him or her?

Here's a fun little survey I got from Megan at Mackey Madness about me and my wonderful hubs! :)


How long have you been together?

As a couple-3 years
Married-2 years, 1 month

How long did you know each other before you started dating?

19 months

Who asked who out?

Chris asked me! (it was very mutual though!)

Did you go to the same school?

Nope. 
Chris was home-schooled K-12; attended Tyler Junior College, Dallas Baptist University and Texas A&M
I was home-schooled K-3, then public school; attended UT Tyler

Who is the most sensitive?

Uhh. ME.

What about pets?

Scout. :) He's our 11 pound Maltese.

Where do you eat out most as a couple?

Sonic, Chicken Express, and many other fast food places would take this one. 
But eating OUT out...probably Texas Roadhouse (that's where I always pick!)

Where is the furthest you two have traveled together as a couple?

Uganda, Africa

Who has the craziest exes?

Uhhh....I'm not sure!

Who has the worst temper?

chris.  ;)

Who does the cooking?

Cooking...? One of us is supposed to cook?
I guess we both spend a small fair share of time in the kitchen.

Who is more social?

Chris. Could depend on the situation though.

Who is the neat freak?

Well, I wouldn't say freak, but I'm the more organized one. Or I like to think I am, at least.

Who is the most stubborn?

Both of us! I can't say Chris when I know I am pretty stubborn myself!

Who hogs the bed?

Chris would say me. But I say we stay on our own sides!

Who wakes up earlier?

We both can sleep laaate. But I usually wake up first if we don't have an alarm set.

Where was your first date?

At the movies, saw The Express 
(Chris had to remind me because I couldn't remember!)

How long did it take to get serious?

Not long at all. Chris says he loved me and knew we would get married before we started officially dating.  

Who eats more?

Hmmm...sometimes that's a tie!

Who does the laundry?

I do 98% of it.

Who drives when you are together?

Mostly him. 

Who is the first one to admit when they’re wrong?

I'd like to say me, but I'm not great at this. I'd say it's another tie.

Who wears the pants in the relationship?

I'd like to think I do sometimes, but definitely Chris.

Who eats more sweets?

Another win for me. He doesn't even really love sweets. Ugh. 

pinterest eats

Like most of you, I love Pinterest.

Probably unlike most of you, I dislike cooking. A lot.

Buuuut, since I am a wife and I don't want my husband to starve, I try to cook occasionally. Pinterest has made that task not AS bad! 

I always wonder if the glorious pictures are reeeally as good as the recipes! (for someone like me making it, that is!) So I thought I would let you know what has worked (or hasn't) for us so far!

cinnamon sugar crescent rolls

These were DELICIOUS. I made this for breakfast one day last week (when we were out of bacon. my husband LOVES bacon!) and we both loved them. I only used half a package of the crescent rolls like the recipe used, but wished I had used them all! Will be making this again soon!

pizza casserole

The pizza cassarole was pretty good. My only complaint is that it doesn't have any added seasoning, so if it wasn't a bite with a pepperoni it was kind of bland. It was also a little dry when we re-heated it, but I noticed later that I wasn't using the big size of sauce like the recipe says. Oops. Got the husband's approval and would make again (with some extra seasoning!)

bacon cheeseburger chicken

Mmm...I love chicken. You'll notice that from what I chose to try! This recipe was pretty good. I didn't make quite enough bacon bits, so I would make more next time. But we also thought it might be better with BBQ sauce instead of Teriyaki sauce. Weren't feeling the Teriyaki. Probably won't try this exact recipe again. 

chicken bacon pasta

Sooo...this is my FAVORITE one so far!!! Like I said, I love chicken. I also love bacon (as does my husband). I really like pasta. So this was just meant to be!! I actually didn't grill the chicken. I just baked it in the oven while everything else was cooking. Oh yes, I also cooked the bacon Pioneer Woman's way, as mentioned in the post. Ho. ly. Cow. It was so yummy and cooked so quick! Won't ever cook whole pieces again. 

Ok, I'm getting sidetracked (and hungry!) So for this one...I wouldn't change a thing and it reheated great. Will definitely make again.

crispy shrimp pasta

I made this one night that Chris ended up working late or something and didn't get to try it. I was kind of glad! It was not great. The shrimp was great, but the overall dish was a little bland and very runny. I'm not sure if I put too much or too little of something, but it did NOT look like this picture!! Would probably try again just to see if I could make it less runny!

chicken cordon bleu

Oooy oooy. (that's leisha-speak for...delicious!?) Anyways! This recipe Chris and I made back BP (that's before pinterest for those that aren't following..). We've have made it probably 5 or 6 times and loved it every time. 

