How Bout Them Apples

See my "Blogs I Read" List

Whatever is the name of it,

There you will find some awesome recipes and my personal favorite apple desert.

But let me give fair warning....

Its incredibly delicious and too easy to make.

If you think you can handle all that...

Go on!

Show Us Your Life!

This week at Kelly's Korner, its Show Us Your Life- Christmas Trees!

I think ours went up on Wednesday...J was working and I got bored watching the Victoria's Secret Fashion Show with the dog and decided to put up our fakey! Our house looks a little more merrier, but not nearly as good as some of the entries on Kelly's site. I would loveee to have enough time, money, and cute decorations to make my house look like some of the ones on there! Four trees in one house how amazing. Christmas trees in nursery's make my heart melt. I saw this on a blog I follow and my jaw dropped, and stayed like that for a good minute while I processed the fabulousness! The one Kelly has in her little girls room is pretty adorable too!

Please excuse my teeny phone picture and naked tree! Ornaments...Were working on it!

P.S. Does Christmas time bring out baby fever? I see babies in bows and Christmas outfits and think nothing but I want one! Not lying my mom literally pushed me past all the newborn red & green onesies at Kohls the other day! So cute! But not my time =) Guess I'll have to ooooh and awwww at the babies on blogs I follow instead haha!

Joy To The World

Do You Hear What I Hear?

Yes, The Poor College Student That Has Been Waiting Since August Finally Received Her Financial Aid Check.

Bells Will Be Ringing! Although At First, It Was Not Beginning To Look Alot Like Christmas,

It Has Now Become The Most Wonderful Time Of The Year. So Let It Snow! Here Comes Santa Claus!

P.S Like My Chrismas Song Collection? It was hard work. Not. Thanks Google list of Christmas songs!

Yayyyy! Wait, I'm not a shallow money lover or anything! Just I spent a fortune on books this semester and it really threw my whole budget off so I've been having to notspendanymoneyonanything pinch pennies just to put gas in the car/buy groceries/bills, etc! Sooo this check is much needed, highly anticipated with the holidays coming! (Don't worry, I know the real meaning of Christmas and all that! Six pound 9 ounce sweet baby Jesus =) Talladega Nights Anyone?) But I just love picking out the right presents for everyone! So it arrived not a minute too soon but in perfect time for me start, (yes start I now finally have $$) my shopping! Yayyyy! I am now in full on Christmas mode, not that money is everything its the only thing but with cushion in the bank I'm just not nearly as on edge which in turn leads to higher levels of Christmas cheer wooo wooo!

A Perfect Cake

He loved "The Office" inspired sign, he was cracking up, but more than that, he loved the cake. I cut him a huge piece and it was gone in like that. I was pleased with it too. I think I could say it was one of my best baking's ha! I couldn't go all out on gifts for him this year so I wanted the cake to be as close to perfect as possible. So not bad for using two different sized pans. Marble cake with my favorite frosting that I use on most of my cakes...

Super Yummy Super Easy Frosting

1 sm. box chocolate/vanilla/whatever flavor instant pudding

1- 3/4 cup milk

cool whip

Those are the ingredients and since the recipe is in my head, just go with whatever looks good for yourself! I wanted a thicker consistency for the middle filling, so I think I only added about a cup of milk or so, then mixed in enough cool whip to my liking. With the vanilla pudding, I added more than 1 cup of milk and lots of cool whip, because it needed to frost the whole cake. I love this frosting, well that's what I call it because that's what I use it for mostly, but honestly its good for anything sweet, its yummy even by itself, it tastes like mousse you know? And really any flavor pudding, I like chocolate for cakes, vanilla is good with berries! You wont be sorry you tried it =)

Dear December

Dear December,

Please slow down, don't go by so fast.

We were meaning to put the lights up right after Thanksgiving but time just passed.

I'm not sure but I could be experiencing symptoms of NCDE. (NeighborsChristmasDecorationsEnvy) Theirs look great and J and I made a pact to get ours up right away-they will be cuter anyway tomorrow!

December, I haven't even started my Christmas shopping yet. So if you could just not go by so fast I mean does the 14th really have to be 2 weeks away? Because that is basically here and after that 10 days til Christmas? Give me a break! December do you know what the mall looks like the week before Christmas? Obviously not! But I do! I have not only shopped but worked there too, and December I plan to shop there soon, I mean as soon as I get my check, which is actually not soon at all, which is why I repeat, I need you to slow down. December I hope your getting all this. (deep breath) Look December, you stress alot of people out with your final exam dates. You don't need to create more stress by speeding away, you don't need to tell me the 6th is in however many days its in.

December, I know you want to sneakily creep into your second and third week way before I can get all my decorations up and have any shopping done. But if you just please slow down, and just give me a little bit of time to get organized and decide what I'm getting who and where I'm getting it from, and enough time to study to do well on my finals, oh and time to get my Mom a birthday gift. See December? People have alot going on! Soooo if you would just slow down, yours truly here would totally appreciate it. Thanks D, I'll even make some Christmas cookies if you let me...

P.S. I'm posting this as written on the 1st even if its not take that. I'm slowing December down in my mind if no where else.

P.S.P.S These are adorable.

Tuesday's List

Love From Texas, Tuesdays Listthis week:
TV FAVORITES! Here's mine:

Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders. Definitely one of my favorites, wish there were more episodes!

Gossip Girl. I was pretty obsessed with the books when I was a teen so I'm not surprised I like the show so much. What is surprising is that I can get the BF to tune in! All that drama just sucks you right in ha!

I get all my news from E! News.

Reality TV. My guilty pleasure. Sometimes I'd rather see the craziness of people on cheaply made shows rather than a deep CSI type storyline. The best of the worst that I can not get enough of? Tough Love, For The Love Of RayJ & Dr.Drew Sex Rehab all on Vh1. And I've always been a fan of Bravo's Real Housewives.

