Weekend Wrap-Up

Friday

I ran to Kohl's to return a pair of boots that I ordered but didn't like the color and did a little shopping since I was there.  I found a picture to finally complete my wall I had been waiting to do.

Love how it turned out!!

Saturday
I worked at the restaurant and then came home and crashed because I didn't sleep very much the night before.  I'm so tired of not being able to sleep at night.  I am so ready to start working days....October 28th will be here soon!!  My friend was having a birthday get together for her husband but I didn't make it because I slept till almost 8pm!

"On Wednesday, we wear pink"





Sunday
I slept in then ran to the mall to check out some fall clothes and still trying to find some new tall boots...I am having no luck at all right now! 

Since it was National Coffee Day, I stopped and got this little treat to enjoy while I did a little shopping.  I found a few cute tops and some skinnies....all I need now are the boots I can't seem to find!  I have an idea in my head and Maurice's has a pair that will work if I don't find anything better.

When I got home I decided to make a new recipe for dinner.  It's called chili tortellini and I got it from pinterest of course.

Her picture...not mine

It was yummy!!!

Just a little treat

This just happened!

Yep, I finally bit the bullet and bought myself an iPad.  I saved my Christmas money and used some of my tax refund to get it...haha, like I'm still a kid!  Well, money used to burn a hole in my pocket when I was a kid so now that I'm an adult I like to think I do better!  HA!!!

I knew I was getting one so when I saw this on clearance last week at Target, I snatched it up quick!!
I worked last night and I'm on call tonight.  I had time to make dinner so I made a pork chop recipe from pinterest {come find me krystal308 }, green beans, mashed potatoes and cornbread!  The green beans and mashed potatoes were good, the pork chops were ok and the cornbread was not good.  I thought it tasted kind of funny so I looked at the date on the box and they were a little past the expiration date....woops!

My Green Monster

Ok, so I tweaked my last recipe a little bit and am much happier with it!!

I posted over the weekend how I had tried one but it was too frothy for me and I wanted to make it a little more dense.  SUCCESS today!!

2 cups of spinach

1/2 cup fruit (I had a frozen mix of peach, mango, strawberries and pineapple, thawed)

vanilla low fat yogurt (the little cup, single serving)

1/2 cup almond milk (I used unsweetened vanilla)

6 ice cubes

 This made about 3 cups and when I put it in SparkPeople recipe calculator it came up with 211 calories!!I told me everything else too!!  I was very happy with the consistency of this and it is sweet enough for me.  Some recipes call for a sweetener of some sort but I did without it this time and it tastes great to me!! 

Let me know if you all try it!!!

Get outside and enjoy this great (windy) beautiful weather!!!  I'm headed to work!!

Fabulous Fall Blog Challenge:Day 7

Day 7: Fall recipes

Chicken & Dumplings

Green bean casserole

Chili

Potato Soup

and some recipes I want to try.....(all courtesy of Pinterest of course)

Bacon wrapped Jalapeno Chicken bites

Lasagna roll ups

3 Packet Pot Roast for the Crock Pot:1 3lb beef roast, 1 pkg Hidden Valley Ranch Dressing mix, 1 pkg brown gravy mix 1 pkg Italian dressing mix , 1 cup water - cook on low 6-8 hrs

30 DBC ~ Catch Up

Day 15 ~ Your Role Model
My role models are my mom, and all 3 of my sisters.  My mom raised me to be a strong independent woman who I hope makes her proud!!  My oldest stepsister Katie has such a great work ethic but still manages to be an awesome Mom and wife, I hope I'm that great one day!  My next oldest sister Michelle has more determination than most people I know who is a great Mom to the greatest girls I know!!  My little sister Lindsay can do no wrong and will always be the baby to everyone, I hope I can be as creative as her one day!!  Love you all!!

Day 16 ~ A Song That Makes You Cry
Carrie Underwood - Someday When I Stop Loving You

Day 17 ~ An Art Piece
I love Jack Vettriano paintings!!  Here are the 2 I have

Day 18 ~ My Future Wedding
Skipping this day....

Day 19 ~ A Talent
Talents, talents.....not so sure what talents I could list here but how about making hair bows, I just recently learned how to do that.

Day 20 ~ A Hobby
My hobbies include blogging, used to be reading, working out when I take the time to go, baking, making hair bows, making cards and watching movies (that's a hobby, right?)

Day 21 ~ A Recipe
This is a recipe I got from my best friend Niki and I'm pretty sure every time I make it and take it somewhere somebody asks me for the recipe.  So here it is:
Niki's Cheeseball
1 package of cream cheese softened
2 cups of shredded cheddar cheese
1 pack of Hidden Valley Ranch Dip mix
Mix the cream cheese and ranch together then add all but about 1/2 cup of the cheese.  Form into a ball and cover with remaining cheese, serve with townhouse crackers!! 
Easy as can be and it's a hit every time!!