my second boyfriend....

apparently, it's video sharing week. my second boyfriend. jgl. and maybe i like it so much, because there may or may not be a video of my husband jamming to the same song that he does at the end. ;)

ten on tuesday 10.1.13

- whenever my mom cooked chili, when i was younger, i made her pick all of the beans out of mine before i would eat it. now, i'll eat beans. not sure what my deal was back then... now, when i make chili, ben won't eat it because, 'i don't like beans.' i think i'm experiencing bean karma. ;)

- why must britney insist on putting b!tch in all of her songs? seriously. so annoying. you would think a mom of two young boys would think twice about it... says the girl who cusses like a trucker.

- totally digging the tune in app. we used to be able to stream music at work through our computers. since we went to electronic records we can't. have gone through so many music apps. loving this one. maybe it's just because i can listen to wxrt all day now!

- my cat keeps attacking ben's window clings. poor beaners. gets so frustrated when kitty keeps pulling em down!

- had to update to a hella password at work. so hard to concentrate now when i log in! used to be second nature... not anymore!

- can't wait to see don jon with the girls! hoping the schedule allows for it next week.

- miss melie is so darn cute. loving the baby smiles. and she's sleeping for 8-9 hour stretches! working on that stretch being from about 8-5ish!

- last weekend for the drive in. trying to decide if we should go one last time.

- lost in fantasty football this week. wah! and it was to nick! double wah!

- 10,000+ steps on my fitbit today. boom! now only if i can get exercising back in my crazy schedule. last week was bad, hoping now that i've been back at work for almost a month, it'll be easier to get up earlier to squeeze in some time before i start the day. we shall see.

#boyfriend. :)

so i'm not a big hashtag user. have to say that i have relented and will use them on occasion. instagram only. don't understand facebook posts with them in there. and oh-em-gee. i hate when people have 329 hashtags per photo. if you have to post three times on your own picture to get all the hashtags on there, stop it! could not stop laughing when i saw this!

wordless wednesday. yesterday kicked my ass!

yes, that's my fit bit.:)
work was insane. love that i now have proof than i run my ass off most days. couldn't believe it when i looked down at 4 and saw that i had 8000+ on the day. unreal!

ten on tuesday 9.24.13

- i hate admitting this. i did it. i caved. i downloaded candy crush!

- i think miss melie has inherited her dad's 'donkey face.' aka stank eye. she has a pretty mean look! watch out world.

- ben asked me to read him a story during bedtime one night. so i started a 'once upon a time story' and made up a good 5 minute story. at the end he said, 'no mom. i wanted a story. not a fairy tale.' smarty pants.

-  3-0 in fantasy football. yay me! i play nick this week. here come bragging rights.

- i had just vacuumed the living room and came back in like 5 minutes later and there were goldfish crumbs every where! asked ben what happened and he said, 'the goldfish were jousting. sorry mom.'

- did our second pint ride last night. went well. loving my new bike. however, bike shorts {with that fancy crotch padding} take a lot of getting used to!

- hear that you could add pumpkin spice to your coffee and make your own flavored coffee. nick tried it this morning... but he added it to cold coffee. that didn't work so well. gonna have to try again with hot next time!

- miss melie has worn out the batteries in her swing. quite impressive. ben hated that thing. she loves it!

- so tired today i put my wallet in my lunch bag. oy. took me like 5 minutes to figure it out too.

- cleaned our dishwasher. ah-mazing. totally do it. will be doing this regularly! 

county fair. 2013 edition.

it's a tradition. but we missed last year...
does that mean we have to start over?

ah well.

nick wanted to win a prize. i remember back in high school, when we went to great america, he loved playing games and was pretty good at winning too!

his luck wasn't so good today. maybe it was the baby strapped to his chest?

beans on the other hand, did great. he was a winning machine. must get that from his dad. :)

and he wanted to ride every ride. seriously. the kid has no fear. i really wish i hadn't been on restrictions and could have done some with him. next year!

met jerbear, bri, and grandma bear.

no words. but this did start a giant texting marathon with a few girlfriends. then it continued when they went to the fair and would take pictures and send some hair scratching moments they saw too!

ben wanted to go up there. auntie bri took him. yay!

another head scratcher that i texted...

mister cutie pants.

pretties. didn't realize i got nick, melie, and his dad in the picture when i took it!

waiting for the bumper cars.

he loved this roller coaster. rode it like 5 times. at least.

then we took a bunch of family photos. love that jer bear is holding the giant root beer bottle!

family photo!

nick told me to take this one and send to the girlfriends. ;)

ben wanted to do this one... he was too short. and momma isn't that brave!

potato tornado. was yummy with the fresh parm. and easier to eat that some fair food!

patiently waiting to drive again!

more games. crazy how easy they can make it look!

she loved the carrier. hardly a peep out of her. love that she held onto nick's shirt for most of the night.

one last game...

winner winner!

i think ben came home with at least 5 stuffed animals. he has an obsession with them. they all sleep with him in his tent. i should count how many he has... maybe it should be it's own post! 

really glad we were able to make it out to the fair. glad we went despite the dreary weather forecast. turned out to be a perfect evening.

recipes. version 5.0

it's been a while. i just didn't have the motivation in the beginning of my pregnancy. hard to cook when you're nauseated all the time. happy to say i'm back on track! so some of these were made ages ago, like july. and some more recently. 

tropical cucumber salad: pretty tasty. bummer that you can't prep too far in advance. and mangos are a bitch to cut.

grilled lime coconut chicken and coconut rice: total success. nick grilled the chicken to perfection and the rice was yummy too. ben was a fan and so was nick's dad {who has a tendency to be a bit picky... and i mean that in the nicest way possible!}

butterfinger cake: i used two less butterfinger bars. still tasty as heck.

rice krispie roll ups: didn't roll them up. was in a hurry. just poured the chocolate on top and threw it in the freezer for it to set. totally delicious.

patriotic puppy chow: got rave reviews from everyone at the party we went to. i kinda missed the peanut butter. but it was something different! and it looked cool! 

breakfast quesadillas: put my own twist on this. used it as inspiration. nick said it was really good. i did eggs, pickled peppers from my dad, sausage, and cheese.

over night oats: made a few variations. nick took a nutella one and a peanut butter when he was working but i was still on maternity leave. going to make them for me sometime soon and hopefully, i will like them. i have tried an apple version and i really liked it. and it kept me full!

chicken and avocado soup: super tasty and easy. used rotisserie chicken. and served it with bean tostadas. ;)

mediterranean quinoa salad: yum. and filling. two thumbs up!

crock pot salsa verde chicken:  meh. i didn't eat it. nick said it tasted like pot roast on first taste. then he added it to his bean tostada and said it was much better. i did not add the oregano.

parmesan roasted tomatoes:  way good. didn't follow their measurements. would be good on some garlic bread!