This is for one of my readers!

Happy 1 Year Anniversary SherBear :)

Oh and thanks to Momma Pink for forwarding this to me - so cute!

BEST Survivor Episode EVER

I won't spoil it for any readers who haven't watched it yet but this goes down in history as my favorite episode EVER. It had EVERYTHING. It could have ended tonight as the finale and I would have been so happy!

You can watch it here online!
http://www.cbs.com/primetime/survivor16/video/video.php?cid=626672385&play=true&cc=2

Sooo exciting even the dog couldn't watch :)

My stomach married well.

Mr. Pie made ribs last night! Ladies, there is a secret to your husband cooking - just say the word "bbq." On Sunday, I discovered that beef ribs were on sale at the market so I bought some, marinated it in Lawry's seasonings and threw it in a bag in the fridge.


Then I waited.


Mr. Pie discovered it on Monday:
Mr. Pie: What's in the bag?
Me: Oh, just some ribs I picked up at the store. [nonchalantly]
Mr. Pie: You know what would go really good in the marinade? Vinegar and liquid smoke and blah blah blah (I lost track of what he said, just envisioning me licking a rib bone)
Me: Oh, really? Hmmm...I wonder what that would taste like.

SCORE!

So last night, after work, Mr. Pie fired up the grill and voila! Beef ribs for dinner and oh, just about the BEST salad EVER. He took spinach (this is still our 5 lb bag from Costco), mozarella ball - cut up, grape tomatoes and some basil leaves. Omg - it was little bites of heaven in my mouth. Just so you think I don't contribute, I made the tasty mashed potatoes. I opened that bag right up and mixed it with boiling water. I was exhausted :)

Ribs on the grill:

Ribs on the table:

BEST Salad EVER:

I think my job will now to be to scour the market and leave ingredients around :)

Kobe got his hairs cut

Before:

After:

I had to give him a treat for enduring the cut!

Hot bargains, hot weather and hot house!

Mr. Pie was out of town this weekend so I was alone with the pups and we managed to keep ourselves pretty busy. I took them to the doggie park on Saturday morning but we only stayed for 45 minutes. Poor little ones, it was in the 90s and they have full time fur coats so we cut the visit short. Afterwards Little B (since Mr. Pie was oot) and I met up with Peldia's realtor who showed us 3 homes. I'll spare you the other two (they were ok and in our price range but not exactly what we were looking for). The 3rd house was great. I won't show full pictures but here's one of the humungous backyard! I had to take 4 photos to fit everything in. Mr. Pie is coming home today so hopefully we can go see it tonight!

I won't keep our hopes up too much but it's nice to know that we have the option of actually getting a yard for the housing costs where we live.

Saturday night, I met up with Sasa's sister, PhotographerMom, and we went out for yummy sushi! Afterwards, we had Pinkberry which I didn't like the first time but after a hot day (folks, it was almost 100 degrees), it was pretty good.

I couldn't sleep that night, I think I kept thinking about the house!
After a night of restlessness, what did I decide to do? I called Momma Pie and we ended up going to the swap meet. If you know me, you will know that I love a good bargain. And where else better to get it at then at the swap meet where you can find anything and everything there. Check out all of my loot for a total of $42! I didn't even take pics of all the fruit and veggies I bought.

On my way home after dropping off Momma Pie, I ran into a car wash that was benefiting a kid who had cancer. His name is Dylan and he's only 5. It felt good to donate to a much worthy cause and get a clean ride out of it!

Then I met up with PhotographerMom again and we went shopping at the mall. I bought way too many clothes and I'm pretty sure I'm returning half of it.

At night, I headed out to a wine restaurant with Slim and we had such a great talk and really good strong drinks :)

I guess I did manage to keep myself busy while Mr. Pie was away!

"That's not a monkey, it's a chimp"

Mr. Pie made chicken marsala tonight. It was like taking bites of heaven! You readers must think I weigh 500 lbs with all of his cooking. Tonight, though, we went light on the pasta and had bigger sides of spinach. The Pies are getting health conscious these days!
As soon as Mr. Pie stepped in the door, I handed him his Manhattan drink and he got right to work. Attorney by day, chef by night!

The prep work

The recipe:

Yeah, right. I don't know it! But here are some ingredients he used: chicken breast fillets, wondra flour, sweet onions, olive oil, chicken broth, can of cream of mushroom sauce, roasted garlic and a bunch of seasonings. And there were a lot of pots and pans :)

The finished product!

I like, I like! And I always finish my food posts with an empty plate (notice the presence of pasta - I willed myself not to touch most of it!).

During dinner, we watched Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story. It was pretty funny and I was happy to see some of my favorite characters from The Office in it! The title of the post comes from the movie - Dewey has a pet chimp. Mr. Pie is a huge fan of chimps. He was annoyed when Dewey called the chimp a monkey. Mr. Pie does not like monkeys, only chimps.

Also, today at work, I ended the day on a very high note - putting someone who is usually a big jerk in his place! It felt wonderful.

Holy Water, UFC and White Pasta Sauce Weekend

Whoa, the Pies had a busy weekend! Friday night, we were busy prepping for Baby Pink's Baptism. I offered to help make little tea sandwiches for the after party and while I was doing that, Mr. Pie (who had a bad Friday - poor guy) made a yummy london broil with mushroom sauce for us to eat. How nice of Mr. Pie after he had a bad day!

I think I liked this dish too!

Early the next morning, we woke ourselves up early to get to Baby Pink's house to deliver the sandwiches and hitch a ride with the Pinks. Ok, Baby Pink - such a cute baby!! She was sound asleep, not really realizing that today was her big day! The baptism was beautiful and Baby Pink was a very good baby throughout.

Getting ready to go for a dip!

Baby Pink & her Pops

The Pinks!

The after party was fun and we got to eat a lot of yummy foods - the sandwiches were a big hit! Afterwards, Mr. Pie and I took a long nap before we headed over to Peldia's. They purchased the UFC fight and we ordered in pizza. It's always nice to go their house - lots of drinks, hospitality and tonight - bloody fights! Who could ask for anything more. It was, though, a huge contrast from a sweet baptism earlier - ha!

On Sunday, we decided to treat the doggies to a day at the doggie park. They LOVED it. I think it wore them out because on the ride home, no one begged to look out the window!

For dinner, Mr. Pie made a wonderful meal to cap the weekend. It was sausage, angel hair and spinach smothered in a delicious white sauce. It was sooo good. I will make sure to have Mr. Pie file this recipe away for many more uses!