I'm not selfish...but I don't like to share.

What I'm actually talking about here is my inability to share recipes.. More importantly, MY recipes.  It's no secret to most that I can make over 50 kinds of gourmet cheesecakes and delicious gourmet meals.. I've been asked many many times for the recipes and I always say "no."

I remember one time I  shared my homemade chicken noodle soup recipe that involves boiling a whole chicken in water to make the stock.  I gave this person my exact recipe and directions on how to make it.  And I admit it's takes a while to cook, it's not a quick recipe.  Later I found out while talking to her on the phone that she used canned chicken and canned broth (yuck!) and told her boyfriend that she finally got me to hand over a recipe!  I then told her not to tell people that shit came from me because that is not my recipe and sounds disgusting!  .......canned chicken :-/ good grief.  Apparently, she didn't want to wait and take the time to make it the real way, aka my way.  So there ended my sharing of recipes.  Canned chicken, people?!!! 

Anyway, I have decided to start sharing again... I'm going to give it another try.  Y'all will have to wait until Saturday tho to see what I cook up because work is crazy right now and leaving me with no life.. Or that's the kids, or it's both. Hmmmmm??  Anyhow, if you have any recipe requests, leave them in the comment box. Thanks!

Xoxo
Christine 

Y'ALL...... It's *bleep, bleep* snowing AGAIN!!

Let me emphasize the word "y'all" here... This is the flipping south. Can I get some freaking sunshine?  Not only is it snowing again, but it was 40 degrees, sleeting and thundering today.  An old wives tale says that if it thunders during the winter, more snow is on its way in 10 days or less.  Will someone please shoot that groundhog or something?! 

Don't get me wrong, I love snow! But in places it's appropriate, not here. And I say not here because a lil snow shuts this whole damn town down.  Everyone freaks out and buys up all the bread and milk and drives like they just got their license. And I can say that because my oldest just got her license. I've been in a legit blizzard in Denver, several hurricanes in the Virgin Islands and numerous tornadoes in Oklahoma. This lil snow is nothing but it's also everything and I'd like it to stop now.  Please and thank you.  You got that Mother Nature?!

Here are a couple of FB posts from my friends that'll back this up....

 

 

Now on the bright side of my day today, I got off at 2:45 and got to go visit my friend who just gave birth to her son yesterday.  Everyone meet Elijah!!  He weighed in at 9 pounds 10.6 ounces :-O Can you say "ouch?!"  And I can say that because "red baby" was 9.4 at birth.  Let's all give it up to Momma!!!  Good job Lady! 



I'm a mom to 3 girls and they are spoiled!  I can't wait to spoil this lil guy!  It's gonna be hounds tooth and argyle all the way!!! 

xoxo
Christine!

SUPERBOWL 2014!!!!

Sound off y'all!!! Broncos or Seahawks?!

I personally have lived in Denver and Indy and I'm a HUGE fan of Peyton.  The first NFL game I ever experienced live was in Indy from the sidelines back in 2001.  Soooooo it's the Broncos for me!  My real football love is the OU Sooners.  I'm not that big of an NFL fan, but I love Peyton and the commercials!  So what's it for y'all??? Broncos, Seahawks, the commercials or the beer and food???

COMMENT BELOW!!

xoxo ~ Christine

The RARE Day Date

If you are a couple with young kids, then you know how rare the "DAY DATE" is...

I actually prefer a day date.  I am what I call a "Happy Hour" girl.  Meaning, I like to drink and go out between the hours of 2pm-6pm when the opportunity presents itself.  If I'm feeling randy, then I may push it until 8pm (I know, I'm a rebel. Be afraid) But I have always said (and if you've known me for a while, then you've heard me say this) nothing good comes out of a bar past 10pm.  The hubby "BDG" and I got the opportunity at a Day Date last Sunday.  See how excited I am??!  I had to take a random selfie in its honor!



