Oh what a beautiful moooooooorning....

I'm sure it'll be a beautiful daaaaaaay!

I could not stay in bed this morning. It was just too dang hot. So I figured I might as well go for a run. It was nice. The sun was just coming up and all the ducks were out by the lake quacking and waddling around. It was so calm and peaceful. I can't guarantee that I would do this every morning, but it was really a great start to my day today.

I made a huevo ranchero for breakfast this morning. I actually ate it this time though. Here it is paired with strawberries and mango. If it doesn't look like a lot of fruit it's because I ate half of it while I was cutting it up...



I don't remember if I told you how I make this yet. First, you brown a corn tortilla in a hot pan sprayed with a little cooking spray. Flip it over. Then crack an egg on top of the tortilla. The egg white will run over the side a little, and that's okay. The egg will start to cook a little bit, but you'll still have to flip it over. That's the hardest part. The egg will want to slide off of the tortilla. I like to get the biggest, fattest spatula I have and get it under there enough to balance the egg in the center. Try really hard to flip it fast but gentle so you don't break the yolk. I managed to not break it this time until I plated it. How lame. But I guess it makes for a colorful picture! I topped it with some salsa, scallions, cilantro, and a little avocado. It was a very yummy and filling breakfast.

The hubs isn't working overtime this weekend so we're going to go to Galveston! I'm really excited. The weather should be great. We're probably going to get a hotel room for tomorrow night. I haven't been there yet after the big storm last September, so I'm kind of curious how the island is going to look.

I am thinking about hitting up some vintage stores today. I am not looking for anything in particular, and I really don't wear vintage clothes. But I am inspired by Jessica to at least go check out a few shops. We supposedly have a great little area near Rice University that has lots of fun little places. Of course, I've only been to that area for the bars. Oops. I hope I find something cute. I am looking for a funky belt and maybe a necklace with some character. I also would like to find a pretty thing for my hair to dress up some of my sundresses this summer.

There's also a place I want to check out called Sandy's Market. I think I'll have lunch there today (probably a late lunch). It's kind of like a grocery store, but it has a HUGE salad bar and it looks pretty neat. I found it when I was searching for the farmers markets in my area. So I'm thinking they probably carry a lot of local stuff. We'll see.

Well, I've gotta get in the shower if I'm gonna go out today. The longer I sit around playing on the interweb, the less likely it is that I'll go out. Talk to you chickens later!

Happy Mother's Day, Momma!

Spent the day shopping with Mom and the sis. It was a good day! Lots of giggling and window shopping and trying on super expensive stuff and buying ridiculously cheap stuff.

I got FOUR dresses. It's only May, but it's so dang hot already. I really needed something light and airy to keep me from melting while schlepping across campus this summer.

Here are two of them (the other two aren't online):


I actually ordered this one online because I went to two different stores and they didn't have my size. But it was $UPAH cheeeeep and I wanted it. It isn't near as BLUE as it looks in this pic though. Only $17 shipped! $core!!


I got this dress in a wine color, but they don't have it on the website. This one was only $13! Double $core!!

The other dresses were from Ann Taylor Loft (black & white floral cotton print with a little ruffle at the neckline) and Forever 21 (cool dark purple & ecru tie dye super soft cotton). I'm actually building quite a little collection of cotton sundresses. Thank goodness, because I'll be in class every Monday through Thursday for two months straight and I'll need some things that aren't denim! I'm also gonna get a gauzy white skirt and some tanks in various colors, and I think I'll be set. Oh, and I still need that white cardi...

Breakfast today was actual huevos rancheros made with a tortilla. But only one. So I guess it was huevo ranchero. And then I didn't even eat it because I got really grossed out by something and eating was just not going to happen. I know.... [insert lecture here]. :P

We did go out soon after that and had lunch right away though. I got a (can you guess?) TACO.SALAD. Yeah, I think I'm addicted. It wasn't a "bad" taco salad either. No deep fried bowl. No rice. No melted cheese. Just a gigantic bowl of salad, carrot shreds, onions, tomatoes, avocado, a dallop of sour cream, and a little bit of tortilla chip shreds. I added a little salsa to it. And I did eat about 15 tortilla chips with the salsa. And guzzled no less than 4 12 oz glasses of iced tea.

Later on we snacked on big soft pretzels. I had half of a cinnamon sugar pretzel and half of a regular salted pretzel. Good stuff!

Sis needed to get back on the road for Austin and Mom didn't want to go out for dinner. The husband and I went to McAllister's Deli and I had a (there is a trend going here...) TACO.SALAD!! Well, half of one with veggie chili and a cup of potato soup. I didn't think about it at the time, but I am thinking there may have been a negligible amount of bacon in the soup. Oooops.

