It's A New Year

I had a great New Years Eve and New Years Day!

My brother, his girlfriend and I went shopping in Louisville. Then later that night he made supper and we played games and watched the ball drop together! It was fun to celebrate with each other.

New Years we went to church then went to visit out grandparents, then went ot visit our mom. We rented a movie to watch and because of the windy day we were having the power went out. Once we found all the candles (mind you my mom had just moved in so we had to dig throught boxes)..thank goodness for cell phones, lol, my younger sisters had an idea to play charades..or a modified version of it! So each of us took our turns going up in front of the candle and being silly and having everyone guess. We had alot of fun with it and the girls loved it too!

Today the hubs and I relaxed and made a quick trip to town. We rented The Help and I am so excited to watch it!

On New Years Eve I started to think about the year that was coming to an end and the things that happened in it. The year was mostly filled with good things I graduated college and celebrated my one year wedding anniversary. The end wasn't great but things could have turned out alot worse. I am thankful for a good year and the great memories with my family and friends.

New Years Resolution
I never usually keep them but I like to set a few goals for the year and here are a few...

1. Get fit/lose 15-20 lbs
I always make this every year but I am going to really give an extra effort because I want to be fit and learn to enjoy excersising.

2. Take more pictures .
I dont have many pictures of things and the year goes by and unless my bf takes them, I dont have any lol so I want to be sure to not let another year go by without capturing it.

3. Buy more products made in USA
I saw an ABC News report about the idea of challenging Americans to buy more products made in the USA to help fuel the economy to create more jobs for Americans to lower unemployment. They had an update on that news story and showed that more jobs had been created with the help of the viewers who said they would start buying more US products. So that has encouraged me to try my best even if it makes a small difference.

I hope everyone has a great start to the new year!

The past few days...

It has been an exciting few days in our house!

My brother and his girlfriend are at our house. They got here Wednesday afternoon. When they got here we went to Dad's to give him his present (we split it) so Dad had to wait til the brother was in to get it. His girlfriend and I went to do a little shopping later and it was fun. I have learned these past few days I really enjoy her company!

Thursday the hubs and I went on a date! We had a gift card to the movie theatre and a TON to restaurants so we had dinner at Red Lobster and there I encountered the largest margarita ever...it was HUGE.

 After dinner we went to the movies and saw We Bought A Zoo!

 This movie is amazing. I loved everything about it and I think everyone should watch it. it brought tears to my eyes more than once and you cant help but get involved in the movie. I was rooting for the family the whole time and to make it better it is based on a true story (I love those). It was great and I will own it! lol

Today we have had a long day. My mom  was moving so we have been helping her all day. It actually went better than anticipated.

I was having some fun while we helped move lol.
The hubs, brother girlfriend and I are planning a family game night tonight! lol Should be fun!

Our Christmas

We had such a nice Christmas Eve and Christmas!

Christmas Eve was peaceful, we opened our presents that morning then that night my mom came and spent the night so she could go to church with us the next morning.

Sunday morning I woke up early and made a special breakfast recipe I found on pinterest! It was a hit...very yummy.

We went to church then went to the hubbys mamaw's for lunch then went to his mom's for Christmas dinner and presents that night. Then headed to our friends house to visit with them and exchange presents! I LOVE the zebra and pink clutch she had made for me! It was one of my favorites from Christmas.

The next day we had 2 more Christmases! One at his moms side of the family, then back to his mamaws wehre his cousing were all there and we had lots of presents and a great supper!

So today I took down the tree and all the decorations. The house is back to normal.

I will miss this time of year and I already have ideas and plans for next Christmas season!

Today I also had to make room for all the cookware I got for Christmas so that means I have a very organized kitchen, which is nice :)

My brother is coming in tomorrow so we still have one more small Christmas to have then it is officially done til next year :(
He will be here for 6 days which will be so nice so I was getting the spare bedroom ready for him.

I hope everyone had a great Christmas!

Day 7 through 12 of Favorites & My Week!

I have had a very busy week!

Sunday after church and work, my work had their Christmas Party..it was so much fun! I will miss working there. Monday was my last day BUT the next day I got another job! Perfecting timing...it was God's timing. I didnt even have time to stress about the loss of my income. I am so thankful and excited! I start January 3rd so I have a little vacation through the holidays.

Tuesday I went to KY. To see one of my besties. We had a gift exchange and went to the nail salon :) It was a very nice visit!

