Peanut Butter, Oreos, and Whipped Cream...what could be better?

Everyone must try these..they are yummy!

Peanut Butter Striped Delight

1 package of Oreo Double Stuff Cookies
1 stick of melted butter
1 8 oz. package of cream cheese, softened
1/4 cup sugar
1 tbsp. cold milk
1 tub cool whip, thawed and divided
3 cups cold whole milk
2 pkg. 4.oz. each vanilla instant pudding
1/3 cup peanut butter

Place cookies in food processor to form fine crumbs. Transfer to medium bowl and add butter. Mix well and press firmly on bottom of 13 X 9 dish. Refrigerate 10 minutes. Beat cream cheese with sugar and add 2 tbsp. milk, then mix with water add 1 1/4 cup whipped topping then spread over crust. Pour remaining milk into large bowl. Add pudding and beat with wire Wisk, blend in peanut butter and Wisk until smooth. Pour over cream cheese to start the layers. Place the rest of the whipped topping on top. Refrigerate four hours or more. Then cut into squares and enjoy!
They are even good frozen.

Christmas Christmas time is here..........

Time for laughter time for cheer...

You are singing it in your head now arent you (in a chipmunk voice)?

Thanksgiving is over and Christmas time is here..hooray. My favorite time of year.

The house is decorated and the shopping has begun.

The husband loves presents and Christmas, but not the decorations. He sighs when I say...Up to the attic for the decorations!

Here are a few pics from the new house decorated for the season.

My Grandmother gave me a nativity set this year that her Mother made some many years ago. I just love it and the sentimental value it entails.

SUSHI IN GREENWOOD!!

Yes that is right....the Grand Buffet has a sushi and hibachi bar!

This could be quite dangerous as I love sushi and tend to crave it often.

It seems quite silly that I am so excited about sushi, but this is Greenwood we have never had a place for Japanese before!

Go try it..you will not be disappointed ( well i hope you will not anyway)

VOTE

Everyone Go Vote today....too many fought for our right to vote ( expecially us women) so go..

It is your American duty!!

Murphy

Announcing the new addition to our household......

Murphy

Brian and I adopted him from the Oxford Humane Shelter.

His mother was an Australian Sheppard and well his father was probably sneaky-neighbor dog.

He is a smart puppy and very cute...just working on his house training is a real chore!

What is wrong with working society?

What is wrong with people these days? They want jobs but do not want to work. They come to work late, they do not show up at all, or they take a break every half hour. Good work habits are something we should teach our children from a young age. Teach your children to be punctual, to do their best, have pride in what they do, and to make an effort.
In these tough economic times it seems as if one would be thankful to have a job and not one owed to them. I am thankful to have a job to provide for myself and not depend upon others.
Off my soap box now...but do you not agree?

Antiques and more Antiques

Brian and I visited the Cloverleaf Auction in Grenada on Monday...and what a long day it was.

We arrived at 9 am to be the first people there. The auction was suppose to start at 10 and we wanted to look around a bit first and get a good seat. It wasn't quite what I expected. A little smaller and not as organized, but in all they had lots of nice things.

The bidding began around 10:30, after Brian got very antsy that they were so late starting. Knick knack after knick knack was auctioned off...when are they going to do the furniture? We waited patiently. I have to say, Brian did very well considering we were there from 9 am to 2pm. (I must say I have a wonderful husband who goes places with me when he would much rather be elsewhere!)

Finally the furniture...after waiting all this time it was worth it.

I have been looking for a piece to store my china in and here it is finally ( and for a really great deal).

10 Goofy things I can not live without

10 things I can not live without ( leaving out the obvious family, friends, etc)
Little twirks that make my world go round, or so I think. In no particular order.

1. A purse - everywhere I go I must have one on my shoulder ( Brian sometimes likes to put his things in my purse too). I feel naked without one...it's like a security blanket.

2. My planner and lists - how else will I keep up with everything. I make lots of lists during the day. I inherited this from my mom, we are both forgetful.

3. Old Navy Flip Flops - I think I might wear mine with socks this winter. I wear my black ones almost everyday. They are just perfect little rubber shoes.

4. Black boots - No one liked the sock and flip flop idea, so this is my second favorite pair of shoes. My Kenneth Cole ones are my favorite pair of boots.

5. Pony - as in pony tail holder. There are just most days when the hair has to go up, but I have these new bangs that are starting to get on my nerves that the pony is not taking care of.

6. Email - its my lifeline. I realized this today when our email went down at work. It was like the world has come to an end. We can not work without email, what is this?

7. Cell phone- I freak if I leave home without it. I don't think the car will start if it is not in my purse.

8. Chi - bless the person who invented these. My hair is wavy, but only in certain places so this little apparatus straightens out all the curves in the right places.

