Stars Game

My boss, Sarah, has season tickets to the Dallas Stars and she took me to the game on Friday! It was super fun!!



I had never been before so I had no clue what to expect. My other coworkers had me scared to death I was going to freeze!! In preparation I wore a long sleeved shirt and brought my big fuzzy sweat shirt. I wore both of those under my wool jacket and was just fine. I even started getting hot towards the end. (I am sure this had nothing to do with me jumping up and down screaming at the players. LOL )



It started out with me being very confused but Sarah quickly put that to an end! She explained things. Soon I was screaming at the guys to "get it out of there" or "come on" LOL I even had her laughing at me when I told them that was unnecessary roughness! She quickly told me that there was no such thing in hockey! At one point I was telling our guys to do some unnecessary roughness against their goalie because he was blocking to many of our goal attempts!

Meredith and Abbey

I got this from a friend and loved it. It is a great reminder!

This is one of the kindest things you may ever see..


It is not known who replied, but there is a beautiful soul working in the dead letter office of the USpostal service.



Our 14 year old dog, Abbey, died last month.. The day after she died, my 4 year old daughter Meredith was crying and talking about how much she missed Abbey.. She asked if we could write a letter to God so that when Abbey got to heaven, God would recognize her. I told her that I thought we could so she dictated these words:

Dear God,
Will you please take care of my dog? She died yesterday and is with you in heaven. I miss her very much I am happy that you let me have her as my dog even though she got sick..I hope you will play with her. She likes to play with balls and to swim. I am sending a picture of her so when you see her You will know that she is my dog. I really miss her.
Love, Meredith

We put the letter in an envelope with a picture of Abbey and Meredith and addressed it to God/Heaven. We put our return address on it. Then Meredith pasted several stamps on the front of the envelope because she said it would take lots of stamps to get the letter all the way to heaven. That afternoon she dropped it into the letter box at the post office. A few days later, she asked if God had gotten the letter yet. I told her that I thought He had.

Yesterday, there was a package wrapped in gold paper on our front porch addressed, 'To Meredith' in an unfamiliar hand. Meredith opened it. Inside was a book by Mr Rogers called, 'When a Pet Dies..' Taped to the inside front cover was the letter we had written to God in its opened envelope. On the opposite page was the picture of Abbey &Meredith and this note:

Dear Meredith,
Abbey arrived safely in heaven.
Having the picture was a big help. I recognized Abbey right away.Abbey isn't sick anymore. Her spirit is here with me just like it stays in your heart. Abbey loved being your dog. Since we don't need our bodies in heaven, I don't have any pockets to keep your picture in, so I am sending it back to you in this little book for you to keep and have something to remember Abbey by..
Thank you for the beautiful letter and thank your mother for helping you write it and sending it to me.. What a wonderful mother you have. I picked her especially for you.
I send my blessings every day and remember that I love you very much.
By the way, I'm easy to find, I am wherever there is love.

Love,
God

I did it!!

For Christmas my mom and her hubby ,Bob, got me 2 new cookbooks! Pioneer Woman's and The Farm Chicks. I have fallen in love with the Pioneer Woman's! (Yes I will be updating my cooking blog with pictures and the recipes as well very very soon.) She is a woman after my own heart for real!

I have gone through the book and tagged each page that I want to try. I think it is about every other page is flagged! So far I have made Chicken Pot Pie, Pie Crust, Egg-in-the-hole Sandwiches, and Cinnamon Rolls!!!

I am so stinking excited about these rolls! The recipe makes A LOT....40-50 says PW but I think I cut mine smaller because I got 30ish out of HALF of the recipe! I am up to my ears in cinnamon rolls but that is ok because I am enjoying every minute of it! Can I just say PW is right when she says your kitchen will smell like the best place on earth and you could sell tickets?

Sorry for the silence

I am sorry for not posting more. I wish I could say things have been hectic but they have not been. Just the normal Christmas stress, work, and home.

James is doing well. I am so happy to report that James passed both his classes with B's. He is still working part time at CVS. It seems to be going well. He enjoys the work but not so much the insane customers! I have heard some pretty odd stories!

I am not up to much other than baking. I go to work and home. I really enjoy my work, read my coworkers are wonderful. I have been trying lots of new recipes. I will be posting all about them on my cooking blog.

And because every post is better with a picture here is one of the wonderful pictures Colton over at Sixfourteen Photography took back in November.

Rewind: James's Birthday

James's birthday was November 13, 2009. To celebrate a bunch of us gathered at Maggiano's. It was yummy!

I think the best surprise was when Lindsey and Erin showed up! I was so proud of myself for keeping the secret for a whole week!! If you know me you know that is shocking! Anyway here are some pictures from that night.

Hi there....

So I realize it has been FOREVER since I have posted...sorry about that. But I will try and get better about posting!!

I wanted to post and show off some pictures that Colton at Sixfourteen Photography took on Saturday! Click here to see the post! But here are a couple of shots. James and I both love the pictures we have seen!

UPDATE: The Today Show....

Well the segment got bumped thanks to John Gosselin being a butt. I really don't like him. But the good news is it will air tomorrow, Tuesday October 6 2009! To keep you happy here is another picture!