MoniKitchen
Chili!
That's Hilaaarious
Anniversary Party silliness - watching "Knocked Up" and referencing it all weekend long!
Good Talk
We've had a few of these and we'll have many many more in the coming months and beyond. Our first baby talks were mainly our living and financial situation. But reality set in and we decided it was easiest and smartest to just stay put in our condo for the time being and in this economy. Maybe in a year we'll be able to save up a little and the housing market will be better.
Then our talks moved to daycare and more money matters. It's going to be tight, but we'll have to make it work somehow like so many other new parents do!
Marriage Epiphany
Well, here we are! We made it through the first year of marriage. We've grown and we've learned a lot about marriage and ourselves. As we stand here at our 1-Year Anniversary, we are not free of bumps and bruises - that is for sure. There were some dark lows, that for awhile seemed impossible to recover from. There were laughs, "awww" moments, some good food - and we refused to become an "old married couple" who disappears from the social scene. (Although now with Silly Baby coming on the scene, that may become the case!!!)
In these 365 days since I donned my Oleg Cassini princess wedding gown and Tim was packaged in a handsome tux, we have truly made a full 360.
November 17, 2007 was a sigh of relief sort of day. A day we had finally made it. Our love was official and we were now husband and wife. November 17, 2008 we have just broken the news and gotten used to the idea that we will soon be parents!!!
So from newlyweds to new parents, Tim and I are leaping onto the next milestone in our life together. From fresh out of college 22-year olds who met at a wedding and just wanted to go out every weekend and sleep off the hangovers 'til 2pm the next day - to here we are...
On our now unofficial 6-year anniversary of May 31, 2009 - we will be two married adults in our 2nd year of marriage - becoming parents!
I've learned that in our lives, we can be many things to many people and many different times. We are born a son or daughter, sister or brother. We can be a student, a classmate, a coworker, a fellow member, a teammate, a friend. But the two most important people you can become to someone else is a husband or a wife, and a mother or a father.
Happy One-Year Anniversary, Tim. I love you! Here's to a lifetime more...
To all my loyal readers, this brings this blogfest to close.
Please join us in our next chapter: http://www.oursillybaby.blogspot.com/
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Tuesday, December 2, 2008
Tuesday, September 9, 2008
MONTH #9: July 18 - August 17, 2008
MoniKitchen
Margarita Slush
-8 C water
-1 1/2 C sugar
Heat in large pot and dissolve. Let cool.
-12 oz can frozen lemonade
-12 oz can frozen limeade
-1 1/2 C tequila
-1 C triple sec
Mix together and freeze.
Serve in margarita glasses!
Will You Go Out With Me?
La Magdalena and then went to see Pineapple Express for Tim's birthday.
That's Hilarious
Katie saying she wanted to have sex with Tiger Woods on a bed of money - and Tim hearing it as bed of monkeys!
Good Talk
We've been discussing the reality of where recent events are taking us. With Tim getting the job at the Chicago Mercantile Exchange that is only part-time and not paying well, but wanting to go back to school that CME will pay for, we had to figure out what this means for us financially and for our marriage as a whole. It's still just a day at a time, so we'll have to adjust as we go : \
Recap
Tim made some career strides this month starting with more promising job opportunities and ending with his new job at the CME. Unfortunately, what we thought was the best-case-scenario, a job at the CME, wasn't as good as we hoped - as with many of our hopes. He's getting paid less than he did when he was an intern there in 2003 and it's only part-time. On the bright side, it is not sales, they pay for school immediately and it is a gigantic company. But we are in for a very very long journey before we're even near I'd been hoping to have when we got married.
Marriage Epiphany
Rolling with the punches.
A year ago, I thought we'd be house/townhouse shopping by now. Heck, I even thought there was a chance we'd be talking babies! But the past 3 months have thrown us for a loop and now we're on a different path.
So now what? We need to find things to replace what we are lacking. We aren't house shopping - so instead let's career shop! I am taking a Meeting & Event Planner course at Harper College and Tim will be looking into Master's programs - enrolling most likely in the 2nd semester.
