I love you mommy

Happy Mother's Day! Feliz dia de las madres!

I love you mama, y mamá.
Job and I can't begin to express our love for you, are our graditude for all you have done, and continue to do for us.
I love you!
Te amo!

 My mother's day rose. I am a mother too, did you know?

Read why and how in One of my favorite talks on mothers.

A little here, a little there

Life has been good and busy round here! I between lots of work and school we have been:

Enjoying little views around the neighborhood

Popcorn popping!! I love Spring in Boston!

 Precariously driving our new (to us, thanks Millers!) couch across town.

 

And then basking in its comfy-ness. A couch has got to be comfy people! 

Having the best time helping with a baby photo shoot. Sweetest little thing ever.

Hosting gourmet night and the cleanup that comes with it ;)

Getting to enjoy lots of great cheese at gourmet night, with leftovers for days!

We have been feeling kind of like this a lot:

 But are busy and HAPPY!

Sunday thoughts

>>>>6 am on Sunday is my new favorite. It is so beautiful.

>>>> I think I can handle a double evening/night shift Saturday-Sunday! First time doing it last night and it was fine. I will be taking more of those. 

>>>> When I got in this morning, Job had a little packet of my pjs all ready for me on my side of the bed. Thanks love, that was so thoughtful :) 

>>>>I woke up to get ready for church at 1pm and Jobito was gone. Where are you honey? Was I that hard to wake up?*

>>>> Also, I forgot, church starts at 1, not 2. 

>>>> Sooo....I guess I am here today so I will try to make the best of it :)


*update, apparently I was! Job said he tried and tried to wake me up and I would mumble something incoherent and crazy and go back to sleep. He said he had never seem me so tired, and that I seemed drunk. I remember none of this. Oops. Maybe those double nights aren't such a great idea ;)

Start a little something new

The lovely book group ladies!

I am so lucky to have friends who enjoy this kind of thing :) I love groups, if you haven't noticed from the blog/instagram. It is just so fun to have a set time to get together with friends and do something you enjoy. I highly recommend starting a group doing something you enjoy. Movies, cooking, running, crafts, underwater basket weaving, whatever you love!

It happened one night on the way back home

Driving home together after work

Rachael to Job: wanna go on a date with me? :)
Job: yes! Wan't to go grocery shopping first?
R: yes!

When Job grocery shops it just so happens that we end up spending more money, but it is because we get things like chocolate covered peanuts, and purple cauliflower. So it's ok :) (and I just really appreciate when Job helps me with it, because I really do not care for grocery shopping. Maybe because I usually don't get fun stuff!)
Anyways!
We strolled the isles for veg, then headed to big old BJs where Job got a hankering to become grill master. Someday I will get him one of those to play with :)
Afterwards we found ourselves at Zaftigs, which we have been wanting to try. Per our awesome foodie friend's advice we got the potato pancakes, which were delish. We also got a Rueben, which I wouldn't recommend there. (best Reuben in Boston according to me so far: 1. Charleys saloon-closed :( 2. Sam LaGrassas. Still on the hunt. I heartily enjoy a good Reuben.)
Anyways!
I love spontaneous dates. And my really, really cute husband.
The end.

A little cheese for the weekend

 I stumbled upon a dangerous thing the other afternoon while I was craving something delish.

15 min. homemade jalenpeno cheesy bread.

It's better, and faster, than dominos.


What have I done!?

A friend asked for the recipe, and while I shouldn't really call it homemade (it's so easy) here are the instructions I came up with in my hungry state:

1/2 ball of pre made pizza dough (fresh stuff, like from Russos, Trader Joes, or another grocery store.)
Shredded mozzarella cheese
Shredded parmesan cheese
Thinly sliced yellow onion
Thinly sliced fresh jalepeno
optional: garlic powder, red pepper flakes, Italian seasoning.


Pre-heat oven to 450 degrees. Put a generous amount of olive oil on a pizza pan. Hand stretch the dough into a circle, the dough should be somewhat thin. Place the dough on the oiled pan and then don't touch it. It will shrink and get thicker. That is good. Generously sprinkle with cheeses, and top with onion and jalepenos. Season as desired and cook for 12-15 minutes in the crazy hot oven. The cheese will get browned, and the dough all crusty and crispy, ahhh yum! Slice into pieces, eat, and call me to thank me/curse me for showing you this ;)

Recipe for a good day=breakfast and hard work

Days that start like this,

and end with my trusty braid all mussed from a full day, tend to be good ones.

And of course, any day that includes this guy is sure to be great. I love you Jobito. 

Hi there handsome.