Newly Wed Valentine's Day

I know it's been a while since I last posted anything, and today won't be very different. A lot's been going on lately, and I have a few blog posts in the "draft" stage. I guess you could say I'm trying to form my thoughts on different things. For today I'll leave you with a synopsis of our first married Valentine's Day! 

Valentine's Day is certainly the subject of controversy, and while I've never placed too much emphasis on the day itself, I've also never turned down lovingly gifted chocolates! Since we're newly-weds it seems that all our free time is date time, which doesn't make Valentine's Day super pivotal to our romance or relationship, but it's certainly fun to celebrate our love and have a bonus date! (I personally hope every valentine's day feels like an unnecessary, but very welcome celebration!) I want to remember that one single day out of the year has no more importance than any other day, because every day is important. I want to remember that we should love each other every day, we should connect every day, and we should spend time alone together every day. (and maybe eat chocolate everyday too! :)

Of course any excuse is a good excuse to celebrate the blessing of our marriage, and love for each other! And celebrate we will!-- or did :)

To start the day off, I made heart-shaped breakfast buiscuits, with egg, bacon, and gouda...yum! (and super simple)

Later, my husband came home early, promptly giving me the best box of chocolates ever!! Void of the random fruit and cream-filled sticky things, this heart was full of my favorite: turtles!! (so in gratitude, I quoted the little kid from this video) Of course I ate them too quickly to take a picture, but I'm sure you can all understand. :)

Then we ate dinner at a cozy restaurant in town, La Madeline. (you must try the Chicken Friand)! Then at home we ate dessert and played board! It sure is fun being married to your best friend!

From my perspective, there's nothing wrong with having a day to be cheesy, and celebrate the grace we've been given to love each other.

There is one problem I see with all the red, glittery decorations-- If you're not careful they could end up in the washing machine :( which unfortunately did happen to us. (Sorry honey!)

Indulge a little...

Does your mouth begin to salivate every time those cheesy threads stretch between a piece of pizza and the rest of the pie.....on the tv commerical? What about the pictures on the direct mail "coupons"? Yeah, mine does too.

Ever since I've been married it seems the one (well one of the many) calorie weaknesses I have is pizza. Every time I open the mail box it seems there's another pizzeria in town, and my desire to cook the healthy meal I planned 2 weeks ago is gone. (I'm exaggerating how far out I plan the meals by a long shot)

Well, I have found the recipe that will change your life! (and your waist size, sorry!)

**Warning, this is NOT low calorie, or healthy in any sense of the word. It will however save you about $15 for every $20 you would spend at a neighborhood pizzeria!**

Now we've made pizza a lot, but I just couldn't seem to get the crust right. It was always decent, but never the kind of crust you'd hear people say "oh my gosh, this crust is amazing!" I'm a bread lover, so this is important to me. 

Here it is. I can't take credit for it. Someone else is the mastermind behind the deliciousness!!

Here is the Crust recipe (the tips help a lot!).

And here's what I added on top:

added my own tomato sauce

6 cheese Italian blend (grated)

Mozzerella (grated)

Asiago (grated)

Chedder (grated)

Pepperoni

Sausage

Green Peppers

Absolutely mouth watering, stomach stuffing, AMAZING, bread-y, cheesy goodness! (These photos have not been enchanced in any way)

Also, we made these scrumptios pumpkin waffles (from a mix made by the fresh market) for dessert!

We added butterscotch and white chocolate morsels, caramel syrup, and powdered sugar!

Okay, tomorrow we'll go back to making calorie counting taste good! But o was this break worth it!