Saturday, February 19, 2011

My Famous Catch a Husband Cookie Recipe!

Here it is! The famous cookie that helped me snag my handsome husband! I sent these to a soldier serving in Iraq and three months after he got home we were hitched! They work like a charm ;)
Everything you will need to snag a husband!...er I mean make the cookies :)


My Saturday Date Night with Myself...I'm a lot of fun!






Preheat your oven to 375 degrees.

2 cups of brown sugar, 3/4 cup white sugar, & 3 cubes of butter:



Cream together:


Add 1/2 cup milk, 4 eggs, & 2 tsp vanilla (if your lucky you have an Aunt Julie to send you real vanilla from Mexico...thanks Aunt Julie!!)

Mix it all together:


Next add 2 tsp salt & 2 tsp baking soda. I like to mix these before adding the flour.

Next we will add 6 cups of flour, I add them 2 cups at a time. So let's start with 2 cups of flour:

Mix:

And add 2 more cups of flour:

Mix & repeat with the 2 remaining cups of flour:

Add 2 12oz bags chocolate chips:

Pretty!

Mix:

Voila! The most wonderful cookie dough ever:

Spoon onto ungreased cookie sheet:

Bake for 8-10 minutes at 375 degrees:


Package them into disposable tupperware and ship them to the cutest soldier you can find! Ship with caution~you may wind up with a husband!

Ben & the 2 Star

Ben met with a 2 Star General in Iraq recently. When the General asked Ben how he was doing, Ben told him: "If I were doing any better, I'd be you".

Only someone as smooth as Ben Brubaker could pull that off. I guess the General thought that was pretty funny, and Ben said he enjoyed talking with him for a while.

Ben Brubaker, ever the smooth talker! I will never forget his phone call minutes after our first date. He knew I was with my friend Alyssa still and he called to ask "So, uh, what are you girls saying about me?" Makes me smile every time I think about it.

Ben's reaction to his "new wardrobe"

Ben: I don't have a wardrobe, and are you really buying me all new clothes??! (*panic stricken voice)

Melissa: Yes, I got you some new outfits.

Ben: I am a man, I do not wear outfits. Exactly how many new things have you bought??

Melissa: Well, since you wear camouflage 5 days a week when you're home, that leaves two days that you can wear civilian clothes. And because we go to church on Sunday you wear a suit, so after doing the math, I went with two new outfits.... er sorry two new sets of clothing. You know to rotate Saturdays with.

Ben: So you mean like 2 shirts and 2 pants (insert sigh of relief), ok that's fine. I can live with that.

I love being married to this guy! He sure makes life fun!

Friday, February 18, 2011

Facebook ads...

Does anyone else feel like Facebook advertisements are targeting them specifically? I swear it's like they know my husband has been gone for 6 months! These are the top three ads on my facebook page:

1. Never Shave Again
2. Do you have a permit to carry concealed weapons?
3. Become an Epidemiologist

What kind of an Amazonian woman do they think I am? Yikes! It's got me thinking that it's time to make some major life adjustments...starting with shaving my legs ;)

They know me all too well!

Thursday, February 17, 2011

St. Patrick's Day in a box:

How to fit all of this into one little flat rate box?! This is no small feat. It takes experience, creativity and a sense of adventure to create a package worthy to be shipped overseas to an unsuspecting soldier.








The Grit magazine is my attempt to help keep the cowboy in Ben up to speed on all the latest "cowboy news"...very important! The belt buckle is a civil war union soldier belt buckle...I just figured it would help set the mood while he reads his magazine.




I decided to take the "Kiss me I'm Irish" to a whole new level when he mentioned he needed floss and toothpaste.








What is it about men and candy disguised as animal poop? Maybe it's just my husband. Either way, he thinks it's funny...so here we go!










Oops one last item I almost forgot I had!!! A most important Dilbert daily calendar! Phew...close one! I got it on clearance, since it is February!








Proof that I can fit it all into a medium flat rate box...amazing!!!






And now I am off to the post office!

Secret Service

My husband the secret service agent! He sure looks good in sunglasses!

Wednesday, February 16, 2011

How can I not have a good day when I get a picture like this from Iraq?




I have the sweetest husband in the whole world! I just love that man.