Friday Laughs in Bridal World

Carry laughter with you wherever you go. ~Hugh Sidey

I was sitting here thinking of funny little things in your life that make you laugh. Some of the best laughs are the times when you can sit back think about a situation and get a good laugh out of it. As many know I work part time in the Bridal World, some may not know that January, February and March are the very busiest months of the year in the 'dress part' of the bridal world. As a result we are always very crazy these three months, I must say that these three busiest months are not always the funnest, you have demanding people, long wait times of customers waiting to meet with you and your always running your little butt of and exhausted after long days. But these busy times also bring great rewards- the paychecks are very nice and you have lots of looking back and laughing. I love hearing what people have come up with for wedding ideas and themes and how there are going to carrier this out into their weddings. You do always get some great ideas, and of course you have some that you look back and wonder "what were they thinking". I have some great stories and moments to look back and laugh on. In a world where right now we have a lot of heartache, personal struggles and road blocks- look back at your moments and give life a second laugh!




On a different note, I ran across this funny little cartoon- it made me think back to great dating times. Didn't everyone do this in some way or another?

Cream Cheese Potato Soup

I love blogs that share new recipes, this is my favorite soup recipe- It has such a great taste to it. I made it the other night and every time I make it I love it all over, I love the taste of dill in it. Sorry I didn't take any pictures..... but make it and enjoy.

Cream Cheese Potato Soup

2 cans chicken broth
4 TBS butter
4 TBS flour
16 oz cream cheese
1 TBS dill weed
1/2 tsp pepper
3 cups shredded hash browns (I use the frozen hash browns)
1/2 cup chopped onions
2 1/2-3 cups milk
1 cup shredded carrots
1 tsp salt

In a large saucepan, combine broth and hash browns. Heat to a boil and then reduce to simmer, simmer for 5 minutes. In a large pot, melt the butter, add the onion and shredded carrots. Simmer for 3 minutes. Stir in the flour and make a roux. Cook for 1 minute. Add the mill and stir until thickened, add the cream cheese. Wisk to blend in. Bring to a boil and boil for 1 minute. Add the broth mixture and seasonings. Cook for 5 minutes.

Birthday Wishes!

So, I was able to celebrate another birthday this year- another year older! I was glad on Wednesday to have to earlier news of the week over so I could enjoy the day. I had a good birthday this year, I got a cute singing telegram sent to me on my phone. I had to post it because Munchkin was so stinkin' cute singing, he slowed the song down for a nice finish!



I was invited up to dinner at my parents and had a wonderful meal, and my favorite part the CAKE! My mom made a delicious Red Velvet cake from scratch.... yummy. This is my now favorite kind of cake (I wonder if that has something to do with the color?)


Thank you everyone for your kind Birthday wishes, it made my day.

Keep Moving On.....

This week has been a rough one- I am glad it is almost over. We had several meetings within the company on Monday, in those we learned due to current times the company had to make some changes to 'make it through' the year. Some of those smaller changes were cutting bonus, cutting extra expenses and cutting raises. Those are things that you don't like to see go because you look forward to, but you can deal with because you still have a job. The more drastic of the changes was that we learned that 10% of the company was going to be let go to cut expenses. This just puts a sick feeling in your stomach, no one wants to lose their job. To make things a little rougher on people they were not going to start letting go in our office until the next day, so you had to go home and think about it all Monday night. Tuesday was a very hard day as you sat and worked and hoped to not get the dreaded call from HR. It was also very sad to watch people and close friends that you have worked with for years, some since you started walk away and you knew they were coming back. I was glad when Tuesday was over, you felt like you could finally breathe again- but my thoughts are defiantly with those who lost their jobs that day.

GO UTES!!

GO UTES!!
What a great game tonight, and a fantastic season!!
Congrats to Utah, and an awesome finish to the year.


On a different note, I am sick of this snow. It was so bad out there tonight Honda didn't make it home! He is chillin' in the parking lot next door- pray he doesn't get towed away!