Happy Birthday!!!

Happy 21st Birthday to my little sister Audrey!!!

She's one of the most amazing people I know. She really senstive, but she's stronger than she knows. She's super smart even though sometimes she may not think so. She's always putting everyone in front of herself - her giving has [almost] no limits. She's one of the most kind people I know, even though she may not consider herself to be. She's my baby sister, and I love her to pieces!!

Here's an old picture of us when I was taller than she was! :-)

HAPPY BIRTHDAY AUDREY!!!

Cheesecake

So I'm a big believer in that desserts taste better when they're homemade. I don't buy store bought desserts. I'll only buy ice cream because Hubby hasn't gotten me the ice cream maker attachment for my Kitchen Aid Mixer ... but that's another story.

A co-worker brought us ladies in the office a cheescake one Friday. And I'll tell you it looked delicious! He brought it on a Friday, and for some reason we just didn't get around to eating it. So I took it home with me seeing as I was the last one in the office and we hate to leave food in the office over the weekend.

I did not like it! I thought it was way too sweet and it didn't really have that cheesecake taste. At least I didn't think so. Hubby on the other hand, claimed it was delicous and better than any one I'd made.

O.o

?! I could not believe those words that came out of his mouth. But now that I think about it, he probably only said that so that I would make another one ....

We'd only had a piece or two at the time and the rest just stayed in the fridge for a few days.

Then we had a BBQ and our guests finished that store bought ickyness. lol. They also said it was delicious! So right then and there I claimed I could make a better chessecake and that I would .. the next day.

lol. I kept my word! Here is my cheesecake:

The verdict?

AWESOME!

I could've been a bigger badass and made the strawberry topping from scratch - but nah. lol. Those I bought canned.

:-)

Smokey *TMI - warning!*

This is Smokey:

 

Smokey has problems:

LOL.

Bella

I miss my pooch.

I'm allergic to sweat!

... Or am I?


I've been meaning to get healthy and lose some weight for some time now. But there was always something to excuse myself from actually getting out and exercising. So we [hubby and I] finally made it a point to go out and get some vitamins and weight loss additives [<-- I might be wrong on that word] ....

So we re-started our walking/jogging in the mornings around where we live. I enjoy it for the most part. Waking up early is the part I'm not too crazy about. So maybe a little less than halfway through our path, my thighs start to feel itchy. And then I notice that the my waist starts to feel itchy too - from the elastic on my shorts. When I look down I see that my thighs they're red and splotchy. The sweat irritates my legs! Would you believe that? Yea my husband doesn't buy it either. lol.

No but seriously, I think it's just because my body is not used to sweating .. at all. I'm sure that it won't happen all the time. At least I hope not. We'll see how tomorrow goes!