Thursday Night Funny TV: The Office, 30 Rock, Its Always Sunny In Philadelphia. My comedy section, look forward to this night of laughs!

Any show on Food Network. The one channel I never get to watch. Ohh the things you do for love! When BF is not home I get my fix by watching Ina, Giada, Paula D & Sandra Lee with no break in between ha!

Shows on HGTV, TLC, & Discovery, etc: Spice Up My Kitchen, Cake Boss... Even a good nature show or documentary!

Thats pretty much our must haves & DVR list! Throw in some UFC, football & basketball and that's basically TV for us!

Miraculous Something

I went in knowing I would buy the same style push up I always pick out. The sales lady asked if I wanted to try on their new bra and I said sure. Am I the only one that sees the commercial at least once a day? Anyways. The bra sold itself and I bought it. In white...and then I changed my when I got home and wanted black which of course they didn't have in my size. I'm waiting to see if they'll get it in the next few weeks, until then I have store credit, and no bra. Which really makes me sad because it really is a miraculous bra. They picked a good name. Its well made, it has good hardware it really holds you in there ha! Need the cleavage or not, either way its a great bra. At least, its my favorite! Well it will be whenever I get my black one....

Not Me Monday

Neither the pumpkin or apple desserts we had for Thanksgiving tasted very good, so I didn't have a second serving of apple crisp with vanilla ice cream. Yuck, not me. Oh and don't let anyone tell you my dinner on Friday night looked the same as the night before. So not true, so not me! And I do not believe in eating late, so you know I would never cut myself a piece of pumpkin desert, after 9 o'clock pm. That would not be good on my sensitive stomach. You see if these were my eating habits, I would have woke up on Saturday morning not feeling good or something...So all of that? Not Me!

Black Friday? I for sure was not going out shopping. Everyone knows I'm not a morning person, especially my boyfriend, so there is really no point in even trying to wake me up at such a ridiculous hour. Which is why I did not set my alarm for 5 o'clock in the morning. It would have gone something like, me not even hearing the alarm and my boyfriend turning it off and asking me if I was getting up to go, to which my reply would have been pulling the covers over me no thanks. Me getting up is a joke, which is why I again, did not even bother setting my alarm for early hours. Not Me!

Just because the dog looked so cute sleeping all curled up in a ball, doesn't mean I snapped a picture of him. Just because my boyfriend and I consider our pets our children, doesn't mean I would text him that picture and title it "sleeping baby". Not me!

(join in on the "Not Me" fun at MckMama's!)

Out Of The Box

She loves a good box. Cardboard, plastic, wicker is her favorite... As long as it is square and she can fit inside...Well even if she cant, she'll still have a blast. Many times I've caught her sleeping in the pink box my boots came in... Just this week a FedEx box was mailed and she has been all over it. I love that she is a cat in the box, its quite funny to see her play around in there, plus it's a cheap/convenient way to keep her happy!

1. What is your favorite thing to snack on while you are blogging?
I lovee 100 calorie packs.

2. What is one thing you wouldn't want to live without?
Well besides my family I guess a razor? I don't know, I just wouldn't want to live without smooth legs you know.


3. Beach, Mountains, or Farm? Where would you live if you had a choice?
I would try mountains.


4. What's your least favorite chore/household duty?
I hate everything when it comes to cleaning. I don't like putting away my clothes. Doing endless loads of laundry irritates me. But I really don't like doing the dishes.


5. Who do people say you remind them of?
Someone they know, I get alot of "you look familiar"s.


6. Do you prefer parties and socializing or staying home with the family?
Well I like to go out if its somewhere I really want to be and I have a good outfit. Other than that, total homebody! Nothing beats cuddling on the couch...and with a fire going? Then you've really got me lol.


7. What's your all time favorite movie?
Titanic. All time favorite favorite I stop to watch it every time its on TV! All of it.


8. Do you sleep in your make-up or remove it like a good little girl every night?
I sleep in it! Eeeee I know, so bad! Ill use remover if I remember. But I don't wear alot though and usually shower before bed so all that's really left is eyeliner.


9. Do you have a hidden talent or a deep desire to learn something that you've never had a chance to learn? What is it?
Hmm no hidden talents but I so wish I could learn to be a good dancer, like DCC veteran status! Haha, yes that is my favorite show.


10. What's one strange thing you're really good at?
Drinking soda. Lets see who could finish more refills.


11. What first attracted you to your spouse?
How much fun it was to be around him, how comfortable and safe I felt with him.


12. What is something you love to smell?
I think fresh bread smells sooo good.


13. Tell something about you that you know irritates people.
Two things, I lose/misplace everything and, I can never make up my mind. I misplace my phone, atm card, everything. Then I find it somewhere random. I try to get J to make all the decisions. What to eat, what to wear, I can never decide on anything.


14. When you have extra money, what's the first thing you think to do with it?
Extra money? Whats that mean?! Ha!


15. Are you a silent laugher or a loud laugher? What makes you laugh the hardest?
I'm not really a loud laugher at all. I obviously laugh hardest when being tickled, and also when watching The Office! Thats what she said.


16. Where is your favorite place to shop?
Not sure about which store but I love trying on jeans.


17. What's one thing you'd do more often if you had more time?
Study.


18. Are you a big spender or frugal?
So frugal! I don't have the big bucks right now to be buying things that aren't of necessity. I'm a sales & coupons kind of gal.


19. Who is your favorite character of all time? (from a movie or a book, can't be real)
Minnie Mouse.


20. Would you want to be famous?
Not so much for the fame but all the great clothes, makeup, fabulous purses, well ok.