I have a lot of random things to share with you today. Let's get right to it!
1. I have been consistently foam rolling, stretching, and doing glute strengthening exercises for the past 4 days! I am really proud of myself! I am determined to show my IT Band who is the boss.
Jelly reminds me to foam roll. He loves his mommy.
2. My school is giving me an iPad to use in my classroom! Apparently, there are a billion different ways to incorporate an iPad into a music lesson. The funny thing is, a high school student is going to be teaching me all of those things because I don't even own an iPad let alone know how to use one to teach music.
I need to take this course!
3. I have a recipe to share with you. I don't normally do recipes (I used to, because I thought it was a blogging requirement) but this one is a goodie! I had a ton of peppers and tomatoes from my garden that I needed to use. I decided to make Stuffed Pepper Casserole. Why not just plain old stuffed peppers? Because that is too hard. It is easier to just chop things up, mix them together, and throw them in the oven!
You need: sliced peppers, sliced tomatoes, quinoa, cheese
Directions: Make the quiona according to the directions on the box. Mix with the sliced peppers and sliced tomatoes. Mix everything together including the cheese. Put into a pan and sprinkle more cheese on top. Bake at 350 for 20 minutes.
It always is good to have Chrissy's help.
Margaritas and trashy Youtube crime shows are a very important
part of my cooking process.
Voila!
You know what would be awesome to include next time?
GROUND TURKEY! Why didn't I think of this sooner...
4. We got a fire pit! I am so happy! We already roasted some weiners and on Saturday we're going to roast marshmallows.
5. Yesterday, I had an appointment at Ashley Stevens Salon to get my roots dyed. I left after 25 minutes because my stylist still wasn't done with the client that was before me. When I told the receptionist I was leaving because I had waited long enough, she acted shocked and didn't even offer an apology. Don't worry, I emailed the salon and also wrote a review on Yelp to warn people that this salon clearly doesn't value their client's time. I didn't know if I was overreacting by leaving (since I rarely go to salons) but my kind Facebook friends assured me that a 10-15 minute wait was long enough. I just hate waiting. What is the use of an appointment? I guarantee you a walk in came in before my appointment and my stylist decided to take them.
6. Karen @ Running Over The Hill shared this video with me. She said her cats love watching it. Well, Karen, Jelly is OBSESSED with the video and he loves to watch it with mommy in the morning. If mommy is busy, he goes down to the basement and daddy watches it with him.
See! He can't keep his hands off it!
7. Last, I saw this meme over at Sweat Like A Pig and I just had to share it with you.
That's all, folks! Have a great Friday and a GREAT WEEKEND!
(But come back tomorrow!)
Have you ever made stuffed pepper casserole?
What do you think it the appropriate amount of time to wait for a hair appointment before walking out?
What do you think it the appropriate amount of time to wait for a hair appointment before walking out?
Do your fur babies have videos they like to watch?
I am a fan of the casserole and will for sure try this! YUM.
ReplyDeleteI think lateness in general is so rude. You were right to leave.
Luckily the gal that does my hair will text me if she is running behind. I still don't love that she is late, but at least she lets me know. When Macy was younger and we would watch golf she would go up to the TV and try to get the golf ball in her mouth. She is beyond a weird dog...but we love her!
That is nice that your stylist takes you. It is the polite and decent thing to do! Plus, they want a good tip, right?
DeleteCecil goes nuts doing football season. He watches the ball as it flies through the air and then goes nuts pawing and jabbing the TV. I'm pretty sure one of these days he's going to push it over and break it, but it's too funny to stop him! Can you bring your iPad home? if so, you should download Games for Cats. There is a laser game, a fishing game and a painting game that Cecil loves to play.
ReplyDeleteThe painting for cats app is cool because you can print out Chrissy and Jelly's paintings, bring them to work and show them to co-workers while saying "look what my kids made me!" :D :D
LOL I am pretty sure I can take it home, because that is when I would have time to mess with it, you know? But I am not sure I will be allowed to let my cats draw on it since it should technically only be for work related stuff. But that is sooooooo cute.
DeleteI am sure you could relate it to work somehow... like your students could take artistic inspiration from the cat paintings :)
DeleteHere's a pic of Cecil making a painting:
http://instagram.com/p/dR3bevy35E/
And here's my favorite painting he's done:
http://instagram.com/p/c95Z99y3y8/
#CatMomBrag lol
Those. are. awesome. I would totally frame something my cats made because that's how I am!
DeleteYay for the fire pit! I can't wait to have my own house someday so I can have a fire pit! I love the smell of fires and I love smores :)
ReplyDeleteI know, the smell reminds me of childhood when we would go camping. :)
DeleteI was so excited to see your quinoa dish because I made vegetable quinoa last night! Matthew was having nothing to do with it, lol. He doesn't like the look of it I think. I am definitely going to make this dish since I have a gigantic bag of the stuff.
ReplyDeleteYou know what, I would have left that appointment too. I am usually not the type of person to complain or say anything but they should definitely have at least given you the heads up.
I think that's totally cute that Jelly loves the video! Sometimes, but not always, Lola will actually 'hear' a dog on the television and she looks around confused. I always try to tell her there's a 'doggy' on the tv but she doesn't seem to find it, lol.
I love cheese in quinoa. It just gives it such a good flavor. I bet Lola's ears perk up when she hears a doggy on tv. :)
DeleteI just made stuffed peppers last week (in the crock pot) - 2 out of the 4 of us really liked them and 2 of us not so much. I have made a chopped version of peppers before that I like a lot better.
ReplyDeleteI think you are totally justified in leaving. I'm fortunate - I've gone to the same hairdresser for almost 15 years now and if she's ever running late (rare for her) she will text me!!!
That is awesome that you have such a reliable hairdresser!
DeleteI love the iPad comment. My friend was just hired as a music teacher (high school/middle school). Before that, they were directing the kid's musical theater summer camp and using a TAPE PLAYER to play the music when the piano wasn't being played. I almost died. I haven't seen a tape player since 1998!
ReplyDeleteHaha I just stopped using tapes a couple years ago. I mean, I MOSTLY used CDs but there were 2-3 songs that were just so cute and they were on tapes. It was cheaper than buying the song again. But yeah, it's getting to the point that CDs are almost on their way out...
DeleteSo cute! Love the pic of Chrissy "helping"! I have been using my foam roller on a daily basis!
ReplyDeleteGo you!
DeleteThat's so cool that you got a fire pit! Most likely that will not be something we have until I know the kids would not roast themselves in it. And good for you for standing up for yourself with the salon!
ReplyDeleteAwww yeah when they are older then they could have fun roasting FOOD rather than their siblings. :)
DeleteHaha that cat meme is awesome, isn't it?!
ReplyDeletelol yes!!
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