The dangers of sending a Hampton girl into the dessert isle

Who goes shopping for one box of brownies and comes out with 15 boxes of cake?

This girl.

(Technically, it is 9 boxes of cake, 3 boxes of brownies, 2 boxes of cookies, and 1 box of lemon bars...not counting the pancake mix)

Portuges food adventure.

A couple of weeks ago, my dad came up with the idea to have a special dinner once a month. Every month, we would pick a country, and everyone would make a dish from that country. well last Thursday night Daddy-0 called me and said we are making Portuguese food on Saturday. It was a huge success!

Luis and I made "Caldo Verde" which means "Green Soup" (we watched a video how to make it, and the guy kept saying "Caldo Verde Soup" which is like saying "Green Soup Soup"....He also did not know how to pronounce linguica...sad) I think I am the only one that was not a fan of our soup. Eric came and asked if every one ate, then polished it off! I just think there could have been more flavor to it. that's all.

Speaking of Eric, he came a little late with his "Portuguese" food. I think he came right from work with his chocolate cake and rocky road ice cream. He figured that dad was a bit Portuguese, and he eats a lot of rocky road, so it counted. My brothers are so funny.

Sarah liked it.

This is just a picture of my dad...after Brooke got ahold of him. Who knew Dad had the same hair cut as Justin Bieber? There was a big fuss over Dad not actually making anything. When I asked him, he said mom helped him with bread. which essentially means "Mom made bread" haha cant fool us.

All in all it was fun. I'm excited for next month. We are doing Greece. Yay Baklava!

Trying a thing called "productive"

I FINALLY got my calandar on the wall. We have had it for who knows how long now, and it has just been sitting on the floor. (before we moved it was at least on top of a couch) No more puppy tails coming and erasing everything. No more sitting on the floor to write important events.

"But I thought your landlords did not want you to make any more holes?" Turns out, that my land lady put up a painting to cover holes made by other tenants, and those previous holes had little plastic screw holders that were exactly like the ones i needed. previously measured to be strait and everything...I am VERY excited about it...cant you tell?

Anther thing i did today was fix Freckles bed. We got it for his crate a month or two ago but discovered he had ripped a hole in it durring the night. Fluff every where. The phrase "Not too shabby" for sure does not belong here, but at least the house is not littered with stuffing anymore.

PEANUT BUTTER BANANA BARS!

Can you say yum? I invented them. (but like my sister said, it is the first draft) It is really just a sugar cookie covered in peanut butter, topped with bananas pudding and whipped topping. but still tasty. There is still some altering to do, but for the most part, a success. It has to be eaten in no more than 2 days. If left in the frige for too long, it starts to separate and make the sugar cookie crust all soggy.

In an attempt to get off my bum today, I went downstairs to clean the kitty litter. (one of the things I am sad to admit I forget often) I was rewarded with this spider and her eggsack. So like the brave person I am, I started freaking out. You all know how much I LOVE spiders. NOT. The momma is still down there too. I decided that I would rather one spider would be better than hundreds(though, none is ideal) and took the nest out first. So she got away. My good boy came to rescue me too! He wont come downstairs, but when I looked up after trying to keep clam and get the darn thing, Freckles was half way to me. I told him to go upstairs, so he did, but kept an eye on me still. I love my little (big) guy!

We dont have any dressers, so we dicided to get this. I think I like it. will probably get more so that Luis and I can have more room.

I am SO EXCITED about my new Scentsy warmer. My favorite adopted mommy, Shelba, bought one of these for me, and another one for my best friend, her actual daughter.(Heehee. there is a funny story about that. I might post it later) Is it not the one of the cutest things you have ever seen? My cute list is: Little kids, my dog, then this thing.(sorry kitty)

Growing and Moving

Isn't Freckles getting so big? He is 4 months old and 25 pounds. He is starting to look more and more like a dog, and less like a puppy every day.

These are pictures I have been meaning to post but havn't. He isn't nearly that small anymore

For the record, Luis put him on the bed first. I woke up to puppy licks. But due to him being outside a lot, he has not been on the bed since.

We also moved last month. Don't worry. we didn't move far. We didn't even change addresses. Just staircases. We have gone from a basement apartment, to an above the Garage apartment. Same landlords. Same property. Just bigger space. (and, unfortunately, more money) We really like it. so does the cat.

We have windows!

and a walk in closet.

Happy birthday to my brother Eric (and Michael, Chris, and our Neice Danica. But i dont have pictures of their birthdays)

Always have to throw a cute picture of our Neice Sarah in there.

This is Macintosh. Our landlords brother's dog. I came home from work and thought "Freckles, how did you get so big, and who sneezed your freckles off" Just shows more of how much my little guy looks more Border Collie than a queensland.

He used to be able to fit under the bed.

He LOVES playing with his momma Dixi. He gets excited to go in the car because he knows that he will probably get so see her. She is the same way. whenever we pull up, she tries to hop in the car. She is always looking for him.

I love this picture!

We adore our little family.