Sneezy, Sleepy, Dopey…

…Happy, Doc, Grumpy, and Bashful. Those would be the Seven Dwarfs. I could be any of those first three. I’ve been cleaning my room for the past hour and had to take a break before I sneezed my brains out my nose. I am so allergic to my house! And I’m up past my bedtime, which seems pretty dumb, too. Meh. Also, why are they “dwarfs” and not “dwarves”? I think that breaks some rule of English, doesn’t it? (Plurals change Fs on the end to Vs?)

I digress. Lunch!

Lunch was another wrap, but no rhyme this time. One is enough for a day. Probably the whole year. We’ll see

This baby was Caprese salad style, and contained

• FlatOut wrap
• spinach
• tomato
• basil
• fresh mozzarella
• evoo
• balsamic
• salt&peppa

After trying desperately to catch up on my blog reading I decided to get the mail and hit the gymbo. Pre-workout snacks included a little chunk of tomato (the leftover from my wrap) with salt and the leftover GM from yesterday’s lunch (it was too much for my travel mug!).

The last little bit of my GM was in the weirdest cup we own. Also, the weirdest cup I think I’ve ever seen. Do you get it? I sure don’t.

The gym was pretty great. I warmed up by running a quick mile, did some upper body/abs strength stuff, and then hopped on the elliptical for 2 miles. And I got to see (parts of) Blue Crush, Real Housewives of Orange County, and Lou Dobbs! Score one for the Sarahmeister! What a weird mix of things…

I ate this bar to fill my belly after I had showered and changed.

And, as is often the case, I wandered over to the chocolate shop to sit with the girls for the last 30 minutes of their shift. I bought some fancy shmancy truffles to bring my bf’s family tomorrow. I hope they like ‘em! I’m trying to remember what I got… 2 hot chocolates (made with habanero chile), peanut butter, caramel, cafe au lait, just (dark) chocolate, strawberry cheesecake, and malted milk, I think.

Christina, Jack, and I ordered take n bake pizza for dinner. This monster was huge! I had two pieces of our onion/chicken/artichoke pizza to start, and doused it with oregano and crushed red pepper.

Then I had some leftover salad from last night.

This was the "mistake" photo, but I like it better than the "keeper" now

And maybe a brewskie?

While eating, we settled in with some friends who had put More to Love on TV. Have you seen it? What do you think? Personally, I thought it was a really negative show, and exploited the women on it. For one thing, if the show wants to portray “real women” I think that they would be better off choosing women of all shapes and sizes (not just considerably overweight) and of different races/backgrounds (the women were only white or Hispanic). Then, the focus seemed to be on the women’s size and the number on the scale. For every individual interview it displayed the woman’s name, age, height, and weight. Is that really necessary? It is turning the “contestants” into exploitable freaks by focusing on their size, and diminishes their personal qualities. You’re too busy reading the gal’s stats to hear what she’s saying. However, what she is saying isn’t much. Most of the personal interview snippets seemed to reiterate the theme “I never thought I could find love [because of my weight]” or “this is my last chance at love [because I feel badly about my size and don't think a real guy in normal circumstances would like me].” Maybe it is hard for me to judge because I have never been overweight, but in my opinion, I think this actually reinforces negative thinking; it was easy for me to read between the lines and fill in those brackets. If women see other women on TV believing they can’t find love in the real world, what might that day to overweight viewers’ self worth?

Maybe I am spouting off and not making sense, but the program really bothered me for a lot of reasons. In general, I’m not a huge fan of reality TV, I’ve never seen The Bachelor (gasp!), and don’t do well with sap, so who knows, I could be super biased. I am definitely interested to hear what you all think, though!

After that hot mess, Miss C and I ran down to rent Gran Torino. For the life of me I can’t remember how we started talking about it, but all our homies were at our house, so it seemed like a good pick to watch together. When we came back from Blockbuster I had another (unpictured) slice of pizza!

I settled in with some sweet movie treats. TJs PB cups and Joe Joes.

Gran Torino was very good. It was a bit predictable, but still interesting to see how the story developed. A (racist) old curmudgeon must deal with the changing ethnic background of his Detroit neighborhood. His wife has recently died and he is on his own for the first time. The neighbors next door are Hmong, and facing troubles that the main character grapples with how to face–leave them be, or help them out. The struggle is underscored by the main character’s actions in the Korean War. I would not recommend this movie if you are very sensitive to bad language and racial slurs. I’ve never even heard half the terms the racist main character, Walt Kowalski (Clint Eastwood), throws out through the film. Of course, the acting and cinematography were good.

Well, I have yet to pack for my trip. I’d better hop to it (especially since my sniffling and sneezing seems to have stopped). I am leaving in the afternoon and going to visit my bf for his birthday on Thursday in Denver, and then visit family in California for a week starting Saturday. I can’t guarantee that I will be around the blogosphere, it depends on Internet availability and what all I am doing. If I can’t blog during my trip I promise an awesome recap!

Toodles!

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Farfle Sparkle!

…is some random phrase that my friend used to shout out whenever there was a secret being told or something sneaky going on (as if to ruin the furtiveness). I have no idea what made me think of it, but it seemed like a good title for a post! How’s that for a start? But I promise to not be sneaky

Monday morning came too soon as far as I was concerned. I don’t get a case of the Mondays too often, but that seemed to be my mood when I woke up yesterday. I cheered myself up with an awesome breakfast, egg whites (Allister scolded me for wasting the yolks…), mango banana bread, and raspberries, washed down with some cran-apple (crapple?!) juice.

Gotsta love the Tobasco.

Lunch was my favorite liquid salad. It sort of looked swampy today, and I had to add a lot of extra spinach to make it actually green.

Sorry for the poor picture quality of this photo and the next, I was rushing around before going to work

In the mix:

• spinach
• mango chunks
• 1/2 banana
• strawberries
• almond milk
• love

I also packed up a wrap to bring with me to job #1. Pre-folding-times.

In honor of my wrap, I’d like to rap its components:

This wrap looks really green,

a color that is mean

although the tortilla is red

like the blood of homies who are dead.

It’s tomato sundried style–

best flavor approved at trial,

filled with lots of goodies

cooler than Kanye’s hoodies.

In there is some smashed chickpeas

known as hummus, if you please,

and then comes the spinach

small and packed like D. Kucinich

who has a model wife–

how’d she get in his life?

