Photo Friday: Taking Reservations!

He did it!  Yes he did....He made dinner!!  Yahoo! Since we have been married I have been in charge of all dinners in the Corbett household, don't get me wrong I am not trying to throw Joe under the bus, he makes a killer breakfast for me every weekend and without my even asking....they are pretty amazing I have to say. But when it comes to dinner he's just not into it! So whenever I say "I don't want to cook...your in charge of dinner"  he is happy to take me out for dinner or bring home a pizza or something. I'm not complaining about all the fabulous meals we have out,  but it would be nice to just stay in and not have to cook ya know?  Well last week it finally happened...without my knowing one of Joe's friends taught him how to make his own pasta sauce and came home and surprised me and made dinner!  I couldn't believe it!  I have to say that his sauce was AMAZING and I have informed him that he is now forever in charge of making the sauce in our house! I was able to take a few pics of the amazing moment in the Corbett kitchen so take a peek at the man in action! If you want to come over for dinner and to try his sauce out let me know, we are taking reservations! Its that Good!

Here he is....hard at work!



And here he is totally annoyed that i am taking his picture!



So yummy!  He made spaghetti and meatballs with the most fabulous sauce!



When God Whispers...Or Hits you Upside the Head with a 2x4!

Ever have one of those moments when you know God is speaking to you? Like when you are sitting in a church service and you just know that someone told the pastor what was going on in your world so he customized the entire sermon just for you? A little over a week ago I had one of those experiences. For the greater part of a year now, Joe and I have been walking though an interesting journey. And as we walk and wonder what God has planned for us, we are often left feeling like God is being silent and more than anything we just want to hear from Him or have our prayers answered...or both...wink wink! As we have been walking in faith we have experienced many emotions, joy, sadness, anxiousness, fear, excitement, anger and hope. I find myself talking to the Lord and in prayer constantly about all of these feelings and wondering what in the world he has planned for us.

As I mentioned back in January, I am leading a woman's bible study at my church this spring called The Organic God. One of the topic of discussion this past week was about when God is silent with us and when he speaks to us. After studying the chapters, at the beginning of class I asked for prayer that I would be able to hear God as we are on an interesting faith journey at the moment. After prayer we had discussion time and it was wonderful. Right as we were about to leave, one of the women in my group said she had to share something that had just popped into her head. She said she wasn't sure why she was sharing it, but felt like she needed to share a certain scripture. She picked up her bible and began to read Ephesians 3:20-21 ...

Now to him who is able to do immeasurably more than all we ask or imagine, according to his power that is at work within us, to him be glory in the church and in Christ Jesus throughout all generations, for ever and ever! Amen

As the words poured from her lips it was like I was being hit upside the head with a 2x4! BAM!!! I knew that she shared that passage for me, not even knowing what I was walking through. Even more amazing she went on to share a story about this verse in her own life and wouldn't you know it, the story she shared was the EXACT thing that we are walking through right now! I couldn't help it, tears upon tears began to pour out of my eyes. Here I was asking to hear from God and the woman directly across the table from me spoke scripture right to me. Gods words to my ears and to my heart! God is so good! I have since claimed this verse as we continue to wonder and pray for what God is doing with the Corbett's. The one thing we do know is that whatever it is, it is going to be so much more than we could ever ask for or imagine, and that makes me so excited! Praise the Lord!

My prayer for those of you who may be eager to hear Gods voice in their life right now, is that you continue to pray and talk to the Father, and also that you would read His word. Most of all I would say get ready because he may just whisper in your ear....or He may hit you upside the head with a 2x4!

Snap Shot Saturday..... Breakfast love!

As you can see the past several Friday's I have had a hard time getting to the computer to get Photo Friday up...so I have decided that some weeks we may have "Snap Shot Saturday" instead! Either way I hope that my goal of sharing life with all of our friends and family will be accomplished in a fun and silly way!

As I promised I had more to share about our Valentines weekend together.  One of the silly things I did to make sure my man knows how much I love him, was to make him breakfast in bed.  I get extra sappy and make food that was heart shaped!  This included heart shaped pancakes and heart shaped eggs! I used raspberry syrup to give it that extra touch of pink! Check it out!

