Cooking Marathon, New Pasta Bake Recipe, New Year's, Kinect

Thanks you guys!! I appreciate your feedback on my tips and for providing your own! I'm all about being more productive and organized in 2011 - I just love that often when you organize something, put a process in place or establish a specific place for something - you save SO much time in the future! Backing up to Thursday which was really just work and cooking. Here is what the results looked like:

And here is one of the new recipes:

Tuscan Macaroni and Cheese Bake

Recipe adapted from Mel’s Kitchen Café
Makes 4 Servings

Nutritional Information: 456 calories, 52 carbs, 14 fat grams and 32 protein grams.

Check out the recipe on Healthified Kitchen!

Friday was just work for a few hours then they let us off at noon! So I headed to Macy's to get some prezzies for Dane (my soon-to-be nephew!), and picked up 4 Lacostes for Austin - GREAT sale. Then I headed home, had lunch and got ready for New Year's. We met at Stacy's at 6 p.m., had yummy appetizers then an awesome pasta bake she made - SO good. We had a few drinks then headed to Vintage, a bar near their home. We stayed up/out WAY too late, but had a great time ringing in the new year and I was SO happy to see that Reuben and Remy did so well with Stacy and Shane's puppers! Here are some pictures from the evening!

The ladies

The boys

Me and mon bon - had so much fun with her!

me and Shane - those little hats were CRACKING ME UP

Me and Andy trying to get a picture together!

Austin and Shane - again with the hats - too much

Stacy and Danielle crack me up

Me and Austin - looking forward to another wonderful year!

Me and Stacy!

Austin and Andy!

Auburn boys - Andy, Austin and Andrew

Austin and Stacy!

Saturday we got up early and headed back home. I had definitely overserved myself. No doubt. Boo. We stopped at Best Buy on the way home and got another xBox 360 and Kinect - so now I have one in the bedroom too - YAY! Anywho, the rest of the day was spent at home with the family, watching movies, napping and finalizing our resolutions. Wonderful first day of the year.

Q: Do you have an xBox 360? Austin is a total gamer, always has been. I play every once in a while, love rock band drumming and anything that involves dancing!! I hope to get some dancing games for Kinect!

Q: Did you have a great new year's? I really did - we always enjoy a night out with our friends!

Tomorrow i'm posting my new year's resolutions - or really just my 2011 to-do list! I can't wait to get started on it. Oh who am I kidding? I'll probably get it started today!!