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Today is Pi Day! It snuck on me so quickly which is surprising since it's my favorite March holiday. Luckily I have the perfect pie recipe in my back pocket. 

This has become one of my favorite "I need to bring a dish" recipes. It is so incredibly simple to make and it's always a hit. What I love most about this recipe is that it is so versatile. Key Lime is my favorite way to make this recipe, however Chris loves when I make strawberry pie. To change the flavors of the pie all you need to do is change the jello and yogurt used in the recipe.

What is needed:

1 .32oz box of lime jello

1/3 cup hot water

2 6oz cups of Key Lime Pie yogurt

1 8oz tub of whipped cream

Graham cracker pie crust

First you need to take the jello powder and dissolve it into your hot water. 

After the powder is completely dissolved you need to fold in both cups of yogurt and the whipped cream. 

When the mixture is thoroughly mixed together, pour it into the pie crust. 

Put this into the refrigerator and let it set for no less than four hours. The longer you let this pie set the better chances you will have of  nice clean slices when you cut the pie to serve. 

How easy is that? To dress this desert up in the past, I have also prepared the filling and then chilled it in the bowl instead of in the pie dish. After the filling is chilled, scoop it into a pastry bag or a ziplock baggie with the tip cut off. Squeeze the filling into mini pyllo cups that can be found in the frozen section of the grocery store near the frozen pie crust. I then garnished them with a little sprinkle of crushed graham crackers. 

What is your favorite dish to bring to parties? Let me know in the comments below! Thanks for reading and have a slice of pie this Pi Day!

My Dad celebrated a birthday this past Thursday and in celebration of him I'm going to share my top nerdy movies that I watched with him growing up. Now my Dad is a movie person. A speak fluently in movie quotes person. I do believe that has worn off on me. Growing up, he let my sister and I watch so many different genres of movies, even if Mom didn't approve. The best example of that I can think of was when I was somewhere between the age of 10 and 12 I had discovered my Dad's collection of Stephen King books. Being the little weirdo that I was, I fell in love with them. From then on all I wanted to do was watch Carrie. My Mom said “No.” My Dad said “Yes.” Of course he lost. So then of course my sister and I had a secret screening of the movie in the basement when it was on TV one day. (Sorry Mom!) Now I didn't watch Carrie my Dad, but there are plenty of movies that I did watch with him. Here is a list of my favorites!

Star Wars ( The original trilogy) As some of you may know, I am still waiting on an Ewok from my Dad. Watching these movies with him opened my eyes to how cool the universe is. I remember that when I was younger the stars and the planets where the most fascinating thing to me. These movies and my Dad combined helped fuel my want for knowledge for what else could reside in this universe. Aliens totally exist and we would try to witness a UFO through our telescope. Thank you for the wonder Dad!

The Fifth Element Keeping with the space theme, we have this amazing SciFi movie starring Bruce Willis. This movie was action packed and filled with laughs. We watched these movies so many times that I could probably quote this entire movie for you. The world may be ending, flying cars, Chris Tucker (who may or may not be in drag), and a blue alien opera singer. What isn't there to love?

The Lion King Not only is my Dad a movie person but he will sit and watch a cartoon with you anytime. He would always quote “Life's not fair, is it?” and ask which movie had that as the first spoken line. Always sneaking in life lessons. “Be Prepared” is his favorite Disney song (and one of my favorites as well). I'm sure he is sneaking another life lesson in there as well.

Blazing Saddles I was never really into westerns and I probably never will be. However, with that being said, I do love Mel Brooks movies and this is probably one of the best in my opinion. My dad will always say Tombstone is the greatest western followed by Blazing Saddles. I didn't see this movie until I was in high school, but the shock value and the comedy that follows makes it one of the funniest, quotable movies I've ever seen.

Pulp Fiction My love for Tarantino movies comes from my Dad. We've already covered the best western movie ever, but according to him Pulp Fiction is the best movie ever. I can't even argue with that logic. Anyone who has ever seen this movie knows that it is also a quotable movie with a story line that is pieced together in a way that will keep you on your toes.

Airplane! I could not finish this list without adding this movie. I'm pretty sure everyone in my family can quote some, if not all, of this movie. I wish comedies were still made like this one. And unfortunately, as this movie and I age, it becomes harder and harder to find someone who knows exactly what I'm talking about when I say things like “I just want to tell you both, good luck. We're all counting on you.” But I know my Dad will always be there to follow up with another quote!

This is my list, and of course there are other movies out there that I grew up watching with my Dad. And there are movies to come that we will share. But I just wanted to say Thank You Dad! I don't know about my siblings but I will always cherish the times we have spent watching movies late into the night together. Thank You for making me into the weirdo that I am today! I love you Dad! Happy Birthday!

My boyfriend doesn't read often. So when he comes to me with a book to read I can't say no. This was the case with The Fault in Our Stars.  We were still living in Pennsylvania and he went on a trip back to Florida to visit his family. When I retrieved him from the airport when he returned he looked at me and said "You need to read this book." I am familiar with John Green from his Youtube show with his brother Hank Green, vlogbrothers. (If you have not seen any of their videos you are seriously missing out. They cover everything from silly to educational.) However, I was not that familiar with his written work, since he tends to write Young Adult books, which is what TFIOS is. Chris downloaded an audio copy of the book and we just perched ourselves on the floor in the living room for hours until we finished the book. We laughed and we cried and we marveled over what we just heard. Even though the genre is young adult we the book to be easily related to because it was about living. Not cancer, or teenage love problems. It was about living.

On June 6, 2014 we found ourselves in the theater for a 7 pm showing of TFIOS. The theater mostly consisted of teenage girls, who in all honesty, probably never read the book and probably didn't know who John Green is. We had high hopes for the movie and we were not disappointed. About a month ago, when this movie was being promoted everywhere, I said to Chris "This may make me sound like a hipster, but I'm a little sad that this book that was our thing is now everywhere. I'm happy because it will make such a great movie and the story should be told but this was our thing." A few days later  John Green said the something along the same lines to his brother in their vlog. Right after the red carpet premier, he went on to say that he was very pleased with the movie and he believes it did the book justice. We agree. There are only a couple of scenes we wish they had kept in the movie, including John Green's cameo which had been cut from the movie. Other than that they were able to tell the story without straying away from the book . I would recommend the book and the movie to everyone. They are both wonderful and I do not think you will be disappointed. Just make sure you have tissues on hand!

Did you see the movie or read the book? Or both? What were your thoughts on either of them? Do you think the movie was as good as the book? Let me know in the comments below!