NKOTBSB

I really want to leave the BSB part off that title...but I have to leave it there.

Well folks, I AM GOING TO FENWAY PARK TO SEE NKOTBSB!

I can't even believe how lucky I am.

One of my lifers, KVC, got me tickets yesterday morning during the American Express Block Nation pre-sale.

The first time I saw NKOTB I was 8 years old and my papa took me to the old Boston Garden. I stood on my chair the whole time afraid I would miss something. My papa says to this day, it's the best concert he's ever been to. And he's seen Aerosmith, Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young, The Who, The Stones, you name it. To papa, New Kids reigns supreme.

I went again to see NKOTB when I was 10. This time papa took me to Foxboro stadium and I believe I was so riled up on pre-teen adrenaline, I cried the whole time. Tears of sheer joy.

New Kids are a part of me.

I held out hope for the last 15 years that they would reunite. I was at a Kiss 108 concert in 1999, the year Jordan and Joey had singles out. "Baby you know I can give it to you......" oh Jordan.

So I'm there with about 15 people. And the announcers come on and say that they have a special reunion with three extra people....My roommate Jennie and I bum-rush the stage thinking it was a NKOTB reunion- FINALLY.

Not so. It was Run DMC and Aerosmith doing "Walk this Way." Awesome...but not NKOTB.

Finally at 28- my angels reunite and my bestie in Seattle and I go see them twice. EPIC.

Plus....we made signs.

Can you say CLASSY?

So now...on June 11th....I will be home in Boston at Fenway Park seeing the loves of my life.

Donnie Wahlberg.

I mean...my DF. 

Well, just for today...my DW. :)

Ice Box Cookies

So, my papa's mom, Memere, oh she of the Lemon Pie, also guarded one recipe very closely.

Ice Box Cookies. I believe she called them Secret Ice Box Cookies.

Part cookie, part fudge, and all awesome.

I have a co-workers birthday tomorrow and I finally get to make something for my office.

Here is the thing. They are the easiest thing in the world to make. I swear.

So you need about 16oz of graham cracker crumbs. But they only come in boxes of 13.5 ounces, so you have to buy two. Bastards.

 To start, I just pour them in the KitchenAid and leave them there until I make the chocolate sauce.

Next you need one cup of sugar

And two eggs

Plus four tablespoons of cocoa

And two sticks of butter:

Blend all those ingredients together over medium heat until the butter is melted and it starts to boil.

You have to stir and stir and stir so the eggs don't cook.

And don't leave it alone or it will burn. Just stir the sucker and it will melt.

When you're boiled, dump it into your mixer and turn it on low. It will turn into a doughy like mass.

Now once it's cool to the touch, dump it in a casserole dish, or anything you want to shape it out.

And push it down 

Which will make your hands buttery. Resist licking them.

Then put it in the fridge overnight to harden up.

Plus, TBF is about to eat those two random parts.

In the morning, frost the whole thing with chocolate frosting and dust with walnuts. Cut into bite sized bits.

And give your dad the ugly ones :)

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Care Bear Surprise

One of my DEAREST friends in the world, a LIFER, miss Care Bear, has started her own blog.

Please check it out here:

http://yeastcoastbaking.blogspot.com/

It's just darling.

Care Bear is the BEST baker ever. She is so creative and everything she has ever made is super easy and creative.

So, I got home on Tuesday this week, broke down exhausted and I found this in the mail:

HOW CUTE!

I flipped it open and there are about 30 amazing, easy to follow recipes. 

Look at all those pages!

I just think this is the BEST idea to do for a friend. It's so great to include all the recipes you know and love and give them all bundled up for a friend.

Look at what she put on the back...

It is a little wedding cake!

Care Bear did such a great job on it. I'm so excited to get cookin'! DF will be so happy that I'm in the kitchen baking and cooking up a storm! 

THANKS CARE BEAR!!!!!

One Word Wednesday #6

IMPERATIVE.

Tired

Hello Sunday morning....nice to see you again.

DF is making me a love muffin as we speak. I love him.

So, we went bowling on Friday night with TBF, Sissy and her AH (Amazing Husband). It was a smorgasbord of unfortunate-looking people at the bowling alley. Man, the bowling alley provides the best people watching EVAH.

DF claimed to be this awesome bowler. I believe he said his average game was "180." Um, not so much. I think he is just rusty. I have no form whatsoever, and I managed to get an exact 100 durning my second game. Which is the best score I've ever gotten. Bowling is fun, no matter what. And we didn't even drink.

On the way home, DF stopped at Checkers so I could get some tasty fries and then we got home and continued with our Dexter marathon.

Yesterday we literally just bummed around the house. We. Are. So. Tired.

Work is kicking my butt and DF works at 5:30AM. So we're both just zonked.

Last night, momma bear and gram came home with two big bags from JoAnne Fabrics. Apparently, gram's 94 year old friends up in New England are freezing their butts off. So, they've hired me to make two more no-sew blankets. Gram did pick out pretty colors.

So, probably late tonight during the Real Housewives of Atlanta finale, I'll cut and whip up two blankets. 

Not sure what's on the adgenda for today but hopefully it's not to streneous. I'm freezing, it's only about 50 outside and it was 30 last night. Guess it's not a beach day.

Boo!

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Morning

Last night DF and I went for a drive to pump my gas so I wouldn't have to do it this morning. Then we decided while we were out, we should just grab supper at Panera.

While eating dinner, I've noticed that we both do the same thing. We effortlessly eat of each other's plates. It's such an intimate gesture- silly really. But it's in those little moments that I see how "together" we are as a couple.

We came home, tucked in and watched an episode of Dexter then went to bed to giggle and laugh for a half hour before ultimately falling asleep to the sound of the Florida rain outside.

This morning, I woke up at 5:45 to DF snuggling me. He was showered and dressed for work already. I felt his strong arms around me and in my half-asleep voice asked him why he woke me up. He said it was because he had to leave for work in ten minutes and he misses me so much all day, he wanted me all to himself for a few minutes before he left.

I. Am. In. Love.

So, it's finally Friday. Just need to make it through work today and DF, TBF, Sissy and her amazing Hus and I are all going bowling. Winner take all. It's going to be awesome.

Love.

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