Hello my lovelies and happy hump day! Wait… that’s not
right. It’s really Monday… and just FEELS like hump day since it’s a three day
week WOOP WOOP! So TECHNICALLY it’s Wednesday… right? Sure – we’ll go with that.
Whatever gets you through the week. And then Thursday is TURKEY DAY! The day
where you hang out with family, eat four times as much as you normally would,
and then shop till you drop the following day. Or that night – because now the
malls are open on Thanksgiving night. How ridiculous is that? Ridiculous enough
that I will be at the mall at 7:30 pm to work until 12:30 am. That’s how
ridiculous. I’m not super impressed – except for the fact that I get paid time
and a half. So that part isn’t too bad. And I have all day Friday to do
whatever I want – until I go back to work at 5:30 that night. Someday I’ll
learn that it’s OKAY not to be crazy. Someday. I feel like my mom when we were
growing up. She always had a sit down with us around this time to say it’s “mom’s
crazy hours.” Basically – that meant she was working through the ice show,
state drill team, state basketball, state wrestling… etc. (Did I miss
anything?) And that also meant dad was in charge so we had to be on our BEST
behavior.
Wednesday was the first night I didn’t have to work – so I decided
to steal a recipe from Iowa Girl Eats and make some Baked Popcorn Chicken,
Asparagus and Cajun Style Rice. I am TOTALLY making that again. Especially
because of the homemade Maple Honey Mustard dipping sauce. NOMS. It’s been
kindly suggested that the next time I need to put MORE HONEY in it… noted.
Because seriously – you can’t go wrong with too much honey. It’s a natural,
delicious sweetener – and tastes AWESOME with peanut butter. Check out how
DELISH this looks! Pretty proud of myself. Took a little longer to actually
make my own popcorn chicken – but it tastes WAY mo’ betta than the frozen
stuff. Again – noted.
Thursday I tried my hand at crockpot potato soup. BIG FAIL. I
mean it tasted okay… but not what I expected. It ended up kind of being a “garbage
soup” – a little of this, a little of that, mix it all together and BAM –
delicious. Wrong. I have another recipe I want to try, more work – but still is
supposed to be amazing. Next time.
Friday night was a mutual consensus to skip yoga (there was
a guest teacher in town so I really SHOULD HAVE gone… but I was having a fat
day and didn’t want to put on yoga pants) and go see Catching Fire instead. I
know I know, I was going to reread Catching Fire before I saw it in theaters,
but when propositioned with Bordenaro’s Pizza and beer, I really can’t say no.
(Except that the pizza had goobers on it… mushrooms and olives… it was still
yummy.) And the movie – HOLY CRAP IT WAS SO GOOD! I totally want to go see it
again. I can’t wait till the next book is made into a movie… I love it! And I started
reading Catching Fire today while on my ellipticalling lunch – so before I see
it AGAIN… I’ll make sure I’ve read the book, again. The books are ALWAYS better
than the movie – but these movies are hella good. And Katniss – damn. I need to
wear my Katniss braid some more just to remember how awesome she is.
Saturday was a LONG day. A four hour shift at the yoga
studio, an hour of sweating it out with 30 of my closest yogi friends, and then
another 4 hour shift at the mall. I needed to relax a little bit after that –
but then met up with the newly graduated yogis from the completion of their
teacher training. CONGRATS NEW YOGIS! I can’t wait to take your classes J We started the night
at Exile – drinking some Rauchbier and Gigi and INHALING their dunk-dunk sauce.
After leaving, we continued on to the Locust Tap (sensory OVERLOAD) and
finished the night at The Saddle. More sensory overload. Those yogis sure know
how to have fun.
Yesterday I was WORTHLESS. Well – except for dress shopping
for yet another wedding. It was good to see all the girls and try on some
pretty dresses – and we found the dress! We said yes to the dress! (That’s a
direct quote from last Monday’s blog.) And now again, onto the fun stuff of
shoes and jewels. I’m really excited to see how these wedding pictures turn out
– they’re going to be so pretty! Yay for friends getting married! After dress
shopping, I picked up some Taco Johns, came home and crashed. I watched a
couple episodes of Hoarders, crawled in bed and slept for an hour. I lazed
around the rest of the day and it was AWESOME. I watched Love, Actually (one of
my FAVORITE movies), more Hoarders, and then decided I should be a grown up and
make some dinner. I saw a recipe for Bacon Mac and Cheese, so I thought I’d
just whip that up real quick. On that note – I baked my bacon again and that is
seriously the BEST way to cook bacon. It’s crispy, tasty, and the clean up is
SO EASY. Anyway – if you haven’t tried baking your bacon – try it sometime.
Just put it in the oven unheated, turn it on to 375 and it cooks as it warms
up. I LOVE that way of doing it. Back to the mac – it was also AWESOME. I have
a ton leftover, which is fine because I’ll definitely eat it all week. Or at
least for the next two days. Plus I threw in some dried peppers all crushed up
so it had a little bite to it. Check out the yumminess!!
I finished off my lazy Sunday with James and the Giant Peach on Netflix. I forgot just how bad that movie is… but I still watched it anyway. Sometimes you just need to get back to your childhood. Speaking of childhood, I just found out that it has been 20 YEARS since Mrs. Doubtfire came out. How crazy is that?! I still love that movie – even when I watch it now. Robin Williams and Sally Field – how can you really go wrong there?! But that totally makes me feel old. 20 years?! Gah.
Next week I’ll be reflecting on the past year – my 26th
year – and what I accomplished. I made my official LIST for 2013 of what I wanted
to accomplish, so we can see how exactly I did. I know there are a lot I didn’t
do – mostly because I ran out of time and got busy. There was still plenty I did
take care of, and then ideas for more. I like that I’ve got goals. Some are
monthly, weekly, and yearly. I mean the “goals” I had when I was 16 are SO MUCH
DIFFERENT than when I turned 26. And that’s okay. People grow and change and
your ideals grow and change. And that’s okay. And people grow and change at different
rates. When I was 16 I always thought I’d meet my future husband in college, and
get married by 25. Well – as I turn 27 one week from today, that didn’t quite
happen. And I’m fine with that. I also thought I’d have my shit together by now
– but I’m not actually sure if I’ll ever have my shit together. Maybe never
COMPLETELY together, I don’t think anyone ever knows exactly what they’re
doing.
Coming into my birthday month, Thanksgiving, and the
upcoming new year – I am thankful and happy. I’m thankful for my awesome
friends and family, I’m happy I found such a great place to work, and I’m both
happy AND thankful for the passion, love and helpfulness I’m surrounded by. I’ve
got a pretty kick ass life – and I love that I’m living it to the fullest.
What are you thankful for? I urge you to ask yourself this
question. REALLY think about it. What makes YOUR world go round?
Be thankful,
S
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