The Gourmet Economy

With Ted's new blog I decided to start one of my own :)

A cooking blog with recipes that are Healthy, Economical, and Timely.

The Gourmet Economy

ENJOY!

Amazing Birthday!

I had the best birthday ever!  It was about a week ago and I was spoiled!

I slept in, worked on Ted's blog, and then got to go and do a hard workout.  Although it doesn't sound fun to most people, it was rewarding because after my last surgery in October I told our personal trainer I wanted to be in the best shape of my life by my birthday, hard task, but I did it!  So a hard workout actually meant a lot to me!

After opening presents Ted and I meet his sister, Amanda, and her hubby Brannon at the Phoenix Art Museum to see Ansel Adams.  After, we ate at the best place (Modern Burger), and I had the best steak! YUMM!  And Amanda had even called ahead and told them it was my birthday.

No pictures of that night yet, Amanda has them all, but here are some from earlier in the day:

Ted got me a new set of pans

Perfect seeing we did not own 1 pot or pan.

Love them!

Lola helping open the presents

Lola dressed as one of my presents.

My Dad and Deb got me a thoughtful and very

cool book on Bulldogs, very helpful and a cute new

shirt for my new girlish figure :)

Ted's family knows me all to well

His mom made me a cupcake apron and got me

lots of cupcake things including a traveling case

and the cupcake tree I have always wanted!

 

Ted's sisters got me a baking gadget too.

With my big mixer in storage, I have been

 baking and whipping by hand.

This is amazing and has 7 speeds!

 

My mom and siblings got me a new workout outfit

Here I am trying to do a yoga pose in my new outfit and

take a picture at the same time, harder than it looks!

My friend Meghan heard Ted and I arguing over Ted not 

wanting me to make my own birthday cake, but when we got home

on my birthday night she had a cake waiting for me, so thoughtful!

Perfect ending to the perfect day!

New Blog!

Ted has started a new blog:

HappinessApplied  (click to go to it)

Check it out!

(I designed the blog, just taking a little credit ha ha)

Make it a link on your blog :)  He will be posting weekly, very worth following!  Let your friends and family know too!