Today I went on an Italian adventure. I've been craving an authentic Italian meaty spaghetti sauce for some time now. The first time I had some was at my friend Christie's aunt's house and then again at her cousin's. I know how Italians can be about their sauce recipes so I didn't even bother to ask. So I did a little research online and found Tony Danza's recipe on foodnetwork.com. I fed Bruiser Bear then hopped in the car to gather ingredients from Publix. On the way home I figured I should pick up my prescriptions from Walgreen's so I got pulled up to the drive through. What A Joke!!!! There was one car in front of me. Over the course of 30 minutes 4 cars pulled in behind me and all bailed out of line because it was taking such a long time. I finally followed suit thinking of the huge ice cube that was forming from my bag of ice in my trunk :( it made me very grumpy!!!!!!! What terrible awful rotten customer NON service!!!! All that time wasted and nothing to show for it!
Finally at home I started to get ingredients put together. I was squishing plumb tomatoes with my hands through a colander when my mom walked in the door. She decided it was her day's mission to clean, THOROUGHLY, my laundry/pantry/utility room. I continued making sauce, completely surprised by the am out of garlic I kept having to chop for each step of the recipe. After chopping for at least the third time, I left the knife on the cutting board covered with most of the garlic I had just finished. Well, as you can tell by the set up, something bad happened. I bumped the knife off the counter and not thinking AT ALL I tried to catch the knife...to no avail. The blade landed on my finger before coming to its resting place on the floor flinging tons of fresh sticky garlic bits ALL OVER my floor. BIG bummer! I examined my fingertips and found I had cut the side of my left middle finger. Why is it that if you are going to injure a finger it always seems to be the middle one? Perhaps because it's the tallest. Whatever.
Cleaned and bandaged, I finished my sauce. Delicioso!!!!! I'm taking it to Mike and Kara's house tonight for dinner. We are planning next year's family reunion to Dallas, Texas.
Then I heated up pulled pork and mashed potatoes for lunch for my mom and myself. I made the pulled pork over the past 2 days. I used Alton Brown's brine recipe and a delicioso rub that I bought in Oklahoma last Christmas. After the pork butt bathed in brine over night I popped it in the oven alllllllllllll day long. It was way more moist than I'm used to, but that made it that much more scrumptious.
Last night Collin and I went to Cheesecake Factory with my mom, Keeley, her nannyee Ryan, and Bethany. We got coupons for $1.50 slices of cheesecake for being Facebook fans. We got a slice the new Reese's cheesecake, red velvet, tuxedo, and Godiva. The Reese's slice had so many different layers that you had to take a HUGE bite to get the full experience. It was very yummy! I really like the red velvet one also... And the tuxedo... Godiva is good too but very very rich so I can't eat more than maybe 2 bites.
Three time sensitive shopping tips:
1. TODAY: 1/2 price cheesecake at Cheesecake factory
2. Ends Saturday: An extra 40% off all sale items at Dillard's
3. Buy One get one free: lots of fun things at Publix. I like to use bogo as an opportunity to try different varieties of my favorite items. Velveeta shells and cheese is on sale a
So I got one box of the original flavor and one box of 4 cheese.
Friday, July 30, 2010
Thursday, July 29, 2010
Butt
I'm roasting a Boston butt for pulled pork. I've been spending a lot of time watching food network since I found out I was pregnant with Collin (which triggered heartburn through the screen). More recently I've been spending time combing through recipes on food network.com. While my buttis roasting I'm going to visit Publix to buy the ingredients for Tony Danza's recipe for "Sunday sauce." That will be taken to Kara's house for us to enjoy while planning next year's family reunion trip to Dallas, TX.
I hate the Billionaire song.
The old people who hang out at Blue Martini should be ashamed of themselves. Out to have a good time? Sure, fine. Go out to have fun with your girlfriends. Out on the prowl? Gross! And for the senior citizens there... Get a grip! You can't even pretend ton enjoy the music being played, the flashing lights, and you're wearing a full suit...uhhhhhhh..... But the affliction shirt wearers with hip replacements...never mind. Just never mind. That whole scene is just not at all where I belong, haha! But it's fun to go dancing with the girlies every once in a while :)
I hate the Billionaire song.
The old people who hang out at Blue Martini should be ashamed of themselves. Out to have a good time? Sure, fine. Go out to have fun with your girlfriends. Out on the prowl? Gross! And for the senior citizens there... Get a grip! You can't even pretend ton enjoy the music being played, the flashing lights, and you're wearing a full suit...uhhhhhhh..... But the affliction shirt wearers with hip replacements...never mind. Just never mind. That whole scene is just not at all where I belong, haha! But it's fun to go dancing with the girlies every once in a while :)
Monday, July 26, 2010
Nightmare of all nightmares
My cat Kiki earns her keep in my house by killing roaches. I hate roaches. Today I found 2 of Kiki's conquests. I found the first one and had to finish it off with some Raid, then I tosses him in the toilet. I flushed. It did not go down. I flush again. Still a floating roach. No matter, I will surely need to flush again later, no purpose wasting more water. Well I found roach #2. Tossed him in the potty with his friend. Flushed. Still floating. This time I prayed, Dear Jesus, please make them go down the drain. He said, No. There are two dead roaches floating in my toilet. Ugh!!!!!!!!!!