I guess you could call it a distraction, but these positive efforts are more like filling the space available in our "dream cabinet." Life is always a little more exciting when there's something to look forward to.
Margarita Slush
-8 C water
-1 1/2 C sugar
Heat in large pot and dissolve. Let cool.
-12 oz can frozen lemonade
-12 oz can frozen limeade
-1 1/2 C tequila
-1 C triple sec
Mix together and freeze.
Serve in margarita glasses!
Will You Go Out With Me?
La Magdalena and then went to see Pineapple Express for Tim's birthday.
That's Hilarious
Katie saying she wanted to have sex with Tiger Woods on a bed of money - and Tim hearing it as bed of monkeys!
Good Talk
We've been discussing the reality of where recent events are taking us. With Tim getting the job at the Chicago Mercantile Exchange that is only part-time and not paying well, but wanting to go back to school that CME will pay for, we had to figure out what this means for us financially and for our marriage as a whole. It's still just a day at a time, so we'll have to adjust as we go : \
Recap
Tim made some career strides this month starting with more promising job opportunities and ending with his new job at the CME. Unfortunately, what we thought was the best-case-scenario, a job at the CME, wasn't as good as we hoped - as with many of our hopes. He's getting paid less than he did when he was an intern there in 2003 and it's only part-time. On the bright side, it is not sales, they pay for school immediately and it is a gigantic company. But we are in for a very very long journey before we're even near I'd been hoping to have when we got married.
Marriage Epiphany
Rolling with the punches.
A year ago, I thought we'd be house/townhouse shopping by now. Heck, I even thought there was a chance we'd be talking babies! But the past 3 months have thrown us for a loop and now we're on a different path.
So now what? We need to find things to replace what we are lacking. We aren't house shopping - so instead let's career shop! I am taking a Meeting & Event Planner course at Harper College and Tim will be looking into Master's programs - enrolling most likely in the 2nd semester.
I guess you could call it a distraction, but these positive efforts are more like filling the space available in our "dream cabinet." Life is always a little more exciting when there's something to look forward to.
Wednesday, July 2, 2008
MONTH #7: May 18 - June 17, 2008
MoniKitchen
Chicken & Spinach Pasta Casserole
-10oz uncooked mostacciolli
-1 10oz pkg frozen spinach thawed and drained
-2 tsp veggie oil
-2/3 C chopped onion
-2 large garlic cloves, minced
-1 lb. boned, skinned chicken breast, cut into 1" pieces
-2 141/2 oz. cans whole tomatoes, undrained & coarsley chopped
-3 T tomato paste
-1 1/4 tsp dried basil
-3/4 tsp dried oregano
-1/4 tsp salt
-1/4 tsp crushed red pepper
-1/2 C grated Parmesan cheese
Preheat over to 350 degrees
Cook mostaccioli according to package directions, drain
Place spinach on paper towels; squeeze until barely moist
Coat a large skillet with non-stick cooking spray, add oil
Place over medium-high heat until hot
Add onion and garlic; saute until tender
Add chicken, cooking and stirring until chicken no longer pink
Stir in tomatoes and the next 5 ingredients, bring to a boil
Reduce heat, and simmer uncovered for 5 minutes, stirring occasionally
Combine pasta, spinach, chicken mixture and 1/4 C Parmesan cheese in a bowl, mix well
Spoon into 9x13 baking dish coated with cooking spray
Sprinkle with remaining 1/4 C Parmesan cheese
Bake at 350 degrees for 20 minutes
Serves 8
295 calories
6g fat
53 mg cholesterol
725mg sodium
Will You Go Out With Me?
We had two dates this month! First we went to Entourage for our five year anniversary - we each had steaks! First we had drinks in the bar, I had some yummy martini and Tim had a captain & coke. After dinner we went to see Indiana Jones 4!
Our other date was for my birthday on June 17! We had dinner at Texas de Brazil! So yum. Afterwards we walked around the mall and Tim bought me my Ryan Theriot Cubs jersey. Also for gifts I got a TomTom GPS system, a dozen white roses and a Brewers T-Shirt!
