Health

I am sleep deprived!

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It’s strange how your body gets into such a routine.

For instance, when we wake up the puppy to go potty in the middle of the night (because he can hold it just a max of five or five and a half hours), I end up waking up to pee too! That is, if Scott is the one letting him potty. It’s a regular occurrence in this household now that I automatically wake up, which is a little annoyance of mine. At least I’m a lucky one where as soon as my head hits the pillow I’m in a deep sleep 14 seconds later, where as the boyf takes a good half hour or more.

I can’t exactly see myself having kids at this rate, if I’m exhausted with the puppy taking up all of our time. I mean, when the puppy is getting a little out of control, at least you can ignore it right? Seriously though, he’s a good little guy. We’re taking him for his first obedience school class in February and I’m kind of wondering what I’m paying this lady for. Nothing I can’t learn on YouTube tutorials, that’s for sure. That’s how I taught him to lay down was manipulating the treat in such a way — bringing it towards his chest so he looks down, and lays down almost automatically. So, we’re ahead of the game in that sense. I just want to get him to stop being saucy whenever we discipline him. He hates being told NO. lol.

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Daily, Fashion, Photos, Reviews

Shabby Apple

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I e-mailed Shabby Apple back in December asking if I could do a review of one of their articles of clothing, on my website. They promptly wrote back mentioning that they have a company policy about shipping outside of the states and I would have to pay for shipping. That wasn’t a problem, because quite honestly how much would it really cost to have in my hands? I first picked out the half zip jacket from the athletic wear section of their website. Isn’t it super cute? Almost like a lululemon style zip up, perfect for a warm up piece for the gym. Unfortunately Shabby Apple couldn’t allow me to do a review on the new fitness line. As they don’t have the rights to, from the company who actually makes that line.

Bummer.

I guess I could purchase it without problems though, obviously. They did give me an option of two of their popular dresses, Anchors Away or the cute aqua colored 90wpm dress. I chose the 90wpm dress in an extra small.

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After I chose the dress, I wrote the company telling them which dress I’d like to review and I mentioned that I realized I would have to pay the shipping – not a problem! However, I should have asked how much the shipping would cost me initially, as I was surprised when they invoiced me for $29.95. I had the option to pay it, and I didn’t mind doing so as I mentioned before, it’s a review and paying for shipping was fine. Except … $29.95 for a light weight, cotton dress to ship to Canada?

The ladies I dealt with throughout the process were quite kind and prompt with their replies, and I would definitely deal with them again in the future since I’m definitely eying the half zip jacket. In fact, if you purchase from their Shabby Apple store by January 28, 2010 you can take an additional 20% off your purchase by using the coupon code: winter20off. Four days leftttttt!

Well, now that I’m done rambling about what had happened, I suppose I should talk about the dress a little bit!

When I opened the packaging  which was presented in bright colorful tissue paper. The fit of the dress mentioned on their website that if you’re a size small regularly, than to size down as it’s a big make. I did so, and it was a good fit! I loved the cinched sides of the dress and the length – it’s perfect to wear in the summer, or in the fall/winter with some leggings and a cute sweater. I can’t wait to wear this number to work! It’s cute, no? Go over and check out what other adorable things Shabby Apple has to offer!

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Health, In the Kitchen

A Late Menu

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Is there anything that you are afraid to cook? For instance, making homemade spaghetti sauce, or cooking a a roast chicken with stuffing, and all the fix’ins doesn’t bother me in the least. But trying to put together a pot of soup I am so lost. So lost in fact I don’t even know where to begin. What if I wanted noodles in my soup? How do I time it all? Does anyone have any soup recipes? I’m thinking of making my very own chicken noodle soup. Chicken, carrots, celery, noodles, maybe a bit of rice (does mushrooms go well with chicken noodle?).  I need soup help.

I’m working a bit backwards this week. I’m telling you my weekly menu plan that has already been eaten this week. As you may or may not have noticed, I also updated the recipe section of my website to flow with this post.

Enjoy! I certainly did ;)

Monday: Chicken Pad Thai — I’ve usually make enough for lunch the next day, but lately the left overs haven’t tasted amazing. In fact, they used to taste even better than the day before. I don’t know what I’m doing wrong. Nothing has changed with my servings or recipe!
Tuesday: Chicken Ceasar Salad Sandwich — this also changed a bit too. Am I getting to be a bad cook with age? What’s going on here! I forgive the fact that I haven’t made this in over a year, so maybe that’s why it tasted a bit different. Not a bad different, but just enough that I noticed it wasn’t the same. Maybe it was the dressing itself. It had pepper bits in it, I think. I was also thinking ahead on Tuesday, since I made cubed chicken breasts for the sandwiches, and knew I was having quiche the next day — I chopped up all veg for the next day, and even cooked an extra chicken breast. So when I got home from the gym on Wednesday everything was already prepped! I must remember to do this more often.
Wednesday: Quiche. It was my first time making quiche for the two of us. Pretty delicious I may add. I didn’t add a crust, or put onions in with it (because those are hurl-worthy). I’ll definitely be making this one again and adding it to the top of my favorites. I love that you can basically add whatever you like to a quiche. Wish I had a pinch of nutmeg to add though. Apparently that makes it taste better, as my Mom claims.
Thursday: PASTA… just with some cheese and sauce.
Friday: Mashed potatoes, carrots, asparagus and pork chops on the grill — easy but yummy supper.

This weekend we can finally take Alfie outside since his second set of shots have “kicked in”, and his little body is immune to some things. We can’t bring him around other dogs until his final and 3rd set, so we’re just going to walk him around the block and hopefully get him tired out, because boy that little guy has a ton of energy!

Bye!

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