Tag you're it!

Here's how it works:

list 7 random facts that people might not know about you (to get to know each other better!) then pass the award along to more lovely bloggers. My lovely friend Marci tagged me so it's my turn!

1. I was born in Indiana and then lived in Chicago until I was 12 and then moved

back to Indiana where I graduated high school before leaving for 

college in Idaho.

2. I loved spending time with my siblings when I was growing up. I would hang out

all the time with my four brothers. It was because of them I learned to 

love sports so much. 

3. French toast and lasagna are my two favorite foods in the entire world.

4. I only have one kidney, my right one was removed when I was a baby because it hadn't 

developed correctly. Before I married P, whenever I brought a guy home, my brother Joey made sure 

that was the first thing he told them just to embarrass me. Lol gotta love brothers.

5. The original Karate Kid is my all time favorite movie...."put 'em in a body bag Johnny! Yeahhh!"

6. I love speaking in public....aka public speaking!

7. My biggest fear when I was growing up was that someone would attack my dad's plane 

while he was flying it. (He was a captain for American Airlines for 20 or so years.) 

Ok now it's your turn! Amy, Kellie, and Jenni  I would love 

to read what your 7 things are!

I loved to read when I was growing up......still doing both.

Here are two of those lovelies:

Did you have a favorite picture book when you

were younger?

I gave away all my kids books after I felt like 

it was time to move on to more mature books like the babysitter's club and

Beezus and Ramona. Now I'm regretting that

decision because someday when P and I have babies they're not going to have 

anything to read. 

..................

So now I'm working on gathering a small collection 

of kids books to have available at a moment's notice.

Also, here is a picture of my niece and her yard she's growing in a cup.

You're welcome.

I found it.............

Yesterday I stumbled upon my dream house.....

I love this house. I've never been one for having a huge house.

We lived in one when I was a kid and I hated it because it would literally take 

all day to clean.

I like a house to be a nice size but also cozy.

I would rather have a nice but normal sized house and save money for

amazing trips with my family etc...

That's one of the reasons I like this house so much. It's beautiful but it's not 

a huge ridiculous mansion. It is however,

a really really big house, I would want my copy to be a bit smaller, but I love 

the set up and the look of it. I love the arched doors the most....also the 

wood floors...oh what the heck I love everything! 

The only thing I would love more of is trees. 

The two most important rooms in a house to me are the kitchen and the den/library. 

Unfortunately this house is currently under ownership but that's not going to stop me from 

dreaming.

Speaking of dreams.....the moment you've all been waiting for has arrived...............

the kitchen:

drooollllll

If this house looks familiar to you it's because The Uninvited was filmed here.

Yeah I know that means it's not cheap.....and it's not. I'm not going to 

tell you how much it costs because it's too 

depressing. Isn't it great though?

sigh.....a girl can dream right?

My boss had the most 

fabulous going away CAKE

She's moving to the very hot state of Texas.

It took me about two hours to finish my piece. But it 

was worth every bite.

Good luck Steph, you were the best!

The object of my affection

There's no one is this world I 

love more than my P. 

These are two pictures from when P and I were dating.

This is from when P took me to PA to meet his family.

This is the day P asked me to marry him at Peddler's Village.

photo by stef versey 

This is on our wedding day, August 20th!

photo by jgumbertphotos
This is from our reception in PA.

This is on our honeymoon in Mexico.

Fun pictures, we've been married for almost a year now. I can't imagine being

with anyone more perfect and wonderful. I love you P.

Homemade Spaghetti Sauce

I came across this Spaghetti Sauce recipe a little

while ago and it's been my staple ever since.

The recipe is originally for lasagna but I have used 

this sauce for everything, from actual spaghetti to chicken Parmesan.

One of the things I like the most about it, (besides the homemade goodness!) is it's 

a really thick sauce. Not runny like some of the store brand sauces.

1pd. sweet Italian sausage

1 pd ground beef

1/2 cup chopped onion

2 cloves garlic

On med. heat, brown ground beef, sausage, onion and garlic in a pot for about 6-7 mins or until

no longer pink. Remove from heat. Add:

1 (28oz) can of crushed tomatoes

2 (8oz) cans of tomato sauce

2 (6oz) cans of tomato paste

1/2 cup of water

Gently stir into the cooked meat, add:

2 TB sugar

2 ts basil leaves chopped (I use dry leaves)

2 TB fresh Italian parsley chopped

1 ts salt

1 ts Italian seasoning

1/2 ts ground pepper

Gently stir into sauce. Cover the pot and let the sauce simmer on low heat for 1 hour 

and thirty minutes. 

Rain

Rain rain go away. Come back another day, but while you're

still here I'll take some pictures of you! 

Downtown

Our city is well known for it's famous 25th street.

After I took P to work I decided to head that way to take some fun pictures. Enjoy!