Wednesday I haad the intention of getting everything I needed for my families Christmas dinner (I was hosting). That morning I woke up with the worst toothache. I can usually manage those with Tylenol and oral gel BUT this time I had a bump in my mouth and my gums were swollen. I knew I had to go to the dentist. They had time for me, thank goodness. It was an abcess! The dentist took care of it but I have to have them removed soon. I was thankful it was taken care of and now just waitng to have these painful teeth out of my head for good!

Thursday I had to go back to town because I forgot things I needed! Ugh hate when that happens! Anyways I cleaned and baked all day and night!

Friday I cooked and cleaned some more! Yesterday was our families Christmas. I was very proud of myself. I made almost everything from scratch! And it all turned out great! We had a different kind of dinner. I made homemade potato soup, hawaiian roll, ham and swiss cheese casserole (yummy),cheeseball, my mom brought tortilla ham rollups and my dad brought homemade italiam meatball and weinies!
PLUS dessert! There are homeade sugar cookies and snickerdoodles. Chocolate covered pretzals, more cookies, puppychow AND a homemade pecan pie. It was pretty tastey for a first effort!

After dinner we read the Christmas story (from the Bible) and then opened presents! After that we watched A Christmas Story. It was a great Christmas evening. My brother will be home next week so we will have his Christmas then.

This morning, my hubby woke me up trying to convince me it was actually Christmas and that we should open presents, NOW! We were going to open them tonight after supper but he always gets so excited so I was like ok why not! lol Ariel loved all of her toys. She has played a little with all of them. Craig loved his goodies and I got a bundt cake pan, Miranda Lambert CD and colts p.j.'s! Plus our puppy lol.
So to continue on with my favorites. I did not keep up with this idea as well as I had planned on. SO the rest are here but they are short and sweet.

Day 7-My favorite movie of all time is

Wizard of Oz!

Day 8-Favorite cleaning item

Mr. Clean Eraser!

Day 9- Kathie Lee and Hoda..I just love them!

Day 10-My Large Utility Tote from 31! It fits EVERYTHING! And it is only $30!

Day-11-Scentsy! I love the different warmers and over 80 differents scents to choose from. Way better than candles :)

Day-12- My Favorite time of year

Christmas! I love the feeling and meaning!

I know..no pictures. I no I am bad. I'm gonna try and do better...maybe a New Year resolution!

I am watching Polor Express and enjoying this Christmas Eve!

Favorites Day 5 & 6

I had such a fun day today. One of me besties and we went shopping. It was packed at the mall it was crazy! We still had a good time! AND we both found great sales so that made is so much better! We also ate our favorite restaurant...which leads me to Favorites Day 5...
Olive Garden!
It is my all time favorite restaurant. We got unlimited salad and breadatucks for lunch and it was only $6!
I love pasta and Italian food. Plus the andes mints are just an extra to make it the best!

Keeping up with the food theme Day 6 is...

Reeses!

My absolute favorite candy. Nothing tops it.

Hope everyone has a great weekend!

Favorites Day 4

Tonight I am prepping for another interview..yay! Im hoping to hear something soon...fingers crossed!!

This is a short post today but for my favorites today its...

Adele....I love her.

Her voice is amazing I could listen to her all day everyday.

That is all :)

Favorites Day 2 & 3

Today I had an interview..then one interview turned into two! So I hope they liked me and I should hopefully hear something soon!

Today after the interview I went to lunch with one of my besties! We had our Christmas gift exchange. My present was a box of Andes mints (YUMM) and this...

She gets me an ornament for the year...it is our new tradition. This is what she gets me every year for Christmas..isnt it cute???

I made her a goody bag of nail polish, chapstick and some of her favorite cookies (These are all things she loves) So that brings me to My favorites Day 2.

Lofthouse cookies.

These things are AMAZING. These are the cookies I tried to make her for Christmas. I found the recipe from pinterest http://authenticsuburbangourmet.blogspot.com/2011/09/lofthouse-style-frosted-sugar-cookies.html

They came out ok. Not exactly like lofthouse but definitely a good try! But these cookies make any day better!

Day 3 In Styler

This thing is a miracle worker. I can fix my hair in a shorter amount of time, whether its curl, straighten or just style to add body.

Also it takes my hair from a big frizzy mess to a sleek healthy look. I love it!