That's Hilarious
We've been overusing the "That's What She Said" joke a whole lot. More me than him.
Otherwise, there's a Heinekin commercial on during every Cubs game commercial break - and at first I really like the song, but then I get dupped b/c the part where the ballerina is bringing a tray of beer to the gross sweaty old naked guys in a sauna CREEPS THE BEJESUS OUT OF ME!
Chicken & Spinach Pasta Casserole
-10oz uncooked mostacciolli
-1 10oz pkg frozen spinach thawed and drained
-2 tsp veggie oil
-2/3 C chopped onion
-2 large garlic cloves, minced
-1 lb. boned, skinned chicken breast, cut into 1" pieces
-2 141/2 oz. cans whole tomatoes, undrained & coarsley chopped
-3 T tomato paste
-1 1/4 tsp dried basil
-3/4 tsp dried oregano
-1/4 tsp salt
-1/4 tsp crushed red pepper
-1/2 C grated Parmesan cheese
Preheat over to 350 degrees
Cook mostaccioli according to package directions, drain
Place spinach on paper towels; squeeze until barely moist
Coat a large skillet with non-stick cooking spray, add oil
Place over medium-high heat until hot
Add onion and garlic; saute until tender
Add chicken, cooking and stirring until chicken no longer pink
Stir in tomatoes and the next 5 ingredients, bring to a boil
Reduce heat, and simmer uncovered for 5 minutes, stirring occasionally
Combine pasta, spinach, chicken mixture and 1/4 C Parmesan cheese in a bowl, mix well
Spoon into 9x13 baking dish coated with cooking spray
Sprinkle with remaining 1/4 C Parmesan cheese
Bake at 350 degrees for 20 minutes
Serves 8
295 calories
6g fat
53 mg cholesterol
725mg sodium
Will You Go Out With Me?
We had two dates this month! First we went to Entourage for our five year anniversary - we each had steaks! First we had drinks in the bar, I had some yummy martini and Tim had a captain & coke. After dinner we went to see Indiana Jones 4!
Our other date was for my birthday on June 17! We had dinner at Texas de Brazil! So yum. Afterwards we walked around the mall and Tim bought me my Ryan Theriot Cubs jersey. Also for gifts I got a TomTom GPS system, a dozen white roses and a Brewers T-Shirt!
That's Hilarious
We've been overusing the "That's What She Said" joke a whole lot. More me than him.
Otherwise, there's a Heinekin commercial on during every Cubs game commercial break - and at first I really like the song, but then I get dupped b/c the part where the ballerina is bringing a tray of beer to the gross sweaty old naked guys in a sauna CREEPS THE BEJESUS OUT OF ME!
Saturday, February 23, 2008
MONTH #3: January 17 - February 17, 2008
MoniKitchen
Enchiladas
I know Katie just posted a recipe for Enchiladas - but this was my new recipe for the month, so I gotta post it :) Maybe we can have an Enchilada-off
1 1/2 lbs. ground beef
1-16oz. can refried beans
1/2 C chopped onions
1-10oz. can Enchilada sauce
2 chopped tomatoes
1 1/2 C shredded cheese
1/4 C butter
1/4 C flour
1/2 tsp salt
1/4 tsp pepper
3 T cooking oil
1/4 tsp paprika
12 tortillas
2 C milk
3/4 C ripe olives (we don't like olives, so omitted these)
Brown beef and onion; drain
Stir in beans, salt and pepper
In another pan, heat oil, quickly dip tortillas in hot oil until soft
Place 1/3 C meat mixture on each tortilla
Top with chopped tomato and roll tightly, place seam side down in 13 x 9 pan
Melt butter, stir in flour, dash of salt and paprika
Add milk and enchilada sauce
Cook and stir until boiling - boil for 1 minute
Stir in cheese and [sliced olives], pour over tortillas
Bake at 350 for 30minutes
(Serves 6)
Will You Go Out With Me?
