T-I-R-E-D

Here are a couple of pics from Cocoa's play date on Saturday with Ellie, they were in the woods and swimming. It was a quiet night she was pretty sleepy, she never even had enough energy to come up stairs...lol.

Before & After

Here is a pic of our Kitchen before and after the painting of the backsplash.. we used a Ralph Lauren Metallics paint in Turquoise Blue. We're not sure if we really like it yet????

On ORDER

So we ordered our new BBQ this weekend, I can't wait it's Natural gas and has a rotisserie... yum. It will be great for PARTY TIME!!!!!!

Louisiana Chicken Spice Rub

Here is a spice blend I used the other night for Chicken, a louisiana inspired recipe it's a creole seasoning that can be used for blackened chicken (Emeril Lagasse's Recipe). I took a whole chicken and removed the backbone and flatened the chicken out. I took the spice blend and rubbed the chicken with it, layed it skin side down in a hot cast iron skillet and cooked it until nice and black, flipped it over and finished it off in a 400 degree oven. Cooked it for about 35 min or until the thermometer was about 170 degrees. Let it rest for 10 min and then served with Rice and a Salad. Very yummy. Would also be good for BBQ as well.

Spice Blend

2-1/2 tablespoons paprika

2 tablespoons salt

2 tablespoons garlic powder

1 tablespoon freshly ground black pepper

1 tablespoon onion powder

1 tablespoon cayenne (I used about 1/2 .. depends on how HOT U like it)

1 tablespoon dried oregano

1 tablespoon dried thyme

Makes about 2/3 of a cup of spice, may not need it all at once... it can store in an airtight container.

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Kitchen

So I finally found something that I can use in my Kitchen for an extra prep area... It's a kitchen cart. We were looking for an island but after some thought... I think it would of been too big for our space, this works fine and it was 1/3 the cost $$$$ I like that.

Addicted

So I'm addicted to the newest fad on the internet " Facebook" eveyone you know is on it... and it's an easy way to stay in touch with friends, and possible find old friends. You can post pics and chat all day long to friends.... very interesting and very addictive. Check it out if your not a member... you'll be surprised how many people are already signed up. You'll find yourself spending mindless hours chatting and looking through friends lists to see if there is anyone you know.

www.facebook.com

At the Moment

Not too much happening right now in the busy lives of Chris, Cocoa and myself. Between keeping the house clean, working shift and everything else we are pretty busy. I'm looking forward to vacation in April and can't wait to relax and take in some shows, we have booked tickets for "Mystere" a cirque du soleil show which should be entertaining... we have really good seats. I'm doing some shopping to prepare for my trip, went to payless shoes yesterday and bought some new sandals and cute shoes.... they have a lot of good sales. In 2 weeks cocoa is getting fixed so it's kinda like an early Birthday present for Chris... we are hoping it will slow her down a bit, she's very HYPER. Anyway, thats about it.. not too much going on, just wanted to update everyone on how we were doing.

Dragon Fruit

So Monday night Chris and I went to Pete's Froutique in search of some strawberries for waffles today, since both of us were off. We bought a ton of fruit and also bought a "Dragon Fruit" to try... it was pretty yummy. It tastes like a kiwi but without that tarty kiwi taste.. it was pretty tasty and looks pretty cool too. Give it a try!!!!

Vegas Here we come!!!

So we are going back to Las Vegas for the second time in April :) we are really excited and can't wait to get away. The first time we visited we did the usual stuff.. went to The Grand Canyon, The Hoover dam and experienced the strip. This time we'll get to spend more time on the strip and take in a show and have really EXCELLENT FOOD.... I can't wait. Last time we were in Vegas the doctors didn't know what was wrong with my stomach, so I didn't get to enjoy the food, this time however things are different and I can't wait to taste all the yummy treats. I'll definatly take lots of pics. :) We are staying at the MGM grand Signature Hotel... it's very romantic :) Here's the link to the hotel.

http://www.signaturemgmgrand.com/

Before and After

So the weekend we painted the master bath.... here are a couple of pics, it's hard to get a pic of the whole room, but U get the picture of the colour. I guess I should of had the pictures in a different order..... obviously the white is before.

