excuse this brief interruption..

.....While I am busy folding 1,000 articles of clothing...

 

















x this by three. How does this happen?

Or while I am taking this pup on his last walk before he goes home to his momma.

Or I might just be in the middle of eating my tenth second minneola. Finally, some good produce at Trader Joe's! These were $2.99 for 8! Can't beat that. They are perfect- love me some citrus.

But honestly, what I am probably doing is reading this book.

"Comfort Me with Apples" is about a restaurant critic in pursuit of good food and good company. It is great! She travels the world, cheats on her husband, and drinks a lot of really special wine. It's good and keeps my (ADD) self interested.

Happy Hump Day!

R2D2 at Lowes

Good morning and Happy Tuesday!

This week is officially my last week of my old job. Monday starts my first week of my NEW job and I couldn't be more excited or happier.

We have had the honor of taking care of the most well behaved and adorable pup ever, Oliver. I love him. So much in fact that I let him use my favorite pillow and blanket to nap today.

Along with spoiling watching little Ollie all weekend, we threw around the idea of buying a vaccuum. We desperately need one. Dust bunnies are taking over our apartment. Yuck.

 This is not any vaccuum though. We were not ready to shell out hundreds of dollars on one or get a cheap one that didnt work, so one extremely brisk morning we headed out to Lowes and I was talked into bringing home this bad boy.

                          



I am sort of embarrassed to say we will be using a shop vac to clean our apartment but hear me out. This thing is legit. For starters, it has an uncanny resemblance to R2-D2. Secondly, it works like a charm. BEST OF ALL, it cost us only 35 dollars.

We have used it for cleaning our rugs, hardwood floors, and our cars and we are both very impressed by the great job it has done. If you are cheap and sick of living in filth, try a shop vac.

That's all I have for today. Have a great day one :)

the 30 Healthiest Ingredients

Did you read this article in Real Simple? If you havnt, you should. I know this chick-fil-a fanatic and this pug loving lady have.

I love how the last page of Real Simple has perforated index cards filled with a few recipes, exercises, and quotes all from that issue so you can keep them on your fridge or somewhere in sight rather than carry around a big ol' magazine all day.

I was really happy to see many of my favorite and every day foods made the list. How'd you do?

My all time nutrition and delicious foods:

• Black beans- Canned or dried. A bag of dried beans is dirt cheap.
• Blueberries- FROZEN. So much cheaper.
• Broccoli- FROZEN. I always add chopped brocolli to pasta or rice for nutrition.
• Edamame- FROZEN.
• Eggs- Love eggs. Glad they made the list.
• EVOO- use it on everything. Keeps my skin supple too ;)
• Mushrooms- mmm only fresh.
• Oatmeal- Love oatmeal with a bit of peanut butter mixed in.
• Oranges- Vitamin C.
• Nut Butters- SO happy they made the list!
• Skim Milk- Yep, check.
• Spinach- Spinach Smoothies! Frozen is cheap and you get way more in a bag!
• Sweet potatoes- mashed or fries.
• Whole-grain pasta- Sometimes..
• Yogurt- Often!

Andrew and I had a delicious lunch today that incorporated lots of these foods. We picked up some bread from the Portland Farmer's Market today.

Here you see: Sauteed spinach in EVOO with two over easy eggs, some sweet potato homefries, and anadama toast. So easy and delicious!

Here are some pictures of my new boyfriend Oliver. He's staying with me and Andrew this weekend so his girlfriend can have a few nights to herself-- isnt he the cutest?!

We are going out for Indian tonight! Hope you have a fabulous Saturday :)