Wednesday, October 14, 2009

It all starts with a stick of butter


I love Paula Deen. Kinda creeps me out that she starts everything with at least a stick of butter, but I couldn't turn my head away from this recipe... c'mon, you know you want to click on that link to the youtube video showing how Paula makes these sinfully delicious Sypmhony brownies. If you see in her video she uses Hershey's candy bars, but apparently Symphony brand is the best for baking. I'm sure either will taste just great :)


These will for sure show up at my Halloween party this year!


Saturday, October 10, 2009

I'm back... well kind of

It's been awhile, huh?! Seems that life got in the way of this blog... and I'm not happy about it! After my last post of amazing news all around, here's the short version of what's happened since then:


Renters moved into my condo October 1... they are awesome.

My great friend from SLU Mary and her boyfriend Jeremy came in town last weekend... between red wine and a lazy Sunday hanging out with them... it was the best medicine I needed.

Speaking of medicine... I'm fighting serious allergies this fall and thought I was slipping down the H1N1 slope recently. Alas, I'm alive and well now.

Joel's girls soccer team at Maryville that he coaches jumped up to D2 this year, and recently won some games they weren't expected to- leading to a happy coach and subsequently a happy house around here!

Brian (my brother) is running the full marathon in Chicago tomorrow. He decided this about 6 weeks ago. INSANE. I'm very proud of him considering these days I struggle with 3 miles!

Jack (my dog) learned how to "high 5"... it's hilarious. Check him out going to town on his bone in his favorite spot to lounge while the sun pours in...
My roof is leaking. I mean really... how many things are gonna go wrong with my house this year??? There's a good chance it has to do with the constant flying branches from my neighbor's dead tree... I have homeowners insurance investigating. Keep your fingers crossed I don't end up having to fix this out of my own pocket!

I think that's it!! Now onto the new stuff:

In a few short hours I will trek over to Waterloo, IL for a fun day at the wineries! Sean & Shannon are in town for their engagement party, so while Sean and his groomsmen are golfing the girls will be relaxing at Shorr Lake Vineyards- so excited for a fall day outside! The weather is chilly here though since it's rained for the past 48 hours straight (no joke). I'm excited to pull out some tall boots though!
Tonight is game 3 of the NLDS. The Cardinals are not doing so hot, dropping the first 2 games to the Dodgers. I have tickets to the potential game 4 tomorrow, so I'm counting on a win tonight since I've never been to a postseason game and I'm really looking forward to it!! GO CARDS!
Hope you all have a great Saturday, I gotta get up finally and start running some errands before the wineries! :)

 
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