Happy Valentines Day

Hope everyone has a good Valentines Day... I already got my present from Chris this morning he had blown up 3 pictures from our trip to California, vegas and the grand canyon and framed them in black and white frames. I've been talking about it for a while and he did it for me.... he's such a sweet guy. I'm gonna hang them over my bed .. I think it will look really nice. Anyway, Have a good Valentines.

Don't Complain about snow

Here are 2 pics of the Trans Canada Highway in Labrador..... It will be July before the snow melts. Wow... Crazy!!!

Bath Time

Never Believe it!!!!

So the newest thing Cocoa has tryed is walking on the treadmill.... she's actually really good at it. It's pretty funny, we've been talking about trying it because it would be easy to exercise her.. well tonight off her and Chris went and she walked like crazy. It's hilarious, here are a few pics.

Tagged by Carly

So I had been tagged by Carly last week, but just finally got a chance to post this. It took a while to come up with 5 weird or unusal things about myself but I did it.. not that there aren't more then 5. LOL. Carly is way better at it then I am. Here they are....

1. If I wasn't a Network Technician for Aliant in Data Operations right now... I would of been a chef.
2. I have a major case of road rage when I'm in Bayers lake.
3. I love to garden and have been doing it since I was like 10 years old... or from what I can remember... I was a nerdy teenager..lol.
4. I'll eat mostly anything EXCEPT Green Peppers, but love cooking with them for their flavour.. WEIRD :)
5. I style my hair everytime I get out of the shower even if I'm going to bed or going for a workout on the treadmill. I'm a strange girl.

ok so I did what Carly asked, now I tag my good friend Patricia home in Newfoundland... Have fun.

Get Together in the New house

So saturday night a few people came over to see the new house. Sonja and Kevin, Carly, Rob, Ryan and steph... and Nick and his new girlfriend. For the rest of you that didn't show up.... we had lots of good food, wine and a very good time. I had made a hugh Cheese platter with 2 year old aged cheddar, havartti, brie and smoked gouda served with mixed nuts, dried apricots and bagette. I had also made home-made salsa, hummus with pita chips and of course HOT pepperoni. Red wine, Beer and the new Yellow Tail " bubbles" was also served... YUMMY. It was a nice night...... I'll probably do it again this summer which will be nice because you can go outside and overlook the lake and PARTY!!!! It was sooo good to see people I haven't seen in months we definatly need to get together more often and not for any special reason.... just because we want too. Oh and of course I have NO pics.. didn't even think about the camera.. maybe next time.

SICKY!!!!

So Since thursday night I've been in the bed and of course to the other place no-one wants to be @ 3am in the morning.... hugging the 0ld porcelain bowl. I've literaly had zero appetite, have had absolutly no engery and other things I didn't think were humanly possible ( but you definatly don't need to know details) I wouldn't wish this bug on anyone... I wanted to die on thursday evening when it first started. So of course like everything else, I get a call from Chris on Satursday from work... he's sick too, so both of us have had it, what a lovely weekend. Good news though, I've ate some food today so I should be good for work tomorrow and looking forward to this weekend.

Doggie Date

So on Saturday one of Chris's Co-workers Julian asked us to bring Cocoa over to his house for a playdate with his new puppy Ellie, she's 10 weeks old and also a lab with a little mix of collie. They both need a good ass kicking by a bigger dog!!!! They played for hours and still never got tired... but they did play well so that's good for us since we though Cocoa is a beast. The reason why I say that is because last week at Puppy School she was by far the worst puppy in class... but hopefully this week she'll be better, since she's been playing with other dogs more this week. Trying to train a really well behaved dog is a full time job!!! I know Carly's laughing cause she has 2 kids and I talk about the dog as if she's my baby..... lol, but she is for now. Anyway, here are a few of pics from Saturday afternoon.