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WOW! What a weekend this was..Do you ever feel like things couldn't possibly get any crazier than they already are? That if it weren't for bad luck you would have NO luck at all? Well, sit back, get comfortable and let me tell you that you are NOT alone!!!
Friday, went as usual I came to work and couldn't wait for 5pm so that I could get off of work and head to Lamar to see my CENTRAL HINDS COUGARS play some football!! Well Copiah Academy happened to have a free night so my good friends the Mitchells joined my mom and me on our venture to Lamar! ( their dad also happens to be the offensive coach for CHA so they had reasons for wanting to go)..ANY WHO... as we get into Meridian, Camryn and I are in the very back of my moms suburban and I SCREAM "OUUUUCHHHH" something bit me..she starts laughing and says it was a yellow jacket and that it is on my purse!! (for those of you unaware..I am HIGHLY...and LEATHALLY ALLERGIC to YELLOW JACKETS) Well it just so happened that my EPI-PEN was in the purse being held HOSTAGE by the Yellow Jacket that was laughing at the idea of VICTORY over this large human!!! Camryn luckily and not swiftly killed the yellow jacket (HA right back at you) and got my EPI-PEN from my purse but then couldn't follow through with jabbing (yes jabbing is the correct word) into my leg! So little did I know (because my arm was swelling and rashes were forming and chest was tightening) that my MOTHER (aka- SUPER MOM) had pulled over on the side of the highway, dis assembled the middle seat, snatched the EPI-PEN from my grasp and JABBED...JABBED the NEEDLE into my leg...Blood goes everywhere and my heart is now so full of adrenaline that I could actually for a moment hear and see my heart beating through my chest ( a little exaggeration maybe?HA)!!!
We proceeded to mark my swelling and I ended up surviving to tell about it..the football game was amazing and my cougars triumphed over Lamar a whopping 31-14!!!!
Saturday, I had to work at Amy Head and it was a very busy day and ended up be very productive in sales!! After I got off, I had to hurry home to get supper cooked for my Mother in Laws birthday dinner that we needed to be at by 5 and keep in mind I didn't get off until 3:30 and I have at least a 15min drive home from work! ha I ended up needing to run by the grocery store first to get a few items...so instead of taking my purse in I left it in the car and just took in my wallet! I got my items and was out of the store in 10min..I loaded my car and rushed home to start throwing the food together (when I say throwing I am NOT exaggerating this time) I get home...start cooking and go to check my receipt in my wallet..HMMMMMM..wallet is not in my purse..so I must have left it in my car...SHUCKS...NOT IN MY CAR EITHER..I didn't even lock my house cut off my stove..I took off back to Kroger to look for my wallet still sitting in my buggie...PRAISE GOD!!! Everything was still in there..HE IS SO GOOD!!!!!
Sunday ended up be a lazy day, Adam and I got home from church and both slept until 4pm..it felt GREAT!! I got up and cooked supper for some of our friends that we were having over for dinner! I cooked 2 pork tenderloins and some veggies and others brought dessert and salad! We had a great night and theeeeeennnnnn it got CRAZY!!! Our friend Camryn was eating some chocolate icing off the dessert and Adam slammed her hand in it..then next thing I know CAKE is being slung from one end of my house to the other..chocolate falling from the sky (ladies I know this sounds heavenly but trust me..when you have to come back and clorox everything its not so HEAVENLY)..But all in all it was a blast!!!
LABOR DAY- Adam and I slept in..lounged around..did absolutely NOTHING all day and then finished it off with a cook out at our friends the DONALDS!!! They had all been Dove hunting this weekend and so they invited us over for some good eats!!
All in all this weekend had a little bit of every emotion in it..and I can only thank God for it!!! Hope your days have been great!! I am attaching the Pork Tenderloin recipe below!! Try it let me know what you think, and if you have any questions, just ask!!!
BON APPETIT'
Pork Tenderloin
In a small pot mix these items together and then let simmer on stove top until it comes to a small boil then remove from heat and poor over your tenderloins.. this recipe makes enough for 2 tenderloins at medium size!
