Weekend Story

 

Friday

 

Friday Tony and I went to the Warriors game in Oakland! The traffic going into the Bay was hideous and I should have known considering it was a Friday but we got there with an hour to spare and we immediately went inside to our seats. It was both Tony and I's first time at a Warriors game and my first time at a professional sports game and it was so much fun! The Warriors are one of the best teams in the NBA right now and it was so much fun watching them play live, I even joked to Tony it was nice seeing my boyfriends Andrew Bogut and Klay Thompson ;)

 

 

 

 

Quick side note about the above pic: We had actually both been up since 4AM because I couldn't go back to sleep after he went to work. I binge watched Gilmore Girls for 2 hours on Netflix before getting up to go to work! I drank approximately 250% more caffeine than he did on Friday which is why I don't look tired.

 

 

On the way to the game we picked up some Esstarbucks. I took this pic of our his and hers iced coffees. I marveled at the fact that this husband of mine never drank coffee before we dated and slowly but surely I got him hooked.

 

 

An iPhone pic of our view of the court!

 

Saturday

Saturday we went to the gym and then my Mom's house for dinner. Tony left to his friend's house to watch the Pacquiao fight and I stayed back and lounged at my Mom's... I even took a nap in my Mom's bed! My Mom baked some Oatmeal cookies and I prepped some Chicken to fry up on Sunday!

 

I let this Chicken sit overnight in Buttermilk, Garlic, Lemon Slices, Rosemary, Salt and Pepper.

 

Sunday

 

Sunday we went for a quick hike with my Mom early in the morning. We came back to my Momma's house and picked up some Starbucks and Donuts. Because if you exercise before eating donuts it makes them calorie free. Didn't you know?! #denial

 

I painfully watched as my Niners played and it was another ugly win. For the last 3 weeks they have been ugly wins. When will our offense start playing as well as our defense? Anyways, we play Seattle on Thanksgiving and I hope and pray our offense can get something going. Please, pretty please?

 

One thing is for sure though, it was so nice having this guy back. Our pass rush was almost non-existent while he was suspended.

 

 

And my fried chicken came out pretty good!

 

After the game we came home to watch the Walking Dead...

 

And I watched 90 Day Fiance because ain't nothing like some good ole' TLC Reality Shows...

 

 

This week I only work Monday and Tuesday and I am so excited to cook this year for Thanksgiving! I will be making:

 

 

Pioneer Woman's Restaurant Style Smashed Potatoes

 

 

 

Along with a roasted Turkey brined with PW's Turkey brine...

 

 

And for Dessert I will be making a whole bunch of PW's Cinnamon Rolls with Maple Frosting.

 

Happy Thanksgiving Week!

 

~Mely

Weekend Story

 

This weekend I was happy. It was a happy weekend! I threw my Momma a PartyLite party on Saturday and Sunday cooked and watched football and the Walking Dead (I needed to see my boyfriend Daryl). I even... wait for it... went to the gym Friday night with Tony. I also plan on going to the gym four times this week because I am tired of being jiggly.

 

Friday night we went to the gym and to Chic-fil-a afterwards which is perfectly okay because I went to the gym beforehand, right?

 

Saturday

 

Saturday we went to my Momma's house bright and early! I prepped some food before going to run some errands with Tony, PK and my Momma. Then I set up the Partylite display which ended  being not as dazzling as I predicted because I underestimated the amount of product to bring but it was still real pretty!

 

Here's the set up...

 

 

 

For the record, this is what my first PartyLite party setup looked like!

 

 

For the party I made Queso Fundido and a similar take of my Quiche. I used this perfect pie crust recipe and it really is perfect y'all!

 

 

 

 

Yum

 

 

Double yum, I used Chorizo and Monterrey Jack for this Queso Fundido. I also added sliced green onions to it because sliced green onions are everything. This pic has a dollop of sour cream on top because I prepped two Queso's on Saturday and the second one I made on Sunday, I added a dollop of sour cream.

 

Saturday we ended up staying way later than we wanted to at my Mom's house before we came home and I passed right out.

 

Sunday

 

I woke up pretty early to get some cleaning done around the house and we left to my Mom's house right after the Niners game begun. I find it to be very painful to watch the Niners play even if they win. Sunday's win was a real UGLY win, but it was a win. There were also some really positive things to take away from it even after our offense couldn't muster up enough for more than 1 measly touchdown after Eli Manning threw 5 touchdowns. Anyways, I was happy we pulled out a win and hopefully next week we can have an AMAZING game and our defense AND offense can click in perfect symphony.

