Tuesday Things.
1. These are seriously the most insane waffle sandwiches I’ve ever seen. Love so much.
2. Yesterday I made a pie. And I didn’t lose it. Didn’t throw anything, including a plate or a tantrum. Remember when I attempted this THREE freaking years ago? Well I still used Mother Lovett’s recipe but this time… it worked.
3. This combo is my new favorite snack: plain yogurt, dark chocolate, pistachios, mint, honey and oranges. Yeah. Still can’t get over my pistachio fever.
4. I’m dying to get my hands on the pumpkin body butter from Trader Joe’s that you all keep telling me about… but does that warrant a 40-minute drive to the store? I think so. #priorities
5. Majorly crushing on this one. She is probably one of the coolest people I’ve ever met and so darn REAL. I also want to eat every single thing on her blog. Yes, even the vegetables. She loves butter so it’s okay.
6. Coming up later this week is our FIVE year anniversary and last night we both sort of realized that it popped up quickly and wow… what are we going to do to celebrate? I think we really just want to lay on the couch and watch movies. Hmmm.
7. TV thoughts!! Nashville: loving it and my heart is breaking. Oh Deacon!! Eeek. I really like how they move quickly on the show. For the most part, they don’t drag things out and I love that. Oh but can I just say that the flashback of young Rayna and Deacon was… funny. Also, I still want Connie Britton to be my best friend. She is so damn loveable. Oh and Oliver Hudson now?! Um, it’s like my two worlds have collided: Dawson’s Creek + Nashville.
8. As for Homeland, I’m ready to for them to ramp it up. Claire Danes is so insanely talented – even if you aren’t a fan I don’t think that can be denied. I’m really just wondering where the heck Mike (I mean Shane Oman) is. What are you thinking about it so far? Oh and I’m so excited that the Walking Dead is coming back this weekend, except for some unknown reason I feel an attachment to those characters and I’m just waiting to see who dies this season. I can’t take it. I seriously need a life. Detach me.
9. Whatcha reading right now? I’m going to start this book which is definitely a deviation from my usual, but after nudges from friends telling me it’s incredible and my intense obsession with american history, especially presidential history (waiting with baited breath for the killing kennedy special in november (hello rob lowe!)), I think I will probably love it. I actually went in to college as a history major. What?
10. If Karen from Mean Girls had Instagram. I can’t.
11. I know I flaked for the last few weeks of summer but since September I’ve been updating the weekly menu below. What are you having for dinner tonight?
55 Comments on “Tuesday Things.”
I guess if Rayna and Deacon were to ever really get back together they fear it would end the perpetual suspense. They obviously missed Friday Night Lights where she was married and it worked without being boring. This show is the only thing that made that loss bearable. LOVE Connie Britton too!
Oh you will definitely love the Stephen King novel! Have you seen The Butler yet?
Ahhh 11/22/63 is SO GOOD. It kinda drags a bit in the middle, but so worth finishing.
Mike is on the new show the Blacklist now … hope he comes back to Homeland, though! PS the Blacklist is highly entertaining :)
The pumpkin body butter is amazing!! Very subtle too. I’m going to stock up on a few more jars before they disappear!
Go get that pumpkin butter! Life changing. For reals.
We don’t get Nashville in Germany :-((( So, I recently started to watch Dawson’s Creek again. Am now with season 3. I am completely living in this parallel world. Why again did they make Pacey Witter wear such hideous shirts!? And more important: Why again am I from Germany but not born as Diane Kruger?!?!
Im dying over Nashville..and I have yet to catch up on Homeland. Dont release the major secrets! ;)
That pumpkin body butter, is KILLING me. We recently moved, and I went from being 10 minutes from Trader Joes, to 2 1/2 hours :( Im begging people to mail me some!
FINALLY! Someone who understands how freakin’ big it is that Oliver Hudson is on Nashville and how that means that worlds collide, because Dawson’s Creek = amazing!
Oh mercy – pumpkin body butter?!? Must get some really soon!!!
And I LOVE Nashville!!! The BEST!!!
My mom still clears the kitchen of anything breathing besides herself when she’s making pie crust. It doesn’t matter if it’s Thanksgiving morning or if she’s made the crust 100 times! Glad yours turned out!