1 cup Dry Sherry
1 cup Soy sauce ( I use gluten Free)
1/2 cup Honey
1tbsp Dry Mustard
1tbsp Thyme
1 clove of garlic smashed
1tbsp of ginger ( i leave this out sometimes depends on your taste)
Rinse your Tenderloins...Dry them off...baste with olive oi, then season with Tonys and Mrs. Dash origional seasoning all sides then gently poor your liquid seasoning mixture over it.
Pre heat oven to 350..in 15 min intervals remove from oven DON'T TURN...just re baste with juice in baking dish then put back in oven..repeat for 1hour or until your tenderloins are done
*every oven differs in cooking time..so you have to watch it, you should be able to tell when they are done..the center shouldn't be pink!!!
First, let me say that I am half way asleep typing this. Secondly, I believe my stomach just started eating itself, so this post might be a little short, since I will need lunch very soon!!
Your probably wondering why it is that I am soooo sleepy this morning..so I am going to tell you...(Brace Yourselves)!!
Work of course was busy as usual, and when I got off work I had to go to Piano lessons(funny right, someone my age taking piano..well there is more to the story, so let me back up oh say 15 years)
15years ago on September 1, 1995 my Grandmother passed away. She was probably the most beautiful Pianist that I have ever heard play and she played only by ear..never could read a single note on paper!! (AMAZING I KNOW) well naturally as a child and young teen I took piano and played pretty much the same way, I struggled so much reading music..so I tried to beat the system, I would learn the notes, memorize them and THEN I would act as though I was reading the music and playing at the same time(clever your thinking..but not really)I won trophies at competitions and always got superior at festivals..but when she passed away..I hated it..I didn't want to have anything to do with the piano again because it was what SHE AND I did together.
Little did I know that would be the BIGGEST mistake I would make at 12 years old! Mamie Nell ( that's my Grandmother) left me her brand new Yamaha Piano..beautiful in its black color...and sitting for the last 15 years, untouched..crying out to be played again.
SOO, I am taking again, while I still remember some technical things, alot is fuzzy..So every Thursday I go and I re learn and I have to say it has been an amazing feeling, I can actually feel her presence and I can remember her voice telling me certain things about playing, and how to relax, play from heart not mind, FEEL it, don't force it to come out! Anyone who knew her knew how well she played and how important it was to her that WE (grandchildren) played.
So keep me in your prayers as I re start this adventure!!
NOW, when I got done with lessons, I had planned on going straight home but of course I got caught up with something else, I ran into a friend and went to watch her daughter (who is also a youth in our group) cheer at Copiah Academy, and before I knew it had been an hour, well Adam OF COURSE had not eaten so I had to RUSH home and cook supper!!!
What do you throw together at 8:45pm on a Thursday night for supper, you might be wondering and I will tell you...LAZY SPAGHETTI ( the spaghetti is not the lazy part..EMILEE "NON WIFE OF THE YEAR" is)!!
Of course I have to fix two separate spaghetti noodles and ADAM wants meat in his...so I had to THAW out some deer meat and throw all this together...I believe we ended up sitting down to eat at 9:30pm...yeah most people are getting ready for bed and we are EATING SUPPER!!!! so like I said before JUNE CLEAVER I AM NOT!!!!
I can honestly say we are no TRADITIONAL couple!! Please try recipe below and let me know if LAZY SPAGHETTI works for you!!!!
Lazy Spaghetti-
Spaghetti Noodle- boil
Spaghetti Sauce- I use Bertolli Tomato Basil the big jar
Mozzarella Cheese- Just one pack
If you like meat in yours feel free to add it
Poor your cooked noodles in a baking dish pour the jar of sauce over noodles and stir them (this is when you would add your meat as well) then sprinkle Mozz cheese all over the top and bake at 400 until cheese is melted!!
French Bread and Salad go great with this!!!
