Welcome to my home!

I am finally announcing to the (blogging) world that I bought a house!! I signed the weekend after Easter and just closed today. I am PRETTY EXCITED!! It's about 5 minutes from work and in a cute little neighborhood. My parents and I got some pizza and went over to MY HOUSE and had a little party! Let the painting and moving begin!! Cheers! :)

My first house!!

The entryway

Kitchen and breakfast nook

Butler's pantry

Formal dining room....

Master bedroom...

Guest bedroom...


Deck....

Me in my new backyard...

My first two house guests!!

Celebration pizza from Glory Days!

Some of the flowers in my backyard...

Some more roses....

Inhumane working conditions...

So, there is a SERIOUS problem at my work! Every Monday, about 3:00, the occupational therapists do a cooking activity with their patients....that involves baking fresh chocolate chip cookies. SERIOUSLY!?!?!? What did I ever do to deserve this sort of torture!??! The kitchen is across the hall from the speech office, so the smell of fresh cookies floats across the hall and into my nose and makes me so hungry I feel like I could chew my arm off!! It's at the worst time of day too....lunch has worn off, the appeal of work is fading and there is like an hour of work left to go....I don't know if I can go on working in this set-up!! If you read in the newspaper that a speech therapist went crazy and took a bunch of cookies from some elderly patients, it was probably me. Don't say I didn't warn you. ;)

King of the Guac...

Mmm...so before about 3 years ago I had never really had guacamole, or any interest in it for that matter...but apparently IT IS SO GOOD!!! My dad has been cooking some up this while I have been staying with them (roommates/parents). He has tried several different recipes and this weekend he made one with a recipe from the paper....it has a little different twist, but we liked it! Give it a try!

1 cup (8 ounces) crumbled blue cheese
1/4 cup sour cream
2 ripe avacados
1/4 cup sliced pickled jalapeno peppers
2 green onions, finely sliced
1/2 teaspoon fresh lime juice

Served with blue corn tortilla chips.

Two weekends in a row!

My baby sis had yet another wedding this weekend...another one in Kansas! So, that means we have had Meg time two weekends in a row; it's almost too much. ;) When we picked her up at the airport Friday night, we went to Bo Ling's....which has the best Chinese food you have ever had, we think even better than PF Changs!! It's a great chain in the KC area; so good! Here is a picture of us pre-chow down!!

2-1...

Tonight we had our 3rd softball game....played at some of the newer diamonds in town that are really beautiful. There is nothing better than going to the softball fields on a gorgeous summer night like tonight, with kids running around the playground, bubble gum and the sound of bats connecting with incoming pitches. We won 10-5, so this brings our record to 2 wins and 1 loss. I can't claim that I had a lot to do with this victory, but I stood in right field and threw a ball in that rolled to me one time. :) I need to go to the batting cages as I tend to be off with my hits....you know it's bad when the catcher on the other team is giving you a pep talk!! I think we have 8 or 9 more games to go this summer, so hopefully I can get it in gear, but I'm just glad to be out enjoying the nice weather; as long as no one hits it to me. ;) Happy Summer!!

Same game....new town....

Dice....check.
Snacks....check.
Prizes.....check.
A bunch of ladies looking for a night of fun....check!!!

What do you have when you put all of these key ingredients together?!

BUNKO!!!

Since moving to Topeka, I have had a four month break from bunko and have really missed it! Of course, probably because of all of my good friends in Wichita that I played with are so entertaining, and we had so much fun whenever we got together! Well, a good friend from high school and I got a group together up here and had the first one last night.....and we had fun too! I had some 4th of July prizes and lots of food (probably too much). Only a few people had played before so everyone was figuring out the rules, but I think everyone had a good time. Looking forward to playing many more times in the future!

Bloomin'

This week my parents' flowers around their house have really started to bloom and tonight I was noticing how pretty they are....thought I would share. I also bought some white roses at Sam's and have been pleased with how they have turned out. Hopefully you are all having good things growing in your corners of the world. :)