9. Mousse - I do not know exactly what it does to my hair, but I beleive it does something.

10. School - I finally realized I just have a need for new knowledge, or just punishment.

The Kitchen Remodel

After months of waiting......the kitchen is finally finished!!!

The Ants Go Marching with the Prince of Darkness

We ventured to Memphis this weekend to the much anticipated DMB concert.

After a little shopping for the house and a great deal on some lawn furniture at Lowes, we made our way to the hotel and then later to meet some friends for food and drinks before heading to AutoZone park. Visit Cafe 61 next time you are in Memphis - the food is way awesome!

http://www.cafe61memphis.com/

Upon entering the park there was a lovely salesman with a bucket of ice cold beverages....oh how it was 100 degrees and they look delightful. We took our $8 beer and inside we went after a little stop at the mist station - whoever invented those was very smart indeed. We find our seats and chat about how glad we are we have purchased seats and are not standing on the field with the crazed fans.

About an hour later Willie Nelson takes the stage. Brian proceeds to say he doesn't sound very good and is off tune, I reply "sounds like Willie to me." I mean Willie is the coolest redneck I know.

After sweating profusely for about 2 hours Dave Matthews takes the stage.....it was well worth the wait! Every time I see a great musician it makes me long to learn to play a musical instrument and be oh so cool as them...
He played some old stuff and new and some great cover songs.

I do love music and especially live music, but I never understood why they schedule these outside concerts in the middle of summer...maybe a Yankee did it unknowing of the heat us Southerners withstand in August.

The next day Waylon calls and says he is in the hospital.....he has a 3 inch nail in his foot. Brian and I head to the hospital for a visit. He shot himself in the foot with a nail gun. Ouch!! Needless to say after a great deal of pain meds and some anesthesia he became the "Prince of Darkness".

After 30 minutes of Ozzy impressions, I think he became the most memorable ER patient that day.

The remodel.....and forever

I thought by now I would have posted the pictures of the remodel of the kitchen....well it is not done yet. Daddy is in the process of painting my cabinet doors. As he says " you are not a paying customer, so therefore you wait until the end of the list." I guess I can not argue - painters are not cheap - and Brian and I are not impressed with our own work!

so until next time....still waiting on the reveal!

1950's Kitchen

The kitchen....before the remodel.....updated kitchen pics...soon to come!!

A House is a Hobby

It seems as if I never have enough to do, I always tend to find more projects for myself as soon as one ends. The wedding was my last project and now the new house will probably be my project for the rest of my life. I love my house, but my goodness it is hard work.

Painting, arranging furniture, hanging pictures, redoing floors, yardwork, cleaning up after remodeling, hanging window treatments...does the list end? the answer.....of course not.

I am blessed with a husband who is quite a handyman so many things we have done ourselves.

Another blessing is having a father with a painting company ( Brian and I have realized we are not painters...I did not inherit the painting gene from my father).

It would be quite nice if we had an uncle who was a plumber, but that is not the case.

9 Delta Girls and an Indian Reservation

Every year some friends and I take a long road trip to the Indian reservation in Choctaw, MS...every year it is a new adventure!! We had some seasoned water parkers this year and some new comers on the trip.

The trips begins as I venture to Vaughn, MS to meet Reed and Dana at Reed's home.....well listening to Dana's directions probably was not the best idea....needless to say I took the scenic route to Reed's. The rest of the crew left from Belzoni in a different vehicle.

9 Delta girls finally arrive at Geyser Falls water park, yes we are all close to thirty but still that little child waiting outside the water park as giddy as always still lives in all of us.

Needless to say there are a few family reunions in town and they have taken over the water park. We stake out the perfect spot on the beach and we baste ourselves with sunscreen and tanning oil. What a day!!

We have a great time....but always a little drama ( i lost my credit card and my ID - but was later found)

Later we had dinner, did some gambling and dancing.
Dancing turned into an all night event - and the morning ended with breakfast at the Bistro 24 with some molded bread, bad service, and rude waiters.

All in all it was an adventurous trip, but worth every minute when traveled with friends.

Weight Loss

Weight loss is so hard.....but it makes you feel so much better about yourself.
Brian and I have been dieting and exercising extremely hard these past few weeks....and it has paid off. Over about 24 weeks Brian has lost 47 pounds and I have lost 38...on our way to skinny so to say.
Brian has not had ice cream ( and those of you who know him know this is a great challenge for him) in several weeks...tonight we will treat ourselves!

The beginning of life on the blog.....

Well I thought it would be interesting to start a blog since I enjoy writing and posting pictures..and I also figured this was more of the adult thing to do besides myspace.

Brian and I are enjoying married life, but staying busy with the remodeling of the new home.

Our summer has been filled with many blessings and God has provided many things and opportunites for us.