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Week in Photos: Week 32

Sunday, August 10


Yep, this is almost the exact same photo as three weeks ago... apparently we like hawaiian pizza and cheese fries.




Lloyd wants you to know that he's a fierce cat.




I enjoy healthy breakfasts.




Mixed berry cheesecake goodness.




There's a brand new Target in town, so of course I had to check it out.




Practicing my chocolate drawing skills.




I'm so giddy about my hair getting longer!




They got freaked out by the dishwasher being on.




Working on s'mores cupcakes. The frosting will be the best part.




Sleepy cat in the HOUSE.




Shawn always gets the first slice.




They're finishing up the construction next door... which means they work 7 days a week and start at 7:30am....




I spent a little money at Anthropologie... but that skirt is too beautiful to resist!




Spring rolls at P.S. & Co. downtown.


Hope you had an awesome week!!

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Playing Catch Up

Saturday, August 9

It occurred to me that I haven't done one of these posts in a while, despite watching a lot of good shows and listening to some good tunes lately. So here you go!

Watching:
House M.D. - Back in 2009 I watched a few of the later seasons of House via Hulu, but I had never been able to watch the show from the beginning. Shawn and I have been having House marathons ever since Netflix got a hold of it. The show is great (and there are so many cameos!), House's character is even better (he's such a jerk realist junkie and I love it!), and watching Hugh Laurie is the best. Because younger Hugh Laurie was pretty much the spitting image of Shawn (well, I seem to think so), which makes me even more excited to grow old with my own Gregory House.
Total Drama Island - I've been watching this animated series whenever I need something short to put on while I'm in the kitchen. It's an animated reality show about a bunch of teenage campers. Need I say more?
Longmire - Shawn started watching this on his own and I've since caught a few episodes. I'm eager to watch it from the beginning because it seems like a really good show!
Hell on Wheels - Same goes for this show, about the building of the railroads across America. I'm not usually into period pieces but this one has definitely captured my interest.
Revenge - A colleague introduced me to what I can only call a modern day soap opera... and I love it. I've watched the only two seasons Netflix has and I'm hungry for more. I mean, who doesn't love watching rich, powerful, mean people fall?

Listening:
102.9 WMGK - The CD player in my car stopped working some time last year and I never felt like dealing with fixing it, so I've been listening to the radio during my commutes. Philadelphia's classic rock station is by far the best around, and I love getting to listen to the classic rock riddles on my way to work.
Jurassic 5 - I love these guys, and I love the assortment of other artists that Pandora plays on the J-5 station. This is what I listen to pretty much every time I'm baking at home. It makes me want to dance!
Weird Al - I've been catching up on his latest parodies and the guy still has it.

Reading:
Haven't been doing a whole lot of reading lately.... I've been working my way through books ever so slowly, and I definitely owe you guys an updated B.Read List soon. When we moved I reorganized my bookcase by favorites, need-to-reads, graphic novels, and cookbooks. So I plan on re-reading some old books and finally reading some others that have been on my bookshelf for years. I love the library, but I should really read through my own before venturing back out there!

Offline:
Shawn and I have been super excited about going to the PA Renaissance Faire this year. The first/last time we went was to the NY faire two years ago, and this year we're planning on going in costume! We've invited at least three other couples to come with us too, because the more the merrier! So we've spent the last two weeks looking into costume ideas and finalizing the plans with everyone. I'm not going to tell you any more than that though - you'll just have to wait and see! We've also been looking into a few other things... thinking about our 5-10 year plan. We love Philadelphia but eventually we want to see more of the country, and we've been trying to figure out the logistics of doing so. There are so many beautiful places to see and interesting people to meet.... we're excited at the thought of it all, and I'll just leave it at that.

(Photo by Death to the Stock Photo)

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Farmer's Market 2015, Trip #7

Thursday, August 7

I went to the indoor farmer's market near work again this week, but I bought my vegetables from a different stand. I had never seen that lighter colored squash before and when I asked about it the woman told me it's called mediterranean squash and that supposedly it tastes even better than zucchini. Well, of course I had to get one and test that theory out for myself. I'll let you know what I think once I try it! Other than that, nothing else new this week; I've been on a carrot kick ever since Shawn picked some up the day his mom came to visit. They add a nice burst of color and crunch to our pasta and rice dishes. The other day I made a bechamel sauce and added some carrots, peas, ground turkey, and served it all with fusilli pasta for dinner... mmmmmm. Simple is best most of the time.


This week I bought: zucchini, mediterranean squash, heirloom tomatoes, potatoes, an onion, carrots, and (not pictured) pepper and onion sausage, and breakfast sausage.

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The Cat Life - 4

Tuesday, August 5















Where there's a Lloyd, there's always a Sylvester...

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Week in Photos: Week 31

Sunday, August 3


I got the boys a tunnel for Lloyd's birthday!



Peach crisp is the scone of the month at work.



Everyone in the kitchen giggled like school girls when we noticed this particularly happy box of produce...



Speaking of happy produce... exactly how colossal are the super colossal onions?!



The little flowers make me happy.



Love!



I made some peanut butter cup cookies, but I had to improvise when I couldn't find my mini muffin tin.



One of my colleagues turned 50 recently so we all celebrated by taking a painting + wine & dine class together.
I hadn't painted anything since high school!!



Everyone say "Lighthouse!"



Someone else is interested in my breakfast platter.



This post made possible because of happy little clouds.


Hope you had an amazing week!

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