buy local, be local.

Happy hour drinks at Blossom = $30

Dinner at Fleet Landing = $50

After dinner "Social"izing = $20

A Friday night out with the ladies.... PRICELESS!

the next generation

I was in the mall with one of my friends yesterday and we walked pass FYE, the music store. My friend looked over at the rows of cds and said, "Wow! I can't believe they are still even making those!" I thought to myself, "is she joking???" I had to ask her to repeat it 3 TIMES thinking that I heard her wrong.

Call me outdated, but I don't own an iPod, I don't have iTunes on my computer, my computer won't even accept the download for iTunes, and when I listen to music while i'm cooking dinner it's always coming from the good ol' cd player.

In high school, my bff's first car was this huge banana yellow tank, a seventy-something model, that had an 8-track. We would laugh and laugh because we thought 8-tracks were so old and silly. I sure hope my treasured store-bought compact discs aren't the 8-track of the future.

While at the mall, I decided to swing into the cosmetics department to get some face cleanser. I had an insightful visit with the lady behind the Origins counter who gave me tons of free samples. I was so excited that I went home and forced John into the bathroom for a 30 minute facial (he later told me that he wanted to jump up and run after 5 minutes but he couldn't deny the smile planted on my face). The difference was astounding. No wonder the nice clerk gave me all those free samples - she knew I would be hooked. So I went to their website and was impressed - very earth friendly, hence the name "Origins". Aside from donating to several charities and having a recycle program, their products are made from all natural or certified organic products and prohibit the use of: parabens, phthalates, propylene glycol, mineral oil, PABA, petrolatum, paraffin, DEA, or animal ingredients.

I finished the Twilight series on into the late hours of last night. FINALLY. I made it to the ending that I have been waiting and waiting and waiting for since the beginning of the year (I took a looong break in btwn books 2 & 3). And now that i've read the last page, i'm left with lonely feelings - like a friend just moved away. I have devoted so much time to Bella & Edward and now they are gone, collecting dust in a nook on my bookshelf. I read the first 700 pages in a flash, but carried out the last 50 over the course of 3 days hoping that another 50 would magically appear. You have to be a book lover to understand how involving it is to read the stories of these characters and get so deep in that you actually develop a personal attachment. What are Bella & Edward doing right now? Oh yea, that's right, they're just characters in a book, NOT REAL. These are the thoughts in my head. Needless to say, the series was amazing and I closed book 4 last night with contentment stirring through my mind.

on the menu for sully (all fresh, all organic, all made with love by mommy):

sweet potatoes w/ cinnamon
zucchini
squash
butternut squash
baked apples w/ cinnamon (applesauce)
pears
peaches
avocado w/ cilantro & lime (baby guacamole)
bananas
blueberries
yogurt
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on the menu for me & john:

2 plane tickets bound for washington dc to visit my bff, the weekend of labor day. yipee!

little boy blue(berry)

john and i made a pact this weekend to give up ground beef. no ground beef for one month (atleast). instead we will opt for chicken, turkey, salmon, and all of ground beef's other healthy friends. it will probably be more of a challenge for john who has gotten in the habit of swinging in for a fast food burger in the rush of his day. although mom did call last night to say she will be making a big pot of her fabulous spagetthi & meatballs when i'm home this weekend (my favorite, favorite)... hopefully she loves me enough to sub in some ground turkey. :)

on the menu tonight: italian sald, baked salmon with lemon, & green beans - yum, yum