probably a mix CD in the CD player that I didn't grab...so sad...oh well, I am sure it was imported to my iTunes
{three} what spice/seasoning is your favorite? Italian Seasoning I love Basil!
{four} if you were in a band, what kind of music would you play? Ha, that is a good question... hmm probably country!
{five} if you could have personally witnessed one historical event, which one would it be? Oh I don't know, maybe the Titanic (wow sorry for the depressing event) I loved the movie and it would have been neat to be on it (not at the end, of course!)
{six} if you could go back to school, what would you study? Definitely some kind of Web Design. My last rotation at work was in Electronic Prepress and working with InDesign, Photoshop and all of those programs was so interesting!
{seven} if you could go to one sporting event, all expenses paid, which one would you see? Definitely the Super Bowl! How cool would that be?!
{eight} do you drive an automatic or a manual? Automatic. Sweeter is trying to teach me how to drive a manual and I have some weird complex against it. I think that if I had to, I would drive it, otherwise, I prefer automatic...at this point in time.
{nine} are you comfortable speaking in front of people? Yes and no. The more I do it, the more comfortable I am. Since I am out of practice right now, I am sure that I would be so nervous.
{ten} have you ever experienced an earthquake? Yes...I remember I was at my house and my Aunt was asleep in my bed and I was sitting at the end of it and all of a sudden I felt the bed shake. I thought she was moving around and didn't think anything of it, and then it happened 2 more times! I woke up in the morning and found out that we had an Earthquake...it was soo surreal!

Kiss Me One Time

...Two Times!

Sweeter and I can get into these moods where we act very silly with each other.

I will tell him to kiss me one time and he does and he follows suit and demands two more:-) this can go on and on and on!

Something else that we do...well Sweeter does (and I think it is hilarious and I wish that in was as good at it as he is) is that when a popular song comes on, or one is stuck in his head, he changes the lyrics to be of something we are doing at that moment...or he changes the words to be all about me (well he says "Sweeter") and I almost fall on the floor laughing every time he does it! 

I love it!!

Something else that just makes me smile is...

A couple of weeks ago, we read the 5 love languages and we both really enjoyed the insight that came from the book. Yeah maybe we are making fun, but we do this thing now when we want something we say what love language it fills and say that that is our love language. For example, as I have said in the past, I am pretty small compared to him and he loves to just pick me up and toss me around or hold me. So whenever we are trying to do something, he will scoop me up and throw me on our bed and hold me really tint and say, "but Sweeter, I'm physical touch" (and of course he says it in the cutest voice you ever heard so you just can't resist.)

What is it with our men that just melts our hearts!? 

They are just way too charming for their own good;-)

I love our little games and silly things that we do together to mix things up a bit and the little quarks that makes our relationship unique and special.

Do you ladies have any fun things that you do ONLY with your man??

Now I have one more question for you all...

Do you and your honey kiss a lot? I posed this question to Sweeter the other say and now I pose it to you...baring all exceptions, (i.e. Your man is on deployment, or you are in a long distance relationship) how many times (on average) do you think that you and your honey Kiss per day?

less than 5 times per day, more than 50!?

What do you think?

and what do you think about kissing in public and PDA??

Just something to think about on this fine, fine Wednesday!

Enjoy your days and your reads and I hope you all enjoy your Hump Day!

Supurb Customer Service...

...Nawt!

For the Bridal Shower and Bachelorette Weekend I bought a cute dress from Nordstrom.

The dress fit me great in the fitting room, the zipper was a little funny but it worked just fine so we bought the dress.

I convinced Sweeter that it was okay to buy it because I would wear it to one of the weddings we were going to before the shower. He said it was fine.

Two weekends ago, we went to a wedding and I went to put the dress on and I could not zip it! I was trying and Sweeter was trying to zip it, everything...nothing worked! (mind you, there was plenty of room in the dress and would have been able to zip if the zipper wasn't coming apart of the dress)

So, I went shopping with a friend of mine and we went to Nordstrom so I could return the dress, or exchange it.  I brought it up to the dress department and I put it on the counter and I said,  "I tried it on in the store and it worked fine and when I went to wear it the zipper was sticky and it wouldn't zip up."

The Nordstrom Associate looks at the size (and sees that it was a 2) and goes, "Yeah, not many people can wear a 2..." and I turned beet red and was shocked that she said that to me!

My friend sees that I am in shock and turning red and being embarrassed and she said, "Just to clear the air, she is a 2" 

The Associate, now embarrassed said, "Oh my gosh, I am so sorry, I should really watch what I say..." and trying to make up for it says, "I just know that I can't fit into a 2..." blah blah blah!

Oh my gosh! Can you believe that! It is funny now, in hindsight, but in the moment I was shocked and pretty much dumbfounded!

I hope you all have a Terrific Tuesday and I wish for everyone to fit into their skinny jeans today (well, and every day!) :-)

A Monday Post

I have not been keeping up with these daily posts and I do miss them!

I decided to do this Meet Me On Monday!

Enjoy and I hope you all have a great Monday!

