In an effort to wean Jill off asking for chocolate every time she goes number two in the toilet, I got these Sunmaid mini-snacks. Teeny tiny boxes of raisins.
She got so angry when Edmund tried to tell her that raisins come from grapes (and are not chocolate), that I plummed a vintage Sesame Street clip from my own upbringing to explain it to her. She's watched it ten times at least.
2. I'm sharing this Meatless Meal Stand-by (Old Faithful) again, so I can hop on the Lenten Meal Plan Link-Up.
Lemon-Pepper Pappardelle with Tuna and Capers
All the three ingredients are non-perishable items, unless you want to get fancy with freshly chopped Italian parsley.
one 8 oz. package of lemon pepper pappardelle, cooked according to package directions
two 7 oz. can of tuna in olive oil, undrained
lots of capers
Mix all ingredients.
The end.
All you have to do is boil pasta. Open one can (The olive oil gets dumped in too.) and one jar and you're done!
It only serves 4 or 3 of my pasta-loving people, so I have to triple it. You can only get lemon-pepper pappardelle at Trader Joe's, as far as I know. The Chef has made it with regular pappardelle, a drained can of diced tomatoes, capers, olive oil and garlic and no tuna, because he's my pickiest eater. He likes to complicate things.
I think it's fine served all by it's lonesome, or it's nice with a Caprese Salad and a glass of Sauvignon Blanc. I recommend the Kim Crawford.
3.
I finished knitting this lace shawl last night! Technically, I have to complete the last row and cast off, but we are nearly there. There are only one to three mistakes on average in each row of the lacy part.
I learned the hard way that I can knit tired in front of the tv if it's Once Upon a Time,
but not if I'm trying to watch/listen to Endeavour or Foyle's War. Those Masterpiece programs are too engrossing.
I'm on Ravelry, an idea exchange site for knitters, crocheters, and other textile/fiber arts peoples. Only recently did I realize that I am supposed to CONTRIBUTE my projects, patterns, etc. to Ravelry. I have only been using it for my own selfish purposes, such as getting the pattern for my Leila at Like Mother, Like Daughter inspired shawl. Imma try to change my wicked ways.
My next project is this baby cardigan in this yarn.
I love Debbie Bliss yarns. They are so cumpy.
Cumpy is a word coined by Peter when he was wee small. It means snuggly-comfortable.
I think we should incorporate cumpy into the English language. We say it all the time around here.
4. Don't miss my giveaway of ALBACFC aka A Little Book about Confession for Children by Kendra Tierney. Rafflecopter away right here. And don't forget to check out the other literature-loving bloggers' book reviews!
5. Did you read Dwija's fashion piece this week? I politely disagree with #3. Crisp woven tops keep me from feeling like a stuffed sausage casing. However, I heartily concur with #1, long cardigans. Not too long though.
I just got this jacket from Destination (The Only Bricks and Mortar Store in the US that is Dedicated to) Maternity. It's sort of like a cardigan, but more of a super-trendy-classier-than-a-hoodie jacket. I may or may not have worn it every day this week. It matches every single one of my solid long sleeve uniform tees from Old Navy. Unzipped, it hangs just right and looks tres chic. I never zip it, mostly because they only had a size small in the store and it's a bit snug zipped. It makes me feel verry fancy.
If you order online, don't forget to go through Ebates for free cash money!
6. I spent 75% of my grocery budget last week at Ulta. I'm an expert at rationalizing things like $75 for four Clarisonic brushes is way better than spending $25 for one Clarisonic brush. Plus Ulta has those reward points, so every time I shop there, it's like I'm printing money.
I needed mascara. I have long blonde eyelashes, and I love Bare Minerals Flawless Definition mascara. Flawless Definiton doesn't gum up my eyelashes like thickening mascaras do.
Also, I can wear the NOT waterproof formula and I don't get raccoon eyes by the end of the day. Not waterproof mascara is important so I can easily remove those rows of tiny dots on my upper lid after I put it on. #longeyelashproblems
It makes total sense that if I'm going to spend $20 on mascara, I might as well spend $39 and get this whole One Hot Mama kit. Money well spent, because I love everything in it: the blush, the gloss, the under-eye-brightener, my mascara, and now Jill has a new bag for her princess dolls.
For meals, I cleaned out my deep freeze and served that turkey I bought way back when, a frozen lasagna, grilled chicken breasts on a bed of Friday's leftover quinoa, peanut butter crackers. This week I did the right thing and spent the money at food stores like I'm supposed to.
7.
Before I went grocery shopping, I de-gunked my entire refrigerator. I magic erased all those weird red and blue skid marks off the walls and I scrubbed the dried olive juice off the door pockets. It wasn't too difficult since it was nearly empty anyway. Oh! And I threw away everything that expired in 2013.
Why do I buy industrial size containers of feta? Why?
I'm counting this as part of my 40 Bags in 40 Days, even though the only "donations" were to the garbage man and the recycle bin.
Hopalong to Jen and Conversion Diary Rodeo and check out the ladies behind the Lenten Meal Plan Posse too.
