Date Night

My sister and I have talked about doing a double date night with our husbands for YEARS.  Last Saturday, we finally did it!  I was so excited.  I don't get to see my sis very often so to be able to sit and talk to her one on one about things was amazing to say the least.

We went and had an amazing dinner complete with a live band.  We loved the atmosphere.  We were very relaxed and ready to enjoy each others company.

Afterwards, we went to a bar next door and had drinks on the patio.  We were in downtown Houston and the view was amazing.  I really wish I would have had more than just my iphone camera with me.  Mental note: always go to cool new places with camera.  I drank Paradise Martinis.  Never had them before...and they were amazing.  We stayed until 2, got home at 3...alseep by 3:15.  It was so worth it!

I wanna go

Does this not look absolutely inviting? I would love to get away to something like this. This weekend is opening to deer season (rifle) and once again the deer lease is calling my husband's name. Friday night I think I'll catch up a little on my dvr. Saturday I am doing my cousin and her fiance' engagement photos (first time I've done engagement photos) and maybe a little decorating of my house with my mom and then a girls dinner with a few glasses of wine as well. Sunday sounds like a good day to relax...but who knows, seems like that never happens when my hubby is gone. What are your plans for the weekend?

Majic Chicken

So I made my 5 pound chicken in the majic pot tonight!!!! Let me start this by saying when cooking a whole chicken in meals past....Robert handles this not I. This is my first experience with a whole....raw...nasty chicken. I could have lived my life and never cleaned out the "goodies" inside a bird and been perfectly happy with my life, just saying! So, cleaned the bird up and plopped it in the pot. See, fits nicely. Like the chicken was grown to fit in the majic pot..... Because it would totally make to much sense to say they made the majic pot to fit a 5 pound chicken...but whatev. This wonderful dish only has 2 ingredients:

One tablespoon of olive oil and any seasoning you wish, that's it! Pretty simple huh?

I got my bird all lubed and seasoned and ready to go...that sounds aweful!

And popped that bad boy in the microwave for 30 minutes. Now, Betty Crocker I am not! While my wonderful dish was cooking in the microwave....I made instant potatos, frozen veggies and cresant rolls. Easy dinner but delicious.

And tada! The bird is done. Looks yummy I know! Super juicy. This pot works out wonderful because Robert HATES cooking chicken. He's always afraid he will under cook it...so it just dries the hell out of it.

Dinner was super tasty. To top it off...Blake was sleeping and Devon was still gone with his sister! That's right....Robert and I got to eat dinner alone!! Not that it was romantic or anything...Robert turned on UFC... I guess if you like watching 2 guys beat the crap out of each other, blood flying, while you are eating dinner...then the romance lives on.

All in all....first dish with the majic pot was a total success! So happy I invested in one!

The Majic Begins!!!

Lookie at the wonderful package that was waiting on my doorstep when I got home from work today. Let the choirs sing "Hallelujah". It's like Christmas...you don't even know!

Yay! It wasn't on backorder that long at all. That was close!

See how pretty it looks on the stove? It was ment to be in my house...we are like kindred spirits! Let's see how many times I use it in the first month alone.

Already have my 5 pound chicken defrosting for tomorrow night! Chicken, mashed pototoes, corn on the cob...I'm even going to make biscuits on my new stone as well! Life is grand!