Chicken Bacon Avocado Quesadilla
Cheesy garlic sticks with Spaghetti
Creamy butter chicken
crack dip & Snickers Popcorn
Creamy Chicken Taquitos
Minestrone
Caesar Salad

POP!

Have i ever told you that my Great Grandpa invented Pop Rocks?
Yes Thomas, he did.

Anywho, i get pretty excited any time i see Pop Rocks let alone now that people are using them as a surprise factor in desserts!  HELLO!  Brilliance.
I love surprises.  I love desserts.  and i LOVE Pop Rocks...

Pop Rocks Chocolate... say whaaa?

Pop Rocks Truffles

Pop Rocks Cookies

Pop Rocks Cake

Pop Rocks Rims!

Pop Rocks Cake Pops

Kid Activity with Pop Rocks

Now go have some fun with Pop Rocks!

:)

PARTY like it's 1999

"Baggage Claim"

Sugar cookie Airplanes

 Brownie Cupcakes

5 sticks of butter in the frosting...

yeah they were good.

 Milk & Cookies for the kiddos

 Pretzels and Popcorn

Stuffed Mushrooms-Sarah's recipe :)

Buffalo Chicken Bites

French Toast sticks

Thai Peanut Satay

Greek Dip w/ homemade pita

Pilot Select

Let me first say this is a long time coming.

If you don't know, Nick wanted to be a pilot back when we were dating.

In fact he took a whole month of leave to study for the Pilot test.

I talked him out of it.  

I didn't want him to go into the Army.

He wanted to fly Apache helicopters or Black Hawks.

don't those look CREEPY!

I just kept saying "Black Hawk DOWN!"  That is the name of the movie!

so... he stopped his application

Here we are five years later.

Nick has since had flight lessons,

taken his tests 2 times,

studied his booty off.

(literally i think it fell off at one point)

and applied.

The board was cancelled.

He applied again... 

our last chance due to age limitations

(yes he is old)

and...

HE MADE IT!

Not only for Officer in general but his DREAM JOB a PILOT in the US AIR FORCE!

He is so cute.

He told me that he thinks NFL players are jealous of him.

He said he is more happy than he would be if he found out he was going to be a famous actor.

Later he said, "Britt, this is what little kids say they want to be when they grow up, and i am actually doing it!"

:)

I am so proud of him. 

Now when he tells our children to dream big, to shoot for the stars he has nothing to be ashamed of.

He DID IT!  

He dreamed big, he did everything he could do, he gave it to God.

He is a pilot!

PARTY

recipe

Flaming cupcake

recipe

Smoothie
Chinese Honey Chicken
Chicken Marsala
Fish tacos
Pesto Chicken Stuffed Shells
Coconut Curry Chicken
Bacon and Avocado Grilled Cheese
Chicken Gyro

Grocery List:
sugar
razor
honey
baking powder
cous cous
chicken stock
corn tortilla
pasta shells
pine nuts
tomato paste
coconut milk
sourdough bread

greek yogurt
blackberry yogurt
eggs
milk
sour cream
parmesan cheese
pepperjack cheese

strawberries
blueberries
peaches
chicken
red snapper

banana
spinach
mushrooms
green onion
cilantro
lime
cabbage
basil
green bell pepper
avocado
parsley
cucumber
tomato

This weeks menu:

Tuna Melt -PW

Marlboro Man Sandwich - PW with broccoli

Southwest Chicken Wraps - pinterest

Cashew Chicken - google :) with rice

Grilled Chicken with Lemon Basil Pasta - PW

Ranch style Chicken - PW with Fluffy New Potatoes - PW
Plain ol' Turkey wraps for lunches
and
...
Carrot & Zucchini bars with lemon cream cheese frosting - pinterest

How many tries does it take Brittany Cooley to get to day 4 of making the cut?

uh.... hopefully just 3.  Because tomorrow is my third try... oh dear!  

Good news though, i am starting to sense some toning...

If i stand just right there is a line of definition in my thigh surrounded by the cottage... BUT there is a line if i squat but lean forward almost like i am getting ready to long jump or something.  

Anyway... good to see some sun breaking through the clouds :)

LET'S GO DAY FOUR!  

uh and if you didn't already hear me say it...

please please please

go make the grilled chicken and roasted red pepper panini from pioneer woman.

good day.

Just Pinterest and a Printer

Today i felt the urge to redo our photo wall.  I found a few cool quotes on pinterest (what you aren't on pinterest yet?  ... uh well go... right now.) and wanted to use them in our home so... out with the old and in with the new!

 before

after

So tomorrow i start cleaning houses.  I have 2 houses to clean now... 

I am a bit Nervy.

I have four hours to clean each house every other week.  

Each house is three stories and has four people living inside.

I will also have Jack.

This might be a struggle...

we will see:)

SO, today i looked up tips.

want me to share?

good me too.

*List of how to clean the house:

1) dust

2) furniture- vacuum furniture and wash sheets/bath mats

3) mirrors and glass

4) surfaces- counters, remotes, phone, light switches, door knobs

5) spray kitchen down, then bath room go back and wipe down

6) sweep and mop

7) vacuum

*Tools for the house:

toothpicks

grapefruit & salt (i know right?)

dryer sheets

toothbrush

razor

q tip

microfiber towels

microfiber mop

nylon bristle broom

shammy dry for pet hair, wet for windows

backpack vac

*liquids

water and dish soap for all over

white vinegar, thyme and lavender

*to smell nice:

boil in water-

cranberry, orange, rosemary and bay leaves

orange, rosemary, cloves

apple, vanilla, cinnamon

lemon, pepper, rosemary

lemon, bay leaves, cinnamon and cloves

or just plain ol'

cinnamon OR vanilla OR nutmeg

Wish me luck!

Hopefully tomorrow i will look like this:

and not this:

"I'm not about to give up"

mom's song :)

So today was day 3, rest

but instead of rest i hit the gym family room stye with two of my ladies 

and 

WALKED at 3.0 no incline for 25 minutes 

(insert mocking voice here)

Note: I am NOT boasting about this lamo "workout"

actually it should probably not even be in quotes...

haha.

BUT for dinner we had the chipotle steak salad from PW

recipe a few blog posts ago...

and to wrap up

(maybe i posted this already?)

I made PW's coffee

We liked it, well let me rephrase that; we liked it $2.50 for a week's worth of coffee like it.

I ended up just trying a few different things.  I thought the sweetened condensed milk was too sweet and it still tasted like strong coffee. BUT again i was going to LEARN to like it for $2.50 a week! SHOOT!

But, now i really do like it.

Mine looks like this.

I bought some vanilla (torani) syrup and added that and just plain ol' milk.

Yummy!

Glad i figured out how we like it because i hate to be a broken record but SHOOT $8 for 3 weeks :)  

Dave Ramsey would be proud!