(enscription on the back:"To lovely Miss Marjorie S. Escort Greg Bursett. Thank you for being a lovely lady in our Catillion for 1987-1988") 
I promise my blog is not just becoming a restaurant review blog but I had a request for a review of Les Madeleines.
With Pizzeria 712, and my husband.
I got an ultra sound yesterday. I'm only 17 weeks but they wanted to check the length of my cervix so I got to get an early one. I was hoping they would be able to see the baby.
Look at that cute little hand, I'm pretty sure there was 5 fingers although it doesn't look like it. I asked if I could find out the sex of the baby and...
I had a dream last night that I had Triplets! Ahh, no thanks. In my dream I gave birth to them at a bakery, I must have been hungry last night. Or maybe because I saw a show on the food network about Les Madelines bakery in Salt Lake that I need to go check out. I was a bit stressed at having 3 babies but decided I should give one away to a friend who has been trying to have a baby but couldn't. I don't know if that proves I'm a giving person or that I'm too lazy to deal with 3 babies. Because 2 I could handle but 3, I don't think I'd ever sleep.
He saw his shadow, so Phil says we have 6 more weeks of winter. Although apparently he is right only 37% of the time so really there is a better chance that spring will be early this year. What an odd little tradition this country came up with. I like Anne's family tradition the best. They get presents for groundhogs day which ends up being something that her mom had bought the family for Christmas and forgot about or else something her mom had been wanting to get, like a dining room set, and uses groundhogs day as a good excuse to get it. Hope you get something nice for groundhogs day Anne!
Thank you Jemma for sending me the pics, I like this one better but I'll leave them both up.
(Jemma needs to email me the pics she took cause I look much cuter in them)I got to go to the ADELE concert with my good friend Jemma on Friday. It was a lot of fun just getting out of the house but it was a great concert as well. The Murray Theater was packed and you can see by the pic below that it took all kinds of folks there. Gramps only made it through the opening act, which kind of went on too long if you ask me.
ADELE opened with my favorite of hers 'Cold Shoulder'. I took a little video of it but it's probably more entertaining just to watch the actual video. She was so cute performing, she's got the cutest personality and she kept giving the audience coy little waves. Her voice was amazing live, she's got a lot of talent for a 20 year old. It was an awesome show but I think Jemma and I both decided we are more of the sit and relax and watch a concert type now, man I'm getting old. But I guess if Gramps is still coming out I can suck it up and stand for a few hours too.
in the words of N'SYNC... BYE BYE BYE
Next Sunday on Ovation TV (274 on Direct TV) There is a new show on for all you Jane Austen lovers. I'm not one of them but I know a lot of you out there. It's called Lost in Austen and according to EW it's the perfect mix of Sci-fi and Chic-flick.
We had a fun Christmas Eve dinner at Jason and Brittany's. She always has poppers which I think is the coolest thing. We asked the boys which was their ring finger and they were happy to show us, jk. 
Ryan completely spoiled me this Christmas. When we got home from dinner Christmas Eve he cleaned the house and finished wrapping presents and arranged them all pretty under the tree. He even left a funny surprise for Santa. All while I was being a party pooper and went to bed early. Then for Christmas he gave me too much stuff. He said I deserve it but I don't know why. I'm most excited about my new iPod that has more than 1G of memory on it! Plus he got me the knife I wanted along with some other goodies, how sweet is he.
Ike got some cute Christmas jammies with little doggies on them which for some reason now he calls 'foofa'. We got him some clothes and cars plus he got some fun stuff from Ryan's family so he wasn't hurting. Emily made me the prettiest rug and got me a pretty trifle bowl. She also gets the award for getting me the oddest present. Aromatherapy socks. That's right socks that smell pretty, I'm still a little confused but I'm still wearing them, they are super soft and every once it a while I catch a wif of them, but seriously I can't get my feet anywhere close to my nose.
