So What Wednesday

Dear Diary,
So what if:
-I had mac and cheese for dinner at 4:30
-I took a nap when I came home from work at 6, I just couldn't keep my eyes open
-I want a whole new wardrobe every morning
-I was too lazy tonight to shave, the bf has been gone for 10 days so know one is looking

Pinterest- Hit or Miss

Dear Diary,
One of my favorite things about Pinterest is finding new recipes. I love food and love to cook especailly comfort food, although i try to cook mostly low fat/ healthy.

HITS!


Cabbage Roll Casserole
My bf and i love cabbage rolls, but it can be time consuming. This one was quick and easy.

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 Artichoke Tomato Chicken

                                                                  Simple and easy

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Shrimp Butter Lemon

I served this over grits and it was a perfect dinner

Artichoke Bread

I made this for a Christmas party and it was a hit

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Toasted Ravioli

SOOO good! Perfect for a party

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Lemony Shredded Brussel Sprouts
I just started liking brussels a couple years ago, try these if you aren't sure you like them, they'll change your mind...maybe

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Misses


Pumpkin Smothie
I was hoping this would be good, but it wasn't. I had to add way to much sugar in order to drink it.


Sweet Potato Cream Pasta
You know something isn't too good when my bf won't finish something. It was just odd and a little too healthy tasting.


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Supper Simple Shrimp Tacos
These were ok. Not a lot of flavor.

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Amazing Homes

Dear Diary,
Working as a residential organizer 3+ years ago had its ups and downs. I didn't mind doing it, i actually liked helping other people get organized i just didn't like the working situation and who i was working for. I did how ever get to go in some AMAZING homes.
We worked with a very well known designer in the bay area who basically took over the clients homes, redesigned them completely; its every designers dream!
One day i was searching online design websites when i came across many homes i had been in.

This house had been in the SF Designers Showcase. It had been tweaked a bit once the family moved in but these rooms stayed the same.

This house wasn't huge but beautiful, one of my favorites. 

This house was off the hook! It had two address it was SO BIG. The family was SO nice too.

Current Obsessions

Dear Diary,
What i am loving right now...

I just finished this book: Saving Cece Honeycutt by Beth Hoffman. It was very good and an easy read. Set in the 60's in the south. I highly suggest this book to anyone, especially if you liked The Help.

The Ghost Whisperer has been my favorite tv show for 4+ years now, sadly there isn't a new season but that doesn't stop me from watching the DVD's. I think i have seen every episode 3+ times.

Alice at 97.3 is a local bay area radio station that i listen to, especially in the morning. They have the BEST morning show! and a secret show podcast that talks all about sex, bad advise and relationships. My friend got me started on them and now its the only thing i listen to in the morning and at work.

These next two things are from Ikea. This black and white striped throw is the perfect weight for summer nights and to add a bit of bold pattern to any living room. The pink and white striped tray currently is in my bedroom but i can't wait to bring it outside and serve cold drinks on it in front of my backyard fire pit. Girly?! yes please!

My breakfast every morning is Muscle Milk with low fat vanilla soy milk. It keeps me full for a long time, has a ton of protein and is supper easy to make. What's not to like about that?

Peonies are blooming right now, they are my fav flower. I love that they start out so small and bright and turn into this crazy light flower. They last at least a week if you buy them when they are supper closed and bring such life to your dining table or bedside.

My Story

Dear Diary,
I use to keep a diary as a kid.
It kept all my deepest secrets like who i had a crush on, what friends i was mad at, why i hated my parents you know typical kid secrets. I loved looking back years later at my diary, only to realize i didn't have it so bad. I grew up with a great life, typical family of four; father went to work, mother stayed home with my brother and i. Lived in a 4 bedroom, 2 bath house had a cat named max; it was just your typical life.


Life changed fast in 2004 when my mom was diagnosed with colon cancer. But life didn't stop, she endured radiation, chemo and surgery within that year. Looking back it was one big blur. She got through it and went into remission. We all thought it was over. It wasn't. 2008 it came back and this time it had spread to her lungs. It was slow growing and stuburn. She went though so much chemo, trial drugs but nothing worked. Late 2010 we knew there was little hope, it was going to win. February 19th 2011 she took her last breath and was finally free of pain. 


The next few days after she died i wasn't sure how i was going to make it. I was a mess, she was my best freind, my Frimmy.  But life went on. Fast forward a month and I met a boy. There was something about him that made my heart race, feel myself & let go of my past and be a open book.
It's now been almost 15 months and he is the one, well I just need the ring but that will follow.
Last but not least let's throw a kidney transplant in there. Oct. 2011 my brother gave my dad his kidney. My Dad's kidney had slowly been declining to the point where he needed a new kidney to live.
That in a nut shell has been my life for the last year and a half. It has been the worst and the best year/s of my life.