What's been cooking

Hello from Dallas!  Sorry for the way overdue posting to let you all know that Steven and I are safe and sound and LOVING our new home in Dallas.  Sadly this post wont be filling you in on any specifics of our new digs, but instead will let you know some of the delicious recipes we've eaten in the past two weeks (so that I won't forget later).

p.s. remind me to fill you in on the grocery shopping ridiculousness that I must endure...let's just say I never realized having options for where to grocery shop would be so overwhelming.  The only option in Waco was HEB (which I love) or Walmart (which I avoid at all costs but that's another story).

Chicken Divan

from SkinnyTaste.com

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Baked Macaroni and Cheese

From SkinnyTaste.com

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Baked Zucchini Sticks

from SkinnyTaste.com

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Mixed Baby Greens with Pomegranate Seeds, Gorgonzola and Pecans

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Because I'm bored...

We're all moved in to our new apartment in Dallas!  Wohoo!

No internet yet which means I finished my two remaining papers in record time this morning.

Just stopped by Barnes and Noble to swoon over the latest literature submit my finals and thought I'd add a quick blog post before I'm disconnected from the rest of the world for another 24 hours.  (not that I mind...)

Steven humored me this morning and let me take a picture of him before his first day of work holding his coffee mug and the lunch I made for him (just now realized I forgot to add a hand-made note...mom will be so disappointed )

Only problem with our apartment...we get 10% off at Pinkberry just for living here...and Pinkberry is right down the street...Steven's rightfully concerned and told me he's going to put me on a Pinkberry budget...jerk

Because we're moving tomorrow...

To commemorate our last night in Waco we will definitely be eating...

Definitely something I'm going to miss the most about this place I've called home for the past 6.5 years.  

It's Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas...

Because you lost...

Dear Baylor Football,

It's me again.  Well, apparently my request meant nothing to you...it's ok I'm over it.  Lucky for me I have very sweet in-laws who did not rub the victory into my pitiful Baylor face, but still, I would have preferred to be the one extending grace to their pitiful Aggie faces.  Oh well, I live to see another day.  Fortunately I've been a Baylor fan for a while now (4 generations...remember?) and I'm used to the gut-wrenching feeling of losing a game we could have won, but for some reason I still get all worked up about it.  Lucky for you I am too busy with school to really make a big deal about it so this post will be all you get from me this time.

Still forever at your service bleeding green and gold thru and thru,
Katie Ferguson Murray

Because I can't handle losing...

Dear Baylor Football,

I really need you to beat the Aggies today.  You see my in-laws are coming in for the game and most of them will be wearing maroon.  This is a problem for me because I grew up learning to make fun of Aggies and now I am having to go against my upbringing to love them.  I've had 5 years of practice so I'm pretty much there, except when Baylor plays them in football.  You see guys I am a fourth generation Baylor Bear, I cannot take the emotional toll of you all losing and then having to hang out with my Aggie in-laws afterwards, it's just simply asking too much of me.  So if you win today I'll be eternally grateful.  I even promise not to rub it in after the game...at least not out loud where they can hear :)

Forever at your service,
Katie Ferguson Murray

apparently we share genes?

This is my youngest sister Mary

gah isn't she beyond gorgeous?????

One of her friends posted this pic on facebook from her homecoming dance and my jaw dropped.  What happened to my little sister??? She had just turned 9 when I left for college in 2004 and now she's 15!

She always gets frustrated that I still treat her like she's a little girl but this is what she looked like when I left for college!  I'm still trying to come to grips with the fact that she is a sophomore in High School and playing in the band (it feels like only yesterday I was in her same shoes)

Even with our 9 year age difference Mary Jane and I have always connected and I love seeing the beautiful woman she is turning in to, even if I can't come to grips with it on most days. So in honor of my beautiful sister I decided to make up the list below.  enjoy!

My top 10 favorite things about Mary Jane

1. she's easily one of the funniest people I know

2. the girl is beyond witty.  her quick comebacks even give my dad a run for his money

3. she's humble and doesn't realize how gorgeous she is 

4. she is friends with everyone

5. she's the sweetest person you will ever meet (thus number 4)

6. she loves to lend a helping hand 

(Lizzie James and I take credit for this because we always used to make her do things for us when she was little...perks of being the youngest :)

7.  Because we are 9 years apart I got to use her as my excuse for watching the Disney Channel all through High School.

8.  She laughs at my dorky jokes

9. She will talk to me on the phone for as long as I want

10.  She's slightly OCD and has organized my apartment ever since grad-school (the first time I lived on my own)