My post is only quasi-related to its moniker. I was inspired by some other blogs I'm reading to make a "things I love at the moment" list.
1. Wimbledon. I especially love getting up in the morning, having it on in the background, watching 1/16 of a match over breakfast with my husband. Mmmm, now it makes sense why I've eaten so many strawberries this week!
2. Polyvore. I could spend houuuursss on this site, yet haven't had those hours to waste yet! I look forward to it. I've created some interesting (mmm, bordering on the very bizarre) sets so far. Check 'em out.
3. NY Times Real Estate Slideshows. I've always been obsessed with houses, especially with really interesting floor plans. Used to draw up my own floor plans as a young one. Yeah, and another secret I'm about to reveal: I used to watch Real Estate Showcase in my spare time as a child. "Just ring a Bell, Ben and Beverly Bell, 779-4333!" Mmmk, if you a) didn't grow up in the desert and b) never watched Real Estate Showcase, you have NO idea what I'm talking about!
4. The Time Traveler's Wife. It came out a few years ago, but I didn't read it until last week. I want to read it again, actually. I was hoping it would eventually become a movie, and sure enough I looked it up on IMDB and there it was, due out at Christmastime starring Eric Bana and Rachel McAdams (perfect!). Maybe I like to read love stories even more now that I'm married. Wow, that was a velveeta cheese moment!
5. Discovering new foods through the weird diet Wes and I are on that we wouldn't have found otherwise (ie red quinoa and millet). Or having to concoct new variations of old favorites--I'm actually talking about one recipe in particular: Hot C(oat)coa.
At first we were strictly following a rotation, which means if we had cocoa one night, we couldn't have it again until night 5. Oy. So we've been indulging ourselves and having it every night to make up for the suffering we experience throughout the day (buckwheat, no tortillas). Since Wes can't have soy or honey (two key components in our old cocoa recipe), we've had to replace the soy with oat milk and the honey w/ evaporated cane juice.
Recipe: Heat 1 mug water at medium heat. Mix in two heaping teaspoons of dutch processed unsweetened cocoa powder and 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon. Stir in 1 mug oat milk and 4 teaspoons evaporated cane juice. Enyoy!
6. $1 sales. All sales at the gift shop at work go back to the hospital. They had an old inventory clearance sale today and I happened to arrive at the right time--when they announced the remaining items were ONE DOLLAR! I got Wes a pair of flip flops (retail: $30) and some other useless, fun crap!
7. My husband for surprising me with mountain bike shoes and pedals. I'm trying them out this weekend (practicing around our complex only...I know it's gonna be tough). Aren't they prreetty?? I don't want to get them dirty...
P.S. I'm tooootally overdue on posting about what we've been doing since we cleaned up our road (a lot, hence no posts. and it's been so long, our sign has been posted [recognizing Helen & Wes Wahlin as having adopted a slice of E. Lake Samm]). But some photos from our in-state travels might be kinda fun to check out. I'll try to post this weekend.
