Amazing Meatloaf

Ok, so you're thinking how can Meatloaf (the food) be amazing? Normally its pretty yucky and well you only make it when there is nothing left to cook. Well last night I was craving meatloaf, go figure, but its been close to 2 years since I've eaten any! So I figured I'd open one of my numberous cookbooks and find a meatloaf reciepe. While in the cookbook, "ANYONE CAN COOK" Yes, that means me too!! I found one, and I modified it as follows (since I am only cooking for one):

1 egg
1/3 cup of ketchup (so I didn't measure, so ballpark to how ketchupy you want it)
1/3 cup of ITATLIAN bread crumbs (again, didn't measure it out, ballpark it)
1/3 package of LIPTON Onion dip in a packet
1/3 lb of 93% lean ground beef
salt and pepper

Preheat your oven to 350F, then place some aluminum foil on the bottom of a baking dish or cookie sheet (I used a pyrex 9x11 baking dish). Set aside.

In a mixing bowl, place either a large ziplock bag or wax paper will work (I used wax paper). Crack the egg and mix it with the ketchup in the bag or paper. Next, mix in the bread crumbs and onion mix. Then put your meat in there and mix it all up. If you have the bag, at this point close it taking all the air out and squish it around. You can probably use your hands too, it's just REALLY messy.

Then place the mixture on your baking dish. With the reciepe above, it's a really small loaf, so if your cooking for more than 2, def. modify the ingredients. Cut the loaf in half, making two small "meat loaves" and place in the oven. Cook for about 20 minutes and check, and keep cooking until the meat is no longer red inside.

Now to finish it off, this is optional, but is SOOO Good, put some shredded cheese on top. YUM!! I ate it with green beans. Yummy. I can't wait to make more!

Yea! Pictures are up!!!

Ok, so the pictures are up!! And they look awesome! Minus the ones that I appear to be drunk, which I could actually be drunk in them. Check them out, http://www.gcphoto.exposuremanager.com/g/katy__ryan !!!

As for the weekend - it was crazy! Between working Friday night till 2 am, and then trying to clean the house Saturday and then back to work till 1:30 a.m., the cleaning fell right into Sunday. But, I am happy to say that the upstairs office is clean, minus the trash I have to take out and the dining room is clean. I cleaned the closet in the "hallway" and cleaned up several kitchen cabinets. It's just really early spring cleaning.

And funny part from the weekend - I bought my dog's new food, so I mixed it in with the old food to get rid of it. And what is left in their dish, the old food!! It seems they only want to eat the new food now. Crazy dogs.

No pictures yet...

So no pictures yet, but I'm sure they will be up soon!! I can't wait to see them. But I was checking out Vanessa's new blog, When Mama's Happy and she had a link to a GREAT website -
Hillbilly Housewife This site is AWESOME! You need to check it out, especially if you are trying to stay on a budget or just need some new ideas for breakfast, lunch, or dinner.

I am going to try to "plan" my meals out now. Even though I am just cooking for myself, I think it will def. pay off in the long run. And this site helps you do that! As well as cook "Emergency Meals" for less than $45 (for 4 people for the week!) Crazy, I know. But it doesn't seem that bad, just high in sodium but you can lower that easy. And though I wouldn't want to eat some of the meals on it, it is great if you really are in a pinch! Worth checking it out......

Second post of the day

I'm getting pretty good at this blogging thing. It's actually really relaxing to do. Now, who invented Thank you cards? I mean don't get me wrong - they are wonderful but it really sucks when you have to hand write them all out! Oh well, I would still like to have them all done in about 2 weeks, but there is a board meeting next week so we will see how quickly it gets done.

Yes, I changed the name of my blog since I would like to share things with all of you rather than just blog about my boring life. But here is one thing I would like some feedback on. Ryan and I are now searching for a new home, a modular home. Please check out this link: http://billlakehomes.com/PDFFiles/Standard%20Ranch%20PDF/MOHAWK%206%202854%20Elev-Plan.pdf and let me know what you think of this floor plan! Keep in mind, we will be having a full basement and our first floor of our current home could fit in this house twice! Crazy........

That's it for now, I'll let you know when the photos are up from the wedding!

Long Overdue....

Ok, so my wedding was this weekend on the 14th - and it was beautiful! I couldn't ask for anything more. We did have some problems on Thursday evening and into Friday morning, but it got taken care of.

So on Thursday night, Ryan's dad went to pick up the tuxes at Needlemens in Burlington and when he got back, I grabbed my dads. Kenna and I went out to dinner and then I brough the tux up to my dad to find that he could SWIM in the thing!! I'm taking HUGE! And by then, it was too late to call Needlemens. So Friday morning came along, and I had to wait till 10 am to call! OMG! And then it wasn't till 11:45 that they finally decieded to order another size and ship it to us overnight from the company. What a mess!!!!! I then had to do some last minute running around before the rehearsal.

Then after the rehearsal it was off to Danielle's for food and some quiet time. But we played Apples to Apples and did the "speed round" which is the best way to play the game!!!

So here comes Saturday - I thought I was ready, and nope ask anyone who went. Ryan and I were both a wreck at church. But other than that, everything was PERFECT! The flowers were gorgeous, everyone looked beautiful - my photographers were AMAZING!!! And people had fun! Some probably had too much fun, but I think it was well worth it!! And my little nephew Jack, which you can find on my sister's blog My Little Monkey http://mylittlemonkeyjack.blogspot.com/ tore up the dance floor like he owned the place. It was soooo darn cute.

I want to thank EVERYONE who went! I hope everyone had a great time and thank you for everything!! It means so much! Ryan and I greatly appreciate everything. And a special thanks to my bridesmaids, the groomsmen and both parents. Most of all - thank you to my parents for hosting a wonderful party! It was well worth it!

Now for some pictures (thank you Danielle):

On the way to church -

Ryan and my flowers, how cute!!

Check out more pictures, http://greercicarelli.blogspot.com/ Thanks Jason & Vanessa!!

Stressed just isn't the word

Ok - so I am beyond stressed out right now. It just feels like I won't have enough time on Saturday to get everything done that needs to be done.

Luckly, I was able to change my hair appointment from 9 am to 8:30 am, leaving me plenty of time to get the the church to do the paperwork at 10a.m. And the last girls hair appointment has moved from 11 am to about 10 am. Making it much easier on me. Thank god! So that helped with some stress. But now, I just have to make sure everything gets done that needs to be done. I'm about ready to pull my hair out!!!!!!

I mean there isn't much left to do (thank god!), but I still don't feel like I've done enough. Which I know I have - I think I'm actually overduing everything!! Oh well I guess.

Left to do before Saturday:
- Have dress steamed
- Cut out "secret item" (I don't want anyone to know what this is!! But everyone will love it!)
- Purchase favors for the two reserved tables & head table
- Start and finish tags for the favors
- Wrap all presents for my bridal party
- Toasting Glasses are needed
- Place favors on the tables
- Put batteries in the lights
- HAVE A DRINK!!!