1.  Crunchy or soft tacos?

Honestly, I love crunchy, so that is why I order when we go out to eat, but when we eat in, we make soft

2.  Do you scrapbook?

I love love love to scrapbook! I scrapbook everything!

I am going to start our Engagement Scrapbook this week!

I am really excited!

3.  Do you take any daily medications?

 This is a weird question...

4.  What is your favorite sound?

 Birds

Weird, I know

We just got a bird clock and I love love love it!

5.  Where were you born?

Palm Springs, CA

The Shower

I am getting really excited for my Bridal Shower & Bachelorette Party!

In a couple of weeks I am having the party and shower that my Bridesmaids are throwing for me.

I am so super excited!!

It will be a fun filled weekend of Wine Tasting, great friends and my beautiful family!

I am just so excited!

No boys allowed! I am looking forward to the girl time!

Now some of Sweeter's Mom's friends want to throw Sweeter and I a shower and with that my Mom now wants to throw another shower! Oh my!

What's hard about all of this is that I don't live close to where these showers are located...but we are excited for these two other showers because they will be co-ed so Sweeter can be there too!

So how many showers did you all have?

What is typical?

I am so curious!

We are very excited because we are only 66 days away from the big day!

I hope you all have a great Thursday!!

I hope this doesn't happen...

....to me, or anyone!

{And I also hope nothing like this did happen to you!}

How terrible!

And I hate to say...

...I laughed when I saw this!

I am not sure if my laughter was out of horror or just me being a terrible person, but...

oh man!

Enjoy your weekend!

RIP Shirley Baracuda

My very first car.

My only car.

On Monday I was in a rather serious car accident.

I have never been in a big accident before.

Basically I was pulling out of my driveway onto a busier street to get to work. It is a blind turn so I cannot tell you how many times it has been a close call in the past.

Well, I was pulling out and I saw a car coming so I stopped and waited. I look both ways again and I didn't see anyone coming so I started inching out to turn and the next thing I knew I was screaming because the airbags deployed and my car was turned the opposite direction that I was going.

The entire front end of my car was ripped off and I had a hard time opening my door, well actually, all of the doors.

I tried to turn my car back on and when I turned on the ignition, it sounded like I was revving the engine, it wouldn't move.

I got out of the car and went to talk to the other driver. He didn't speak much to me, and then the police arrived. About 4 police cars came, a firetruck and an ambulance arrived shortly after. The firemen took my vitals and said that I was ok. I was just in shock.

From the airbag deploying and the loud sound and the pressure hit me in the side of the head and made it so I had trouble hearing and my neck was feeling a bit tight. The firemen said that my vitals looked fine but to keep an eye on everything and go to the doctor if I needed to later in the day, once the adrenaline wore off. (Thank God Shirley has side airbags because my head would have hit the window and I would have had more physical damage than I do now)

In the meantime, Sweeter had gotten to work and turned right around. The police had to move  Shirley out of the middle of the road and couldn't so they had to push her :-(

I took pictures and the rest of the time was a huge haze. A tow truck took both of our cars because they were deemed undriveable.

Sweeter arrived and he helped me with the rest. The police did a lot of talking to him because they said that I was likely in a bit of shock and that I may forget certain things, like where Shirley was being taken.

We also noticed that the jacket that I was wearing was ripped. It was the first time I was wearing the jacket and we were both very confused as to how the jacket had ripped...

Sweeter took me back inside and I called insurance and Enterprise to get a car rented.

He then took me to work - I know, I went to work?! If I had stayed home I would have driven myself crazy! It was to get my mind off of everything.

He picked me up at 3:30 and took me to Urgent Care. As the day had progressed, I started to feel the aches and pains and wanted to get some XRays and get checked out.

After 3 hours in Urgent Care, I came out with a few pain medicine shots, a soft collar neck brace, some prescriptions and a grumbly tummy. We got my prescriptions filled and then headed to get something to eat.

On Tuesday, I decided not to go to work because the Doctor had given me strong pain meds that prohibited me from driving. I rested in bed all day and just relaxed. I couldn't do too much moving.

I found out that both cars were totaled. I had a feeling that that was the case but it was still very hard to hear. I almost cried on the phone to the insurance adjuster :-( Apparently there was more than $17000 worth of damages to just my car, so insurance has decided to cut their losses and total my car :-( It was so sad!!

I got a Chevy Malibu as a rental car and I drove to the lot where my car was towed and I got all of my things out of it. When I opened the driver's side door I noticed that my seat was ripped. After a closer examination, I noticed that there was an airbag in my seat and that also deployed...that must have been what ripped my jacket!  It was very sad to say my last goodbye to Shirley, but it had to be done... :-(

Anyway, now I sit here writing this post, every hour noticing a new ache or pain, wearing my soft collar and catching up on my shows.

This weekend, Sweeter and I will be test driving cars...we are looking for something safe (with lots of airbags :-) ha!) and gets good gas mileage....

What do you all recommend??

I hope your week is going well and I hope you all have safe cars to drive in.

Remember never to go to bed angry and to always kiss good night.