Skinny Chicken Stroganoff

Here is another yummy favorite recipe that is loved at the Corbett house hold. I got this recipe from Pampered Chef...I love all of  their stuff, but I really love the recipe books that I ordered from them.  I have a few go to meals that i used all the time. It’s a delicious twist on beef stroganoff, and a few variations on the traditional ingredients keep it light.

I started by cooking 4 slices of bacon in a large skillet until crisp, crumbled it, and set it aside. (The actual recipe says to use turkey bacon, but I used what I had on hand.) Set the skillet aside for later use.

 

Next, I cooked 6 ounces (3 cups) of egg noodles according to package directions. I drained them, returned them to the pot, and covered them to keep them warm. I suggest using whole wheat egg noodles. While the noodles were cooking, I whisked together ...

• 3/4 cup of reduced-fat sour cream 
• 1/4 cup of flour in a small bowl.
• I gradually whisked in 1 can (14 ounces) of fat free/light chicken broth until the mixture was smooth. 
• 1/4 teaspoon of salt
• 1/8 teaspoon of black pepper

Next take the skilled you used  before and add

•  8 ounces of pre-sliced mushrooms (you can buy them canned....save time that way!),
• 1 medium onion (1 cup), 
• 1 pound of chicken sliced into 1/4-inch strips.
• 1 clove of garlic minced

Cook these over high heat tossing constantly, until chicken was no longer pink (about 4 minutes). I tend to cook the chicken first and them add the rest of the ingredients.
 
 Next, I returned the  bacon crumbles to the skillet. I stirred in the sour cream mixture and brought it to a boil. I reduced the heat to medium and simmered the mixture for 3 minutes, stirring constantly. Finally, I stirred in 2 tablespoons of snipped fresh parsley and served the mixture over the egg noodles.

I know this sounds kinda complicated but it really isn't that hard...I promise!  I hope you give it a try and let me know what you think! Happy eating!

LOVE

Thursday night I came home from work late and was surprised with 2 dozen long stemmed hot pink roses!  This is the second time in two weeks to receive flowers from Joe.....I am just so spoiled! I took a quick pic so that I could share there beauty with all of you!  This was just the start to our Valentines weekend which I will share about in another blog later this week.  For now I will just say that I am so very grateful that the Lord has given me a spouse that truly loves Him and loves me. I pray that everyone one of my friends and family are feeling loved this silly yet fun holiday and most of all that we remember where true love comes from!

 ‎1 John 4:9-11 "In this the love of God was manifest among us, that God sent His on Son into the world, so that we might live through Him. In this is love, not that we have loved God but that He loved us and sent His Son to be the propitiation for our sins. Beloved, if God so loved us, we also ought to love one another." 

Let this be the love we celebrate today and everyday!!!

What's a Roof Rake?!

Due to all of the snow here in CT many roofs are starting to cave in and leak!  Not good!  So we made the decision to head up top to get some of the snow off of the house today......I should say that Joe headed up, I was his trusted assistant and photographer on the ground! Most commonly used is a "Roof Rake" to remove snow from the tops of homes, as you can imagine they are sold out EVERYWHERE up here, which left Joe to make his own! Check out these pics I took of Joe hard at work making sure our house stays safe! 



Joe's home made roof rake...pretty cool huh?



Joe headed up the ladder!

 

Please note the 12 inches or so of ice in the gutters!  There was about another 24 inches of snow of top of that!



Joe hard at work on top of the house!



Not the best pic of me.....but this icicle was taller than me when it came off the house!

 

Check out this icicle!  It was longer, but some of it broke off while taking pics!

Day Dreaming....



With all of this snow and ice going on up here (and PS...we are getting another 10 inches today followed by more ice all day wed) I can't help but let my mind wonder and dream of laying on a warm beach
somewhere drinking margaritas! ahhhh!!  I thought I would research a few destinations as to where I would like to go and here are a few pics of my favorite places i found while day dreaming in front of the computer!



A pic of the resort we went to for  our Honeymoon.  We actually snorkeled in this lagoon!  It was very cool!

This is a pic from Cocoa Beach FL.  This is one of my favorite beaches.  I spend almost very spring break and some of every summer there when I was a kid.  I still go when I can,,,but it has been way to long!



Another pic of Cocoa Beach!



I have no idea where this beach is but I really want to go!  I can imagine myself in that hammock  right now!