Flu was here...

This is so not very interesting, but it's all I got...

I hope you all had a great weekend!  Mine was ok.  Why just ok, you ask?  Well it started off pretty good, but ended miserably.  Friday D and I went out to eat and had a couple of beers, it was fun, but we didn't stay out very late.  Saturday morning I met up with my sister in-law and my brothers gf for lunch and a little shopping (good times), and then cooked D and I supper, played some PS3 Move sports against each other (that was a lot of fun actually), and then BOOM.I felt like I hit a brick wall right before bed.  I didn't feel good at all, so I took some Tums and off to bed I went.  Sunday when I woke up I just didn't feel right.  I pretty much stayed in sweats and t-shirt all day long (yes I did shower).  After lunch I felt terrible again.  So I loaded up on the Tums and drank Sprite for pretty much the whole day.  By supper time, I couldn't even eat; my stomach hurt and I was really achy.  So I fell asleep on the couch, and  woke up and well I had to make a run for the bathroom.  I will spare you all the details, but I did have a fever of 99.8 (which isn't too high, but I never get fevers not even with the random colds I get), so back to the couch I went and passed out!  Monday I woke up so achy with a temp of 100.9, which was the sole reason I decided to stay home from work.  I was miserable.  I hate missing work when I'm sick.  I don't like to use vacation for sick days, just irritates me!  Anyways, I slept most of the day yesterday and ate crackers.  My fever finally broke mid afternoon and by bed time, I was just achy.  I woke up this morning and felt like a new woman!!  No aches, no fever, and I wasn't that tired.  So I'm pretty sure it was the flu bug that hit me, which I haven't had the flu for.ev.er.  But I'm glad I'm over it and hope to not see it again for a really long time! 

So that's all I really have for you!  I'm praying for a much better week!!!  Oh and my house missed me the last couple days...YIKES is it a mess!  Have a great week!

First true snow of Winter...

Before Sunday night/Monday morning we've had snow one other time, but it literally just dusted the streets and was gone the next day.  All last week, the weatherman kept predicting a huge snow storm that was going to effect our {small} town and mostly the whole state of KS.  I wasn't really sure what to think, especially since the weather went from hot (summer), warm (fall), a little brisk (winter), nice (yep, still winter), brutally cold (normal winter), nice again (like we're talking 60 degree weather in the middle of December here...crazy!), and back to being brutally cold (hello winter...I think you've finally arrived!).  This morning when D and I came to work his truck said it was -2 degrees out...burr...that's not even including the wind chill factor.  I don't even want to know what that was. 

Anyways, back to our snow storm we got...we got maybe 3-4 inches.  We were supposed to get like 6-8 inches total, but I think it went around us.  Oh well, I'm not complaining, at least we finally got some moisture.  Here are a couple pictures I took (the backyard was covered a lot more than the front)...


Bernie on the back porch...his little paws were freezing!



Front of the house, not as much as the backyard
(our house doesn't lean, I think it's the photographer!!)



Looking down the street...brrr...


The only bad part about all of this is, my car wouldn't start yesterday or today...it's that cold out!  We are going to charge the battery up today, so hopefully that will fix it and it'll be back to the norm instead of hitching a ride with D!

Stay warm, everyone!

Steak & Red Pepper Omelette's

Sunday morning  I made the best Steak & Red Pepper Omelette's for D and I (they looked more like scrambles, but lets call them Omelette's!!).  I haven't ever had a steak omelet before, so I wasn't sure how it would turn out.  I know I'm not the first to come up with this idea, but it was toooo good not to share!! :)


Steak and Red Pepper Omelet
(see its more like a scramble, but I like the word Omelet better!)

Let me back up...Friday night we had D's dad (mom was out of town), and his grandparents over for a delish supper.  We realized earlier in the week since we've lived there (moved in at the beginning of July mind you, and we live in the same {small}town), we haven't had either of them over for supper (yes I know, we're slackers).  D and I dry aged some Ribeyes and T-Bone steaks (yep from the 1/4 of beef we got a few months back), had some baked taters, and some awesome sauteed veggies (steaks were so big they took up the majority of the grill so we had to cook them on the stove).  Oh and I forgot some salad and his grandma brought some yummy butterscotch dessert stuff that she makes!!!  Mmmmm... :)

Fast forward to Sunday morning...those steaks were so huge we had some leftover, along with 2 baked taters.  So I thinly sliced up some steak, and red peppers and made us some omelette's, and then fried up the left over tators.  This will be on our list of things to make in the future when we make steak again...just FYI!!

