Crazy Stupid Love

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Isn't that the truth...ha ha. This movie was better than I expected. I had heard great reviews from one friend and not so good reviews from another. I'm in the middle of the two. There were definitely parts where I could not stop laughing and others where I was like okay lets get this thing moving. Overall, I will probably rent it when it comes out, unless there is some crazy sale and I can get it on the cheap.

Deja Vu

A long long time ago in a far away place, a princess had a run in with an evil curb...luckily for her, her knights in shining armor came to her rescue...

Okay, so maybe it wasn't that long ago...is a year and a half that long ago?!?! Anyways back then a stupid curb decided to jump out at me and pop my tire which resulted in 4 new tires. If you want to re-live that experience with me, click here.

Guess what???? Yep...had to get me some new tires AGAIN!!

This time it wasn't a curb that ruined my tire it was 3 screws stuck in 1 tire! Yes you read that right 3 screws, 1 tire. And bad alignment, but ehh that's not as exciting.

So I take my car in for them to look at my slow leak and then before they even got to that tire they were like "Um you have no tread left on your front tires" I was in shock! Before they even check the "broken" one I'm down two tires. I agree to the two new tires and they take my car back to replace those and inspect the flat one. Cue dramatic music...My tire isn't fixable because of the 3 screws stuck in it and not just in one place, but all around the tire. (I blame my office and the people who moved into the 2nd floor...if they didn't want to work there then there wouldn't have been construction and there wouldn't have been screws left lying around....grrrr...I'm not bitter I swear)

Now I have to get 3 new tires (luckily that last one was under warranty...don't really get why the other ones weren't but whatever) and then the guy goes "You'll probably want to replace that other one too since the tread (even though still in really good condition) will be more worn than the new tires and your car will start to pull"

4 new tires?!?! Are you kidding me?!?! So what did I do then? I called my Dad of course...ha ha. He agreed that I should get all 4...so there weren't more money (ugh I hate spending money...unless it's going to be on the snake jewelry I want...wink wink)

Talk about Deja Vu...geez! 4 brand new tires only a year and a half/26k miles after the first brand new set.

I do have to say the guy helping me at Discount Tire was really nice and helpful and got me the best deal after I showed him what kind of deal my brother got me back in the day (yay for hanging onto paper work)

Now I just have to go get my alignment fixed...yippee

Bobcat Chocolate Chip Cookies

I know they look like just regular ol' chocolate chip cookies, but they were first created by some awesome Bobcat ladies I know (we are all alumni now...oh how time flies) so they are rightfully called Bobcat Chocolate Chip Cookies.

These cookies are so soft and fluffy (aka my kind of cookie)! They really don't spread out much when baking and the chocolate chips never look melted...it's crazy!

To make these little clouds of joy all you do is...

Cream together:

• 2 sticks butter
• 1 egg
• 1 cup brown sugar
• 1/2 cup sugar
• 1 T vanilla

Mix into creamy goodness:

• 3 cups flour
• 2 tsp baking soda
• 1/2 tsp salt

Add in one package of chocolate chips

Drop balls of batter onto cookie sheet (size is up to you). Bake at 375 degrees F for 7-10 minutes. I like to cook them the bare minimum, but of course you are the judge of your own cookies.

Paul

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"It's probin' time!" That's got to be my favorite line in the movie! ha ha...

I have to say the only reason I watched this was because my parents rented it (my mom is the one who wanted to watch it...I was in shock!) It definitely had it's laughs and Seth Rogan was the perfect voice for Paul. Would I buy it? No. Do I think it's worth renting either thru your netflix account or redbox? Yes.

Chicken Enchiladas

I don't know why but I just crave these sometimes! I'm not that big of a fan of mexican food (me and cheese don't get along), but these I could eat every week. They are really simple too.

I adopted these from my friend Amber's beef enchilada casserole that she used to make (it's delicious and I really need to make it again) . One night I decided I wanted chicken instead of beef, so I made the casserole that way and loved it. Then the next time, I was like what if I just took this mixture and rolled it in the tortillas like the way they come in the restaurants and ta-da my chicken enchiladas were born...ha ha!

Chicken Enchiladas

What you need:

• 9x13 baking dish (I use a pyrex one)
• Breast meat from rotisserie chicken shredded (I shred by hand)
• 1 can Cream of Chicken Soup
• 1 10 ounce can Hot Enchilada Sauce
• 1 10 ounce can Mild Enchilada Sauce
• Pkg of 10 flour tortillas
• Shredded cheese (however much you want really)

Directions

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F
2. Combine the hot enchilada sauce with the cream of chicken soup in mixing bowl
3. Pull/shred chicken and dump in same mixing bowl and stir
4. Take tortilla and put a couple of spoon fulls of chicken mixture on it
5. Roll tortilla and place seam side down in baking dish
6. Repeat until you run out of room in the dish or out of chicken mixture (yields 8-10)
7. Pour medium enchilada sauce over the tortillas (try to get all of them)
8. Sprinkle however much cheese you want on top
9. Bake for 20 minutes or until cheese is melted and how you like it
10. Let cool a little bit so the sauce thickens

Tips:

• If you want them even cheesier, you can put the cheese inside the tortillas 
• You can use corn tortillas instead like Elizabeth did in the picture below. This will make about 15 smaller enchiladas

Cards for Barrett

Sticking to the theme of the cookie cake

I cut the elephant out from the Celebrate with Flourish Cricut lite cartridge. The card itself is just decorative paper cut to fit an envelope and the wording I did on the computer and printed it out.

I love the texture of the paper for the body

Can't get enough of the monkeys and palm trees

This card I actually didn't use my Cricut! All I used was my paper trimmer, stamps, tape runner and black ink.


The monkeys are just so darn cute!



Sugar Cookie Cake

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Did you know you could get a sugar cookie cake from Great American Cookies?!?! 

I ordered this one for Barrett's birthday (duh...it says it on the cake) since he prefers sugar cookies to chocolate chip cookies (i know...crazy right?!?!), so I called GAC to see if they could make a sugar cookie and they were like YES WE CAN! ha ha.

Next time I think I'll get a smaller cookie though. We've been munching on this one a while, but they do give you instructions on how to keep it fresh...woo hoo! 

One other cool thing about GAC is that I asked if she could draw an elephant (inside joke) and she was like not really, but I'll try. She went and looked up a clip art picture for me! They really were accommodating for my cookie needs...he he he...sometimes I can be so high maintenance.