 

 

After the Niners won my brother and Tony watched the Raiders play while I made these....

 

 

The pic you already saw but more appropriately place under Sunday's paragraph... LOL!

 

 Most people don't know this but Chicken Wings are one of my favorite foods of all time. However, I am picky and I like my Chicken Wings homemade either by myself or by my brother, this Sunday I made about 40 of them. YUM! I think I shall post the recipe I made sometime.

 

We came home early for a little Walking Dead action...

 

 

Then this happened...

 

 

We had some Chocolate Mousse Pie at my Momma's house that we never cut into on Saturday and I brought some home... so good!

 

And every since I found out that my home girl Pioneer Woman's show is on Netflix Tony and I have been watching a couple episodes every night. I love watching her!

 

That's a wrap! Tonite on Mely Cooks Monday I am making...

 

Momma's Chicken Salad!

 

~Mely

 

Weekend Story

 

Back to Back weekend story posts! I'm on a ROLL!

 

Friday

Friday I went to check in on my little Ches who had just had surgery on his bladder stones and was staying at the hospital for observation. Poor little man! After the vet I went home to Tony and came to my Momma's house for a while.

 

The snapchat from the vet's office, poor little man!

 

 

Saturday

 

They grow up so fast, PK is the one on the right

 

Saturday Tony and I took PK my wittle seester to her soccer game. They lost but she played well and so did her bestie. I was super proud of her because she has come a ways since she first started playing soccer. After the game we hit up In-N-Out for some tasty burgers and then came home and hung out for a bit. Later in the evening we had to take Chester to get checked on by the vet and from there Tony and I took PK to a family party of Tony's. We only stayed for a couple hours, PK felt uncomfortable. She wanted to spend the night and we went home and rented Transformers, Age of Extinction. PK only lasted halfway through the movie, children these days, they can't hang.

 

 

Sunday

 

Sunday it was donuts, Starbucks, breakfast and football at my Momma's house. The Niners won a tough game and I almost had a brain aneurism watching the dropped coverage and Jimmy Graham burn our secondary. AHHH Football, can't live with it, can't live without it.

 

 

 

 

We WON!

 

 

Back home we watched The Walking Dead, and I was kinda dissapointed my boyfriend Daryl Dixon wasn't in the episode considering he is the main reason I watch...

 

 

 

Today I had my first red cup of the season. I don't usually order hot drinks from Starbucks but I had a free reward so I got a Caramel Brulee Latte. #whynot

 

And tonite I shall make a Quiche!

 

~Mely

 



Happenings + a Weekend Story

 

I have been terrible about blogging current happenings lately. So much is going on and this past week felt like a whirlwind.

Weekend of 10/31-11/2

 

Friday - Halloween

Tony and I didn't dress up for Halloween and we stayed home for a quiet night in. We hit up Applebee's for late night happy hour and I had a couple drinks and we came home and went to sleep!

 

Saturday

Saturday I was supposed to go to Napa for lunch with an old friend. She ended up taking a rain check because she wasn't feeling well. So I stayed home and cleaned up a bit before heading to PK's game and watching her team kick butt! After the game Tony and I went to pick up a cupcake at my favorite cupcake place and then we went home. My mother in law made tongue tacos and I invited my Pops over for tacos.

 

Sunday 

Sunday Tony and I split ways, I went to my Momma's house to make Chicken wings and cheese bread and watch the 49ers game with my brother and Tony went to watch the Raiders game at his cousin's house.

 

Monday

Monday I called in sick to work, later on in the day I made some Enchis. They came out super tasty and not spicy at all.

Wednesday
 I made Paninis!

 

Okay, Okay so maybe I don't have a Panini maker but I wanted to make this happen anyways!

 

The rest of last week was a blur. I have been having this major "where is my life going? what are my long term goals? how could I better myself?" crisis for the past month and I feel like I need to regroup! I am trying to get back to basics and try to be more positive and overrall I want to be more thankful. I need to be more thankful for what I ALREADY have as opposed to placing so much pressure on myself to achieve so much more in so little time.

