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Jun 03

Jarritos Nation Contest

Today, I was contacted by someone from Jarritos, a soda manufacturer from Mexico.  They seem to be expanding in the US and asked me if I would sample some of their products and let you all know what I think about them.  I’m excited to (read full article)

Jarritos, Jarritos Nation, mexico, review, soda

May 24

Honeymoon Day 10 - May 11, 2010 Oranjestad, Aruba

I'm pretty excited to be going back to Aruba.  This is the only island on this cruise that I've been to before and I'm looking forward to showing it to Josh.  We booked a tour here and it visits a lot of the big "must-see" places on th (read full article)

Aruba, Aruba IORG, Aruba Masons, Aruba Rainbow Girls, HAL, Holland America, honeymoon, IORG, Masonic Lodge, ms Noordam

May 21

Honeymoon Day 8 - May 10, 2010 Curacao

Our plans for this island were set back as well.  We really wanted to do the Dolphin Encounter, but unfortunately, by the time we tried to book it, there was only one spot left.  We didn't want to do it if only one of would be able to (read full article)

Aruba, Holland America, honeymoon, ms Noordam, Noordam

May 18

Honeymoon Day 7 - May 9, 2010 Bonaire

Well, our original plan for Bonaire (an air-conditioned bus tour of the island) fell through, so we're going to have to find something else to do with our time in Bonaire.  I really wanted to do a tour because it's not an island we're likel (read full article)

Bonaire, Holland America, honeymoon, ms Noordam, Noordam

May 15

Honeymoon Day 5 - May 7, 2010 - Samana, Dominican Republic

In Samana, we're planning to do one of the island tours.  Samana is located on the Northeast corner of the island of Hispaniola.  The Dominican Republic shares the island with the country of Haiti, but didn't suffer any major damage fr (read full article)

Dominican Republic, HAL, HAL Noordam, Holland America, honeymoon, ms Noordam, Noordam, Samana

May 12

Honeymoon Day 4 - May 6, 2010 - Grand Turk, Turks & Caicos

Day 4 will bring us to our first independent island - Turks & Caicos.  I don't know much about Turks & Caicos, but hopefully, I'll learn more as we get to explore this island.  The cruise center in Gran (read full article)

Holland America, ms Noordam, Turks and Caicos

May 09

Honeymoon Day 3 - May 5, 2010 - Half Moon Cay, Bahamas

Day 3 of our Honeymoon will take us to Half Moon Cay, Bahamas.  This is the island that's owned by the Carnival Corporation and is shared by the ships that are owned by Carnival (Carnival, Holland America, Costa, etc).  We'll have to tender (read full article)

Half Moon Cay, Holland America, honeymoon, ms Noordam

May 06

Honeymoon Day 2 - May 4, 2010 Holland America ms Noordam

Day 2 of our Honeymoon will bring us boarding the Holland America ms Noordam for our 10-night cruise.  We've been looking forward to this cruise since we got home from our last one.  It will be a new experience because we've sailed on both (read full article)

Holland America, honeymoon, ms Noordam, Noordam, Southern Caribbean Seafarer

May 03

Honeymoon Day 1 - May 3, 2010 Ft. Lauderdale, FL

We'll be taking off bright and early the Monday after the wedding and heading for sunny Ft. Lauderdale, FL.  We've been to Ft. Lauderdale together before and decided to book a less expensive hotel near the airport this time since we would only (read full article)

FL, Ft. Lauderdale, Sheraton Suites Plantation

May 01

We're getting married today!!!

Today, I'll marry my best friend and we'll finally begin our life together.  Of course, not much will really change, but I'll start the process of changing my last name and Josh will be my husband instead of my fiancee or boyfriend. (read full article)

amanda, Josh, wedding

Apr 15

S'Mores Cups

Don't these look just divine?  When I first saw these in the new Simply Sweet Cookbook from The Pampered Chef, I was immediately drawn to them and began to reminisce about my days as a Girl Scout.  We consumed many, many S'Mores in our (read full article)

Chocolate, Pampered Chef

Apr 08

Cookies 'N Cream Cheesecake Bites

Just the thought of these made my mouth water.  How could you go wrong combining Oreos and cheesecake?  These were awesome little bites of goodness, I just wish they were a little less time consuming to make.  You have to break (read full article)

cheesecake, Chocolate, Pampered Chef

Apr 01

Bird Dog Bar at The Oread Hotel

  Those of you from Lawrence may have noticed the new structure that now towers above the northern end of the University of Kansas campus.  The Oread hotel was recently completed and is not fully in operation.  With the opening of (read full article)

Bird Dog Bar, Bird Dog Grill, Kansas, KS, Lawrence, new restaurant, Oread Hotel, The Oread, University of Kansas

Mar 29

Moroccan Chicken Crostinis

On the same note as the last post, these were made for my Spring Launch Open House at the beginning of March and they were incredibly unique and really good.  Josh loved the sweet/savory flavors that the Moroccan Rub from Pampered Chef offe (read full article)

cheese, Chicken, Crostini, Moroccan Rub, Pampered Chef, sweet savory

Mar 26

Bacon Artichoke Bites

Here's another appetizer that I served at my Pampered Chef Spring Launch Open House at the beginning of the month.  These were pretty awesome.  How can you go wrong with bacon and tortilla chips.  After being ready for a while (read full article)

Artichoke-Bacon Bites, artichokes, bacon, cheese, Mayonnaise, Pampered Chef, tomato

Mar 19

Strawberry Cream Cupcake Desserts

These were like the ultimate strawberry shortcakes. I love that the bottom of the cupcakes have a pretzel crust and that there is sour cream in the batter for the cupcakes. The pretzel cruse adds just a slight bit of saltiness to the sweetness (read full article)

cupcake, Pampered Chef, strawberries, Strawberry Cream Cupcake Desserts

Mar 15

Chili Cornbread Bake

I was apprehensive about how I would feel about this dish before I tasted it, but wanted to be sure that I tried it since it was one of the new Mexican in Minutes recipes and was supposed to be pretty easy.  It was definitely easy and I did (read full article)

beans, beef, cheese, Chili, Chili Cornbread Bake, cornbread, Deep Covered Baker, microwave, Pampered Chef, Salsa

Mar 09

Most Popular Kansas Vanity Tags

In an article from the Lawrence Journal World a couple of days ago, they listed the top 10 vanity plates in the state.  Currently, one person in every county in Kansas can have an identical vanity license plate.  Under a new rule, only (read full article)

Kansas, vanity license plates

Mar 08

Berries 'N Cream Wonton Cups

This is the other recipe I made for the Weight Watchers Open House on February 27th.  These were amazing!  They're not as pretty as they were originally because I fell and dropped them in the parking lot on the way home, but they still (read full article)

Berries N Cream Wonton Cups, Blueberries, Cool Whip, It's Good For You Cookbook, Pampered Chef, raspberries, wonton wrappers, yogurt

Mar 06

Sweet & Saucy Meatballs

I know these aren't stellar quality photos, but I fell (you'll notice the sauce on the left side of my Deep Covered Baker in the photo above) and tore/severely sprained my MCL last weekend, so this was the best we could come up with in a painful (read full article)

1 WW Point, It's Good For You Cookbook, meatballs, Pampered Chef, turkey, weight watchers

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