Get curly hair from a sock?

Okay I was very skeptical (and excited) at first when I read how you can get curls without a curling iron...The best part...you do it overnight.  This is great for busy mom's like me who shower at night since our children get up at an ungodly hour.
All you so is steal your husbands dress sock and cut a hole in the toe.  Roll the sock so it makes a ring (similar to a hair band).  Put your hair in a super high (like on top of your head) pony tail.  Spritz hair with water so it's damp but not wet and slide your pony tail through the sock bun.  Start at the tip of your hair and roll your hair under the sock bun until you get all your hair in the sock.  This will make a bun on the top of your head that you sleep in...It won't come out...I swear!
Here is where I found the idea and she has a great video for all you visual readers:
Curly Hair from a sock
Day 1 of the sock bun experiment: Big fail.  Although my hair did get volume the curls lasted about 1 hour and they weren't pretty curls...looked like birds nest...This was of course totally my fault so i'm not giving up.  I still have hope!  Someday my hair will look like this:

Easy Lasagna with Spicy Italian Sausage

So this is the first time i've EVER made Lasagna and I have to say i'm not sure what I was so scared about!  It really wasn't as hard as I thought it would be.  This recipe is from heatherchristo.com and it is sooo good!  I used Spicy Italian Sausage (which was great) and I coldn't find the sheets of fresh pasta so I opted for dried pasta, but all in all it worked out great in the end!  Below is the link to the recipe:
Heather Christo's Lasagna with Spicy Sausage

Italian Wedding Soup

This is a super easy and super yummy recipe from the January/February issue of Food Network Magazine.  Next time I make this soup I may do a double batch and freeze it!  This soup is also low in calories for everyone trying to eat right in the new year!

Italian Wedding Soup (from Food Network magazine January/February issue)
Ingredients:
1 tablespoon olive oil
1 small onion, chopped
3 carrots, chopped
2 cloves garlic, chopped
2 teaspoons Worcestershire sauce
2 teaspoons chopped fresh sage
3 cups low sodium chicken broth
1 parmesan cheese rind, plus 1 tablespoon grated parmesan
1/2lb ground pork
3 tablespoons panko bread crumbs
3/4 cup orzo
8oz baby spinach
Directions:
Heat olive oil in large pot of med-high heat.  Add onions and carrots and cook for 4 minutes, stirring.  Add half of the garlic and 1 teaspoon each of Worcestershire sauce and sage, cook for 1 minute.  Add chicken broth, 3 cups water and parmesan rind and bring to boil.  Cover and reduce heat to medium.  Simmer for 7 minutes.  Mix the pork, breadcrumbs, 1 tablespoon grated parmesan, the rest of the garlic and 1 teaspoon each Worcestershire sauce and sage in a bowl.  Form 1 inch meatballs.  Increase heat to medium high and bring soup to a boil.  Stir in orzo and cook 6 minutes.  Add meatballs and cook 4 minutes.  Stir in spinach and cook for 1 minute.  Ladle into bowls and grate parmesan on top...Enjoy!

Real Housewife, Brandi gets married...again...in Vegas

Seriously???  Brandi from Real Housewives of Beverly Hills (you know the one who divorced Eddie Cibrian because he started a relationship with LeAnn Rimes) gets married in Vegas over the weekend, drunk to her best friend and then tweets about it.  Saying how she was boozing it up in Vegas and watching strippers on their "honeymoon".  Then tweeted about getting an annulment as if it's no biggie...Last time I checked she was a mother of 2 small kids and she's blowing this off as if it's not a big deal...Just when I was about to get on "Team Brandi" and jump ship from "Team Kyle & Kim"...What else with this "D list celebrity" do to be in the spotlight? (photo from nydailynews.com)

New Years Eve Dinner

Happy New Year!!!  Steak, mushrooms, and crab legs (not pictured) prepared by my husband!