Shopgirls
Best finds: My Costco card. After 20 minutes of digging in my purse. 10 pounds of organic carrots. Otherwise known as “self-tanner.” Brownie sample. Yum. Best finds: Under eye concealer. Now why would I need that? Emergen-C Kidz. Now why would they need that? Piece of popcorn in the seat of our cart. Trust me Lulu, you do not need that. Best finds: Gigi. Popcorn with nutritional yeast. Yum. A quiet 45-minute drive. Thank... Read More
Snow Place Like Home
Americans across the country are snowed in today. Not us. It snowed for about 45 seconds yesterday, tiny white pindots of indecision that evaporated in the air before they could even dream of making it to the ground. Of course, that didn’t stop Gigi and Lulu from asking if they could go out and play in it. What happened to your flesh-eating Ebola virus, Gigi? Your telethon donors are going to be angry if they see you dancing around outside... Read More
Celebrating the Harvest
Now that we are in kindergarten, we do things a little differently around here. We don’t celebrate Halloween. We celebrate “the harvest.” The great candy harvest. Don’t confuse this get-up with a Halloween costume. Trust me, we’ve got several of those too. This is obviously a storybook character. However, I’d appreciate if someone could please tell me what story “sexy candy corn witch” is in, because though Gigi’s... Read More
Thanks for Asking
If you’ve been reading for awhile, you may have noticed that I almost never post on Friday nights. “What ARE you doing?” you might ask. “Washing your hair?” Yes. “Visiting the elderly?” Yes. “Making your husband and children drive 35 miles to go to your favorite stores in the entire world to participate in one of your favorite activities in the entire world?” Yes and yes. “Is Pea Daddy still sporting that smokin’ stubble…... Read More
Date Night
If you have stumbled upon this post looking to lodge a complaint with, or in the alternative, propose marriage to the producer of the new Steve Carrell/Tina Fey movie, you are in exactly the right place. I haven’t seen it yet, so go ahead and tell me what you thought. You’d be doing me a favor since I am quite picky about spending $21.50 and two hours of my life with my butt crammed into a seat that hundreds of other strangers have... Read More
Irresistible
I couldn’t resist my craving for a green smoothie in a bowl this morning. 3 handfuls of spinach almond milk ice frozen strawberries frozen pineapple stevia 1/2 scoop protein powder cinnamon Trader Joe’s Pumpkin Spice Granola A little trick I’ve been using is to blend my spinach with the almond milk before adding anything else. That way, the spinach gets blended up really quickly and I don’t have to stand there with my... Read More
There’s No Place Like Whole Foods…
Like me preface this post with a disclaimer: I’m not allowed to drive right now. That doesn’t mean I shouldn’t be able to blog now, though! Am I right or am I drugged? Everything went just fine this morning and other than a Harley riding, overly-friendly male nurse who asked my sign and what I like to do for fun, the whole thing was relatively painless. I’m just a little sedated and on ice. My personal caretakers/babysitters... Read More
Warm and Fuzzy
I’m always reminded of my grandma when the holidays grow closer. She WAS the holidays to me. She would slave away in the kitchen making everyone’s favorite dishes, including creamy, fluffy mashed potatoes with nary a lump. I would make my plate and then get a huge soup bowl just to fill with mashed potatoes. We’d have dessert and instead of going back for a piece of pie, I’d go back for more mashed potatoes. I don’t... Read More
Heaven and Hell
Today was filled with things not of this Earth. First, I had breakfast with a witch. Yup, Day 3 with the costume, and she had it on at the crack of dawn. I took a second picture and she gave me a look that said, “Oh great, I see we are doing this ‘take pictures of me every five minutes thing’ again.” I had a Honeycrisp apple with cinnamon and pumpkin spice granola on top, and a small pour of Kashi Go Lean underneath. I... Read More