2 down, 10 to go...
Months of breast feeding that is... I don't know if I'm going to make it. Of course I will, but I will whine about it along the way. I feel like a year of anything is a long time. A year without margaritas for instance. I had two of my own delicioso concoctions last night. Mmmmmmmmmmmmmmm!!!! I've had several margaritas since having Collin, but only one at a time. Two was too much! I had enjoyed them over a few hours time accompanied by a potato cake (an experiment with left ofer mashed potatoes from the night before, panko bread crumbs, oil and my non stick skillet) and chips and salsa. All very scrumptious yet the perfect ingredients for a belly ache. By the time I went to bed I was feeling fine, praise the good Lord :) however... I think perhaps my enjoyment may have lead to my little precious urping up 15 mins worth of breast milk all over himself, me, 2 pillows and the couch. I couldn't help but laugh at the terribly gross situation. There was no rewind button to push and being puked on is what early mother hood is all about right? I got up slowly and gathered at many soiled items as I could, including Collin, and toted it all to the bathroom for a good wipe down/toss into the tub. There is still crap in the tub that I will get to laundering after I turn my prerecorded Today show back on and do some exercising. Or perhaps it would be more efficient to put the laundry in first as to do two things at once...
I need to shave my legs.
Tomorrow Collin gets his first round of shots. He is a very sting boy. I know he'll be fine. Anytime he gets bopped accidentally he starts and stops crying by the time I've counted to 5. So masculine! I love it :)
And on a slightly different note, I have several hundred size 1 diapers that Bruiser Bear has out grown. There is a place called "baby posh garage" (a consignment store) that will do an even exchange for the size you need. It is in Aventura though. I really don't want to drive all the way down there to find out that they don't have enough size 2's for me to dump all my 1's. Plus I'd feel a little weird going in there just for that but I currently am on a spending lock down and really haven't a need for anymore baby items. My house is overflowing with crap already.
Which brings me to my next subject: prayer. I constantly pray for hurricane season to ramp itself up so that my wonderful hubby can go clean up the aftermath. Bottom line is I pray for opportunities for the business to grow so that I might have the chance to stay at home with my Grumpy Bumpkin. Yes, after my first birthing experience I still think I want 4 kids. I think I want to homeschool those kids. Of course I have nothing against the traditional school system, but as a wise homeschooling mother once said, and I paraphrase, "I want to teach my children because I want to be there when they learn new things and see the light in their eyes when they grasp a new concept." I get that now. Ahhhhhhhhh Mrs. Kalehoff. I bet none of you who know her or me would have ever have guessed that I would want to follow in her footsteps. Obviously I don't want to be exactly like her.... But I will leave it at that.
Now onto laundry....meh.
I need to shave my legs.
Tomorrow Collin gets his first round of shots. He is a very sting boy. I know he'll be fine. Anytime he gets bopped accidentally he starts and stops crying by the time I've counted to 5. So masculine! I love it :)
And on a slightly different note, I have several hundred size 1 diapers that Bruiser Bear has out grown. There is a place called "baby posh garage" (a consignment store) that will do an even exchange for the size you need. It is in Aventura though. I really don't want to drive all the way down there to find out that they don't have enough size 2's for me to dump all my 1's. Plus I'd feel a little weird going in there just for that but I currently am on a spending lock down and really haven't a need for anymore baby items. My house is overflowing with crap already.
Which brings me to my next subject: prayer. I constantly pray for hurricane season to ramp itself up so that my wonderful hubby can go clean up the aftermath. Bottom line is I pray for opportunities for the business to grow so that I might have the chance to stay at home with my Grumpy Bumpkin. Yes, after my first birthing experience I still think I want 4 kids. I think I want to homeschool those kids. Of course I have nothing against the traditional school system, but as a wise homeschooling mother once said, and I paraphrase, "I want to teach my children because I want to be there when they learn new things and see the light in their eyes when they grasp a new concept." I get that now. Ahhhhhhhhh Mrs. Kalehoff. I bet none of you who know her or me would have ever have guessed that I would want to follow in her footsteps. Obviously I don't want to be exactly like her.... But I will leave it at that.
Now onto laundry....meh.
Saturday, July 24, 2010
There is a very strong difference between Walmart in south Florida than perhaps anywhere else in the U.S. Here, Walmart is disgusting. Only the grossest of people shop there and it seems like all of the gross people from around town are always there. The place is like a roach nest. I was once walking down an aisle in the grocery section, minding my own business, when I passed buy a female and two younger males. The girl spit on me. For. No. Reason. I was literally just walking down the aisle. I don't even know that I made eye contact with her. Gross!
