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Goooood evening!

Did you have a good Tuesday?  Considering that Tuesday is pretty much the new Monday in my life, I guess mine went okay.  My first two classes always go well, but by the last one (5:30-6:45), my students are usually pretty dead…and so am I!

I snacked on an almond coconut Kind bar around 4, which was just okay.  I think I was expecting it to be softer—I like my bars really chewy and soft!

It held me over pretty well, but by the time Ryan and I got home, we were both starving!

Luckily, dinner was a fast one—speedy taco salad with homemade chunky guacamole. 

Our taco salads included: blue corn chips (Garden of Eatin’), kidney beans, brown rice, spinach, tomatoes, salsa, and guac.

My homemade guac is pretty simple: avocado, red onion, cilantro, a dash of garlic salt, and lime juice.

Perfection:

And more perfection:

Followed up with…what else?  Balls!

And maybe a handful of vegan chocolate chips, just for good measure.

Okay…that’s gonna do it for tonight.  I’m ready to relax and head to bed early!

Hope you had a great day…see you tomorrow!

Hey guys! Typical speedy Tuesday post here!  Gotta get to class—I’m excited, because my students are watching music videos today (to analyze visual rhetoric), which is always a fun class activity.

This morning we woke up to SNOW, but it’s already gone! 

We headed to the gym around 10, where I had a great workout.  Seriously, Pandora, what was my life before I met you?

Came home, showered, dressed, and chowed down on this:

That would be a Nature’s Promise organic veggie burger, which was just “meh.”  After Sunshine Burgers, everything else pales in comparison! It had a really strong BBQ flavor, strangely enough.  It was very Boca-esque.

The apple was crunchy and delicious!

See you tonight…not quite sure what’s on the menu just quite yet!

Have a great day!

Evening, folks!

First of all, let me just thank all of you who left comments on the last post—you raised great, thought-provoking points and really got me thinking about the topic at hand.  I really enjoyed reading all your comments!  It seems like we’re all in agreement that people who come across as overly self-righteous and critical of those who can’t “go all the way” are doing more harm to the vegan movement than good.  In addition, as you all noted, even if you can only do a little, you’re still doing something.  All those “drops in the bucket” have to add up to a whole bucket of water eventually, right?

This afternoon, I got back to work on my balls recipe, and came up with one that, quite frankly, rocked my socks off.  Last night when I was making my first batch, one of the biggest problems I encountered was scraping the dough out of my Vitamix.  Because of this, today, I made the “flour” in the Vitamix, and then transferred it to my food processor for the rest of the steps.  If you only have one or the other, you could most likely use it for all the steps.  In addition, the recipe that I came up with is not overly sweet, but if you wanted to make it sweeter, you could add some stevia (I did last night) or some brown sugar or even more agave or maple syrup (which would make the dough a little stickier and wet).

Okay…here ya go!

Oatmeal Cookie Dough Balls

Ingredients

1 cup dry oats

1/2 cup raw cashews

5 dates, pitted

2 tbsp. agave nectar

1/2 tsp. vanilla

1/2 tsp. cinnamon (optional)

1 tbsp. water

Directions

In a blender, combine oats and cashews and blend until they have formed a powder.  This will serve as your “flour.”  Transfer to food processor:

Add remaining ingredients and pulse until a ball of dough forms:

Voila!  Oatmeal cookie dough!

At this point, I removed the dough and divided it up into two balls: one for oatmeal chocolate chip cookies, and one for oatmeal golden raisin cookies.

For the oatmeal chocolate chip cookies, I simply added a tablespoon of Sunspire Vegan chocolate chips.  Likewise, for the oatmeal raisin cookies, I added a tablespoon of golden raisins. 

To form the dough balls, simply remove about a teaspoon of the dough and roll between your hands to form balls.  The dough will be sticky, but should form balls quite easily.  If you notice that it is sticking to your hands, pop the dough into the freezer for 10-15 minutes and you should be able to roll the balls more easily.

This recipe made 16 balls, 10 of which I kept as “raw dough” balls.  The other six, I baked in the oven for 40 minutes at 200 degrees (this was recommended by Averie if a dehydrator was not available) for a more “baked cookie” taste.

