#nelsendays2014 Week 11

Day 71: So glad to have Matt home from his ski trip

Day 73: Friday evening at the park = my happy place

Day 74: While doing some spring cleaning, we came across a box that Matt had saved from high school with tons of hilarious pictures of us and notes from me that he had saved. You can see more of the embarrassing shots here.

Day 75: Poor Tally had a Saturday vet visit after we thought that he was possibly choking on a piece of a toy that he wasn't able to get back up. Turns out, our pup is allergic to pollen and needs an antihistamine in the Spring for cough, chest congestion, and a runny nose. All this for our dog who thinks he's a human. Who knew dogs could have allergies or get colds?!

Day 76: Since Matt was leaving for another fun trip on Wednesday of this week (this time for a swanky, all expenses paid broker trip to Cabin Bluff...  a trip in which the sponsoring firm forgot to invite the wives, but I'm not bitter. ;) ), it meant I'd only have him at the house for two dinners, so I decided to bring out the bring guns and make the baked version of this recipe with these mashed potatoes. Meat and potatoes (i.e. no pasta) = bringing out the big guns in my book.

Day 77: Left- a look at what Tally does every time Matt tries to pet Hagan (our next door neighbor's dog and Tally's best friend). He's a little jealous. Right- Tuesday night's dinner is a recipe you MUST try! It takes less than 5 minutes to prep, calls for 3 ingredients, and is SO delish!

It is FRIDAY friends! And Matt gets home tomorrow morning, so I am quite looking forward to a good, and hopefully Spring-weather, weekend. Hope y'all have a good one!

S'mores Cups

Looking for a quick and easy dessert to make the next time you have a group over? Look no further!

What you need:

Ready Crust Graham Cups

Hershey's Milk Chocolate Bars

Marhshmallows

Hershey's Syrup

Directions:
Layer half a chocolate bar on the bottom of each graham cup. Add 3 marshmallows on top of each cup. Bake at 350 for 10 minutes, or until marshmallows are golden brown. Drizzle with chocolate syrup.

A flashback to 10+ years ago...

This weekend, we finished what my parents helped me start when they were here the weekend before, which was cleaning out our garage, storage closet, and guest bedroom closet.

I am a minimalist... sometimes to a fault. To a fault because I rarely save things, even sentimental things. I don't like having "stuff"if I don't have a place for it.

So I'm thankful that Matt is the sentimental saver of the two of us, because when I was going through bins that his parents gave us from their house when they moved, I came across a box of momentos that he had saved from high school and college. It was filled with notes that I had written him (bubble letters, different colored markers, cool folds and all) and hilarious pictures of us from back in the day. Here are a few of our finds that had us cracking up and reminiscing over the weekend.

While Matt was playing golf, I found one of his baseball hats with a note that one of the bat girls wrote on the bottom. So, being the mature wife that I am, I took a picture of it and then gave it to Tally and sent the pics to Matt. :)

This was one of the first pictures we took together at a church lock in. :)

How about that hair?! Sexy.

This picture makes me laugh. This was the first meal we cooked together our junior year of HS. I guess Matt's mom snuck this pic. Our expressions are classic.

I took pictures of our meals even back then- I was meant to be a food blogger ;)

Oh black choker- I'm pretty sure those were never in, but I apparently rocked one

Man, I should have taken a pic of the note I wrote on the back of this pic- Matt carried this in his wallet in HS- haha... oh the days.

One of many notes we found- it actually made me realize I should do this more... maybe without the squigglies and designs.

It wasn't a note without some nice bubble letters on the front. ;)

ahhh yes, back to reality this cold, rainy, Monday morning. Hope y'all have a great week!