Speak Up !

Like I've admitted before to the world by way of this blog I tend to have a pretty loud voice! So one would think having a loud voice means I also have a strong voice...FALSE! I happen to have a loud voice but really, not so much a strong voice! And can I just say that it is the PiTs! I love talking! I love expressing myself through words! I love blabbering on about nothing! In other words, I love being loud!

Now please explain to me how I can be loud if I cannot even talk!?! Exactly the problem I am facing! You see I always knew I had a weak voice but it didn't so much bother me until high school when I really started to notice how much not having a voice impacted me! It was a regular occurrence for me to not have a voice in high school which I subsequently blamed on the lack of sleep and freezing winters!

Fast forward 4 years and I find myself at BYU! I still lost my voice from time to time but not nearly as much! I mean you can ask my roommates! They heard my squeaky voice once or twice and even tried to record it but this was not a regular thing! Thank goodness! Fast forward again to the present and I am back on the East coast living full time (something I haven't done since 2006) and all of a sudden I am loosing my voice all the time just like in high school! What gives with my voice!?! I think I found the link! I really think it's the East coast! Anyone else agree? I love you East Coast but give my voice a break! It really comes in handy like, oh you know, pretty much every day of my life! Phew!

Bring on the cough drops and herbal tea! It's going to be another silent week in the Buttar's household! Please speak up? Sorry it just isn't going to happen until the weakling becomes strong! And yes I would appreciate any suggestions on how to fix this annoying problem! ;)

Please Pass the Beef Wellington!!!

Anyone ever heard of Beef Wellington before? Well I became very well acquainted with the delicious entree this weekend! Remember this? Well we have not given up yet and this weekend we decided to go big or go home! Since Valentines day is just around the corner, we wanted to make a special meal for the men in our lives and special it was indeed!

So apparently Beef Wellington is this really fancy and hard meal to pull off but if you ask any one of the guys they will tell you with three thumbs up that we certainly pulled this one off! Amy and Emily came over Saturday afternoon so we could shop together for the meat and other ingredients! Upon our arrival home and with the help of Emily's sister Katie all four of us gals got to work in the kitchen! We chopped and sauteed! We baked and we whisked! We experimented and we succeeded! We laughed and we cried (well Katie cried when she chopped up the onion)! All in all, my kitchen became quite the little cooking show!

Needless to say, the end result was AMAZING! I think all four of us were super proud and the boy's tummies were satisfied! You know when everyone goes back for seconds and no fast food runs are made that the attempt was a success! See for yourself!



Pretty much I am just so glad that I have girls who are willing to attempt new recipes with me because I know I could not do it alone! Thanks Emily and Amy!

P.S. We were pleasantly surprised with the bonding that occurred between Broc and Adam! Not only are both their parents high school sweethearts but they both are motivated to get up in the morning by Cocoa Puffs! Oh and did I mention they have the same birthday?!? I know! I told them they need to be best friends already! :)

Coupons, Long Hair and Matches!

So when we first moved to the D.C. area, not going to lie...we were a bit shocked with the grocery prices! Each week going to the grocery store was a painful experience! Well lucky for me, one of Broc's childhood babysitters and good friends lived in the area and had become a superstar couponer! And yes, you guessed it! She taught me her ways and now I have become a pretty good couponer myself! I won't go so far as to say I am a superstar but it does get exciting at times! Watching the grocery bill drop ten or fifteen bucks due to coupons is a plus! So for now I will thank my superstar couponing teacher and continue in my quest to clip, file and save big!!

Now as far as the long hair goes I guess you could say the hair is getting long again! It is a constant debate in the Buttars household! Should I cut it or should I not? I love my hair short because it is so easy to take care of! But then again I think it makes my face look fat which makes me not really like it! And I love the long hair because it's basically what I have had my whole life! But then again it takes much more time and energy! So for now I guess it will be a waiting game! How long can I put up with the longness and avoid the fat face? A question yet to be answered!

By now I am sure you are wondering why matches? Well we had a big snow storm the other week and go figure Broc was out of town for it! After a 30 minute commute turned into 3 hours I knew I was in for some fun! I made it home just in time to eat some dinner and charge up my phone battery before the power went out! Well lucky for me we had just purchased candles a few days before! Not lucky for me we had no matches! Now let me just say...lighting candles without matches doesn't really work! Thank goodness for me I have an awesome next-door-neighbor who happens to be more prepared than myself and she was able to give me a light! Needless to say matches were the number one thing on our grocery list this week! Coupons or not we got the matches and are now prepared! Good feeling! Bring on the snow D.C. we are ready for anything now! ;)

Happy blogging!