We Went Out Last (Friday) Night.

Seems like every time I get out I'm in the middle of a Kenny Chesney video.  There is a whole lot of weirdness going on out there.   And I love it.

Mrs. Albright, Mrs. Montgomery and I headed out with a gaggle of girlfriends to listen to one of our favorite bands and do a little boogie-ing.  I won't lie and pretend I wasn't looking for something to report.  As far as I am concerned, we found success. Here's a little recap. You just can't make this stuff up. 1.  I learned that Mrs. Montgomery likes the macho, gangsta look.  I personally thought the Beastie Boys pulled it off but it has been unpopular ever since.  Before you go thinking a married woman was chasing down young men on the dance floor, don't.  She was scoping out for a few of the single ladies with us. 2. I would like to personally thank the woman who followed me to the bathroom to ask my age.  Because of the language barrier it took some time to figure out what she wanted.  Alas, I am not up for entertaining her 20-something year old cousin who is coming to town soon.   True story. 3. If you have a stain on the crotch of your pants, please stand in front of the bathroom dryer until it goes away or go home and change.  If you do not, you will be have a new name - Captain Peepants.   4. If you are a true friend, you will NOT abandon your girlfriend on the dance floor with Captain Peepants.  It was a mass exodus.  I turned around and they were running.   Joke is on them because they missed some of the best dance floor laughs, including #10 on the list. 5. I do not understand these youngsters and their dance floor grinding trains.  It is wrong on so many levels.   Just say no. 6. The dance floor is a safety zone from all the wrongs in the world.  No fighting, please.  This is our happy place.

7. If I'm not at Chippendale's (and I'm never there), then I am not looking for a lap dance.  Same goes for Mrs. Albright who was offered one and never given the chance to say, "No, thank you."   8. If you are 50+ -- you are to old to offer up that lap dance.  I don't care how good you are at dancing or if you work out at the gym every day.   (Side note: that pillar by the dance floor is not a dancing pole) 9. I am in my 40s.  Why, oh WHY, would any 20-something think I need his full attention?  Just because I'm dancing doesn't make me a cougar.  And he already noted the wedding ring.  I've renamed Captain Peepants to YoYo.  He goes away, but he kept returning. 10. If someone rubs their butt against yours on the dance floor, you should always turn around and see who it is.  ALWAYS.  Guess what, Peepants/YoYo?  That wasn't me.  It was gracious of you to thank me for it, though.  If you had bothered to look, you would have seen a skinny 60-something white man shaking it for you. Does this sound like your average night out? Maybe you go to the wrong places. Or is that me?

*Mrs. Priss*



...who likes to get out and boogie.

Finding Your Mojo

With summer here I seem to have lost my spark, my inspiration, my motivation. Between the kids home from school, summer camps, poolside days  & patio nights I have no idea how to get back on track. After some extensive research {ie. Google} I thought I would share what I have learned.
Phone a friend - don't call Debbie Downer call Happy Hannah. Call that friend that will cheer you on, give you sage advice, someone who will get you going & pump you up. Hannah, I'm calling you after this post. 

Get Out - Do something physical. Dance, play tennis, walk, swim, whatever. Get up from your chair, couch, bed & go out. It's good for your stress, hormones, mood & life. 

Train Your Brain - Negative thoughts breed a negative life. When you mind goes down that rabbit hole you  have to capture those thoughts & replace them with positive ones as many times as needed. Read motivational quotes or books, watch uplifting movies, read the Bible, listen to great music - whatever you can do to retrain your brain.

Just Do It - If there is one thing you keep going back to or get stuck on, just do it. For me, I keep passing  this pile of giveaway clothes in the corner. It's time to put them in the car & deliver or put them out to be picked up. That pile is stuck energy & it must be moved! Enough if it's not your best work, just start the job & get it done. You will be able to move on & relieved it is over.

So what do you do when you're missing your mojo, in need of motivation or in a funk? I'm looking for "Happy Hannahs" to share their sage wisdom with me.
xoxo, Mrs. Montgomery Looking for my Mojo Like...

The Best Chocolate Chip Cookies

Maybe you're bored. And hungry. Perhaps you need a little project with the kids, with a yummy outcome!

Never fear I have the best chocolate cookie recipe for you today! And truly, they are. (My mom wrote this book of recipes by hand for a wedding gift, I might be biased, but it's worth the chance!)

Enjoy! And bring me some.

Mrs. Sinclair, 

A RHOK Star 

always needs chocolate

Bacon. It's a Food Group.

 

 I've always been a lover of bacon. Thanks to social media, ALL of my friends know I have a big, fat love affair with it.  Take a look at a few of things that have been posted on my Facebook wall by my friends or me, just because they know about my insane infatuation with the duct tape of all food.

Being the resident recipe housewife, I must share a favorite recipe involving BACON! 

I make so many things with it, Pampered Chef Chopped Salad (it's the BEST), Bacon & Tomato Cups, Outback's Alice Springs' Chicken, Cooked Cabbage, Arkansas Green Beans, broccoli/cauliflower salad, pasta salad, BLT's, etc. But, the one that comes to mind right at this moment and that I would love to sink my chompers into is...

Bacon Wrapped Water Chestnuts! Mmmm!  

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Oh So Delicioso

Ingredients:

1 1/2 pounds bacon

2 cans whole water chestnuts

1 cup barbecue sauce

1 cup honey

toothpicks

Directions

Cut your bacon in half. Wrap each water chestnut with bacon and secure it with a toothpick. Place in a 9"x13" cake pan that has been sprayed with non-stick spray.

Combine barbecue sauce and honey and whisk to combine. Drizzle over water chestnuts.

Bake at 400 degrees for 1 hour, or until bacon begins to crisp.

Serve warm.

Dear, SWEET Mrs. Priss even got me my very own BaCoN necklace the other day. Isn't she so thoughtful?! 

Do you have a favorite recipe that includes bacon? If so, I'd be ever so grateful to have it. 

I shall leave you with one more little bacon tidbit....

~Mrs. Albright Putting bacon on my bacon, like a...