Beer and Pizza Anyone?

Okay so everyone who knows my love of food, knows it's rarely healthy food I enjoy. I went to s a local restaurant here named Hopjacks. It is famous for thier hundreds of beer choices, homemade infused vodka, and their food of course. We nommed on sonme Duck Fat Fries, Brie spinach, and artichoke dip, White pizza and this bad boy Butcher Block – Smoked bacon, seared filet mignon and pepperoni. This pizza has had so many compliments, it actually has an ego.

Duck Fat fries at the top...yummm

As you may find all of this disgusting...I don't. It is currently my favorite place to dine. And I wish I could take it with me to Ft. Sam Houston.

I also found out that I have to stay in Pensacola until friday, because tha Army said so...love it. It's okay though because I get to go eat dinner with some friends in Destin tonight, return some things to J. Crew(there's a first) and see Mrs. Collins to drop off some money for her. All in all I guess its a blessing. Other than that not much has been going on in my life, the movers came and did a wonderful job and were so helpful. i miss all my friends, I was spoiled last week and am now having withdrawl. I also found some intestinal fortitude this morning and woke up to go pt with all the new freshman...score!

I am pretty sure the girls and I attempted to play this game a time or two...terrible choices

Post Wedding Stress Disorder

So the lovely brides wedding went off without a hitch, and it was beautiful. She was extremely gorgeous and Craig looked very handsome. It was a wonderful wedding and everyone was so helpful. I am sad its over but I am glad I was there to spend that moment with Mad and Craig. I bawled like a baby during my speech...which rarely happens and I got Mad to cry too. Winner! I was exhausted yesterday and took the best nap of my life.
I had a blast hanging out with the fabulous bridesmaids and had soooo much fun with them and of course I was estatic to see my besties from home...soooooo happy
Craig and Mad called yesterday, told me they were in Pensacola and asked me to go to dinner with them and we nommed on some Red Robin..yummmmm
Today the movers came and I leave for Texas Wednesday. I am stopping in Lousisana to do some babysitting of the cousins.
Tonight Mr. and Mrs. Collins are coming for dinner and we are going to hopjacks...pictures will follow tomorrow.

Back to work, gotta deal with freshman today and 2 more days of work! yay enjoy the pics I took from the wedding.

Stay fabulous!

memere said we owe her 15% for making the food for the bridal luncheon.

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Tomorrow is Mad's wedding...this week has been super counter productive to anything considered healthy...other than a run this morning and a walk yesterday... I have had my fill of Mexican food, margaritas, sangria, and the always amazing beer. Don't worry I have been doing a fair share of eating tooo. Anywho, off to the beach and rehearsal dinner tonight...the boys have finished mimosas and moved onto the liquor!

Happy Friday!
Stay Fabulous

Five

Well, its Monday...ugh. I wish I could have stayed in valipriso and just had wedding fun all week. But no, gotta work, which is where I have been for the last house and a half and have done nothing. There is nothing for me to do...ugh
Anywho, I had a pretty solid weekend, got to see some friends that were out of town all summer and ran the Buschwacker 5k...had a migrane all day Saturday and that evening I drove to see Madeleine the bride and help out with the final touches on the house. It was lots of fun we got to sleep in the new house with the pretty lilly linens on the bed. Today and tomorrow will be consumed with spin class, outfit planning, packing and wedding prep for all. Rana the fabulous bridesmaid is coming to help Mad today and all the girls come in Wednesday I am PUMPED!

I went to breakfast at another broken egg cafe....most delicious place for all you breakfast lovers. I usually get something savory but i decided to switch it up and got this puppy...
Cinnamon Roll french toast... clearly I was unable to consume all of this but it was delicious!


I also got to see this little lizard and bug fight each other. The lizard won and scurried away bug in chompers.

Momma bear is coming down for the wedding this week and thank heavens because I will need here to help me move after wedding palooza. Well everyone 5 days so ya better prepare yourself!!!!

Stay Fabulous tricks

Oh also, future hubys best man and me are in need of a song to walk in to. He picked Glory Days by springsteen...no is what I said...ideas?