And tonight I am taking a night off from cooking!

Day 1 of Favorite Things

So I had a peaceful weekend. I have spent most of it reading! I finished New Moon and now onto Eclipse...can't wait to get through them all.

Today we slept in and piddled around the house and before I knew it, it was almost 4 pm! I went to get some  groceries and came home and cooked the rest of the night! I made Sour Cream Noodle Bake, which the hubby loves! I got the recipe from Pioneer Woman. I re-made Reeses popcorn again because the first time I burnt the popcorn so it didn't taste that good...obviously. AND I also made some cookie dough to make one of my BF's her favorite cookies for Christmas! I am tired! Cooking and dishes...then more cooking and more dishes..it gets tiring.

So today I am starting my 12 Days of my favorite things. Now these things can be a place, person, thing, just whatever I love. I will say that they are all very random! Today I am starting out with...

Disney World!!!

AHHHH!

I have only been there once but it was one of the best days I have ever had! I LOVE it and we are planning to go back. I love the idea that as an adult it is still acceptable to go there and act like a kid..all day and its OK! I love Disney World it is truly AMAZING!! If you have never been..GO!!!!


Now its sleepy time!
Goodnight :)

Frosty, peanut butter cookies and Christmas picture

I have not been that busy this week. Just relaxing at the house and working.

My hubby has been busy with school this week. It seems thats all he has been doing! But he gets a break after next week then it will be time to get ready for Christmas! I have the week of Christmas off for my vacation. I am so excited to have this time to prepare for Christmas at my house and to just enjoy the week!

I went to the Besties today to visit! I always enjoy spending time with her and T-A for any amount of time. They had a present for Ariel which she loves the toys. She has already chewed the tail off of one of the toys..lol

Tonight Frosty is on!! I made homemade peanut butter cookies for the occasion per the hubs request.

We also took out Christmas picture. I am not too thrilled with it but it will do. I will have to take a better picture of Ariel in her Christmas dress!

That is pretty much it! It has been a quiet week at the Roberts household!

Monday Part 2

So I finished up my Christmas shopping..yay! Its all wrapped and under the tree ready for Christmas!

The rain has finally stopped..thank goodness..it was beginning to look like a swamp outside.

Tonight I made baked potato soup

and for our snack while we watch Charlie Brown Christmas and Naughty or Nice Elves is Reeses Popcorn.

This is super easy.
Just melt 1/4 cup butter, 1/2 peanut butter, 1 cup chocolate then when melted pour over popped popcorn and then chill for 30 min then sprinkle powder sugar over top! It is very yummy!

Tonight I am starting the Twilight series! Yes I know I should've have read them all by now. But I am starting now and since I LOVE the movies I can't wait to match it with the books.

On a side note...I love the movies this time of year! They all have such a great message. There is no fighting, cussing or other nastiness. They teach to love each other and show each other kindness. It is nice to see.

Funday Monday!

If you can't tell by the title...I LOVE Kathie Lee and Hoda! Once my bestie is done with Hoda's book its my turn..I am excited to read it!

So I had kind of a melt down with the last post. I am starting to come to terms with how things are going to go. God knows how everything will turn out and the reasons for it. I have to trust that things will work out in the end.

So Saturday was a much needed girls day with my BF. We walked around downtown, I bought some books and then we went on the Candlelight Tour of Homes for Christmas. There were some beautiful homes and some were kind of weird but it was still fun!

Today the hubs is at school all day so it's just me and the puppy. It is a rainy, gloomy day so I am going to clean and cook some. There are a few recipes on pinterest that I am going to try. I am going to head to town later to finish up Christmas shopping then we will be all done!
WHEW!

I am going to do 12 days of favorite things. Just to share some things that I love!

What Now?

So I have had a crummy past couple of days.
Im looking for another job. Long story...not going into it again.
Im trying to think about something I can do with my degree...nothing spectacular is coming to mind.

I thought once I graduated there would be no problem in finding a good paying job then working my way to a great job and career I would love.
Not the case. I feel like Ive gone to school and now im thinking whats next?
Wheres the jobs and career fields that Im suppose to easily go into after college and make the big bucks or be one step ahead of all the others who didnt go to college.

I have yet to find them.

I mean im not wrong with thinking thats once I have put in the time and effort to get a college diploma it should payoff...right???

I have lots weighing heavy on my mind.