I’ve got tomatoes chopped up

and Lil’ Kim’s been locked up,

after her bitties were hangin’ out…

Up next I’d like to tout

Some peps and cukes in the mix

and then added just for kicks

a few leaves of basil

to add a little dazzle.

Dazzles like my grill

which is really ill.

I added some cheese–

dairy kind, not monies–

and wrapped that sucker in foil.

With that this rap is done, boy-o.

Lil’ Wayne, if you need help on your next album, you should let me write for you. I’ve clearly got some excellent rap-writing skills. Clearly. (And, for the record, I totally respect Dennis Kucinich and his gorgeous wife–no harm meant!)

Well, now that that’s out of my system…

Worky-times were just fine. In addition to my delightful wrap I had a PB Z-bar, 1/2 box raisins, and a couple pieces of dried mango.

When I returned to my humble abode, Christina threw some salad in my face (not literally!) and handed me a piece of pork. I love second dinner…

I drank my TJs Bavarian Hefeweizen alongside.

Christina had also made some cheesecake concoction. It was one of the pre-packaged mix and chill things, but it was surprisingly good! I tried a big spoonful. It looked kind of unpleasant all plopped on my plate, so I won’t show you the picture…

For some reason, I started to get a really bad headache (it had been lurking for a while, but made its presence loud and clear all of a sudden) and it felt like it was going to turn into a migraine. Yuck! Another friend was having a going away party (why must everyone leave me right now?) so I decided to trudge over just for a quick goodbye hug. My friends Krista and Jane were total lifesavers, who drove me over to the party and let me drive back 10 minutes later with their giant bottle of Advil. What good people.

I was about to crawl into bed when I realized I’d forgotten to make my lesson plan for Russian tutoring! I felt like such a dope. Luckily I knew what I wanted to do, so there wasn’t any hemming or hawing while I whipped up some awesome flashcards for my student (we learned clothing today). When I got up bright and early to get ready to go meet her, I realized my usual Tuesday breakfast of Puffins and blueberries was not possible. Out of milk! I grabbed this rather old–but still tasty–Clif Bar and grabbed a skim vanilla latte on my way to the bus. Of course, I quickly realized I had a whole box of almond milk in the fridge. Whoops…

I have all sorts of things to do today, because I am leaving on another trip tomorrow! I’m super excited!

Oh, yeah– no one answered the Cool Points question in the last post. Chocolate cures the fright caused by Dementors in Harry Potter.

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Weekend Update

Hi friends! Sorry for going MIA on you. Saturday I was out and about, and then was in a very mopey mood, so no blogging. Today I was catching up on sleep (more on that later) and enjoying a totally relaxed day. But have no fear! I have a full weekend recap! Two posts in one–what more could you ask for?!

Saturday, 25 July

Drag Me to Hell

Hell’s Kitchen in Minneapolis, that is! And you don’t have to drag me; I’ll go willingly.

This is a restaurant I had wanted to go since I first heard about it my freshman year of college. I never managed to get there until this past June, however! I went earlier in the summer with some friends, including my departing Carlye and Joe, so we decided to hit it up again for a last, festive meal out. It was a great time, with such good food. Their menu is really interesting, and has a gazillion things that I would have ordered and happily eaten every last crumb. The last time I went, they were out of the thing I wanted most: the Bison Benedict, and I was super pleased that I could order it this go round. This is a Bison sirloin steak on an English muffin with egg and tangerine-jalapeno sauce. There was also fruit salad and some hashbrowns (that I didn’t eat. For some reason I don’t really like them.)

Breakfast was so fun. Christina made me laugh about a hundred times as she tried all the different foods. Hell’s Kitchen has some pretty infamous peanut butter. We all urged her to try it, but she didn’t understand why we were insisting. When she gave in and smeared some on her toast to try it her eyes got big and her jaw dropped. “That’s peanut butter?!?” she cried. After that the stuff went on every bite of bread. I think everyone was really happy with their meal and had a good time out. I know I did.

When we went there before, I really debated whether or not to buy a jar of the PB and resisted temptation. I couldn’t do it a second time, so I bought a jar of the peanut butter and a jar of the blackberry jam.

We also stopped by Barnes and Noble to poke around. I am glad to know that this is a distinct literary genre:

Once home, it was time for Carlye and Joe to pack up their car and hit the road. I wasn’t ready to say goodbye or to spend the rest of the afternoon moping in my room, so I went to work with Christina since Carlye promised to stop by the chocolate shop. It was good to be with my friends at the store, because when Carlye finally did come to say goodbye we were all teary messes. It was also nice to be at the shop, because it made Christina, Krista (our other good friend), and I focus on other stuff. I don’t actually work there, but I did little helping things so that we were all kept busy. I earned a passion fruit truffle for my efforts, but didn’t have my camera.

At home, I started to crash, I think from tiredness, hunger, and sadness. I put the first available food in my mouth: a Cup of Soup packet and a slice of frozen pizza! I needed lots of sodium, I guess.

And then I conked out for a long nap. When I woke up it was dinner time, so I created what is sure to become a family favorite. Pizzadilla! Pizza+quesadilla. Genius, no? I spread some tomato sauce on a tortilla in a big sauce pan and sprinkled it with mozzarella cheese. Then I layered on spinach, chopped tomato, sliced fresh mozzarella, and shredded basil on one half. When the cheese started looking gooey I folded the tortilla together and smooshed it down and kept cooking until everything was melty and crisp. Chopped it into 4, and gobbled that baby up!

And then I enjoyed a sliced Granny Smith with my new PB for dessert.

It was roommate Chris’s birthday this past week, so we hosted a party for him! It seemed like a pretty good time was had by all. Unfortunately, I was still feeling kind of bummed about my friends leaving, so I decided to call it a night pretty early. However, due to my long nap and the Beatles sing-a-long emanating from the kitchen, I couldn’t really sleep. Good thing, because at 3 in the morning some kid burst into my room! I sent him back upstairs, but I guess he was a real trouble maker. He was rude to my roommates, and way overstayed his welcome. Even after almost all our other friends had left, he stayed at our house,  refusing to leave! We actually had to call the cops to make this unwanted person get off our property. (Everyone at my house was okay, it was just scary!) This turned into a very long night, so I never actually went to sleep until 7:30 am! Blech. After all the hullabaloo was over and done with I had a PB Z-bar and a glass of skim. And then a piece of chocolate (yes, that early in the morning). 10 cool points if you know what fright chocolate cures in Harry Potter.

