Tuesday Things.
1. I am on a huge breakfast-for-dinner kick. I mean, HUGE. I’m even converting my husband a bit. Focus on the “little bit” part.
2. Can’t even take this croissant loaf. Have seriously been dying for it. Dying.
3. Speaking of Eddie, on Saturday he was cutting the grass and ran over a yellow jacket’s nest in the yard. Oh hi worst nightmare. He was stung a billion times (or like 15), I wasn’t home and am now afraid to go outside in our yard. Of course, I make everything all about me.
4. Totally in love with this: the 50 best drinks in Pittsburgh.
5.  19 signs you’re too old for this crap. I am SO ON BOARD with the exceptions of #3 and #11. Cupcakes (with sprinkles) forever.
6. Dexter. What the heck. I am so impatient but don’t want it to end.
7. Okay, I swear I won’t talk about it much since I can’t stop talking about it, but we had a wild Friday night… me in the living room watching six hours of the West Wing and him upstairs in bed watching six hours of Breaking Bad. Too bad I want to do that like every single day. Um, something else? I can’t get over the freaking cameos in the West Wing. Well, I guess they aren’t technically cameos since for a lot of people, it was one of their first roles – but but but! Connie Britton was in an episode I watched last night! Um, we know how I feel about her. Secret BFF.
8. These new neon sharpies have made my entire week. I love school supplies like no other.
9. Did gmail get all new on anyone else over the weekend? I sort of hate it but can’t figure out how to change it but also sort of like it but now I don’t see half of my emails unless I click to those other boxes. haaalp me.
10. I’m all about the royal baby and am in love with Kate Middleton… and even hold a torch for William since when I was growing up all I heard about was how my mom was pregnant at the same time as Diana and omg, you could be a princess! (yeah okay), but this is sorta hilarious: 25 things more exciting that the royal baby. All in good fun, friends.
11. I love you guys. For the last four years you have alerted me countless times when something in the universe had to do with neon, 90s references, James Taylor and bacon, but I don’t think I’ve ever heard as much from you when I did last week after Jesse and the Rippers were on Jimmy Fallon. Yes. Jesse and the Rippers. My entire life was blowing up. I die.
12. We bought some pink lemonade from a little stand in our neighborhood on Sunday and it reminded me of when I used to do lemonade stands with my friends back in the day. From the early age of… probably ten, I always said I never wanted to do something that required me to sit behind a desk, and when I see these stands I just want to go up to these kids and scream “keep going! keep being all entrepreneurial and stuff!” Would that be scary?
13. In reference to #12, I am working on my fiction novel and absolutely obsessed. I am going to tell you more soon. Like I actually got out of bed at one in the morning on Sunday night to write a post about it. Yes, I am scary.
61 Comments on “Tuesday Things.”
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if there’s one thing i’ll wait for, it’s definitely food. I’ll complain the entire time, but I’ll wait it out. Yikes about the lawn mowing incident.
Love the 25 things way more exciting than the royal birth but it should be the Kardashian birth. Or just 25 things way more exciting than the Kardashians period.
NO it would not be scary!! someone said that to me!! my best friend and I would knock on doors (whoa, precocious!) and offer to wash their cars, walk their dogs… we did lemonade stand like, a half a time (drank all the inventory and didn’t care for THE BEES), but we were told to keep it up. I will always remember that person.
neon sharpies. YES.
breakfast-for-dinner – YES I’m all about it. I just posted a brinner recipe today. Love them b/c they save me time :)
Your fiction novel. CANNOT WAIT to hear more!!
OMG #3 scares the something out of me! I cut the grass (and H edges) to make work in the yard go faster. Sometimes it gets so tall….I freak out over what I’m going to hit with the mower. I had this happen to a friend when she was weed eating under a trampoline. Yellow jacket attack…she ran inside, dropped the weed eater and left the weed eater on until the swarm left!
I just started watching TWW within the last week and am already almost finished with Season 1. IT’S SO GOOD. I can’t stand it. Rob Lowe is a-dorable.
Sent the email link in #5 to a friend with this message attached, ” all of this except for the cupcakes because cupcakes are delicious.”
Well done.
