the morning I stumbled...

onto the greatest things on the internet!

No, I didn't fall. Although I can be quite a clutz sometimes, today was not one of those days.

The past couple of days have been quite stressful for me, school is biting me in the ass and other issues just seem to be bubbling over my cauldron of life lately. So I decided to be lazy today and just relax, which resulted in me trotting on over to stumbleupon and clicking the stumble button for about an hour straight. Then after finding about 100 things to laugh over, I felt better. Now I want to share those laughs with you. :)

Take a break and enjoy a good laugh.

Exhibit A: Indeed, Michigan just finished building their Great Wall of Michigan.

Exhibit B: When someone is lecturing you.

Exhibit C:

Exhibit D: Viewer discretion is advised.

Exhibit E: A little less inappropriate than exhibit D. 

Exhibit F: Because you need to watch this video at least once in your life. 

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Ending soon! 

I throw my teddy in the air sometimes....

sayin' ayyyyyoooo, have a nice liiiiiiiife yooooo!

I wasn't very creative with that line, but let's ignore that.

This weekend was 1. amazing and great and wonderful and lovely and any other good word you can come up with and 2. too short. I went to visit that lovely man of mine this weekend and we celebrated our Valentines together. That Chris knows me too well, he got me a picture frame, eos lip balms, and pretty much was just the best gift giving boyfriend all weekend long.

He treated me to a hockey game Saturday night that we didn't actually end up even paying for. Thank you random girls for those tickets. This game was also the annual Teddy Bear Toss where you bring in teddy bears and when the team scores their first goal you throw your teddy onto the rink. They collect all the teddies and distribute them out to the children's hospitals. We went to the same game last year but had no idea about the teddies, however we came armed this year.

here's the rink from last year's toss

We also went to go see Warm Bodies, which turned out to be a really good movies about zombie love. For the rest of the weekend we gorged ourselves in cake (recipe coming soon) and did some shopping where I bought a pound of roasted nuts all because some guy at the hockey game had them and then I craved them. 

Eating those nuts now. Nuts so good. 

My Valentine's Day weekend turned out great and I hope you all had a great weekend with your loved ones too! Have a great day guys!

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Recipe // Cheesy Rigatoni Bake

Almost every weekend I go to visit Chris I bring along one or two new recipes that I really want to try. Chris becomes my guinea pig and I get to finally use those hundreds of recipes I've pinned. We're all happy. This weekend was no different. While at work one very slow night, I grabbed the new Taste of Home magazine and began to flip through it. I usually always stop on the pasta recipes and write them down because they just look so darn good.

I found this Rigatoni Bake recipe and really wanted to try it. Simple and quick, always my cup of tea. However, it did look a little flavorless to me while reading so I knew I wanted to add some more things to it. My new favorite thing for cooking are those pre-made season packets they sell in the baking aisle, they're like awesomeness in a tiny little packet. They add so much flavor and have a choice for almost anything you're making. Try them, now. 

And so, I made the pasta dish and it turned out amazing. So good and let me tell you, you will never eat more cheese in a pasta dish then with this one. It is a must try if you're as big as a nut about pasta as I am. With the extra seasonings and chicken, it is a mouthful of goodness. Check it out my amigos!

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Ingredients needed:
1 box of rigatoni pasta
2 Tbl butter
1/2 tsp salt
2 cups milk
1/4 cup water
1/4 cup flour
4 eggs, beaten
2 cans tomato sauce
2 cups shredded mozzarella cheese
1/4 grated Pamesan cheese
2 large chicken breasts, shredded
1 chicken and pasta seasoning packet (or use seperate seasonings)

1. Cook pasta. Then in a saucepan, melt butter. Add salt, milk, and water and stir. Gradually stir in the flour until smooth. Bring to a boil and cook for 2 minutes or until sauce has become thick.
TIP: the original recipe says to add the flour in with the butter, before the milk and water. I found this to be a complete clumpy mess and redid it adding the flour last. Works a lot better!

2. In another pan, cook chicken until done and shred into stripes. Pour the 2 cans tomato sauce over the chicken and stir in the seasoning packet.

3. Drain pasta and pour into a 9x13 baking dish. Pour the beaten eggs over the pasta and give it a good stir. Next, pour the tomato and chicken sauce over the pasta, followed by the milk sauce. Cover the dish in cheese.

4. Bake at 375 for 30-35 minutes.

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