Wonderwall

I bailed on swim lessons...

Last week when I went to Hobby Lobby (Hob Lob) to get christmas decorations I saw a tiny sign that said a cake decorating class was going to happen soon but I forgot about it and instead signed up for swim lessons...BUT THEN I was on the hobby lobby website looking for coupons and I realized that the class starts tomorrow...so cake decorating won.  I think my sudden change of heart happened because im obsessed with the cooking channel and they had some cupcake thing on last night and I was all " I wanna do something other than what Im doing now!" then BAM

tuna (still on that) & then an olive tapenade on the cucumbers. After that Ill have like like four chocolate chip cookies and pass out.

did you eat a tuna sandwich in bed ?

The answer is NO why would I eat anything up there when there isnt even a a tv. But tyler asking me that really made me want a tuna sandwich and so when I went to the store and looked at the tuna in the deli I was grossed out. It looked more like mayo soup. Anyways when I was like ten I would make ketchup and tuna sandwiches on toasted bread ... i wonder why no one in my house ever asked me to make one for them?

 tuna, mayo, capers, spicy brown mustard and tomato. When I can I try to buy organics but its hard living in tiny town and its depressing thinking about driving an hour and a half one way just to be able to get some organic mayo up in here.

I imagine my sandwich talking and saying " im soooooo gooood dont you want to take a giant bite out of me ? I bet you could finish me in four bites...im soooooo much better looking than that stupid rice cooker behind me." and then i say SHUT UP SANDWICH and i start to eat my lunch.

monday.

People are seriously acting like its the end of days at work. I saw two grown men arguing over an apple pie which is ridiculous because sweet potato is so much better. I think holidays just put people in this weird shopping frenzy Im sure they are usually kindhearted humans but this week Im glad I wear glasses so the eye gauging will be a lil bit harder for them to do. Sunday I left work at 2 and basically bolted for the door Im not even sure if I clocked out now that I think about it. I came home and ate because 1.) I was hungry and 2.) because work had been stressful. 

We're HUGE fans of fried pickles (is that just a southern thing ?) and theres a few restaurants around that make them but mostly it seems like greasy bar food. Sonic actually does friend pickles but they taste...fake ? Anyways we bought a giant jar of dill pickles like gas station giant and I dipped them in an egg, milk, hot sauce bath and then coated them with flour, salt, and pepper fried them in peanut oil for litterally not even two minutes and they were sooooooooo good. It made me forget about ridiculous holoday shoppers until I had to go back to work this morning.

McSalad Shaker where did you go ?

In elementary school I would leave my house with an empty lunch box and my mom would go through a McDonalds drive thru and order me a McSalad Shaker. At lunch I would pull it out like " OH this ? Yea my mom doesnt need to worry herself with making me a lame sandwich when genius stuff like this exists." I remember this one day Carter (this boy who had some sort of problem with .... blood sugar ? I just remember he would have to take medicine alot and his mom came on every field trip to make sure he was ok. He was also a lunch boxer because he couldnt have school meals because of the special diet he was on.) Anyways one day Carter asked if he could shake my salad and Ive always remembered that as one of the best things anyone has ever asked me. I was really weird about how I made my salad though and would lay out a napkin on the table and pour half the salad out and then pour my dressing in and then add a little salad at a time while I shook it so that the dressing didnt just stick to the top.

I think I read somewhere that the McSalad Shaker is in the top ten of failed ideas tried by McDonalds which makes me really angry because that STUPID mc rib is back and looks disgusting and if I were starving on a an island and the only thing to eat was a mc rib I would only eat bbq bread. (im starving on an island ! im not going to waste the entire thing ! )

miss you McSalad Shaker we had some special times. Shout out to Garden...you were my favorite. R.I.P

Thought thanksgiving was was two weeks away...not good

tomato, olive, and mozzarella salad. I hate buying pre-made salads that I know are superstar easy to make on my own but the idea of buying a package of mozzarella and jar of olives and tomato just to make one small salad is daunting. This is my cooking dinner snack because all ive had today was cocoa beach granola and my tummy still feels empty. For dinner im having chinese leftovers that were soooo good but looked sooooo bad. Tyler is having pesto pasta with havarti and french bread....but I think I might have to put a lil pesto and havarti on a slice for me.

Thanksgiving is turning out to be a weird holiday I wish it was over.

I never jumped on the pirate bandwagon

Floridians really dont appreciate the cheesy sea food restaurants that are littered all around their penninsula. The decor must consist mostly of nets, sea shells and the mondatory ship wheel. Last night tyler and I tried out a new one we've never been to.

pickle chips !

crab cakes....it was so EH 1.) the crab cakes had this really crazy taragon flavor and basically pouring lemon juice all over them was the only way to taste something else. 2.)steamed veggies and brown rice are always nice but its nothing different

Tyler orderd aligator, mushrooms, and hush puppies. I guess thats pretty classic ? I tried a hush puppy and was like " wow this is sooooo good....wait....its freezing on the inside" uncool.

Lastly we orderd a pile of mush....or bread pudding. This was the best part and we agreed that we didnt hate the place but would probably not order what we did again.  What really got on my nerves is that all condiments are served in little plastic two ounce cups....why not just buy ceramic cups and not constantly spend money wasting plastic ?  come on

If you casserole it ill eat it.

Last night was Tylers first time home in over a week so I got him his favorite red velvet mega double extraordinaire cupcake which was destroyed while he taught me how to play spades. For the holidays coming up they started putting peppermint sprinkles on top and the flavor of red velvet/cream cheese icing and peppermint werent really working together but we wanted something sweet so we just ignored that and went with it. I also won at my first game of spades but then got mad the second round and threw my cards in the air and wanted to go to bed. Sore losing is kinda my thing.

 

This morning I tried to make a breakfast casserole and this was a great example of how we have to make things separate but simple. On one side there is chorizo for tyler and my side is meatless. This really does not look good at all ! I forgot to add milk so it wasnt fluffy and light just very dense and filling. When I used to live at home with my mom and sister they would joke that if they casseroled any food I would eat it.  Now thats basically true just minus the meat or leave me a few sqaures meatless. Thats right I said a FEW sqaures because leftovers are meant to be for everyone. This pan is looking a little(lot) haggard and its probably time I retire it. My christmas list is basically just kichen ware so after this im going to make a wish list on william sonoma. WISH

The croissants were probably the best part. I know the grocery store I always go to bakes them every morning but they arent from scratch the dough comes pre made and they just proof and bake. Itd be nice ... ok well it would be AWESOME is they were from scratch but no such luck here. Also I wish they sold two packs but they only come in four...I dont want to have left over croissants in the house because they will get eaten even if we arent hungry.

I was going to take a cooking class for one but the teacher killed himself.

My favorite fridges are always ones that have the door shelves stuffed to the gills. Probably because its the unofficial storage space of condiments. I can tell a person by their condiment selection...old jar of mayonnaise = a short visit. Giant jar of olives = glad I keep a sleeping bag in my car ... wanna braid my hair ?


I dont mean to but I dominate our kitchen hardcore. Like invading your country get out of my way sort of dominate. Poor Tyler only has half a bottle of mountain dew/ chicken/ half a bottle of alfredo sauce...I probably should have thrown that sauce away though. Ive never kept my vegetables in the bottom drawers...i actually keep them empty because Ill forget I have anything in there. I learned my lesson after Lemon Mold 09'.