Forget You

I don't watch this show, but I looooove the music from it!
I have become obsessed with this song ever since I found it on youtube. I am pretty sure I have listened to it at least once a day for a month now.

The other day on the way to class Jay said he heard it on the radio and we started singing it and I decided we should see if the song was on and...it was on! And not only that, but the song was in the EXACT spot we were singing. It was truly a magical moment.

This is Glee's version of "Forget You" with Gwyneth Paltrow singing and it's amazing.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e1_B9FCZJMA

I can't NOT dance when I hear the song.

One Year Baby!

This last weekend was our first anniversary!

We made reservations for The Roof and got all shnazzed up and had a wonderful expensive meal.



I borrowed my cousin's huge beautiful prom dress and Jay wore a matching tie. What was funny was there was a high school prom going on so we totally blended in. Everyone thought we were in high school too. I chatted with some of the girls and complimented their beautiful dresses and they oooed and awed at mine (well Quincie's dress). It was funny to see surprised faces when I told them I was not at prom but that we were celebrating our first wedding anniversary.

I believe this will have to be a tradition, I had a blast getting all dolled up and wearing a huge gown. LOVED IT!




This year has been extraordinary.
Jay and I have learned a lot more than we every planned on learning in our first year of marriage. There have been some unexpected things and some heartbreak but hey we know we aren't perfect and that life is not perfect. We are discovering ways to communicate with each other and build a strong foundation for the rest of our lives. I believe in marriage so much and I know it is making both of us better people.

I'm so lucky to have met Jay. He is an amazing human being and I love him with all my heart and can't believe how much my love has grown over the year. I look back on our wedding day and go, "Wow, I can't believe I love you more than I did that day."
I know every year I will probably look back and say, "I thought that was love?" because I know every year our love will deepen and become more meaningful.

And I know life will bring some craziness and stress and bills and whatever else but all I gotta say is I know we are in it together for the long haul so life,

Bring
It
On!!!

Surprising V-Day

Sweet does not always equal romance. Jay doesn't find value in buying me flowers when they just die a few days later. I look back and laugh that every time we went to a grocery store or stopped by anywhere where there were bouquets of flowers, I would stop and smell them, and Jay would just keep walking- didn't even notice me smelling them. I purposely would stand there longer than necessary and just sniff the flowers- like "hey, look, I'm smelling the flowers- they are so pretty- you should buy me some". It never worked. And the last thing a girl wants to do is say, "Hey, you should buy me some flowers dude." That would be romantic...

So Valentines Day comes along and I didn't really expect anything- and guess what Jay did? He totally surprised me. He told me to read some good Valentine's Day articles in the paper and opened it up to a page where I saw my name and a funny little poem to me about how our cars are junk but he has everything he wants because he has me. It was so Dorky! I loved it!

Then there on the kitchen table was a single red rose. Beautiful beautiful rose and a CD. He said he got me a flower because he knows I like flowers and got me a CD with the money he would have spent on a bouquet. And the CD was Rascal Flatts- my favorite!

And then- I know- there's more? Yes! Then he surprised me further by leaving me a little scavenger hunt around the house- you should have seen me- I was running to each of the places like a little kid on Christmas- so excited to see what was in each spot. Each spot had a piece of a puzzle piece with a pile of candy. When I put the puzzle together it said, "Jay and Aubrey Forever".

Sweetest thing ever.

ZUMBA

Where have you been all my life?

I have heard of it and seen it on the infomercials.
It looked fun.
It sounded fun.

Folks, when you do it,it's better than anything you have heard or seen. You are completely taken in. All of a sudden, all of your cares and worries go away and you are just moving to the music. You sweat like crazy, and probably look like a lunatic, but nobody cares. You just go for it and enjoy what you can do and man it FEELS GOOD!!!

It's like a huge smile for your entire body.
And as you keep going, that smile turns into a laugh.
Your body is laughing and your life is changed forever.

