Big Pimpin

Rollin in the Benz

Bill got to drive a Mercedes last weekend, and he felt like a big time playa!

He kept asking me if I want one of these...ummmm no I rather have a house!

Maybe when we are rich and famous :) But it was fun to ride in!

What happens in Vegas...

Bill took me to Vegas for my birthday. We stayed at a hotel by the airport and it was one of the BEST hotels we ever stayed in and that will now be our Vegas retreat. My friend told me to go to Serendipity and get a frozen hot chocolate. I ordered the "to share size" and we definately needed another person or two to share it with. It is huge!

Here is Bill, full after a few minutes of sucking down the chocolate.

It was my turn to take over!

I wanted ot go to the SUgar Factory since all the celebs go and see what all the fuss was about. It was basically just over priced candy, nothing really special, but I did find me some cute hello Kitty pops, but these suckers were like $20...ummm no thanks, a picture lasts longer!

We did a lot of shopping down there and the weather was perfect! The month of May was a good one for me to do some shoe shopping. I can't wear those cute stripper shoes that have all the glitter on them, but I found me some flats and HAD to have them.

I found a few other shoes too, some needed, some just wanted. Unfortuately, the shoes gods took my very favorite pair of sandals (not pictured, they aren't new). I guess they thought I had enough and needed the others :( I'm so sad, I have no idea where the heck they went.

Indian food's newest addict

Bill tried for about a year or two to get me to try Indian food and I just had no intrest what so ever. But then someone from work was talking about getting Indian take out and they were going to order the chicken. My little ears perked up...I didn't know they had chicken! I thought it was vegetarian or lamb! So, I finally told Bill I would try it, it took a while for him to believe me, but he took me to my first Indian restaraunt. It was alright, I ordered mild spiciness and it was too mild, and Bill's food was too hot. I felt like goldilocks. I needed to find the just right meal for me to enjoy. We tried another place and Bill told me to get the chicken tikka masala. It's been love ever since. And now I know how to make it my self!
ingredients;
4 chicken breast
salt, ground coriander, ground cumin, turmeric,
Masala Seasoning (at a Indian market, or google how to make your own)
Tikka paste (at an Indian market) optional But if your picking up masala might as well get it!
Plain yogurt (I forgot to pick this up and used sour cream instead, didn't notice a difference)
olive oil
1 yellow onion
4 garlic cloves
1 piece of ginger (skinned about 1.5-2 inches cube)
1 large can of crushed tomatoes (28 ounces)
1 1/2 c heavy whipping cream
2 cups rice
Fresh cilantro
Cayenne pepper
Sprinkle coriander and cumin on chicken then spread the yogurt on top. Broil 6-8 min. each side.

WHile chicken is cooking dice onion (or use a handy dandy chopper like mine. I heart it!) and cook in some olive oil. Mince garlic (or use a garlic press) and ginger and mix with onion.

Put in marsala seasoning, 1 spoon of tikka paste, cayenne pepper to taste, salt, coriander, and cumin.

Slowly pour in crushed tomatoes and let simmer for awhile.

While the sauce is simmering start cooking the rice. 2 cups of rice, couple drops of olive oil, 4 cups of water, 1 Tsp turmeric. We are lucky to have a rice cooker I don't know how to cook rice without one. our favorite rice is the basmati or Jasmine, we get a big bag of them at cosco.

After the sauce has simmered for a little bit, pour the cream in slowly and mix well. I put in some extra coriander, cumin, and lots of cayenne at this point.

Cut the chicken up into bite size pieces and mix in. Let simmer a little more.

Chop a handful of the cilantro and mix in right before serving.

Serve with naan bread.

Yum yumm to my tum tum!

Re-do and new

I had this jacket that I got about 9 years ago. The length goes past my knees and is outdated. Now that jean jackets are in I have been searching high and low for one of my own, but didn't like the price of the ones I wanted, and didn't like the jackets that were in my price range. Then I remembered I had this jacket and figured, I like the jacket, just not the length.

SO, I chopped it, hemed it, and wish it was 10 degrees cooler so I could actually wear it.

This necklace is a copy of one that I saw in a Boston Proper catalog about a year ago. Their necklace was about $100 and just had the turquoise and pearl. I found the mother of pearl and liked the combo with the other two. The pearls were free, the turquoise and mother of pearl were about $20 and I used a 40% off coupon from JoAnn fabrics. So, saved me some money. Doesn't get a whole lot better than that!

Ewey, gooey mess of yummy-ness

Microwave smores! THis is the first time that I used the cocnut covered marshmallows, and I am an addict!
Just stick them in for about 10 seconds.

I took a few extra minutes and made my famous popcorn: white chocolate, milk chocolate, coconut, cashews and the popcorn is pretty much just a vehicle to get the other ingredients in your mouth!