Monday, January 23, 2012

270 Days of Love

30 Go Team Pancakes!
Happy Monday Friends!
This is NOT how i feel this Monday but this picture made me smile...

Via


Dear Mr. Pancakes,

Wow, 270 days of marriage!
Like I said to you yesterday, 
i feel like we have taken the last 9 months to labor the foundation of our marriage like no other.  
We continue to be respectful of the vows we took 270 days ago.  
We continue to depend on God for guidance and direction in all areas of our lives.  
We continue to laugh at each other, ourselves and together.  
We love passionately. 
We are patient with each other daily.

And everyday you never cease to share sweet kisses with me.  
And of course we say i love you throughout the day.  
And we still call in the middle of the day just to say "hello."
And we started to pray together at night which has done wonders.

Yesterday a lady at church asked "are you still honeymooning?"
And i smiled and responded: "YES!" because honestly we are.

I am so thankful for the people around us who continue to encourage and support us.
But most of all, i am thankful God continues to have mercy and grace upon us 
as we continue to share our days together as man and wife!

So here's to today...270 days of love and counting...

Loving you to the moon and back Always: Mrs. Pancakes

Officially jumping the broom!


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Question of the Day:
How are you feeling this Monday?


Sunday, January 22, 2012

LongLazySunday: Week 3

14 Go Team Pancakes!

Good Afternoon friends...i hope you are enjoying your Sunday thus far.
We had a little snow and ice here and there was panic.
But i must say...the city did their thing and there were no major issues!
We went to see RedTails yesterday which was a good movie.
Support the movie if you can.

Here is how our longlazysunday went...

Sunday morning was spent at Church with another awesome message from our Pastor.
Do you ever go to church just waiting to hear the message?
I do because our Pastor always delivers it home.

We spent time with granny who i will have to be creative about how i display her picture
because she is a 95 year-old prickly lady who
Mr. Pancakes does not believe would approve of her picture being on my blog. 
But funny story...today she made this comment:
 "It's so hot in here...let me put my bikini on!"
She is a riot!!

Pinned Image


And then the rest of the afternoon evening will be spent watching the football games.
We don't have any favorite teams at this point but we will be watching it for great entertainment.

We are likely having salmon, rice and veggies for dinner courtesy of Mr. Pancakes....
he makes the best dinners!

How did you spend your longlazysunday?!
Share it with us....





Saturday, January 21, 2012

Blog Award Combined with Tagging Questions....

8 Go Team Pancakes!

Happy Saturday friends!
It's supposed to be freezing rain on this side of my world
 hopefully you are all safe, cozy and warm where you are!

Mrs. C over at My Amazing Fabulous Wedding & Life of My Dreams chose me as of the recipients of the Tell Me About Yourself Award and so i decided to accept the award and combine it to three tags i received this week.  Just so i don't overwhelm you all with information about myself.
So many of the questions i answered WERE awesome 
and definitely inspired many blog posts i am already cultivating.  
Thanks ladies for your creative questions. 
 Without further delay, here are my answers...




                                               1.What do you regret most in your life?
Not a whole lot BUT there were some things i didn't share with Mr. Pancakes while dating and that has come back to bite me in the butt but we are working through them! (too much disclosure?!)
2. What's your dream vacation?
A trip around the world on a private jet.
3.What's your fave color?
Yellow (but I'm starting to like other colours too like purple!)
4.What is your major achievement in life?
Last time i said my Masters but i think i am working on it now (will keep you posted)
5. Who do you love to go shopping with?
Honestly, i love shopping by myself...lame but true! Unless it's with the hubby and he is paying:-)
6. What is your dream job?
It's still a talk show host.  Or a stay at home wife (not like the desperate housewives but a relaxed & unpretentious wife)
7. What is your all time fave movie?
Pretty Woman, Coming to America (Waitress and Cats and Dogs--movies i can watch over and over)
8. If you could have a dinner party, where would you have it and which famous persons would you like to invite, (whether alive or deceased)?
How fun is this question, i would invite Queen Latifah (and the rest of the Living Single girls) because i am watching the TV show right now:-)
9. If you had one wish what would it be?
To have world peace.  And be a billionaire so Team Pancakes can do whatever our hearts desires
10.What is your fave dessert?
Anything chocolate but lately Walkers cookies...so darn good!
11. If you could exchange lives with anybody in the world for a week, 
whose life would you want to live?  
Honestly, i don't know.  
But probably my Pastor because he works very real hard 
and i would love to be so in touch with God on such a level on a daily basis.




1) Who inspires you, whether historically, in your day-to-day life, or both?
My mother inspires me..she is such a go-getter and a Believer like there is no tomorrow!
2) Do you have a favorite season?
Spring time...there is something fresh about that time of year!
I LOVE winter and snow too (but only if i don't have to go out in the snow)
3) What’s your top goal to accomplish within the next five years?
Great question, have an emergency fund and down payment saved so purchase a house/celebrate 5 years of marriage...that's so mindboggling!
4) What was the first job you ever had?
McD's!!! I got so fat on their fries  (oh just got a blog post idea...thanks Heather!!)
5) What’s your all-time favorite book?
I have several but if i had to pick, The Wind Blows Backwards...
teen love angst book--gosh i loved the characters!!
6) What’s the most unique place you’ve traveled to so far in your lifetime?
Unique...would definitely have to be small town in Europe--because there is nothing like it, you just have to experience it to believe it!
7) If you could live anywhere in the world, where would it be?
Somewhere HOT like Barbados!
8) Which qualities do you love most about yourself?
I am pretty easy to get along with.  I am affable:-) 
Oh and many things don't bother me...life is too short to be stressed!
9) If you could describe yourself in just one word, what would it be?
Happiness (cheesy but true)
10) What’s your favorite type of workout routine?
Running...but before it was kickboxing and skipping rope...LOVE running now!
11) What’s your favorite guilty pleasure meal or snack?  
Bread--there is this Ghanaian butter bread---i die for it! 
(i am about to have it soon actually w/milk)

1. If you could meet ONE bloggy BFF, who would it be..?

This one is hard BUT i would probably meet you Marilyn because we have a lot in common
                                                2.What's your favorite recipe to create?

I love making jolof rice (Ghanaian dish because i like to eat it)
                                                            3. What's your ideal date night?

Movie and dinner (at home)
                              4. If you could travel anywhere in the world TODAY, where will it be?
Somewhere sunny...i would go back to Barbados because it is too darn cold today!!!!
5. What's the one thing you LOVE most about yourself?

That i am Mrs. Pancakes because i HAVE the best husband in the WORLD!!!
          6. If you could ask your reader's ONE thing aboutyour blog, what would it be? (Good, bad, ugly, you pick)

Good question.  Would you read my blog more if i showed you more personal pictures?
                                                         7. What's your favorite season?
Spring time (and winter too--see above)
8. What's the first thing on your bucket list today?

I don't have a bucket list BUT i do need to work on getting my Green Card 
(i am Canadian still married to an American)
                                                 9. Biggest goal for 2012 (or change?) 

Mmmhm...be creative on my blog, get my Green Card, Change my last name, travel to Ghana
                                                          10. What's your favorite past time?

Watching TV and playing scrabble
                                                    11. First word that comes to mind NOW
Tennis--i am now watching Australian Open--
these questions took me almost an hour to answer with some breaks here and there!!)

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Gosh these were all such awesome questions!!!
Thanks Ladies for awarding and tagging me again!!
I had a blast answering them and learned a lot about myself in the process:-)


Question of the Day:
I am working this Saturday...boohoo...What are you doing this Saturday?