You'll need the following...
Leftover Steak (I probably used 6-8 oz), thinly sliced
1/2 Red Pepper, take seeds out and dice
5-6 eggs, beat
1/4 Milk (approx only...more or less for your liking)
Salt to taste
Pepper to Taste,
Minced Onion to taste
Cheese (lots of cheese if you LOVE cheese like me!!)

Beat the milk and eggs together like you normally would for an omelet, and pour into lightly greased/heated skillet.  Add the Steak and Red Pepper, season to taste, and cover with cheese.  And then cook it like you normally would cook the omelet.  Next fry up some tators if you want, and then top the omelet off with some yummy salsa (it's good with out, but way better with)!!  Enjoy!

Sooooooo good!!! :)

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NYE Snapshots

Wednesday I shared the WONDERFUL EXCITING news with all of you...(eeks after 3.5+ years, we're finally engaged!!)!!!  Today I thought I would share some more pics of the fun evening we had with our friends in the big city...I'm not gonna go into a huge story, just pics!  Enjoy! :)



Mmm...Champagne!



Yummy dessert!



NYE Dinner Date!



Shots, Shots, Shots, Shots....errbody!



Trevor and Nicole! (newlyweds!)



D and T-Rev!



Mel & Dustin (also newlyweds!!!)



Wake Up!



Me and Kelly



Me and Ali



Mel, D, and Sam (I'm thinking this is when he told Mel his BIG surprise!)





Me and Mom




Mom, Nicole, and Me

And in case you forgot... :) 

New Years Day (eve) we decided to go out and celebrate some more!!





Aimee, D, Me, and Jerrad
Celebratory Shots!



D, Me, Jerrad, and Dani!



Aimee & Ryan!



Amber, Mike, Kelly, Me, D, and Joe (Amber & Joe are newlyweds too!)

A Wonderful Start to the New Year...WE'RE ENGAGED!!!

Yep...you read the title right...

WE'RE ENGAGED!!!!

January 1, 2011 at 12:01 a.m. - D proposed to me!!!





The Timeline....

11:45pm - D and our friend Trevor sneak outside, I wanted them to hurry up so I could kiss my love at the stroke of midnight!

11:55pm - They make it back inside and D asks if I want to sit down, and I said that I wanted to stand and watch the ball drop on TV!

11:59pm (5 seconds to go) - <counting down> 5, 4, 3, 2, 1...

12:00am - EVERYONE YELLS HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!  I started giving everyone a hug in sight!!

12:00am (30 seconds into) - Trevor began to yell after everyone quieted down, I started to yell, and then my friend Kelly started to yell.  I turned around and gave my Mom and hug.

12:01am - I turned around from hugging Mom and there Dustin was on his knee asking ME to be HIS WIFE!!  I of course said YES!!  I didn't think there was any time in between him asking and me answering, but he said it felt like a good 5 min (it wasn't that long, trust me!)!! 

I was in total shock (in a really good way)!  I couldn't believe that he asked ME to be HIS WIFE!  All night long I just thought it was another New Years spent with the people we love (my Mom and our friends)...and he just made our night so much better!!!!  I just couldn't believe it! 

The next morning I was wide awake at 8am, and I just had to make sure it wasn't a dream...NOPE it wasn't, the RING was still there!!! :) :) :)

Apparently just about all of our friends knew (including Mom), except me!  (Way to go friends for being able to keep it a secret all night!!)  So then he told me when he asked my Dad, and how that went...he asked him the Sunday of the 2nd Deer Hunting trip we took to my {small} hometown.  (He was pretty brave to do it while they were hunting...with guns!)  Of course my Dad and D get along so well, so Dad told him it was ok to ask me to marry him.  When I called my Dad the next morning, he was ecstatic (as everyone else was too)!  Mom got to see the whole thing, and she cried!  He asked her at 11:30pm, and she about lost it then, but she did really good keeping it in until he popped the question!! 

Shortly after D proposed to me,
 the KC Nightlife people took a picture of us!

I hope you all had a wonderful New Year! 

Cheers to 2011 to be the best year yet!!!

Say Cheese!