Ahhh, I love laughing.

Bread Maker

Now that I am all domestic and married and stuff, I constantly surprise myself when I get excited over things like...well...my bread maker.

I got this gift for Christmas from my dear, sweet, amazing, wonderful, handsome, thrifty husband. (He was reading over my shoulder, just had to throw all that good stuff in).

I was so excited to just throw ingredients in there and let it do it's thing. Then, Nancy explained some things to me: like how the order is important and level everything off PERFECTLY and don't let the yeast touch the salt or the liquid, etc. More work than I expected, but fairly simple still.

Today I tried out my first recipe: Honey Banana Whole Wheat Bread. So I did perfect measurements for everything (except I added like a drop or two of almond extract- I am in love with this stuff) and turned on the machine to the appropriate settings.

I waited and waited. NOTHING was happening.

Then after FOREVER, it finally made it's first turn and I could finally burst out and say that IT WORKS!!!

And the bread was yummy, especially with a peanut butter sandwhich! Yum.

Cauliflower Pizza

I know, that's what I thought! Gross, right?

This recipe substitutes cauliflower instead of the dough you would normally use for the crust.
I was feeling a little adventurous(or crazy) and decided to try something a little out of the ordinary for dinner tonight. I wanted pizza but I wanted something healthy too.

So I went ahead and did a little variation to a recipe I found for cauliflower pizza and figured that if you wanted to cut your calories in half while still getting a little pizza flavor, you could try it too.

INGREDIENTS
2 cups cauliflower, grated
1 cup light mozzarella cheese
2 eggs
pepperoni (I added this to make my pizza more authentic)

basil
oregano
parsley
fennel
garlic powder to taste

green and red pepper
1/2 cup onion
1 8 oz can tomato sauce (seasoned with Italian seasoning)

DIRECTIONS:
While cauliflower is steaming start chopping. Chop pepper, onion and tomato. Set aside. Let cauliflower cool down, then grate it up.

*The whole time I was thinking, "This cauliflower smells! I hate cauliflower, man this is going to totally taste like cow dung".

Combine grated cauliflower with 3/4 cup mozzarella cheese and eggs in a large bowl. Spray a regular cookie sheet with cooking spray before spreading the dough evenly. Sprinkle dough with fennel, oregano, parsley and basil. Add garlic powder.

Bake at 450 degrees F for 12-15 minutes. Remove the dough from the oven and spread tomato sauce across dough. Then sprinkle chopped pepper, onion as well as the pepperoni and remaining cheese on top. Return pizza to oven . Broil and leave in until cheese has melted and the crust is crispy (3-5 minutes).

REVIEWS:
Mind you it is different than pizza. If Jay were more of a tomato fan I would have skipped the sauce(it makes the crust a little too moist on top) and just put fresh sliced tomatoes on top.

Jay thought it was fine, not amazing. 3 stars. He will eat it once in a while.

Aubrey was surprised because I expected it to be disgusting honestly. It ended up reminding me of a pizza flavored omelet a little bit. I was very happy with the end result in the fact that it satisfied my craving for pizza but was healthy!

I am excited to try different variations and maybe add a little more to the dough to make it stick together a little better. We will see where the chef inside me takes us...

Why do bad cars happen to good people?

This question has crossed my mind more than a few times these past couple of weeks.

However, if my car had not broken down I would never have known about all the people who would lend a hand and help me out when I needed it.

The day after my car broke down I was supposed to start working at a new physical therapy clinic and I told my new boss, Kim, my situation and she offered to pick me up and drop me off. Ya, my boss did that.
Then, at this new workplace during lunch I didn't remember to bring a lunch so the receptionist insisted I take her car somewhere so I could grab something. I didn't even ask and I wasn't making a big deal about not eating- she just offered.

Then everyone was always like, "You don't have a car, let me get you some lunch!"

I don't know, I saw a lot of good in a lot of people, and it made me humble and accept help getting around. I had to and it's good for me.