Pinterest Dinner!

On Friday night, we had a co-worker and his family over for dinner.  His wife has a great personality and their son is adorable!  I think Jason was unsure at first, but he eventually gave in to my crazy ideas.  We both enjoy hosting and meeting new people.  Makes perfect sense to invite someone over who moved here recently.  Right??
Anyway, I waited until Friday afternoon to finalize dinner.  I knew I wanted to make something good (but then again, who doesn't want to make something good for dinner?!? ha!).  I searched pinterest and ended up searching through the people I follow "food" boards for some extra ideas. 
First thing I found was this Oreo pudding pokey cake thingy. 

It was delicious!  And super easy!  I used devil food cake instead of dark chocolate cause that's what I had on hand. :)  I followed the directions to the tee.

I also had chocolate covered strawberries.  A friend told me about using a straw to cut the top off and it worked AMAZING as well.  I already purchased more strawberries to dip in chocolate. 

And finally, the main course.  I knew I wanted a vegetable with a meat (I completely forgot about it being Friday and not having meat - so FAIL!).  But the honey mustard crusted chicken turned out great!  The semi-home made honey mustard was great! 

Current Trends.

Two current trends....dexter and nail polish.
I started watching season one of dexter. I'm interested, but I'm not. The basis behind the show is good; a serial killer who kills other serial killer. A good serial killer. Hmmm. I'm on disc two of the first season. We shall see.
I paint my nails once a week; usually on Sunday nights. I find once I work something in my schedule, I tend I stick with it. I'm not the best at painting my nails, but I've definitely improved. My favorite nail polish brand is wet n wild mega last.

Overload?

Do you ever feel like there is not enough time in day? Right - I know; the story of everyone's life. I feel there is not enough time for me to sleep, to work at work, and of course at home. Not enough time to feed boys, clean-up, bath time, read and do whatever else. Not to mention read a book or watch a tv show. So I think I need to think of one thing to work on each week. Each week I will challenge myself to change the way I do something.
Week one: encourage boys to make beds. I've never been a bed maker. My parents bed was always made growing up. I like the feeling of getting into a made bed in the evening. So - I need to have boys start it. :)

Next week: cooking five times a week. :)

Busy!!

Whoah - how many parties do you attend in one weekend?? Three?
That's right. In one weekend, we were invited to four parties. Three were at the same time and the fourth on the next day. I failed to remember the one on Sunday, but a member of my family attended each of the other parties.
A good friend of the family was celebrated their sons fourth birthday. My MIL took the younger two boys to the baseball themed party. I was hoping to come late, but I didn't make it. Jason took oldest to a party for a boy in his class. Andrew had a blast! Meanwhile, I attended a baby shower. I loved my gift! I took a wood crate and requested hubby to paint it. He did an awesome job! Then took white letters and added some glitter!! The small frame is done the same way! The onesies turned out great!! Inexpensive thoughtful gift!!