Freaky Friday!

Oh my stars!

The Panthers Pumpkin I threw out after Halloween. Well, the pumpkin to the left and the 2 I had in my kitchen, I kept around until Thanksgiving.

After Thanksgiving (more like before I left for Christmas) I put the pumpkins outside behind the shrubs with all intentions of throwing them out.

But I forgot and they experienced their first snow...

Apparently pumpkins DO NOT like snow!

Now I need to obtain a shovel so I can toss them in the dumpster.

Go me!

Snow Day Fun!

Almost two week ago we had a nice little snow fall! The store was closed so I worked from home but decided it would be best to clean off my car as the day progressed. I'm really glad I did because Tuesday was nothing but ice and well, that's no fun to remove from your car!

I owned an ice scraper that also had a brush on it but for the life of me, I have no idea where it is. So, I used a squeegee to remove the snow from my windshield! Whatever works, right?!

Adrienne and her husband live within walking distance from my apartment so A came over for the afternoon so we could go exploring. We found this snowman by the apartment mailboxes! How cute!
We walked to $tarbucks.

And Target.

Poor A couldn't decide which SUMMER cover up to purchase. I think all the snow was getting to her!

Of course I found this. That "As Seen on TV" section is just too funny.

I mean with "Dramatic Results in Just 2 Minutes A Day" it has to be good, right? ha ha

We left Target.

And walked back to Harris Teeter.

And walked back to my apartment only to discover how deep the snow really was.
After our adventure, we decided it was time to "Wine Down" with some cocktails and that it would be best to have a slumber party. I mean after all, the news kept mentioning "power outages" and well, apartments just don't have fireplaces so I spent the night at A&J's house.

***I am SO thankful for such great friends that live so close!!! I really have no idea what I would do without this amazing couple. When I need help putting together a lamp (don't ask) or setting up a DVD player or anything like that, A just sends J over and wa la. We've dubbed him "man hands" since he's so handy.***

Anyway....

A makes the best guac I've had outside of a Mexican restaurant! I mean we had a method to the madness of walking to HT and Target...we needed snowed in supplies!

Tuesday it was really icy and gross but we headed Uptown after lunch and it was so foggy. It was crazy!

We went back to HT to find no bread....

No milk....

But we had a great snow day! Poor J thought we were nuts walking all over the place and documenting our trip but boys just don't understand! We think that's why he hid upstairs watching the Oregon v Auburn game. Or maybe because we were just too excited to read gossip magazines, watch The Proposal and watch reruns of HIMYM, Greys and Modern Family!

Wordless Wednesday

There's No Place Like Home!

Hello 2011!

Before I begin my 2011 "New Year, New Goals" posts, I must recap Christmas!

I am SO FAR BEHIND when it comes to blogging!

I went home for a week for Christmas and it was glorious! I was so glad to be home and after a very hectic November and December, it was so nice to not wake up, shower, eat and work for 14 hours a day, 6 days a week, rise and repeat. I literally stayed in my pjs for 12+ hours one day watching a NCIS marathon, eating cheese balls and Christmas cookies with not a care in the world and I felt like a new person.

Anyway, it started snowing Christmas Day before dinner/after lunch and by Sunday, it was intense! I was getting a bit stir crazy being in the house for almost a full day so I went outside to join mother in the snow removal process! Doesn't she look thrilled?!?

We realized that I was not properly equipped for snow removal as I do not own any snowy weather head gear...aka a beanie. So, I threw on a fashionable baseball hat and my jacket hood wouldn't stay on...it was a mess, but made for a great laugh!

Mother and I took a break from the snow....I mean really, it just kept snowing! It was so pretty! I decided we needed to get out of the house and that a declared "State of Emergency" wasn't going to stop us.


Since I hadn't seen the kiddos in almost an entire day (which is unheard of when I'm home because I usually spend breakfast to afternoon nap time at their house or after nap to dinner) we loaded up the kids gifts from Mom, put them in trash bags so they wouldn't get snowy/wet and walked through our development, down a "main" road and through the next development to get to the kiddos house. It was quite the trek!

Here's mom holding the goods....

And my bag of goods.
But it was worth it!

The kiddos (including the 3 neighbor kids) LOVED Lite Brite...but really, can you blame them? I LOVED Lite Brite! We hung out for a bit and then decided to be rebels and the kiddos dad drove us home in his "manly I can drive through anything" truck.

