"I'll Cook Tonight Honey"

Often people ask me.. "wow Amanda .. you cook so well.. you must be a chef", and I'm always like.. "yeah I'm pretty awesome".... True Story.

So tonight Lauren came over for some much needed girl time. We have both been so busy I don't get to see her too much, even though we work in the same restaurant. So I made a delightful Salmon with a Pesto Butter Sauce, some Salad and yummy breadsticks.






Love Ya Lauren! XOXO!

Warrior Dash!

Who wants to Warrior Dash it with me??
If you complete the course you get a Warrior Helmet, a t-shirt and a medal.



Do you have what it takes?

5 things I Love about Costco!

I LOVE COSTCO! What a great way to spend a Sunday afternoon! Why do I love Costco? Well here are my top 5 reasons;)!

1. Free Samples! Those people saw me coming! I had almost a full lunch. Potstickers, Crab Dip, Mini Taco, Philly Cheese-steaks, Fruit Smoothies and a delightful dixie cup of salad. LOL!

2. They have EVERYTHING! Movies, Food, Batteries, TVs, Furniture etc. Its AMAZING!

3. Giant Size Everything! I'm always impressed with the large quantity sizes of everything! I mean who wouldn't want a 50 count pack of chapstick! I do I do.

4. Pretty Flowers. I can't resist buying fresh flowers. They certainly cheer me up when I'm having a sad day.

~a treat for myself~

5. Where else can you get a hot dog and coke for $1.59. That's insane and delicious!



Oh Sweet Costco, If you were a person I would marry you!

One Memorable Day

I just started reading this book.. One day by David Nicholls. It's the story of a couples relationship over the course of twenty years. On the first page of this novel is one of my favorite quotes from Great Expectations.

"That was a memorable day to me, for it made great changes in me. But, it is the same with any life. Imagine one selected day struck out of it, and think how different its course would have been. Pause you who read this, and think for a moment of the long chain of iron or gold, of thorns or flowers, that would never have bound you, but for the formation of the first link on one memorable day."

It's such a nice idea. That one moment, one memorable day, could change the course of your life forever.

I have had a few memorable days.

• The day I decided to go to culinary school.
• The day I accepted a job at Villa Christina.
• The day I bought my Condo.

Its nice to think what my next memorable day will be. It could be today, or tomorrow, any day could be that memorable day. Its nice to have a day that surprises you.

This weekend was the Dogwood Arts Festival at Piedmont Park. Me and my friend Tori decided to go down and see what all the fuss was about. I went more for the food than anything else though. It was a lot of fun, I got a funnel cake and a corn dog. Then we found a booth that make wax hands so I dipped my hand in wax and finally got my wax hand. WOOOOO!!

~me and Tori ~

About to get my wax hand

~I'm goin' in~

~ta-da~

~I get what I came for~

All in all it was fun to go down and walk around but a lot of the art was $500 - $3000 each. I mean its insane. My funnel cake was only $4 dollars. :)

PALS Bingo

Last night was PALS Bingo.. the theme was Pajamas. But since I dont do Pajamas I just wore whatever. LOL! This was clearly not my night. I guess I just wasn't feelin' lucky. Although both Maryanna and Analia won $100 dollars each! Way to go girls.. Seriously I'm really glad ya'll won. Really glad. No but seriously I'm happy for you. Seriously. LOL!

~BINGO~

~BFFS~


~me and Nina from the cantina~


~ The Opposite of Charlie Sheen ..me not Winning:( ~

Next months theme is Alabama Prom Night. Who's In??

Go Pens!

So Sunday me and my brothers all went to the Penguins game! It was absolutely amazing! We had club level seats and sat on the glass. Seriously I will never be able to watch a game from anywhere except on the glass. The ref threw a puck over the glass for my little brother. We got free food at the concession stands, and the Pens scored 4 of the 5 goals right in front of the goal we sat by. The only thing that could have made it better would have been Sidney Crosby proposing marriage to me on the blue line. Great game though! WOOOOO!

~Sean, Scott and Me~


~ Brandon (my favorite Brother;)~

~This Girl Loves Some Hockey~

~Kris LeTang~

~Maxime Talbot.... SOOO HOT~

~Pens Win~


~this is what waiting for Marta looks like~

Playoffs start tomorrow! Go Pens!