We all need a little soul cleansing from time to time.
Even the Catholic Church encourages it on a fairly regular basis. While I may not be a passionate proponent of Catholicism, I do think some of their ideas have merit: forgiveness, do unto others, love thy neighbor…yeah, they’re some gems in there and confession might actually be one of them. It’s a great way to release your inner demons, let go of past sins and move forward with a stronger and surer foot.
Now instead of laying my soul bare to a responsible religious leader, I thought it would be more fun and fitting to post my errant ways on the internet for all to see and judge. Somewhere my poor parents are cringing right now. (Love you guys.)
I confess to enjoying day drinking a little too much.
I confess to being irrationally irritated when people refer to a frittata as a crust less quiche.
I confess to uttering a handful of ill phrases when Food Gawker rejected all three of my submissions this past weekend. Bastards. Aw crap, there I go again.
I confess to being late for work because of this face.
I confess one of my favorite bloggers isn’t in the food or fitness industry at all. Instead, she’s damn funny and she let me take over her blog for a day. Meet Abby, who despite her issues, is pretty awesome.
I confess to occasionally pulling a baking sheet out of the dishwasher and reusing it before it’s gone through the wash cycle.
I confess to being a total girl two weekends ago. I have no regrets.
I confess to having little to no interest in cooking during the work week.
I confess to being impatient more than I’m patient. I’m working on it.
I confess to taking pleasure in finding #public bananas in unusual places. Go Top Chef; get your banana on.
I confess to getting in a bar fight in college. With a dude. Because he ripped the Hubby’s shirt.
I confess to sneaking bites of the Hubby’s chocolate cake yesterday, purely for the frosting.
I confess to denying my illicit frosting stealing ways when he called me out on my behavior. (Hi Hubby. You were so right, despite my flat out refusal of the very notion.)
I confess to being mesmerized by the beauty of the snow last night and taking way too many pictures, none of which came out well, so yes I will spare you; for now, that is.
I confess to forcing the Hubby to go strawberry picking with me last summer simply so I could take pictures of his backside.
I confess to mentioning I would be posting a picture of him today and maybe leaving a few pertinent details out.
I confess to talking to myself and the cats out loud at home, which is fine, and now in public, which is significantly less fine.
I confess to love being back in the gym again. It’s my happy place.
I confess to skipping my beloved yoga this weekend so I could work on this blog post instead. You’ll have to let me know if it’s worth it.
Now for my last confession. It’s a doozy.
I confess to engaging in lascivious wassails with the Hubby for the sole purpose of sneaking cigarettes. This one needs a bit of an explanation. When a man releases the fruits of his labor, a chemical reaction happens, thereby making him sleepy. So, back in my smoking and hiding it from the Hubby days, I used this little nugget of information to my advantage. I would seduce him, sending him off to happy dreamland, at which point I would sneak a cigarette. This was so very wrong. I know this now, but damned if it wasn’t creative.
You’re turn. Tell me your confessions. I want to hear a doozy.
The post was worth it 🙂 Let’s see, a current confessions – I’m planning to make my husband some sort of birthday dessert for tomorrow that I’m hoping will also double as a blog recipe. I suppose I’d probably make him something anyway, but the ulterior motive is my confession. Bloggers gonna blog right?
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It’s a perk of being married to a food blogger. Taste testing.
Happy Birthday to the man.
Meghan recently posted…I Must Confess
I’m writing a pizza ebook.
(Whew, I’m so glad I got that off my chest)
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No way, that is awesome! I could totally see that, and I’d like to be the first to receive a signed copy. K, thanks.
Meghan recently posted…I Must Confess
Totally worth it! Oh from my catholic upbringing I’m well versed in the guilt/confession practise. Today father I’ll go with polishing off the cheap peanut butter my mum uses to lure mice into traps in the kitchen. I guess it’s a good thing for the mice…
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You are a humanitarian for this. Or a miceitarian. Either way, it’s a good deed.
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I confess that you know I adore you and loved having you class up my place a bit (and yes, my mom is now a huge fan. I’m sorry about that.)
I confess that I’m so over winter because we got another 10 inches last night and I’m not common law married to my shovel.
I confess that I woke up and found an almond in my bed and didn’t even wait .2 seconds to eat it. Breakfast appetizer.