Sunday, 26 July

Couch Potato

Not surprisingly, I slept super-duper late today. My boss called to tell me that I didn’t have to go in to work, so I had the whole day free! I spent it my favorite way–reading. It was the epitome of the Lazy Sunday routine, but I can handle that

For “breakfast” at 3 I had 2 egg whites (I cracked the yolk of one of them by accident, hence the yellow), raspberries, and a slice of ww toast with my new PB and jam. Mm’mm good!

The boys spent most of the day playing video games and watching bad TV, and I hung out on the couch with them. Chris ordered a pizza, of which I had a small slice, but no picture. I snacked throughout the rest of the afternoon on some PB pretzels and PB cups…

…And a couple Joe Joe’s cookies.

Dinner was simple and delicious. Christina wanted to make a vegetable bake with onion, pepper, zucchini, corn and Gruyere, so Jack and I helped her whip up a baking dish of goodness. This is the recipe she used. I would highly recommend it. The whole thing was easy to prepare, tasted soo good (I told Christina I probably could have eaten the entire thing myself), and is really healthy.

I followed that with a bowl of plain Greek yogurt, blackberry jam, fruit, and granola. It tasted even better than it looks!

Meanwhile, I decided to use up some rather brown bananas that were past their prime. You know what that means–banana bread! I only had two naners, which isn’t quite enough for a loaf, so I decided to pump it up with mango. The results were really very tasty. Here’s what I did:

Preaheat oven to 350*. In a small bowl, combine 1 3/4 C flour, 1 t baking soda, 1 t baking powder, and 1/2 t ground ginger. In a large mixing bowl beat together 1/4 C butter and 1/4 C vegetable oil. Add 1/2 C sugar and 1/4 C light brown sugar and mix thoroughly. Add 2 eggs and beat well. Stir in a 1-Cup mixture of mashed banana and pureed mango. Next, slowly mix in the dry ingredients until batter is smooth. Stir in 1 C chopped mango, a handful of shredded coconut, and 1 T raisins. Pour into a greased and floured bread pan. Sprinkle top liberally with slivered almonds and brown sugar. Bake at 350* for about 1 hour 10 minutes (or until knife inserted into the center comes out clean.)

Ain’t she a beaut?

I tried to cut a sample slice before the bread had cooled completely, and it crumbled…

We all gave it a thumbs up. I think next time I would add nuts into the batter and maybe a little more pureed mango. And more ginger, because everything tastes better with it

Now it is late, and I am hoping I can still fall asleep even though I woke up late and did nothing all day…

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Nomzilla

That would be me.

I have no idea why, but I was so hungry all day today! From the moment I woke up, even, and I am rarely hungry very first thing in the morning. It seemed like every 20 minutes I was thinking about what would make a good snack, and grabbing a handful of this or a plate of that. Crazy.Do you get super hungry days?

Since I was starvin like a Marvin, I hooked myself up with an egg sandwich as soon as I could cook it. My sammie had 2 egg whites, some cheddar cheese (in between the eggs), and 1/2 a tomato on whole wheat bread. I love breakfast sandwiches!

After a little blogging, the tumbly was a-rumbly, so I had a handful of PB pretzels and mini PB cups a la Trader Joe.

Today was a beautiful day, and I wanted to go outside, but had nothing in particular to do. I wasn’t especially in the mood for anything active (woke up with a headache ), and so I decided to read my book out in the yard. Perfect way to be lazy without wasting the sunshine, right? Unfortunately, my shoulders burned, which my friends reminded me at every opportunity tonight. It isn’t bad and doesn’t hurt, but I feel stupid anyway.

Lunch was snack plate style. I had apples with cinnamon and peanut butter, a cut up plum, the second 1/2 of my TJ’s apricot and mango Greek yogurt, and a few strawberries.

And you were just dying to hear my opinion on the Greek yogurt, right? Here’s a little product review for ya:

Trader Joe’s Greek Style Apricot Mango Yogurt

Nutrition Facts: Servings per container, 1

Calories, 300. Fat calories, 150. Total fat, 16g; saturated fat, 8g. Cholesterol, 45mg. Sodium 135mg. Potassium 27g. Total carbs, 28g; sugars, 23g. Fiber, 0g. Protein, 11g.

Ingredients: Milk, cream, nonfat milk, fruit juice concentrates (pineapple, peach, apple, pear), water, apricots, mangoes, tapioca starch, pectin, natural flavor, citric acid, live and active cultures: S. Themophilius, L. Bulgaricus, L. Acidophilus.

I was initially intrigued by the flavor combination of this yogurt–basically if there is mango involved, I’m all for it. However, I don’t know if I loved this yogurt. It was creamy, but not as thick as other Greek yogurts I have tried, and the flavor was very sweet. It’s almost dessert-y. The fruit was mixed in, not on the bottom. While I liked the fruitiness of it,I don’t think I would have guessed mango was involved; it mainly just tasted like peach. At 300 calories and almost $2 per serving, I don’t know if this would be a go-to choice for me. I would buy it again, but only as a special treat.

After lunch, I was super full! And then super hungry like, 20 minutes later. I had a granola bar to quell my hunger pangs.

After hangin with the homies for a while, I realized that I needed to do something about my no-groceries situation. Dinner last night was a near-disaster because I didn’t have the things I wanted. So I hopped on my bike to go to Trader Joe’s again.

I fueled up for the ride with a handful of granola.

And the leftover half of my apple pie Larabar. It looked like this, just the other end

recycled pic--camera was upstairs, me and the bar were downstairs...

I found some pretty good loot at TJ’s. However, I’m not convinced this will be my choice place to shop when I mainly want produce. For one thing, all their spinach looked pathetic! It was all wilty and in small packaging. I passed, and actually got spinach at a different grocery on my way home. They were also selling cucumbers 2/package. For one thing, I didn’t want 2 cucumbers, and for another, wrapping 2 cukes up in plastic and styrofoam is a waste of resources. The cukes didn’t need to be pre-packaged like that, so I didn’t want to buy them. A tiny stand against wasteful packaging, but a stand nonetheless! I got a single, plastic-free cuke at the other grocery, too.

