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Thinking Out Loud: Squirrel Moments

Posted on September 25, 2014 by kissmybroccoli

Hello friends!

So I actually planned to have a totally different kind of post today. One of a serious nature. One that I was fired up about. One that…required much more effort to type up than I have at the moment. After finishing up a 53-hour work week on sooooo not enough sleep, the writing motivation that was with me a couple of days ago has since flown out the window. Hopefully, I’ll have some time to get my thoughts together next week.

Until then, let’s just think some thoughts…OUT LOUD!

You know that scene in Disney’s Up where you first meet Dug the dog and realize he has quite a hilarious case of ADD? Well, I too am afflicted and frequently go about my day talking like a normal human being until all of a sudden it’s like…

Omg, a baby apple!!!

I spotted this little cutie (along with many of his friends) at the farmer’s market last weekend and just had to buy some…not because I particularly like this variety of apple, not because they were only 25 cents a piece…oh no, I bought them because duh, they’re ADORRRRRABLE!

While prowling the aisles (anyone else feel like they’re on the hunt in a liquor store? Just me? Weird.) for margaritas with some friends the other day, I was trying to decide if we should go with regular or pineapple when…

Look guys…PICKLES!!

At first, I couldn’t think of a single reason why any sane person would want to drink pickle-flavored spirits (and I do love me some pickles), but then I figured there was a reason it was sitting next to the bloody Mary mix. Ugh, how do people even drink those things? For the record, we went with pineapple…and should’ve gone with regular.

When I parked my car at the store yesterday, I got out and thought, “Oh wow, what a nice night. The weather is just….

“Holy sky on fire where the hell’s my phone?!”

During my walk/jog/omg-why-do-I-feel-like-I’m-dying run with a friend the other day, we were deep in conversation…about current events and the upcoming election and…oh who the hell am I kidding? We were probably talking about cheeseburgers because you know, when you smell the fat burning you automatically…

Ohhhhh, pretty!

For the record, I only pointed it out (and totally interrupted my friend) at the time…I waited until we were walking back and my lungs had somewhat recovered before snapping a pic. 😉

While bingeing on my latest Netflix obsession the other day, I seriously had to hit pause and rush over to Google to figure out what song was playing. It sounded so…familiar. After my discovery I had to rewind the show about 5 minutes because I realized I hadn’t heard anything else while I was trying to place the song…

Then I gave myself a big pat on the back for recognizing the TRIO of voices from Fujiya and Miyagi in this catchy beat I found on Spotify months ago. 😉

Speaking of Breaking Bad…I think I have about 285 more episodes to watch while I think of nothing in or relating to a hospital. Though it does give me nightmarish flashbacks to my college years when I swore I would die before I ever made it through General Chemistry. I hope you guys have a fabulous weekend. In the meantime, why don’tcha hop on over to Spoons and see what there is to see?

What’s something that caught your eye or ear this week?

Squirrel! 😉

Posted in Thinking Out Loud | Tagged farmers' market, music, Netflix, shopping, sunsets | 28 Comments

WIAW: Tried and True and New!

Posted on September 24, 2014 by kissmybroccoli

Happy Wednesday dudes and dudettes!

Can you believe it? Me…partying it up TWO weeks in a row! Hmm…could this be a somewhat regular thing again? At least until daylight savings time starts and I start shaking my fist at the sky at 4pm? I guess we’ll just have to wait and see!

This week, I’m sharing my eats from Saturday…where I got up jussssssss(yes this many s’s is completely necessary)t in time to make it to the farmer’s market before it closed and then had some ice cream for breakfast to celebrate! 😉

After rolling over in bed and eyeing the clock, I saw I had TEN minutes to get out the door to make it to the market in time. I used 9.99999 of those minutes to pry my ass out of bed, tame the beast that resides on my head, and throw on some clothes. And since I had SO much time leftover, I made sure to prepare a decent meal…

Tried and true: [Peanut butter] Quest bar to the rescue!

The reality is that I ate the entire thing…wrapper and all in about 3 minutes…so there wasn’t even evidence leftover to photograph. And since my Quest bar stash is nowhere NEAR this big now, you get this recycled pic. Sue me.

After getting my necessities at the market (tomatoes, eggs, and a little present for a fellow FROG lover) and running a few more errands, I was a sweaty mess so I decided I might as well be a sweaty mess while walking around the park. Then, since I was only minutes from Freeze Pleeze, I decided it’d be cooler (ha, get it?) if I walked around the park WITH ICE CREAM!

