Five Favorites

I have so much to be thankful for! Some days are better than others, but I want to try and start listing the highlights of my week no matter how big or small they might be. It's so important to look for the good things in life and keep positive! I have been so blessed! This week it wasn't hard to come up with five great things!
1.Getting to entertain our good friends from out of town.

2. Going to my first major league baseball game ever~ go Braves!

3. Getting caught in a torrential downpour, annnnd making the most of it!

4.Matt made this amazing dish for dinner and I'm still dreaming about it. Recipe here.

5. Listening to the rain put me to sleep all week long. I secretly love summer thunderstorms. ;)

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House Hunting

Matt and I have decided to start the exciting, emotionally-draining, scary, grown-up person journey known as.....house hunting! While we love our cozy little apartment, we are ready to start investing our money in a house (umm..yikes!). We are hoping to take advantage of some great deals caused by the bad economy. Annnd we wouldn't mind having an extra bedroom since we frequently entertain out-of-town guests. I can't wait to have a room to sew in other than the middle of the living room~ha!

I have been having fun browsing trulia.com and saving my favorite houses for several months now, and we spend our weekends driving around the city checking out various neighborhoods. I find I'm drawn to the craftsman styles like these:



Aren't they just cute?!  I just love porches!

Who knows? We may not buy a house for a while, but it's so fun to look and dream about how I would decorate each one. We're leaving everything in God's hands. :)

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Weekly favs

Have you noticed some bloggers have started listing of 5 or 10 things that were the highlights/favorite things of their week. I LOVE this idea and I'm thinking I will try and start doing that too!  I thought it would be sort of a digital equivalent to Oprah's gratitude journal idea.  I know some weeks it will be a stretch to try and find 5 things, but I want to try and look for the good things no matter what kind of week I'm having!  It may be as simple as a new lip stick, but I think it's great to step back and enjoy life's little blessings~ right?! Ok, so here goes this week's:
1. Watching  a film crew interview people for Food network's The Great Food Truck Race.

2. Marveling at the gorgeous aqua color of the ocean on our trip to Panama City, FL.

3. Discovering Thomas' Donuts for the first time--- OMG amazing red velvet donuts and cute pink boxes.


4.Embracing the cheesiness of  souvenir shops at the beach.


5. Reading (yes..me..reading..shocking)  The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo.


6. Loving this guy for letting me drag him out to the beach everyday (not his fav--lol).

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Cooking Corner: Best Nachos Ever!

I just had to share this great recipe with you guys that Matt and I tried the other night~ Margarita Shrimp Nachos!  Oh. my. gosh. Talk about yumm!
Matt and I love to cook...ok, well  to be more precise Matt likes to cook, and I like to find the recipes and eat~ha! When I saw this recipe that combined our love for seafood, guacamole, and nachos I couldn't wait to try it. The best part is that it's really easy! We modified the recipe just a touch~
What you'll need:
1/2 lb shrimp: just get a bag of frozen shrimp
Margarita mix
Tortilla chips (recipe calls for lime flavored chips but we found it was too much lime so we do plain)
White cheddar cheese (shredded)
White cheese sauce in jar (this is our own addition~ it's better when it's saucy! ;)
Onion
Avacado
Cilantro
Lime
1.Peel shrimp and marinate in margarita mix about an hour. While it's marinating, also let wooden skewers soak in water (this is so they won't catch fire when grilling)
2. Put shrimp on skewers and grill till it's slightly blackened on edges.
3. Spread chips on pan and sprinkle with cheddar cheese and cheese sauce. Bake at 350 for about 10 min or till cheese is all melted.
4. Sprinkle chopped onion, chopped cilantro, sliced avacodo, and shrimp over nachos.
5. Squeeze a little lime juice on there and folks, you've got yourselves a DIN-NER.



Confession: we ate this whole thing in one sitting.......just the two of us.....
Wouldn't this be a great Appetizer for a fun Mexican party?!

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