More to come.....

A Day Off

It's 9:00 on Saturday (insert Piano Man instrumental here) and I finally took a shower! I didn't have to go to work today since the store was closing early, however, I was rather productive today!

This is probably the most embarrassing picture I have ever posted on my blog. Really, I'm a bit OCD and like things to be neat and clean and smelling like lemon Clorox wipes til the "big clean" takes place.

This friends, is what my closet looked liked at about 2:00 today:



And this is what it looks like now! Ahhh, happiness!



You see, I live in an apartment and the majority of the things I own are either stored in this closet, under the bed or in the 5 case bookshelf that I got at Target on sale for $26 dollars and spent 3 hours putting together a few weeks ago. My closet did start out neat and tidy, but once I came back from Christmas and didn't really allow myself anytime to reorganize, things got ugly! You could say I'm short of space...it's ok. I'm aware. But I survive and am blessed to have a roof over my head!

After I cleaned out my closet, I made another "Megan Crock Pot Meal" that wasn't form a recipe. This time, I cooked some chicken breasts (of course in the crock pot and yes, they cooked while I cleaned) after they were done and my closet was organized, I cut up the chicken, added a can of tomato sauce, some enchilada seasoning and let it cook on low for a few hours. How many hours? Maybe 3? But I couldn't rightly say. Anyway, as soon as it was "done" I scooped some in a bowl and topped it with cheddar cheese and some pieces of a flour tortilla. Really, I wish I used tortilla chips for crunch so maybe I'll do that tomorrow for lunch. I don't think I should take full credit for this creation because I did somewhat follow the back of the enchilada seasoning packet, minus the ingredients boiling, oven baking, tortilla rolling, sauce dividing, 15-20 minute oven baking and cheese bubbling. But you understand!

After that, I made "Lemon Melt Away Cookies" for a friend. I'm not certain if we'll still be friends tomorrow because they are certainly not like the ones my mama makes....they tasted ok but the presentation is lacking. Oh well!

Fear not, I didn't stop there! I also put together a "Honeycombed Coffee Cake" and put it in the fridge for breakfast tomorrow!!! All I have to do is add the butter, lemon juice, bake it and then add the honey! I am so excited! HCC was a staple for breakfast in our house on the weekends and whenever we weren't in a rush to get out the door and I haven't made one in so long. I'm excited to enjoy it tomorrow morning but sad that they cancelled all of the church services for tonight and tomorrow. It's just so icy!

I did leave the apt for about 5 minutes today (in my pj bottoms of course, with my winter coat and gloves) to bring a bag of trash to the dumpster and the snow was just covered in ice. Crazy!

Hope everyone had a great day! It's snowing again here...yay!

Winter Weather

I admit, this picture is ugly. This is the view from the "balcony" of the apartment. Really, this is the backside of the complex so it's a parking lot and a wooded area. If I was devoted, I'd walk to the front of the apartment complex and see the pretty sights....but I'm not that motivated!

Anyway, that means that it actually snowed here in the QC! Really though, I've got a feeling that it's more of an icy-sleet-freezing rain kind of thing that we've got going on. But it is nice to see the white stuff!

Hope everyone else woke up to pretty snow! And lots of it!

We put the "NO" in "sNOw"

This is the picture that my darling, Delaware residing mother sent me at 7:55 this morning....



This is the picture that I sent her around 8:30 this morning....



Clearly, my place of residence in NC puts the "no" in "snow". So. Not. Cool!

For those of you that woke up to a blanket of white....enjoy it! Funny that all of the other towns/cities in this state in which I've lived have snow. Oh well!

Oh, I should also add that my darling mother sent my brother and I an album of her morning snow pictures (it's still snowing) BEFORE she locked herself out of the house.

My mom loves snow. It makes her crazy. But, she is also a create of habit and always "bottom" locks the door from the inside and locks the dead bolt from the outside. Well, mother wanted to play in the snow and naturally had the reaction to bottom lock the door....was outside for a bit and realized she needed to go back in and the door was locked! However, we never lock the kitchen window. So mom cleared a path to the shed, got the ladder and climbed in through the kitchen window.

She's done this before....but I REALLY wish I was home to have a picture of THAT for my blog! ha ha

Have a great day everyone!