http://abbybrandon.com Read, comment, and enjoy the updates on our adventure to marriage! Tue, 15 Jun 2010 18:54:02 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en It's been almost 2 months since my last blog and I thought I better update. I spent the morning with my sister-in-law, Amanda. We had coffee and chatted for a couple hours, covering a wide variety of topics (like most women). We did a little shopping, oooed and ahhhhed over cute ... http://abbybrandon.com/coffee-and-a-new-recipe/ I am completely obsessed with people. I am always interested in a tid bit of information about someone, whether it be an engagement, a new baby, news on who they are dating, their new job, and anything else. In other words, I am nosy. I am that person that stalks ... http://abbybrandon.com/to-be-loved/ I haven't blogged in a long time and I'm feeling so overwhelmed with all the things I should blog about that I don't know what to say! I'm at Caribou (of course) because this is where I feel creative. I am here to write up a little memoir about a teacher ... http://abbybrandon.com/spilling-my-thoughts/ Life as of late has been like a Merry Go Round that I can't get off. A month ago I quit a nanny job I had only been working at for two weeks. It had been more stressful than I could handle. I jumped back on the job searching band wagon ... http://abbybrandon.com/merry-go-round-until-ive-gone-crazy/ We are working on packing up our apartment so things are getting pretty messy and the fridge is getting pretty empty...which left me to invent something for us to eat tonight. I pulled some chicken out to thaw and figured, if anything, I could simply bake it and mix up a ... http://abbybrandon.com/chicken-a-la-made-up/ I haven't done any new recipes this last week! I started a nanny job last week but found out quickly that it wasn't a good fit for me. This week was my last week there and I haven't had anytime for grocery shopping or cooking so I will have to ... http://abbybrandon.com/busy-busy/ Tonight I made Chow Mein Hot Dish for supper. I just started a new job this week as a nanny and I have to get up at 5:30 and be there by 6:50. My commute is about 20 minutes...although all this snow has made it longer. I get done at 3:30, ... http://abbybrandon.com/surprisingly-easy/ The new recipe countdown continues! Well it actually continued on Friday night, but I haven't gotten around to blogging it until now. Friday evening's recipe was Saucy Beef and Rice or you can use noodles. I went to noodle route for a couple reasons. 1. I am not a huge fan of ... http://abbybrandon.com/saucy-beef-and-rice-or-in-this-case-noodles/ We watched Julie and Julia with my parents and brother and sister-in-law to be last weekend. Brandon and I had already watched it once, but it was fun to watch it again! Meryl Streep did such a great job. Earlier that day I had a conversation with my mom and Mer ... http://abbybrandon.com/my-new-project/ Today was a great day. Some things were not so great but looking back over the day right now I just feel happy. Brandon was home sick today-not such a great thing. I got up at 8:30 and got ready for the day, then sat down and watched The Fox ... http://abbybrandon.com/a-wonderfully-lazy-day/