Eve 6 Concert at Chicago City Limits in Schaumburg
It was a Friday night. We went to Chili's first for dinner, Tim had ribs and I had fajitas!
We bought the concert tickets a few weeks ahead of time, so it was awesome to have something on the calendar to look forward to.
There were a few opening bands so we were feeling really old. Not because we were surrounded by teenie-boppers like at the Panic! At the Disco concert, but because standing for 2hrs was killing us and we got super tired being a Friday night.
But all in all we had a good time. Eve 6 played some new stuff but a lot of their old stuff, so it was a big flashback to early college. Eve 6 was Tim's favorite band in college, so it was cool to sort of "share" the experience with him!
That's Hilaarious
Road Games
On our drive up to Milwaukee to see comedian Louis C.K., we started up a new sort of road game. [We typically play the alphabet game with the billboards and freeway signs]. Our new game was coming up with City, State names after job titles. I don't remember any specific ones - but for instance: Plumber, South Dakota or Veterinarian, Florida or Gynocologist (sp?), Missouri. This derived from Tim thinking the Pennsylvania town King of Prussia is hilarious!
New Quotes
Other funny moments from the past month was the onslaught of "milk, milk, lemonade", "that's what she said", and "RI ron't RIKE remonade" - to mean "snow"- on our Iowa trip.
This continued into Katie's visit which also unveiled the true meaning behind Soulja Boi's [no, i have no idea how to spell that stupid name] "Superman" song and quotes from Tracy Morgan on SNL doing Brian Fellowes, such as "that rat needs a haircut."
Throughout the month, Tim & I said "Tim (or Monica)....C'mon" from How I Met Your Mother in the stylings of Ted Mosbey.
Good Talk
By going to Zach Vogel's funeral, it got us on the death topic. We talked about how Tim has been "lucky" having such a young family, but he's also had more deaths because he's lived with more generations in his family (pretty much all of his great-grandparents were alive when he was growing up). Whereas I had lost many family members before I was even born (I only ever knew my two grandma's and one great-grandma)...and then of course I endured a series of family deaths in college.
We've only experienced two deaths close to us since we've been together - Tim's great grandmother and Tim's stepdad's mother (so, step-grandmother). It will be interesting how we will cope together when a more detrimental loss occurs.
The Good Life
I'm starting this new section to list ways Tim & I have made our lives and marriage better. Either by luck or us making it happen!
Monica's New Job
My new job at Aspen Marketing Services is an improvement in many ways!
First, my commute has been slashed from an hour or more to 20-25min. I also received a little bump in salary which will equal over $200 extra Net per month. I went from being an Account Executive at a yellow pages agency, doing something I couldn't have cared less about to being a SENIOR Account Executive at a "real" ad agency where I work on the Qwest Retail Promotions account. So, while I don't have passionate feelings about Qwest, I'm working on big projects involving direct mail, store signage, radio spots, etc. for Qwest's store Grand Opening events - which so far seems very fun!!!
Social Events
Putting things on the calendar gives us structure and something to look forward to. our condo has felt even more like a home in the past month with all of our various guests filling it :)
Tax Return
We are getting nearly $7K (joint) in a tax return this year!!! We haven't decided for certain where it will all go, but the primary objective will be to pay off my car - which I owe about $3K on still, then toss a little to our CC's, and a little to savings!
OK! Still to come...
Month Recap and Marriage Epiphany!
The Epiphany is a long one this month...so I had to break it up ;)
Enchiladas
I know Katie just posted a recipe for Enchiladas - but this was my new recipe for the month, so I gotta post it :) Maybe we can have an Enchilada-off
1 1/2 lbs. ground beef
1-16oz. can refried beans
1/2 C chopped onions
1-10oz. can Enchilada sauce
2 chopped tomatoes
1 1/2 C shredded cheese
1/4 C butter
1/4 C flour
1/2 tsp salt
1/4 tsp pepper
3 T cooking oil
1/4 tsp paprika
12 tortillas
2 C milk
3/4 C ripe olives (we don't like olives, so omitted these)
Brown beef and onion; drain
Stir in beans, salt and pepper
In another pan, heat oil, quickly dip tortillas in hot oil until soft
Place 1/3 C meat mixture on each tortilla
Top with chopped tomato and roll tightly, place seam side down in 13 x 9 pan
Melt butter, stir in flour, dash of salt and paprika
Add milk and enchilada sauce
Cook and stir until boiling - boil for 1 minute
Stir in cheese and [sliced olives], pour over tortillas
Bake at 350 for 30minutes
(Serves 6)
Will You Go Out With Me?
