Maybe I'm back

Ok maybe I'm back but who knows.  It all depends on how busy my life gets.  I'll try to atleast update regarding great recipes and maybe put up some crafts I have completed from time to time.

The Baroness

New Kitten

My mother-in-law's neighbor's friend found a kitten/ small cat in her pool. It was drowning in the pool when she pool it out. She called me up and asked if we wanted a kitten. The Baron and I decided on an outside cat but the Baron is all worried it's to hot and that she will run away. So she's been staying in the bathroom at night and in the computer room off and on during the days. We have to get her fixed before we put her outside so we don't end up with lots of little kittens. My parents are not ok with animals in the house so she should be moving outside pretty soon. (Well as soon as I find a cheaper place to get her fixed.) For now I've got a 4 to 5 month kitten living in two rooms of my house. She is really pretty calm for a young cat but she does have her moments of insanity.


Here are a few pictures of her.




We were going to have a naming blog entry where everyone could suggest and vote on a name but it seems like her name will be Nony, short for Anonymous which is what the Baron named her.

One busy May

Hello Blogging world,

Things have been super busy these past three weekends. Three weekends ago the Baron and I went on our beginning of the year confirmation retreat with our confirmation kids. We got to listen to lots of good talks, had mass ad orientum, and had a great adoration.

Not to mention wonderful weather and other outdoor activity's such as our monk walk.

Last weekend we went to the Baron's youngest brother's graduation at the University of Texas in Austin and I got to meet one of his cousin's who wasn't able to make it to the wedding. The weather was hot and humid but we enjoyed the company. When we came back on Sunday we went to mass and then went to the church bazaar.

This weekend we went down to my home town to see my parents. We went to my brother's camp out on the bay with my dad's side of the family and had a great crawfish and crab boil. I got my seafood fix for a bit.

Now we are home and with the AC off all weekend we were greeted to a smelly house (Opsy I forgot to take out the trash before we left) and a 90 degree house. All the windows are open and there's a nice cool breeze blowing now that the sun has set. I think I'm going to enjoy the nice cool night with the Baron. Maybe make hot dogs for dinner and whip up some nice cool ice tea.

Happy Easter! (For the next 39 days)

Spend Easter Sunday at a friends house and I made a Berry Triful.


 It was very good. I made 2 and they ate all of one. The other one is sitting in my frig waiting for someone to come along and eat it.




This is what I wore for Easter Sunday.

I got the skirt on Saturday from Goodwill. I forgot I didn't have anything to wear until Good Friday and then we didn't get around to going shopping till Saturday. I guess all's well that ends well. And I got the skirt for $6. It's a Talbots skirt. I also picked up 4 more skirts, a dress, and 4 shirts that match with 3 of the skirts. All for under $55. Not too bad, I have to say. The Baron picked up a solid wood coat stand for $14, and a 100 year old Catholic school reader for $2. Overall it was a nice productive trip to Goodwill.

The Baron wanted to know if anyone else shopped like we do. I have to say, lately I've had better luck at Goodwill than I do at department stores. Why spend more if you don't have to, right?

I'm back!

Ok so the whole working thing wasn't working out. I was super stressed all the time and it just wasn't good for my health. Their were a lot of things that just didn't make my working at that facility good. Now that I've tried the working world and discovered that it's just not for me I'm going to stay home and have babies. (No babies on the way that I know about yet). My husband has lots of vacation time stored up so I think we are going to take that long awaited late honeymoon to somewhere in Europe. I vote for ROME but we might be going with Fr. Mitch Pacwa to France or Patrick Madrid to Spain. No plans have really been decided upon. So now that I'm back I'm going to start posting more often again.

Thank you, all you readers for sticking around. Now back to the wonderful life of a house wife. I don't think I've ever been so happy to do laundry and clean the kitchen.

I'll give you a sneak peak at a possible new recipe. Depending on how it turns out, it might make the next post.

Strawberries 'n' Cream Trifle

Work Day 1

My first day of work was very uneventful. All I did was sit in front of a computer while power point presentations orientated me to the practices, rules and regulations of the company. It took me 2 hours to get to work in the morning. I was there for six hours because my supervisor saw all of the clients before I was finished with orientation. Maybe tomorrow when I go to the other facility I might see some clients. I'm just not looking forward to the paperwork I'll have to do. We'll see how that goes. More updates later.

