10 Things That May Surprise You

1. It’s still winter.

I keep hoping on days like yesterday (when it was upper 50’s and I was trouncing around in short sleeves… okay, it was three-quarter sleeves, but still!) that we’ll just be done with cold weather, but the fact that it snowed not once, but twice last week is a harsh harsh reminder that it’s still very much winter.

2. It’s perfectly normal to have two laptops open and be working on them at the same time.

I kind of give up on thinking writing a post will be a simple process.  I keep jumping between computers, one that has Windows Live Writer on it and the other that moves about 100% faster and makes uploading pictures from my phone so easy.  And by easy, I mean they just wind up there without me lifting a finger.

3. I don’t actually like alcohol.

I just like things that taste like juice and make me feel like dancing.

Case in point, Riesling — and not just any Riesling, it has to be sweet Riesling — is my favorite wine.

4. When you’re having a bad day, a Chipotle lunch break will always make you feel better.

I could pretend writing a resume when you have little work experience and applying for dozens of jobs and barely hearing back isn’t discouraging, but I like to keep it real on the blog.  It’s pretty exhausting.  So I went to lunch, got what I was craving (a steak bowl!) and felt re-energized.  Or just full.  Same thing, right?

5. How many times in one week can someone eat fish?  At least 3!

I very rarely cook fish, but we made tilapia this week, I ate leftovers yesterday and we went out to Bonefish on Saturday.  Guys, how good is Bang Bang Shrimp?!

6. Saturday can sometimes feel like the longest.day.ever.

If you don’t have a job, spent all week “hanging out,” and can’t exactly afford to o spend money all day, Saturday can be pretty boring.  I won’t even tell you how much TV I watched.

7.  Roasting your own almonds is totally easy.

Why do almonds only come in roasted and salted or raw?  I don’t want to have to make a separate trip to Whole Foods just to get roasted and unsalted.  Solution: buy raw and roast them yourself! Ten minutes at 350*, cool for an hour and you’re good to go.

8. There are just some things you’ll never understand.

Things I’ll never understand: 

• Why Footloose is a classic.  I was so bored.  Is that bad?

• How I manage to let milk boil over every.single.time. I cook with it.

• How many groceries I can buy while staying within my budget.  I need to stop worrying already!

• What “bearded barley” is!  

9.  Arthur is, in fact, an aardvark.

Apparently this is common knowledge and I now know exactly how to spell aardvark, thanks to this lovely video.

10.  Sunday is the best.

If Saturday was a long, slow uneventful day, Sunday was the exact opposite.  Run with Joey, Starbucks, grocery, yoga, homemade dinner.  Oh, and did I mention our new Sunday morning pancake ritual?  It totally reminds me of when I was little and my mom would make pancakes that we  would use cookie cutters to shape into a bear and a pig, or used food coloring to make blue or green pancakes.

Aaaand, now I have a “Pancakes!” board on Pinterest for future “Pancake Sundays.”