According to the recipe calculator at sparkrecipes.com, the nutritional information of each ball (plain, with no chocolate chips or raisins) is as follows:

              Calories: 94

              Fat:  4.3 grams

              Sugar: 3.8 grams

              Carbs: 12.6 grams

              Fiber: 2.0 grams

              Protein: 3.7 grams

Obviously the chocolate chips and raisins would change this a little, but not much considering that you are only adding a tablespoon of each.

I tried both the raw and the baked (obviously), and I liked them both!  I’m a cookie dough freak, but the baked version was good too.  You really just can’t go wrong.

I’ve already started thinking about other ball variations to try in the near future…you haven’t seen the last of these balls (that’s what HE said!). 

Chocolate chip, raw:

Oatmeal raisin, raw:

The baked balls are in the middle (the difference is obviously negligible in pictures, but they taste different!):

Baked ball:

I would also like to say that Ryan has a package of regular chocolate chip cookies that he bought at the grocery store yesterday, and instead of having those cookies for dessert tonight, he opted for balls!  Success!!!

Tonight, for dinner, we kind of created our own green bowls.  Our bowls consisted of:  eggplant, frozen mixed Asian veggies, tofu, yellow bell peppers, bok choy, and these, which were a new addition to our grocery cart yesterday:

Plus buckwheat soba noodles, all tossed with some Bragg’s liquid aminos and stir fry sauce.  I also topped my bowl with a dollop of hoisin sauce—yum!

Yummmm…so delicious and easy!  We don’t need no stinkin’ Green Bowl!

Well, that does it for tonight, kiddos.  We are, as I bet you can guess, watching The Bachelor!!!

Is it just me, or is Ali starting to resemble Rachel McAdams from Mean Girls?  When did she become such a biatch?

I’m liking Gia right now…we’ll see how I feel by the end of the episode.

Have a great night!

…is this burger!!!

Rain, rain, go away…as Tina Fey would say, for realsies!!! 

Lunch also included some orange segments and a Mrs. May’s cashew crunch square—yum!  I’ll post some pics + a review of this product soon.

Hey guys! Despite the rain, we’ve had a productive morning over here.  I listened to a Vegan Freak podcast as I did some grading for my online classes. 

This podcast is put out by Bob and Jenna Torres, authors of Vegan Freak: Being Vegan in a Non-Vegan World.  They describe themselves as “two long-time vegans who like to use our skills and talents to provide vegans and aspiring vegans with support, community, and entertainment.”

I’ve listened to a few of their podcasts in the past, and have really gotten to love their sarcastic senses of humor and witty banter. 

But…today I felt a little conflicted as I listened to the podcast.  It was entitled “Veganism 101,” and started out with some good advice about doing your research, making sure you get the proper nutrition, etc. 

But then Bob moved into what I would describe a bit of a rant about vegetarians, saying:

“Here’s the issue…being a vegetarian doesn’t do a whole lot for animal rights.  It’s a notion…about animal production that’s based on a model of animal husbandry that has not been common since the early 1900’s, because up until that point, it was possible to have cows on a farm that were producing milk and not killed.  But now…it’s not.

The profitability of the dairy industry demands that as soon as an animal becomes less productive, as soon as they become to expensive to maintain, the animal is sent to slaughter.

On top of that, cows are kept pregnant to produce milk, and what do you think happens to half of the babies that are not female?  Do you see many bulls around?

So, this is what you’re looking at: drinking milk creates a cycle where animals are being killed prematurely…

So that’s why milk is a troubling product to consume if you’re concerned about animals rights—milk, cheese, all that crap…”

He went on to talk about the cruelty of the egg industry, and finally wrapped up the subject by saying,

“If you care about the rights of animals, you can’t possibly consume products that they’re producing…and claim to be an animal rights activist.  It’s absurdity. So if you’re a vegetarian…I’m sorry, I can’t give you a lot of credit for that.  It’s not even halfway.”

Wow.

This podcast was, as you can imagine, hard for me to listen to.  One of my favorite quotes is one I heard on a Colleen Patrick-Goudreau podcast: “Don’t do nothing because you cannot do everything.”  While I openly admit that being a vegetarian is by no means “doing everything,” is it really worth, as Torres seems to believe, almost nothing?

Because I occasionally eat cheese and eggs, does that really take away from the validity of my desire for animal rights and stopping animal cruelty?  I’ve always been a fan of shades of gray, but clearly Torres views this as a black and white issue.

What about you?

