Color Me Happy! :-)

I'm loving all my nail polish.

Colors from left to right.

Flashy Fuchsia, Jumpin' Jade, Sapphire, Caribbean Frost, Plum Power, Crushed, Orange You Cute?, Black Out.

Strawberry...

Today I was a sweet girlfriend and brought Andy home a strawberry cupcake on my way back from Georgetown. Isn't it so cute???

This is what we do...

These were the left over spaetzle. I sauteed some ham and onions and threw them in. I lightly seasoned with salt and pepper and wah-lah...another delicious meal.

My Mom told me about this, she used to fix it for us when we were little goobers and from what she says we loved it.




You serve it with apple sauce. As I did when I was a kid, I mixed it right in and enjoyed. :-)



This is another easy breakfast that Andy and I are enjoying these days. It's rice pudding, toasted sliced almonds, and fresh strawberries. Almost like a dessert...almost. I think it's better for breakfast though, I'll still be eating chocolate for dessert. :-)

The first step is admitting you have a problem....

So here I go...
I have an addiction to Georgetown Cupcakes , cupcakes. Whew...that wasn't so bad. ;-)

Yesterday while at work I thought it would be a great day for a cupcake of the day at Georgetown Cupcakes.

I joined Twitter a few weeks ago just so I would get the update on what the free cupcake of the day is.

So anyways, since I do have the internet on my phone I decided well heck, why not just check twitter and find out what the flavor is so I can walk over and get one. To my surprise, I have forgotten my password to my Twitter account. Seriously I have all of my passwords written down for everything and this is exactly why. I forget ALL of my passwords that I ever create. If it wasn't for continue to stay logged in options on websites I would have to look this stuff up every day.

Instead of saying...I probably don't need to eat a cupcake anyways. I decided to call or really text for backup. I text a couple of friends to see if they could find out what the flavor of the day was. Of course because I had tried numerous times to log into Twitter, with a bad password my phone was almost dead. I decided I should still try. About 15 minutes later...one of my friends from school text me back with the flavor! Woo-Hoo!

There I was on my merry way to pick up my delicious FREE cinnamon cupcake. I was also asked to pick up a coffee and I figured I should get a tea that I could enjoy with my cupcake.

They ran out of bags so I ended up having to carry a box with my cupcake in it plus two hot beverages back to the store. I walked about 10 feet before I spilled hot coffee all down the front of my WHITE jacket. Oh boy! I had at least three more blocks to walk back to the store but I decided I might as well just keep going instead of stopping and getting napkins from somewhere.

Back in the store I walked in with my goodies and my coffee covered jacket. I went in the back and cringed because I knew this was going to be the end of my lovely white jacket. I got a paper towel from the roll and wiped the coffee...holy cow, what did the dry cleaner use on this jacket last time it got dry cleaned because it literally just wiped up and didn't leave one little spot.

This is when I knew that I might have a little cupcake addiction but I decided that it was A'Okay because everything worked out just fine.

It was delicious btw. I didn't even give the cupcake a chance to have it's picture taken before devouring the entire thing in three bites. Maybe I'll go back next week, but skip the coffee. Yeah...that's probably a good idea. ;-)

:-)

I started out my morning with a run through Georgetown. It was kind of a run for two purposes, I needed to get pictures of window displays so I could finish one of my projects this morning and also to get some exercise. I'm glad I've got one project out of the way. I also got some pretty picture's of the Potomac River. It was cold and windy but an absolutely beautiful day. :-)

After I went on a search for Micheal's to get some art supplies for some of my projects. Since I know there isn't one in walking distance I decided to drive. This is literally the second time I've driven in the last 2 months that we've lived here. That still seems so weird since I used to drive everywhere. I really like walking places though, it's just so easy. No worrying about parking, or paying for it, or getting gas. It's wonderful. :-) Back to my point, I got a little side tracked.

