A Good Form of Birth Control

What is going on here?

Now that Dakota is 7 months old, it's safe to say she's outgrown her newborn through (most of her) 6 months old outfits. It took me a few hours on Monday, but I sorted and organized through the girls clothes. I put them in big plastic tubs and used Krista's storing method. <----- That has a nice ring to it.

FYI: A good form of birth control is having to organize kids clothes. There's just so much!!!

Luckily, my friend showed me an easy and inexpensive way of organizing and storing them. I wrote a blog post about it, a while back. I put a link of that post at the end of this one, if anyone is interested.

Are you guys enjoying the cold weather??? I am. I love jackets and scarfs. Today, it's a little warm, but hopefully we'll get a cold front soon, so I don't look like an idiot walking around wearing this, when it's 70 degrees and sunny outside.

Tonight, I think I'm craving wine and pizza. Pizza Night, holla!!! That's what the girls and I ate Monday night. Does pizza count as a vegetable? Because if it does, I'm right on track with my goal of eating more veggies.

Here is the Organizing Baby Clothes Post: 

Bins, Trash Bags, String & a Marker is All You Need

My Week in Photos: WSJ Wine Club, Cowboys Opener & More

I joined the Wall Street Journal Wine Club. 15 bottles of wine and a corkscrew wine opener for $99. If you are interested in the club, let me know before you order -- because they have a refer a friend program and I'll save money on my next purchase. Although, I'll probably be set for a year with this much wine, but still -- contact me before you order!

I got a mix of red and white wine bottles. I'll open a bottle next week. I still have a bottle of Riesling in the fridge. Trey is not a wine drinker, so it usually takes me a full week (or more) to consume one bottle. Towards 6 days, the wine tastes kind of flat....

Since I'm still nursing a baby, I only drink a few ounces (a tiny amount), typically after Dakota's last feeding of the night.

Cheyenne has been in Abilene visiting grandparents. I'll meet up with her this afternoon, when I go to Abilene.
 
I'm so jealous, yesterday Jomi meet Erin at an Abilene park for a play-date. Brianna and Cheyenne picked up, right where they left off. Best Friends Forever!

This week, someone was feeling depressed about the Rangers and decided to make food (cooking therapy??) and bring it to work. Cookies and Mexican food for me because someone was depressed, sucks for them, but yay for me!

Speaking of food -- I'm totally obsessed with Paleo Almond Brownies.

Dakota has the best seat in the house. That's Care Bears, she's watching.

Cowboys Stadium is beautiful

The plaza at Cowboys Stadium

Monday Night Football Opener

My Week in Photos

This is the light edition of my week in photos. I didn't take as many photographs as I normally do. You are shocked, right?

If you ever want to thank me, this is how you do it... 
A few weeks ago, I helped a faculty with a project and to thank me she bought me wine. This is the second time she's done this, so anytime I know she needs help, I'm more than happy to assist. Yes, my work can be bought with wine and don't forget food! P.S. how do you like my office decor? That's one of my favorite pictures of Trey and my mom. Some of my co-workers have told me, that's a lovely picture of you... (the picture to the right). I have to tell, them: no, that's my mom and my ginger husband. I like to drop the ginger reference whenever possible. Red hair don't care :)

Another Work Related Picture
Someone I work with put this in my office box. I want to know who they are, so I can thank them. Cheyenne is going to love these, magnets.

Do you have any plans for the weekend?
I didn't have anything planned and then about an hour ago I got this email -- Now, I know exactly what I'll be doing. I'm obsessed with 90210 and the fifth season starts on the CW next month!!!!

Photographer & Model -- Well, "Model" is a Long Shot

When no one is around to help me set my exposure and lights, I have to run back and forth...and play photographer //// (slash) //// model subject.

I'm quite impressed that I'm in focus.

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Times Ten Cellar 
Saturday, Isis with EnduraLAB organized a ladies night out. About 10 of us had dinner in the West 7th area and then walked to a wine bar called Times Ten Cellar. I loved hanging out with the ladies, but if you are looking for date night ideas, you've gotta try this place. The atmosphere is super romantic.

What is your favorite wine? I had a glass of malbec, but my favorite is Moscato.
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MacBook Pro Update:

My electronic baby is finally ready to come home! I'm so glad I took my co-workers advice and backed everything up before I sent it to IT for the encryption. It was in the hands of the IT department, when the hard drive fried. They don't repair computers, so I had to take my laptop to Apple. The hard drive replacement was almost $300, but since it's still under warranty, the fee was waived.

Delaney Vineyard Wine Tour & Tasting

A few days ago, a client asked me to transfer her daughter's VHS wedding to DVD. I love weddings, they are so romantic. While I was dubbing the VHS, I noticed the wedding venue was at a vineyard. I immediately looked it up, Delaney Vineyard & Winery. I had to see the place.

Yesterday, Trey and I went to take a tour of Delaney Vineyard. I highly recommend going. Here are some snapshots from the tour. Oh, I got to sample FIVE wines. Delicious. 

The Entryway
 
The production/assembly line. This reminded me of the show How it's Made, it comes on the Science Channel.  Trey DVR's that show.

The Tanks. Whoa, that holds a lot of wine. 

Barrels of Wine
 
Us to our tour guide: We're on vacation. 
Tour Guide: Really, where are you guys from? 
Us: Fort Worth. 
Tour Guide: Oh. Cool. 
 
WINE Tasting! Yes, Please!
 
