Tuesday Things.
1. Miracles do happen: bacon wrapped onion rings. Whoa whoa whoa.
2. Ummm can we talk about how incredible Jane Fonda looked at the Golden Globes? Like… she is almost 80. WHAT.
3. I am completely smitten with Ashley’s new book, and these are her chocolate chip cookies above in the photo. I might have an issue with making a few every… single… afternoon. Yep.
4. Remember the Friends episode with Phoebe and the smoke detector chirping? This is currently our life. They are chirping like they need new batteries, and last night after Eddie removed ALL the batteries to put in new ones, they KEPT CHIRPING. Then they mysteriously stopped. Now they started up again randomly. I can’t reach them. We are both going to lose our minds. Chirp chirp.
5. Target has a mug with a unicorn in it and of course I had to get it because I’m a marketer’s dream and also a child.
6. TV TV! Did you watch Girls? I have to say that I watched the marathons the past two weeks since I live on the couch and was fairly horrified that I watch the show at all. Such a love/hate thing for me. I do think that Elijah was the BEST part of the show. He is so funny. Like taking-over-Shoshanna funny. And I loved what he said to Marnie outside the jazz brunch. TRUTH. I want to voice record it and play it for myself every morning.
7. I’ve been eating breakfast for every single meal of the day. For real. Like eggs, toast, oatmeal, pancakes, smoothies – every meal. Currently having a love affair with the olive oil fried egg.
8. This instagram account is everything.
9. Raise your hand if your Christmas decor is still up. I predict that I’ll manage to get it down in… March. Halp.
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Oh my goodness, that Friends episode. That’s me. I yell “How are you still beeping?!” at mine all the time. Hope you get yours to be quiet soon!
Yay, television shows! Also, we finally removed our Christmas decorations this past weekend. You’ll get there!
oh my christmas decor is still up; everything but the (fake 4 foot) tree and that’s only because i knocked it over and it’s fake little needles are all over my floor. I realized the key to christmas decor is for it to scream “winter” and not “santa”, thus, you can keep it around through march.
OMG that friends episode … you must be going NUTS!! Also, Jane FOnda — total gorgeous-pie! And Amy’s book, I need it … early v-day gift, I think so!!
smoke detector chirping absolutely kills me. at my old building for 6 days I was going crazy until I finally traced it to a smoke detector on the hallway on the floor above me. HOW did it not bother anyone else i do not know.
My husband now thinks I’m a SERIOUS rock star because I just emailed him a link to the bacon onion rings and told them I put them on the menu for the next week.
Thanks for getting me bonus points with PB!
I was so excited that the Girls Premiere took place at my favorite place when I lived in NYC – Spring Street Natural! I wonder if they actually have jazz brunch…
Hint: In my house, if the tree is still up in Match, I leave it until St. Patrick’s day, for the green. It is always good to have a reason that sort of works.
OMG talking about unicorn mugs…. look at this one from uncommon goods.
I finally got it for Christmas!!!
http://www.uncommongoods.com/product/elwood-the-rainbow-unicorn-mug
I’ve lived off English Muffins for almost two weeks now.
Bacon wrapped onion rings sounds like my pants soon will not be fitting!
My Christmas decor just came down 2 days ago. And I don’t have a baby to blame it on. IMO, until he’s sleeping through the night you should not be expected to do anything except keep him alive and prevent the house from falling down around you. Extra points if you shower occasionally.
Oh I want a cookie! And that instagram. I just laughed and people stared.
omg that insta account is amazing.
Thanks for the BF shoutout!
Also smoke detectors are the bane of my existence. Ours are hardwired, came with our house, and I HATE THEM. One day I chased a chirping detector for several hours; I kept ripping them down and the chirping wouldn’t stop. Why hasn’t anyone invented a smoke detector with a remote control yet?
Totally laughing about the Friends episode! That is sooo my life (see my instagram post from my daughter from last year)!
http://instagram.com/p/hdpNV3oI9b/
:)
uggg mine were chirping, I’m 40 weeks & 4 days preggers, and it drives my epileptic dog into a tizzy = I thought I was getting PUNKED!
GIRLS! I need to watch it so much! but I think I am gonna wait a couple of weeks and then do a kind of Girls marathon! can’t wait!
I JUST took down my Christmas decorations last night…but…I left our mini 4′ tree up, I am totally delaying on that. I love looking at it while lounging on the couch. I think tonight is the night to take it down, the needles are falling everywhere! (I still keep my little window sill lights on until March! )
On another note…2 weeks or so til Nashville is back!!