Here’s my haul:

• green pepper
• bananas
• TJ’s Joe Joe cookies
• raspberries
• BBQ sauce
• basil
• spinach
• frozen mango
• fresh mozzarella
• red pepper
• broccoli florets
• strawberries
• cucumber
• Almond Breeze (vanilla)
• iced tea

I have no idea how I managed that all on a bike, so don’t ask I hope you don’t mind my stoop. Our house is pretty dark inside, so when it is daylight out, I bring my food to the stoop for its snapshot. Do you have a special place to photograph your eats?

Obviously, the Joe Joe’s needed tested for quality control.

Mmm, these are delicious. I might be so forward to say that they are better than Oreos? Not certain, but things look that way….

After doinking around for a bit, I made a beast of a dinner. I cooked up some ww rotini and added it to a saute of

• garlic
• onion
• broccoli
• tomato
• spinach
• basil
• fresh mozzarella

nom nom nom! So. Good. Make this tonight! It took 15 minutes and was restaurant-quality. Day-um!

After a bit, we headed over to Carlye’s house. It is her last day in the Twin Cities: she is going on a family vacation, staying at home for a week, and then moving to Colorado! Waaaaaahhhhhh. I love this girl like whoa. She has been my biffle for the past 4 years (all through college–one of my first friends!), and always been at my side through the good times and the bad. Really, I’m just trying not to think about being sooooo far apart from each other, because it will make me so sad.

A photo back from freshman year in a shag-carpet-lined van riding to a concert.

This past January in St. Petersburg, Russia. In sophomore year, we promised each other that we would go to the Hermitage museum in Petersburg some day. We made our dream come true! We look goofy, but I love this shot. This picture is honestly titled “Friendship Central.” Awww. I think I need some wine for such cheese. (Or to drown my sorrows? j/k!)

At her party I drank a little concoction that totally reminded me of being in Russia:

In Russia, there are all sorts of kiosks on the street that sell snacks and alcoholic drinks such as (and I kid you not!) Gin&Tonic in a can, Whiskey Party, Strawberry Champagne in a can, and Sex on the Beach in a bottle. This guy seems to fit right in with the theme. I bought it mainly because it was funny. It’s called “Censored on the Beach” since “sex” is a naughty word… Too funny, I say. (And for the record, it tasted like yick.) I also drank a can of Surly CynicAle.

The going-away party was fine, generally low-key, which was nice. I think Carlye will have some good memories of her last night in St. Paul.

It’s time for bed, since I am taking my girlie out for brunch bright and brunch-timery. (And trying to steal her for every last minute before she leaves tomorrow afternoon! Shhh!)

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Work It Out

Congrats to K, who was the only commenter to earn any cool points for yesterday’s question She was right–Kennebunkport is in Maine. It is famous because it is the town where the Bush family have a summer home. In 2007 President Prime Minister Vladimir Putin visited. Nice thinkin’ girlie-o!

Edit: Oh my goodness, I’m a dope. It was actually Blue Eyed Heart who guessed Maine! Sorry, sorry, sorry! I double those cool points!

And, for all you who asked, I am moving to Russia in September for work. I’ll be there for about a year teaching English. It will definitely be an adventure!

I did my best to wake up bright and early today, and almost succeeded. I did wake up, but kept dozing off while doing some morning reading. Close enough. Breakfast was an unpictured piece of toast with peanut butter on it.

Blogging, more reading, blah, blah. I made a liquid salad for luncheon, aka Green Monster. This baby was made of

• Spinach galore (end of the ginormous tub!)
• 1/2 mango
• 1 banana
• 4 really big strawberries
• Soy milk
• Skim milk

Oops, I should have checked how much soy milk was in the box before dumping it all in the blender. It wasn’t a problem to mix that with regular milk, though. I drank all this and more. This smoothie was crazy big, about another 3/4 glass-ful. I was soo full after that baby.

Christina and Jack came home and made cheesy chili dip and guacamole for lunch. It seemed like quite a meal…. There is a ton of this left over. I wonder what it could be used for other than dip?

I tried a couple chips with the dip. It is really tasty, but there is not a chance that it is good for you. There is like, an entire block of cheese in there!

We also made an unfortunate discovery: someone had left a bottle of beer in the freezer, and it had exploded like whoa.

I eventually headed out to the gymbo. My long, lost friend. I had a good workout, and felt pretty accomplished after it. I started by running a mile on the treadmill at 6-7 mph (I kept changing it, but it stayed in that range). Then I did a hill routine at level 11 at 3.5-4 mph for 35 minutes. Next I hit up the weight machines and did some toning exercises. For a minute, I considered hopping on the elliptical for a final 15 minutes, but changed my mind. Partially because there was nothing interesting on the TVs…

After I had showered, changed, and beautified, I refueled with half of an apple pie LaraBar.

Believe it or not, I’ve only had about 2 Larabars in my life. Those were nut ones (PB cookie and cashew cookie, I think?), and I must say, I really preferred the fruity flavor. It was a yummy bar. Unfortunately, they are a little bit out of my budget,  but hopefully I can stock up on these if I find them on sale.

I took a walk to see my girlies at work. Along the way, I met two cute doggies that had escaped from their home. I wish I had gotten a picture of them because they were sort of funny looking–from a distance I thought they were pot-bellied pigs! I waited around with them for a while, because they didn’t have collars and were awfully close to a busy street. Another girl stopped to talk to me and assured me that the dogs’ family lived in the house right behind us, so I waited until I heard their owner calling. I’m sure it was a mistake that the dogs were left out unattended, but it was sad that no one was watching over them!

When I found my girlies they were super un-busy at work, so I actually spent their last 30 minutes playing cards with them! Of course, being at a chocolate shop, I was fed some chocolate. I chomped through a peppermint crunch truffle that evaded the camera.

I actually wasn’t very hungry when I got home around 8:15, so I waited a while before starting dinner. A buffalo tofu wrap presented itself as the very tastiest meal option, so I got started on that. Only to immediately realize that I had eaten all my greens for breakfast, and all my cucumbers yesterday. So that would be one plain wrap without! (Boo!) So I settled on a plan B, which was BBQ tofu with veggies. Except, in the midst of cooking, I discovered that my delicious BBQ sauce was gone. I asked the boysies if they had finished the bottle, but no one knew a thing about it. Nonetheless, it had straight-up disappeard. (Double boo!) I had to settle again, but just ended up borrowing BBQ sauce from someone else (usually we share condiments, but seem to have a variety of BBQ sauce…). The “inferior” sauce was okay in a pinch, but I really was bummed that dinner didn’t work out as planned.  I ate my tofu along with cooked carrots and sliced red pepper.