 

Stay tuned, I am making a Quiche on Mely Cooks Monday (if I can get out of going to the gym with my Husband, I hate the gym... wah!)

 

~Mely

 

Happenings + Weekend Story + 1 more

I have been so busy with work, candles, life and family that I haven't had the oppurtunity to blog! As previously mentioned I became a PartyLite Independent Consultant! I have my own website up! CLICK HERE to access my PartyLite Website. The online outlet has so many great deals available right now!

 

 

Weekend of 10/10/14-10/12/14

 

This weekend was a relaxing one! I definitely needed one of those since the weekend before last I was a hot mess. Saturday I went to my new consultant orientation and learned a lot about being a consultant. I also submitted my first order and made some money! After the orientation I stopped by Ike's to get Tony and I some yummy sandwiches! We relaxed the rest of the day Saturday. Sunday I was home from my Momma's early to watch the Niners beat the Chiefs.. it was glorious!

 

 

Weekend of 10/17/14-10/19/14

 

This past weekend was a super fun one. I can blog more in detail about this awesome weekend because I actually REMEMBER what happened!

 

Friday I went to the mall after work to pick up a few things. The Body Shop was having a sale and I picked up some lotions and a couple of hand creams. I also hit up Forever 21 for a couple of cute finds. While I was in Forever 21 I got a text from my Husband "Hey my beautiful wife, I'm taking you out to dinner today, anywhere of your choice." I mean how you have a bad weekend after getting THAT text from your man?! We went to Hikuni's for a Hibachi grill dinner and it was just okay. Afterwards, we went back to Windsor to get ice cream and my Cappuccino blast... Yum. The rest of the night was spent watching Netflix.

 

Saturday

Saturday Tony drove me to hang out with my best friend who would turn 21 at midnight. After dropping me off he left to pick up Anthony for his little league game. I had my bestie drop me off at my Mom's house and I waited for Tony and Anthony to come home. They arrived with ice cream and I told Anthony that my husband's babysitting skills don't come free and he owed his Tia Melissa lots of kissies.

 

My bro had a birthday celebration at my Mom's house and it was fun! His friend catered it and there was a ton of yummy food along with lots of friends and family.

 

 

Birthday Boy and I, circa 1995

 

Later on in the night we ended up going to the casino with my bestie at midnight and having a couple drinks... Tony and I didn't get home until 3AM! I can't hang like I used to because I couldn't fully recover until Monday night!

 

Sunday

 

Sunday I flew solo and went to a candle hall show with a coworker, candles are truly a ton of fun and I love all the Partylite product I receive. After the show I went to my Momma's house to hang out and watch the game. I left home a little early because I hadn't seen Tony since the morning. We went to sleep early.

 

Today is barely Wednesday and I feel like this week has been crazy, stressful, on the go and busy busy busy! I still have to go home and organize my candles as well as finish laundry. I also want to make something different for dinner... Recipe will be up tomorrow!

 

Baked Breakfast Hawaiian Sandwiches

 

See you soon!

~Mely

Weekend Story

 

This past weekend was a rollercoaster of emotions. I was battling a nasty cold and my hormone levels seemed way out of whack but somehow, even with being sick, I still managed to get a boatload of things done.

 

Friday

Friday Tony and his Dad had to fix his car. We ended up spending a lot of money but we saved the $1200 we would have paid at Les Schuab Tire or the $3000 we would have spent at BMW. I am super grateful for my awesome brother who works in the imported auto part industry and my awesome father in law who is a mechanic for helping us get Tony's car fixed. After work I went to Walmart and picked up a few necessaties along with an amazing pair of leggings that were only $15!!! They are super comfy and versatile enough for work and a casual weekend.

 

When I got home I ordered a couple pizzas for dinner and after inhaling some NyQuil I passed right out.

 

Saturday

Saturday I woke up still feeling crummy! Tony and I had to leave home early to go pick up Anthony who had a little league game. We ended up babysitting both Anthony and my sister so we definitely got to practice our children wrangling skills.

 

 

Anthony running to homebase!

 

After the game the kiddos were hungry and so were the babysitters so we went to my favorite Chinese place in Rohnert Park and indulged in their amazing lunch specials. You really can't go wrong with cheap $7 lunch specials. Yum!