So one of my goals for 2014 is to visit as many Virginia Wineries as I possibly can.  I had wanted to check out a few in the New Kent area, but after being up since 4:30am for inventory at work, I decided I was too tired for the drive.  So "BDG" and I decided on staying local and I'm sooooo glad we did!  We decided to spend our Day Date and the Dog Street Pub in Colonial Williamsburg.  I had no expectations of the place good or bad.  I remember when it first opened, "Red Baby" was only a month old so our free time was a lil preoccupied with her.  But I had heard good things about the food from family members, so that's where we went... And boy was I surprised!  I was actually shocked because my family members only commented about how good the food is and when we got there and got our menus, there is 1 page dedicated to food and 2 whole large pages AND a specials menu dedicated to beer, ciders, meads ect... My Day Date cup floweth over!!  It felt like hitting the Day Date Jackpot!!! Maybe I need new family members?! lol just kidding, I love the ones I have!

See, TWO full pages of BEER!

 



AND a Beer Specials Menu

 

I have to say that it was very educational as well.... On the menus are a lil history part about the beer and also the alcohol content.  The beer specials menu is where you can order what they call a "taste."  It's actually a sample of the beer in a 5ounce glass. Perfect for getting together with friends and sampling.  The food was exceptional too. 

 

 When you first get seated, they immediately bring you out a growler of ice cold water. 

 

 

 Yummy Fish n Chips

 What not to order tho is this pictured above.. It's good and all but you can get it in your local grocery store for 1.00, not the menu price of 4.00

 

 "BDG" ordered an iceberg lettuce salad.. he had no idea it was a full head of lettuce.  BONUS!

 

And a plate of deviled eggs, which he quickly killed 3 upon their arrival.  I have never seen a restaurant serve deviled eggs.  Another BONUS!

 

And I decided to go with a Cider.  I love ciders and have never tried a pear one, which means it is actually called a Perry (per the menu)  It was really good. 

 

 

Overall, I more than recommend this place and I am looking forward to going back!  Here is the link to their website, check it out! Dog Street Pub

 

CHEERS!

 

Christine

xoxoxo





I'm just one STOMACH FLU away from my goal weight...

Ok... So who remembers that quote from Emily to Andrea in "The Devil Wears Prada" movie??  If you're a female reading this, then you most likely know what I'm talking about it.  Well let me just tell ya, that stomach flu is called NOROVIRUS.

Norovirus: (aka the bitch virus on wheels) is from Australia (per google) and they've named her Sydney.  She's a combination of viruses that attack you're stomach and intestine lining and turns you inside out (literally) and makes you her bitch.  And not the good kind of bitch, like a bottom bitch...nooooooo, you are the Pimps first trick that he throws out to the wolves kind of bitch.  That's what the NOROVIRUS does to you.  For those of you that don't know what a bottom bitch is, just click the link here Bottom Bitch definition  for a description.

Unlucky enough for us, the bitch virus on wheels paid a visit to the Nucci clan.  Nucci is pronounced /new.chee/ just FYI.  The Nucci clan consist of: "BDG" ~ my husband (he makes Siri call him the full version of those letters, I'll spare the rest of you) "Blondie" ~ my oldest daughter, "Red Baby" ~ my youngest daughter and the original host of this virus even tho she didn't have to experience it's full wrath.  I should be calling her "devil baby" but she's too sweet and didn't mean to bring it home from daycare so she stays "Red Baby."  And then there's yours truly of course. :-)

If you've ever watched the Exorcist movie with Linda Blair where her head is spinning a full 360 and she vomits and shits everywhere (you know, the original one) well that has NONTHING on what the NOROVIRUS does to you.  So please my peeps, wash your hands and don't be that asshole that makes your kid go to school sick. Mind your p's and q's and say please and thank you...respect your elders and whatever other good stuff you can do to bring good karma your way...because bad karma comes in the form of the NOROVIRUS and her name is Sydney!  And by the way, I did loose 7 pounds in 2 days...pffftt! Hardly my goal weight.  But I'll take it!

If anyone reading this are moms or dads and have kids, you know that even though you are sick, the show must go on... If you're like us then you're show may have looked a lil like this....                          

 

Shit Storm1:  DURING

            

AFTER

 That's our dog Frank the Tank in the above after pic.. But we just call him "Tank" and YES, my Christmas tree is still up..you wanna know why??? So do I, so I'll have to get back to you on that one.

                                       Shit Storm2:  DURING                                                       

 

AFTER

 

And of course "Red Baby" has to have a bath.  You can see that she really like her water crayons.