After opening presents at home and after Ryan shoveled the driveway we went over to his parents. I made my sister Sharon's yummy buttermilk pancakes and syrup to rave revues. At one point I had a line forming for seconds, I may have started a new Christmas breakfast tradition. We spent the whole day just hanging out and playing with all of Jace's toys he got. I put Ike's new 18 month outfit on him, it still kind of drowns him (he turned 18 months on Dec. 7th) but it makes him look like a big boy. We stayed for a yummy Christmas dinner then made it home before another storm started. It was a really good Christmas, I'm kind of sad it's over. I hope everyone had a good Christmas too and got spoiled like me.
I can't believe it's here already, how did that happen. It's been a rough month for me but it can only get better. I'm excited for tomorrow. Tonight we are going to Jason and Brittany's for a family dinner then tomorrow morning after opening our presents we'll be going over to Ryan's parents to open presents with all of them. I think I'm going to make my sister Sharon's yummy buttermilk pancakes and syrup for breakfast. It's going to be a pretty simple Christmas this year, not too much stuff or craziness, but I think that's how I like it best.
There's got to be a more glamorous way to find out you're pregnant. Well that's what I think anyways, that's why I BEDAZZLED my pregnancy test, just to make it a little more special. 
I'm only about 8 weeks pregnant so my due date is around July 21st or so. I'll keep you all updated I'm sure. I've been a bit sicker with this one so my early prediction is that it's a girl, we'll see. Sorry for anyone who didn't get a personal phone call, I've been nauseous plus I got a cold this week too so I haven't been in a chatty mood, but I'm very excited and so is Ryan and Ike.
I finally got my tree up this year. Ryan has a rule about not decorating till the 1st of December where as I would probably do it the weekend of Thanksgiving. But it all works out because I got to help my mother-in-law decorate over the weekend instead. Although after putting lights on her tree I wasn't quiet as into putting them on my own. Luckily I only use 4 strands and she uses about 10.
I can't help myself I have to change up my tree a little every year. The last two years I had birds on my tree with nests and feathers and all that. But I have to admit I'm just about over the whole bird thing. However I did end up throwing about 10 little ones on there. I decided this year to go with Red, Turquoise and White. I got some beautiful ornaments from Restoration Hardware last year when they went 75% off. There are some white snowflake ornaments I saw at the dollar store I still want to pick up too, then I think I'll be done.
Luckily Tai Pans ornaments are plastic because I have a little stinker this year that can reach magically about half way up the tree. And since he loves balls, he's all over the ornaments. So far he hasn't gotten any off the tree yet, knock on wood.
I'm thankful for Ryan, even though he doesn't change poopy diapers.
My brother-in-law Matt is an amazing musician. He's been doing a lot of local shows lately and getting some great press. If you want to read about his inspiration and Iron Maiden obsession go here. If you want to here a sample of his music go here. And if you want to see video of him playing live go here.
My sister Debbie finished my quilt and I'm so excited about it. She emailed me about a year ago and said she was in the mood to quilt so I jumped on the offer and got some material and a pattern that I thought was cute and looked easy and sent it off to her. Well then she decided to go and have a baby so it got delayed a little but hey, better late than never. I can't wait to see it up close but she's in California so I have to wait. I think we are going to go for Thanksgiving so I can get it then and start cuddling in it right away.
I got to hang out with my 'newest' BFF on Wednesday. She was kind enough to teach me how to make Cornish Pasties. The anglophile in me was all for it. I use to have a bit of a British obsession which Ryan doesn't condone so I had to hang my British flag in Ike's closet instead of above the TV in my room like it was when we were dating.
As you can see it was quite a production. It made it fun with the two of us working on it together and telling stories of past lives.
I tried and tried to get this picture turned the right way but oh well. The pasties are basically lots of yummy stuff wrapped in a pie crust. We used potatoes, turnip, rutabaga, steak, cheese, salt and pepper and a little dollop of butter on top.
You fold it up crimp the edges and poke holes in the top. Doesn't it look pretty.
The key is the sauce you put on it, and or dip it in when you eat it. It's a combination of Malt Vinegar, 'W' sauce and HP sauce (British yummy stuff).
She was nice enough to send me home with 4 of these goodies which I've had for dinner two nights this week. She also sent me home with some homemade raspberry jam that I can't stop eating. New friends are great. Now I need to come up with something for her to come over and make with me, hmm.