 

Then we checked out the new "Walmart Neighborhood Market" in my Mom's neighborhood and it is amazing! Their baking section has everything I could possibly ever need and at amazing low prices. I could not get enough! From there we spent a few hours at my Mom's house until about 6PM, my Mom forced me to go through my old closet and purge things I didn't need anymore. I was super cranky at the end of it and just wanted to go lay down. PK wanted to spend the night at our place and we took her home with us but not before stopping by Baskin Robbins and picking up some mini Cappuccino Blasts! I knew PK would love them because she is basically an 11 year old version of myself and likes everything I like, except for Sushi, we're working on Sushi.

 

I got home and inhaled some DayQuil and was determined to make all my Snickerdoodle cookie baking dreams come true. While Tony was at the gym PK and I made these Snickerdoodles. The results? They were okay... I expected them to be a little better so I still haven't found the Snickerdoodle recipe for me.

 

 

Baking did make me feel a little better emotionally (if you know me, you know that baking is my therapy) but I was still feeling sick! I had Tony bring me some Tacos from a Taco truck and I had a major diva moment when he forgot my grilled onions. Then I pouted because I had him go to a different Taco truck than the one I like (because his Mom insisted it was way better) and the tacos tasted really off. I was being a huge Cranky McCranky Pants that night. I ended up apologizing for being so mean and I thanked him for going out of his way to deliver Tacos for me.

 

Sunday

Sunday PK and I woke up pretty early because we thought she had a soccer game at 8:30. I took her to my Mom's house only to find out there was some confusion about the game and she actually only had a game in the afternoon. PK wanted to come back home with me so I brought her and we stayed at home for a while before coming back to Rohnert Park. My brother and I watched the Niners win and I stayed at my Mom's house until the early evening and and headed home to Tony. I made a batch of the best chili ever! 

 

 

Yum

 

I continued my routine of downing some NyQuil before falling asleep in Tony's arms. Overrall this weekend felt super long because I was so sick and irritable! What I should have done was stayed at home all weekend and just relax and do some chores. Hopefully next weekend will be a soothing one.

 

 ~Mely 

 

Weekend Story

I'm late to posting my weekend story... this was such a wild weekend and my Monday was so crazy busy followed with a busy Tuesday at work that I haven't had time to blog! Wah!

Friday

Friday I baked some goodies to satisfy my soul. I made Pioneer Woman's Chocolate Cake and the Best Oatmeal Raisin Cookies.

 

 

Saturday

Saturday we left the house fairly early to go catch Anthony's little league game. He made some great hits and I even caught video of him scoring a homerun. My little sugarplum is growing up! Right after Anthony's game we headed straight to Karina's soccer tournament in Santa Rosa. Her team didn't do too well :( Tony ended up going home early so he and his Dad could replace the e-brake on his car and I stayed back with my Mom so we could go to a birthday party. Saturday felt so go-go-go that I was ready for it to be over!

 

 

Sunday

Sunday we woke up and I organized and vacuumed a bit before we left to my Momma's house. I picked up some chicken wings and with a little guidance from my brother I was able to make my own buffalo wings since buffalo wings are essentially my most favorite food to eat in the world. They were sooo good! I tossed them in flour with salt and pepper and then deep fried them to a nice crisp before bathing some in BBQ sauce and others in Buffalo sauce, then baked them to lock in that flavor! Now that I know how to make Buffalo wings, I will make them more often ;) What else made my Sunday great?

 

 

My Niners won!

 

 

And my Fantasy Football team won for the first time!

 

And then Monday I called in sick and later on in the day Tony and I stopped by Manly Honda just to "look at our options" because a 2 door Civic for a 5'9'' wife and 6'4'' husband is actually not very comfortable believe it or not! A few hours later after lots of paperwork, handshaking and negotiating we drove away with this beauty...

 

 

... a 2014 Honda Accord. Great for a family or in this case 2 tall Mexicans.

 

That's all!

~Mely

Weekend Story

 

Friday

 

Friday my boss took us to lunch at Flavor Bistro and let us go home at 3 PM, I was super pumped! After work I set out to buy spices to expand my Spice Pantry. I went to Trader Joe's and got a couple of things and then I went and checked out Penzey's Spices. It was life changing, they have every possible spice or flavor extract you could need! I ended up buying these three things but I want to come back every so often to treat myself to different spices ;) I also signed up to become a PartyLite Candle Consultant, I love their candles and thought this would be a fun hobby so I took the dive!

