Friday, June 29, 2012

Homemade Pizza Recipe

Happy Friday, party people!
Can you believe that tomorrow is the last day of June? 
How is 2012 half way over?

Goodness. 

Last night I made homemade veggie pizza for dinner!
And it was delicious!

I shared this photo via Instagram and a couple people asked me to share my recipe.
{follow me @liajmayes}

Here ya go...
I use this recipe here for homemade pizza crust. I make this in advance and freeze it. 

For this particular pizza, I used organic pizza sauce. I put fresh, minced garlic on the crust (that's the dark spots you see in the picture). I used a mixture of mozzarella and parmesan cheese. And I used bell pepper, red onion, mushrooms and black olives for my toppings. But you can use anything.

Sometimes I used pepperoni, sometimes I use hamburger meat. The possibilities are endless.

Here are some of my favorite pizza recipes:
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Do you have big plans this weekend?
If we decide to brave the heat, we may go to Wolf Dance tomorrow at Lone Star Park in Grand Prairie. It's a big Texas Country Music festival! And I love me some Texas Country!

This was at Wolf Dance a couple years ago...



Other than that, we have no plans!
Have a good weekend!

Thursday, June 28, 2012

It's OK...

Happy Thursday, love bugs!
We've almost made it to another weekend!

Today, I'm linking up with Neely for It's OK Thursday.

It's OK...

...to wish it was fall. These 100+ temps may be the death of me.
i'm so over this 
...to channel my inner tween by watching Dawson's Creek on Netflix


...to count down the days until football season!
65 days until the first A&M football game!
72 days until the first SEC game vs Florida. You better believe I'll be there!


...to have taken off next Thursday & Friday without having any plans for the extra long weekend!


...to have had Starbucks 3 times this week when I try to limit myself to once a week.


...to have baby fever. I blame all you precious momma's-to-be! :)


...to have gone to work with wet hair 3 days this week.


...that I have haven't meal planned in two weeks. 



Also...
If you're looking to meet fellow bloggers in your area, check out Shane's blog. She's hosting a Coast to Coast link up! Seems like a pretty cool idea! I love meeting new people!


That is all. Have a happy day!

Wednesday, June 27, 2012

oh say can you see

Ello loves!
Happy Wednesday! 

As you all know, the 4th of July is one week from today. 
{ps. does anyone else think it sucks to have the 4th on a Wednesday?}

Here are some fun 4th of July ideas!











Do you have big plans for the 4th? 
At this point we have no plans. But Corby and I both took off next Thursday & Friday for a long 5 day weekend! And I can't wait!

linking up here

Monday, June 25, 2012

Weekend Happenings

Sooo... This weekend went by WAY too fast!


This weekend was so much fun. It was just way too short!
Hopefully this week will go by fast because next week I have a two day work week!
YAY for the 4th!

Here's our weekend in pictures...

Mexican food & margaritas

One of my best friends asked me to be a bridesmaid in her wedding! 
Can't wait for June 15, 2013 :)

Lots of cooking and baking this weekend.
I made a chocolate chip peanut butter bundt cake. YUM!

I hosted a Stella & Dot party at my house and finally met Lindsey!
{and I'm a horrible blogger and only took pictures of the food}





skinny white sangria recipe here

I finally figured out how to use cream eyeliner.
And I'm officially in love with this elf eyeliner!

And...
Corby bought me pretty flowers just because he loves me :)

That pretty much sums up the weekend!

This week is going to be a HOT one. 
Is it fall yet?

I'm linking up here.
Happy Monday!

Friday, June 22, 2012

Hey, Cupcake!

HAPPY FRIDAYYY!!!!

Oh sweet Friday, I thought you'd never come!
This has been the longest, most stressful week ever!

I have something very important to discuss with you today...

Cupcakes!

If you know anything about me, then you know I LOVE to bake! And cupcakes are probably my favorite thing to bake! So here are some of my favorite recipes!


Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough Cupcakes
recipe and photo via

Vanilla Latte Cupcakes
recipe and photo via

Wedding Cake Cupcakes
recipe and photo via

Skinny Pink Lemonade Confetti Cupcakes
recipe and photo via

Lemon Blueberry Cupcakes
recipe and photo via

Skinny Pina Colada Cupcakes
recipe and photo via

Snickerdoodle Cupcakes
recipe and photo via

Angel Food Cupcakes with Blackberry Buttercream
recipe and photo via

Red Velvet Cupcakes
recipe and photo via

And my go to icing recipe...
Vanilla Swiss Meringue Buttercream
recipe and photo via

Time to get baking!
Have a great weekend!

Wednesday, June 20, 2012

Insanity

Oyy vey! This week has been insane and it's barely half way over. 

Here's a brief run down of my week:
Monday: madness/preparation for 8 hour event on Tuesday
Tuesday: said 8 hour event. arrive at work at 6:30 am, leave 5:30 pm
Wednesday: two big planning meetings and another 11+ hour work day
Thursday: email newsletter day and 3 hour lunch seminar/meeting
Friday: company server update/back up and new computer installation (YAY!)

....le sigh...

I'm tired. And very behind on my blogging.

Anyhoo... Here's some things I'm currently loving...

* My DVR. I'm really loving all of the shows that I've currently got recording.
{by the way, I'm super behind on my dvr}

Pretty Little Liars
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Bunheads
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True Blood
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Dance Moms
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So You Think You Can Dance
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{I may or may not have an obsession with all things dance}

* maxi dresses for summer


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* I get to meet Lindsey this weekend! Cannot wait!

espresso dark chocolate coconut cookies
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*the book I read over the weekend: Love Unscripted by Tina Reber
This book was great! Easy read and it was a page turner from the beginning.
I found lots of spelling errors in the book, but if you can look past that, its a great book!
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*and of course I'm loving this guy

linking up here.

Happy Wednesday! 
Here's to surving this week!