Off to work

Off to my first day of work bright and early tomorrow morning. We'll see if I have time to blog about it tomorrow night.

Remodel complete for now

Here is the simi-end result. I do plan on framing the mirrors, getting new light fixtures, faucets and putting curtains on the window but as of now it's finished.

Faux painting the bathroom

At last I can almost see the light at the end of the tunnel. After trying my hand a faux painting the bathroom my mother-in-law who knows what she is doing is painting it. Thank God for good mother-in-laws.

My wedding (inspired by Betty Beguiled)

Hey guys,

To give you a reprieve from the remodeling talk, I'll talk about my wedding instead. I got the idea from Betty Beguiled. She was asking about weddings and wedding dresses so I'll talk about mine here.

I loved my dress and I still do. It took me about a year, 3 states, about 7 cities, 20 bridal shops, and 100 dresses (I'm not exaggerating) to find it. The top and the bottom originally come from two different dresses by one designer. We called the company and they made my dress exclusively for me.

The bodice was originally strapless but the bridal shop made a sheer higher back with covered buttons and sheer sleeves. They also beaded the bottom of the sleeves to mimic the rest of the dress. The dress was made of golden (it was more of a cross between cream, champagne, and candle light) Italian Satin with a double Cathedral length couture satin and tulle train. It had a sweet heart neckline, the bodice was elaborately beaded with Swarovski Crystal and embroidered with platinum thread. It had a ball gown style skirt with scalloped hemline that barely missed the floor. When I walked it looked like I was floating. The train and skirt were also elaborately beaded with Swarovski Crystal and embroidered with platinum thread. The back of the dress had covered buttons from the top of the train all the way to the back of my neck.

Close up view


Detail of the train.

It took forever for me to find the dress but once I did I fell in love. I had my grandmother's diamond and platinum watch band made into earrings and wore them. I also carried her rosary in my bouquet. I wore my prom shoes because they had a pretty embroidered flower pattern that complimented the dress. We had them re-dyed because they were still white. My hair was worn up with my sister's head piece and I bought a scalloped beaded veil with blusher. I felt like a princess all night.

My sister and I both got married Dec. 28th. My wedding day was her 25th wedding anniversary. So now I will never forget her anniversary date and the guys can call to remind each other.

The mass was held in a simple church that was beautifully decorated from Christmas.

My wedding colors were white and red. The girls all wore red satin floor length dresses with boleros. The styles of the dresses were different and fit their body types but all looked very similar

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The grooms men all wore black tuxes with red vests and ties. The fathers wore black tuxes with gray vests and ascots. (They both looked very dignified).

We had two ring bearers but only one made it down the aisle. Our flower girl was so cute in her dress. It had a few of the same characteristics of mine but was very little girl appropriate.

My local church choir (the whole choir) sang for my wedding. We had the Mass of the Angel's sung. The whole wedding had an ethereal feel to it.

The reception hall was decorated with white and ivory with touches of red. We had a seated dinner reception. I heard the food was good from everyone. (Even if I didn't get to eat any) After dinner we danced the night away

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Over all I loved my appearance and had the princess wedding that I always wanted.

A long week of re-modeling

Hello Everyone out there in blogger land,

This week has been very busy. My parents came in on Saturday. On Sunday my father helped the Baron to fix his car. I am SOOO excited we have two working cars again. My father has resurrected that dead car once again. She really is a blue haired old lady these days. I guess it's a miracle she's still alive period. She's a delta 88 and has been on her last leg since she was given to the Baron about 4 years ago.

The other project, the one that has been keeping us up so late is the bathroom. We've been having a great time peeling wall paper off the walls in the bathroom for the last 3 days. WHY DO PEOPLE EVER PUT WALL PAPER ANYWAY! It's hard to put up and hard to take down. Once all the paper comes down my dad is going to float the walls and then paint the base coat. Then I get to faux finish it. We're still on the removal of w

all paper stage. Hopefully that will be done tonight. The Baron and my father are still working on it. I'm taking a

break. I can't feel my hands anymore and my back is killing me. I'm sure my father is hurting too. He and I have been at it all day. Not bad for a 70 year old. He's really hanging in there. Well I better go back and help so we can get to bed before 1 AM. If I can find the camera I'll post pictures on the next blog entry (maybe tomorrow). This is the before picture. I'll put a during and hopefully an after if all goes well. My parents have to go back home this coming Saturday for my Great-Nephew's birthday party. See you guys later.