What I Ate Today

1. A glass of orange juice and an egg sandwich (egg cooked with Penzey's Mural of Flavor and mustard and cheese)
2. A glass of lemon water, guacamole and blue corn chips, a mug of Aaron's quinoa corn chowder, and a small wrap with sweet potato, black beans, and spinach
3. A handful of roasted chickpeas
4. A pizza made with a whole wheat Flatout flatbread and topped with Classico basil pesto, roasted red peppers, roasted mushrooms, caramelized onions, kalamata olives, and spinach. And a few glasses of water.
5. A chocolate chip banana brownie and a mega glass of almond milk

My If-I-Were-A-Celebrity-This-Would-Be-My-Rider Rider

1. Sweet tea Arnold Palmers
2. Lemon slices
3. Blackberries and green grapes
4. A Mr. Happy head massager
5. Dr. Pepper in bottles
6. Chunky guacamole and salsa and tortilla chips
7. Pappy Van Winkle whiskey
8. A mani-pedicurist
9. Hummingbird cupcakes
10. Fresh lilacs
11. Veggie flatbread pizza

Yesterday

1. I remembered, just in the nick of time, that W had her 4 year check-up.
2. After leaving our (wonderful) pediatrician's office, we went to the zoo!
3. We lived it UP at the zoo- train rides, carousel, lunch at the Painted Giraffe Cafe (I really like their veggie wrap there), and killed it walking everywhere- Red Rocks, Herpetarium, River's Edge, Fragile Forest, you name it. We walked it.
4. Since my husband was not going to get home until around midnight, I took them by his office to say hello and get rehydrated.
5. We came home exhausted, but we had to take Puddy on a walk to compensate for leaving him in his crate all day...1.5 miles with the kids in the stroller eating Peach Pops from Trader Joes.
6. I wasted time on the computer while the kids watched The Care Bears Movie.
7. Egg salad on toast, carrots, and grapes for the kids for dinner, then baths and early bedtime.
8. I had a homemade Mexican dinner for one (roasted garbanzos, black bean, sweet potato, avocado, spinach burritos with Mexican Villa taco sauce and tortilla chips with nutritional yeast sauce) and watched Melancholia on Netflix.
9. I folded 4 loads of laundry and then went to bed.

Changes Around The House

1. I finally settled on a new shower curtain for the guest bathroom, which led to new hand towels and two little rugs, which led to moving two art pieces into the space...a Deona Fish piece from Asheville that's been in storage and another stored gift from my in-laws.
2. My large, beautiful cockatoo from the Biltmore came out of hibernation back to her perch in my kitchen where she belongs
3. A new succulent that is huge and lovely-colored and architecturally-beautiful now rests on the low bookshelf in the sunlight
4. Summer clothes in, winter clothes out
5. We have swapped some art around and pulled some art out of storage...moved the Mark Hoffman painting from the living room to the dining area, put the wooden pieces from the dining area above our bed, moved the two Alicia LaChance's from above our bed to the kids play area, and moved the large Alicia LaChance above our living room sofa. Whew! Andy was busy with his drill, hammer, and nails.
6. I re-discovered these three little paintings of monster/alien/creatures in jars that my parents bought for R last year- those are now hanging in their room. I hope that surrounding kids with art makes them appreciate art, because they now have 15 original art pieces in their room.
7. I pulled a couple pillow covers out of storage (I could probably operate a store out of our storage units) the added some decorative pillows and moved some around between the two sofas.
8. I hung my last year's signed art fair print by Jodi Perry in our bedroom.
9. We have a beautifully unique Aaron Hequembourg that came out of hiding (read: storage) and now hangs in the living room.
10. I pulled out some Nathan Falter pottery that I'm hoping to use as a succulent container.
11. I'm in the market for an indoor tree that needs limited sunlight to break up a void between the living room and kitchen.

Woody Guthrie's New Year's 1942 Resolutions, Or "Rulins"

1. Work more and better
2. Work by a schedule
3. Wash teeth if any
4. Shave
5. Take bath
6. Eat good- fruits- vegetables- milk
7. Drink very scant if any
8. Write a song a day
9. Wear clean clothes- look good
10. Shine shoes
11. Change socks
12. Change bed clothes often
13. Read lots of good books
14. Listen to radio a lot
15. Learn people better
16. Keep rancho clean
17. Don't get lonesome
18. Stay glad
19. Keep hoping machine running
20. Dream good
21. Bank all extra money
22. Save dough
23. Have company but don't waste time
24. Send Mary and kids money
25. Play and sing good
26. Dance better
27. Help win war- beat fascism
28. Love mama
29. Love papa
30. Love Pete
31. Love everybody
32. Make up your mind
33. Wake up and fight
*source HERE

Kitchen Things I Want

1. A microplane zester
2. Donut baking pan
3. Springform pan
4. A pretty casserole pan
5. A garlic press
6. A Vitamix blender
7. Another DoughMakers loaf pan
8. A grain mill attachment for my KitchenAid mixer
9. More cute, cloth napkins
10. More of these
11. A trifle bowl
12. A faucet-mounted water filter
13. A cast-iron skillet
14. More of these because I use them for everything
15. Cute popsicle molds
16. One of those big mesh strainer spoons
17. A new tablecloth
18. A windowsill herb collection
19. A tree of sorts to stand at the end of our counter by the fish tank

What I Do To Take A Load Off

1. Walk the art museum and bring something to write with
2. Run (not really. I should say this, but I'm not there yet. Maybe soon? Right now its still torturous)
3. Listen to one of my friend Scott's sermons
4. Bake cookies
5. Get in my bed, under the covers, and watch something on TV
6. Yoga
7. Listen to music on headphones while the kids are sleeping
8. Soak in the tub
9. Pray
10. Go get a drink with a friend
11. Go on a walk and get some fresh air and sunshine
12. Eat an orange- those things always make me feel better