I’m still not sure where I stand on the whole vegan vs. vegetarian issue, and it’s something I’ll definitely ponder in my Vegan challenge wrap-up post, but for the time being, I’d love to hear your thoughts on this issue, whether you’re vegan, vegetarian, or a meat-eater!

Okay…I’m off to (hopefully) perfect those oatmeal balls!  Be back tonight with a recap and dinner! 

Hey guys!  Is your Sunday night wrapping up nicely?

It has been POURING all day here—hate that!  Luckily, we had a lot of indoor activities that we needed to take care of today, so the rain didn’t mess with our plans. 

First, we headed to the mall to return my birthday necklace and look for a new present for yours truly.  I found a pair of earrings that I really love, so it was a success!  I told Ryan, we need to always do my presents this way, rather than him stressing out about trying to find the right gift (he even had a bad dream about it this year!), and me always wanting to return it.

After we hit up the mall (where I also got some new jeans at Gap…their jeans fit me so much better than the $180 dollar jeans you see in high-end department stores!), we headed over to the grocery store. 

Some weeks, we plan all our meals in advance, and some weeks…not so much.  We kind of went in without a plan, and left with some pretty random stuff for the week.  So, in other words, our meals are either going to be really good or really bad this week!  We shall see.

We got home around 5:30, and I got to work on a fun Sunday dinner. 

First, I got to work on a dough that, when baked, was kind of a combination between a pizza crust and a flatbread.

Whole Wheat Rosemary Flatbread

Ingredients

3 tbsp. flax

1/4 cup warm water

1.5 cups whole wheat flour

1 tbsp. olive oil

1/2 cup soy milk (or other non-dairy milk)

3 tbsp. rosemary

1/2 tsp. salt

Directions

In a food processor, combine flax and water and pulse until frothy.  Add the other ingredients and pulse until a ball of dough forms.  The dough will be quite wet.

Remove dough from food processor and add in a little more flour.  Cover the top and bottom of the dough with whole wheat flour and place on a flat surface to roll out.  You should add enough flour to be able to roll the dough flat without sticking.

Roll dough flat (it will not rise, so roll it as thin as you want for your flatbread), to about a quarter of an inch thickness. Transfer to a baking sheet that has been sprayed with cooking spray. Poke all over with a fork to ensure that air bubbles do not form while baking.

Bake at 350 degrees for about 20 minutes if you want to add toppings (for a pizza, etc.), or 30 minutes for flatbread (for dipping, etc.). 

If using as a pizza, remove from oven at 20 minutes and add toppings, then bake for another 10-15, until toppings have cooked through.

Once the flatbread was in the oven, I got to work on our sauce:

Roasted Red Pepper Sauce

Ingredients

1-2 roasted red peppers (you can make your own or buy them jarred…we got ours at our grocery store’s deli)

1/4 cup raw walnuts

2 tbsp. nutritional yeast

Directions

Place all ingredients in food processor and pulse until desired consistency is reached.

For our “pizza,” we topped the flatbread with the red pepper sauce, very thinly sliced eggplant, and salt & pepper, and baked for another 10 minutes.

Delicious!

Flatbread, fresh out of the oven:

Red pepper sauce:

Put ‘em together:

And top with eggplant:

Fresh from the oven:

Another Sunday Supper:

My bird collection is growing! The middle candlestick holder was a Christmas gift from my mother-in-law.  Thanks, Patti!

My plate:

This was a really good meal!  The flatbread was dense and chewy, but really crispy on the edges, almost like a hard cracker.  The red pepper sauce was AWESOME, and could be used in so many different ways, from wraps to pasta to dips.

After dinner, inspired by Averie’s massive ball post, I got to work on some dessert balls of my own.

I started out with a plan, but things kind of went out the window, so I can’t really give a recipe for these balls.  BUT, I can tell you that they were DANG good! 

The ingredients were: uncooked oats, raw cashews, dates, water, and agave nectar.  I threw all of these ingredients into the Vitamix and started blending, adding a little more of this and a little more of that, until I finally got:

Mmmmm…oatmeal cookie dough!

But why make oatmeal cookie dough when you can have oatmeal chocolate chip cookie dough?!?

I added about a table spoon of Sunspire vegan organic semi-sweet chocolate chips to the dough, and formed what ended up as five balls:

As you can see, these were quite sticky…but SO GOOD!!! They tasted just like oatmeal chocolate chip cookie dough:

I’ll definitely work on another batch with more precise measurements so that I can offer up a recipe, because you DESERVE to eat these balls.

