Life as an Aced

We did the 7 night Western Caribbean leaving from Fort Lauderdale and visiting Labadee, Haiti - Falmouth, Jamaica - and Cozumel, Mexico. Fort Lauderdale: We arrived a day early and stayed Friday Night at the Embassy Suites in Fort Lauderdale. Around this hotel isn’t much too do but there is a shopping center behind the hotel with shops and restaurants to check out and the main reason we stayed here was for the Happy Hour with free drinks and snacks from 5:30 to 7:30PM and the free Hot Breakfast in the morning before check out. The Hotel also offered a shuttle right to the airport for about $7 per person which made getting to the ship quick and easy Labadee, Haiti: This is a private resort with free food and drinks - have a drink package and those drinks are free too. Quickly learned my lesson here that with the Premium Drink Package you can't order a diet coke and bottle of water at the same time BUT can order a Rum/whiskey and Diet with a bottle of water - not sure how th...

This year I am turning 30 . . .ahhh!! So to celebrate in style (and forget that I will be an old fogey here very soon) this past week Eddie and I traveled through the Western Caribbean on Oasis of the Seas with Royal Caribbean. We had an absolute blast - It was a vacation of a lifetime. There were things we loved and things we hated and wayyyy more than anyone could ever see and know about the ship and ports so I decided to write up my own little review and give you all some insight of our past week. PART 1: THE SHIP This ship is HUGE - there was so much to do and see and even with 7 nights on the boat there was a ton that we missed. The biggest things that I wanted to do but never seemed to be dressed correctly to do when they were open was Rock Climbing (enter from Deck 6) - Zip Line (Deck 15) - and Ice Skating (Deck 4) . . . For all of these you need to be wearing closed toed shoes, socks (ice skating and zipline), and/or long pants (ice skating) most of the time during the...

Eddie is a big breakfast Fan while I could really care less - get me a cup of coffee and I am happy When I have time I will try and make him breakfast which is really just a fancy 6 shot cup of coffee too lol - recipe here I've been seeing a lot of pins on Pinterest for freezer breakfast sandwiches so I picked up a few ingredients at the grocery store and put them together together - so far so good :) Freezer Breakfast Sandwiches Ingredients: Eggs English Muffins Cheese Canadian Bacon Directions: 1) Pre Heat oven to 375 degrees 2) Spray a muffin tin and fill each cup with 1 egg 3) Break Yolk if you want and season with salt and pepper 4) Bake for 13-15 minutes or until eggs are set 5) Let eggs cool for about 5 minutes then Assemble Sandwiches 6) Wrap in Plastic Wrap then Freeze NOTE: -You can use any bread - cheese - and meat that you want -Place the sandwiches in a ziplock so you can find them in your freezer later - Unwrap and Microwave in ...

Eddie has decided that Crown Burger is the Number 1 Best Burger in Salt Lake City. While walking down the aisles at Trader Joe's Yesterday I saw a pack of Pastrami and decided to make my own version and see how it turned out. Eddie LOVED them so they have to be good :) Homemade Crown Burgers Ingredients: Ground Beef Your Favorite Burger Seasoning Swiss Cheese Pastrami Hamburger Buns Directions 1) Season Meat with your Favorite Burger Seasoning (i used salt -pepper - garlic powder - onion powder - Worcester sauce) 2) Form Meat into Patties and cook for 6- 10 minutes per side 3) Heat Pastrami with a splash of water over medium low heat for about 5 minutes or until warmed through 4) Place Burgers on Buns then top with Swiss cheese and Pastrami

When we were in Vegas a little over a week ago me and Eddie Stopped at a sports Bar Called  Blondie's inside the Miracle Mile. Drinks were cheap so we decided to order an appetizer and decided on Garlic Bread Bites. They were dried dough covered in Garlic Butter and were absolutely delicious and the perfect bar snack When we got home I decided to see if I could replicate them and I did!! Fried Garlic Bread Balls Ingredients: Homemade Pizza Dough (find my recipe here ) Oil for Frying Chef Shamy's Garlic Butter Directions: 1) Heat oil to 350 degrees 2) Cut pizza dough into bite size pieces 3) Fry dough (5-10 pieces at a time) for 1 minute each side 4) Place Dough on paper towel to drain 5) Microwave a spoonful of garlic butter for about 15 seconds 6) Place Dough Balls into Serving Bowl and cover in melted butter NOTES: -You Can find Chef Shamy's Garlic Butter at Costco in a container like this -If you can't find pre-made Garlic Butter then Make ...

A While ago I made a batch of  Honey Chile Wing Sauce  and Eddie Kept giving me recommendations of how to tweak it so it tasted like San Tung Wings. So we would add a little of this to the bottle and a little of that and we ended up pretty close. I took the tweaks and made a new batch which came out pretty close but still isn't there HOWEVER I sat a plate of these wings in front of Eddies Brothers the other day and It was there new favorite sauce taking the place of our usual the Wingers Wings with my homemade sauce. These Wings are awesome if you are looking for something with a sweet and sticky Asian flair Asian Sticky Wings Ingredients: 2 tsp red pepper flakes 5 tbsp rice vinegar 1 cup honey 1 cup brown sugar 2 tbsp Soy Sauce Directions 1) Heat Pepper Flakes and Vinegar over medium heat until they start to boil 2) Turn heat down to low and add in remaining ingredients 3) Let simmer for 10 minutes then serve

You know food is good when you start eating and forget to take a picture!!! I have made these little guys twice and each time the plate is empty before I realize "Shoot I should have taken a picture" Well either way I wanted to share these with you. They are little strips of grilled chicken smothered in seasoning and  are similar to my fried chicken poppers because you just can't stop putting them in your mouth but Unlike the fried version these guys are spicy as hell and grilled Blackened Chicken Poppers Ingredients: Chicken Breast Blazing Wing Sauce Chili Powder Onion Powder Garlic Powder Directions: 1) Cut Chicken Breast into small 2-3 inch Bite Strips 2) Place into a Ziplock Bag with a few squirts of wing sauce and a bunch of seasoning 3) Marinate for at least 30 minutes 4) Grill over medium heat for 10 minutes per side