My first trip to met my boyfriend (now husband’s) family a couple years ago, we stayed in the basement of his parent’s house. For the ENTIRETY of our week-long stay, the smoke detector beeped right outside our bedroom door. My husband slept through the beeping like it was nothing. I had to practically shove 2 earplugs into each ear to muffle the sound!!
My decorations are still up, too! I say I’ll take them down this weekend, but…….
What is WITH the chirping smoke detector always going off in the middle of the night, and why does it always sound like it’s coming from the nursery (or traveling around the house as you stop to listen below each dang smoke detector…)??
My smoke alarms did the same thing..with new batteries and everything! I had to have an electrician friend come and fix them. Turns out he had to reinstall the batteries in a certain order for them to not chirp. Something about a circuit….idk!
Oh yes. Christmas decorations (every single one of them), tree, lights… they are all still up and no sight of getting them down anytime soon. I’m targeting March or April too. Yikes. Breakfast all day long, always!!!
Bacon wrapped onion rings must have Broken the Internet. They are confirmed down right now, lol.
http://www.downforeveryoneorjustme.com/http://www.foodiewithfamily.com/2015/01/07/easy-bacon-wrapped-onion-rings/
Did you know smoke detectors have a life span of 10 years or less? No matter how many times you change the battery, if the detector is near the end of its useful life, it will keep,chirping. Even if the battery is out of it. Replace the whole detector. Just do it. We found this info out last fall after a week of damn chirping that wouldn’t stop. Obsessive googling “why can’t I make it stop chirping?” Led to the answer.
Yep! I also found that out the hard way! Unfortunately one of mine went bad when I was on vacation. I had someone coming over every day to feed my cats, and apparently he didn’t see the sense in notifying me of the issue? I have no idea if it drove my neighbors absolutely mad, but my cats were DEFinitely more high strung than usual.
The worst part was, then when I went to investigate the other ones, assuming they had all been installed at the same time, none of the other ones were wired up or had batteries! I’m assuming the others went bad at an earlier time and the previous owners didn’t want to pay for new ones and disabled them and put them back up! Gives me the willies when I think what could have happened. Test your detectors!
omg thank you for the girls reminder, i am going to go watch RIGHT NOW!
I’m so glad I’m not the only one with Christmas day for still up. We were gone for a good chunk of December, so my theory is to leave it up until Valentines Day.
I need that mug!
We like so much these points, we agree with the opinion about Jane Fonda, wonderful! We like your breakfasts too.
http://inatrendytown.blogspot.com.es/
1. Those mugs are amazing! I must have one!
2. I have experienced evil smoke detectors before when I lived in Boston, a few nights where they would go off in the middle of the night and I would be at home ALONE. What a scare. I hope that yours stop chirping soon!!
3. Elijah WAS the best thing on Girls!
4. I have been following your blog for a while, but this is the first time I have ever commented. My boyfriend even got me your cookbook for Christmas :) I love it and I just wanted to say hello and that I love your blog and all of the recipes I have tried, and your son is beautiful.
I still have my Christmas stuff up too. But i have a valid excuse. A few days post NYE, I caught ALL THE SICKNESS! Seriously. Flu. Sinus infection. Ear infection. It’s the WORST. I am starting to feel better – almost two weeks later. So once I’m in the clear, I’ll put away all the Christmas stuff.
LOVE Elijah! He’s always the BEST! We should all have an Elijah in our life just to help keep things real. I was so disappointed when his show New Normal was cancelled. EPIC bummer :( My Christmas stuff is also still up and will remain so for a few more days (weeks-who we kidding)!
The first scene in GIRLS????????? I CANNOT GET IT OUT OF MY HEAD.
I love the link to the date night book! That is a great inspiration. Hope you will post the recipe to her chocolate chips cookies! Making my mouth water!
Jessica! I’m not sure if someone has commented this already but my hubby is an electrician. He says, “check the expiration date, it could be singing its death song”, and then he mentioned to double check the battery connection. Hope that helps.
p.s. UNICORN MUGS?! Whaaaaaaa.. *add to cart*
I HAD to have that mug when I saw it at Target. Love it!
I started following Skellie a few weeks ago, too funny. The place and things she does is awesome :)
Jessica; I love reading you; lightens my days. Please though; no more Jane Fonda references. She is poison and you will incur the wrath of all who remember her days selling out US soldiers in Vietnam. She did just that, and cost some American lives.
I see you as the next “Martha”, and hope that comes to fruition.
Please though; be careful and mindful of the names you drop. You will be tied to them forever.
I’m on your side here. Best wishes.
Paul.
Such is my life that my husband gave me the entire seasons of Friends on dvd, then a week later they are streaming on Netflix. Regardless, it has been my life and the constant background noise. I got the unicorn and donut mug. It had to be done!