That “croloaf” looks amaaazing. Holy wow.
I am pissed about gmail! I kind of like that it weeds out mass emails but still, I wanna see that stuff!
My cousin wants to open a restaurant called Brinner. Keep in mind she has absolutely zero culinary skills, its mainly the idea that she wants me to continuously cook Brinner for her.
Number 14 is applies to my life, it is almost scary…..Oh I must try to recreate that loaf! It will make killer French toast sandwiches
The gmail this is AWEFUL but you CAN go back to the old mailbox. Under the settings gear go down to Configure Inbox and UNcheck all of those boxes. :)
wait, WHUT? you are writing another book? You are a machine, girl.
Also, OMG…nightmare yellow jacket situation! also, I am just now connecting this, but some people in my husband’s fam know him as Eddie, too…I am only just now making this connection b/c he goes by Sean and didn’t even know his name was Edward until his first day of grade school.
i just self published my little novel (http://www.amazon.com/Dirty-Sweatpants-Lost-Colony-ebook/dp/B00E3F5U8K/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1374590539&sr=8-1&keywords=the+dirty+sweatpants+of+the+lost+colony) and it feels GREAT.
Keep working at your book I can’t wait to read it.
Congrats! Good for you! I have a question that you may choose not to answer and I won’t be offended. Where did you get all your information/resources related to self-publishing? That’s something that has always interested me.
omg #12. I am sooo with you. I did the same thing – we had Kool-aid stands though (now that I think of it, so ghetto, haha). My dad built my sister and I a wooden stand and we used it until it fell apart. And I think the same thing with kids – keep doing it, keep going! Working for yourself is really where it’s at. Not that I’m there yet but…
Breakfast for dinner is a weekly occurrence for me… if not more!
oh no, poor Eddie!! have you started Orange is the New Black yet on Netflix? DO IT.
I make breakfast for dinner for my husband and I every Monday, religiously. Our friends even know not to bother with making plans with us because we are whipping up pancake batter, frying eggs or baking a quiche. Glad to know I am not the only one. Most Monday’s I instagram it too… jaimelopez18
Thanks for making me feel more normal about my Monday habit!
Jaime
Wait. What??
A book? You are amazing!
Seriously.
I went very fan girl when I met John Stamos in real life so the Jesse and the Ripers thing was awesome!
xo Jennifer
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I am SO not in love with the new gmail. I can’t remember to click ALL.THOSE.TABS (= 3 tabs). Ugh.
Um season 2 of West Wing is my all time favorite, especially “Bartlests third state of the union.” I cannot get enough of Ainsley Hayes.
#13 yesssssss!!! #3 nooooo!! While doing a bunch of yard work to get ready for moving Chris was stung by a yellow jacket this weekend, too. Just one, though, which I thought was bad enough. Poor Eddie!!! #1 B-fast for dinner…always! #2 Oh my gosh that loaf + that post!!
Totally just watched that West Wing episode, too! Third season, re-election announcement in Manchester!
I am dying dying DYING over the Jessie and the Rippers video. HOW DID I NOT KNOW ABOUT THAT?!?!?!
Hi, new reader/first time commenter here!
Just wanted to mention that the conversion of my husband to a breakfast-for-dinner lover is one of my greatest sources of happiness. Also–why are you letting yours watch Breaking Bad without you?
Finally…Dexter!
I just watched the Jesse and the Rippers video and thought maybe I was high on something. So bizarre, but kinda cool too.
Sharpies are great! I’m very fond of them myself, and used them ALL the time when in school; they really came in handy for highlighting when I used to take a lot of notes.
On that 19 things list, #7,#10 and #11 are still cool with me.
#2 is what I call the Transformers effect. How fitting that the song was used in a Marvel/Avengers related commercial
#3 gave me a small panic attack. I once left my office for 30 minutes because a wasp flew in & I refused to go back with it in there until it was gone.
I watched Jesse & The Rippers and the 10 year old in me was swooning the whole time! Then when Aunt Becky came over and kissed him…have mercy! I might be 32, but in my mind Full House is a reality.
Your boooooooook! I can’t even wait to hear all about it. And read it all.
