Fun Tea Fact!

Hey All!

Fun tea fact for the morning!

Yogi Ginger tea is the best herbal and natural treatment for tummy aches or indigestion.  It is the only caffeinated tea I drink occasionally because it is the best natural remedy to tummy aches.

You can find this tea at Trader Joe's.

Just thought I would share!
xoxo Sarah

Banana Bread...

Hello Everyone!

So last night, I made Banana Bread for the first time!  It is super delicious.  I usually make banana bread from the box from Pillsbury.  What type of banana bread do you like to make?  Do you like to make muffins?  Do you have any good banana bread recipes to share?

But this recipe I found on allrecipes.com.  

Here is the recipe below:

Ingredients

2 cups all-purpose flour

1 tsp baking soda

1/4 tsp salt

1/2 cup butter

3/4 cup brown sugar

2 eggs, beaten

2 1/3 cups mashed overripe bananas

Directions

1, Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).  Lightly grease a 9x5 inch load pan. 

2. In a large bowl, combine flour, baking soda and salt.  In a separate bowl, cream together butter and brown sugar.  Stir in eggs and mashed bananas until well blended.  Stir banana mixture into flour mixture; stir just to moisten.  pour batter into prepared loaf pan. 

3. Bake in preheated oven for 60 to 65 minutes, until a toothpick inserted into center of the load comes out clean.  Let bread cool in pan for 10 minutes, then turn out onto a wire rack.  

Ta-Da!

xoxo Sarah

Downton Abbey

Speaking of my love for England and everything about it...

I just had to share this amazing show Zachary and I started watching this year called Downton Abbey.

SOURCE: HERE

I am not kidding - it is phenomenal and I suggest everyone see it!  Believe it or not, it is on PBS.  It part of the Masterpiece Theater collection on their network.

The first season is on Netflix OnDemand if you would like to watch it!  And you can watch the second season which just aired its season finale, two Sundays ago at this website:
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/masterpiece/watch/index.html

Just to give you a little info on it, it's about a British Noble family - the last class of nobility before the Great War - and how this family interacts with society and how their help/servants interact with the family.  There are so many great relationships through out the show - such scandal, romance, suspense...it's the best.  I cannot lie!

Ok just had to share....

Watch it!
xoxo Sarah

Tea of the Week!

Hello All and Happy Monday!

During my travelling week extravaganza, I stopped by my friend Katie's house to play with her and her daughter and Katie reminded me I should write about the tea I drink!

SO!  That is what this post is about.  I think every Monday I will post about the "tea of the week."  So this week, my tea of choice is "Well-Rested" decaffeinated tea from Trader Joe's.

Any tea from Trader Joe's I find to be great!  They are cheap and delicious.  After a long day of work, All I want to do is come home to Zachary, sit-down, watch some Glee, and have a cup of this tea.  It makes me relax and just calm down after a hectic work day! I usually let my tea seep for 5 minutes in the hot water that I get from our tea kettle.  

Fun Fact - depending on if my throat feels dry or not, I add a spoonful of honey to make it a little sweet and smooth!

I had to show you a picture of my mug that I recently got when I was in MPLS.  I have a small obsession with British Monarchy and this one store we went to, Patina, had all this great British memorabilia.  So I got this mug that has the Queen's crown on it.  It's officially from England too!!!  

Any who - going to check on my banana bread in the oven right now!   Will post some pics of that when it comes out nice and warm!!!

Keep Calm and Carry on!

xoxo Sarah

My Sister...

Today I am in Wisconsin finishing up my week long work/home visit to the good state of Wisconsin.

I decided to write today about my sister Kate.  She is clearly my best friend and the only sister I have.  She is wicked smart and funny when she decides to open up.  I wanted to dedicate this post to her and why I love her so much.

So here are 10 reasons, she would appreciate, why I love her:
1) The fall in front of McDonald's on the way Up North
2) Bye, Bye Miss American Pie
3) Kenny - "Conviction of the Heart"
4) Amy - "Hats"
5) Shania - I have no idea - just that Dad is obsessed with her
6) Queen of Victory, Pray for Us!
7) Barbie Super Nintendo game
8) N64
9) The Kalahari
10) Sisters.

Kate - I love you and am so proud to be your sister and the fact you are going for your MBA right now, I couldn't be more proud.  I miss and think of you every day.

Love you forever,
xoxo Sarah

True Love...

So this week like I stated in an earlier post, I have had to travel for work up to Green Bay for career fairs and to work at our corporate offices.  Since I was going to be coming up here, I decided to spend some time with my Grandpa and stay with him since I don't get to see him very often and I thought he wouldn't mind the company.

I am sitting here watching the Marquette game with my Grandpa and we have just been talking about life.  I see how much he loved my grandma, who passed away a year ago last November 1st.  Since Lent started today, Ash Wednesday, it just made me really think about what true love truly is.  I look at my grandpa and grandma's relationship and I am able to see what true love is.  They are one of the best examples of what I want my marriage to be like with Zachary.  My grandma and grandpa were married for 64 years.  I just hope one day, I am lucky to live that long with my husband - truly in love.

I love my grandma - I miss her every day.  But my grandpa is a strong man, and even though his heart misses her I know he knows that she still loves him every day.

Grandma - I love you and miss you so much - I hope you always know that.

Grandpa - I love you and I am so happy and proud to be your granddaughter.  You are one of the strongest individuals I know and I look up to you and how you have lived your life every day.

All my love and prayers,
xoxo Sarah

Betty and Alpha Chompers...

Hello All!  It has been one crazy week here in my life.  I have been travelling for work so haven't been able to post as soon as I wanted to, but I wanted to post about the lobster night we had on Saturday to celebrate Valentine's Day!

For dinner, we boiled live lobsters, Zachary made a light pasta, and we had steamed asparagus and broccoli.  For dessert, I made a red velvet cheesecake.  Click here for the recipe - it was ridiculously great!  It was a two day process to make that cake, but it was totally worth it!

Take a look - it was delicious :)

Red Velvet Cheesecake - YUMMY!!!

The Lobsters - what a fun dinner!

Yum Yum

xoxo Sarah