I visit Oklahoma more frequently than most due to it being where my grandparents reside. They live in Enid. They have a Super Walmart. It's pretty much the same size as their mall... Ok, the mall isn't that small, it has Dillard's and Penny's, Sears, a food court a 4 (or maybe 6) screen theatre, and a few other smaller stores to fill in the rest. Anyway, you go to the Walmart there just as you would go to the mall, to hang out and waste time and to shop around. We were in Enid one visit for about a week. I'm pretty sure we were at Walmart every single day just for something to do. That doesn't happen here in Fort Lauderdale. I avoid the place like the plague. Especially since getting spit on.
There is however a new Walmart grocery store that I've been to a few times. I received several WM gift cards after having Collin. I went there to try to use them all up in one trip. Its not the closest grocery store to my house and I still don't prefer going there... It's still a WM. Unfortunately after filling my cart with magazines, booze, and cleaning supplies I still have about $17 to use...
I visit Oklahoma more frequently than most due to it being where my grandparents reside. They live in Enid. They have a Super Walmart. It's pretty much the same size as their mall... Ok, the mall isn't that small, it has Dillard's and Penny's, Sears, a food court a 4 (or maybe 6) screen theatre, and a few other smaller stores to fill in the rest. Anyway, you go to the Walmart there just as you would go to the mall, to hang out and waste time and to shop around. We were in Enid one visit for about a week. I'm pretty sure we were at Walmart every single day just for something to do. That doesn't happen here in Fort Lauderdale. I avoid the place like the plague. Especially since getting spit on.
There is however a new Walmart grocery store that I've been to a few times. I received several WM gift cards after having Collin. I went there to try to use them all up in one trip. Its not the closest grocery store to my house and I still don't prefer going there... It's still a WM. Unfortunately after filling my cart with magazines, booze, and cleaning supplies I still have about $17 to use...
Friday, July 23, 2010
In the beginning... Ziplock
Product review- zipper storage bags
Naughty list: target brand and hefty
Love list: Publix brand
To be used soon: Ziplock
I made the mistake of buying Target brand zipper bags. It's near impossible to get them zipped on the first try. I have them in gallon and sandwich sizes. I keep diapers, wipes, breast bars, and a burp rag in a gallon size in my purse. I can't stand carrying around a huge diaper bag and my purse is plenty large to fit my essential baby needs. Although in no way attractive, the zip bag keeps these few items easy to grab. Well, when it won't zip, it's just more junk floating around my purse. Aggravating!
Hefty: the slider falls off. Enouggh said.
Publix: inexpensive and zips. It does its job. Praise the Lord!
Ziplock: I bought these because of the "Ziplock" reputation. Let's be real: who calls these things "zipper storage bags." No one. They're called ziplocks. Just like a tissue is a Kleenex and a Coke is a soda. Synonymous.
The box is still sealed because I have to use up my crappy target zip locks first, grrrr! There aren't many things that I will try, hate, and instantly dispose of. Which brings us to another product review.
"sharp cheddar" flavored cheese product in a squeezy bottle. Not much else needs to be said. I should have known. But I bought it when I was in the throws of my cheese cravings while pregnant. I just pulled it out last night. I thought better of it while I was pregnant but figured I should give it a try. I had made curly fries and though they'd be good dipped in "cheese" like at Wings Plus. Nope! Not at all the same! I threw the bottle right into the garbage can, and that was that! No guilt in that waste. Except I should have known. I should have leftist sealed and donated it to a food drive. Surely someone who like that stuff... Would have been excited to have it.
Naughty list: target brand and hefty
Love list: Publix brand
To be used soon: Ziplock
I made the mistake of buying Target brand zipper bags. It's near impossible to get them zipped on the first try. I have them in gallon and sandwich sizes. I keep diapers, wipes, breast bars, and a burp rag in a gallon size in my purse. I can't stand carrying around a huge diaper bag and my purse is plenty large to fit my essential baby needs. Although in no way attractive, the zip bag keeps these few items easy to grab. Well, when it won't zip, it's just more junk floating around my purse. Aggravating!
Hefty: the slider falls off. Enouggh said.
Publix: inexpensive and zips. It does its job. Praise the Lord!
Ziplock: I bought these because of the "Ziplock" reputation. Let's be real: who calls these things "zipper storage bags." No one. They're called ziplocks. Just like a tissue is a Kleenex and a Coke is a soda. Synonymous.
The box is still sealed because I have to use up my crappy target zip locks first, grrrr! There aren't many things that I will try, hate, and instantly dispose of. Which brings us to another product review.
"sharp cheddar" flavored cheese product in a squeezy bottle. Not much else needs to be said. I should have known. But I bought it when I was in the throws of my cheese cravings while pregnant. I just pulled it out last night. I thought better of it while I was pregnant but figured I should give it a try. I had made curly fries and though they'd be good dipped in "cheese" like at Wings Plus. Nope! Not at all the same! I threw the bottle right into the garbage can, and that was that! No guilt in that waste. Except I should have known. I should have leftist sealed and donated it to a food drive. Surely someone who like that stuff... Would have been excited to have it.
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