Crack Potatoes

Hello Darlings!

We had an “End of Summer” potluck last night and it was a great night!! We had about 15 or so of our dearest and closest here to celebrate the beginning of fall.

As per usual we had some seriously great food. Let me tell you my boys and girls can COOK! There was ribs, chili, deviled eggs, a few different pasta salads, cheese cakes, chocolate cake, bean salad and I made something called Crack Potatoes.

These potatoes are fantastic and ridiculously easy. I found the recipe on Pinterest – of course.

Here is what you need:

2 bags of shredded potatoes. I got mine at Walmart in the salad section

2 tubs of sour cream

2 bags of real bacon bits or you can cook your own bacon

2 packets of dry ranch dressing

½ a block of old cheddar cheese (grated)

Preheat your oven to 400° F. Mix all of the ingredients together excluding the potatoes. Once mixed, add the potatoes and spoon into a glass baking dish. Bake at 400° F for 40 minutes.

Happy Sunday!

A Night Out

Hello My Lovelies!

Tonight was FAB! Busy, but great!

My girl Alyssa turned 30 so a huge group of us went out for dinner and drinks, then Terrill and I went to a Stag ‘n Doe for my girlie Mel. We had such a good time at both. I wish they had been on separate nights so we could have spent more time at both events.

I curled my hair with a 1 ½ inches curling iron, wrapping each section around the barrel away from my face. This is my favorite way to curl my hair. The results are always great. This picture is a little Farrah Fawcett – which I love!

I kept my make up simple. I usually have basic eye make up and a bold lip. I wore a basic black t-shirt, black cord leggings, a jean jacket and my leopard wedges.

Happy Friday!

Eh Ombré

Just a quick post to show everyone my new ombré hair!

What do you guys think?!

Back to the Diet

The last two weeks I have messed up my diet :( I ate whatever, whenever -le sigh. I undid the good work. Its sad but, I wont let it get me down! All I can do is start again :)

I started school last week (as I mentioned here) and its actually taken up quite a bit of my week. I know its only Tuesdays and Wednesdays but there is a lot of practice that goes along with it. Part of my kit came two mannequin heads for practice and my instructor gives me home work. I've been super busy, tired and lazy.

Anyways, I'm done with my excuses lol!My food today wasn't great, but it could have been worse.

Here is what I ate yesterday (Monday)

Breakfast - Coffee with cream and Splenda, home made breakfast sandwich (here)

Snack - Water, home made banana/bran muffin

Lunch - Half a whole wheat wrap with shaved ham and mustard, raw carrots, cucumber and peppers with about 1 Tbsp of ranch dressing

Snack - Liberte Black Cherry yogurt with fruit salad

Dinner - Chicken Paprikash  and noodles

Too many carbs as far as I'm concerned, but I'll get back into the swing of things.

Have a great day!

Friday Hair

Hello Dolls!

Just a quick pic of my hair that I wore to work on Friday. Its basically a Dutch braid that is rolled at the end and pinned.

Happy Styling! 

Bridal Hair

Hello My Lovelies!

I’ve decided to make a life change. Well a sort of life change. I decided to go to hair school. Not full on hair school, just some courses here and there. The first course that I’m taking is Up Do’s. It covers everything from bridal to casual. I just finished my first week and I love it!

I have always loved doing hair. I usually play around with my hair while I’m watching TV. I try to do something fun with my hair a few days a week as well. I get a lot of compliments on my hair so I feel this is a good fit for me. My plan is to basically do bridal hair on the weekends. I have done a bridal hair for a couple of my girlfriends in the past and I was asked again to help out a friend of mine last weekend as well.

She got married in Halliburton, ON which is Muskoka area. It’s a gorgeous place. It’s very woodsy and picturesque. We had done a trial a few weeks before the wedding. She decided to have her hair down and curly. I wanted her hair to look very natural and organic, like she just woke up with it like that. Not too coiffed and controlled, more wild and free. I think it fit the venue.

Here is a couple of pics right after I was done.

Frozen Breakfast Sandwiches

Hello my lovelies!

I found this idea on Pinterest and I thought I would give it a try. I wanted to have something ready in the mornings for Terrill. He goes to work around 6:30am everyday so his breakfast routine has to be quick or he won’t eat anything.

Today I made 10 sandwiches, 6 sausage and 4 bacon.

Here is what you will need:

English muffins

Sausage patties or bacon

Eggs

Butter

Cheese slices

Tinfoil

Preheat your oven to 350° F. I cooked the eggs first. I used a muffin top pan but a muffin pan will also work. I like the muffin top pan because the eggs end up the same size as the English muffin and they are not too thick. Butter your pan and crack the eggs into it. Break the yokes and bake until they are cooked through. Remove from the oven and let them cool down completely.

Cook your bacon/sausage. I did both in the oven. Once they are cooked let them cool down completely as well.

Cut your tinfoil into sheets and place the open English muffin on a sheet. Add you cheese, an egg and your meat. Once the sandwich is built, wrap them up. I mark the outside with either a “B” or an “S” so I know which is which. Then I put them all in a Ziploc back and throw them in the freezer.

The night before, I take one out of the freezer and let it thaw in the fridge overnight. In the morning Terrill puts it in the toaster oven at 400° F for about 20 minutes. The English muffin gets toasty and the cheese gets melty. They are perfect :)