New: Pumpkin spice COCONUT MILK ice cream

And it really did cool me off…especially since it stayed in “dip ‘n dot” form for about 30 minutes after its bath in liquid nitrogen. 😀

After my walk (and an ample dose of vitamin D which I later got comments on…either that or the pumpkin tan really IS working!), I went home, showered, and “tried” to nap before work. I really ended up tossing and turning for most of it and then got up after two hours to ya know…

Whip up an ~~omelette~~ eggy thingy! Actually, I’m surprised it turned out so pretty because I basically just threw shit (or to be more precise: bell pepper, olives, tomatoes, and cheddar cheese) in a skillet, covered it, and then slid it out on a plate before taking 2.9235 minutes to inhale it before going back to bed.

Tried and true: Eggs & cheese

Once back in bed, I did dream about milking coffee out of brown cows so…um, I guess did manage to sleep for at least a few minutes. 😉

Obviously this was much-needed on the drive to the hospital. Update: I’m finally down to only THREE bags of coffee! Sadly, this one is not one of my favorites…
Brew La La FAIL! 😛

New: Drinkable [Dirt] Pie

Work was really busy so I was glad I had my leftovers from lunch on Friday. This may not look like much, but since I basically filled up on bread and most of the buffalo cauliflower, I only had a couple of bites before asking for a box…with extra dressing because I could seriously bathe in the stuff!

Tried and true: The PERFECT salad

I washed that all down with what I keep calling “steazy teazy”. Since I fell in love with the root beer, I decided to give some other flavors a try. I wasn’t a big fan of the regular soda or the black cherry, but the blood orange is delish!

New: Blood Orange “Steazy Teazy”

Once my shift FINALLY ended, I made my way back home and whipped up a fantastic mess of a bowl…no really…it kinda looked like something else that comes of a chicken’s butt. Luckily, I have another pic to share since I’ve been enjoying this combo all week!

I recently dug out an old packet of chai latte mix that was always a bit too sweet for me to drink. Then remembered how I’d used it waaaaaaaay back when as saucy topping for pancakes and oats. I took the lazy way and just sprinkled it on top and BAM! Insta-deliciousness! 😀

Tried & True: Cottage cheese, pumpkin, and peanuts with
New: Chai latte spice mix

Alright folks, that’s enough from me. Hop on over to Peas & Crayons and see what all the other party people are dishing up this week!

What is one of your favorite tried and true meals?

What’s something new you’ve tried this week?

Posted in What I Ate Wednesday | Tagged coffee, cottage cheese, eggs, peanuts, pumpkin, salads, tea | 25 Comments

Making the MOST of It

Posted on September 22, 2014 by kissmybroccoli

Happy Monday kiddos!

I hope your weekends were full of fun with plenty of rest and relaxation to prep you for the week ahead. Let me rephrase that and tell you what I really mean…I hope you got a HECK of a lot more sleep than I did over the last few days.

I’ve finally learned to accept the fact that working nights isn’t always going to be a ~~piece of cake~~ stack of soft and chewy chocolate chip cookies. It seems to be a bit of a roller coaster at times. I’ll sleep like a baby for months and then BAM! I mirror that with day upon day of tossing and turning, slamming coffee like there’s no tomorrow, and basically begging to the moon gods and goddesses to grant mercy on my poor soul. And well? That’s the path I’m on at the moment. Add to that the fact that I’ve had to pick up some extra hours lately and yeah, you got it…

UNK-CULLLLLLLLL!

But instead of letting it get the best of me, I’ve decided to just take it in stride…knowing that sooner or later things will turn up ~~or I’ll drop dead~~. 😉 So this weekend, I did my best to make the MOST out of every minute that I had…

By indulging in all my pumpkin pie fantasies with Freeze Pleeze’s new LIMITED EDITION flavor. All you local peeps? Y’all need to get on this like…NOW! And I do highly recommend getting yours topped with whipped cream for the full pie experience! 😀

By taking a walk at the park with just me, my bowl of pumpkin pie goodness, a jam-packed iTunes library, and a side of cloudporn.

By becoming addicted and marathoning yet ANOTHER show on Netflix. Ok, how many people am I going to disappoint by confessing that I’m just now getting into Breaking Bad.
😯 Eeeeek!

By unpacking my latest wine club order, gathering all the bottles together, clutching them tight to my chest and repeating, “I love you, I love you, I love you.”

By [finally] cracking into the watermelon I bought at the farmer’s market LAST weekend…while dreaming of a land where summer fruits are available WITH flavor year-round.

By going on a leisurely walk around the neighborhood with a friend which ended up with us talking each other into jogging, which ended up with us stopping at the bottom of a GINORMOUS hill huffing and puffing till we thought we were going to cough up a lung. And then we went inside and had wine. 😉

And by getting my buffalo on (I have no idea what I mean by that…just go with it) with those cauliflower bites I was coveting the last time I went to Liberty Park Grill. Omg, they were DEEEEELISH!

How did YOU make the most of your weekend?

What show can you not get enough of lately?