empty calories and reasons why.

It's 11:32 p.m. I'm watching the girliest lifetime movie I have ever seen, nursing a Dr. Pepper (my personal poison) and catching up with you guys! Today has been a FULL day of baking...and laundry...and errands.

*About that Dr. Pepper. It will be the death of me.

If you see me out and I am drinking one....

Grab it.

Pour it down the drain.

Or in the grass.

Just get rid of it.

Replace it with a water bottle.

Please.

There.

I said it.

Now let's move on. :)

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Despite my busy day I managed to squeeze in a little time for some online shopping. (Just little things, of course. It's my favorite. )

I have been in desperate need of some of this for about 2 months now. Luckily its summertime and I'm not pasty white so I've been able to go without. I figured it was time to break down and get some.

I somehow made it over to www.expressionary.com and found these.

I'm such a sucker for personalized stationary. I think it's a great idea to get new notecards or stationary every so often because it encourages you to always send thank you notes and "just because" cards to friends and family. It's much more fun when you have cute stuff! Just like a southern girl should. :)

Adam and I are coming up on our 1 year anniversary next weekend!!! SO happy to be with this WONDERFUL man.

There are SO many reasons why I consider myself the luckiest girl in the world. But just to name a few....

He is such a little charmer but SO genuine.

He's a planner.

He loves to surprise me.

He would cook me breakfast every morning if I let him.

He never gets mad when I have those lazy days of him coming home from work and I'm still in my p.j.'s.

He's my biggest fan and pushes me to do things I never thought I could.

He ALWAYS folds clothes and does most of the dishwater duties..(The 2 things I hate!)

He's loyal..to me.. to his friends..our families, to his job and his employees and anyone else that needs his support.

He is the most compassionate person I have ever met.

When he listens to me...he really listens.

He is THE FUNNIEST GUY ALIVE.

and..

He's MY husband.. forever and ever and ever.

Have a great weekend everyone!

better late than never.

Well after a little delay, I'm back! It seems like every time I sit down to blog a little, something takes over my attention and I get distracted. With that said, I am here now and that's all that matters, right?

I left off with our first supper club. Sadly I was so busy cooking, and setting up that I failed to take as many pictures as I would have liked to. I did, however, snap a couple with the ever-so-faithful iphone which I have to have to admit, gets the job done.

The invites.

The table settings. ( Thought about breaking out our monogrammed fine china and linens for the event but opted for the bit more casual every-day dinnerware)

The hors'dourves. Tomato-Mozzarella Bruschetta

This recipe was given to me from my BFF/Matron of Honor - Keegan Raybon McWhorter whom I love dearly and miss SO much.

Keegan, and her sweetie of a husband Robby, came to visit earlier this year and we had such a great time with them. They even got ME to climb chilhowee mountain for an amazing view from the top.

O, Adam.... :)

I did not get a single picture of Adam's homemade meatballs and spaghetti sauce. I also made a delicious, fresh italian salad that ranked right up there with The Olive Garden salad. (I think, anyway) I had the best of intentions of making either tiramisu or Italian chocolate mousse in chocolate bowls, neither of which I have made before, but they are quite detailed dishes and require a lot of time and that afternoon I did not have it. Instead, I made my favorite:

Hershey Pie!

This recipe is very easy and DELICIOUS. I keep all the ingredients on hand at all times for a last minute dessert. I make it so often that have memorized the recipe so I figured I should share with you all!

Ingredients

• 1 9 inch single crust pie shell (I use pillsbury ones in the freezer section)
• 1 cup white sugar
• 1/4 cup all-purpose flour
• 1/4 cup Hershey's unsweetened cocoa powder
• 1 stick of melted butter
• 2 eggs slightly beaten
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract

Combine all ingredients in a large bowl until mixed well. Pour in unbaked pie shell. Bake at 350 degrees for 45 minutes or until set.

I like to serve mine warm with a dollop of cool whip or a scoop of ice cream.

I recently found this video on another blog and immediately looked for more after watching it. It's SO funny. Adam and I share this video with everyone we know and a few of us actually attempted it ourselves the other night at the ever-so-popular Wally-world. It didn't work out so smoothly for us but I hope to be back with a successful video of it for my blog later on! For now, enjoy this!

Later Bloggies!