happy national chocolate cupcake day!

happy national chocolate cupcake day everyone. if you haven't already, go ahead and get yourself a chocolate cupcake. if you already have, go ahead and have another one - it is national chocolate cupcake day, after all. i made 2 dozen to bring into work today and am looking forward to tucking into one! if you're in atlanta and are cupcake-less, i recommend star provisions. you should grab yourself a sandwich for lunch while you're there. you won't be disappointed.

last night, i made a tex-mex casserole to pop into the freezer. it involves 2 kinds of beef and a whole lot of cheese. it's like an american version of chilaquiles. it probably won't suck. i also prepped beef for chili, which is currently simmering in the slow cooker. should be all ready for freezing tonight. i'm making mac n cheese tonight, as well as some garlic breads, to toss into the freezer as well. bryan has promised me pizza dough and chile paste. i'll be using the chile paste to make an enchilada sauce for stacks of frozen enchiladas this weekend. then i swear i am done with freezer foods. although i was thinking freezing cookie dough might be smart too. THEN, i swear, i am done. contrary to popular belief (bryan), i can stop whenever i want. ;)

the massive storm they've been talking about has started to roll through here. we got some wind and rain last night, and the morning started out very windy and a bit rainy. no super thunder and lightening storms though, which is the fun part. the sun is out now, which we haven't seen in a few days. it doesn't really look like we'll be getting anything too exciting. i am holding out hope that the change in barometric pressure will move things along a little bit for oliver. at the doctor's this morning, the doctor confirmed that ollie has dropped and is very, very low (which i had suspected this morning but didn't want to jinx by saying out loud). no dilation yet, BUT things are moving along! he suspects we're on target for the due date or even a week early! :) very exciting news.

last night for dinner bryan braised some pork short ribs. mmmmm they were SO good. he did a basic sauce with tomatoes and brown sugar. they came out SO tender and delicious! perfect fall weather food. we gave the dogs the bones. ally had a medium size one and it took her a few minutes to finish. moose, on the other hand, had a tiny little piece and he SWALLOWED IT WHOLE. i've never seem him do that, and was worried he would get sick since he has such a sensitive stomach and always seems to puke when he over does it. but he managed to hold onto it. he's growing up! :)