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I've been Tagged!

Woo Hoo - I've been tagged by Nikki! I've been so out of the loop this past month, that if I hadn't been slacking today and been blog browsing, I would have never seen this. Thanks for giving me a reason to update Nikki :P

What were you doing 10 years ago?

Great, now I get to show my age. I was almost 25, living in Miami, Florida, working at the Federal Prison and definately having no idea that I'd be where I am right now.

What were you doing 1 year ago? I was starting the planning stages for the wedding.

Five snacks you enjoy:

1. Peach Cobbler (Warmed with sugar and milk on top)
2. Corn Nuts (The Plain ones) (Eww- I know, but my BIL got me started and they're adddicting)3. Edamame
4. Chesapeake Bay Chips
5. Tootsie Pops (I'm with you on this one Nikki!)

Five songs that you know all the lyrics to: (Only 5?? This is one of my specialties and I have to limit it to 5??? hmmm......)

1. OPP - Naughty By Nature (one of the 1st Rap song I learned all the words to while in college)
2. Hold My Hand - Hootie and the Blowfish (They played at all of our college bars before they hit it big)
3. The Globe - Big Audio Dynamite
4. Sundown - Gordon Lightfoot (I'm really showing my age with that one :) )
5. Pour Some Sugar On Me - Def Leppard

Five things you would do if you were a millionaire:

1. Pay off all my debt
2. Buy a House
3. Give my parents money
4. Travel
5. Not worry

Five bad habits:

1. Procrastinating (At least I'm not alone in this one)
2. I sweat the small things.
3. Biting my nails
4. I over analyze things.
5. I drive and talk on my cell phone :)

Five things you like doing:

1. Hanging out with the husband
2. Curling up with a good book
3. Indulging in reality TV
4. Playing with Coco Nuts
5. Relaxing


Five things you would never wear again:

1. Banana Clips
2. Major matchy matchy clothes (In High school I would wear a red turtleneck with a black sweater, red and black leggins, a pair of red scrunchy socks and blacks scrunchy socks and either red or black tennis shoes - Wayyyyy scary)
3. Big Hair
4. Jams (If you know what these were - I salute you!)
5. Purple Peter pans boots

Five favorite toys:

1. DVR
2. Cell Phone
3. Digital Camera
4. Does Coco Count?
5. Computer

My family meatball recipe

Ingredients:
(14 oz) bottle of ketchup

1 cup water
1 cup sugar

1 can whole cranberry sauce

1 (16 oz) can sauerkraut, drained

1 bag frozen meatballs (5-6 lbs)

Directions:
Mix ketchup, water, sugar, cranberries and kraut in saucepan and simmer for 20 minutes. Put meatballs in crockpot and cover with sauce. Cook on Low for 5 hours (roughly just check to make sure meatballs are cooked through)

Cream Cheese Buttons

These are the cookies that I made for the BGEX. It's a little different from your normal cake mix cookies. They are my stepdad's favortie and one of mine, too. Super easy to make.

Ingredients

1 (8oz) cream cheese

1/4 cup of margarine (or butter)

1 tsp vanilla

1 egg yolk

1 box of yellow or devil's food cake mix

Directions

Cream the margarine and cream cheese. Add vanilla and egg yolk. Add cake mix 1/3 at a time, mixing well after each addition. Cover and chill for 30 minutes.

Roll into balls or drop by teaspoon on ungreased pan. Bake for 7-10 minutes at 375 degrees.

(The original recipe calls for 7 minutes baking time - depending on your pan and your oven it will vary. Just check to see that the bottoms are a nice semi-golden brown color or used the tried and true of sticking a toothpick in the center.)

(*Note - it's easier to mix these by hand or with a hand mixer. I made mine with my big mixer and had a hard time keeping it off the beaters and in the bowl.)

First ever blog

As a new wife and thanks to a great group of friends who are also newly married and cooking, I have decided to jump on the bandwagon and start a cooking blog. My Nana is always my inspiration for cookingand hopefully I can share some of her recipies with you. although getting a recipie may be hard, since she's a pinch of this and a dash of this chef :)