Eve 6 Concert at Chicago City Limits in Schaumburg
It was a Friday night. We went to Chili's first for dinner, Tim had ribs and I had fajitas!
We bought the concert tickets a few weeks ahead of time, so it was awesome to have something on the calendar to look forward to.
There were a few opening bands so we were feeling really old. Not because we were surrounded by teenie-boppers like at the Panic! At the Disco concert, but because standing for 2hrs was killing us and we got super tired being a Friday night.
But all in all we had a good time. Eve 6 played some new stuff but a lot of their old stuff, so it was a big flashback to early college. Eve 6 was Tim's favorite band in college, so it was cool to sort of "share" the experience with him!
That's Hilaarious
Road Games
On our drive up to Milwaukee to see comedian Louis C.K., we started up a new sort of road game. [We typically play the alphabet game with the billboards and freeway signs]. Our new game was coming up with City, State names after job titles. I don't remember any specific ones - but for instance: Plumber, South Dakota or Veterinarian, Florida or Gynocologist (sp?), Missouri. This derived from Tim thinking the Pennsylvania town King of Prussia is hilarious!
New Quotes
Other funny moments from the past month was the onslaught of "milk, milk, lemonade", "that's what she said", and "RI ron't RIKE remonade" - to mean "snow"- on our Iowa trip.
This continued into Katie's visit which also unveiled the true meaning behind Soulja Boi's [no, i have no idea how to spell that stupid name] "Superman" song and quotes from Tracy Morgan on SNL doing Brian Fellowes, such as "that rat needs a haircut."
Throughout the month, Tim & I said "Tim (or Monica)....C'mon" from How I Met Your Mother in the stylings of Ted Mosbey.
Good Talk
By going to Zach Vogel's funeral, it got us on the death topic. We talked about how Tim has been "lucky" having such a young family, but he's also had more deaths because he's lived with more generations in his family (pretty much all of his great-grandparents were alive when he was growing up). Whereas I had lost many family members before I was even born (I only ever knew my two grandma's and one great-grandma)...and then of course I endured a series of family deaths in college.
We've only experienced two deaths close to us since we've been together - Tim's great grandmother and Tim's stepdad's mother (so, step-grandmother). It will be interesting how we will cope together when a more detrimental loss occurs.
The Good Life
I'm starting this new section to list ways Tim & I have made our lives and marriage better. Either by luck or us making it happen!
Monica's New Job
My new job at Aspen Marketing Services is an improvement in many ways!
First, my commute has been slashed from an hour or more to 20-25min. I also received a little bump in salary which will equal over $200 extra Net per month. I went from being an Account Executive at a yellow pages agency, doing something I couldn't have cared less about to being a SENIOR Account Executive at a "real" ad agency where I work on the Qwest Retail Promotions account. So, while I don't have passionate feelings about Qwest, I'm working on big projects involving direct mail, store signage, radio spots, etc. for Qwest's store Grand Opening events - which so far seems very fun!!!
Social Events
Putting things on the calendar gives us structure and something to look forward to. our condo has felt even more like a home in the past month with all of our various guests filling it :)
Tax Return
We are getting nearly $7K (joint) in a tax return this year!!! We haven't decided for certain where it will all go, but the primary objective will be to pay off my car - which I owe about $3K on still, then toss a little to our CC's, and a little to savings!
OK! Still to come...
Month Recap and Marriage Epiphany!
The Epiphany is a long one this month...so I had to break it up ;)
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