Christmas!!!

Im in the Christmas spirit VERY EARLY this year! Well usually its ALWAYS early, but for some reasone its WAY early this year! haha It was super nice out this past weekend, so I insisted that Derek should put the lights up on the roof since it was so nice out! He was THRILLED! Let me tell ya! I think im just super excited because of the new house and Christmas is my favorite time of the year! We arent turning them on until the day after thanksgiving!!! I cant wait! They look good! We had to turn them on for a split second last night to make sure they all worked! and they did!!!! We are set!

TO DIE FOR

You've got to try this! This is one of the best cobbler/crisps ive EVER had! Here it is!!!

Enjoy this! It’s perfect for the holidays.
Pear-Cinnamon Crisp with Vanilla Ice Cream
Filling
4 to 5 large pears
2/3 cup sugar
1/4 teaspoon salt
Topping
1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
1/3 cup sugar
1/3 cup firmly packed brown sugar
1/2 teaspoon cinnamon
1/2 cup pecans, very finely chopped ( I used the blue diamond choppedo ones in a bag)
1 stick (8 tablespoons) melted
Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
Peel, core, and dice pears. Place into a bowl and stir together with 2/3 cup sugar and 1/4 teaspoon salt. Set aside.
In a separate bowl, combine flour, sugar, brown sugar, cinnamon, and pecans. Stir together. Drizzle melted butter gradually, stirring with a fork as you go until all combined.
Pour pears into a baking dish; top with crumb topping.
Bake at 350 degrees for 30 minutes.
Place pan on top rack of oven for an additional 10 minutes, or until topping is golden brown.
Serve warm with vanilla ice cream.

Enjoy!!! ITS GOOD!!!!

NEW FAVORITE WEBSITE

I love cooking and trying to new recipes. Now that I have my double oven i LOVE it even more! I have a new webiste that I have used a couple recipes from and now i go to it all the time for new things! You will have to check it out. You can get coupons from this website, post your recipes, and print out other peoples recipes! Check it out....If you like to cook and get new recipes, this is the website for you!
www.tablespoon.com! This weekend we are making Halloween Chex Mix! I got it from this website! Ill let you know how it is!! www.tablespoon.com

Are you ready????

It seems like yesterday i was standing in line at 4AM waiting to shop shop shop!!! This is ONE of my favorite things to do in November! I think im actually addicted to Black Friday. Is that possible?? My friend and I go together every year and we plan it out. We go to Kohls first, then Wal-Mart, then Menards, then the smaller stores! My mom went with us for the first time last year and she didnt quite know what to think! haha She is letting my sister in law go this year! I cant wait!!! Time has flown by this year and pretty soon BLACK FRIDAY will be here!! I dont know how accurate this website is, but my mom was telling me about it, so for all of you CRAZY BLACK FRIDAY shopppers "like me" haha you will have to check it out. www.blackfriday.info Good Luck!!!!

Wine Table

Im very happy the house is all done and now I can concentrate on all of the wedding planning. Every month I have tried to accomplish things so that 34234 things do not pile up come early summer! Derek took me to Olive Garden for my birthday and Im not a huge drinker, but they were sampling this wine. So we tried it. It was AWESOME! So I asked him where we could get it, and he said since it wasnt an exclusive to Olive Garden that we could go to any liquor store. WELL.......not ANY liquor store. I FINALLY found a store taht carried it and so all of my friends tried it and they loved it too, so we went back and got more this past weekend and she said they couldnt keep it on the shelf that they didnt think they were going to be able to get it anymore! ARE YOU KIDDING ME!?!?! Sooooooo I bought 2 cases for the wedding! I found pink plastic wine glasses and we are having a wine table! Im excited!! If you come across the wine Moscato "Castello Del Poggio" buy it!!! You will love it! Trust me on this one......

Mexico Here We Come!

At first Derek and I were not going to go on a honeymoon. We were going to just lay back at home for a few days and just relax at home after the wedding. After talking to alot of people they were like " I cannot believe your not going on a honeymoon, TRUST me you guys will regret it" So you know me, I started thinking about it and talked to Derek a few times about it, and he said to look into some places and we could think about it. So I looked into four places. Jamaica, Dominican, Bahamas, and Mexico. Derek is not a big fan of flying so he REALLY wanted to stay in the US, but have a short flight. Sooooo that was kind of tricky trying to figure a place out. I researched, and researched FOREVER! I finally put together three places and showed him all of them and FINALLY last night he decided that Riviera Maya was the place! WOO HOO!! Im super excited. Mexico was my second pick, but either way I know it will be great! We are staying at Secrets Maroma, All Inclusive Resort! Honeymoon Suite!! 8 Bars, 7 Resteraunts. Couples Massages. Im super excited! I cant wait!!!! Check out the website. http://www.secretsresorts.com/maroma/index.asp

Love bargains!!

Im super excited about this! I found this coupon on stlmommy.com (LOVE THIS WEBSITE) Anyways. Toys R Us has the new edition of snow white and the seven dwarfs diamond collection. It has the dvd and a blu ray dvd with it. The org. price is 29.99, since it just released this week its on sale for 19.99, I had a ten dollar off coupon!!! Soooooo, I only paid 9.99 for it!!! Im so excited! You guys really need to check out the website it is great! www.stlmommy.com!