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Seat Stealin'

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Happy Saturday…evening! :) I hope you all are doing wonderfully.

It has been a drizzly, COLD day around here. I am at my mom’s house – which is love.love.lovely – but I am so bundled up right now it is ridiculous! It’s funny how easily our bodies adapt back to warm weather…throughout the winter I would have dubbed 40 degrees as a heat wave! haha Right now…it is downright freezing! :)

My day has been filled with lovely eats…though not the healthiest. It’s more than okay, though. Sometimes, you’ve just got to let go and have some fun with your eats. That’s how today has been for me.

I started my morning with a nice, hot cup of joe. I haven’t had drip coffee in forever – it was delicious. With drip, I usually do half of the mug coffee and the rest milk. Otherwise, I’ll be a jittery mess.

Breakfast was PB&J roll-ups (my mom is awesome and had Mighty Maple on hand as well as some triple berry jam that her friend MADE)…they’re an any time of day food … and I was craving PB ‘like woah’. I used these awesome La Tortilla Factory tortillas that my mom gets. They are so good. I cannot find them in Boston – I know La Tortilla Factory is a pretty available brand so it surprises me…but then again, the Shaw’s I go to in Boston is terribly organized…things are never in the logical places.

Warning: these are not the most beautiful roll-ups …however, they sure were delicious!

I spent most of the morning catching up on blogs, and look what happened when I got up for a second! Someone stole my seat….

Shadow is obviously checking out Angela’s blog and her amazing post about Nut Butter Encrusted Parsnip Fries. Can’t blame her…those suckers look absolutely mouth-watering…and well, I think I will make them soon. haha

I’m not going to lie…I was a total couch potato this afternoon. I hung out with my mom (always a good time) watched some television, read some books and munched on this goodness: blue corn tortilla chips and pineapple salsa. YUM. Pineapple salsa is easily my favorite fruit salsa.

Dinner was a lovely – home-cooked, made by mom with love -meal.

This place near us called Mike’s Red Barn does great meats, take-home precooked meals and salads. It’s located in Salem, NH on 97 for anyone in the area who is interested. They also do great little baked items, like biscotti.

Anyway, so for dinner we had some spicy sausage, some white beans roasted with stone-ground mustard and some roasted asparagus. Yummy, yum, yums. I usually only go for a small serving of the sausage – and don’t eat it very often -  but it’s really delicious. The beans were bombbbb, too.

  • Anyone have any epic Saturday night plans??

I plan on relaxing indoors with a good book or a movie…perhaps with some hot cocoa :) – not super exciting, but it feels amazing.

Crisis Averted!

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Ahh…the blogging gods have NOT been with me lately. haha

So I sit down to write this blog…and I think “oooops left my cord downstairs…”Soo I go downstairs…no cord. ANYWHERE. I loook and loook and loook – I look in every nook, cranny, cushion, pillow, blanket, pile of dirty clothes (my room, you guessed it), crevice ….EVERYWHERE.

I go to my mom, and I’m like “Uhh, did you move a white cord??” (Aside from being the queen of soups, she is also a well-known “stuff-relocator”…and their relocation is not always in the most obvious of spots). Nope. Nadda. Gahhh, at this point…I’m ready to pull my hair out — because after all that time…I FINALLY had my cord back … and it just VANISHED.

I tried calling my bro to see if he had used it at all…no answer. I scour the house again…even bathrooms…cuz who knows…maybe I put it down in some absolutely ridiculous spot! …no, no. So I try my bro again…SUCCESS! He answers. Ask him if he used it..”Uhh, no.” — but then he asks what color it was. White. “Ohhhh…I think that’s in my car.” My thought: How the eff did it end up in YOUR car? (Actually, it wasn’t just a thought, I said it out loud… expletive omitted)

So..MYSTERY. haha I feel very Nancy Drew-esque…or what was that book…OH! Harriet the Spy… I want to know HOW the heck my cord ended up in a car that I don’t own, have not been in, my bro didn’t use…see? MYSTERY!! haha

However, luck was on my side..because my mom managed to dig up a cord from like 1992 that actually fits my camera (why couldn’t she find this 2 weeks ago?? haha wishful thinking)…

Thank you, Mommmmmy.

Let the blogging COMMENCE!

Today (Cord Crisis of 2009, aside) was a pretty run of the mill day. I don’t know..nothing out of the ordinary. I’ve started to think of the “Resolutions” for the upcoming year…I always keep myself in check…aka..it has to be realistic.

I mean…what’s the point of a “I will meet and marry [insert male {or female, whatever floats your boat} celebrity] and we will live happily ever after in his{or, again, her} mansion(s),” resolution if it won’t happen…although, it …if it did happen, it’d be nice. haha Even ones like “I will get a boyfriend in 2010″…who knows if I’ll find a boyfriend in 2010…would it be nice? yarrr!!…but that’s not a resolution..I can’t freaking control it. Why set yourself up for failure/disappointment?…Now I’m not saying not to dream…I just like to be realistic!

…oh, sorry..rant. Either way, I’ll be sharing my resolutions soon enough. It doesn’t seem like New Years Eve is almost upon us though…I feel so out of touch. haha

Upward and onward…FOOD!

The day started with some drip coffee with non-fat milk. Yummmy. I also found Pac Man in my coffee…this instantly reminded me of all the shapes that Kath finds in her coffee. :)

And yes…I used a “Mom” mug…I think this was one of those magazine drive gifts from when I was in 4th grade…I mean, I obviously saw it and just thought “MOM!!” — what are the chances?

I also enjoyed a yogurt messss. I actually toasted my sunflower seeds today. Getttttin’ fancy.

I did a lot of reading today — it was glorious. I munched on popcorn and Sabra Roasted Red Pepper Hummus while doing so. Multitasking at its finest.

Tonight, it’s just been Mom, me and the dog. I know…excitement. haha Although…I did try out a new salsa in my brown rice mess! Wahoo! I know…you can never tell what I’m gonna do next!

Seriously, this stuff is so damn good. It’s spicy and there’s the underlying sweetness of the pineapple, but every now and then you bit into a nice, big, juicy hunk of pineapple..and mannn, spicy, savory and sweet nevaahh tasted so good! It’s been my only foray into the world of the Desert Pepper Trading Company (apparently part of the El Paso Chile Company)..but if their pineapple salsa is any indication of their others…I’ll be back for more.

My best friend also gave me a wicked nice (yeah, yeah, I’m a New England girl) set of tea for Christmas. Tazo teas! Yummm. I’ve never really been a fan of plain green tea…however, it seems it was just because I was drinking the wrong kind…duh. The China Green Tips is perfect for me. I never have enjoyed the lemongrassy-minty aspect of green teas I’ve had before..but this is right up my alley. Delicate. Perfect with a little honey. :)

I’m still working on a cup of it (multiple cups have been consumed).

These little diddies came onto my radar as well…and they didn’t stand a chance.

Yum.Yum. Dark chocolate.

I hope you allllll are well!

Anyone got any killer New Years Eve plans??

Peace, Love & Munchies.