And I washed it down with my beautiful Borjo from the Republic of Georgia.

I love this stuff. It is probably so bad for your kidneys with all those minerals, and has a lot of sodium in it, but I’m sure I could do worse. Thanks, Luke, for discovering this stuff…. (He lived in Tbilisi, Georgia, in 2007!)

And, for dessert, I finally did it. I hopped on the banana soft serve bandwagon. I don’t have a food processor, a Magic Bullet, or a VitaMix (wouldn’t I love to own one, though!), so I just made it in Luke’s fancy blender. It took a long time to blend up, and sort of got melty by the time I got it in the bowl… Probably would work better with the food processor, so it is more aerated more quickly, but this worked fairly well anyway. I tried a bite or two plain, but promptly de-raw-ified it by adding some chocolate PB2. If the combo’s good enough for Elvis, it’s good enough for me!

The soft serve was pretty good. I don’t think I would go so far as to say it changed my life, but I will probably make it again. This is certainly a good alternative to regular ice cream, but I think I like the real deal too much Actually, I’m not the biggest banana fan, and eating two bananas like this made my tum sort of turn. ‘Ees okay, I’ll persevere …

What is your favorite frozen treat?

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Tupperware Party!

Hello, friends!

I so totally failed at the going to bed and then getting up at the practical hours I had planned. Maybe tonight will be the night. Bedskies by 1. Up at 9. I believe in myself! I have always, always been a night owl, and the evening hours just seem to slip away from me. It isn’t a “problem” necessarily, but I would rather see the sun and do outdoorsy things in the summer than computerize and watch DVDs all night… Are you a night owl?

Breakfast was lamezilla. A granola bar. Hey, it was close to lunch by the time I ate it, so I saved room.

I’ll do a quick review after I try another, but first impressions were good. Gotta love nuts+chocolate! (TWSS?)

Lunch was pretty brunchy. I had 1/2 my TJs apricot mango Greek yogurt topped with some strawberries, two eggs scrambled with salsa and topped with cheese and sour cream.

Sorry for the crazy-busy plate pattern… Don’t let your eyes cross!

I’ll also put up a review of this yogurt. It tasted good, but has a whopping 300 calories per serving!!!

Christina was home making lunch, and I thought her wrap looked pretty. I’m not sure what was in it (beef, lettuce, tomato, egg, cheese…?). It tore apart, though, so she reconfigured it into a salad. Clever girl!

After feasting, I got ready for my Wednesday stint at job #1, and skedaddled out the door. Work was ho-hum. Very, very slow, so I got sent home early! However, they only decided to send me home after my dinner break, so I got to eat for free! I get a paid 15 minute break. Not a long time, but my shift is over dinner hours, so I gotta bring some munchables with. My bosses are always amused and amazed at the tupperware collection that I bring along for my lightning speed dinner.

I tried an experiment, and made Annie’s Florentine. Basically, I just added a handful of spinach and a small bit of chopped tomato to a single serving packet of Annie’s macaroni before popping it in the microwave. I did have to nuke it a bit longer than usual (and seemed to have a lot of leftover water, but that might have been my fault), but otherwise, this plan worked perfectly. It tasted very good, and was a good way to sneak in a few more veggies to an easy, 3 minute meal! Next time I will be trying this again with a little more veggie action…

Excuse the phone pics!

I also had a snack pack of sliced veggies (carrot chips, red pepper, and cukes) with a bit of Tribe hummus. I didn’t have time to eat it all! I also drank a passion iced tea from ‘Bucks.

When I was leaving, I was stopped by a girl at a beauty kiosk who tricked me into her demo… However, she was Ukrainian, and I told her that I spoke Russian. She was so excited to hear me speak Russian! It was really funny, because she was buffing my nails, jabbering away about her small town, asking me where I learned Russian, and so on. When I told her I was going to move to Russia in September, her eyes widened and (if possible) she got more excited. She is moving to Moscow at the end of September! So she asked if it would be okay to email me and gave me her phone number in Russia so that we can meet up again sometime. And then she remembered that she was supposed to be selling me a product… So we sniffed all the lotions together, and I had to break the news that I didn’t have any money to buy a nail kit or hyacinth-scented hand lotion. She didn’t care, but was sad to see me go. I had been standing at that kiosk for about 30 minutes talking with her! Small world, eh? I do hope we meet up again, this girl was funny and adorable.

I also saw a girl with tattoos that matched Sally’s stitch-lines in The Nightmare Before Christmas.

At first I thought it was really weird to get such a thing tattooed all over your body (it was on her neck, chest, arms, and legs!). Then again, I realized, people get tattoos for all different reasons and they carry all different meanings. I don’t have any because I’m sure I would change my mind about it after a few years. Do you have any tattoos? What are they? If not, would you consider getting one? If I ever got one, I think I would get a small, woodblock-style armadillo. Not only are armadillos my fave animal (they are really cool, and way too cute for their own good!), but they have a lot of meanings in my life.

Inspired by my conversation with the Ukrainian girl, I stopped at an Eastern European grocery on the way home to pick up some candies and Borjomi, a Georgian (the country, not the state) mineral water. This stuff seriously rocks. And tastes like a rock, too. I sampled a candy at the bus stop. It was a chocolate-covered wafer sort of thing.

When I came home the boys had been grilling and Christina had whipped up some potato salad. I asked Allister where my burger was and he plopped one in my hands. I had only been kidding, but I was feeling a little hungry so I accepted. I don’t know what he did to that thing but I thought it tasted amazing! (I only actually ate the burger, not the bun. And that’s a squirt of dijon mustard.)

And washed it all down with a Kennebunkport wheat beer. 15 cool points if you know where Kennebunkport is located without looking it up. Another 10 cool points if you know why it’s notable.

And then another of my Russian candies for dessert. This one was also chocolate-covered wafer (a pretty common variety. They’re usually wafery, crispy, or “souffle” with some sort of marshmallowy thing inside), but had pineapple flavor. I never thought to put chocolate and pineapple together, but it worked!

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There’s a Pickle in the Middle of That

All righty, kids. Late night blogging strikes again!

I left you this morning with the promise of a breakfast picture, no? Well, here is my apple bran muffin from Starbucks’s free pastry promo. With a side of torrential downpour at the bus stop. Thank heaven my stop on this route had a shelter!

