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Another happy Monday, friends! Hope everyone had a great weekend.

Here’s a few random thoughts from yours truly, to start your week off right. Winking smile Enjoy!

1. I am loving the cooler temperatures that we’re getting in the mornings and evenings right now. They get me in such a great mood for the autumn season. So much so, that I had (yes, had) to go buy some fall scented candles on Saturday.

Just FYI, they were buy one, get one for 50% off. So if you love fall scents, now would be the time to go check out Yankee Candle. Thumbs up

2. I have decided that as cute as Old Navy clothes can be, I need to stop trying to shop there. Nothing ever fits me properly. Their colored jeans gave me a super-sexy third butt cheek.

(Enjoy that visual. Winking smile )

3. We love our new house.

But want to know what we don’t love?

Our new cable/internet company. We have been having issues literally since the day we moved into this house more than 3 months ago. Charter, you’re killing me. Annoyed

4. Brandon’s brother, Matt, was in town this weekend. They went to the “Tour Championship” (that would be a golf event, for those who are even more clueless about these things than I am!), and got to see the “big boys,” like Tiger, Rory, and Bubba.

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I gave Brandon his ticket for an early birthday present. I think I won a year’s worth of wifey brownie points!

5. For those who watch Big Brother, were you surprised by the winner?

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Brandon was happy that Ian won, but I wasn’t a big Ian fan. I really thought Dan should have won … he was the Puppet Master all season, pulling all of the other contestants’ strings!

6. The other night, I cooked dinner without any type of recipe!

Usually when I cook, I might tweak someone else’s recipe, but I still follow some form of a recipe.

So I was kinda proud of myself for mixing things up in the kitchen. Smile with tongue out

I didn’t use exact measurements, but here’s the general idea …

Chicken Alfredo Pasta Bake

Serves 3-4

Ingredients:

1 lb. boneless, skinless chicken breast, cut into small pieces
salt and pepper
1 tbsp. olive oil
1 tsp. minced garlic
8 oz. whole-wheat pasta
several broccoli florets
Alfredo sauce (maybe a cup?)
1 tbsp. breadcrumbs
1 tbsp. Parmesan cheese
1 tbsp butter

Directions:

Preheat oven to 400 degrees.
Season chicken with salt and pepper.
Heat olive oil over medium-high heat in a large sauté pan.
Add chicken and cook, turning occasionally, until cooked through.
Add minced garlic and stir until fragrant (less than a minute).
Pull pan off of heat.
Meanwhile, cook pasta in boiling water, according to instructions on the box.
Two minutes before the pasta is done cooking, add broccoli to boiling water.
Drain pasta and broccoli. Put the mixture into a large bowl. Add chicken mixture to bowl.
Add Alfredo sauce to the bowl, and more salt and pepper to taste. Stir to combine.
Put the entire mixture into a casserole dish.
Spread breadcrumbs and Parmesan cheese over the mixture. Cut the butter into little pieces and place them randomly on top of everything.
Bake for around 10 minutes, until the top is brown.
Serve with garlic bread and Caesar salad!