pink nostalgia

snippets lately

More little bits of conversations.  Enjoy.  ; )

" I don't see a zombie boarding a plane...TSA would have a fit!!"

Directed towards me: "I don't shorten my stories to fit your height."

"I want a hundred years with you."

me [while walking in with a male coworker] : Good morning!
him: Did you just say I look pretty?
me: Um...no?

"I know how bad I look today!"

"What are those things called...reptiles?"

"Don't point your breadstick at me!"

me: Have you noticed how laid back I’ve become about our TV nights?!?!  It’s not without effort!  Look how strenuously laid back I am!! 
Jessie: I have noticed and I am proud of you! Haha. How is the log charting of all of your laid back moments coming? I bet if you color coded it, it would really help out a lot.

"Don’t look at my grammar or punctuation today. I don’t have time to mess with that." 

"I'm ready to move on with your life!"

"You would have a long list of everything you're NOT picky about."

"I'm 99% sure that he was kidding.  But it's that 1% that keeps me interested."

"I like to see how hillbilly they are...it makes me feel like I've got some class."

"My tongue loves me for that."

Charles: Do you smell that?
me: Burnt popcorn.
Charles: Is that what it is?  It smells like burnt cat food!

[when looking at a shirtless actor] "Yeah...that would work."

"You don't look like a meatball-hoagie-kinda-girl."

"We're a truck family!"

bacon pralines

06.12.13, 11:18 a.m.  Email from best friend Y.

I found something interesting that I am going to buy on my trip to New Orleans for us to try if I can find the store. No hints on what it is, and you have to try it because I am also trying it. 

06.12.13, 11:44 a.m.  Reply email from me.

What are you buying for us?  What is the store?  Why do you have to get it in New Orleans?  Give me a hint!

06.12.13, 1:06 a.m.  Reply email from Y.

I haven’t seen it in Waco before.  It’s food.  Lol...

06.21.13, 12:05 p.m.  Text conversation.

Y: Here is a sneak peek

me: I love the mystery!  Veronica Mars* in gear!!!! 

06.24.13, 12:28 p.m.  Email from me.

Greetings,

I hope this message finds you well.

Let me first address the most pressing issue and perhaps most telling clue. I'm somewhat concerned about the condition of the mystery food you're having us try. By the time I see you, it'll be a week old. Surely you do not intend for us to eat rotten food, and as you are highly intelligent, you would determine if the food was readily and safely transportable. Clearly, it doesn't need to be refrigerated since there isn't a fridge in the airport or on the plane that you can utilize. So, although the mystery comes from a butcher shop, it must be something packaged that has a semi-tolerant shelf life, like a shrink-wrapped item or similar packaging.

I was able to successfully trace the carrying bag to Cochon Butcher on Tchoupitoulas Street. I believe this is correct as the font of the bag matches the font on the website. Similarly, the flame on the bag matches that of the website. A perusal of their menu further confirmed that this must be the correct place. They have exotic items such as duck confit and pork rillon. It is surely the type of establishment that Kelly Purkey would frequent, especially since they have more formal dining available and since they seem to specialize in pork. That being said, my next step is to search KP's blog for recommendations.

I'm debating on doing so, however, because I feel I'm extremely close to solving the case and have mixed emotions of spoiling the surprise. On one hand, I love a good mystery and sooo crave to solve it. In addition, you have been baiting me in an effort to feed my curiosity, and you knew I wouldn't be able to stop. On the other hand, you might have attempted the surprise (and failed miserably!) to see my shocked face when you deliver the mystery food, and I don't want to rob you of that.

I'll continue to inform you of my progress,

Yours,

VM

06.24.13, 1:01 p.m.  Reply email from Y.

You are hilarious!!!  Feel free to solve the mystery if you can!  I am not surprised that your research skills have brought you this far, although I do have to say I would be impressed if you actually correctly guessed what item I chose for our taste test.  Although I am not sure I would be that surprised since you do know me rather well and know what food I definitely wouldn’t eat.

06.24.13, 1:09 p.m.  Reply email from me.

Bacon pralines!!!!

Survey says: The bacon was goood.  And the pralines were good.  But they weren't great together.  It was just kind of odd.  I mean, I still ate mine plus the half that Y didn't want, but that doesn't really count for much.  ; )

*Veronica Mars is a TV show about a high school girl who solves mysteries.  We love her for her sass and quick wit, and the show has some great one-liners ("Tonight we eat like the lower-middle class to which we aspire!"). 

RR5

My college roommates Beth and Cassandra were recently in town for our annual roommate reunion.

The staples: supreme pizza rolls, a batch of cookie dough (of which there were only two bites left by departure time on Sunday), scrapbooking, and ginormous life updates. 

The new regulars: pear & procuitto pizza, Double Dave's pizza (yes, we're now up to 3 kinds of pizza), chicken & artichokes, and book reviews.

 The freak-out moment:  While in HEB, Beth and Cassandra went nuts on the sale the store was having on these Plum Organics baby food pouches.  Naturally, I was perplexed by all of the squealing and asked for an explanation.  The short answer is their babies loooooove them and it's expensive.  The long answer is two full paragraphs.

The heart-warming moment: Beth and I in the bedroom, Cassandra in the living room.

Angela: "Goodnight, Beth.  Goodnight, Cassandra."

Beth: "Goodnight, Cassandra.  Goodnight, Angela."

Cassandra: "...Goodnight, Angela.  Goodnight, Beth."

A: "Awww.  What was the name of that show?"

B: "I don't know."

A: "Cassandra!  What was the name of that show?"

C: "The Waltons!"

Thanks for coming, girls!!

tropical paradise

Ha, remember last year when I went to the Dominican Republic?  Well, I finally finished my first scrap page of it.  : )

Better late than never, and life has been pretty hectic since my trip, so I'm not sweating it.  I've already put aside a pile of supplies for the mini album.  Look for those in 2015.  ; )

I lifted this page from the lovely Paige Evans.  Mine really didn't look good until I added the brads and buttons.  I think the pink heart brad is my favorite.  Oh, and also the "blue skies" brad.

Happy Saturday.

panda fried rice

This was one of those very fun what-do-I-have-in-my-fridge-that-I-need-to-get-rid-of dishes. 

Here's what I used:

Cooked rice, Panda Express Mandarin sauce, eggs, vegetable oil.  If I had some green onion, I would have loved to throw that in, too.

Editor's Note: This started because I had some leftover black rice from a sushi restaurant.  It's very sticky and moist, so it's really good left over.   Now when I make this, I pick up an order of black rice to go. 

Here's what I did:

Add about 2 tablespoons of vegetable oil to a skillet on medium heat.  Add the cooked rice and stir it a little bit.  Pour in about 1/2 c of Mandarin sauce.  Cook until it's heated through, about 5 minutes, stirring occasionally.

Once the rice is hot and would otherwise be done, crack an egg or two into a coffee mug and scramble them with a fork.  Pour them over the rice.  Let them sit on top for several seconds before you stir.  Once they start to firm up, stir them into the rice.  I like to gently fold them in so I have bigger egg bites.  Once the eggs are done, you're done!

Enjoy!