1. Dinner with friends and family
2. Taking the day off for homework
3. Curling up by the fireplace and playing Rock Band.
4. Hot showers when I am so cold!
5. Hot apple cider.
Author: Andi
lasagna bake with meat sauce
This was the Lasagna Bake with Meat Sauce from WW Smart Ones. The taste was good, but there wasn't much sauce. So it was a little dry…even for my liking. I would probably eat it again, but there are many other meals I like better, so it would probably only be in a pinch.
I much prefer the Ziti over this.
But I am proud of myself for trying new things. Trying this many different meals is a big feat for me. So yay!
129/365
1. The bus was SO SLOW today, but that just meant less time at the office!
2. I was given a candy cane by a coworker!
3. Our truck is working again! We now have two cars again!
4. Going out to dinner with my hubby
5. Hubby picking me up from work despite horrible traffic that day.
my little black dress
When I went birthday shopping, I picked out a fabulous black dress. It was meant to be. It was the first dress I tried on. And the first size I picked fit like a glove.
Last weekend was Chuck's Microsoft holiday party and I knew this was going to be the perfect opportunity to wear my new dress!
Here's a picture of Chuck and I all dressed up!
And here's a better picture of me in my little black dress!
(Don't mind all the stuff in the hallway. We got home late and forgot to take a picture of my dress earlier and Paige was sleeping on the couch, so we didn't get a picture in front of the tree!)
Also…here's what the dress looks like on a model. And I was happy that it looked pretty good on me, too.
I got a number of compliments and I know this will be my new go-to dress!
128/365
1. Diet, caffeine free Dr. Pepper
2. Letting a bus driver drive me to work today.
3. My last day of class this semester
4. Ski socks and tights
5. Headbands
annibirthary warming party
The day after my birthday and our anniversary, we had a bunch of our friends over. We hadn't had a house warming party yet, so we thought having an annibirthary warming party would be the perfect opportunity to get everyone together.
We had a ton of food. Lots of wonderful friends came by. I got presents! I also made Key Lime Martinis that were a huge hit! Some people played board games. Some played Rock Band. Some chose darts. Some chose ping pong. There was a great time had by all.
You can see the pictures from the party HERE.
And a big thank you to my brother for taking pictures all night for me!
127/365
1. Burt's Bees chapstick with pomegranate oil
2. Meetings that take up work time
3. Papa John's pizza for lunch
4. My last day of lecture for my CS class
5. Remembering to take my vitamins.
a gift for a friend
One of my best friends, Hillary, loves jewelry. I knew I wanted to make something for her birthday and this is what I came up with!
They turned out really nicely. It was hard giving them away!
She also loves butterflies. I tried to find some sort of butterfly I liked to make her some jewelry. When that didn’t work, I found this gorgeous gift topper and wrapped her gift with it instead. And it matches the jewelry so well!
The gift was a hit! She loved them. And I think I need to go buy myself one of these butterflies! I forgot how pretty they were!
126/365
1. Sleeping in again
2. Hot chocolate
3. Getting to ride on a big comfy bus
4. Having time to dry and straighten my hair
5. 4 day week!
brownies
A while back, my wonderful neighbor friends had us over for dessert after we went out to dinner. She made some fabulous brownies.
This is my neighbor friend, Kelly when we were out to dinner.
She baked these tasty brownies.
Then she made this cream cheese/peanut butter topping.
Then she topped it with frozen, crushed Twix bars.
She left a few plain ones in case we didn't like the topping. You should give this a try! You won't be disappointed!