Our "seasoned bread crumbs" are just regular plain bread crumbs with a LITTLE garlic salt and Lawry's. I pinned this particular one because it had a good picture, but here is the actual recipe we use. I would HIGHLY recommend this one!! :)

2 skinless, boneless chicken breast halves

1/4 teaspoon salt

1/8 teaspoon ground black pepper

4 slices Muenster cheese

4 slices cooked ham

1/2 cup seasoned bread crumbs

2 eggs

Preheat oven to 450 degrees. Coat a 7x11 inch baking dish with nonstick cooking spray. Butterfly each chicken breast then pound to 1/4 inch thickness. Place 1-2 cheese slice and 1-2 ham slice inside each breast. Beat the eggs in a dish and dip each breast into the eggs and then bread crumbs. Then arrange them on the baking dish and bake in oven for 25 minutes. 

sausage tortellini

I'm cheating because this one actually isn't pinned. But I got it from our cousin, Tracey. This one is great too, and even reheats well!

1 lb breakfast sausage

1 tsp chopped parsley

2-3 garlic cloves minced

20 oz cheese tortellini (you can find it in the refrigerated pasta section)

1 can chicken broth

1/2 pint heavy wipping cream

1 cup fresh Parmesan cheese

Bread crumbs

Brown sausage. Boil water for pasta and add garlic. Cook pasta for 7 minutes. Drain pasta but save garlic. Add garlic to sausage. Stir pasta into sausage. Add parsley, chicken broth, cheese and cream. Pour into 9x13, sprinkle bread crumbs. Cover with foil. Bake at 350 for 45 minutes.

Well there you have it, folks. My first edition of Pinterest Eats. Hopefully there will be many more to come. I'd love to hear if you try/have tried any of these!! 

What I'm Loving Wednesday

I'm linking up with Jamie today for What I'm Loving Wednesday!

I'm {loving} that I have lots of new followers this week! Makes me happpy!! :D


I'm {loving} that I get to go to Longview this weekend to see my family! 
My middle sister is pregnant and finds out if they are having a boy or girl on Monday! So I get to be in town for that. But so sad that Chris can't go with me because he has work on Monday/Tuesday. :( 


I'm {loving} several new albums that came out yesterday!

My parents have a Rhapsody account so I am able to listen (legally!!) before I purchase.

David Crowder Band's "Oh For Joy"

Phil Wickham's "Response"

Shane & Shane's "The One You Need"

I'm {loving} that I'm having my first blate (blog-date) next week!! 
Me and Megan (from Mackey Madness) are meeting up while I'm in Longview!! 


I'm {loving} that the weather is cooling off!! 
It did still hit 90 degrees here yesterday, but I know the cool weather is coming! 

I'm {loving} my sweet husband!! 
Last night I was stressing out about all the stuff I need to do before I go out of town this weekend and he very calmly asked what he could do and was so helpful! He's good for me. :)

Have a great Wednesday!!!

love our dog

I love our dog! :D

He looooves to stick his head out the window into the wind. And just the way he always turns back in and looks at me with his wind blown hair. Love it! :D

giveaway at Mackey Madness!

Megan is the beautiful face behind Mackey Madness and we've become blog friends very quickly! She and her husband are celebrating their first anniversary and having 9 days of giveaways in honor or their love! 

How cute is that?!?

Head over to Mackey Madness for a chance to win something from my Etsy store! 

(and lotsss more cute stuff in the other giveaways!)

The giveaway ends October 10!

a little catch-up

I've been absent for a while and life has quickly kept on! Here is a random catch up of our last 2 weeks. :)

Wedding

My former co-worker, Kaila, got married last weekend! I drove to the wedding with a friend and it was so lovely!

Here are the buckets she had out for bottled water. I made the vinyl for the buckets! :)

Cute centerpieces! I looove gerber daisies!

Congratulations Derek and Kaila!

Flu Shot

I got my flu shot last Wednesday!

 We already had our first flu patient at work at the beginning of September, so I decided as soon as they started offering the flu shot at work, I'd be getting mine!

This was my first flu shot that HURT! The lady mashed on my arm before she gave it saying she was "massaging my nerve, so it won't hurt so bad." Reeeally? 

Well it didn't work. And then she "massaged" it again after giving the shot. Who does that??? And then it was sore for 4 days! 

Anyways, last year's didn't hurt at all, so I know it depends on the person who does it. 

Soo...get your flu shot!

Winner

I won my first blog give-away from Saving Money, Living Life! I won a prize pack from Carmex! 

(Random, I know. But I'm a chapstick addict.)

Weekend
This weekend we spend Friday night in Dallas at Chris' parents house. Friday night we went out to eat and watched Rio. Cute movie! (At least the first 5 minutes were...I may have fallen asleep after that...)
Saturday we got up and went to Buffalo Wild Wings to watch the A&M/Arkansas game. You probably know how THAT turned out. Blagh. 

Then Saturday night Chris and I met some friends at the House of Blues in Dallas for an awesome David Crowder Band concert!

David Crowder Band. This is their last tour. They are SO good live!

Gungor opened for DCB and it was an unbelievable performance. Hands down the best acoustic set Chris and I have ever witnessed. 

The guy on the right is Kevin Olusola and is currently on the sing-off! His group is Pentatonix. You can listen to them here. He has sick skills!!
But really, as a group they were AMAZING. 

You may recognize this song of theirs.

We picked up their "Beautiful Things" album before we left and it did not disappoint!


We drove back from Dallas last night and are back home and ready for the week! 
Come back tomorrow for a giveaway with my Etsy store, HouseOfShep!