I’ve been known to talk a lot.
It’s true. On Friday, I did nothing but talk. It was actually my first completely photoless blog post. Guess I had a lot to say, which really isn’t all that surprising; hello, did you read my first sentence?
On Friday, I preached (Amen Sister! Give it to me!) about balance and today I want to do more than just talk. I want to put my money, also known as my lists, where my mouth is. Although not literally, because that would taste like cheap paper and blue dye, and I’ve got enough issues without having to worry about ink poisoning.
Instead of just talking about my lists, I’ve decided it’d be more fun to show you the real deal. Alright, you got me; I’m busted. I’m going to share my lists AND prattle on because um, hello, my first sentence pretty much says it all.
Behold, my weekend lists:
You will notice not everything got crossed off. When that happens, as if often the case, the unfinished items get moved to the next day. As much as I enjoy the thrill of the cross out and believe me there’s nothing quite like it, it’s rare all my things get done in a single day.
In clockwise order, starting from the top left because you know I need to have some type of order in my world. We wouldn’t want chaos in collage form, which is obviously a gateway drug to total anarchy and rabble rousing. Oh, that last one sounds fun though. How about structured and well planned rabble rousing? Yes, that’s much better.
- Breakfast Salad featuring cabbage, eggs, red-skinned potatoes and shallots. Curious? Yeah, you should be. I’ll never think of cabbage the same way again. Come back on Wednesday and all will be revealed….about the breakfast, you dirty birdie. I like to keep my clothes on; most of the time.
- Nature’s Bin: my lovely local mom and pop grocery store, where I purchased produce a plenty. I also got enough premade lunches to last me the week: Thai Peanut Noodles, Speltberry & Fennel Salad, Chickpea Salad, and Cheese Enchiladas.
- Breadsmith: my other favorite food joint, and the only place I will buy my bread. On Saturday, I nabbed a loaf of that’s day’s special: Mediterranean Herb, and yes, it tastes as good as it sounds. Let me put it another way: when the Hubby went back to school, I cut as many expenses as possible: our cable bill, the newspaper and the speed of our WiFi; not this bread though because it’s worth every single extra penny.
- Weights: I did an at home workout on Saturday. To be clear, the 25 pound weight was purely to hold my feet down for reverse sit ups. We could pretend I was curling 25 pounds, but despite my vanilla gorilla ways and my ultra large ego, it’s simply not true.
- A glass of wine fireside. This wasn’t actually on the list, but necessary nonetheless.
- An at home pedicure. Same end result, with more cash in my wallet for things like fresh, delicious and chemical free bread.
- Baked potatoes rubbed in olive oil because I like to grease up my spuds. My studs too. Or really singular stud since I am a taken woman.
Another day, another unfinished list, which is the norm around these here parts. What’s not the norm is using phrases like these here parts. I’ve no idea where that came from, which brings us back to the norm. Look, we’ve come full circle.
- I made a batch of Amanda’s Almond Butter and Pretzel Truffles, and Ms. Spoons I must confess to bastardizing your recipe. I used peanut butter and topped my truffles with coarse sea salt. Excuse me while I run and hide before she hurls something at me for making her truffles literally inedible (pesky peanut allergy). Then again, she’s all the way up in Canada so I’m guessing her throwing arm can’t be that good. My only disappointment with these lovely little gems is that I didn’t make a double batch right from the get go because they are finger licking good.
- Lots and lots of clothes folding. On the bright side, I’m back in underwear again.
- Leftovers become new again in the case of this Veggie Pizza. I took the remains of my vegetable stir fry from the night before: onions, bell peppers, broccoli, cauliflower, and garlic rosemary salt and put them on a pizza crust, topped it with cheese and called it a day. Or delicious because it was delicious.
- Blueberry Lemon Granola: I’m still trying to perfect this recipe and I’m hoping this is the batch which does it. Cross those fingers, now your toes, your eyes, and let’s just take it one step further and sit Indian style. Man, I bet you look pretty funny right now. I appreciate that though.
- Flash Cards: the Hubby needs to know 300 of the hottest legal drugs on the market for a quiz this week, so I helped him make flash cards…lots and lots of flash cards. Is it wrong that I giggled over Viagra?
- Meditate with Oscar. I understand this is supposed to be a solo experience, but try telling that to my frisky feline. Besides, who am I to deny him some Zen in his life. Normally he’s all cracked out on youth, so a little mindful mediation might be good for him.