When my little Russophile and I were finished with lessons I returned home to find a homie snoring away on the couch. When I’d left at 7:40 in the morning, he and another friend were watching Planet Earth in the living room. What? Don’t you guys have something better to do? Or your own homes to watch TV in the early morning? Whatever. Ain’t no thang. I skedaddled to my room for some reading funtimes.

Lunch was a liquid salad green monster.

This baby was made up of

• 3 big handfuls spinach
• 1 peach
• 1/2 mango
• 1/2 C (?) soy milk
• 1/2 banana

I don’t know why, but this smoothie was extra good. It seemed especially creamy. I do think I put in a little more milk than usual, but not that much more–maybe a little goes a long way? I decorated it with an umbrella straw from a MamaLi care package to brighten up my day, and make up for the stormy weather. I love these straws because they always put a smile on my face. I save them for special occasions and when I need a little tropical fun in my day. I took this picture during the 30 minutes it was dry out…

I sipped on it while …reading. When I was a youngster (well, a younger youngster) I used to spend my entire summer with my nose in a book. Seriously, I would read from the time I woke up to the time I went to bed with little interruption, and would go through several books a week. (I was a winner at public library reading contests. Nerd alert!) It’s kind of nice to kick back to those days and entertain my brain with a story or two. Plus, I’m reading the same stuff as when I was in middle school (Working on HP 3 to remember all the details!)

Eventually I decided to get my butt over to the gymbo. I made a slice of cheese toast + tomato for a little extra fuel.

Bomp chika bomp bomp! Is that food porn music I hear??

You’d better believe it was good.

Of course, the second I finished eating it started to downpour again. Pffffffpppppfpfpfpfpfpfpf (that would be a raspberry. The noisy kind.) The gym is in walking distance, but too far to trek in a rainstorm. I don’t have a car, but didn’t want to take the bus (and wait for it in the rain!) such a short distance. And so I went another day without. I miss that place. Make me go tomorrow, okay?

I settled back onto the couch with my book and kept a running commentary on the local news with Jake. And then? I never would have known if it were not for Mr. Allister, but the Hell’s Kitchen season premiere was tonight. He introduced me to the show several weeks ago, when we watched most of a season (3? maybe?) online. I wish it were a lot little more about the cooking instead of clashing personalities and Ramsay’s ridicularity, but it was entertaining nonetheless. Afterwards, it was time for a treat!

Well, that wasn’t the kind I meant, but a treat nonetheless. My girlies and I had planned to go out for burgers. They brought me this turtle truffle from work to enjoy before we set out. (Man, I love their job. I get all the perks!)

We wanted to go to the Blue Door Pub for Juicy Lucy (or, in this case, Juicy Blucy) burgers and fried pickles. What is a Juicy Lucy, you ask? One serious burger. Juicy Lucys are a Twin Cities specialty where the cheese (and sometimes other stuff!) is melted inside the burger patty. Talk about ooey gooey goodness. The Blucys at Blue door are pretty great, and they have a number of interesting creations on the menu. They also recently won City Pages Best of the Twin Cities–Burger for 2009. The winner? The Jiffy Burger, which is a seasoned patty topped with pepperjack cheese, bacon, mayo, and peanut butter. Yes, peanut butter. I’ve had a bite of this burger before, when the bf and I went this past spring. He wasn’t bowled over, but I loved it. Like they say, you gotta try it to believe it. And liking peanut butter a whole awful lot might help.

However, after all this praise, I got a different beast, the Merriam Park burger. This baby is stuffed with bleu cheese, garlic, and bacon, and then topped with a smear of red currant jelly and pickles. Again, it sounds a little different, but tastes out of this world. This might be the bf’s favorite burger at this joint (correct me if I’m wrong, Luke!), and I’ve never had one to myself–just a few bites! So the Merriam Park it was. (Washed down with a Lift Bridge Farm Girl–a beer, not a person!) The lighting was awful, making flash a necessity, so the burger looks more gross than tasty, but I wanted to show you what the heck was going on in that basket full of love.

Looks innocent, right? (Minus the goofy red color)

A beast, I tell you!

Worth every drop of grease. I’d eat two. (Maybe.)

And then? The main event, the inspiration for our night out? Fried pickles! I love fried pickles, but no one is ever willing to get them with me at a bar or restaurant. And then Christina revealed her adoration of them the other night, and we knew we had to share a basket. It came with garlic aioli, which was inexplicably orange.

Everyone else at the table seemed really grossed out by these. “There’s a pickle in the middle of that?!? Uhhh…” The boys and Carlye all tried one, but no one else was sold. I ate mine in my usual goofy way (with fried veggies, I pick off most of the breading, leaving only a bite to make it crunchy and crispy, and toss the rest of the batter away), and everyone was preferring my batter refuse to the pickles! C’mon, people. I’m not that adventurous or crazy with my food. Eat the pickles! The Blue Door also serves fried green beans (another love! at least I’m getting my veggies in!). I told my mom about our dinner plans, and she thought fried dilly beans (pickled beans) would be a nice hybrid. I think it’s a winning idea, but no one else seemed enthused. Any takers out there? Fried pickled green beans?

When we’d had our fill and Christina and I were properly pickled, we rolled on home. Allister and I plopped down to watch some olde school Degrassi Junior High before calling it a night. Good times, I’d say.

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Trader Joe’s Adventure!

Happy Tuesday! Glad you survived Monday, seemed like a rough day in blogland…

My Monday was actually pretty good. I got to do my bike ride and Trader Joe’s trip, plus get my next book from the library–so basically a success.

So, I’m totally guilty of not eating a balanced breakfast. Or any breakfast for that matter. Even though I am all for a morning meal to energize me through the day (or until lunch ), I tend not to get very hungry unless I am doing something, like school, work, exercise, etc. Since I was just blogging around, the tummy didn’t rumble and I didn’t feed it… I’ve also noticed that I am less hungry in the summer mornings than the fall or winter. Anyone else? Do your eating habits change seasonally?

For lunch I ate my leftover Chinese food. I pumped it up by adding in carrot chips and red bell pepper. I sauteed it all together with 1-2 T of the sauce and the last little bit of rice.

It was very carrot-y but still good food. I watched a little bit of Harry Potter 6 again because some naughty roommate of mine found it online. But as soon as the food was settled I was off on my adventure!