Oof, that yogurt combo sounds SO good. Might have to swap it for my usual pear, brown sugar, walnut, and cinnamon.
Did you watch the walking dead season 4 preview? Rick said something in it about “we’ve lost 11 of our own” :'( Also the producer said every character will be taken to their breaking point – I thought they already did that??!! How much are they going to put these poor people through before they kill them off?
Also, I laughed my head off at the Karen IG account. Definitely my favorite mean girls character!!
Have the coconut body butter from Trader Joe’s and love love LOVE it. Next trip I’m buying the pumpkin for sure.
And Connie Britton… I don’t even want to be her best friend… I want to BE her. I’m currently power watching Friday Night Lights for the first time on Netflix and it made me love her about 100x more.
A. Connie Britton was on What What Happens Live last night – I hope you saw it. Made me fall in love with her even more.
B. Agreed – Homeland is soo anticlimactic lately. I’m ready for some action.
C. I might have to stay away from here next week when you talk about Walking Dead, because I missed the whole last season! I’m currently waiting for the marathon this weekend to catch up. Never thought I’d be into a show about zombies…
I don’t post often enough but I love your Tuesday Things and I just had to give props to 11/22/63. Forget everything you ever thought about a Stephen King novel. It’s fantastic and made me ugly cry more than once. Hope you enjoy it!
That cupcake in the pic looks great! Did you bake it or is it from a bakery in Pgh?
they are actually from sweet tooth fairy – had it in utah this past weekend!
http://www.thesweettoothfairy.com/
I love Nashville so much..can’t even wait til tomorrow night!! Last night I made sloppy joes, omg, yum and au gratin potatoes. The potatoes didn’t turn out so great..eh, they were oK! nothing special. Tonight- grilled ham and cheese and butternut squash soup!
I’m reading 11/22/63 too!! But I’m a huge Stephen King nut so I’ll pretty much read anything he does. I also just finished The Paris Wife by Paula McLain, ugh, so good!
Happy Reading!!!
I want that pumpkin butter too! But the nearest TJ is hour and a half from meeee
I definitely agree with you..they need to amp up Homeland, the last episode was kind of boring. but Clare Danes is INSANELY talented..how she acts that crazy is just amazing! i know WHERE IS BRODY..I’m pretty sure he’ll come back next episode! I also think its kind of annoying how they have Dana as such a big role this season..it doesn’t seem relevant at all to the overall show but I guess they have to keep Brody’s family in the show somehow
Thanks for the book recommendation! I’m definitely putting that on my list. Also, I love the Coconut TJ Body Butter, so I’m def going to have to seek out the pumpkin as well.
11/22/63 is definitely a fun read. Read it a few summer’s ago. Now working my way, slowly, through the Game of Thrones series…but trying not too read too fast, as I don’t want to have to wait too long for the next book. (I’ve only just pasted the tv series content in the book form.) Love your Tuesday Things posts. :-)
I NEED that TJ’s Pumpkin Butter, too!!! Can’t wait to hear what you think of the book!
The pumpkin body butter from Trader Joe’s – ok just to chime in (not sure what you’ve heard) but it does not have a pumpkin scent to me AT ALL. It’s apples. It smells like apples despite their being pumpkin in the title, but it’s pumpkin oil and thus does not smell at all like ‘pumpkin stuff’ normally does. If you want some apple lotion, go to your nearest Bath & Bodyworks :) And if you want pumpkin lotion, the TJs one isn’t it. That said, I do love the texture of it and it feels great, but it’s not pumpkin-ey. Sniff.
i was actually wondering about this!! thanks girl!
I was at TJ’s just this morning. I smelled the pumpkin body butter (they had a sample open) and I passed. It just didn’t knock my socks off. Plus, I have a whole tub of the Coconut to use up. Just fyi. But I got a ton of other pumpkin-ey products. Pumpkin waffles, pumpkin bread mix, pumpkin croissants, pumpkin oatmeal….
that yogurt bowl sounds fantastic. and i love pistachios. never would have thought to add fresh mint, awesome.
i think we’re having the baked penne i made at 730am this morning because i’m crazy.
