Dare I....

.....call myself a chef??!

Last night I did! Check out this omlette I made.... all with a fry pan, a flipper and a little bit of love.

For my entire life, I have never been able to create a Webster-dictionary-defined omelette. In the past, my omlettes have quickly turned into scrambled eggs or have been created in a GT Express. So I was more than excited when my skillful fry pan manuvering and "eggcellant" flipper flipping produced an almost pefect ham and cheese omlette.

Do I have a future as a professional chef? eh, probably not.

Will I gloat about my culinary masterpiece for awhile? most likely.

Be safe in the kitchen,

Chocolate Makes Everything Better

Everyone knows Mondays are not fun, so I will spare you from my rant on how awful my Monday has been thus far, and provide you with some delicious pictures of chocolate chocolate and peanut butter. Sadly, these pictures were not taken this morning - they were taken last Sunday, and the chocolate was eaten promptly upon my return from my Short North adventure with my momma mia.

This chocolate was from Chocoholique on High Street in the Short North. I highly suggest indulging in one yourself. In fact, I think I might have to stop today... my chocolate freezer stash is wiped out..... and my Monday needs some chocolate.

Not Entirely True.

I was a dedicated blogger yesterday.


Well.


That isn't entirely true. 


I was a dedicated blogger until my activities took me outside of my cute little apartment. 


Allow me to elaborate...


I woke up Saturday morning and decided to go for a fairly long run around my neighborhood...which, now that I think about it, isn't entirely true either - there was no decision about running - Saturday morning runs are a given for me. The real decision was where I was going to run: up in Westerville with my running group or around downtown with my ipod... so if you haven't already figured it out, I chose the latter of the two, which brings me to good blogger action numero uno:

I had a great run and as always, an awesome time, but once I got back, something was definitely off. I'm as type A as they come, so when I have a full day ahead of me with no plans, no obligations and no urgent errands to run, I feel lost. So, I did as any type A, anal, control-freak would do and made a to-do list. Sure, the only things on the list were to paint my nails and pluck my eyebrows, but for some reason I felt better that I had things to do, even if they were as superficial as personal grooming... but hey, I don't get these good looks sitting on my ass!


But that isn't entirely true as well.... I sat on my ass for a GOOD portion of my day watching the Lifetime Movie Network, but don't worry - I did get that list accomplished, as well as a few other things...

Old Navy clearance items... all for $13.74...woot woot

Kardashian wanna be

please excuse my gross running feet and focus on my pretty pink nails!

Which now brings me to my last part of my day that went documented:

My outfit. Yes, this was taken in my roommate's room. She left me all weekend so I
figured it would only be appropriate to use her skinny mirror. 

My "good friend" Bobby Z accompanied me to dinner, food and garlic at Gordon Biersch, followed by the ever-so AMAZE self-serve frozen yogurt at Cuzzins. 


(This is where any good blogger would post pictures of their dinner and their dessert, and maybe even their date - BUT, I'm far from being a good blogger, so this is where my post ends) 


It was a weird weekend, but it had it's high points.... 


Welp, I'm off to continue watching the oscars and text my best friend about the oscars and how much we love our lives.... which is entirely false.  


Make something of your life,

A Week Late...But Still Amaze.

My internet is down. Which sucks because I feel like I was really on a roll with the whole consistent blogging concept. I have access at work, but for some reason the idea of being caught "blogging" really makes my cheeks blush...and the whole process of uploading my amazing pitures would be a tad difficult. (and I would hate for you guys to miss out on my advanced photography skills)


IT'S BACK! The internet is BACK!!!!


however.... 


because of my whole internet situation this past week, a weekend recap seems kind of silly this late in the week - although, it would be a good one because I had an AMAZE weekend... so in lieu of a super long-winded-week-late recap, I will provide all of your inquiring minds with a quick summary of my weekend, followed by pictures illustrating about 20 minutes of the 2,880 minutes of my weekend. (I was a bad blogger this weekend, and threw out many "I'm stealing these pictures" instead of digging out my 5 year old point and shoot camera from the depths of my over-sized purse. A later post might be necessary with all the photos I shall steal.


Weekend Recap SparkNotes Style:

• Friday - Press Grill with Bobby Z - magic hats were obviously consumed
• Saturday - 8 mile run with my running group, trip to Dayton with Annie and Jackie to visit Lydia who quite possibly IS the best hostess  e v e r
• Sunday - cinnamon roll and Kardashian breakfast, Short North adventure day with my mom equipped with lunch and chocolates

Now for the Pictures: (just to note... these were taken 1 day prior to Gil informing me about the macro button on my camera.... better quality photos hopefully to come...)

Gill poppin' bottles

champagne and strawberries

homemade quac, tortilla chips, hummus and pita chips

bloggers in action

really blurry photo of entire spread

sisters and best friends

There ya have it! I'm disappointed that we took 80 million pictures of food but failed to get one decent picture of all 4 of us...but this just means there will be a next time sooner. I love these girls, without them my insanity might be more problematic rather than just a small nuisance. 

love yourself,

Friday.

I'm in a mood.

But these dogs made me smile. I want these dogs. 

I also want it to be 5:30 pm. Happy Friday... UGH I mean, YAY!

(positive thoughts, positive thoughts)

Happy Thoughts,

Unintentionally Organized.

For those of you who either have no clue as to who I am or don't know me all that well, I'll have you know that I am a very organized person. I debated on making a cute little bullet list underneath this paragraph that would provide you all with examples of how my organization habits might borderline on OCD, but I figured we can talk about my mental problems in a different post...

Anyway, continuing on....

I walked into my apartment Monday evening after work with the mindset to get my designated apartment chore underway and over with- unloading the diswasher. I started with my *usual routine... I put the large pots away, then continued on to the cutting knives and silverware, then any spare bowls that wouldn't fit into the top shelf....then I got to the plates:

which were stacked in the exact same color AND style order ON EACH SIDE! Amazing! I couldn't believe it....  I unintentionally loaded the dishwasher this way!

A lot of people make it a point to get more organized in their lives - whether it be their bills, coupons, closets, etc, but ladies and gentlemen - it's pretty darn obvious I do not have that problem. I was born to organize and organize is what I do!

Happy Future Diswasher Loading,

Things You Don't See Everyday:



Gigantic Apples stacked on top of each other

Me only eating 3 dark chocolate Hershey kisses

A cat drinking a beer??

Enjoy the half off Valentine's Day candy today in stores...

Love Yourself,