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We got about 14 inches in the last day so my snow pile is bigger than yours. 😉
That almond was practically a breath mint. Totally worth it.
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Haha love the last one! 5 starts for creativity! I confess that I love smoking and if it wasn’t so so bad I’d still smoke like a chimney.
I confess that I see nothing wrong in day drinking as long as it evolves into evening drinking.
I confess to being impatient more than I’m patient. I’m claiming to work on it but I don’t.
And last but not least I confess that working from home today included a smashing 20 minutes of work, some time with my data and a lot of time shopping online.
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I dug smoking too, although the lines its left me with….yeah, not so much.
That’s how to work from home. I need to take a tip from you.
Meghan recently posted…I Must Confess
Public banana consumption!!! HA HA HA HA!!! That was my favourite bit. I’m going to have the giggles all day. I’d eat WAY more fruits and veggies if they were all shaped like penises.
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You dirty birdie…I like it!!
Meghan recently posted…I Must Confess
I flashed a priest once because he spanked my friend. we were in high school and this was the “punishment.”
Hell, I’m going there.
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This is my favorite confession.
I used to flirt with the priests too, although I never flashed them. I bow before you.
Meghan recently posted…I Must Confess
I confess to skipping yoga this weekend because I didn’t want to go clean the snow off my car… I soooo don’t belong in Chicago.
We had a puppy in our bed this weekend, while his face was not quite as cute as Oscar’s I can totally see how having a little snuggler would make me late for work.
That last confession was a doozy but you definitely win points for creativity.
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Creativity confession points, I like it!
A puppy! Someone else’s or has there been a new addition to the family?
Meghan recently posted…I Must Confess
He’s a loan, I’ve been calling him our “rental puppy” all weekend.
We did start a tentative search for a dog of our own though… and by tentative I mean I watched the Puppy Bowl and asked the BF “can I have him” after every puppy close up 😉
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Hey, if it works…
Meghan recently posted…I Must Confess
totally worth it, you can downward dog later 😀
that last one, wow. genius!!!! i don’t smoke anymore either but it’s okay, we do these things to our loved ones because we love them of course. it’s a win-win deal i think. i’m also good at denial and delusion so hmmmm, deep thoughts.
i confess to being secretly entertained when the hubby and i went zip lining and he was scared out of his mind. i confess i may have said some funny things in spanish to our chilean guides about him being a scared gringo, and this was a gift for me so he will just have to deal. i confess that i wasn’t worried about his life at all because i trusted the higher power, even though he was literally pissing himself with fear. he survived and i confess to feeling awesome about being right – yay, see you didn’t die sweetie! we were just playing monkies, it’s OK.
i’m not really good at comforting people sometimes… that is not really a confession, that’s just sayin. ya know. i’m working on it :/
love ya boo! work it!
No way, now that is too funny! Well maybe not for your man, but you get the idea.
I have always wanted to try Zip lining. It’s on the bucket list.
Meghan recently posted…I Must Confess
First of all, I just have to tell you that I ALWAYS look forward to your blog posts because they bring a huge smile to my face. And usually make me laugh hysterically out loud. So thank you for just brightening my days on that front!
Second of all, when you mentioned making your husband go strawberry picking with you just so you could take numerous pictures of his backside?…Totally sounds like something I would do to my fiance! And then share that tidbit of info. somewhere on social media or a blog post (about the fact that the strawberry picking with him had extra perks for me…)
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Thanks Kaylin. Your comment made me grin from ear to ear. I love the idea I’m brightening peoples days somewhere somehow. Thanks for letting me know.
We need to create new hashtags: #strawberrypickingperks #backsidebenefits
Meghan recently posted…I Must Confess
I just laughed my way through all of this. Because most of it I could have written. Even the cigarette parts. Oops. Cheers to day drinking. My coffee may or may not be spiked.
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I always knew we were sisters from different misters.
Meghan recently posted…I Must Confess
The best confession you have here is obviously stealing his chocolate frosting. I would have done the same thing. Confession: I once stole the dessert from the bride’s table at a wedding. Whatever, she was dancing and I am sure if she came back and wanted cake, someone would find her a piece.
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No way! I could see a groomsman perhaps, but the actual bride?!