Allergies to the AM

I think I am allergic to the early morning...everytime I wake up before 4am and stay awake I end up feeling crummy. I am taking a big ol nap today when i get off work, not to mention that I have been sleeping on a couch all week...oh well at least I have a roof over my head. Anywho, tomorrow I am doing the bushwacker 5k and then my final glam prep for wedding palooza. The stress of moving and starting a very important school again is beginning to loom over my head...ugh

Zacheus left this morning :(... that's a sad face. I had lots of fun and we got our beach angel on. Yesterday we went to the beach at NAS and to the remodeled Naval Aviation Museum. It was pretty cool. These poor Air Force Lieutenants were getting their wings pinned on as tourists looked on, not as formal as I would have imagined. Anywho, we saw some pretty cool stuffIt's a boat plane...cooolBig aeroplane

After this wonderful adventure, we went to the beach by the lighthouse. It was hot but breezy. We saw dolphins they were so so close but i couldn't whip out the camera to get a good shot.

It was so cool. you can see the fin in the distance.

me and katie.

me and zachy.

Then after a stop at Sonic and a shower we began to make dinner, can anoyone say Ole! We had mexican night some cervezas, I made some guacamole using a Slimcado...its supposed to be like 30% less fat and 25% less calories. Imade some guac using then and it was acutally quite tasty a little more soupy than normal but just add some extra salt and pepper. Try it!

nom nom nom

Also, going to see Mad this weekend and have lunch with my friend whose about to go to basic and OCS and be all hooah! I get to see all my prettiest bestest friends this week and am sooo happy!
Have a fabulous weekend trixies and chads. (if you dont know, wikipedia)

Brother Bonding

Well, Zach and I have had a fabulous day and a half...yesterday I was allowed to play hookie for half a day and we went to the Beach with Katie and her boyfriend. We stayed and had dinner at sidelines(some of the best wings ever) and then went to Bands on the Beach where mass konfuzion was headlining.

Monday night we made low cal fettuccine Alfredo and Peanut butter pie with Oreo crust...I take no credit for the crust...it was store bought)
The fet alf was good but could use some perfecting
-sautee some garlic and a tbsp of butter for about a minute
-add 2 tsp of flour and then 1 cup of milk
-season it with some parsley and pepper and let it thicken and you will have some pretty quality sauce oh yeah dont forget to add the 3/4 cup of grated Parmesan and 2 tbsp. of neufachtel or low fat cream cheese. Melt it all and boil some noodles
We used angel hair...I recommend actual fettuccine and it will stick better to the noodles
Now to the peanut butter pie...I tried to make it a little healthier with some changes and it turned out pretty good
-take 1/4 cup of reduced fat peanut butter
-a block of reduced fat cream cheese
-and 3/4 cup sugar (if I had an artificial sweetener i would have tried it)
mix it all together i recommend a mixer I didn't have one so I had to use a spoon.
Then fold in 2 cups of cool whip
put it in the pan
freeze and enjoy!


After an evening of food we went and got some fishing poles and relaxed, yesterday was beach day

this is the old beach sign hanging at flounders...the new one has blinking lights

Me and Zachy on the beach about to go eat

this is what we call a diesel fuel 3 parts liquor anf 1 part juice...total fun I had Mango flavor

Pretty Sunset

This guy puts this up every Tuesday...its a light tree

Today we are going to try and go tubing at Blackwater river. We also went fishing last night but it was too dark and to humid we didn't catch anything...Oh well here's to trying again tonight!
Off to go do some work More pics to come!

Mad get better your getting married in 10 days!

The Monday Blue

Well, I had a fabulously fabulous weekend. Friday was okay I had a really bad headache and has to work unitl 4:30...(I think that was the longest I have worked all summer) and the office was crazy and I was the only one in it. But, I got to go to dinner with Katie (she just got back from summer assessment for ROTC) and we had Mexican, ole!
Saturday,I went to spin class for 90 minutes..it.was.hard. Then, I laid out by the pool and got my Native American on. Afterwards, I went to church and to dinner with some people from church. Then I went home and went to bed...Thrilling I know.
Sunday was fabulous...kinda. We went to the beach. Before we left Katie's cat which her dad had dropped of the day before was heaving and her dad said it was normal...not. We got back from the beach and the cat had died...I don't deal with dead things, neither does she. It was bad the cat was 17 though. Then we went to see the new movie Crazy, Stupid, Love...it was great.

street on Pensacola Beachcan you tell im a photographer in training




OH and this cutie patootie is coming to visit me Tonight until Thursday...AHHH I love my little brother as much as he loves to have a good time! Also, Scott made it to Ft. Leonard-Wood Missouri to begin his BOLC!

Countodown to wedding 12 days....Countdown to BOLC 19 days....c'mon. I am not one to rush things(okay thats a lie), but I am attempting to enjoy the week in Pensacola and using all it has to offer.