Menu Monday

I found the most delicious spinach and artichoke dip. Super easy too!

Looks delicious right?!

Secret: Found it on Pinterest. Seems these days everytime I cook something new my recipe generates from pinterest. This one I found at Natashas Kitchen on Pinterest! 

Ingredients

8oz cream cheese (reduced fat is ok)

• 16 oz light sour cream
• 1 stick (8 tbsp) unsalted butter
• 2-3 Cups shredded Parmesan cheese
• 14 oz quartered artichoke hearts, drained and coarsely chopped
• 10 oz frozen spinach (thawed and drained)
• 1 Tsp. Garlic Salt

Instructions

1. In a medium pot over medium heat, melt together 8oz cream cheese, 16 oz sour cream, 1 stick butter and 1.5-2 cups parmesan cheese, stirring frequently until melted and an even consistency. It should start to bubble.
2. Stir in coarsely chopped artichoke hearts and drained spinach. Finally, stir in garlic salt. 
3. Serve hot with chips or crackers or toasted baguettes or pita chips. 

She used jalapenos but Brielle wouldn't have eaten it if it was too spicy. She also used real garlic cloves, I would have too but, I didn't realize I was out. I was not about to run to the store midway through cooking this just for garlic cloves. Not happening. 

Also, when trying to drain the artichoke hearts I was squeezing them to get the excess juice out and WOW, that is a mess. So I gave you fair warning. 

Let me know if you try this and how it turned out! 

Also follow me on Pinterest! 

Steal Deal Saturday

Shopping was an almost perfect success! So happy with everything I got.

I did not find my jacket so I will probably just order it off of 6pm which is fine. 

I didn't find those exact flats or anything close but I found some even cuter ones that I am beyond pleased with! And instead of burgundy I picked up maroon ( according to Ethan there isn't a difference, but there is! Right? ) jeggings that are super comfy! Picked up a cute shirt with a leather collar and pocket which I think just make it all sorts of fancy (:

The thing that started all this was not only my stressful week but this fortune cookie!

New Shoes, YNot! $17

5 for $7 at Rue21! Didn't even have to break out my Angels Credit Card by VictoriaSecret

These maroon jeggings that are beyond comfortable were also Rue21 for $20

Shirt: Rue21 $8 on SALE!

I had found this shirt at oasap.com a couple weeks ago and refused to spend that much. Look how similar!

Ethan took me out to dinner as well to Corbins Grille, so delicious! 

 Quite possibly my favorite thing from our shopping adventure is this wonderful case 

that I got for only $4. Incredible! :D

 I am officially a couponer! I

Finally Friday!

To say the least I have had a very stressful week. 

To start I was late to work every single day this week. On Thursday I had to do a live meeting with our dev team which was basically an hour of me talking and explaining the advantages of different plugins and we needed to add onto those plugins that they can go on ahead and get started on it. I am not a developer, I do not write code. This was a very high stress task. Thirdly I have been a week with no smoking and it just doesn't help. Lastly, I found out some news that just really sends me over the edge. I feel if you can't support the child you have now, DON'T HAVE ANOTHER. But spite my opinion people still do and I just find it incredibly unfair to the unborn child who won't be cherished or loved, the already born child who is already not taken care of, and that persons family who now has more responsibility to take care of there kids. CRAP! On the drive to work this morning I was on the phone with my oh so wonderful mother who is very patienet and eventually she just shut up and let me vent and basically the whole conversation was "That's crap! This is crap! Holy crap!". End rant. but after that I was just over the top and ready to go home. 

Ethan ( as wonderful as he's been ) hals seen my stress, anger, disappointment, and fear this last week and offered me to go to City Creek. 

No hesitation came from that yes, haha I made a funny. 

So! To prepare myself for this all night adventure I have been picturing what I need to add to my wardrobe. Hopefully I can find some good deals! If I do I will post on Saturday for Steal Deal Saturday! 

Some sweet flats similar to these ones on ModCloth ones.

A sweet new jacket similar to this one off of 6pm which has been a favorite lately

And last but not least I have been dying for a pair of burgundy skinny jeans similar to the ones at H&M

Hopefully this goes well and I don't break my bank this week :p

Ashton Gray and Her Beautiful Family

Got a family to do pictures with! I'm so happy with how most of these turned out! 

Thanks guys for giving me this opportunity. 

And I do have a Facebook page to check out or contact me if in the Utah area!

Happy Halloween!

Not much to say other than I was happy to have my honey home this year for Halloween!

Brielle was my little Tangled, and I did a sugar skull. 

Also I made Pumpkin Seeds again! If you need an easy recipe check out when I did them 2 years ago

Holiday's are coming up and I'm warning all of you now, be ready for craft overload. 

Photo Day Challenge

I wanted to show you guys how lame my weekday is. All I do is work. So I did the photo challenge of a picture an hour. Lets start. 

6 A.M. Cuddle with my animals and debate if I REALLY want to get up

 7 A.M. Arrive to work and chug as much caffeine as possible

 8 A.M. Relieve stress with my adorable owls. 

 9 A.M. Take a break, solve a Rubix cube, and get more caffeine

 10 A.M. Take a random selfie with my managers coat

 11 A.M. Get more caffeine. I have a problem. 

 12 P.M. Make calls, enjoy my caffeine overload. 

1 P.M. Enjoy the lunch provided every Thursday, this Thursday delicious sandwiches. 

2 P.M. Struggle to get back to work and waste time on YouTube

3 P.M. Go over notes for the day. Can I start cleaning up and going home orrrrrr? Oh. No. Of course not.

4 P.M. Be a nerdy developer and look into a 5th dimension. And break a software. Bwahahahaha

 Sometime around 5 P.M. get stuck in rush hour traffic for an hour

 6 P.M. Arrive home to these two just hanging out. 

 7 P.M. enjoy "Dinner"

8 P.M. do my nightly routine. 

9 P.M. Look like crap, cuddle, and finally pass the eff out. 

I am so excited for the weekend. My week has officially sucked! 

New Dreams

Maybe this isn't a NEW dream but it's one I'm finally pursuing. After finally getting a proper camera for my birthday I decided maybe I could start taking pictures. Who's a better model than my 3 year old? These turned out so much better than I thought they would. I also took a family picture trying to figure out the delay option. After many failed attempts it finally came out right! Introducing Summer Dreams Photography