Albino Animals

Happy birthday, first and foremost, to my good friend Yong! *Shout out (:

rupert! 

Becky's in town for a few days, over in St. Louis. I don't think I'm gonna see her this visit; she's a little far and this day has somehow managed to get away from us.

On an unrelated note, a friend of mine posted a picture of an albino zebra. Yeah, I told you it was unrelated. Anyway, as random as that was, it reminded me of little Rupert, the albino corn I had years back, and that.... naturally launched me into a search for other albino animals. C'mon, it's me. What'd you really expect?

Anyway, with Google as my trusted aide & Instagram as my trusted montage creator, here's what I came up with...

Anyway, Rob and I headed out into Fairview tonight to check out a house; it's a preliminary hunt for somewhere for him to relocate closer to his work. It wasn't a bad little outing, and made for a good start to the evening. I threw together the buffalo chicken casserole off AITK for dinner afterwards and made our way back to do a whole lot of nothing for the rest of the night.

Yeah, we're partyrockers. I know.

(: It's all good. So far this week's shaping up just fine & I'm okay with that.

xo | cmd

HAPPY BIRTHDAY CEGG!!!

Happy Friday!
I just wanna say ....
HAPPY BIRTHDAY, CATIE!!

♥ you cegg!! | happy birthday!!

Oh, how I love that girl! I'll be back in Cincy next weekend to help celebrate; it's gonna be a wild one but I'm excited. Happy birthday to a friend who's always been there, has always been honest and has kept me grounded when I felt like I was falling apart. Love you woman - have a GREAT birthday!

Found another fun one from a few years back [Rock the Runway event!]:

circa 2008

aaaaand... sold.

Yay, friends! 

Speaking of friends, Jay came up to GC to do some work, and so we had lunch over at Applebee's. More importantly, we had a triple chocolate meltdown ... at Applebee's.

With Friday out of the way [halleLUJAH], it was time to veg and enjoy the evening. Dawne had asked for Sydni to stay over with Luke & Olivia for a sleepover, so she was there for the night. Rob and I made ourselves at home over at Hot Shots with some people from his work for dinner, and Marianne eventually joined. By the end of our time there, we'd resorted to spitting ice cubes into various buckets, trays and glasses left on the table.

Somewhere in the midst of dinner conversation, Marianne and I ended up on Pinterest and Facebook, and I found.... another foodie item.

Long story short, Marianne and I cut the trip to Hot Shots short, made a bee-line to Wal-Mart and made it back to the house for the creation of a chocolate chip butter sugar masterpiece.

Yeah, it happened.

pie. chocolate.. butter.. sugar... awesome.... pie.

Happy Friday...here we go weekend!!

xo | cmd

Attitudes in the Kitchen

I love cooking. What I love even more is when I have a good recipe passed along to me. The credit today for the new dish goes to the boyfriend (: He found this on one of the facebook pages [liked! haha], and I decided to take the plunge and go for it.

work in progress..... chicken + hot sauce! 

I figured I would share the recipe with you, too.... since it's crazy easy and apparently really good. Plus,  if you're moderately hungry but not into left-overs, it serves about 4.

So a-here..... a-youu... a-go!

:: BUFFALO CHICKEN & POTATO CASSEROLE ::

SCHTUFF IN IT: 

(CASSEROLE):

* 2 lbs boneless chicken breasts, cut into 1" cubes

* 8-10 medium potatoes, cut into ½" cubes

* ⅓ cup olive oil

* 1½ tsp salt

* 1 tbsp black pepper

* 1 tbsp paprika

* 2 tbsp garlic powder

* 6 tbsp hot sauce

(TOPPING):

* 2 cups fiesta blend cheese
* 1 cup crumbled bacon
* 1 cup diced green onion

MAKE IT: 

*Pre-heat oven to 500°. Spray 9x13 baking dish w/ non-stick cooking spray.

*In large bowl, mix olive oil, salt, pepper, paprika, garlic powder & hot sauce. Add cubed potatoes to coat. Carefully scoop potatoes into baking dish, leaving behind as much of the olive oil/hot sauce mix as possible. Bake potatoes 45-50 minutes, stirring every 10-15 minutes, or until cooked through and crispy/browned on the outside.

* While potatoes are cooking, add chicken to the left-over olive oil/hot sauce mix to coat. Once potatoes are cooked, remove from oven and lower temperature to 400°. Top cooked potatoes with raw marinated chicken. In a bowl, mix together cheese, green onion & bacon, and top the raw chicken with cheese mixture.

* Return casserole to oven and bake for 15-20 minutes, or until chicken is cooked through and topping is bubbly.

[photo from website;] ours didn't have bacon :p

I'm still trying to condition myself to liking super spicy food, so I didn't participate in the eating of this dish, but Rob assured me it was delicious. Next time, I'm going to adapt this to a BBQ version. Hmmm....... (:

Sydni didn't hate it either. Looks like everyone wins.
Yep. Happy Tuesday, bloggerbees.

xo | cmd