Trader Joes was very fun. I went with the double mission of price-checking (Christina said TJ’s was too expensive for her, so I offered to record the prices for her. I think she’ll be surprised at some deals) and buying a few snacks and basics for myself. I’ve only been to Trader Joe’s a few times because there has never been one very close to where I live. There are a few more in Minnesota, including the one I visited with Miss LilVeggiePatch back in January, but that only happened once. Needless to say, I was pretty excited about quality foods at fair prices.

When I got there I just roamed around the aisles, taking a good gander at all the stuff I could buy. I was kicking myself for coming by bike, meaning I could only buy a backpack’s worth of stuff (since I’d not be able to manage a few bags plus the handlebars. Not that skilled, yo). But then I was sooo glad I was limited in how much I’d buy, because I’m sure I could have spent waay too much money on waay too many things. The girl at the cash register and I chatted about how easy it was to pick up more than you intended!

After groceries, I wandered into the wine section to see what sort of selection was available. I was fairly impressed at the variety they had for such a small space. Seeing their several shelves of beer was cool, too, because there were a lot of different options. My favorite, though, was that it is possible to buy individual bottles of beer or to build your own six pack. I like to try all sorts of different things, but hate to buy a six pack because if I don’t end up liking what I’ve got I’m stuck with 5 more. So this is perfect for me! I bought 3 bottles at $1 each. Cool!

Here’s my loot:

• Iced tea
• Hard Granny Smith cider
• 2 kinds of wheat beer
• Nutty Chocolate granola bars
• Dried mango
• Bananas (I’m finally gonna cave and make Gena’s soft serve)
• Tomatoes
• Superfoods bar
• Larabar
• TJ’s apricot mango Greek yogurt
• TJ’s mini peanut butter cups
• TJ”s unsalted peanut butter pretzels
• Strawberries

And it was under $25. A good shopping trip, I’d say.

On my ride back, I planned to stop at the gym. The sky was starting to look dark and ominous, threatening a storm. I wasn’t sure if I wanted to gamble on taking time at the gym and then riding home on my bike with my groceries in the rain, so I just went straight home. Even so, I feel like I got a workout in. My bike ride wasn’t too long at 5.25 miles or so, but the way back was up hill and I was carrying all my (heavy!) groceries on my back. (And for the record, it didn’t rain until after I would have been back from the gym. Darn!)

At home I sampled my new snacks:

Tasty. Duh.

Allister was cleaning up like whoa in the kitchen (lord knows it needed to be done) so I hopped into action alongside him. We did a good job, and cleaned up all the mess from the weekend, which included a few boy-managed (read: never cleaned up) cooking experiments and a party. Dishes were washed and put away, surfaces wiped down, and floor scrubbed. To refresh after the scrubbing I decided to try my Newton’s Folly hard cider.

Sorry about the flash, the pic without was too blurry. Good news is that I am going to have some expert advice to pick out a new camera when I go to California (leaving in 8 days! Yay!).

The cider was okay. The flavor wasn’t too impressive, and I wished it had more of an apple-y flavor (it seemed a little …watery?) with a stronger Granny Smith bite. I did enjoy drinking it, and found it refreshing, though. I might buy this again (the price is sure right! $1!) but would be interested in trying the regular variety to see if it tastes more like apple.

Carlye, Christina, and I had plans to go out for dinner at a pub, but Carlye didn’t know if she could still make it. I decided to hold off on dinner until we knew for sure, but never really worked up a hunger. Good thing we didn’t end up going. Instead of a hearty dinner, I made up a big snack plate-style supper.

Here we have:

• Plain Greek yogurt mixed with original PB2 and agave nectar (I think I should try this with vanilla yogurt. I don’t like the yogurt “tang” with the peanut butter flavor.)
• Handful of peanut butter pretzels
• Several sliced strawberries
• Sliced plum
• 3 pieces dried mango

Even though it was really simple, the roomies ooh-ed and ah-ed when I sat down with them in the living room. (Beats Taco Bell, right?) It was pretty good, and perfectly satisfying. It didn’t stop me from enjoying a handful of mini PB cups for dessert, though. I probably should have given this post a title with “peanut butter” in the name, since I ate so much of it yesterday….

Despite our cleaning party, the kitchen was already showing signs of abuse! I couldn’t help myself and attacked the dishes (again) and the stove top (again) since the kitchen had looked so nice mere hours beforehand. And then I cleaned my eternally-messy room. I swear I spent a while doing it, but it hardly looks any better. Sigh.

I was a good girl and tried to go to bed at an earlier hour to get my sleep schedule back on track. I did fall asleep earlier, but woke up at least 4 times in the night–I woke up realizing I forgot to take my medicine, once when I was too cold, the rain (or maybe hail because it was so loud) pelting my open window made me get up, and 3 dogs started howling like mad. I wonder if there was a tornado siren/warning to get them started? Otherwise I have no clue why 3 dogs would start howling at the same-ish time at 4 in the morning. Weird.

Tuesday is my early morning (teaching Russian, so out the door before 8), so I felt it was legit to get some caffeine in me to start the day. Starbucks was having a promotion where if you bought any drink you got a pastry for free (if you are on the west coast, the promo lasts til 10:30!) so I got a dirty hippie (i.e. chai latte with a shot of espresso) and a bran muffin before braving the pouring rain. I’ll put up a picture tonight

The rain has stopped but it is still kind of gross out. What’s with the weather this summer, huh?

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Reading Frenzy

I love Lazy Sundays. I feel like Sunday is a day where it is totally reasonable to do nothing much. Right now, being summer, it doesn’t really matter since almost every day is a lazy one, but on Sundays it’s especially okay. I spent almost the entire day with my nose in a book!

I also bought a few plane tickets! I’ve been traveling all over the place this summer, an next up is Denver to see my boy for his birthday, and then out to California to visit some family. I leave in 9 days, and can’t hardly wait!! I miss the bf a whole metric ton, and haven’t seen him since the very beginning of June. And I’ve never been to Denver, so that will be fun, too. In California I am going to visit a dairy farm, and then spend a few days at the beach.

Anywho, since all I was doing was hanging out on Travelocity and reading my book, I hardly worked up a hunger yesterday…

I started with this granola bar.

Once I decided that it was time to get out of my room I went up stairs to make one of my favorite snacks. Can you guess what it is?

Apples, cinnamon, and a truckload of PB! I ate it out in the yard, enjoying the sun, listening to the sounds of summer… It was so good that I actually went back for another apple!