I decided to just drive around to try to find the Micheal's and ended up finding an adorable little German grocery store. When I first drove up I thought it was just going to be one of those little German restaurants that sell..."authentic German food" that's well not really authentic at all. But I gave them a chance anyways and walked in. It was like walking into a German grocery store. I called my Mom right away and told her about the Gem I found in the city. I really wish she could have been here to go in with me but I'll just test out all the products until she comes to visit. :-)



This is their business card.



The wonderful things I ended up walking out with were: Gelbwurst, Landjager, Bauern Brot (Bread), and Schweinebraten.(Gravy for pork)

When I got home I had a second lunch because I couldn't wait to eat a Gelbwurst sandwich. :-)



After all of that I just couldn't help but take a study break to make more Spaetzle, pork, and broccoli for dinner. I asked Andy if Spaetzle two weeks in a row was too much and he said "no way, you can never have Spaetzle too much." That makes me happy, I'm glad he likes them as much as I do.

Tomorrow I'm using the leftovers to make another meal that my Mommy was telling me about today. :-)

Mexican Quiche: Quick and Easy!

Step 1: Pre-heat oven to 350 degrees.

Step 2: Put pre-made pie crust into pie pan and fold over edges. Poke bottom of pie pan with a fork. (I either buy the Safeway brand or Pillsbury depending on which one is on sale at the time.)

Step 3: Bake pie crust for 10 minutes.




Step 4: Get out my handy-dandy recipe notebook for the filling recipe. (I've been collecting recipes for a long time and if I like them I put them in this notebook so when I want to make it it's easy to find.)



Step 5: Saute ham, green peppers and onions.




Step 6: Mix 4 eggs, 1 can cheddar cheese soup, 1/2 a cup of whipping cream, and 1 cup of shredded cheddar cheese.



Step 7: Chop jalapenos. (We like them HOT)



Step 8: Mix all fresh ingredients (ham, onions, green peppers, and jalapenos) into mixture in bowl. (cheddar cheese, whipping cream, eggs, cheddar cheese soup)



Step 9: Pour mixture into partially baked pie crust. (I like to add extra shredded cheddar cheese to the top, it browns nicely and gives it a little extra texture.)



Step 10: Enjoy your quick and easy dinner! (It can also be served with salsa)

MIA

Sorry I have been MIA for the last week, life has been busy.

The week was filled with classes and work and the weekend was filled with work and fun. Friday night I closed the store at 9:30 and after I walked over to Papa-Razzi to meet Leanne and Yasmine for a couple of drinks. They have delicious sangria so that's what I ordered. :-) We didn't stay out too late since we were all tired from the week but just enough to have a couple of drinks and a few laughs. Seriously they had me cracking up the entire time. Funny girls. :-)

Andy was also invited out by Leanne's fiance but he was really just too tired and decided that going home and relaxing was going to be the way to go for his night.

I spent Saturday at work until 3. After, I walked home and Andy and I got ready to go to the National Portrait Gallery in DC. Before we went in we decided to make a stop at Five Guys for burgers and fries. They were absolutely delicious and worth every calorie. After stuffing ourselves with a late lunch we kind of walked through the gallery in a food coma. It was still fantastic but we didn't stay as long as we would have normally. But seriously..we live so close and it is free admission so there was really no pressure to stay longer.

Andy and I got home and watched a movie in German called "Good Bye Lenin!" We really enjoyed watching it together and after we listened to a German lesson because Andy and I so badly want to be able to speak German to each other.

That's it! Now it's Monday once again and time to finish all of these projects!
Only 3 weeks left of the winter quarter! :-D



I just liked her.




Awesome!



Devil in Casket with She Devil and Evangelist.

We thought this was great. HaHa




I love living in the city! :-)

On a side note...Papa-Razzi is the restaurant where Andy and I went on our very first date so it holds a special place in my heart. :-) Above is a picture from that night. Once upon a time...I had blond hair and convinced Andy that he didn't need to get regular hair cuts. HaHa... okay so we grew up a little bit since then. It was a really great first date. Our first date was followed by our 2nd, 3rd, 4th, and 5th date all in a 5 day span because that's how dates work when you live 600 miles apart.