Currently...

Watching:
All of my show's seasons finales! The only things I have left are Law and Order SVU, Nashville, Chicago PD. Once those are done I will hopefully get back to watching The Americans (which I have about 6 saved episodes right now). Coy and I will hopefully also watch this season's Revolution (which we have ALL season dvr'd). We watched part one of Rosemary's Baby this weekend and hopefully we can get through part two - it's looking a little iffy about now; however, I hate leaving anything hanging so I will have to finish it with or without him. Although I am not watching it yet I cannot wait for this summer's Rookie Blue to start up again. Believe it or not, there are some good shows on in the summer!

Listening to:
I'm on a big Pandora crush right now. You can currently either find me listening to the Hillsong United station OR the N'Sync station.


Feeling:
Frustrated. All things work related have been causing an extra amount of frustration and stress lately. If you ever have about six hours to spare I can tell you all about it sometime.


Reading:
'Once We Were Brothers' by Ronald Balson. I am obsessed with anything WWII and can't get enough of books that surround the Holocaust. This is a recent story that reflects on the days of WWII. I am not that far into the book yet but so far, I am hooked!

Making:
Coy miserable by constantly nagging him about all of the projects that need done around the house and all of the things I don't have time to get done. Hopefully this will pass soon, but based on my track record...probably not.


Planning:
To leave for Florida in 2 weeks and 3 days. We typically go to Florida in the month of July but due to schedules of my family we had to back our dates way back this year. At first I was a little bummed of going so early in the summer because it leaves little to look forward to the rest of the summer; however, I CANNOT wait and this vacation could not have come at a better time.  Now, I've just got to figure out how to get a base tan over the next few weeks so that I don't get fried in the Florida sun.


Loving:
The sun, breeze, long walks, my pups, Sunday afternoons, laughs with the hubs, and fresh fruit.

the day I met Andrew Luck.

I know, I know...it's blurry. Trust me, I have had several good cries (not actual cries but silent deep in my heart cries) about the fact that it's blurry. BUT the fact remains that I got to meet Andrew Luck, have a few short conversations with him, and document it in a sad awful tragic heartbreaking slightly blurry photo.

Every year my agency holds a large honorary dinner/fundraiser. It is always quite the fancy affair and I have no problem 'donating' a few hours of my evening to visit with celebrities and get a four course meal for free.

This year, however, was extra special because Andrew Luck was the keynote speaker. Even though I was 'working' I managed to sneak into the VIP room and snap a photo with him, discuss football with him briefly, and later we met up again to talk about our Refugee Program youth soccer team, World United FC. And I managed to accomplish all of this with a million butterflies in my stomach over meeting someone famous.

At this year's event our new youth soccer program was highlighted. The kids were presented during the welcome to the event and later, after Andrew's speech, the kids ran up on stage and presented him with his own World United FC jersey (which I'm sure he will wear proudly and often).

He was such a gracious man throughout the whole evening...he took time to talk with people, took a lot of time to take pictures with the million people asking, and gave a great deal of time and effort to our refugee children (which of course melted my heart).

As much as I miss Peyton Manning I wouldn't have chosen anyone different to take his place.

 

Easy, One-pot, Crock-Pot Mac and Cheese

This has been a recent Pinterest goldmine. Of course with Pinterest you never quite know how things are going to turn out. Luckily, this however was a huge success. Not only was it SUPER easy but it had great flavor that even the hubs raved about.
Hope you enjoy it was much as I did!

Ingredients:

Cooking oil spray

2 cups skim milk
1 (12 oz.) can evaporated milk
1 egg
Salt and Pepper to taste.
1 1/2 cups pre-shredded sharp cheddar cheese (I just went ahead and used the whole bag - 2 cups)
2 cups uncooked elbow macaroni

Directions:

Spray the pot of the slow cooker (I even went a little overboard with the cooking spray because I didn't want a mess cleaning up!)

In a mixing bowl whisk together milk, evaporated milk, egg, salt and pepper. Pour milk mixture into the crock pot.  Add cheese and uncooked macaroni. Stir gently to mix.  

Cook on LOW 3-4 hours (I cooked mine around 3.5 hours; however, it would be different depending on your crock pot). Just make sure to not let it cook longer than 4 hours or else the edges will start to get crispy and even burnt.