So guys...

So I know I haven't posted a lot this week and that is due to one reason...

I'm sick

I plan on posting tomorrow so be ready!

Movies Movies Movies

The last two weeks I've seen two big movies that came out recently. Now first I want to remind people that I am not a movie reviewer but I wanted to put out my opinion because I can. First Mitch and I went with his cousin Mike to go see Ender's Game and last night we went on a date night to go see Thor: The Dark World.
Both were really good. One was a surprise and the other was on obvious get right into it kind of movie.

I'll start with Ender's Game


At first I didn't really want to see it but I decided to go last minute, and I am sure glad I did. The acting was good but what I liked was the moral questions it brought to mind. Now I don't want to rant about moral justification this minute but lets just say it makes one think about some things. Mitch says he thought it was a deep movie. The kills that were taught to these kids were interesting. But overall I give it 4 out of 5 stars.

Now we come to Thor: The Dark World


I love any Marvel movies! I grew up with two older brothers that have a collection of both Marvel and DC comic books. Every time we go and see one of these movies I have to look up what is what on the Marvel wiki and It just gets me going forever. Now the movie had me nervous the whole time. I was actually really scared for Thor. The acting in this movie was great in my opinion. Mitch just says that it was awesome! in my opinion its a 5 out of 5 stars!

Well that's it. there are two movies I recommend for you to go see. Don't wait till it comes out on DVD, both these films deserve a big movie screen to themselves!

Enjoy!

So Easy Your Husband Can Do It

That's right another easy recipe for you guys today!

I made this on Monday and I was super happy that I didn't actually have to cook.

Delicious Crockpot barbecue chicken

Let me just tell you it is so good! I like mine saucy but you don't have to have it that way. Also I like that sweet and spicy flavor of pineapple and barbecue sauce. Here it is:

3-4 frozen chicken breasts

1 small can of pineapple tidbits

1 1/2 cup of barbecue sauce (I recommend Famous Dave's Rich and Saucy)

That's all for that here are the steps:

Place pineapple bits on the bottom

Place frozen chicken breasts on top of the pineapple

cover chicken breasts with barbecue sauce

cook on low for 6-8 hours until the chicken shreds with a wooden spoon

you can add more barbecue sauce if you want to

That is all for the cooking.

Might I suggest that you use potato buns and really good coleslaw. I like my coleslaw on top of my sandwich.

An easy recipe that no one can mess up!

Enjoy!

Yumm Yumm in my Tum Tum

Can I just tell you how much I love cooking right now! I'm trying new things, making up my own and reusing old recipes all the time now! here is the one I'm trying tonight, it's from The America's Test Kitchen Family Cookbook and it's their Banana bread recipe . 

I am so excited! Now I know that there are SO many out banana bread recipes out there but tell me honestly who doesn't love trying a twist on things? I made their regular kind but you can try their variations also.

Here it is:

2 cups all-purpose flour

3/4 cup sugar 

3/4 tsp baking soda

1/2 tsp salt

3 very ripe bananas, mashed

3/4 stick butter, melted

2 large eggs, beaten

1/4 cup plain yogurt

1 tsp vanilla extract

1/2 cup chopped walnuts (optional, I didn't use them)

I added a tsp of cinnamon 

and here are the steps:

1. adjust an oven rack to the lower-middle position and heat the oven to 350 degrees. Coat a loaf pan with oil spray.

2. Whisk together flour, sugar, baking soda, ans salt in a large bowl. Whisk  the mashed bananas, melted butter, eggs, yogurt, and vanilla in a separate bowl. Gently fold the banana mixture into the flour mixture with a rubber spatula until just combined. Fold in nuts (if using). Batter will be thick and chunky.

3. Scrape the batter into the prepared loaf pan and smooth the top. Bake until golden brown and a toothpick comes out clean (about 55 minutes )

4. Let the loaf cool in the pan for 10 minutes before unmolding onto a wire rack to cool for 1 hour.

It comes out so moist! Enjoy!

You know you wanna try!

I wanted to give you guys one of my husbands favorite recipes that I make.

White Chicken Chili!

Looks good right!

Now I know there are a lot of recipes for chili mix but I'm in college and broke so I just but the $.89 McCormick White Chicken Chili mix. If you  have your own mix you can still use that!

This is a crock pot recipe so that makes it that much better for moms, students and even HUSBANDS!

here it is:

3 large boneless skinless chicken breasts

half an onion chopped

4 cans of Great Northern Beans (14 oz)

1 can of sweet corn drained (14 oz)

1 can of chopped tomatoes (16 oz)

1 cup of carrots ( I use matchstick carrots)

1 bag of McCormick White Chicken Chili mix

1 tsp of red chili flakes (I like it Hot)

now here are the "really hard steps"

Put everything in the crock pot. 

cook for 6-7 hours on low

serve

Wow! That easy! 

You can serve it with rice, rolls or my favorite tortillas.

Enjoy!

Movie night!

So I'm here with my love Mitch and our cousin Mike and we are about to see Enders game! 

I find that what little family we have here it's important for us to spend this time with them.  Mike and Mitch are close so it's nice to have family that's like friends. 

Well I will give you my review later tonight!

Old and New

So I wanted to start off by letting you guys know that I am jamming out on my old Ipod back from Jr. High!

Isn't it beautiful! 

We have it plugged in while we paint my bathroom. Mitch wanted it to be for my birthday but we got swamped so its getting done this week. Here is a sneak peak:

Anyways lets get to the fun stuff. I wanted to share with you my Daily Cleaning Schedule that I have started this week. It has worked out pretty well here it is:

  

Its only Wednesday but my house is actually staying clean! I altered it only a little for this week. I only have one bed to make at the moment so that's pretty easy. As far as the bathroom cleaning I only do the upstairs bathroom right now because of the renovations in the downstairs one. 

De-cluttering is a hard one for me because we still don't have furniture for all of our stuff like books and such.  I like doing one load of laundry rather than doing all the laundry in one day and not getting it done at all. 

As far as the kitchen goes, Mitch and I decided when we were engaged that he would do the dishes and I would do the other house cleaning. The dishes need to be done before I wipe down the counters. My kitchen will be pretty soon. The days that there is extra things to do are still fairly easy.

I love this cleaning schedule. Lets hope I can make these chores a habit. 

Please let me know if there is anything that you want me to try or post about. send me a message, or tweet!

Bye All!

I'm Back....!!!

I know it has been awhile, and I know you probably thought I was never coming back but I am! I didn't want to make excuses and just say that I am just lazy but I'm not, I go to school full time, work part time, have a house to take care of and also a husband to feed. I'm a little busy but I started to organize my time a bit better and now I have the time needed to do my posts.

So here's whats been going on:

*school is almost over! I have about a month left till the semester is over

*my parents just came up for a visit this weekend and not much else has happened!

One thing is going to change for sure with this blog though

I need to streamline a little a focus on just a couple of things, This blog won't have a lot to do with my day to day life anymore. I want more followers and subscribers so I'm going to take some suggestions from those who do read my blog. What do you want to know more about? What are you interested in? Please let me know so I can make it better!

I wanted to do a quick shout out to my mom-in-law and her new blog:
http://dealsandmeals.blogspot.com/

She is doing awesome! its a great blog for recipe's, coupons and other good stuff!

Well that's it for now. Leave me a comment with what you wanna hear about. Its can be anything from my recipe's, my opinions on products, or anything else you can think of!