~Love is in the air~

Ok ladies (and gents if there are any, don't want to offend!)

first off I must say a huge

THANK YOU

to all of my new followers, and ALL of the AMAZING responses to my very first giveaway!!! I will have to start doing more of these:-) 
Sooo it's still open until Monday, and I'll announce the winner then!!!

In the spirit of

*Valentine's Day*

I wanted to post a few lil lovelies:

***Cookies***

I don't know about ya'll, but I LOVE cookies, chocolates, and all of the fun treats around Valentine's Day 
(in moderation of course . . . fitness challenge . . . fitness challenge . . . Remember?)

Soooo I decided to make my famous Snickerdoodles on Monday night for a 'lil snack for the hubster and myself, and of course for my co-workers (to get them out of the house!)

This is by far the BEST snickerdoodle recipe I've come across! Found on

*allrecipes.com*

where I find all of my yummy non-family recipes

(hint: Seriously! Just search any recipe and then sort by ratings, choose the one with the most number of high ratings . . . you can't go wrong!)

Mrs. Sigg's Snickerdoodles

Ingredients

1/2 cup butter, softened

1/2 cup shortening

1 1/2 cups white sugar

2 eggs

2 teaspoons vanilla extract

2 3/4 cups all-purpose flour

2 teaspoons cream of tartar

1 teaspoon baking soda

1/4 teaspoon salt

2 tablespoons white sugar

2 teaspoons ground cinnamon

Directions

1. Preheat oven to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C).

2. Cream together butter, shortening, 1 1/2 cups sugar, the eggs and the vanilla. Blend in the flour, cream of tartar, soda and salt. Shape dough by rounded spoonfuls into balls.

3. Mix the 2 tablespoons sugar and the cinnamon. Roll balls of dough in mixture. Place 2 inches apart on ungreased baking sheets.

4. Bake 8 minutes, or until set but not too hard. Remove immediately from baking sheets.

A-MAZ-ING!!!  Just saying.

So my tips:

*add a little brown sugar in with the cookie coating

*take them out when the yummy little things are still a little soft, it'll harden up and they are WAY better softer, trust me! ;-)

***DINNER***

Ok not trying to brag at ALL
(maybe a little)
but my husband amazes me all the time!  You'd think it'd stop after being married a little while (just playin)
So here's the thing:
He gets off work before me (but I get Mondays off . . . ha ha ha).

Most days when I get home from work . . . I pull into the garage . . . and as I step out of my car I smell the yummy aroma of DINNER!!!

The funny thing is that while we're on the phone the whole way home
(yes I'm talkin hands-free set . . . thank you! Law abiding citizen here!)
he doesn't mention one thing about him starting dinner.  Sometimes he even throws me off by asking what we should make for dinner. Silly silly.

~I LOVE THIS MAN~

(photo from our cruise last July- why is he so stinkin tan and I'm a ghost?!)

***VALENTINES***

Sorry if you all are tired of Valentine's, but it's one of my FAVE holidays.  Seriously, all cutesy pink and red lovely things, treats, and little gifts. 

Just lovely!

Soooooo I am almost finished with my Valentine's gifts for friends! Will post these soon, and

I CAN'T WAIT!!!

To tie you over for now here are some lovely LOVE items from Esty:

Lovely Photography by irenesuchocki 

One of my fave photographers on Etsy. 

I've bought some cards from her in the past.  Great work, go chk her out!!!

Ok how cute are these?! Bath bombs from SimplyTempted! Good for that co-ed bath time???

Bow-chicky-wow-wow . . .

Another wonderful Etsy-er that I have bought from! spicerakdesigns Love her aprons

See:hee hee

Ok ladies with that I leave you for the night thinking about Valentine's Day!
Hope you all have something wonderful planned! If not, gather your girls for some vino or happy hour and go see

Valentine's Day

 (even if it has bad critic's ratings, it has like a gazillion famous people in it)

Sweet dreams!!!

~Tamara Nicole~