Day 2!

Whoo hoo! I made it to the next day and remembered this guy (aka...this blog). As you can imagine, nothing has happend since yesterday, but again, since this blog is partly to delve down the rabbit hole of my interests and inner monologue I'm sure I'll have plenty to fill the 20 minute gap with!

Let's get started with recipes!! My fave! I've been into what I call "garbage" pasta/casserole/salad for a long time...and regardless of the name, I'm sure most of you are too. It's a freeforall-cleanout the fridge/pantry-whateveryourheartdesires kind of dish. And I finally came across a formula a few years back that put it very simply...are you ready? here it is:
-1lb or 2-3 servings of a protein (for salads: fish, tofu, tuna, chicken are great and you only need one serving)
-1lb or 2-3 servings of TWO or THREE kinds of veggies (again salad rule is diff. just one serving)
-1 serving of starch...if it's casserole, I usually build the base with this so it gets fully cooked so line the bottom of your dish with rice/potatoes/pasta (salads for me generally don't even have a starch).
tada! so easy...granted, I've had quite a few misses with this because of clashing tastes and flavors but I'd say 85% of the time it's perfect and gets rid of everything that's about to go bad..

Moving on!
this is currently my background on my laptop...it makes me so happy

love it...7 minutes left

I haven't had a chance to catch any current news today...it's early and my brain is moving rather slow because of the horrible rain.

I worked out at Studio Fitness yesterday and did a Quicktone class...it literally hurt to talk on the phone because the phone was THAT heavy...yes, I'm weak! But I'm working on fixing that.

ok, ultra speedy catch-up on the fam:
Monster: cute as ever...I've been taking him to the new dog park at Medal of Honor Park and he's been AMAZING. I usually just let him run around with Elvis in the big dog cage and he loves it...he frolics around like he's not 4 pounds and doesn't take crap from any of the big dogs...makes me so proud! I need to figure out a solution to his hair loss (brought on by aforementioned thyroid disease) because summer is coming up and I can't let him swelter in the heat.
Michael: Doing well, closing in on his dissertation and writing...super proud of him as well. He's lately gotten into extracurricular sci-fi tv watching (yay!) and playing incredibly contrasting music with his friend Cole...both of which make for a very busy guy. this is on top of his late night programming sesh with andrew and boxing/raquetball with keith.
Myself: ran out of time....heyyy ooooo...