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Yesterday was a big and exciting day for me. Although I am not a "gun nut" my husband is trying his hardest to convert me to one. We went to the gun & knife show at Gibraltar Trade Center... I hate that place with a passion, it is a hoarder's paradise. I absolutely hate hate hate clutter as well as terribly tacky & useless things, so generally I aim to stay away from that place. But my hubby found a separate entrance so I didn't have to deal with most of the toothless/inbred looking people or infinite boxes full of vhs' and miracle hair grow formulas. The last time I went to this place a just about had an anxiety attack, a combination of pms, empty stomach, and irrational thoughts sent me running out the door. Luckily this time went much smoother and I am now the proud owner of...

I am very excited to go to the range tomorrow and see what this baby can do.

In other news I am cooking a delicious dinner today which I have been craving literally every day since the last time I prepared it. It's amazing....

Pulled Pork
Pork Shoulder (mine's 5 lbs and I know it'll be gone by the end of the night)
2- 12 oz bottles of Root Beer 
1/2- tbsp paprika
1/2- tbsp chili powder
salt & pepper to taste

1/2- bottle of barbeque sauce (<3 Stubbs)
2- tbsp honey

Directions: Put pork in slow cooker (after rinsing) pour both bottle of root beer over the meat as well as the spices. Set it on low for 5-6 hours (depending on the poundage). Once the meat is thoroughly cooked, remove it from heat for about 10min so that it's cool enough for you to pull. I usually just keep it on a plate so that I can pull the meat right back into the slow cooker. once it's all pulled toss the meat gently in barbeque sauce and honey. You can serve it right away but I keep the slow cooker on the warm setting for 30min-1hour to let the flavors of the honey and barbeque sauce soak in.

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a good-ish day

Today started off very well. I received my brand new stella & dot order...

Then did a bunch of stella & dot business-y stuff. I was feeling great, then I attempted to go home and start to get my super clean on... O wait I forgot my house key! So go to my friend katies play with adorable 3 week old puppies (joyousness). That made things better and randomly my friend who house sitted for me months ago still had a copy of my house key so she let me in. Then I started cooking some delicious spicy peanut-butter chicken...
Screwed up the sauce recipe and it ended up separating but was delicious. Now enjoying a girls night, playing euchre and talking people into buying/signing up for stella & dot. Whew quick summary of my great, but annoying day.




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Yesterday...

Yesterday marked the last day of school work for likely many years. I have finally finished my BA Psychology degree after 5 long years and I am super excited to be done! But now what? Now I'm starting down a seemingly long hard road to find my dream job with a bachelors degree. In the mean time I'm going to be "enjoying" unemployment by cooking, cleaning, gardening, and trying to look beautiful and productive while doing it. Since I am likely going to have quite a bit of free time on my hands I'm starting this blog for something to do, a way to document my struggles and successes, and sharing my experiences (and recipes) with those who are interested! 

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