Thanksgiving 2013

Greetings Turkey day has came and went. And man oh man,  I'm still stuffed. I gotta recap yall on my Thanksgiving celerbration with my family and me now and I already knew I wanted to make duck. I wanted a different meat, turkey just isn't all that to me. So the week before I went to the Dekalb County Farmer's Market and bought 6 duck thighs.
I love to bake,  my grandmother taught me how to bake when I was a young girl and every year this was our time to shine. We would bake our asses off. So this year I decided to make a Sweet Potato pound cake and a Chocolate Bourbon Pecan Pie. So let's dive right on in.
So, Wednesday when I got home from work I decided to marinate my duck. I wanted to find a recipe that would make the duck taste good and roast the grease off. The recipe I found sounded good. It wasn't.....

The marniating process

So, it smelled great and it looked great, but the recipe had the temp too low. Here is the link to the recipe, beware. http://londonpaleokitchen.com/2013/03/24/orange-balsamic-roasted-duck-legs. For real, dont bother with that recipe. 

Now the sweet potato pound cake came out great. It was beautiful and tasted great.

Isn't she beautiful?

I killed it. Here is the pics of the Chocolate Bourbon pecan pie.

This pie got rave reviews

Overall, I enjoyed the food BUT I was dissatisfied with my duck. I was destroyed. Otherwise, i had a ball with the fam as always

Tatted Up Saturdays

Tat tat tatted up! All my crew tatted up! LOL. So Saturday, my brother, best friend, and I decided to get tattoos. I was so excited because this tattoo I got my grandmother's signature. It was really emotional for me and I don't regret it one bit. I love love love it. Its just healing really strange. But its only been a week so maybe not.  

It means peace, love, and yin and yang! 

My grandmother, we called her Oma! She loved Germany, I miss her dearly.

So, that is how my Saturday went. In other news, who watches Scandal? Man, that is my shit!! I am going to give my thoughts in the next blog, among other things.

See you soon. 

My brother is getting old

Sorry it's been a minute. Needed a minute to collect my thoughts. Work has been a bitch.

So my little brother turned 23 on the 20th if September. We celebrated on that Saturday, and where did we end up. At Cheddars Cafe in McDonough. So again I cannot stress enough to go and try Cheddars. The food is great, the prices are amazing, and the drinks are hella strong. Here is my food though.

This was really good. Filling too.

So I wore one of my Gwynnie Bee dresses. Then I quickly shipped it back. But here is what it looked like.

Not the best picture but I was full. Anyway that is all for now. 

Happy Birthday Brother!

Cruise Blog Part 5: Fun for all and All for Fashion

The last of the cruise blog, for now. I had a great time,  the ship was fun,  the food was yummy, the liquor was great and and I know everyone had a great time. I enjoyed spending so much time with my family plus after our year I think it was good to just let our hair down and have a good time.  So for this last cruise post I'm going to post all the other pics from the trip. Hopefully,  you enjoy, see you in a few days. 

My mom and I in the dresses we made. We both look great!

Who needs to buy a picture? 

My dad

The Motown show, AMAZING!

Food from the Taste Bar, yummy!

A bride, there was two on board and they looked great!

Hasbro Game night show! I had a ball, kid at heart!

Top deck late at night!

My mom and dad, my aunt and her friend. My aunt looks annoyed, lol

Lobster and prime rib night, we killed it!

Aunts and Uncle enjoying the show!

This was so good, from the taste bar. I had like 3 plates!

Food from Tea time, I had like 3 pieces

Mommy, enjoying her tea

I had breakfast in the dining room with my brother EVERY morning, it was so fun and I enjoyed his company. 

My mom, brother, and Aunt.

My beautiful mother

Uncle, Joe, and my dad, chillin

Native money

Until next time!