My Year in Alpharetta

Feb 2009 I took a promotion to a store in Alpharetta. 62 miles from my home.

I told you about it here… then it was 6 weeks before I blogged again.

I was overwhelmed to put it lightly.

This month marks the 1 year anniversary of that transition

and I have some news to share…

{at the end}

 

So much has happened in my year on 400… just to share a few… in no order.

I learned to be open… and I tried to be generous. Bestie had a baby in March, My Godson turned ONE, I married the love of my life, I learned to gossip less and love more. My man Joaquin Phoenix acted like a fool on David Letterman, we survived the N1N1 flu, there were aprox. 3,125 hours of news coverage devoted to the First family picking out a dog, my mom joined facebook, I baked 43 dozen cupcakes, and read only 9 books. I learned to have more patience while training, I learned what it feels like to genuinely be valued by your employers, bestie and I completed our first ½ marathon. We Celebrated birthdays and anniversaries, we hosted 2 wedding showers, and two more of our friends got engaged. I realized that a positive attitude can change not so positive circumstances, I got my oil changed 12 times, DVRd about a million hours of TV, took 2,500 pictures. We took ONE vacation. I missed my husband.

If you are thinking "where is she going with this?" I'll get right to it...

 I’m transferring!! A=Where I was driving B=Our love nest C=My new store!

Thank you Alpharetta, you have taught me many valuable things, I’ve made many new friendships and had many experiences I will never forget.

I'm ready. Lets do it!

What I'm Reading...

I.can.not.put.this.book.down. Even as I'm blogging this... the orange cover is sitting on the side of my desk... begging me to pick her up again.

A couple years ago I read "Eat, Pray, Love" by Elizabeth Gilbert. I read it twice  Three times... it is that good. I'm about 1/2 way through Committed... I knew I wanted to read it, even after the mixed reviews I read on Amazon.com...  check it out for yourself. For $12 we could start our own book club! :)

Boston Cream Pie Cupcakes

{What you'll need... plus eggs/oil/water. Come on!}

{Once the cupcakes are cool... fill a piping bag (I use plastic ones) with pudding... push the tip down into the cupcake a squeeze... filling it with pudding.}

{Generously frost}

{a sneak peak on the inside... }

{When I make these again...

I'll push the tip down further so the filling is more in the middle. delish.}

Wordless Wednesday

{Our doggie is a total bad ace}

Stand by dinner...

Do you have something that you cook when there really isan't anything else to cook?

or any motivation?

or your just think it tastes that good?

I make "Crockpot Chicken" once a week

{usually on Thursdays because I'm OCD cool like that}

Just thought I would share.

What you need:

Some boneless chicken breast {we use frozen}

1 packet {two come per box} of Lipton Onion Soup Mix

one of those tubs of mushrooms

one of those little packs of raw carrots

1 cup of white wine {you can use water if you don't have any wine}**

Throw all that in the crockpot {it'll look like this}

You can cook it on low for 8 hours or high for 4 hours.

ta-da!

This night we had it with roasted red potatoes, but usually we have mashed cauliflower. yum.yum.

**If you don't have wine in your house {unless you just drank it all} I'm sad for you. :(