Oh, the exciting life we lead....

Hello All,

It is absolutely freezing here! I just read online that it is 16 degrees here but I don't think that includes the windchill. I took Rosie out a few hours ago to try to get her to go to the bathroom and I had on a neck warmer, scarf, hat and gloves!!!! BRRR. I know I should not complain b/c it has been a mild winter but I really hate it when it is this cold. At least we are half way through with winter.

We had a pretty exciting weekend for us. I worked @ home on Friday, so by the time Kyle got home a little before 6pm, I had a little bit of cabin fever. We decided to see the movie Letters from Iwa Jima (see Link below)http://iwojimathemovie.warnerbros.com/lettersofiwojima/framework/framework.html
I've been on a mission to see as many of the Oscar nominated movies before the Oscars on 2/25 and this movie is nominated for best picture. It was very good but not what I expected. I guess that is what happens when you go to see a movie and you don't know much about it beforehand. Anyway, it was a nice time and we used movie gift certificates that we got for Christmas, so it was a cheap night. I've been on a real cooking spree. On Friday, I made meatloaf and homemade meatballs. We had spaghetti and meatballs before the movie and I must say they were delicious. My sister Meg always puts ground pork and hamburger meat in her meatballs and I finally tried it & boy does it give the meatballs a lot more flavor. I was disappointed in the meatloaf though. I was winging the recipe and put too much ketchup in and it was too moist. Oh well...
On Saturday, we went to BJ's and spent too much. For those of you that don't have a BJ's near you it is like Costo or Sam's Club. Then around 3:30 we went to my mom's for a little while to drop off an Avon eyeliner that I purchased for her and to pick up Kyle's V-day present! My mom picked it up for me b/c the store isn't accessible. Normally I don't give places the time of day that aren't accessible but this place has the most amazing turtles (don't worry--he already knows b/c my mom spilled it by accident.) After visiting my momma, we went to our niece's (Lauren) basketball game. It was the first game we've made it to this year and it was great to see little Lauren! After that we headed to my sister Megan's house (Lauren's mom) and had dinner w/ her family & my dad & Barbara who were in from New Hampshire. We had a great time and we watched most of the movie Anchor Man, which neither Kyle or I had seen. It was very funny. I'm not usually into those kind of movies, but I found it very amusing. I parked myself right in front of the fireplace and was super cozy!!

On Sunday, I were on a cooking spree again! This time Kyle was my helper though. We made this yummy Barefoot Contessa recipe that Kyle has been wanting to try. It was chicken pot pie with biscuits (homemade) on the top instead of crust. It was great!.While Kyle was watching the Superbowl I made a Cooking Light Cheddar Chicken Corn Chowder, which is also fantastic! Only 7 points Tami! The pot pie on the other had is majorly fattening.

Now it is Monday and I'm off and am having a nice relaxing day. I'm off to take a shower. We hope you all have a great week and please let us know how things are going. We really look forward to your comments on our blog (HINT.)