 

This burger was good but it wasn't the best I've ever had!

 

 

I was happy to get these bottles of spices all for $10! Cream of Tartar at the grocery store is almost $6 a bottle, same goes for Ground Mustard! That's crazy, I hate spending a boatload of money on a spice I will rarely use.

 

Later in the evening Tony and I took my Mom and his Aunt to Red Lobster... I used to love Red Lobster as a kid and was astonished Tony had never been before so we went out for dinner and it was nice. I remember the food tasting better but it could just be my tastebuds are "more refined" now. Hehe :)

 

Saturday

Saturday we went to one of my favorite places, Costco! I had to buy a Costco-sized package of butter because I realize that I use a lot of butter for my baking and wanted to have a bunch handy. We also went to the grocery store and then went to my Momma's house for a while. She had a small BBQ and we were there until late. Anthony's parents went out and he stayed with his Grandma.. We got this super cute selfie, it's a little blurry but I loved it :)

 

I mean, how cute is my baby nephew?

 

I also browsed some pictures of my Mom and Dad's wedding day and how gorgeous was my Momma on her Wedding day? And my Dad looks like a Novela Actor.

 

My mom doesn't know what the heck my Grandma did with her wedding dress, I was pretty irritated because I wanted that dress! She said it was nothing special but I think it's gorgeous. Side note: my Parents are actually divorced now but it's still cool to look at pictures and see all that history.

 

Sunday

Sunday I left to Santa Rosa solo to go to my little sister's soccer game and afterwards my Mom made Corundas with a couple of her friends at her house. Tony was at his cousin's house watching the Raiders game and I only watched part of the Niners game, it was horrible and the Refs have no idea what they are doing! Saturday night, I had made Chili and Sunday I was able to indulge in some with Sour Cream and Cheddar which made my heart ache a little less after that crappy loss. It was mighty good!

 

I was at my Mom's house until around 8 PM at which point I went home and we watched an episode of American Dad before going to sleep.

 

All in all, this weekend was a good weekend (minus my Niners losing). Next weekend Kari has a soccer tournament... uh oh #crazyoldersistersoccercheering. And tonite on Mely Cooks Monday...

 

Creamy Pesto Spaghetti with Mushrooms and Chicken

 

That recipe will be up tomorrow!

~Mely

 

Weekend Story - Football Edition

This post is not for the easily offended...

 

It is with a heavy heart that I write this post as last night I had to witness an unbearable Niners loss due to:

• Extremely poor officiating
• Turnovers/Interceptions

Nevertheless life goes on and I have to forget about this loss and look forward to the next game. At least Seattle lost! For those Football-saavy here are a couple of my favorite memes of the weekend...

 

 

 

Richard Sherman was beat by Phillip Rivers a couple times and blew his coverage... I guess he forgot to pop his Adderall before the game.

 

And on the subject of terrible officiating, the NFL refs gifted Seattle with a Touchdown that shouldn't have been.

 

And since we are talking about Seattle...

 

Just like somebody on Twitter said, "As a SF fan it's like you root for two teams: SF and whoever Seattle is playing that week." On top of that, Seattle's Defense gave me a -1 points on my Fantasy team this week. That's NEGATIVE 1 point. Sheesh.

 

That was essentially my Sunday, I did wifely woman things in the morning such as bake Cinnamon rolls, make eggs and hot links, clean and vacuum. As soon as I go to my Momma's house I become this un-ladylike trash talking-cursing Football fan and it's not real purty let me tell ya. I would like to believe deep down inside my Husband thinks it's sexy.

 

That was my Sunday...

 

My Saturday!

 

We ate donuts and drank coffee in the morning with my Momma, Tony's aunt, a family friend, my sister, Tony's sister and Martina. I hit up Le Walmart for a couple of things and I made this beautiful tray of Nachos for the Mayweather Maidana fight.

 

I used refried beans (courtesy of my Mother in Law), Gaucamole (made myself), melted Monterrey Jack cheese, Chicken, Steak, Sour Cream and Jalapenos. They were super good and I can't wait to make them again!

 

We had a nice time at my cousin and her husband's house watching the fight. She made Ceviche and there was tons of other food. We talked and talked and I spent time with my niece and Goddaughter, it was good times!

 

Today my goal is to get through work in a reasonably productive manner and go home and do laundry and cook!

 

~Mely