I finished knitting this lace shawl last night! Technically, I have to complete the last row and cast off, but we are nearly there. There are only one to three mistakes on average in each row of the lacy part.
I learned the hard way that I can knit tired in front of the tv if it's Once Upon a Time,
but not if I'm trying to watch/listen to Endeavour or Foyle's War. Those Masterpiece programs are too engrossing.
I'm on Ravelry, an idea exchange site for knitters, crocheters, and other textile/fiber arts peoples. Only recently did I realize that I am supposed to CONTRIBUTE my projects, patterns, etc. to Ravelry. I have only been using it for my own selfish purposes, such as getting the pattern for my Leila at Like Mother, Like Daughter inspired shawl. Imma try to change my wicked ways.
My next project is this baby cardigan in this yarn.
I love Debbie Bliss yarns. They are so cumpy.
Cumpy is a word coined by Peter when he was wee small. It means snuggly-comfortable.
I think we should incorporate cumpy into the English language. We say it all the time around here.
4. Don't miss my giveaway of ALBACFC aka A Little Book about Confession for Children by Kendra Tierney. Rafflecopter away right here. And don't forget to check out the other literature-loving bloggers' book reviews!
5. Did you read Dwija's fashion piece this week? I politely disagree with #3. Crisp woven tops keep me from feeling like a stuffed sausage casing. However, I heartily concur with #1, long cardigans. Not too long though.
I just got this jacket from Destination (The Only Bricks and Mortar Store in the US that is Dedicated to) Maternity. It's sort of like a cardigan, but more of a super-trendy-classier-than-a-hoodie jacket. I may or may not have worn it every day this week. It matches every single one of my solid long sleeve uniform tees from Old Navy. Unzipped, it hangs just right and looks tres chic. I never zip it, mostly because they only had a size small in the store and it's a bit snug zipped. It makes me feel verry fancy.
If you order online, don't forget to go through Ebates for free cash money!
6. I spent 75% of my grocery budget last week at Ulta. I'm an expert at rationalizing things like $75 for four Clarisonic brushes is way better than spending $25 for one Clarisonic brush. Plus Ulta has those reward points, so every time I shop there, it's like I'm printing money.
I needed mascara. I have long blonde eyelashes, and I love Bare Minerals Flawless Definition mascara. Flawless Definiton doesn't gum up my eyelashes like thickening mascaras do.
Also, I can wear the NOT waterproof formula and I don't get raccoon eyes by the end of the day. Not waterproof mascara is important so I can easily remove those rows of tiny dots on my upper lid after I put it on. #longeyelashproblems
It makes total sense that if I'm going to spend $20 on mascara, I might as well spend $39 and get this whole One Hot Mama kit. Money well spent, because I love everything in it: the blush, the gloss, the under-eye-brightener, my mascara, and now Jill has a new bag for her princess dolls.
For meals, I cleaned out my deep freeze and served that turkey I bought way back when, a frozen lasagna, grilled chicken breasts on a bed of Friday's leftover quinoa, peanut butter crackers. This week I did the right thing and spent the money at food stores like I'm supposed to.
7.
Before I went grocery shopping, I de-gunked my entire refrigerator. I magic erased all those weird red and blue skid marks off the walls and I scrubbed the dried olive juice off the door pockets. It wasn't too difficult since it was nearly empty anyway. Oh! And I threw away everything that expired in 2013.
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| No one can consume this much feta before the exp date. |
I'm counting this as part of my 40 Bags in 40 Days, even though the only "donations" were to the garbage man and the recycle bin.
Hopalong to Jen and Conversion Diary Rodeo and check out the ladies behind the Lenten Meal Plan Posse too.
Oooo....you let feta expire in your fridge? I could totally eat an industiral sized carton of feta before the expiration date. Nooooo problem.
ReplyDelete3. I cannot embroider during BBC shows. To your "cumpy," I would like to add our "grambled" as in, "I tried to help you with this yarn but it got all grambled up."
ReplyDelete4. I'm going to start calling it that now, and I'm going to pronounce it "albacfuhcuh."
#6 made me laaaaaaaaaugh and laugh. I just may have to try that sometime when I have a full freezer.
ReplyDeleteDid you know you can freeze feta? So no worries about your industrial sized containers. Just put manageable amounts in air tight containers.
ReplyDeleteI copied this from about.com Greek food section. They are referring to blocks of feta but I imagined precrumbled applies as well.
Freeze: Feta can be frozen, but the texture will change slightly. After defrosting, use this feta to crumble on salads or in cooked dishes, rather than as slices. Freeze wrapped in airtight plastic packaging; defrost in the refrigerator without removing the wrapping. When defrosted, if not used at once, store in brine or olive oil.
Also, I had to laugh about the raisins as a treat for using the potty. That would never have worked in my house. My girls always reacted to raisins at that age by having to go to the potty more.....for number.2.....explosive number 2....shudder.
Now that you have that terrible imagery in your head, I'll sheepishly take my leave of your comments section. :)
I remember that raisin cartoon!
ReplyDeleteAnd Endevour! So good! I tried watching the show it's a spin off for but didn't fall in love. I should probably give it another shot, though, since I'm almost done with Monarch of the Glenn.