Bon Appetit'
The word "Procrastination" could not ring more true in a situation than in the description of me and this blog that I am supposed to keep up with Regularly!! It is not that I don't think about it, it just seems that at the moment I think about it, I immediately get distracted! So here I am 3 months after my last post FINALLY updating my blog! So without further ado allow me to catch you all up..
May, seemed to fly by and Adam and I visited Orange beach frequently! Which is amazing because the rest of the summer we couldn't seem to get a breather to do anything except work and work and oh yeah WORK!!!
June, was really a busy month for us both, Adam planned youth trips and I taught swimming lessons, started playing church softball AND found out that I would have to have some surgery (nothing life threatening but enough to keep you out of work for 3wk) that was no surprise to me, I had been putting it off for 6 years!!!! It was really great though in the end, because Adam and I grew even closer than I thought possible! He took excellent care of me (in ways that I will NOT be mentioning..because they are embarrassing...BUT I am sure will be used in a sermon one Wednesday night) and I could not have asked for better!!
Below some of our sweet youth girls visited and MOCKED me after my surgery!
July, was so busy and I came back to work about halfway through the month and boy was it tough getting back in the working mode. We also went to New Orleans on our Mission trip and while I was begged by everyone not to go because I had just had major surgery, Stubborn me went anyway and it really was an Amazing experience, my pain went away in the efforts to serve my GOD!!! 
August, was CRAZY, I feel like it flew by so fast that I am still writing it in the date box of everything I write on! Also this is my birthday month, so if you are very close to me you already know that i celebrate the ENTIRE month..Now my mother, father and Adam(even though he thinks its insane) do wish me happy birthday every day..I know that your thinking this is crazy, but hey I love it!!! For my actual birthday I took a much needed day off, and relaxed and did only what I wanted to!!! My sweet Sweet SWEET husband got me a HOBO bag that I had been eyeing for a couple of months and had even DROPPED hints that it was the one I wanted(subtle of course ;)
Any who, we ate dinner at my parents on my actual birthday and my daddy cooked..he KNOWS the way to my heart,what can I say!! The next night Me, Adam, his sister Andrea and her husband Jordan went to eat at my absolute favorite Restaurant CRECHALES which I have eaten at every year for my birthday for as long as I can remember!! ha
Afterwards we went to Easely Amused where I thought that just Andrea and I were going to paint, BUT again that husband of mine surprised me and he and Jordan joined us!! We had the most fun I can remember having in awhile, we laughed and just enjoyed the night!! I feel truly blessed that Adam would do that for me even when were weren't painting anything remotely masculine..he sucked it up and did it for ME :) LOVE I tell ya!!
So that brings us up to date and I am gonna try and start posting more regularly because I have actually been cooking more now that we are back in school and summer is over, so I have lots of new favorites that I have tried and turned into gluten free dishes!! I will leave you with Lasagna that I have been making that ADAM LOVES and you can make it regular for your family I just of course add Gluten free because we are GLUTEN FREE!! haha BON APPETIT'
Lasagna in 30 minuets:
ingredients:
1-2lb hamburger meat
1bundle green onions
16 oz sour cream
8oz cream cheese
2 small tomato paste
2 small tomato sauce
1 pack of sweet and low
Shredded Mozzarella Cheese
4-5 Lasagna Noodles (reg or gluten free)
Preheat oven to 350 degrees- Brown hamburger meat, when done drain and put back in skillet, then add 2 cans of paste and 2 cans of sauce and 1 pack of sweet and low stir and let simmer for 10 min or until bubbling.
Make sure your 8oz cream cheese is softened so that it is easy to mix with 16oz Sour Cream as well as your chopped green onions, make sure these are mixed together smoothly.
After your noodles have cooked place them in the bottom of your baking dish poor your seasoning meat over them then poor your Cream Cheese, Sour Cream mixture over the meat, Cover the top with Mozz Cheese to your desire and put in oven until cheese is melted!! THEN ENJOY!!!!!
Seriously only takes 30 min for the entire dish to be ready to eat!!
Let me know if you try it and what you think!!
