Well folks here she is...

My Kitchen Aid Mixer that I HAD TO HAVE during the registry time. My mom bought it for me prior to the wedding for a shower gift. I love it, its my favorite color. I love to cook but I'm not the best baker, which is even funnier but since I'm anon I won't go into that...

This is my 2010 Resolution #7. See list below...

So its You and Me, Ms. Thang... this year we're going to tangle. We're gonna mix sh!t, as Ms. Kate has so eloquently put it before. Its gonna happen. I've had you since Spring 2008...I think its about time I tried you out.

Pray for me... so far I'm the lady that buys cookie dough in the pre-cut squares or buys the bags of blueberry muffin mix where you just add water...

I guess its kinda funny for me to ask for a cookbook from his family since, his mother, stepmother, sister, and sister-in-law, all don't really cook. When Mr. and I started dating I asked him what his favorite meal was, because I would cook it later that weekend. He told me Hamburger Helper....yeah ladies that's what I was dealing with.

But I digress, the cookbook is very interesting. Its not just a cookbook, it let's you into Ree's and Marlboro Man's lives. When Mr gave it to me, I sat in the chair and read the whole thing that night, I've never 'read' a cookbook.

I'm excited to get to cooking...Mr. Jetplane loves all the food I've made from her blog. Mr. Jetplane is a meat and potatoes type of guy, but he will eat (and like) other types of food.

Isn't it cute? I love it and have gotten quite a few compliments on it already.

What did I get him,well I decided to get him a Ryan Sandberg jersey, who happens to be one of his favorite (retired) Cubs players. He loves it.

I know, I know! 1st is paper, but Mr. and I are non-traditional. We're going to be spending paper while gambling in Biloxi so there you go... We've also both agreed to not spend too much money on gifts, we're trying to be conservative.

Breakfast of Champions right? Well, this is me totally not caring this morning... Sugar Free Red Bull is my saving grace in the mornings, afternoons, or whenever. I don't drink coffee so Red Bull is my fix.

Mrs. D - your giveaway is in the mail today, sorry I'm horribly slow. Please accept my apologies.

And Finally.... As we all know tomorrow is Friday (Thank God!) and that means its Puggie Friday. Now I love posting pics of my own hunk of loving Milo, but I do happen to know several pug owners out there that read this very blog...

So I'm calling out all pug owners, if you have a cute, funny, crazy, strange, etc. picture of your pug, a friend's pug, a neighbor's pug, or even your mortal enemy's pug.... Send it in to leavingandloving@gmail.com and you'll get your own Pug Friday shout out. But more importantly from now until March 15th, I'll be accepting Puggie Pics and the picture voted best will win an awesome surprise... Shh... Its a secret.

More details to follow on Puggie Pics Contest.... Stay Tuned... But Mrs. Jetplane is accepting pics now, so get those bad boys in...

Off to eat my sleeve of donuts... mmmm... donuts.

XOXO

So I am currently working on makeover for this lil blog of mine. Over the past couple of months, blogging and blog stalking have become quite a hobby for me.... with the Mr. away someone has some free time on her hands, doesn't she??

That being said I thought I would update by blog roll, so please let me know if you would like to be added.



Additionally, I've received a couple of questions here and there. I'd be happy to address any and all questions, you ladies have about the Mr. and Mrs.

Please feel free to ask away and I'll answer them all to the best of my abilities.



And.... Drum roll please..... My next post will be my 200th post. I can't believe it! And to honor the 200th post I'm going to be hosting my 1st giveaway. You hear that people.... I'm having a GIVEAWAY!

Good Morning and a happy Monday to everyone...


I don't know about anyone else, but I'm certainly dragging some a$$ this morning. I'm waiting for my Sugar Free Red Bull to get cold, so I can wake up and take on this Monday morning with vigor. Ok maybe not with vigor, but with my eyes open.
I was lucky enough to get to participate in the lovely Nina's Pay It Forward and now its my duty to Pay it Forward as well. So now that it looks like I may actually have a couple of readers out there in the blogosphere, I would hope, beg, and maybe plead that someone (ok 3 people) want to participate.

The "rules" state that the exchange focuses on doing an act of kindness without expecting anything in return other than that the recipient will, in their turn, pass the kindness along and pay it forward.

Here's how it works: I will send a lil something to the first 3 blog owners who post a comment on this entry. In turn, those three will post this information and pick 3 people they want to send something to and so on.

In order to make things a little cheerier this morning, in your comment, please write about what was the very 1st thing that made you smile this morning (hopefully you've already smiled this morning).

I'll go first. Well that's my lil Milo (who sleeps with me when the Mr. is away), crawling up and snuggling with me when I hit the snooze button. We both didn't want to get up.

Unfortunately, due to postage costs, I can only pay it forward within the United States. If you are interested in participating, be one of the first 3 blog owners {must have a blog in order to Pay-It-Forward} to leave a comment!

The little something you send can be something you made, bought, were given or found. Just a gift that will make the person smile.

And a Very Happy Monday to you all...

Word to the wise, if you do buy this machine. You can buy most of the beverage discs from Walmart (except in Columbus, MS Brent found out). They are A LOT cheaper than BBY and Linens n Things. But I did have a couple of 20% coupons so I did buy some. FYI - Starbucks does make the discs for the machine as well.