When we got home, we took the dog for a walk. We went around the lake this time since I am still a little traumatized about last night.

Kosmo made a friend. I should have gotten his and his furmomma's name. We could be walking buddies! Maybe I'll see her again. The pups really got along well.



Then Kosmo tried to make another friend. Actually, I think he was trying to make dinner plans with a duck/goose/white bird with a crazy red beard/whatever that thing is called. My dog needs to be locked in a cage. I can't take him anywhere!

The most interesting part about this story though, is that I thought the bird was safe, because he was on the other side of a 10ish foot wide section of the lake. Kosmo does not like water. He will go in it just enough to where his legs get wet, then he's done. Yeah, he jumped. Right into the water. He was still on the leash too. He swam across, all the while the husband was trying to pull him back. He got out on the other side and then didn't want to come back. Too bad, because there was no way we could get across without wading through. So we coaxed him back and he very reluctantly swam back to us. Punk.



Check out the smile on his face!



I think it's time for obedience training. He's going to try to eat a baby next. :-/

Lunch + shopping

The morning flew by because I was not doing anything productive. Screwing around always makes me freak out when I see that 3 hours have gone by without getting a single necessary thing done. I decided to have lunch, then blog, then get cracking.

I wanted to use some stuff from the fridge because I don't like to cook a meal when there are 37 leftover containers in there. I took out the lentils and the green enchilada sauce and just kinda looked at them. I still had the taco rice in there too. Grabbed that and some broth and threw them in a sauce pot along with the end of a package of sliced brown mushrooms. Instant soup! No seasoning required. I just heated it through, topped it with some sliced scallions, cilantro, and the Andes cheese. I definitely like that stuff better melted onto something.



Now onto the shopping. I got this dress at Target yesterday. I have some casual navy blue wedges that I can wear with it. I want some kind of cover up though. If I am gonna wear it to school, the classrooms get a little chilly sometimes. There's not happy medium. They're either 345 degrees or -4 degrees. Anyways, I want a really lightweight white cardigan, preferably v-neck (I hate when crew neck cardigans "fall over" when you don't button them all the way to the top). If anyone sees anything like that, can you let me know? That'd be so awesome.

Speaking of dresses at Target...I'm gonna get this one to wear for the husband's birthday party, wherever and whenever that is gonna be. I really love it. Or maybe this one!

Here's my to do list:

Figure out use for leftovers
Study for final
Change sheets
Clean kitchen
Cardio + weights
Clip Kosmo's toenails
Clean out car
Wash car
Pedicure
Eyebrows
Make hair appointment

That's a lot of stuff. I was hoping to get through that whole list today. Maybe I still can minus the pedi & eyebrows. I can do that tomorrow after the exam.

Evening walk + maniac.

I ended up eating a late lunch with Mom because she wanted to go out. We walked around Target and Marshall's first and then went to Jason's Deli. I got some really cute stuff at Target. I planned to model it for y'all but I looked so fat and icky in everything that I thought was cute in the dressing room. :( But I'm not trying to throw myself a pity party, so let's move on...

I didn't get anything at Marshall's. I was looking for one of these in the French Bull pattern. Mom said she saw them at the TJ Maxx near one of her stores. They did have a Market Tote style in the Dot Pattern for $14.99 though. Pretty good deal! Mom's going to check the TJ Maxx for it.

I got the Portobello Garden Pasta from Jason's Deli. It's yummy. A little bit too much cheese though. It's a WHOLE LOTTA calories and a WHOLE LOTTA fat. Oops. NOW I know not to get that again. :(

Stopped by stupid Walmart to grab some produce, which I hate to do, but it was the only place on the way home. Suprisingly, the produce was pretty fresh and they had some good deals. I spent $3.67 on a package of scallions, a package of strawberries, 4 mangoes, and a bunch of cilantro. But I guess there's a reason why it's so cheap. :/

The hubs and I went for a walk with mini-maniac today. He's a maniac because he pretty much looks like this 24/7 (true story):



We saw a bunch of cute little critters!



This little lady was a momma to a bunch of cute baby bunnies, but they scampered off safely into the brush nearby.



See that little turtle sticking out of the water in the bottom left? Such a cutie.




Kosmo played hide & seek:



And then he chased some birds (don't worry, he was on the leash and we weren't gonna actually let him get them):



I like how this bird was like "What? Dogs aren't scary." See how Kosmo's feet are not even touching the ground? But that bird is just chillin. He's a hard ass macho bird.



And look, I even got y'all some flowers! You're welcome. :P