One of Those Weeks

It’s been one of those weeks…

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Where a lack of sleep has had me craving sweets left and right.

And a bag of SWEETENED banana chips has been demolished.

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Where a ice cream for dinner/breakfast/whatevermeal has happened.

With copious amounts of peanut butter swirled smushed throughout.

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Where savory meals have been necessary after OD’ing on ice cream.

Even though I still want chocolate chips afterward.

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Where a MUCH anticipated taste of something ended up being disappointing.

#kindatasteslikesuntanlotion 😯

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Where a mind-clearing walk trumped folding three loads of laundry.

And yes, I’m that creepy person standing in your yard taking a picture of your flowers.

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Where an unexpected laugh was very much appreciated.

“A whop bop-a-lu a whop bam BOOM!” 😆

Spaghetti Squash with Creamy Avocado Sauce

Where there just wasn’t enough hours in ANY day to get these photos ready for a recipe post.

Where losing myself to some dubstep has been critical to maintaining my sanity.

Where I will be working ANOTHER Saturday shift because we are that short-staffed.

Where I will spend the next 36 hours living unapologetically…surrounded by people I care about…doing things that I love…and trying to fight off the acne from three days of bingeing on sugar.

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Where I will be using Amanda’s ToL as an excuse for publishing this thrown-together post. And hopefully, I’ll be back on my game next week!

What do you do when your week gets stressful?

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One Word: WEEKEND!

Hey youuuuuuu gaaaaa-EYES!!!

Sorry, I may or may not still be riding the high that was my weekend! I sincerely hope that each and every one of you had as great a time as I did! Even without an INKLING of a plan, I was surprised to see that this weekend was yet another deserving of the title of wonderful…perfect…and yep, you guessed it, MARVELOUS!

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How about…HOW ABOUT?!?! I transitioned from holding crow pose for a few seconds…to a minute…to getting into a FREAKING HEADSTAND without falling ONCE?!?!

Sushi PB&J

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When I saw this puppy on the menu, I couldn’t resist!

Strawberry Bliss Roll: Tempura shrimp, snow crab mix and avocado topped with fresh strawberries and strawberry sauce sprinkled with finely chopped peanuts.

Umm, I’m sorry, but can we say P-B-AND-J?!?!

Seriously, last meal worthy!

Kick Ass 2 Movie

HILARIOUS!!

I thought the first movie was good…I’m a sucker for Nicolas Cage so I wasn’t really sure if the sequel was going to be any good without him, but OMG, my friend and I laughed our ASSES off!

Chloe Grace Moretz…keep an eye on that girl…she’s going places!

Mexican Fish & Potatoes

MOUTH-WATERING!

Ok, so I’ve been saying for YEARS that Clarksville really needs a GOOD Mexican restaurant…well, we FINALLY got one…and they have CHEESY mashed potatoes…in a serving the size of a small child!

I’m not complaining! 😉

Margaritas

HAPPY-HOUR!

They also have 21 ounce ITALIAN margaritas…as in with amaretto…as in I was basically licking the ice cubes when I was done!

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SEEESTERS

After MONTHS of not seeing this girl, after a quick text Thursday night, we realized that our work schedules would finally sync up! I volunteered to work an extra (day) shift on Saturday, but after I got off at 8pm, Tori and I met at the casa for some MUCH NEEDED sister-sister bonding (and picture) time.

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CHEERS

And since she just got promoted to bartender at the restaurant where she works, I just HAD to have her show me some of her new talents!

The “Dory”: Coconut rum + Curacao + Sprite + pineapple juice = YUM!

Just keep swimming! 😉

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What can I say? You guys should know that this happens EVERY time we together…I promise we weren’t even drunk! Lol

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DINNER

Aka redemption! 😉

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BESTIES!

I’m SO excited I got to see my bestie this weekend! She invited me over to Easter lunch with her family yesterday and it was so much fun! After watching the kids go crazy stumbling all over the yard looking for eggs, we sat down to one HECK of a meal…her mom is one of the best cooks and has been for as long as I remember!

Easter Lunch

CHEESE!!

Our Easter spread was absolutely delicious…the most tender and juicy roast I’ve EVER had, cheesy squash casserole, cheesy spinach, cheesy macaroni, and a dinner roll to soak it all up! The only thing missing? Deviled eggs!

Strawberry Shortcake

DEEEEEESERT!