Oh and for those of you were just dying to know, which I suspect is really none of you, my Valentine’s Day was perfect. The Hubby was home and mad monkey love and Chipotle ensued; just not at the same time…not that there’s anything wrong with that.
Enough about me. Let’s hear from you.
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Tell me one thing you did last week and one thing you ate last week? Do you have a Breadsmith in your area? Turns out they’re a chain, although mine is locally owned.
I love seeing the real deal, aka the Lists! You are my idol. I will get there one day. Sounds like a good week to me! Glad you got to spend Valentine’s day with your sweetie. Have a great day, Meghan!!
I think you’re doing just fine as is, Ms. Fran. I’m glad you like seeing the real deal. Awhile back, Kirsten told me to share more of these so I’m finally getting around to doing it. Guess I can cross that off the list now. 😉
What’d I do last week? Well, I did manage to get caught up in replies to comments on my blog, including your very witty ones. Cottage cheese as a diet food? HA! As if! Cottage cheese and ruffled potato chips go together like garlic scape pesto and pizza.
Next week I’ll link up all about what I’m about to embark on this week, so today I guess I’ll share Friday’s post, all about ways to show love to your loved ones, your planet, and yourself.
I need to try this Chip Dip. I’m pretty sure I’ve got a little garlic scape pesto somewhere in the freezer. Alright not ‘somewhere.’ If I had any, I’m certain it’d be in the kitchen freezer, top shelf because everything has a proper place in my house. No OCD here.
I like your link up, and I can’t wait to see/hear all about Disney. I hope you’re having a blast.
haha I love the real deal 🙂
I need to make photos of my lists, too!!!
Okay what did I do last week? I semi-sucessfully fought a meltdown 😛
A great thing I ate last week was a dürüm döner that was as big as my forearm 😀
Your Valentine’s Day sounds like fun 😉 Have a great week!
Oh yes, you should share the real deal lists. I can’t wait to see yours. That sounds naughty. Ha.
Avoiding the meltdown is always a good thing, well unless you need to melt down and let it all out. Good luck with that. I wish you well and now I’m off to google this dürüm döner. I’m intrigued.
It’s scary how much lists excite me.
I’m with you 100%.
I think I need to venture to this Nature’s Bin sometime in the future. How would you compare it to Whole Foods?
Ya, I definitely crossed my eyes for you granola. And then I rolled them. I bet it tastes fabulous. Still, when you finally perfect it, I will make it. 🙂
Honestly I’m not sure how The Bin (my short version) would compare since I’ve only been to Whole Foods like twice. We have one, but it’s way on the other side of town. I will say the one time I went, I had lunch at their pull up bar. The food was fabulous and so was the glass of wine that accompanied it. As far as pricing and prepared foods, I couldn’t really say. Maybe you’ll just have to come to Cleveland and I’ll take you to Nature’s Bin. It’s a small place, but I love it.
Thanks for all that crossing loving.
I absolutely love that card! It cracked my husband up too when he saw it on FB. That’s my kind of card. Us married folk get all romantic don’t we with our open “you want to?” groping. 🙂
I hope you have a great week friend! I need to read that post on balance…I need to find that in my life…
Hey it’s one of the perks of being married, right?!
No balance = no good. Let me know if I can help at all. Perhaps a mini vacation would do you some good. I know of a place. 😉
Oh how I love lists. And your writing. And sometimes clean clothes folding…but mainly the fact that they are clean. 🙂
Thanks for the lovely compliment. It is very much appreciated.
I’m the same way with cleaning. The actual act is just so-so, but damn does it feel good when it’s done, and everything is so fresh and so clean, clean.
That photo…that photo. The one of the happy couple. I die.
That was an actual card my Hubby gave me a few years ago. It’s still one of my favorites.
Breakfast salads already sound fabulous to me in theory, but my sweet tooth just won’t all them. Unless the lettuce=pancakes. 😉
I normally have a huge sweet tooth, in fact a mouth full of them, but when it comes to breakfast, I want savory. This salad definitely delivered.
That being said, I wouldn’t turn down pancakes either. 😉
So, I need that granola in my life when you perfect it.
Maybe I should send you a test batch. I need an impartial taste tester.
I love your candidness. I need to make Amanda’s almond butter and pretzel truffles too… with PB because that’s what I have in my pantry.
Thanks. I am kind of in your face, but candidness sounds much nicer. I’ll have to remember and use that going forward. 😉
PB is always in my pantry…AB not so much. The truffles are delicious! You won’t regret making them.
screw the lists….wine fireside sounds far more appealing! I’m horrible about list-making. I make them but then forget if I stored them on my phone, on a post-it, in my agenda etc…I’m the least organized person you’ve ever “met”. Please don’t hate me!
