Wow long time.

It's only been like 7 months....ok so maybe a long time. In
my defense I have actually still been blogging. Just not
here. See all the blogs I follow on the right side of my blog?
Ya, I am a little obsessed with food blogs, so I decided to make
my own!!! So yes I am still here...just not here. :) Come see me at
www.foodbloggieaddict.com and then you will see that I was never really
gone at all.

P.S. My last post of my adorable new, tiny baby...ya he is still
adorable just not so tiny anymore. More like 22 pounds of a happy baby...
I can't believe he is 7 months old, where did that time go?

Carson Jacob Slane

3/3/11
7 lbs 12 oz.
19 3/4" Long

Pregnancy Thoughts

Pregnancy is something that unless you go through it you will never really understand it. I can say this now that I have managed to get through the past 9 months. I'm not going to pretend that I understood pregnancy before or that I even wanted to or cared to understand it. I was not the least bit sympathetic but now I have a whole new admiration towards woman and what we are capable of. There really are no words to truly describe pregnancy. It is hard and tiring and this extra weight that has crept up on me is unmanageable and uncomfortable. But, even with all that pregnancy is truly amazing. When you feel your baby moving inside of you, it truly is one of life's greatest moments.

We are about to embark on our next journey....tomorrow we should be welcoming our newest addition. Our love for baby Slane already is amazing considering we have never met the little guy. Our worlds are about to never be the same, ever. We are both excited for that journey and we can't wait to met the little man who has had control over mom for almost a year now. As Cory told Kramer the other night, "Kramer we get normal mommy back soon. Not pregnant mommy." Which translates into mommy who doesn't spill crocodile tears with a drop of a coin or can turn into Satan's spawn at the drop of a hat :)


In the pregnancy process I have come to realize how much of the burden is on the female partner. She's got a construction zone going on in her belly.
Al Roker

Book club favorites

I have been in book club for a few years now and in that time I have read some really good books and some really bad books. I thought I would list my favorites in case anyone is looking for a good read.

This has been my absolute favorite.



Another great one that is coming to a theater near you this summer.



We just finished this book and it was great!



This book is more of a "hard" read but it is great and also coming to a theater near you next winter.

New Goal

To quit printing off every recipe that looks good to me....I have hundreds of recipes that I can barely sort through let alone cook. Apparently I am also really hungry when printing these because today when looking at them I realize that a lot of them sound pretty disgusting ;) Plus, I can use some of my cookbooks that I always insist on buying.

I have learned two things this year....

1. Cory absolutely despises turkey enchiladas
2. As Cory said, "Why make ranch when you can buy it?"

Apparently neither of my latest two recipes were that big of a hit in our household :)

New year, 2011!!!!

New year, new resolutions, new baby!!!

New years is always a great time to make your "to do list" for the upcoming year. Last year I had big hopes and plans for what I wanted to accomplish. This year I am going to approach the new year a little more differently then I have in the past. I think this year my biggest change is going to be the baby joining our family. This is alot and I think that adjusting to mommy hood will be enough for me rather then worry about my resolutions too. So that being said there is 2 things for the year that I am going to try but I am not going to be to hard on myself if I don't accomplish it. The biggest two things will be resume my working out and second continue my love affair in the kitchen. I absolutely love cooking and hope to get in as many new recipes as I can in the next few months as I know our lives are about to be turned all around :)

2010 Where did you go?

2010 was a whirlwind of a year~Time flew so fast and things changed so quickly it is so hard to keep straight. I started the year wanting to log 500 miles of workout time in. I was unsuccessful and Cory was successful. I really hope this year proves to be more productive in working out, since I will need to lose some of this baby weight I have gained :)



With that being said, in 2010 I found the best workout ever, ZUMBA. I love it and can not wait to join all the girls again and shake it on the gym floor :)

I never got close to cooking every recipe in the cookbook like I planned but I am very hopeful that this coming year I will be able to make some new recipes again.

I hope Christmas was great for everyone. We had a wonderful holiday and feel so blessed with the arrival of baby Slane coming so soon! I am actually down to 11 weeks left, but that is not to say he won't come sooner :) Here is our family picture with baby Slane in 2010.




Of course, I can not forget to post a picture of the 1st baby furry Slane and his mommy :)




Cory and I are so excited to start 2011 and meet our new son in the next few months. We are excited and nervous about the change but know it will be worth it ;)

Merry Christmas!

First of all, I would like to wish everyone a Merry Christmas. What are your plans this year? Cory and I will be going to my parents for our traditional Christmas dinner of prime rib and crab legs, yummo!! I can not tell you how much I look forward to Christmas dinner! I love, love, love crab legs ;) And since I don't eat prime rib I always get more crab legs ;) (See how that works!)

Second thing, baby Slane is doing great and apparently ahead of the growing curve of babies at his stage. He is almost 1 pound bigger then a baby is at this stage. I guess that means two things: one, he is really healthy and two, I might not be going till March. The doctor is watching him closely and if this 'growth spurt' doesn't slow down I will be induced, YEAH!!! I can't tell you how exciting that is for me. That would be mean no more hip pain, no more enormous stomach and I would be able to work out!!! I understand I could work out now but for one thing with the hip pain it really is not that easy and two walking doesn't qualify as working out :) Right now it might since it puts me out of breath but really....I would rather be at Zumba!! Oh Zumba I miss you!!!

