While Jeff was asleep today........

Today after getting home from church and eating lunch, Jeff was rooting around the kitchen for something sweet to eat. Now, this doesn't happen very often. My husband would probably eat meat and potatoes for every meal and be perfectly happy. As luck would have it there wasn't anything around he wanted. So he went off to bed unsatisfied.

Lucky for him I have been planning for about a week to make homemade mint milanos. This is one treat that Jeff REALLY loves. So, I looked on the web for a recipe. I found one that didn't look to hard and I gave it a go. There weren't too many ingredients and were simple to put together. This is the dough chilling in the fridge

........On a side note, if you look closely you can see a blue Fanta in the fridge.....Jeff and I had a really fun adventure yesterday at a Greek deli buying Bulgarian cheese, hummus and Macedonian Fanta. Jeff always likes to try the weird drinks and food he sees. Ask my sister about the candy he ate in July:) This tangent has nothing to do with cookies, but it was the funnest day!

Back to the cookies........I think they turned out pretty delicious if I do say so myself. You'll notice a cookie in the back with a chocolate smear......it was bugging me so bad I almost threw it away. But I knew Jeff would freak out if I told him. And I'm working on my OCD:)

The only thing I wished I had done is cook them a little bit longer so they were just a tad crispier. Next time I make them that will be easy to fix. I also had the idea to use up some crushed peppermints for some of the cookies. And man was that a yummy addition!

Not a bad way to spend a Sunday afternoon while my tired husband is sleeping!!!

Recipe:

http://www.eatliverun.com/mint-milano-cookies/

Christmas List

Jeff and I are writing out our Christmas wish lists for each other. It will be nice this year to actually have jobs and be able to afford to buy a few things for each other:) I've seen Jeff's list and it has things like cologne, sweaters, a Bulgarian Hymn book, etc.......as I sat down tonight to write my list I could only think of 1 thing I REALLY want........

I sent an email to Jeff labeling it Christmas List and added this picture. Jeff opened it and said, "but I don't know how to find this baby."

I guess I better stick with perfume and kitchen tools this year:)

BOOMER!

Hello. My name is Alicia and I'm married to an OU-aholic. Really. Our first "fight" was over OU. For those of you who know me, know I can be well.....stubborn:) When someone tells me I have to do something, or like something, I'll dig in and do the opposite, even if I secretly want to go along. There is something in my nature that just won't let me give in.

I can't remember exactly how the conversation/fight got started but it was something along the lines of me saying: "I will never cheer for OU. I didn't grow up here. You can't make me change who I root for." What a brat....I think I was just trying to control something in my life that at that moment had so many HUGE changes ,that I felt like I was spiraling out of control. Quite a bit of drama for a conversation about football!

Any who, since then I've come a long way because I know it makes Mr. Fix-it happy when I cheer for them. I even had an OU party for their first game this year! I also have an OU blanket that my wonderful (I seriously love her) mother-in-law gave me. I snuggle up with it when I'm on the couch watching TV.

And last week I got to go to my VERY first game. And I have to say, I was completely swept up by it. The pageantry of the pre-game, the crowd, the stadium, our wonderful seats, my cute husband's excitement, the delicious hot dog I ate, the way OU CREAMED Ball State (I know I've never heard of them before either. I loved all of it. I may have even teared up during the opening festivities. Hey, I'm not embarrassed. I cry sometimes:)

Plus how cute is my husband?I would do just about anything to make him happy, EXCEPT for giving up watching "Toddlers and Tiaras."

I can now say I am officially an OU fan, unless they are playing BYU (Jeff even agreed on this!)

Watch the following clip and just try to say it's not a pretty cool team to root for with all it's tradition and winning ways:)

You can hear at the end of the video Jeff saying "On-side kick?" And I think I said "Nice" Oops! I guess Ball State knowing what they were in for: A 62-6 drubbing, thought they would try a trick play. I think it just made the OU players want to murder them!