babe miller

My dearest friend at work is about to leave me high and dry for the next 10-12 weeks.

She's supposed to have a baby on monday 4/3.

That is if baby miller decides to come on his/her due date.

Jayme (my friend) is betting that it happens closer to easter weekend.

Today was our last walk during work.

We try to walk at least 30 mins every day that we're both in the office.

We use this time to catch up, step away from our desks and talk about things other than work.

She is going to WFH next week hoping that her water breaks.

She was concerned about it happening at work. i mean really? lol

I am not really sure what I am going to do without Jayme at work.

She keeps me sane

She lets me vent

She proofreads my really important emails

She makes me laugh

I am so lucky to have such a great friend at work.

When you spend so much of your day at one particular place one could only hope to enjoy the people you spend it with.

Jayme has had a pretty crazy couple of years trying to get pregnant, the process of adoption, etc.

I remember when she told me she was pregnant this past summer.

I started crying knowing that is what she and her husband had hoped and prayed for so long.

She was very calm, cool and at ease with it.

You could tell it was meant to be.

I can’t think of two better people to be given a sweet baby.

Jayme - i'll miss you pal. wishing you a heathly and speedy delivery. and a precious baby!

over the past couple of days i realized (for about the 100th time) that i have some pretty amazing friends. 
people i have known and enjoyed being around since the 3rd grade, middle school and k-state.
a few of us this year will celebrate being friends 20 years! 
i had the privilege to sit around a dinner table with many of them over the past few days.
gabbing about the days activities, new babies, weddings, recipes, husbands and planning vacations. 
we all come from different places, families and backgrounds. 
but one thing is for sure i can count on all of them. 
some are punctual (one of my favorite qualities) - you know they will always be on time or early to whatever is going on.  to me being early or on time is a sense that what you're doing is important and they want to be involved.
some are good listeners
some can always make you laugh
some share my passion to be creative and crafty
it is interesting to see so many different people just click. 
i'm lucky to have those of you in my life.
i'm also lucky to have those of you that are far away ...you make me a better 'phone talker'. 

PW Meatballs

Last Saturday on the Food Network PW made some meatballs.
The husband said, "We've got to make those!!!" His mouth was watering.
So Sunday afternoon - I opened my coveted PW cookbook and got started on Monday night's dinner.
Yes - you thought right - they are make ahead meatballs!
I followed her instructions up to the point of baking them for 30-40 minutes.
I let mine cool in the pyrex and then threw them in the fridge until I got home from work on Monday.
Let me tell you how many compliments I got on those meatballs.

• 3 at least during dinner
• 2 for just the sauce that was drizzled all over them
• 1 on Thursday afterwork - he ate them for lunch on Tuesday and Thursday.

Talk about a winning dinner! And it is just a ball of meat rolled up with some seasonings and oats and baked in a simple sauce.

We paired our meatballs with a small sweet potato and fresh green beans.

I stole another picture from PW - is that illegal? FYI these would be great for a party, kept warm in a crock pot.  I am not really sure why she calls them BBQ Meatballs - I didn't think they were very BBQy. But they were oh so good!