Happy Thanksgiving

I hope everyone had a great Thanksgiving.

Baby Slane

This was at our 20 week checkup when we found out we are having a boy :)

I think this is so funny!

If you haven't checked out www.theonion.com check it out! I love this article and still find myself giggling over it a day later :)


WASHINGTON—The U.S. Department of Education released a comprehensive, nationwide evaluation of American schools Monday indicating that attempts to teach absolutely anything to these little shits is just a huge waste of everybody's time.

"We remain committed to providing every student in the country with access to a high-quality education," said Education Secretary Arne Duncan, adding that good schools are a key component to the success of American democracy. "But to be honest, none of that matters. We're not talking about promising young scholars here—we're talking about a bunch of fucking animals."

"We've basically flushed $11,000 down the toilet for every single one of these little bastards," Duncan continued. "Not to mention 18 years of my life."


Secretary Duncan
The study, which analyzed the effectiveness of both public and private schools, found that efforts to enlighten these terrors on the subjects of math, history, grammar, and science are as productive as slamming your head into a goddamn brick wall. The research also confirmed that the unbearable shits, who take everything for granted, consistently piss away each learning opportunity they're given.

"When I first started teaching, I would see the smiling faces in my classroom and get excited about nurturing their young minds," said Melanie Whitman, 35, a first-grade teacher quoted in the report. "Now I can't look up from my desk without wanting to puke at the sight of all those little psychopaths."

Secretary Duncan said the study is the first to provide detailed evidence in support of the theory that third-grader Scott Kriesel is a complete fuck-up and perhaps even the living incarnation of Satan.

According to the report, billions of dollars in federal resources have been spent to modernize classrooms and improve teacher training, even though the little brats spend their entire days carving profanities into desks, shouting at whoever's in charge, and refusing to sit down, shut up, and actually learn something for once.

In addition, research suggests that school boards across the nation have grown tired of fighting to obtain funding for brand-new textbooks only to have the miserable fucks just deface them all with ejaculating penis drawings on the first day of class.

When asked if charter schools might help solve some of the problems faced by public education, Deputy Education Secretary Anthony W. Miller told reporters the data indicated any difference they made would amount to jack shit.

"Some charter schools perform better than their public counterparts, some don't," Miller said. "You can't change the fact that any school, no matter how it's funded, is ultimately just another type of building to contain these goddamn monsters for seven hours a day."

Miller added that more involvement from home was not the answer, either, as the little shits tend to have shithead parents who just make everything worse. The only findings from the study that provide a glimmer of hope, he said, are student absenteeism and dropout rates, which continue to increase.

"Christ, I dedicated my career to my students, actually thinking I could make a difference in their lives," middle-school teacher Joan Kubickers said Monday. "If I'd gone into public relations, I'd be making six figures by now. And at a PR firm, I bet I wouldn't have to worry about my tires getting slashed in the parking lot."

"Well, I have to go," she added. "The fucking hyenas in my third-period class await."

The Department of Education study comes on the heels of a survey last month that found 90 percent of all elementary school students resent being taught by pathetic losers who couldn't get a decent job in the real world.

I knew it would happen but....

I knew it would happen but I was really enjoying not looking to pregnant yet....but about 4 days ago I woke up looking like I swallowed one of these....

Big time mile update

Awhile ago I stated that Cory quit logging miles....after he read that he wanted me to clarify that he hasn't quit logging miles, he just quit logging them on my sheet. He has joined a new program at work where he wears a pedometer and logs them on to his system for work. Well maybe I shouldn't have said anything because I had no idea how far he really walks all day long...so here is our mile update with his miles from his work program.

Cory: 618.97
Cassie: 261.92


Ya, looks like I will never catch up with Cory :)

Boy oh boy!!

Mommy at 20 weeks :)

Pics!!!

Kramer being a drama queen, like our house don't have room for him to lay :)



Our so cute Kramer with his football.



Front row at Chelsea.



Cory and I at Chelsea Handler, Aug. 2010



Kramer with his best friend Penny going for a walk.

Yummy new recipe!

Who doesn't like a chicken pot pie? I love them, except for the peas and carrots..ewww! This weekend I made my own pot pie recipe and it was wonderful. Cory even really liked it after he had made a eww gross face when I told him what was for supper ;) Like I said, I don't like the peas and carrots in my pot pie and since I made my own I got to choose whatever I wanted to put in it and it was yummy. The best thing was how easy it was to assemble.

The pie had:

1 can drained chicken
1 can cream of potato soup
1 can cream of chicken soup
1 can drained new potatoes sliced
1 can drained mushrooms
some shredded cheddar cheese (however much you like, I used about 3/4 cup)
a dash of garlic salt
a dash of thyme

I bought a pre-made pie crust and put the first crust on the bottom. After mixing the ingred. in a bowl I added them to the dish & then placed the top pie crust on top. Slit the top for steam to escape in a few places, bake at 400 for 30 min. w/ foil around edges, take foil off bake for 30 more min. and you are done! We had to let ours cool for about 20-25 min. Yummy! A definite rotation recipe for us now :)

Miles update finally...

I swear I have not spent my entire past few months doing this....



and while my cooking has been put on the backside mostly because I couldn't stand the sight of food, my working out has not. So here is my new update :)

Cassie:231.02

Cory has pretty much gotten tired of logging miles so I have no clue where he is at but I would bet it is around 300 or more.....

Yep, its true ;)