tuesday truths...(the culinary edition)
i have no photos of the roasted broccoli so please accept this rare photo of my polka dot shoes instead. :)
► I ate roasted broccoli for the first time tonight and IT WAS SO GOOD.
How did I not know about this? I tossed it with some olive oil, lemon juice,
smattering of salt and pepper and a heaping (yes, heaping...I can't help it)
spoonful of garlic. And, even though I suspect I cooked just a tiny bit too long,
it was still SO GOOD.
► I am not sure that I will ever remember how to spell broccoli.
I get so confused on how many c's and how many l's. Sigh.
► If you know me at all...you will know that I tend to order chicken fingers
when I go out to eat. I love chicken fingers. Or a chicken burger. Fries. No vegetables...
unless the vegetables are corn...I like corn. Never any sauce for my chicken fingers. Just salt please.
I tried sweet and sour sauce tonight though...and I liked it.
My taste buds must be growing up!
► In the past month, I have eaten pretty much a full family size box of chicken fingers
BY MYSELF. Mostly with 5 minute fries. Always with a can of diet coke. That's healthy, right? I mean, sometimes there's corn.
► OH! & totally not related to food....but AJ Finn liked my tweet about his book! :)
whatcha readin'? {2018::books 1, 2 and 3 - goal 24}
First week of February and already
I have gotten 3 books under my belt.
Maybe I will actually hit 24 this year!
I read the last two Harry Potter books in January...
and I know I said this already,
but I was surprised at how much I loved them.
And also surprised when I caught myself
crying
at one point.
I won't say what point...but there were definite tears
and maybe a few loud sniffles.
I read "the woman in the window" in pretty much
one sitting.
It's one of those fast paced what-is-going-on
who-did-that-what-will-happen-next kind of books.
It reminded me a little of Gone Girl...
dark and riveting and fast.
I would definitely recommend.
5 out of 5 ♥♥♥♥♥'s (for all three! that's a good way to start the year!)
NEXT UP: HOW READING CHANGED MY LIFE - ANNA QUINDLEN
what about you? what's keep you up reading at night?
wordless wednesday...
tuesday truths {the "winter makes me bitter" edition}
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i hate being cheated
out of the promise of a good storm day.
i love a good storm day.
what is the point of living in a place
with bitter cold winters
if you can't get a good storm day once in a while.
and today...i felt cheated.
i'm still bitter.
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i am failing spectacularly
at almost
all
of my new years resolutions...
ALREADY.
it's been so long since i have been to the gym,
i think i forget where it is.
i am existing on diet coke and mike and ikes.
no sauna.
no board games.
no eating healthier.
sigh.
winter does this to me.
i just want to wrap myself in
layers of fuzzy blankets
and sleep
until the sun comes out...
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i may have created a new playlist
consisting of mainly power ballads
and one country song
at 3 am the other night
when i couldn't sleep...