No list screwing. That would be wrong and inappropriate. I love my lists too much for that. I also love a fireside glass of wine. I just need to add that to the list more often.
I could never hate you, although if you ever invite me over, I might have to do some organizing. I’ll try to behave, but I can’t promise anything.
So it’s really hard to type with my eyes crossed, but it will be worth it if it means getting that granola recipe 😉
I’m all for making sure the budget has wiggle room for the essentials… BF doesn’t know it yet but in my mind cable isn’t a necessity at least not as necessary as the CSA I’m signing up for (boy’s in for a surprise this summer).
This sounds like a fantastic weekend, notecards and all, and I’m glad you and hubby got some quality time in together.
I cannot wait for you to join a CSA! I will share all my knowledge with you, even when you don’t want to hear it. We’ll be soul sisters commiserating over the 20 pounds of tomatoes on the counter and loving our fresh strawberries at the same time. Truly, my CSA makes me over the moon happy, and it’s made me really branch out with cooking. You don’t have a choice, well unless you want to throw away food, and that’s just not an option. I’m totally giddy for you!!
I forgive you for bastardizing my truffles, but only because it’s you. And I have to admit that I just spent a good 5 minutes checking and rechecking your lists for an entry like “register for Blend”… You ARE going, right? RIGHT?!?! 😯 😯
Yes, yes I am going. I couldn’t pass up the opportunity to meet you and see my girl Heather again. Especially because she asked so nicely. 🙂
We’ll have dance parties in our PJ’s and eat Chipotle (note: must go buy PJ’s).
I don’t even know where to start..I am dying at that last photo. You mad monkey loving kids!! Those truffles..I’m dying to make. I made her recent double chocolate muffins and they are DEFINITELY more like soft brownies. UNREAL. Your list…is..pure gorgeous.
Alright I need to make these muffins then. Consider me on it.
Thanks Brit. Glad you like my chicken scratch.
Dang woman! All that list crossing offing and somehow you still found the time to start up your own painting business?! Oh and I’m glad to know you’ve got your ‘drawers back on…it’s a bit cold out there to be bare-bunning it! 😉
You would die in the bakery section at the Dekalb Farmers Market! They were sampling some kind of tomato, onion, and olive foccacia on Saturday that was amazing (along with the 4-5 other samples that I kept going back and stealing bites of). It was so hard to narrow down my decision on which loaves to come home with! #foodieproblems
Painting business? I don’t get it. I’m sure there’s a great joke in there somewhere, but it just flew over my head. My bad.
Sometimes you gotta go all wild and free down there, or sometimes you just need to do laundry.
I want to go to this market and eat the bread you speak of. Tell me you bought more than one loaf. Which ones?
i’m glad I’m not alone in my need for list making!
Nope not even a little bit. I’m a list loving addict.
Okay.
I got all the way through the post until I saw your wall mural and then I stopped and had to comment on your wall mural.
I love your wall mural.
Are you kidding me with that?!? Tell me that is in your bedroom and not tucked away out of site in some poor “guest” room!!
Lists or no lists, that wall mural says “badass” to me.
I was wondering who would notice the wall mural. I should have known you would come out of the dark and ninja on that shit. It is in the guest room, but it was already done when we bought the house. The funny part is we’ve left it alone (the Hubby loves it), and we’ve been here for five years now. I’m pretty sure we’re going to keep it like that forever. Maybe one day I’ll show the entire thing. It’s pretty sweet.
So I’m breaking tradition and commenting outside you’re designated time, but that’s because my blog is down … 😉
Why do you keep mentioning the breadsmith? That’s okay- I can live bread-cariously through you! Mediterranean bread sounds so good- I’ve sampled a sourdough here with sea salt, olives, roughly chopped sun dried tomatoes, herbs and olive oil. So good!
I think I need to bastardise some truffles too, STAT! After her post I went and bought pretzels.
I like unexpected Arman sightings.
I can’t stop mentioning the Breadsmith. I love them so, and since I eat their bread all the time, it just seems right. By the way, I am in no way sponsored by or affiliated with them, so this all for the love of the bread, baby. Although they did give me free monkey bread one time because I gave them some pictures of their bread in action.
That sourdough sounds right up my alley.
Yes bastardize the truffles with me. Totally worth it.