Monthly Archives: August 2011

WIAW: Laundry Room Edition

I have some random food pictures from the last few days that haven’t made it to the blog yet, and some exciting news…

THE LAUNDRY ROOM WILL BE DONE

TODAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

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Seriously, can’t wait!!! I’m excited to get everything organized, put away and have the room be super functional and have some space for everything.

So, here is some random food pictures from the past few days, so I have a reason to join the WIAW link party Smile

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Michigan Salad from Leo’s Coney Island

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Vegetable soup that was so good!!!!

Don’t forget to check out all of the other wonderful blogs at Peas and Crayons for WIAW fun!!!

Mini Anniversary Dinner

Our anniversary was yesterday, but because of scheduling, babysitters and back to school issues, we won’t be going out for an official celebration dinner for a few weeks. I didn’t want last night to go un-celebrated, so I picked up take out from our favorite Thai restaurant, Siam Fusion. But, before we get to that dinner, I wanted to talk about my awesome lunch I had.

If you haven’t read the blog, Peanut Butter Runner, read it! She is amazing!!! Plus, her name is pretty awesome as well Winking smile She makes these open faced sandwiches and I knew I needed one in my life. As I was putzing around the kitchen yesterday trying to figure out what I wanted, I remembered the open faced sandwich, saw that I had everything, and set to work.

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This sandwich featured Asiago Peppercorn sourdough bread from Trader Joe’s, Spinach, Tomatoes and cheddar cheese.

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Put under the broiler for a few minutes. This was one of the most filling, delicious sandwiches I’ve ever had.

And then on the side, I had a peach. Nature’s dessert is always a winner.

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As I mentioned earlier, we had a mini anniversary celebration dinner with take out from Siam Fusion.

We started with the Mixed Vegetable Spring Rolls:

From the website:

Mixed Vegetable Spring Roll (3)…………………………………………………….…….………………….…….………

Vermicelli noodles, onions, and carrots served with plum sauce.

 

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This was our first time ordering these rolls, but they are a new favorite! I loved how they were bursting with vegetables and the noodles were delicious.

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So delicious. And they weren’t greasy or heavy like other egg rolls or even other spring rolls I have tried before.

For our entrée, we both had Pad Thai; Spence is more adventurous than I am, he had medium spice and I went for the mild. It was still plenty hot!!!!

From the website:

Pad Thai………………………………………………………………………………………………………

          Modern style stir-fried thin rice noodles with tofu, bean sprouts, ground peanuts, egg, and green onion.

I don’t know what they do to the tofu, but it is SO good!!!! Crispy on the outside and still firm on the inside…I hate mushy tofu!

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Here’s a close up of the deliciousness of Pad Thai.

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In other news, the spam catching company Akismet thinks I’m a spammer. Or at least they think my email address is a spammer email address. I have sent at least 5 emails and pleaded with them through Twitter, but still no response. I have switched my email for the time being, but it’s still a huge pain in my patootie. If I have commented on your blog in the last couple of days and I’m stuck in your spam box, PLEASE mark me as “Not Spam.” Thank you so much!!!!!

10 Years

That’s right, it’s been 10 years since the Mr. and I said “ I do.” Still seems like it hasn’t been that long!!! Spencer and I were married in 2001 which means all of our wedding day pictures were on film and we have negatives…and since our scanner is in the still unpacked office section of our house, I will post some of our engagement pictures.

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and one of my personal favorites

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I love ya Spence!!! Our fun plans for tonight include a new family orientation at the school and an ice cream social. Ah well, at least we get ice cream Smile

WIAW: Lunch Edition

I don’t think I’ve done a What I Ate Wednesday post since May!!!! It’s time to start again Smile

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Today’s lunch was something I just threw together because I was STARVING!!!!

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Rice and black beans

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Swimming in hot sauce and topped with a little cheese and a dollop of greek yogurt.

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And farm fresh blueberries. I bought these last weekend and forgot about them, I have a ton of them to eat, hopefully they last a few days, they are good enough to eat by the handful!!

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I forgot, there was also a clementine in there as well.

Good news, my Dr. appointment was postponed! I was not in the mood to drag 3 children to this appointment!!!

New Picture Spot

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I have been searching for the perfect photo location since we moved in, somewhere with lots of natural light; I finally found it. The ledge off the dining room. I couldn’t stop taking pictures of my lunch yesterday.

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I haven’t tried it with a plate yet, but for now, my bowl and fruit cup fits perfectly.

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And my new glass from our weekend trip last weekend.

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Have a great day! I’m off to a doctor’s appointment I’ve been dreading…

Making Progress

I’m getting more and more excited about this room, I’ve been spending entirely too much time on Pinterest lately dreaming over laundry room ideas. I’ll update some of the pictures with the progress that’s been made, but first, here is some food porn from yesterday.

 

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Can’t get enough peachy goodness this year!!! The peaches have been perfect!

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Lunch yesterday was a toss together of different foods, but it came together perfectly. I started with a base of a baked potato, after it was cooked I made little slits into the potato and added pepper and hot sauce.

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And then added 1 cup of broccoli and a little bit of cheese on top of that. Simple, but totally satisfying. I may have this again today!!!

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And now onto the laundry room. Yesterday they started adding the drywall, it’s so exciting to see this as a room now instead of just a concept in my head!!!

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Monday is going to be the big day, the taping and mudding of the drywall will be done and the start of the flooring will be started.

Laundry Room Expansion

When we first moved in, and moved the washing machine and dryer in, we decided that an upgrade to the laundry room would be needed right away. It’s too tight of a space to utilize. Directly behind the laundry room was a complete waste of space. It was a room that you could only get to from outside and they had the dryer vent going into that room, so the back door always had to be open if the dryer was running.

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The dryer will on the same wall as the washing machine and sink…the electrician is coming Thursday morning to move the plug.

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CAN’T WAIT  to say good riddance to those ugly lace curtains!!! This wall be closed off to the outside, so the door and window will be leaving.

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This will be moved into the laundry room on the opposite wall from the washing machine and dryer.

Demo began today and it’s so exciting! It’s going to be a much bigger room than I anticipated…can’t wait!!!

If all goes as planned, this should be all done in a week and a half.

Farmer’s Market

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I tried for 4 hours last night to get pictures to upload correctly and this to publish, at 1am, I gave up and went to bed…and of course the post didn’t save either!! UGH! It was a good one too!!!

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I can’t wait to try this…

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The farmer’s market we went to yesterday is my favorite place to visit up here!!! I wish we didn’t live so far away, the peaches this year are dang incredible!!!!

Welcome

I have been wanting to purchase my domain through wordpress and finally decided to take the plunge last night, only to discover that Jen’s Daily . com was already taken. After a lot of brainstorming last night and digging through Go Daddy .com as well as wordpress .com to find open domain names, I decided to combine things that I love…and Food, Family, Fitness was born.