Cannot wait to hear about this book! Okay I really mean read it but WHATEVER!
And the royal baby SDFKJLSKDFJKLSD So pumped! Did you see the picture with his little hands almost waving, so. darn. CUTE.
Sorry for all the caps…I just get really really excited sometimes!!
I HAVE TO SAY, I dig the new gmail. I like how everything is grouped and I can ignore 97% of my email even easier now!
And you already know how I feel about your book. Kinda explodin’.
UM we are addicted to west wing too. we are in season 4 and basically did not leave the sofa on sunday watching. Obsessed. I’m going to be so depressed when it is over. And Breaking Bad? I would never leave the house
#13 is very exciting! Can’t wait to hear more. Also–I’ve had a similar bee incident in my life, so I can feel Eddie’s pain. My best friend accidentally stepped on a bee hive when we were kids and I sort of got the brunt of it (as in, I had no idea what was happening, so couldn’t run at all). It hurt. A lot.
Definitely give those kinder-mixologists props whenever you can, please. They will love your enthusiasm and encouragement!
I said the same thing about Kate Middleton tonight to my daughter, and then asked her (she’s 12) if she thought Kate had a stylist do her hair for leaving the hospital. She looked at me like ” I can’t believe her hair is what you took away from this whole thing.”
Sorry about the yellow jackets. The up side….if he at all as pyrotechnic aspirations, burning the nests are the best way to get rid of them. All he needs is a flammable liquid, a blow torch, running shoes, consumption of 6-12 beers and you with a fire extinguisher at the ready. I speak from first hand experience. Yellow jackets gone. Husband unscathed. Win-win.
Shani, the only thing i’m going to add to this is that Jess be there to videotape the “incident” because i cannot for the life of me see how anything good is coming out of flammable liquids, matches, 6-12 beers and running shoes.
seriously, what legit TV actor WASN’T on west wing??? love that you are loving it, this post is fantastic.
I have a friend on Facebook that is posting every little royal baby detail that is in the media. The 25 things more exciting was a great break.
Regarding #12- I wish you would have run up to me and screamed that. Then I probably wouldn’t be sitting behind a desk every day OF MY LIFE.
Just wanted you to know that I am also watching West Wing and so obsessed I wake up every morning thinking I’m in the White House. Have blown through two seasons in two weeks and cried 14 times already. Bartlett 2016!
Regarding # 13, what great news! And this GREEN print. Awsome!
for the gmail question YESSSSS and I hate it!! I changed it to show unread emails first so at least I can see all my emails in one place (you can do this by clicking the little arrow next to inbox on the side bar and click unread first)
I can’t believe you’re writing a fiction novel! You’re such an amazing writer, so I’m definitely on board to read it when it gets published. (When, not if!) It’s my dream to one day write a fiction novel. I think of so many ideas, but can never organize them or get them down into anything concrete! Wah. I can’t wait to hear more about yours!!!
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I so remember rewatching The West Wing and seeing Connie Britton! Donna lives next door to me and I keep wanting to tell her I love her! Best of luck with the novel!
Yes, in one week’s time I felt betrayed by Google…first they screwed with my navigation app, which I uninstalled the update 3 times before I finally decided to embrace a more flexible me…then the email change. I was annoyed that they were choosing what I wanted to see in my “tabs” (same as my issue with the updated FB–they think THEY know what posts from my friends are most important to me, so I have to constantly click all friends to go back and see everything…ick). I figured out that you can select a message in the list and drag it to another tab if it’s categorized wrong. Then be sure to click on “yes” up near the top, if you want to always have email from that person appear in your selected tab.
You can select more or less tabs by clicking on the plus sign at the right of the tabs. I think the improvement that would make me love it would be to be able to customize your tabs…create a new category. Then I could organize it how I want and love it.
Any chance I could get breakfast for dinner mailed out to California? Because that pic is straight making me drool. P.S. I can’t wait to hear more about this fiction piece you’re talking about.. Murder-mystery? Love story? Please do tell!
Can’t wait to hear about your book!!! And who doesn’t love breakfast for dinner?? :)
Can we be friends? Like, seriously I understand and agree with everything you say.
Xo
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