Fifteen

That's how many days behind I am....

Sheesh...

Last weekend was crazy,

this weekend I have no clue what's going on, and in the military community you all know that its a four day weekend!  Yay!

So here I am to catch up,,,

Day 34:  February 3rd

Can't get enough of that dog!  Stryker using his bunny as his pillow.

Day 35:  February 4th

Stryker being adorable!

Day 36:  February 5th

Jesse perfecting making lemon drop martinis

Day 37:  February 6th

Superbowl Sunday, but we took a walk with Mr. Stryker so he could try some swimming...

Day 38:  February 7th

PW's Twice Baked Potatoes for dinner!

Day 39:  February 8th

Beautiful sunset on the drive home from my mom & dad's house

Day 40:  February 9th

More photos of me.  Sorry!

Day 41:  February 10th

Again, sorry!

Day 42:  February 11th

Where's the dog?

Day 43:  February 12th

Chateau Ste Michelle

Day 44:  February 13th

My beautiful Valentine's Day gift, SHOES!

Day 45:  February 14th

Valentine's Day & Stryker's Birthday!

Friday Fun

I'm sorry it has been too long again....
Today I decided to be a homebody.
I worked on FRG stuff, ran 1.5 miles, and played ball with the dog.
And more FRG stuff.
Jesse got home, and I suggested we stop and get some fast food.
He said he needed to go to clothing & sales to get some things
when a friend of ours called and asked if we wanted to go to dinner with them.
So we went and did our shopping then went out to dinner.
We got home and Jesse had to meet some guys from work.
I am here updating the blog, watching Dateline, and doing more FRG stuff.
Such an interesting life! ;)


Here is an update on my 365 Project:


Day 30:  Waffles I made with my new wafflemaker.
I was awesome and made these for my husband after he had a very long night on staff duty.
And by long I mean very busy night.

Day 31:  Proof to show we spoil our cat, too.

Day 32:  Mr. Doodle with his eyes open.  Otherwise you couldn't tell what he was, lol.

Day 33:  Jesse got his bronze star....finally.

Day 34:  Fish tacos.  Yes, they were good and yes I had them for lunch the next day, too. 

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Birthday With the Fam

Here are my photos of the day for the 28th & 29th....And holy crap it's the last day of January today!

Time flies

Well, when your husband isn't deployed.

Anyway, my photos:

January 28th:  Flowers from my husband.  A little late, but beautiful!

January 29th:  Dinner with the Fam

I hope you all had a great weekend, today is the last day of my husband's weekend.  The battalion got their own DONSA and we've been enjoying the extra day.

We relaxed most of friday night, saturday we got ready to have my family over, went out to eat, and had cake and ice cream here.

Oh, and gifts.

Yesterday we had our friends Megan and Jacob over for dinner and a movie at our place.

We saw Red, which was pretty good.

Today we ventured out, Jesse takes over an XO (executive officer) position tomorrow so he's excited and anxious for that.

I will be taking over for the HHC FRG leader.

We bought a small freezer (for home of course) along with a small cheap microwave for Jesse's new office.

We also saw the Chiropractor and did some grocery shopping.

We are having one of Jesse's old soldiers over for dinner tonight.

On the menu:  chicken, carrots, garlic bread, and mashed potatoes.

I'm starving, but trying to keep myself from munching!

I hope you all have a great week, and I will talk more soon!

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My 27th Birthday

So, yesterday was my 27th birthday...

(on the 27th of January)

Here is my photo of the day:

My awesome hubby brought me to Starbucks where we got a free drink (thanks to Starbucks reward program), breakfast sandwiches, and a set of four cupcakes.

YUM.

I spent the rest of the day doing some chores and, well, nothing...

But hey it was my birthday.

We did go out for a little dinner, and my husband got off work early.

Tomorrow we'll be doing dinner with the fam

along with cake, ice cream, and gifts.

It'll be a fun night.

Hope you all have an amazing weekend!

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We Heart It!

This website is pretty cool...

Stumbled across it while looking at another blog.