I am simply obsessed with everything Camelot, JFK and Jackie O – and have always wondered what if…? I definitely recommend that book!
and yes, waiting for the Kennedy special here too!!
Totally trying the yogurt combo tomorrow!
Can’t wait for Walking Dead to come back! So excited!
Haha i love the Mean Girls Instagram. That’s way too accurate! Also…. that waffle sandwich is outrageous. Want. Now.
OMG that Buzzfeed had me dying. That website gets me everytime! Also, we haven’t seen any ThoughtCatalog links in a while!
Just purchased that book and oh heavens…that mean girls instagram. dying,
I have been majorly crushing on Kelley’s blog for weeks now! She would totally fits in with my family. Loves the mountains, snow, snowboarding, cooking and TACOS! I am loving her site these days!
I am so jealous you got to hang with sweet Kelley all weekend…she is by far one of my faves in blogging! OK fine, and in life :)
# 9 = YOU ROCK. Not only am I a big Stephen King fan (that’s a great JFK book, by the way – hope you like the whole book!), but I’m glad you referenced ‘Killing Kennedy’ too (great book by Bill O’Reilly; and omg Rob Lowe is a perfect choice for JFK for the tv special, which I can’t wait for either).
I loved 11/22/63! I am a big SK fan. I hope that you do end up enjoying it because you actually don’t have to be a JFK fan in order to enjoy this story.
HOW DID I KNOW KNOW THAT MIKE WAS SHANE OMAN?!?!?!? I am dying.
Also, he sounds exactly like Brad Pit.. Like close my eyes and Mike is Brad.
Happy Tuesday!
NOT know… duh.
So I thought I had my day all planned out, but now I must go to Trader Joe’s for pumpkin body butter! And have you watched The Blacklist? If 24 and Alias had a baby, it would be The Blacklist! Soooooooo goooooood!
I loved 11/22/63 and suggest it to anyone who asks for a book recommendation. While it’s about a man who goes back in time to stop the assassination of John F Kennedy to hopefully prevent the United States’ entrance into the Vietnam War, I don’t feel you have to have a love of history, just great storytelling (and I have a history degree). I hope you enjoy it!
Yes, the Trader Joe’s pumpkin body butter is worth it. Just bought some this weekend and I want to put my face in it.
Couldn’t agree more about Homeland…. RAMP it up people! The first two seasons were amazing, but so far this season is boring me! Mike needs to come back though for sure! BTW, TJs pumpkin body butter is AHmazing!
Ugh, I loved 11/22/63.. and I push it on anyone I know who likes to read. I could not put it down!! I heard his new book Doctor Sleep is amazing as well!
11/22/63 was the best book I read in 2012. I hope you love it as much as I did. I am still recommending it to my friends. I just finished The Promise of Stardust by Priscille Sibley. Loved it! And I just started Things We Didn’t Say by Kristina Riggle. Both were books for book clubs.
For books, Me Before You by JoJo Moyes was the best book I’ve read all year. One fo those books where you don’t want it to end but you can’t wait to finish it to find out what happens.
I’m not a horror fan so have never even attempted a Steven King book before, but I am fascinated by the Kennedy assassination so I read 11/22/63. For those who read Steven King, many of his “regular” characters show up, but you don’t need to know they are regulars to enjoy the book. I wasn’t 100% thrilled with the ending, but I’m not sure how it could have ended that would have been satisfactory… the events of that day in Dallas are still somewhat a mystery, right? Go for it. Read it. I don’t think you’ll be disappointed.
I am having Trader Joe’s french onion soup and some rosemary peasant bread.. YUM! Jessica you have to watch the new Fox TV series “Sleepy Hollow” on Monday nights. Tom Misan is so brilliant as Ichabod Crane.. and he is so darn cute too…it is a must see!!
LOVED 11/22/63! We read it for my book club. FAB_U_LOUS!!!!
#11-I’m having turkey sausage browned with butternut squash and kale over brown rice. Best thing I’ve ever put in my mouth. I’m officially a foodie. I’ve now taken a picture of my food.
awww happy anniversary!! Who cares if you want to sit on the couch, i would too.
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The week between Homeland episodes kill me.