Well, I think we’re going to listen to a podcast and relax for a bit.  Tomorrow brings another busy week…and another episode of The Bachelor!  Woo hoo!

Goodnight, friends!

Hello, friends! Happy Sunday! It is a gray, rainy, nasty day here, so I’m glad we got outside yesterday while it was so nice.

This morning, I wrote in bed for about an hour…I’m pretty proud of myself!  I made it my goal to write more this week, and I actually did it! I’m working on a new writing project, so I feel like I have a newfound vigor in my willingness to work—that’s always exciting.

After writing (and blog-perusing), Ryan and I headed to the gym around 11, and I discovered the beauty of the Pandora app. on my i-phone.  Holy moly! How did I ever live without this thing?  I only wish I’d had it for my long runs when I was training for my half-mary back in the fall.  Oh well…hopefully there will be more long races in my future! My friend Mary Margaret is an UBER-runner…she’s run one full marathon and three (maybe four?) halves, so we’re talking about trying to run a half together at some point next summer or fall. 

In any case, I was having so much fun rocking out to my Glee/Beyonce/Miley Cyrus (yeah, I listen to Miley…what of it?)/Michael Jackson station, that before I knew it, an hour had passed!  It was a great workout, all around.

When we got home, I decided to make us some green juice as an extra energy boost.  Well…things started to get a little nasty.

In our juicer, I combined: two carrots, cucumber, 2 celery stalks, parsley, spinach, and ginger.

Doesn’t sound that bad, right? RIGHT?

Wrong.

Everything started out pleasantly enough (although if you look closely enough, you can see a hint of fear in my eyes):

Please excuse my “au naturel” state…we literally had JUST walked in the door from the gym.

Even Ryan was excited about it!  Well, maybe excited is too strong a word…but he was willing to try it:

(Notice how his glass is about HALF of the amount of mine…what a wimp!)

Devil, thy name is green juice:

Well…Ryan was able to chug his in a few gulps, which definitely worked to his advantage.  Best to just get it over and done with.  I, on the other hand, chugged about half of mine before setting the glass down on the counter and exclaiming, “Dear GOD, that’s foul!!!!”

It took me about five minutes to finally get it down.  At the halfway point, I was spewing expletives left and right, and making this pleasant face:

This picture does nothing to capture the disgust I was feeling.  All I can say is, that juice better be a freaking MIRACLE drink.  Ugh.

After finishing my juice from hell health tonic, I headed upstairs to cry in the shower freshen up. Once showered and clean, I put together a delicious lunch featuring one of my favorite easy dishes: curried chickpea mash (combine 2/3 cup chickpeas, 1 tbsp. Nasoya veganaise, 1 tbsp. yellow curry powder, and MASH!),  It was just as good as it was the first time I had it!

This time, instead of eating it in a wrap, I served it over spinach and brown rice.  Still topped it off with golden raisins and coconut though—the toppings are the best part!

And that, my friends, was lunch! This afternoon, I think we’re heading to the mall to return my present.  A trip to the grocery store is also in order.  Hope you’re having a great day!

OH!!! And, I know that many of you have asked me about whether or not cleaning up the juicer is a hassle.  I timed myself this time, and it took me 4 minutes to clean the entire thing by hand!  Not bad at all!

See you tonight!

Hey, hey kiddos!  How has your day been?

Mine has been a good one…I went on a major cleaning spree in our house, vacuuming and mopping until the floors were gleaming!  Ugh—it always grosses me out to see how much pet hair our vacuum cleaner picks up…pretty gross! 

After a couple of hours, the house was spic and span!

Around 6, we got started on dinner.  We were looking for something simple and comforting…and that’s exactly what we got!

Rosemary Roasted Vegetables

2 parsnips, chopped

2 carrots, chopped

1 white sweet potato, chopped

Toss with 1 tbsp. of olive oil and 1 tbsp. of fresh, minced rosemary.  Cook at 400 degrees for 30 minutes, flipping once.

Mmmmmm…is there anything that makes a house smell better than rosemary?  It’s just such a warm, comforting scent.  After about 25 minutes, our house smelled UH-mazing.

To go with our veggies, we cooked up a big pot of brown rice.  Much bread and Earth Balance was also consumed during the making of this meal. 

