Music Binge

Saturday night, after our lovely dinner, we were driving home and I put on Pandora and heard some new artists. It inspired me to get looking for new tunes. I feel like it's been ages since I was really enthralled with music and I found a bunch of stuff that I think I'm really going to like.

Here's my list of cd's:

100 Greatest Dance Hits of the 90's :)

Joss Stone - Soul Sessions

Joss Stone - Introducing Joss Stone

Neko Case - Fox Confessor Brings The Flood

Joss Stone - Colour Me Free

The Fratellis - Here We Stand

The Fratellis - Costello Music

The Russian Wilds - Howlin' Rain

Rachael Yamagata - Elephants Teeth Sinking Into Heart

Gotye - Making Mirrors

The Cranberries - Roses

The Civil Wars - Barton Hollow

Joss Stone - LP1

Duffy - Rockferry Deluxe Edition

Duffy - Endlessly

Sarah McLachlan - Laws of Illusion

Ray LaMontagne and the Pariah Dogs - God Willin and The Creek Don't Rise

Robin Thicke - Love After War

Olly Murs - In Case You Didn't Know

Sarah Jarosz - Song Up In Her Head

Noel Gallagher - High Flying Birds

Lykke Li - Wounded Rhymes

Dawes - Nothing Is Wrong

Meditation of Ancient Egypt

Leonard Cohen - Old Ideas

One Direction - Up All Night

Fitz and The Tantrums - Picking Up The Pieces

Sharon Van Etten - Tramp

Emeli Sande - Our Version Of Events

David Guetta - Nothing But Beat (2 discs)

Black Keys - El Camino

Lana Del Rey - Born To Die

Amy Winehouse - Lioness: Hidden Treasures

Neko Case - Blacklisted

Neko Case - Middle Cyclone

Neko Case - The Tigers Have Spoken

Florence + The Machine - Ceremonials

Joss Stone - Mind, Body, & Soul

Fleet Foxes - Helplessness Blues

Coldplay - Mylo Xyloto

Ellie Goulding - Bright Lights

Il Divo - Wicked Game

Ed Sheeran - +

Looking forward to a few weeks of nothing but new music :)

My Valentine Pictures

At the Harris house we don't make a super huge romantical deal out of Valentine's Day.

We celebrate it by exchanging something small and spending time together.

Usually, Chris and I try to go on a date in the weeks surrounding Valentine's Day, but it's really just an excuse to date!

V Day 2012 was fun and I got to spend more time with Rupert than usual, which is always wonderful.

I worked half a day so that I could go to the party at Rupert's daycare that afternoon. Super precious.

Then we went home and waited on Daddy, had some great dinner (thank you Chris) and watched Titanic. Then we all went to bed together and snuggled. Perfection.

So here are some pictures from my day:

Party at daycare

Rupert's handmade Valentines:

(For My Grandpa "I love you because you have a hockey game" Love Rupert 2012)

(From the top of my head to the bottom of my feet, I love you)

Present from Chris:

I love that he decorated the bag, it looks perfect!

Super snazzy new travel mug that I had been dying for!

My little Valentine:

I love you this much!

Nope, only this much.

Just kidding, this much!



Guinness Shepherd's Pie

First, let me tell you, this is NOT my recipe!

I 100% snagged it from TheHungryHouseWife via Pinterest (god I love that place!)

It was a huge success!

My only stinking snafu for the entire process was trying to only buy 2 bottles of Guinness, it's impossible!

I'm not a big fan of drinking it because it's so filling that it is similar to eating an entire loaf of bread but I adore the flavor and like to cook with it...

Anyway, for future reference Food City sells 4 packs not just 6 packs!

Our teeny tiny little kitchen may have been a bit overwhelmed last night and I may not have followed the recipe exactly, not wanting to dirty any more dishes than I had to, but it was worth it!

Brown 1.5 lb ground beef (I used ground turkey)

Boiling 3 pounds of potatoes (I used russet)

Here's where I started to defer...

Add 1 bottle Guinness to drained meat

I let it cook down (as directed)

but then I added the onion and the vegetables to the same pot instead of dirtying another

Make 2 brown gravy packets as directed using half water and half beer

Cook until thickened and add to meat/vegetable mixture

Mashed potatoes with 1 stick of butter and 1/2 cup milk

Salt and pepper to taste

Layer the vegetables, then meat (or in my case, just the one) on the bottom of a 2 quart casserole dish

Spoon potatoes over mixture and top with 2 cups shredded cheddar

Bake at 350 until cheese it bubbly

Voila! Delicious dinner that everyone loved!