I wanted to take this glass with me.
Beautiful
 
I'll take one of everything.
Sweet Texas Red was my favorite wine. It's unlike any wine I've ever tasted. I must have it. I would like this to be in my Christmas Stocking.

Here is the Wine Description: Aged in Oak, this wonderful blend of Cabernet Franc, Cabernet Sauvignon and Petit Verdot has a surprising sweet finish. A perfect compliment to barbecue, spicy dishes or dark chocolate. 
 
The Vineyard. Texas had a brutal summer and Delaney did not have a great harvest.

When the grapes start to bloom, the staff will place a net over the entire crop, so birds won't eat the harvest.

A wine barrel, that size would probably last me a lifetime.

Friends and family if you ever want to tour this winery, let me know. I'd love to tour it again.

From there we went to Southlake Town Square. Here is an Internet Picture of the square. It was our first time out there. Lots of upscale shops. Later, that evening we went to the Movie Tavern in the So. 7th area and watched 50/50 (so gooood). Trey and I shared a drink at the bar and watched a little bit of the Rangers game. Before heading home, we indulged in some Five Guys. Ohhhhh, burgers and fries, this must be what vacation tastes like.

So, that wraps up what we did, day one of our vaca. I'd say, we're off to a great start.

4th of July Short Order Chef

I almost tore the house apart looking for our American Flag and when I finally asked Trey, he was like, oh yeah, it's in the garage under the cabinet. Great.

Does your neighborhood get festive for the 4th of July? It seems like every year more and more people wave flags in their front yard. Look, we have a house next to us, FINALLY! It only took 3 years. The home is vacant. I'm going to make sure this house stays on the market, long enough for Linda and Steve to make an offer. BTW, Linda found out she's having a baby boy.

So, this year, I made a pricey investment on flags, 50 cents a pop. I even lined the side of house. Maybe next year, I'll go ALL OUT and spend some BIG money (1. dollar) on the big flags.

Recently, I've been drinking white wines. I love Riesling and Moscato. We all know, Red Wines are healthier, but I have never been crazy about red wine. The problem may be that I've never given it a chance. So, in the next few weeks, I'm on the quest to find the perfect Red Wine. Wine TASTING! Who wants to join me? This week, I'm tasting Malbec.

Malbec Bottle Label:
Malbec has aromas of blackberries and chocolate, the taste is of black cherries and the finish is dry and tart to the pallette. ...can be paired with a salad and cream dressing, pastas with a red sauce or even fish. It can be paired with almost any dish, even pizza.


Trey had to help me take the cork off.

I'm corkscrewed challenged. See, my last attempt. I butchered it.

Trey, showing me how to get it done.

I honestly had so much trouble, last time trying to open the corkscrew, I utilized an online how-to-video. It helped. Apparently, Trey knows what he's doing and doesn't need elementary videos, like I do. Show-off!

Mom's, I know you tell your family, "You're going to eat what I make because I'm not a short order cook." I know. I know. I say it too. Well, have you meet my family? Monday, I made an exception and for the first time in possibly years(?) I made Trey hot dogs. I think hot dogs are beyond gross. Really, have you read the back of a hot dog label? Trey really likes them, so I guess I can't hate them forever.

The second item on the menu was baked ziti for Cheyenne. She is my daughter. We love our carbs.

The last item on the menu was for me. I had grilled salmon with gilled veggies and sweet grilled apples. FISH! For some reason anytime I eat fish, I feel like I have to tell the world or in my case twitter-verse. It's like I'm a little kid, LOOK MOM, I ate all my fish and veggies!

Cheering for the Good Guys & My Garden Grows

I like basketball, but I don't follow it during the normal season...that is unless a TEXAS team makes it to the playoffs --- oh yeah, and if Trey makes me. Trey didn't have to twist my arm to get me to watch this series. Actually, Trey wasn't even home to watch the game.

Dallas Mavericks are on the edge of winning the championship and I don't want to miss it.

The Bad Guys. Here is a better photo of Lebron and I have to say one of my favorites.

Moscato wine, while watching the game. So sophisticated.

I have mint in the garden and I haven't used it as often as I thought I would, but when I do, I like to put it in my water. Occasionally, I put it in fruit bowls.

Cheyenne needs black out curtains for her room. I put her to bed and it took her 30 minutes to go to sleep. She pulled out all the tricks:
1. I need to go to the bathroom.
2. I need a tissue. 
3. I want my mommy/daddy.
4. I want water.
Those tricks don't work on me, because I've been there. I remember doing that when I was little. My response -- "Let's go to the bathroom, but then go to bed and don't come out of your room or else...."

It's hard to say who won this battle. She fell asleep, but then ended up in our room around 3 am. Parents who have toddlers --- Do your little ones sneak into your room in the middle of the night? Cheyenne does every now and then. Most nights, I don't even realize it, until the morning. She's sneaky, she's good, she knows exactly what she's doing.

Her grin in this photo explains it all. She's thinking: Sure mom, I'll go to sleep now, but you'll see me in a few hours.

Switching gears a bit, here are the latest photos of the garden. I don't use any chemicals, to keep bugs away and I think the bugs are taking advantage of that.

Another batch of tomatoes were untouched (other than one minor scratch). You better believe I snatched those babies off the vine.

Flowery Cilantro.

I'm such a proud garden momma. I have Squash-Zuchinni!!!!! I'm so impressed with myself.

This flower wilts during the high heat of the day, but buds during the morning sunrise. I snapped this photo, this morning.

 Last year, the squash I planted got out of control. I ended up mowing it down. Mistake #1 - planting it outside of a contained area. I learned my lesson.

And now a flashback to last year.