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What am I loving this Wednesday?

- I'm loving the smell of TIDE detergent.  I know it's been around forever, but still...I just love the smell of it on our clothes and towels.

- I'm loving every one's happy blog posts lately.  It seems it's the year of Disney and I'm jealous, but in a happy way of course.  I LOVE Disney :)

- I'm loving that we got The Lion King boxset last week of which inside was a copy of the 3D/blu ray of the original movie and it looks UHH-MAZ-ING on our 3D tv!! 

- I'm loving that Tim Allen returned to TV this week in a new sit-com.  The premiere was funny and it looks promising.

- I'm loving that HOUSE is finally back even though I was completely asleep during Monday's episode because it was delayed an hour due to baseball - blah baseball!!

- I'm loving that the haunted house is almost over and we'll be able to have some money back.  Driving to/from Dahlonega twice a week has really put a toll on our budget.

- I'm loving that we got a pretty sweet deal from Georgia Natural Gas for 6mos.  We only have gas heat, so there's no need for us to have it on year-round.  We got a guaranteed rate of 0.599/therm for 6mos and 1/2 off the connection fee - YAY!

- I'm still loving our crockpot and only wish I had been using it sooner...sheesh what was I thinking?

Nachos:

1lb ground beef
1/2 cup chopped onion
1/2 cup green pepper
1 pint taco sauce
1 packet taco seasoning
1 can cream of mushroom
1 can refried beans
2 cups cheddar cheese
lettuce
diced tomatoes
sour cream

Brown beef in saucepan with onion and green pepper, drain.  Combine all ingredients (except lettuce, tomatoes and sour cream) in crock pot and cook on high for 1 hour (or until cheese is melted). 

Serve immediately with tortilla chips, lettuce, tomato and sour cream.

Time flies..

Remember when it used to feel like Christmas took forever to get here?  Umm apparently I missed the chapter in the adult handbook that said "When you turn 18, Christmas comes in 6mo intervals".  I swear it just happened, I swear Thanksgiving just happened.  WHERE DID THE TIME GO??

In a little under 4yrs I'll be 30 - WHAT?!?  Anyone else think time is slipping by?

I'm going to take in everything I have in my life and really make an effort to appreciate it for what it is good or bad.  I'm not perfect which is why I can't say I AM period, but I AM going to make the best effort possible and maybe you should do the same if you haven't already.

I decided to go back to basics. I'm a natural brunette and while I do love highlights, I do not love the cost of maintaining them. Sooo, my friend Tabitha picked out the color (it's by Garnier...called Sweet Cola). This was my first time ever dyeing my own hair, but I did it and so far no flaws are noticeable!

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What am I loving?

 

 

- - I'm loving this fall weather, it seems like you can breathe easier in the fall.

 

- - I'm loving that our cats have taken to the wet food just fine.  Currently we only feed them a small can of fancy feast when we get home from work.  Our plan is to eventually eliminate 1 dry food meal a day and replace it with a full wet food meal.

 

- - I'm loving that in 2 months we'll be in the Bahamas soaking up the sun.

 

- - I'm loving that we had such a successful opening weekend at the haunted house.  It's rewarding to see the all of our fans, new and established.

 

- - I'm loving that I've made 4 meals in my crockpot the last 3 weeks, it is SO easy.

 

- - I'm loving that it's October and Hardy and I have officially kicked off our horror-movie-thon.  For the last 4 years, we pick a theme for every week of October with (a particular genre of scary movies) and we watch nothing but related movies. 

 

10/3 - 10/8 "Creature Week"  anything non-human and obviously fictional

10/9 - 10/15 "Zombie Week" we have MORE than enough zombie movies to tide us over for probably an entire month

10/16 - 10/22 "Slasher Week" Halloween, Friday the 13th, Nightmare on Elm Street....etc

10/23 - 10/29 "Vampire/Werewolf Week" while I could technically watch any of the Twilight movies any time, this week is dedicated to the not-no-sparkly vampires.  Bram Stoker's Dracula, Underworld, Van Helsing, The Howling...etc

 

What are you loving?

Mini update

Pre-sale tickets for The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Part 1 are now on sale, I am so excited.  So far, the trailers I've seen appear that they're doing the book as much justice possible.  I can only hope that remains true for the rest of the film.
 
In just two months, Hardy & I will be on-board the Disney Dream.  I have no idea what to expect, except greatness.  I've never been disappointed with anything at Walt Disney World and I can only imagine they provide the same excellent service/features on their cruise ships.
 
The haunted house opened this weekend, we had almost 300 customers come through in total, that's unbelievable for our first weekend. Generally we are slow and the numbers pick up the further into the season we go.  We even had 3 people wet their pants and one little boy passed out.  I'm happy we've had so much success already and can only hope the numbers continue to grow.  I am exhausted of course, but alive and that's what matters most :)