I decided to add some extra green to my meal and started my dinner bowl with a layer of baby spinach:

Then, I topped that with the rice and veggies.  And then, just so that the meal didn’t get too classy, I topped it all with a squiggle of ketchup (this one’s for you, Lindsay):

This meal was lacking in in protein, but one meal of just good, comfy carbs won’t kill you, right?

For dessert, I whipped up another single serving of vegan vanilla chia pudding.  It really could not be easier—here’s how I did it.

In a microwave-safe bowl, combine two tablespoons of vegan vanilla pudding mix:

with a half a cup of vanilla hemp milk (you could use any non-dairy milk here):

Microwave for thirty seconds, until mixture is bubbling.  Stir briskly for about twenty seconds…it should begin to thicken a bit.  Pop it back into the microwave, and heat for another 20 seconds.  Stir again, and then add a tsp. of chia seeds:

Stir to incorporate the chia seeds into the pudding.  Refrigerate for at least an hour, until pudding has completely chilled.

Final product:

Mmmm…chia goodness!

It’s looking like an early night for this household—Ella is currently SNORING like a bear on her dog bed.  Guess that hike wore her out!

Have a great night, y’all!

Any fans of U2? That song is one of my faves to run to!

We had a great morning!  A few of you asked me if my juice is enough to fill me up until lunch, and the answer is NO!!!  Haha, my stomach usually starts growing about an hour or two after drinking my juice…just in time for a mid-morning, pre-hike snack, today!

I dug into this 18 Rabbits bar right before we left for our hike.  It’s my last one that I brought back from Seattle   I really liked these, but I don’t think they carry them at any of our stores!  If anyone from the 18 Rabbits headquarters is reading this and wants to send some my way for *ahem* professional review, please feel free!

About 20 minutes from our house, there’s a nice state park called Canoe Creek State Park.  In the winter, people canoe (duh) and swim in the lake, and there are all sorts of trails that wind around the park.  We hadn’t been over there since October, so we decided to head over with the dogs and do a little hiking on this glorious winter day!

Just beautiful:

Ella is back to her old self!

I did a little climbing…

We eventually wound up back at the lake, which is frozen over right now:

Perfect for…

Ice fishing!

 We only ended up hiking about 3.5 miles, but it took forever! It was kind of slow-going with the snow and the ice.  By the time we got home, it was 12:45 and we were starving!

That juice is great, but let me tell you—it doesn’t offer much in terms of satiety!  I’m really glad I ate my 18 Rabbits bar before we hiked, or I would have been famished!

For lunch, I made a personal pan pizza of sorts:

Ezekial wrap, microwaved until crisp, and then topped with basil tofu ricotta, baby spinach, grape tomatoes, and avocado:

Plus apples and raw almond butter, and some Mary’s twigs and stems on the side.  After I finished, I was still feeling empty, so I had about 1/3 cup of granola.  Yum!

Our house is a mess, so I think I’m going to take the opportunity to do a little housework since we had such a great morning outside. 

Hope you’re having a great Saturday!

Good morning, good morning!

I made another foray into the world of juicing this morning, so I thought I’d share with you!

I thought about making a cocktail recipe from my new juicing book, The Complete Book of Juicing, by Michael T. Murray.  But…I guess I just didn’t feel like following a recipe!  I ended up with a creation all my own!

One thing I like about the juicing book that I bought yesterday is that it isn’t just recipes; it also gives you an alphabetized guide to how to prepare each fruit and vegetable for juicing, as well as the benefits and nutritional analysis.  My juice this morning contained:

Beets (high in calcium, iron, vitamin A and vitamin C)

Apple (high in ellagic, chlorogenic, and caffeic acids, anutrients with significant anticancer actions)

Pineapple (high in bromelain, an enzyme shown to be useful in a number of health conditions, including angina, arthritis, indigestion, upper respiratory tract infections, athletic injuries, and trauma; also high in vitamin C and potassium)

Lemon (high in vitamin C and potassium)

and Cucumber (a source of water and silica, which contributes to the strength of connective tissue; also known to improve the complexion and health of the skin)

Juice ‘er up, boys!

The final product was a lovely magenta color.  The taste was a mix of earthiness, from the beets, but also a crisp, pleasant tartness from the lemon, pineapple, and apple.  Delicious!

You can read an article about the benefits of juicing here.

