Happy Halloween :-)

I hope everyone had a great and safe Halloween :-) I myself spent it with dearest friends and there little one. We went trick or treating with the whole family and than handed out some candy for kids ;-) Unfortunalty, Jt couldn't join us, because he had to work overtime on friday. The rest of the night I spent with my hubby, some wine and pizza :-)

I wanted to share with you guys the cupcakes I made the day before Halloween. I was not feeling that well which is why I just got a cupcake mix. But i got the good ones :D my hubby loves this kind, because they have a chocolate filling in it. 

For the decoration I went to Micheals and got some gummy eyeballs, monsters and pumpkins :-) at the store I got Icing from Betty Crocker in typical Halloween colors - blood red and green!

Halloween Cupcakes

I just love to bake and cook for family, friends and my co-workers. I made a total of 24 cupcakes. Four stayed home for my hubby, four for my friends as thank you for taking me trick or treating and the rest of them were for my co-workers as Halloween treat :-) and since they were all gone I guess they were a hit ;-)

1. Weddinganniversary

One year ago I married my best friend on my birthday :-) we had an amazing year with ups and downs and a lot of new experiences :-) We had a really nice day together with eating our wedding cake which my sister-in-law made the day before and a wonderful dinner at Ramshead :-) Last year we went to the Restaurant/Bar for our Wedding-after-Party ;-) It was so much fun!

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I am excited what life brings us next and to spend the rest of my life with him. I love him so much :-) I am so happy that he was so stubborn two and a half years ago ;-) our plans for the future: enjoying our togetherness and traveling!

Happy Birthday-Girl ;-)

Pumpkin Patch :-)

Today was our Sunday Fun-day and we went to Middleton to pick some pumpkins for this season. We went to Jumbo's Pumpkin Patch which was a great hit. There was no entrance fee or a fee for the hayride, the pumpkin price was 47 ct per lbs and they had a huge selection of pumpkins. 

We had a really fun time and got two wonderful pumpkins. It only took us one hour to choose the best ones :-D Our pumpkins weight 42.4 lbs and cost us $19 which I think is a great price. JT got me last week a really small pumpkin from Weis to cheer me up a little bit and ended up paying $5 for it. Anyway next weekend we will carve our pumpkins and make some roasted pumpkin seeds :-) I am super excited.

On our way back home we stopped for lunch at the Döner Bistro in Frederick. We had some german beer and my favorite food: Doener :-) the place is a little bit pricey but we are just there two or three times a year, so I don't care :-)

[Recipe] Pork Tenderloin with Apples

We went grocery shoppping for the first time at Costco and got so many things incl. pork tenderloin to an awesome price. I wanted to treat my hubby to something good and also I was looking for a distraction ;-) One of my papers is due Sunday night and yay so I decided to be for hours on pinterest :-D anyway I wanted to try something totally new for me/us and I found a recipe for fall-ish inspired pork tenderloin recipe. I made pork tenderloin with apples, honey, cinnamon and onions in our slow cooker :-) as sides I served some beans with salted potatoes. The meal was a big hit :-)

Ingredients

(for 4 servings)

3 lbs pork tenderloin

1 apple, sweet, sliced
2 onions, yellow, sliced
3 tbsp honey
Cinnamon, as needed
Mr. Dash, as needed
Pepper, Salt, Bay leaves
Brown Gravy mix

Slice slits into porkloin horizontally, about 3/4 through meat. Fill each slit with one or two apple slice and drizzle honey over top (in between the slits as well). 

 

Transfer the pork into slow cooker. Sprinkle with cinnamon. Layer the meat with onions and a few bay leaves. 

Cook on high (depends on each slow cooker) for 4-5 hours. One hour before serving take out pork. Add brown gravy mix to the broth, stir well, let cook for a few minutes or until thickened. Add pork again and let cook in gravy for the remaining of the time.

 

Serve with sides as wanted, we choose salted potatoes and beans.

ENJOY :-)

Our new apartment

Moving day is over :-) two weeks ago we moved in our new apartment after living in a basement apartment for two years! It was long overdue!

We started early on our moving day. I had to be at the new apartment to welcome our new couch :-) I didn't wanted to waste time with just waiting there so we brought over some boxes and stuff the night before. We were the second ones on the list - so the waiting wasn't too bad and I unpacked already five boxes.

After the couch was set up I met with my mother-in-law and we got boxes, etc. from the old apartment and brought it over. We stopped by Target to get some essentials, like a shower linen and a Brita can ;-) we went back and forth, always missing JT and Greg who were in charge for moving all the furniture.

Early afternoon my mother-in-law and I were just busy unpacking boxes, puting stuff away, etc. We ordered some pizza for all of us, got wine and beer and after a break we finished the last boxes. Kelly came right after work and helped us set up our last furniture and we were all set up by saturday night :-) 

Sunday was cleaning day in the old apartment. After that I finished organizing our new closet and decorated the apartment. I cooked a first german meal in our new kitchen which I love :-)

I was off the next monday and was just able to focus on all the paperwork we had to change to our new address and cook a nice meal for my hubby.

Here are some pictures of our new apartment :-)