Tonight's dinner...

 It’s Monday, one of my least favorite days, and it’s 2:30, one of my least favorite times of the day (I’m so ready to be home), and of course…I’m already thinking about dinner.

At least I have a well-thought out plan for tonight’s meal; I’m going to be making these hopefully tasty cheese-stuffed shells. It’s a recipe from Pioneer Woman, one of my favorite blogs to follow; in fact I’m obsessed with her or maybe just infatuated with her or maybe I love her, either way I’m crossing my fingers that mine will taste and look as great as hers!

Here’s to hoping that it doesn’t take me 12 minutes to dice an onion, and I don’t drop the casserole dish and have the entire entree splattered across the kitchen floor! Yes that's a true story I will have to share another day...once I swallow my pride...and can bear to talk about it.

Anyways...wish me luck!!

It’s the weekend, or at least approaching the weekend, and I’m beyond excited!!

Jameson and I have a very busy schedule for the next few days…in fact, I’m not sure how we are ever going to get anything accomplished, it’s going to be very tough!

Take a look at this strenuous schedule: (note the sarcasm)

Tonight:

Mazatlan Mexican restaurant (our absolute favorite, we could eat there everyday but restrain ourselves to only once a week)

Then home to watch the Braves game. It’s playoff time in Major League Baseball, and with the Braves already down 0-1 in a three game series; a win tonight on the road would be great!

GO BRAVES!!

Saturday:

Sleep in, which for us is like 8:30 or 9- oh glorious sleep!!

Watch College Game-Day on ESPN, a Saturday morning must for us.

Then get settled in for the UT game. The Vols play the Georgia Bulldogs this weekend, and sadly it will probably be a close game. Both programs are having ‘down’ years, which should make for some interesting football. However Tennessee has had Georgia’s number the last few years, take a look at last year’s score!

Tennessee smack down- what a fun game!!

The remainder of Saturday’s schedule is packed with more football, USC vs. Stanford, Alabama vs. South Carolina (Go Gamecocks!), Arkansas vs. Texas A&M, and the list goes on!

This itinerary might seem boring or monotonous to some, but to Jameson and I it’s one of the best ways to spend a weekend! The only thing that would make this delightful football -filled Saturday even better would be a visit from Jameson’s brother, we are keeping our fingers crossed!!

Hope everyone has a great weekend! Go Braves and Go Vols!!

"What's for dinner?"

Aaaaahh, this question plaques my thoughts daily. It begins to creep into my brain around 2 o’clock, when the afternoon hunger pains begin to rumble, and then around 4:30 it’s swirling around in my head with vigor. This question, quite frankly, drives me crazy!
I’ve never been much of a cook, I’m quite skilled at ‘preparing things’, i.e. putting together quick-fix meals made up of frozen and/or processed food, but actually cooking fresh, made from scratch meals is still new to me. But it’s something I’m desperately wanting to transition to. Jameson and I both need to eat healthier; we LOVE cokes, especially Sun Drop, candy, potato chips, rotel dip, and a variety of other delicious yet unhealthy goodies. Thus tasty, fresh, nutrient-filled dinners is exactly what we need. However, accomplishing this goal is always easier said than done (at least for me anyways). Since we’ve been married I have prepared a few of these meals, and man were they delicious. I researched a recipe beforehand, bought the needed ingredients, and with excitement and motivation delved into the exciting world of cooking…only to realize how overwhelmingly time consuming this can be. One meal, delicious mushroom and Swiss sliders with baked French fries, took me over two hours to prepare, TWO hours! Not to mention the clean-up time (we don’t have a dishwasher, oh woe is me!) So often I resort to a frozen pizza, or boxed macaroni, or something else equally unhealthy.

Am I missing something here? There must be a way to fix healthy and fresh meals during the week and still have time to do other things, like laundry, cleaning, watching an occasional TV show, or maybe even breathe!! There must be a balance between having time to relax and upwind from a busy workday, and spending an entire evening slaving over a hot stove. This is my dilemma and quest; I must divide and conquer and be crowned the perfect working wife who keeps her family fed and her sanity…does this even exist??

Until then, I’ll continue to ponder over the nagging, ever-present question… “What’s for dinner??”

And so it begins...

I am incredibly excited to be delving into the world of blogging!! It's a venture that I've wanted to explore for quite some time now, but finding time and motivation has always been an issue. I considered it a couple years back when I first moved home and was terribly bored (sorry Mom) when living with my parents, but I never found inspiration. I again contemplated it soon after Jameson and I became engaged, but my every thought was thereafter consumed with wedding planning, and blogging was no longer on my radar.  But after our wedding day and after everything stopped spinning, my desire to put the pen to the paper (figuratively speaking of course) again came forth.  I discussed my blogging idea with the husband, broaching the subject with trepidation, somewhat afraid that he would laugh me out of the room, but was delighted with his support and smiling face when he said, “do whatever makes you happy baby”.

So here I am, finally getting my toes wet in the world of blogging. I hope this will be a place for me to document and share tidbits and musings from the journey that Jameson and I recently embarked on… married life. It has been a fabulous whirlwind thus far, and even though we are just approaching our three month anniversary, I feel as though we have years of memories to share. With Jameson’s family living a few hours away, and busy schedules interfering with lengthy fellowship with my family, we hope that this blog will be the perfect forum to keep our family and friends abreast on life at the Bouldin house. I will most likely be the main author, but Jameson has reserved the right to have guest blogger appearances, ones that I’m sure will involve critiques of the most recent football game, or his ponderings on starting pitching rotations. Either way, I am eager to begin this endeavor, and have an outlet to highlight our joys of married life; for being married to this guy, is what makes me happy!