 

Until next time y'all!

 

xoxox - Christine

 

 

 

 

 



Don't Call it a Comeback, I've Been Here for YEARS!!

Ok ok, so maybe we can call it a comeback....a mini comeback. Fair enough?? Good, I'm glad we had that talk!  A few things I want to point out to the lucky ones that subscribe to and or read or start reading this blog o mine:

1:  I am not a professional writer.. For example, u will see text like spelling, run on sentences, paragraphs that go on and on for forever, ect... Oh and prob poor use of punctuations.

2:  I cuss, can't help it.  I'm a pretty girl with a dirty mouth.  Get over it ;-)  "I is what I is and that is all I is" - Popeye the Sailor man (toot toot)  But seriously, I cuss.

3:  See, I said a few things but for right now I can only come up with 2.  So for fucks sake, let's just say I'm pretty random.  Which I am.

So that's it for now... I have to go disinfect my house because the lovely and shit-trastrophy (pun intended) norovirus hit our lovely house for the last 2 days.  What a shit storm that was! (Pun intended again)

Ok, bye for now!

Christine xoxo

All Hallow's Eve

So Halloween has passed us... And the whole 2 weeks leading up to Halloween I heard numerous people make references to this being the Holiday for Sluts.  One of my friends even posted a video talking about sending all the "Sluts" he knew greeting cards because this was their Holiday.  He called their costumes "Slut Suits." lol  Hell, I even made a comment about Halloween being the one time of year that girls can dress up as whores and get away with it.  It's even referenced in the movie Mean Girls and radio DJ's were even talking about it all week.  So I am dedicating this blog to exploring why and what makes girls want to dress in (for a lack of better words) "Slut Suits" for Halloween. 

Now before I start, let me point out that I don't care.  Dress however you like.  If you got it, flaunt it right?  But with that being said, where do we cross the line?  At what point?  No one cares or thinks that we are Sluts when we post pics of ourselves on Facebook in a bikini on vacation, do they?  No, they don't.  So why on Halloween?  Why has it gotten such a bad wrap?  My guess is that orginially these costumes were marketed for role playing purposes in the bedroom and somehow they spilled over into mainstream and made it to Halloween.  Because let's cut the crap and get real, Cinderella and Snow White were not portrayed in the Disney movies in costumes with their T and A hanging out.  Now Jessica Rabbit was and that's a hell of a costume.  But taking sweet lil lady bugs and bumble bees and innocent Disney characters and turning them into slutty costumes, I can see where guys would make fun of women on Halloween.  So instead of guys chatting you up for being creative and having a great costume, they're thinking wow her boobs look great in that, I used to have a crush on Cinderella, I just want to bend her over the bed. LOL       

So my next question is, why do we women do it?  Why do we try and pick the sluttiest costume to wear on Halloween instead of being creative and original?  We've already posted our bikini pics on Facebook for our friends to see, so they already know that we have rocking bods!  So what point do we have to prove on Halloween?  And I say "prove a point" because why else would we wear the "Slut Suits?"  This is where I need a lil help from readers.  I would like to gain some insight and other people's perspective/opinions on why they wear them.  My comment section is set up to post comments as annoymous, so feel free to comment away without saying who you are.  No reason is a bad reason.. maybe you're too busy to put a costume together or maybe you THINK you lack creativity so you just run to the store and buy whatever is on the shelf. 

One of Chris' bestfriends and his girlfriend dressed up as Tiger Woods and Elin for Halloween a year ago, I think.  It was right around the time Tiger got busted for sleeping around and Elin busted his car up with a golf club.  His friend Bruce painted his whole body black and his girlfriend Kim put on a blonde wig and carried a golf club.  Now if you think about it, at that time when Tiger got busted, that was funny!  So my point being, you don't have to dress slutty.  There are a ton of other options out there.  Think about it and see if you can put something together next year for Halloween. :-)  Here is a pic of Bruce and Kim.



Also here is a costume(s) I love from this Halloween.  Italo and Danielle as zombie Bride and Groom.  All handmade by Danielle.  No slut factor to it at all.  Be sure to leave a comment and thanks for reading!