UPDATES!
- The
Wifening continues.... Kinda. I did make dinner again the second week This time
it was Spicy Sausage Pasta.
I found the
recipe for it here.
I used Aidell’s
Cajun Andouille sausage for mine. I thought it was yummy. I even ate leftovers
of it the next night! GASP! (Seriously – GASP! I don’t eat leftovers.... Except
Chinese food, pizza, and the chicken parm from the Italian place that we go to)
J thought it was “Okay.” Whatever.
And then life
got busy. And I haven’t made dinner since... Unless you count ordering pizza
online from the new place across the street – which I totally do.
- Remember
when I was ridiculously excited about something? Well, I’m still not entirely
sure how much I’m really allowed to say about it, so just quick... I got to go
to Philly to be in a Nutrisystem photo shoot!! Here’s one of my cell phone pictures
of the main outfit they used.
Except the
shoes – they changed those...
It was super
awesome and I got to make a bunch of new friends that are also big “losers”
there to have their “After” shots taken. I have no idea when or where the
pictures will start to show up. People from my group have already shown up in
commercials and in magazine ads. Can’t wait to see myself in the ads!!
- My dear old
laptop bit the dust. It was a hard little worker, but it was already way past
its prime. I was already kind of looking out for good deals, but I just couldn’t
justify it as long as the old one was still kickin’. So I had to go get a new
one... And since the HUGE one was on sale for $50 less than the smaller one....
Obviously.
She starts in
the corner and progressively gets closer over time... DON’T BLINK.
-
Unfortunately this put a dent in my “new bow fund” for archery... So I’m stuck
with my little bow for a while longer. Don’t get me wrong – my little Craze has
been a great bow. And I’m pretty good with it, if I do say so myself. And I do.
Three out of
three rats would.... Agree? Disagree?
Rat Kebab!
- My office
went to an Angel’s game the other day... As much as I hate baseball, it’s
better than sitting in the office!
- I finally
ordered myself an Adipose stress doll. If you aren’t a Doctor Who watcher, this
means nothing to you... If you are like me and LOVE Doctor Who, this definitely
means more. The Adipose are little creatures made up of fat and I think they
are just too cute. And when I saw that they made a stress doll version of them,
I just knew that it would be most like what I imagine they would feel like. I
was soooo right. It’s exactly what I picture when I see them on the show... And
it’s so ridiculously adorable. I honestly want to take it with me everywhere,
but I don’t want anyone else to touch it.
It needs me
to protect it! It’s just a baby!
I don’t even
have to squeeze it to get the stress relief from it... I just have to snuggle
it. And I do.
- And I will
definitely enjoy snuggling it in my NEW BLANKET!! (Sorry... People from my
office went to a filming of Price is Right and Bob Barker’s voice keeps playing
in my head... Even though he hasn’t been on the show in YEARS...) My friend’s
mum makes these super awesome blankets and I’ve always had a major
green-eyed-monster desire for one. And now I have one!! Totally by surprise!! And
it’s so perfectly ME. The reds and blacks.... The soft fuzziness of the back...
I just love it!
ALL MINE!!!!
- We were
playing cards at our friends’ house last weekend and I think their dog MAY have
been taking a nap around here somewhere.......
Has anyone
seen Cowboy anywhere?
- Even though
I haven’t been cooking, I’ve been doing a lot of baking lately. I’ve been
making my favorite cookies of all time – recipe here. I like to play with the
base recipe to make other flavors... Like I’ve use Heath toffee bits instead and
that’s delicious. I revisited the rolo-stuffed cookie that was a total disaster
at Christmas time using this dough (minus the m’s) and was actually successful
this time around! I still want to try more variations...
I made
these mascarpone cookies, but no one was really impressed with my attempt at
making them taste like tiramisu, so I’ll just stick with the original from now
on...
We’ve made
scones... And plan on making them again soon – I’m thinking chocolate raspberry.
Or maybe caramel... Oooh! Or chocolate toffee.... SOO many options......
These were
blueberry. They went FAST.
And I made
cupcakes for archery league. In fact, most of my baked goods end up at the
archery range. It’s my way of being able to bake without having the goods in my
house tempting me...
One lonely little cupcake left...
They all had my favorite marshmallow buttercream on them. There were chocolate ones too, but those went FAST. With very good reason - they were PHENOMENAL. I will be using this chocolate cupcake recipe for a LONG time. Drooling just thinking about it......
- I’ve been
trying to figure out what I want to be for Halloween, but I really have NO
idea... At least not anything that would be quick and easy. And I just don’t
know how to top last year...
I’ll have to
keep thinking... Someone in my department thinks we should all go as different
color crayons... Could work...
So, there we
are... Should be pretty much caught up. For now...
