Recipe- Macaroni Salad

Macaroni Salad

*image from google- not Julie's mac salad.

Here is the recipe to the BEST macaroni salad I've ever had! My friend Julie brought this to our bbq this past weekend, and everyone loved it! She doesn't cook with measuring cups and I know this can be annoying for people like me who have to measure everything! I'm just no Paula Dean y'all, so I haven't mastered that skill yet! Here we go....

Ingredients:

Box of Elbows (boiled of course)

5-6 hard boiled eggs

1 can of pea & carrots ( can that's already mixed together)-drained

1 can of corn-drained

1 RED onion

Mayonnaise

Apple Cider Vinegar

Salt

What to do:

In your dish mix the pasta, corn, peas & carrots.

Grind in 1/4 of the red onion.

Grind in the eggs.

Add mayo, apple cider vinegar, & salt until the taste is to your liking.

Put in the fridge to chill.

Seems simple enough but WE WILL SEE! And if any of you don't like eggs, onions, or vinegar, please believe me when I say you can't even taste it...AT ALL. She said she "folds" in the mayo, vinegar & salt in intervals until she gets the desired taste & consistency.

The way she made it, it was soooo creamy and yummy!

Let me know if any of you try it.

I'm scared to try it myself without actual measurements!

Top Two Tuesday...dates

Today's Top Two topic is dates!
The first favorite date would be our first "married" Valentine's date! The hubby took me to Atlanta and we had dinner at The Sundial. I LOVE this place! It very slowly revolves and gives you a full 360 degree view of Atlanta!

My second favorite date was dinner atop the Eiffel Tower...in Vegas that is! lol!

We went last summer & had a fabulous view of the fountain show at the Bellagio. The food was soooo good and the staff were very friendly & professional!

Here is an image of the fabulous meal we had there!! It was THE best Filet Mignon ever!!I will come back & add more actual pictures once I find them!

Weekend Recap

Things were quite busy at the Lawton residence this weekend. Friday just hung out at home and relaxed. I installed some memory onto my computer and got it moving so fast that I stay up til 9:30am on Saturday!!! I couldn't believe it! I guess I was just so excited that I kept surfing the net. Since I was up so early I made the hubby breakfast in bed for the FIRST time! I guess he thought he was dreaming because when I woke up him up and said "Breakfast in Bed" he moaned NOOOOO! lol! He did get up after about 5 minutes, he said he thought he was dreaming. Very funny!

*this is not our house!

Saturday we did yard work. Well, the hubby did most of it. But I think I had the hardest work of all. I had to pull all the ivy off our fence. Ivy is terrible down here and it drives me crazy. No matter what I do, it comes back! Ughh!

Sunday we had a big bbq that lasted all day. We had several friends over & just had a great time hanging out at our house. Later on we moved to the park so the kids wouldn't be too bored! I'd post pics but can you believe I didn't take that many! :( I also have a recipe I want to share once I get all the details! It was the yyummiest macaroni salad ever!!

Show Us Your Life Friday- Your Hometown

My hometown is a city in GA, which is south of Atlanta.

We are home to this familiar face:

The Aflac duck.

We were voted #4 for best cities to raise a family in the US.

The National Infantry Museum was built in a neighboring city in 2009 and it is massive!

One of the best drinks ever was concocted here!

We have several parks, golf clubs, venues, and shopping that could keep you busy for a while!

The only problem is....if you decide to visit, you won't find us on Expedia! Our city sued the online site for money associated with the money they made from bookings to our city. In return, or out of anger, Expedia blocked us from showing up on their website! Isn't that crazy!

So if you want to visit, let me know so I can send you the listings of hotels! lol!

Baker High in flames!

Tonight (Wednesday night) was quite sad for our community. Baker High School was built in 1945 and the last graduating class was in 1991. It's been a sore topic for our city. City officials wanted to get rid of it since it wasn't in use, but the alumni and lots of residents in our community didn't want to see it go.

I didn't attend Baker, although I had several friends and parents of friends that did. As soon as I heard the news (on facebook of all places), I hopped in the car and picked up my friend Lillian, and we went straight to the school. I hate I didn't bring my pro camera. I don't know what I was thinking not taking it! But I did have my little point & shoot (which didn't do a very good job).

It's sad to see a community landmark go up in flames! :(

In other news, I tried Megan's (from In This Wonderful Life) recipe for Ritz Poppy Seed Chicken! It turned out soooo good! I love finding & trying all the quick recipes on y'alls blogs! I've actually tried out about 5 recipes so far. Sorry I didn't snap a picture- I had just popped it in the oven, heard about Baker, and rushed out the door. By the time I got home, the hubby had already started eating. LOL! And let me add, I really dislike cooking. Anything fast & simple I will at least try. This recipe was both fast & easy! :)

And here is the last piece of weird news I wanted to share. This one freaks me out. Tonight I was planning to take pictures of my cooking and when I looked through the images on my camera, this was the first one on there. I HAVE NO IDEA WHAT IT IS! It looks like a person or figure doesn't it? It was taken May 8th, but not by me or the hubby. This is right out in our front yard area toward the end of the driveway. When I showed the hubby he literally threw the camera back to me!

Yes, I am a professional photographer but I am not that good with photoshop to create something like this. WHAT IS IT! I am so freaked out by this!!It gives me the chills just seeing it!

Wishful Wednesday

Today's topic is "I wish....I could come home to this bedroom every night!"

I just want something roomy, clean, and comfy!

So for me something like this would be perfect...

(although the hubby probably wouldn't care for this at ALL!)

Top Two Tuesday...to do before you die!

I have the travel bug so my top two things to do before I die are...

Visit GREECE! I'd to take a few weeks to travel to all the islands and just enjoy the country and see all the sites!

The second thing I'd like to do is live abroad somewhere. Probably Europe. There are way too many countries that I'd like to visit in Europe, so it'd be easier if I was already living there.