Also, you might recall that over Christmas, I was reading The Kind Diet, by Alicia Silverstone.  I really, really enjoyed it, but have yet to sit down to write a review.  Luckily, another blogger has picked up where I slacked off—read Kim’s comprehensive review here. 

Well, the sun is shining and it looks like it’s going to be a beautiful January day here in central PA!  I think we’re going to take advantage of it and go for a long hike with the dogs.  Have a great Saturday!

Hello, hello! Hope your Friday night is going well!

This afternoon, I did about an hour of grading for my online classes, and then Ryan and I headed out to run a few errands.  We stopped by Pet Co. to get Baxter a fancy new collar…and had a little too much fun at the treats bar…whoops!  We also oohed and ahhed over some kittens that were up for adoption…I want one so badly!!!  Because that’s what we need around here—more animals.

After Pet Co., we headed to Barnes and Noble where I somehow found a new vegan cookbook: Quick and Easy Vegan Comfort Food, by Alicia Simpson…which begs the question: what’s wrong with me?!? I can’t stop buying cookbooks!  I also got a very comprehensive book about juicing!  I’m really excited to try some of the recipes in the book…and some of my own creation, of course!  We stopped by the grocery store on the way home so that I could pick up some juicing essentials for the weekend!

When we got home, it was 6:30 (where did the day go?!?), so we got started on dinner.

A SUPER fancy dinner, that is!

Tonight, we had nothing going on, so we decided to cook a nice meal and put all of our new wedding gifts to use! 

This meal was “fancy,” but it was actually super easy to put together…with the help of our Cuisinart, this meal came together in no time!

First, I made an Olive Tapenade:

1 cup of olives

3/4 cup of sundried tomatoes

1 cup of parsley

Combine in a food processor and pulse until smooth.

Then, I made a Basil Tofu Ricotta:

Ingredients

1/2 of a small onion, chopped

2-3 cloves of garlic, minced

1 tbsp. olive oil

1/2 package extra firm Nasoya tofu

1 cup loosely packed basil leaves (you can use more or less, depending on how strong of a basil flavor you want)

1/2 tsp. salt (again, use more or less according to personal taste)

2 tbsp. nutritional yeast

1/2 tsp. lemon zest

Directions

In a small sautee pan, warm the olive oil.  Cook the onions and garlic for 8-10 minutes, until they are translucent.

In a food processor, combine tofu, basil, salt, nutritional yeast, lemon zest, onions, and garlic. Pulse until smooth.  Taste, and add more salt if needed.

It turns such a pretty shade of green!

And that was that! We boiled some whole wheat Ezekial pasta, and dinner was served!

Our fancy table setting included our new crystal, china, and silver!

Our silver was a very generous wedding gift from my grandmother:

It’s the Marlborough pattern, by Reed and Barton.  It was first made in 1906!  My mom and my sister both have the same pattern, which makes it even more special.

Here’s our new china:

The gold-rimmed dinner plate is the china we registered for.  The yellow bread plate is from a half-completed set that my parents got when they were first married.  They never completed it into a full set, so when we were home for Christmas, my mom asked me if I wanted it.  It’s basically just been taking up cabinet space for the past thirty years, and look how pretty it is:

And it actually goes really well with the china we got from our own registry!

I love our china…it’s pretty simple: just a single gold band:

We enjoyed our monogrammed napkins again:

I know some people think that registering for things like crystal and fine china is outdated and a waste…but it’s only a waste if you never use it, right?  I say, register for what you want, whether it’s fine china, luggage, vacations, or charity donations!  We had two friends who asked only for donations to Heifer International for their wedding, and I thought that was such a unique, special idea.  To each his (and her!) own!

But enough about the wedding gifts…onto the important stuff: the food!

We tossed the fettuccini with the olive tapenade:

…and served the tofu ricotta on the side:

Wine was poured:

and pasta was enjoyed!

Truly delicious!

After dinner I made a delicious single-serving of vanilla chia pudding.  Sorry, no pictures—I had already put my camera away for the night! I promise, I’ll make it again and take pics!

Now we’re snuggled up on the couch watching Glee—we just got the first season on Netflix!  I’m so excited—I’ve been wanting to watch this show forever!  We’re already two episodes in, and I LOVE it! I can tell that this show is going to be one of my new obsessions.  It will give me something to do until Mad Men returns, because after all…at its core, my heart belongs to Don Draper.

Good night! Hope your weekend is off to a great start!