10 Years ago I met the man of my dreams!

Joseph Gordon Levitt you ask?

Oh, Ira Glass then.

Of course I mean Bill Alevizos! 

We celebrated at home last night and I made a freaking killer Beer & Cheddar Soup with grilled garlic toast!  I loved this long soup process and here are the photos!

All the ingredients (and Half & Half too)

Bacon Rendering

Onion, jalapeno & garlic

Soup is finished!

And it looks AMAZING. And tasted AMAZING!

Bang Bang Pie Shop slices!  Butterscotch Cream + Chocolate Cream!

And of course Bill brought me flowers!

If you want the recipe you can find it HERE!

Its crazy to think about the past 10  years.  We have been to Seattle, Los Angeles, Asheville, San Francisco, Antioch (ha), Michigan, Aruba and to Indiana and St. Charles a million times.  We had a dog, lost a dog, got 2 more dogs.  Bought a house, bought a dining room table, changed jobs between us  4 times.  Got a Masters Degree, got married, got surgery (his more serious then mine), experienced love, loss and everything in between.  Watched friends get married, divorced, have kids, move away, move back, move close, and even had three nephews and one niece born and watch grow up.  What a ride it has been.

Hello February!

Man it is FREEZING outside!  Like so cold that after our garage door broke (bad and old sensors) the actual door to get into the garage froze!
When it is this cold all I want in life is soup, and I found an awesome recipe from Smitten Kitchen. I'm a sucker for chard, sausage and garlic - as well as lentils so it is totally in my wheelhouse!

And the dogs are saying chill, too:

 Doesn't Lenny's paw look like it has an angry rooster face?  Or is it just me and too many Daisy Cutters?

Olive was totally over our dance party last night:  Bill and I are up to 5 action packed hours of sweet jams for our Valentines Day Party!