midweek randoms

1.) note. my dearest mother is going through ALL of my sister and I's school papers, sports stuff, report cards, birthday cards, baby books etc. and trying to get them organized.

I saw this note from my dad to my mom in my "baby book" aka a Manila envelope and thought it was SO precious I just want to save it forever. the moment was kinda ruined when I showed my dad, and he looked at it and then said, "i mean. i guess it's cute. the back does say I wrote in in 2009." hahahaha. my daddy does not like sentiment :)

2.) bolognese sauce. i came across a recipe on skinnytaste.com that looked delish so I decided I would cook it tonight for Drew. I went to the grocery store to get the ingredients. I needed pancetta or center cut bacon. So I found the PRICEY center cut bacon and threw it into the cart in case I couldn't find pancetta. Well I found it, 10 dollars LATER. but forgot to take out the bacon. :( andd then the recipe called for 97% fat free ground beef. so 9 dollars later... i had spent $30 on MEAT for this silly pasta dish.

THEN. i came home for lunch and decided to start preparing and chopping some of the ingredients. 1/2 cup of minced carrots.
pssh. piece of cake. all I had was baby carrots.
WHAT IN THE HECK IS MINCING? apparently, it's chopping up into small pieces. Do you have ANY idea how hard it is to MINCE baby carrots????????

THEN. I read farther down on the recipe and see that it has to SIMMER for 2 hours. Ummm... well... that won't really work now will it. I come home from work at like 5:30 and there is NO way I am going to wait until 8 to eat.

It all worked out, and the dinner was DELICIOUS :) but i did learn to avoid these words in recipes:

mince
simmer
pancetta (or any word I can't pronounce. it will probably be expensive :)




3.) 22nd birthday. i heard the CUTEST idea today. a girl was telling me about how she was celebrating her 22nd birthday this weekend with a..... TU-TU party! Get it? Tu-tu? 2-2?????? ahhh. I am obsessed. My sister's 22nd birthday is in June. get your tu-tu's ready ladies... ;)


4.) baby Ford had his first shopping trip to downtown Seattle. :) he was such a good baby, but he definitely said, "i am going to throw a fit if you take my picture one more time..."

5.) "the only thing you have to offer to other people is your energy" so take care of yourself. it's okay to say "no" sometimes when things are starting to get a little crazzzzyyyy. why? because you aren't just hurting yourself. you don't have ANYTHING to offer anyone else when you aren't sleeping enough, eating healthy and taking time for yourself. sooo true but something we struggle with. which is WHY i am off to go to sleep. I think 10 hours of sleep is just what the doctor ordered. and I'm not going to feel guily one bit... ;)

cuz just you wait. watch out world, tomorrow I am going to have a LOT of energy to offer :)