Wednesday, June 29, 2011

Finally... An Update!

When I last decided to blog, this is what I had decided to begin with "So, it's been almost 2 months since the last post. and there's nothing I can really say, other than, I'm lazy, busy, and a little more lazy. But, I've decided it's time to get back on the wagon, at least for now. And because soo much has happened, this will be done in a 2 to 3 part update." and now, I don't care. A lot has happened, and rather than writing it all out, I'm just going to list it, and move on, because there's a lot more coming up, and i want to get back to the real focus of what I wanted this blog to be when I started writing it... and that is, honestly, to share new recipes and log my weight loss. I've done neither one of those in the last 3 months. I'd apologize, but I don't really feel it's necessary. Moving on!

Since I last blogged, the following has happened:

- 4/17 | I purchased my first-ever brand new vehicle - a 2011 Subaru Impreza 2.5i premium hatchback - it's the car i've been creaming of for the last 2 years, and now, it's mine. well sort of. the bank "owns" it, but as soon as I pay them off, they mail me the pink-slip!

- 5/7 | My mother and I participated in the Willow Glen 5k walk/run. We finished in less than 50 minutes, a personal best for both of us, I believe. We also decided we're going to train so we can run/jog the whole course at next years event.

- 5/14-15 | The Relay For Life was a huge success. Our entire event raised over $150K and our Sicilian Sisterhood & Friends Team raised over $5K. Despite the rain, our team persevered and took many strides towards our goal: a time where the words "I have cancer" won't be so common, or even spoken.

-5/20-22 | Frank and I broke in my new car with a drive to San Diego for his sister's graduation from San Diego State. We stopped and had breakfast/lunch with Lupe at Nat's Early Bite, one of my favorite haunts, on Friday. Sunday, on our way home, we stopped and enjoyed authentic burgers at the Original Bob's Big Boy in Burbank/Toluca Lake before jumping on the 5 freeway to head home.

6/5 | I helped give Katie a wedding shower, along with her mother, aunt and neighbor. I wanted to make the favors, and upon a visit to Starbucks, sparked the brilliant idea to make cakepops. While they turned out great and I would definitely make them again, they are not as easy as bakerella  lead me to believe. But, the shower went off with out a hitch and everyone enjoyed the favors.

-6/11 | Frank enjoyed his very first big-venue concert: Tim McGraw, Luke Bryan & The Band Perry at Shoreline. We even got to attend a special VIP experience where we saw Tim McGraw perform a few songs in a small tent before the big show.

- 6/19 | We celebrated a combined Father's day and Mother's day - Parent's day - at the Mansion with both our families, respectively. We reserved the big BBQ and had ourselves a little party.It was a little hot, and we were breifly "rained out" by the horribly positioned sprinklers in the area, but we had a good time.

And now that you're all caught up, I'm about done typing this post. I did, in fact, make a new recipe last night, that you can find by clicking here. It's called Shrimp with Warm Coleslaw. I followed the recipe almost precisely, save for adding the extra bacon drippings to the coleslaw mix and adding the red wine vinegar. I realized that it called for said vinegar, but I didn't realize we didn't have any, so I simply omitted it. Instead of fresh shrimp i thawed some peeled and cleaned shrimp i had in the freezer from one of our recent Costco excursions. I also seasoned the coleslaw with Pete's Salt and served it along side green onion couscous drizzled with olive oil and seasoned with Pete's salt. Overall, this meal was delicious and it attracted me because it had veggies and shrimp, which i love. I imagine it'd be great rolled in a tortilla as a wrap, too. I'd recommend this to anyone looking for a quick, fresh and healthy dinner idea.

In other news, i will very briefly tell you that I will be travelling to Seattle, more appropriately, Suncadia Resort, to spend the 4th of July weekend with my Godfather and his family. I haven't been up to the Pacific North West in a few years and I'm excited to catch up and spend time with this section of my family.

Absolutely,
The Lady