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by | June 16, 2010 · 8:13 am

False Sundays

     Ahh, the lovely substitute-Sunday. This Tuesday has been a day of delight for me. I get back on the work wagon tomorrow, so today I lived it up!

      First, I’ll start you off with a picture of last night:

That is Mission St. Hefeweizen. It was very cheap at TJ’s, but the checkout lady said it was the best cheap beer around. She wasn’t lying!

     Woke up exceptionally early because the shades at the house where I’m staying do not keep the light out AT ALL! I was up at 6:30am, covered my face with pillows until I got a lovely text from my mum at 7am – Thanks mom :)!

     I ran downstairs and was all prepped to make myself a GM with the frozen berries I found in the freezer, but when I pulled them out, I saw a big “SUGAR ADDED” stamp on the bag! Who buys stuff with SUGAR ADDED??? Crazy stuff, I tell you. Luckily, they had also bought fresh blackberries, so I threw a handful of those into my GM.

I physically can’t measure out a single GM for myself. I had enough for two full glasses! At least it was nice and purple instead of a scary brown!
     My GMs haven’t been filling me up, so I toasted a slice of my new 9 Grain bread from Great Harvest, and smeared about a teaspoon of Nutella on top. The Nutella had less sugar than the JIF that was in the fridge, how ridiculous is that? Why add sugar to your peanut butter when it’s so wonderful by itself?
     After watching a Food Network show to wake me up (Chopped FTW!), I went to hang out with my mom on a trip to Michael’s. I bought two glass jars and some broken sea glass – can you guess what I’m gonna make? I also bought an ocean breeze and lilac scented candle for $.78. I love cheap stuffs!
     For lunch we stopped at Bristol Farms. I was drawn to the panini in the deli section, but they all had cheese -BOO! Next to those panini were a few different selections of flatbread. I saw a chicken pesto flatbread and asked if it was dairy-free, and they said YES! Hardly anyone makes pesto without adding parmesan cheese nowadays. I asked them to heat up half of the pita and box the rest.

     This was AMAZING! Inside of the wrap there was creamy pesto, moist chicken, and garlic-soaked cherry tomatoes that burst in my mouth. I was in heaven!

     We looked around Bristol Farms for a few minutes and found some amazing things – the cheese section, the bakery, and the beer section!

Cool, huh?
I need to try that top one :). Not ONLY because of the name, but because it’s from one of my favorite places in the world: Jackson Hole, Wyoming.

     I headed back to the dogwatching house for some studying. I’ve been working through my homebrewing book and taking notes – LOVE IT! So excited to get started :)! I’m going to check out the homebrewing supply stores in Woodland Hills and Culver City, and take a class or two before I splurge on all the equipment so I feel confident with the process and not completely overwhelmed. I’m positive I’m going to love it though – it’s in the family (my bro and sister-in-law are really talented brewers).

     Dinner was the rest of that flatbread. Sorry – very boring. Delicious, yes, but boring. I had some beer post-dinner. Franziskaner is my current favorite Hefewiezen. Very clove-y and smooth.

It’s from Munich, so it’s REALLY really good!
     Now I’m off to the house of LBM to have an ice cream sandwich (I didn’t have one last night! I pulled it out of the freezer, but put it right back. I must have cured my sugar cravings!) and go sleep before an early morning hike followed by a full shift at work. Back to the grind – sigh.
Happy almost Humpday 🙂

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by | June 14, 2010 · 7:58 am

Little Blurry Monster!

     I HATE standing still. I hate not being able to move or walk at an extremely fast pace to the beat of my iPod in my ears. I think this job I have is slowly killing me. My legs hurt from doing NOTHING all day! Quite ridiculous :-/.

     Woke up this morning and made a GM for myself and my roommate, and used some frozen blueberries that I found in the freezer. This was the outcome:

Kind of a funky brown color, but it sure tasted good!
     I headed off to the house where I’m staying while I dogsit this little monster.

     Yes, she’s THAT hyper. I can’t get her to sit still unless she’s asleep. It should be an interesting week.

     At work there wasn’t much to do, but many managers around, so I didn’t get to read my book until lunch :(. Sadness. For a snack I had a blurry apple…

     …and a kiwi. WITH the skin on! I’ve never tried it like this before and it wasn’t bad at all! I think my tongue is burned from the acidity and the rough outside, but it was quite edible!
     For the last hour before my lunch break, I made the perfect mental picture of the sub sandwich that I would order. It looked a little like this:

     This was a 6-inch on wheat with turkey, roast beef, LOTS of spinach (I had to ask them to add more), tomatoes, cucumbers, green peppers, avocado, mustard, and a tiny bit of lowfat mayo. I have no idea why the word “lowfat” came out of my mouth. I never order lowfat – ewww! I went outside and wound up tearing off a lot of the extra bread. There is no reason for the bread to be that thick – it’s just a filler in my opinion. More veggies! I ended up with mustard all over my hands and the table, and ran away before anyone could pin the mess on me!

     I walked by See’s Candies about four times and didn’t stop once! I realized I wasn’t hungry, just bored and in need of something to do. I snacked on a handful of raw almonds – picture omitted because it was just plain boring.

     The last hour crept by until I was bored to tears, and then I booked it to my car and picked up the little blur and went home for a quick dinner.

     I don’t know why every picture is blurry today! This salad had lettuce (duh), roasted zucchini, cucumbers, diced tomatoes, homemade egg white salad (my roommate’s a GENIUS!), and fresh tilapia that was marinated in mustard aioli. The tilapia warmed the salad and I inhaled the entire thing!

     For now I have to head back to the house with the little blurry monster to stay the night. Before I go, I must bid a sad farewell to some friends that have been near and dear to my heart for the past eight years.

 
     These shoes have been with me from my first job when I was 16, up until today. Looks like I have to go do one of the few things I absolutely HATE to do tomorrow – shoe shop. I HATE SHOPPING! AUGH!!! Not the way I want to spend my day off, but I think the shoe situation is officially dire.
    Now I’m REALLY off to the other house. I’ll have a coconut milk ice cream sandwich and cuddle with the Blurry Monster and fade off into the pages of The Death and Life of Charlie St. Cloud.
Hope you’re enjoying the end of your weekend! Happy eats 🙂

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