Meghan recently posted…I Must Confess
Ooh I love day drinking too! I did boozy brunch with the boyfriend and friends on Sunday and it was a blast.
I must confess…
Usher lyrics immediately popped into my head upon reading the title of this post. “This is my confession, just when I thought I said all I could say, my chick on the side said she got one on the way…” I’ve never done something so scandalous.
My friend took me to a strip club for my 19th birthday. It was a blast. We chatted up all the dancers and made all of the guys in the place really uncomfortable.
When I was in sixth grade, I punched an 8th grader in the face for calling my brother a fag. He was too embarrassed to tell so I never got in trouble.
I’m having cheesy fries and a big ass salad for dinner. It’s only 4:19 but I’m super pumped for it.
It must have been a day drinking type weekend, and I’m thrilled my posts make you bust into song lyrics. I call that successful..
I adore these confessions, especially the bit about punching an 8th grader in the face. He had it coming.
Meghan recently posted…I Must Confess
😆 Omg brilliant — totally worth skipping yoga for. Even though now you’re making me think twice about sharing a room with you 😛 And why do I have a feeling that you were referring to me with the crustless quiche comment?
Confession: sometimes I talk with a European accent when I’m out and about among people I don’t know and will probably never see again. I definitely recumbent trying it as a social experience — the reaction you get is completely different.
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The crustless quiche is something which has irked me for years and since you appropriately named your little gems mini frittatas, we’re good.
You add an accent….I’m fascinated. This is kind of brilliant. I want to try it, except my accent goes from Aussie to British to Yiddish in a single sentence. I need to add ‘must practice accent’ to my daily To Do list.
Meghan recently posted…I Must Confess
Hahaha your posts are always worth it no matter what. Because they’re always so relatable! Damn those Foodgawker people. What do they know anyways?
I confess to faking an asthma attack in high school to get out of doing a presentation I wasn’t ready for. I got away with it because I was a total goody two shoes and my teacher never would have suspected I would do such a thing bahaha.
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Chelsea, Chelsea, Chelsea…I love knowing this little tidbit about you. Also, it shows you have a bit of a dark side and I like it.
Meghan recently posted…I Must Confess
Pssssh to yoga- this post was so worth missing it :)! You have a gift, my friend…to be able to make me smile over the internet despite the many miles between us! I confess that in the past, I have referred to a frittata as a ‘crustless quiche’…but it won’t happen again haha! I also confess to have finished season 1 of The Affair in less than 3 days…and I don’t even feel about it!
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I did preface that confession with saying my irritation for the crust less quiche might just be irrational. 😉
I’m happy to make you smile any day of the week.
Meghan recently posted…I Must Confess
I confess when you listed those commandments, I thought purely of the Simpsons lol.
I also confess that skipping yoga for this was so worth it, but coming from me, I’d skip yoga to eat fruit. I’m also crushing that you ate thin mints…. such a girl.
Wait, i do that too. Oops.
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You can eat thin mints with me and watch The Color Purple. It’ll be magical, although a fair warning, that movie makes me cry.
Meghan recently posted…I Must Confess
Brilliant post Meghan!
I confess that all I actually want to eat for breakfast lunch and dinner is eggs and kale. I confess that more often that not crossfit makes me want to cry. And finally I confess to pulling out all the big date chunks from the chopped date bag and giving David all the dry little ones! 🙂
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I won’t tell Dave. Your secret is safe with me.
Meghan recently posted…I Must Confess
The last confession…there is just no following that.
I confess that I hate swimming more than most things, even though I have done a couple triathlons. I confess that I eat most of my food standing over a sink than sitting down and enjoying it.
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You are not alone in your sink standing ways. Eating over them is the perfect clean up. 😉
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This post is great! I confess to sending all but one of the packages of heart shaped reese’s pb hearts to my husband for Valentine’s Day. I also confess to eating all six. 🙂
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Well if it’s the heart shaped Reese’ it’s totally understandable then. The holiday ones are so much better because they are chock full of peanut buttery goodness.
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Okay this was hilarious. Thank you for skipping yoga for the sole purpose of providing us with entertainment.
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Happy to be of service, although I’m pretty sure I lose a little sanity every time I skip yoga. ‘Eh, worth it.
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