I seriously can’t even remember the last time I had cool whip…I mean strawberry shortcake…omg, I love cool whip…I mean STRAWBERRY SHORTCAKE!!

Coffee

PERFECTION

Before the “workweek” started last night, I made sure to soak up the last bits of sun (it got up to 86F (30C) yesterday!!) while I savored each and every ounce of that coffee!

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LOVE!

The perfect end to the weekend: A free Redbox rental code emailed to me yesterday! Seriously, if you haven’t seen this movie, you need to rent it right NOW! I laughed, I (almost) cried, I basked in all the girly glory and painted my nails while I watched! 😉

Yeah, so I triiiiiied the whole “one word” thing, but that didn’t really work out, did it?

#sorryimnotsorry

Describe your weekend in…THREE words!

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Thinking Out Loud: Failing & Sailing

I think we all learned our lesson last week…Thursdays and intros do not mix!
So instead of taking up 75 words to ask you how the weather’s been which leads to me salivating over imaginary handfuls of buttered popcorn jelly beans, how about we just get to the thinking…

Out LOUD that is! 😉

1. Ok, so I have to ask…is anyone else stuck in some sort of alternate winter-is-coming-never-ending universe?? Because after this past weekend of 70F(21C) and 80F(27C) degree days, I had to scrape ICE off my mother-freaking windshield when I left work on Tuesday…what the hell?!

2. I think I need to carry myself to the candy store in the mall to help perk my spirits up a bit…because obviously that is the ONLY way Heather will be enjoying the flavor of deliciously buttered popcorn! #fail

3. And speaking of fail…remember those kiddie cereals I just could NOT resist when I spotted a sale back in January? Well, I Cracked into the C is for Cereal box yesterday, ready for some banana-flavored crunchy goodness….

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Except it was more like T is for TASTES LIKE FREAKING A$$!

Banana? Where?! Because all I tasted was stale cardboard ass-ness…assuming boxes had asses, I’m most definitely sure that this is what they would taste like. Good thing it was only a buck fifty since the entire box went in the TRASH!

4. Luckily I cured my craving for banana with a new favorite snack…banana chips! I accidentally grabbed UNsweetened banana chips at the farmer’s market in ATL and upon first taste, thought about tossing them since they tasted like styrofoam, but then Sarah saved the day by posting this recipe…which I had EVERY intention of making…until I started dipping the little bastards in peanut butter and ending up eating the entire two bags in two days! Oops?

5. You know what’s a good meal to get you back on track after you clog up your system with peanut butter coated styrofoam? EGGS! 😀

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6. AND white sweet potatoes topped with avocado and peach salsa and and AND a side of roasted broccoli…aka, my NEW FAVORITE DINNER! I seriously ate this two days in a row and if I wasn’t out of sweet potatoes, I’d have gone for three…especially since post pic, all that stuff got mixed together into the most amazing sweet and savory don’t-even-ask-me-what-this-looks-like-on-my-plate goodness! 😉

God, it’s good to have eggs again!

7. Oh and a word on those words I talked about putting together…you know to form a post…about my time on the cleanse…yeah, obviously that didn’t happen this week, but I DO still plan on writing something…especially since a few of you showed some interest. Bear with me!

8. Maybe you’ve noticed that I haven’t been posting as often? Well, I didn’t want to officially “announce” it on the blog, but I’m experimenting a bit with some of the (self-created) stressors in my life. I actually thought about taking this month off from blogging, but I figured if I just scaled back some (3 days a week instead of 4-5), I could find a better balance between life and blogging…and maybe get rid of this damn writer’s block!

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9. Which I think may be already working! When I sat down to type up yesterday’s post, my fingers could barely keep up with my mind and I basically had the entire thing written in less than an hour…UNHEARD of for me! I’d like to think I was powered by chia! 😆

10. So I titled this post after I realized I was throwing around my signature sailor language quite a bit. Then I realized I couldn’t pass up an opportunity to share some music…’cause well, you guys know how I like to FUCKING sing!

Truth be told this video kinda makes me dizzy, but it’s really cute!

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Big thanks to Amanda for giving me an excuse to throw word vomit all over the blog on a weekly basis! Be sure to head on over to Spoons and check out all the other bits of randomness today!

What fails have you had recently?
Bonus points if you dish out some sailor language…or if that’s not your thing, just
talk to me in Pirate!

Hope ye have a plunderin’ gud weekend, mateys! 😉

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