- Rambling Round Up
- We had flurries today. FLURRIES. A few days ago it was 70° and today we have flurries.
- One good thing to the cold is that Dex has to wear his insanely cute sweater. He looks so preppy and cute and he LOVES his sweater.
- ABC Family is doing a countdown to their Christmas countdown. Who does that?
- Megan and I had a repeat dinner tonight - the kielbasa & sauerkraut, only this time we had mashed potatoes. I liked that combination a lot more, and I think she did as well.
- Our new immersion blender makes incredibly smooth and lump-less mashed taters. Yum.
- Good deals are to be had at Old Navy - Megan and I got a bunch of new clothes for our upcoming trip.
- When someone (not me) leaves a red pen in her pocket and then someone else (me) does laundry without checking pockets, the dryer is not your friend. In fact, it looks like your dryer tried to murder your clothes. Hot.
- Being able to wear kids size shoes is a good thing for the wallet.
- VEGAS on MONDAY!
- Nostalgia
An old friend from high school recently posted a bunch of throw back pictures on Facebook, which reminded me of memories stuffed in the recesses of my mind. In particular one night in Stone Harbor. While I won’t go into the specifics here, but it definitely had a huge buzzkill that could have been much worse for all parties involved. Anyway, a series of comments have been posted and the best one comes from Viv:
now see, that’s why i miss you guys so much. who else is going to make me feel mildly uncomfortable and somewhat slutty???
Love. It.
- Hoop Diaries
Somehow I got distracted from my homework & ended up browsing basketball news & blogs.
First up:
Kara, Nykesha, & Rebecca cheering the 1995 UConn Huskies Women’s Basketball win. I remember watching this game in my mom’s living room, immediately becoming a UConn fan for life. This weekend the team was inducted into UConn’s Hall of Fame as “Huskies of Honor”.I’ve been browsing Diana Taurasi’s blog, as well as her “Buddy Blog” with Sue Bird - they are two of my favorite players and the blogs are hilarious.
I also found the archives of Rebecca Lobo’s blog on WNBA.com. She’s my hands down favorite basketball player ever.
Go Huskies!!
- Two Recent Dinners
Two recent recipes to share:
- Loaded Baked Potato Soup: Tasted just like a baked potato. I was really excited to make this because I could use my new immersion blender that Megan’s mom got us. I used all sour cream since we didn’t have yogurt and I think it tasted fine. Something I would do is cook the bacon before and then use the bacon yumminess to cook the onions for that extra bacon-y goodness. It was seriously delicious and super easy. My immersion blender worked great & I can’t wait to find more recipes that will let me use it.
- Cider Kielbasa & Sauekraut: Megan’s a good German girl and she requested that we get some kielbasa and sauerkraut. I looked around for a recipe and most were pretty simple - basically brown the kielbasa, add the sauerkraut and cook. One recipe said to add some dark beer in and let it simmer all together and since I’d rather drink cider than a dark beer, Megan picked up a six pack and we made it for dinner last night. It turned out really well. The cider gave a little bit of sweetness and took away from the sourness of the ‘kraut, but it was still there. The kielbasa was nicely browned, but tender. It was a good meal to have on a cool evening. We had some roasted potatoes, but I think next time I’m going to advocate for mashed potatoes.
- Mystery Solved.
A couple of entries ago I wrote about my brother’s twin - and how I couldn’t get a picture of him as proof because my cell phone has no way to turn off the camera’s shutter sound…precisely for the stalker tendancies that I want to use my camera for. Anyway, in another form of stalking - Facebook stalking - I found my brother’s twin! Now, to protect the innocent I won’t post the pictures on here. The pictures don’t make it as clear as in person because of their similar mannerisms, but they are quite similar looking and could be brothers, if not twins. Anyway, I’m glad the mystery is solved and that I now know his name.
- UCONN
Basketball season is upon us and the UConn Women's Basketball team is back in a familiar position - on top. They were the unanimous preseason #1 in the ESPN poll and Maya Moore was selected as preseason player of the year. Pretty cool. This year two rounds of the NCAA tournament will be in the area - at the RAC on the campus of Rutgers and Sovereign Bank Arena in Trenton. Megan & I went to Sovereign Bank a few years ago to see Rutgers and Georgia, among other teams, play in the 2nd round I believe it was - it's a fun atmosphere and great because you can get close to the action.
I haven't followed the team closely the past few years, but they hold a very special place in my heart and I'll forever be a UConn fan!
