LiFe {unscripted}

baseball fun

We had a Rangers game to go to when we arrived in Dallas on Sunday.  We had fun eating!  I was sad after I finished my footlong corny dog and waffle fries that I didn't take a photo of it... I was too excited to eat it, I guess.  

The Rangers were doing well and it was fun to sit and watch for a while, but we left in the 7th inning... AFTER we ate, of course! :0)

Good times.  

Home safe!

We made it home from MO late Sunday night.  Had a great time!  

One of the definite highlights was getting to watch this little rugrat (Adam's nickname for her) play softball.

Check out those cute curls sticking out the back of her catcher's mask.  Totally CUTE :0)

Madi plays catcher and short stop - we got to watch her play both.  And let me tell you, this girl is talented. She loves the game and it shows... her abilities are great.  

And she is quite the base stealer, too!  It was exciting to see her steal home plate several times... and then wait for the ump to yell, "SAFE!"

This is the cute girl with her tinted contacts to block the sun... the contacts are added intimidation for her opponent, I think :0)

More to come...

~B

35 pounds!!!

Nope, that's not how much weight I have lost... no, that's the weight of my ONE piece of luggage this morning.  On our way to the counter, Adam and I wagered a bet on how much it would weigh.  I won!  I SO told him that it definitely felt lighter than usual.  

Unfortunately, the one ounce that I left behind was my birth control.  Yes, that tidbit maybe TMI, but it's kinda funny, right?!

65 dollars later at a pharmacy here in MO, I am back on track.  Whew! 

Crisis averted. (Thanks so much Charlotte, if you are reading!)

In other stories...I meant to post this a while back, but never took a photo to go with.  Our banana pepper specialty.

Grilled banana peppers with Feta cheese - YUM!  CanNOT get enough of them.

How to (not that's it's rocket science, but thought I would share - LOL!):

1. Cut tops off peppers and clean out inside seeds.
2. Throw in a baggie with about a quarter cup (more or less depending on how many peppers) olive oil. 
3. Add salt and pepper to olive oil and peppers.   
4. Close baggie and shake around till the peppers are coated. 
5. Take peppers out of baggie and place on grill.  Let cook for about 2 min. 
6. Remove peppers from grill - let cool a bit - then stuff with feta cheese (we found that using the block of feta cheese cut into long rectangles works better than trying to stuff them with crumbles). 
7. Place back on grill for another 2 min. to let cheese melt inside peppers.   
8. Remove from grill, let cool, and EAT!    

They really are yummy :0)

The peppers in the photo were particularly large, so we cut them in half and cleaned them out that way.

Happy grilling!

~B

 

Headed to MO

Actually, headed to Dallas tonight so that we can catch our ungodly early flight tomorrow morning.  

And due to the recent airline baggage rules, I went out and got some travel sized stuff.  Usually, I just take the whole big bottles... just in case, right?!  But I am on a serious mission to save space, pack light(er), and still fit at least 3 pairs of shoes in there. LOL.  I am such an over packer... I think I've said that before. 

But seriously, I have to only pack ONE bag???  

Yet another reason why the gas prices today make me depressed.  

Excited to get to MO, tho!  It's been too long since our last trip.  

Off to finish laundry and start packing lightly.  

~B

 

Rain!

We finally got some rain last night... in the form of a loud thunderstorm at 2 in the morning. LOL!

I am totally not complaining... our grass was super happy that it got a drink, and we were happy that it was a free drink. Ha.  We have not had a good rain in almost a month, so it was nice to lay in bed and listen to it.  

My friend Sarah is coming in tonight!  Super excited to see her and spend time at the lake soaking in the sun and good friend time.  Plus, got a new swim suit - Damask print!!!  I was so excited to see it in the store - and even more excited that it fit and was on sale. 

Have a great weekend

~B

a share

this is definitely a new occasion when I scrap some photos from the very same month!  I did this one for Jennifer Johner's weekly challenge at twopeasinabucket.com.  The challenge was to scrap an event - totally got me to scrap the photos from my mom's birthday... and use a bit of that hambly overlay that I love so much!

I am going in a half hour to get my hoo-rah (hair) cut.  Probably nothing big... just a inch or two with more layers.  I was telling someone the other day that I think I have had the same hair since high school.  There have been a couple times when I have cut it above the shoulder, and then cried cause I missed the length. I added highlights last summer, and that will just have to do for "change" for the next 5-10 years.  LOL!  (okay, maybe not that long).

~B

jon & kate + 8

(this is the only image I could steal from TLC.com) 

I am loving this show right now.  I denied it for quite sometime.  This summer, I have picked a new favorite.  

It is very intriguing and I just cannot imagine what Adam and I would be like with 8 kids.  Heck, we can't even imagine ourselves with one right now.  I guess that's why I am loving this show right now.   

I attended a fun workshop yesterday.  Wheel throwing Pottery.  Made a bowl/vase thing.  Not too shabby for the first time after 3 years.  I had a ceramics class my last semester in college, but we only used the wheel for our last couple of projects.  It was surprisingly very calming... I could see doing it a lot if I had a potter's wheel.  No photo of the bowl/vase... I didn't think to take my camera, and I did not bring it home :(  as it had to be fired and what not.  

Today I was back to my regular schedule of 8:00 internal alarm clock - and that was NiiiCE!

Our weekend.

 That pretty much wraps it up!  

No plans on Saturday left us bored and happy.  But bored, nonetheless.  My thinking?  Why not take out the camera and remote?!?!  Adam's thinking... what ARE you doing?!??

We ended up on the porch in 100 degree weather.  Just sitting there chatting.  Adam was searching the net for a "reasonably priced (yeah right)" boat.  The heat just makes us *wish* we could just load up and go jump in the lake.  Ah, someday, right?!

Sunday was great.  I woke up and made banana bread for my dad.  He loves it!  Rach and I delivered it to him with lunch for Father's Day.  Then we headed to our grandparents house for Sunday dinner.  We celebrated Father's Day with our Papa and he sooo enjoyed getting his gift card to Home Depot!  We stuck around till the evening just hanging out with our grandparents.  The guys watched the U.S Open while we chatted with Mama.  Yesterday was a good day.  My grandparents are the coolest, kindest, most awesome-est people :0)

A great day, for sure.

~B

BLT to be.

This nice size, dude.  Our first tomato from the garden.  I think we will wait one more day to see if it gets any redder, but then we're breaking out the bacon and lettuce!

No big plans for the weekend.  Maybe some lake time  Probably some yard work.  Laundry... the norm. Oh, and BLT's :0)

Have a great weekend!

~B

Adding on...

to the list of grown up things we have done lately (LOL!)

We bought our first 2 new pieces of grown up furniture. 

Our previous couch was a lovely hand-me-down from my grandma and grandpa... but it did not match the decor I wanted to go with, so we lived with a slip covered couch for close to 2 years.  The couch was/is wonderful, the slip cover... not so much.  I hated the slip cover.  During a cleaning day in March, I made up my mind that we were getting new furniture.  Period.  No ifs ands or buts.  Luckily, Adam agreed.  :0)

And now our living room is finally being lived in.  We love being in there, relaxing and watching t.v.  

It sounds super funny, but seriously, I wonder sometimes, "am I really a grown up?"  LOL.  

So, just adding on to the list of grown-up things we have done lately. :0)

~B