And then I continued reading. And read some more. And turned a few more pages. And kept on plugging along.

When it was too dark/buggy to stay out on the stoop with my book I came inside, where Chris was trying to convince the roomies to order out for a pizza. Jack and Christina no-ed the pizza, and I said, “Chinese food?” as the next step in the logic flow, but wasn’t planning on ordering out. But neither was anyone but Chris, who got excited for the suggestion, so I didn’t want to let him down. We got takeout from a restaurant that doesn’t use MSG, and guarantees the quality and freshness of their foods, which seems a little different for a takeout Chinese restaurant. I got the chicken with broccoli, garlic sauce on the side.

I went back for another helping about half the size of the first, and washed it all down with a cup of soymilk. Then I got back to reading.

However, my tastebuds kept asking for dessert, so I had a square of dark chocolate, and then filled my favorite shot glass (a going-away gift when I left for college) with trailmix and chocolate chips. Perfect!

When I finished my book, perfectly timed for when I wanted to go to bed, I dropped it off at Allister’s door (he requested to read the book after me), and …didn’t go to bed! I got distracted by the gosh-darn Internet, looking at websites to see what sorts of “young professional” clothes I could buy/afford for my job in September. And then I looked at David’s Bridal for a bridesmaid dress (I am actually going to be a bridesmaid, I’m not just over-enthusiastic). Well, much later than I intended, I finally shut off the light. Even so, I couldn’t sleep! Boo! I am trying to get better at maintaining a more regular schedule, but the self just wasn’t having it. I tossed and turned for well over an hour and a half! This morning I overslept my alarm by 2 and a half hours. Yikes. Well, maybe I will wear myself out today so I am tired later? I think I might ride my bike to the new Trader Joe’s. And go to the library for a new book or two

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10,000 Maniacs

So, we picked the zoo because we figured the crummy weather would keep people away–at home, at, the mall, or at the movies (by-the-by: I’m amazed at how many of you are hatin’ on Harry! What is your favorite book or movie phenomenon? C’mon, you have to have fallen for something!) Boy, were we wrong! There were so many people there it was totally crazy! (And some very interesting folk, too…) I also have about 10,000 pictures of animals, so…

Before we left I made a quick wrap to keep my tum happy while we were at the zoo. On a tomato tortilla, I spread some hummus, layered some spinach, and added a few slices of cucumber and orange pepper before sprinkling on some mozzarella cheese.

And, for the sole reason that I couldn’t find a glass, clean or otherwise, I drank half a bottle of beer to wash it down. Isn’t that pathetic? We all piled into the car, picked up Carlye from work (which scored me a free Pears William truffle. Yes!), and drove to Como Zoo. We spent like, as much time driving around looking for a parking space as it actually took us to drive from home to the park. See, Como Park Zoo and Conservatory is 1) freaking awesome–they have a lot of animals in nice habitats, as well as a gorgeous plant and flower collection in the Conservatory, and 2) Free. Kind of, it is all by donation, so you can pay the suggested $2 or choose not to (I paid $5). So, in the end, that makes Como zoo a very popular place for families in the summertime. It is also connected to a huge park, a golf course, and a kiddie amusement park, too.

My favorite animals are armadillos, orangutans, and owls. (What are your favorite animals?) Unfortunately, there were no ‘dillos or owls for me to fawn over, but the orangutans were out and about! They had a baby girl last winter, and she is soooooo cute! Itried to snap a picture of her riding on momma’s back, but they turned away…

You can kind of see Baby Jaya on the left

Lucky for us, when we came back around to the Primate House Baby Jaya was inside playing! She was so happy trying to swing on some ropes and balance of wobbly tethers. I couldn’t get a picture, but I wish I did. It was so cute, I could have watched her play for hours.

This guy was keeping watch from a high post. I’m pretty convinced that if they wanted, the orangutans could launch themselves out of their enclosure from this position…. Let’s hope they don’t think to try it. He’s wearing a tee shirt! (The zoo keepers give them to the ‘tans for wearing, playing, and nesting.)

Zebras, kudus, and giraffes!

Babies!

Next up, big cats. The tigers were a-prowling, and the lions inside were HUGE! My breed of dog, a Rhodesian Ridgeback, was actually developed to hunt lions (that’s why they’re so big!). Although Roscoe, and our dog before that Chobe, are/were big, fast, and agile–probably physically capable of chasing down a lion–I don’t think they could have taken one of these guys down because they were just so large. I don’t think I could have fit my arms around the lionness’s neck–not that I would want to try

The lions outside were playing. I tried to get a picture of them pouncing about and biting/pawing at each other.

Apparently, though, that is what lions call foreplay, because about 2 seconds later the male jumped on top of the female for a little afternoon delight. I kid you not: children began screaming, and mothers gasped as they tried to shield their children’s eyes from the “kitty” porn. Well, there’s another thing I can add to the list of interesting things I’ve seen at the zoo…

Here’s a cute emperor tamarin (I think):

Then we made our way over to the conservatory. There was a bonsai tree exhibit, with decades old miniature trees. This little guy was over 60 years old!

Then we looked at all sorts of amazing and beautiful plants.

The conservatory is extra-fun because it is very sensory, you are allowed to touch and smell things! They have a collection of spice trees, too, so you can rub the leaves or bark to smell cardamom, allspice, and cinnamon.

Having our fill of the natural world, we decided to fill our bellies. Christina requested Chipotle, and obviously I had no problems with that. Sorry that all you see these days are pictures of Chipotle salads. Well, here’s another:

• extra lettuce
• chicken
• peppers and onions
• corn salsa
• tomatoes
• guacamole
• a spoonful of sour cream on the side

We got back home just in time for me to put on my monkey suit and go to work. I had a closing shift again! Blech. There were enough customers to keep me from dying of boredom, at least. But I did manage to read a few chapters of my book nonetheless (and yes–the movie inspired me to reread HP. With apologies to the haters.) Around 11 I was getting hungry and was about to order a salad wrap when the cook goofed and made a grilled cheese on the wrong bread. Mistakes are given to the waitstaff, and so I took it. Maybe not as healthy as a salad wrap, but a whole lot free-er. I added tomato slices and lettuce, and gave all but a few of the french fries to the other waitress.

Phone pic… Yep. Well, lovelies, I am all photo-ed out. I think Ima spend the day with my book or tidying up my room. We shall see. Until next time!

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