It has photos like this:

Cool, huh?  Just thought I'd share.

We ♥ It Website.

My 365 Project:

Yesterday, Day 24:

My Roomba/Birthday Present

Today, Day 25:

Dinner Tonight

It's skillet lasagna, which I will touch base on my cooking/baking blog later.

It looks like a hot mess here, but it was pretty good.

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Catching Up...Again :)

Oh crap...Days 20-23.  Yikes!  I've gotta get ontop of this....

Day 20:  Oatmeal in the Crockpot, the before picture

Day 21:  The after picture

Get recipe here.

Day 22: My grandmother's rolls...Better this time!

Day 23:  Two out of my three boys

Hope you all are having a great week!

I am relaxing after my crazy cycling class :)

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New Blog

I wanted to share with you all that I have a new blog...it is:

Marissa's Mix Adventures

and it's about FOOD.

So visit it...Yaaaay.

Here is my photo of the day:

My crazy husband!

Happy Thursday!

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Wine Wednesday

I realized today....I haven't done a

WINE WEDNESDAY

in forever!!!

So the one wine that I have come across in recent months is that Yellow Tail makes a 

Bubbly.  Sparkling Wine.  Champagne.

It's actually a sparkling wine because it's not from France or certified that way...

Blah blah blah...I know that I have talked about it before...

But here is what you might recognize Yellow Tail from:

Now the new bottles of the bubbly look like:

We drank them in mimosas for the Hawks game and it was very good!

Next wine I'm going to try?  Bitch Bubbly.  Heck yes.

On to the next project....

My 365 Project.  Here are days 18 & 19.

S'mores Cookies

(view recipe here)

Stryker guarding that ball of his!

Hope you all had a great hump day!

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New Pictures...And Picture Frames

My Photo of the Day for my 17th Day!

Jesse and I rearranged the living room...I don't really believe in it, but I think it has better Chi in here...Ha.  There is something about it that just makes you feel better!

The two of us purchased a new bookshelf (to make things look balanced) and I've moved some books and such around, decorating of course with pictures.  I needed another frame, to go over the new bookshelf, so these are a few projects that I have started to work on.

I have a few photos that I think that work well.

I think that I am going to balance them evenly with my family and Jesse's.

I have to admit though, this project is not going to be finished soon.

New frames, new bookshelves, new arrangements...

A lot of dough.

I guess most things are a work in progress....

Oh well, something to do another day I guess!

I hope everyone had a great weekend...And have an even greater week!

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Catching Up & Four Day Weekend

Aaaaaaaahhhhhhh!!  I can't seem to keep up with the blog!!  Wednesday we had a hail & farewell, thursday was nothing spectacular, friday Jesse had off.  We went out to dinner at The Rock and dessert and drinks at The Melting Pot.  Saturday was madness; we rearranged the downstairs of the house and cleaned like maniacs.  This morning was the Seahawks game -- which they lost {sort of} miserably.  only if they would've played as fantastic the whole game as they did in the 4th quarter.  Whatev.

Here is some catch-up with photos which I call fun with photo booth.  I realize now these photos all look the same. Hmmmm....

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Yesterday's Photo of the Day

January 12th

Photo of the Day!

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The Chandelier Tree

On our way up to Jesse's grandfather's house, we visited the Chandelier tree which is in the Redwood Forest in northern California:

Here's the sign to make sure you know where you're going...

Stryker posing for the camera {he's looking at daddy}

Jesse & Stryker in a nearby redwood tree

Stryker & me

Driving the CRV through the Chandelier tree.

Yes the CRV fit.

Yes the tree is, surprisingly, still alive.

Crazy, isn't it?

A few factoids:

- Height is 315 feet

- Diameter is 21 feet

- The approximate age is 2400 years old

Here is my photo for the day:

Today we got a nice dusting of snow...My goal in the photo was to take a picture of the small amount of snow on the car, but when I was aiming my camera at the car, I caught a glimpse of the American flag.

And, well, you can't cut the American flag out of a photo.

So everything (minus the car & snow) is a reflection in the window. 

Talk to you all soon!

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