Hi, I'm Rachel.

A few years ago I could barely boil water.

True story.

Determined to be a kick ass wife, I developed a love for football and learned to cook in my tiny Jersey City kitchen. I spend my days working in Manhattan, my nights and weekends chasing after a rambunctious toddler, and the hours in between cooking with my husband and feeding my TV habit...oh, and I blog about it all! 

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Entries in thursday thoughts (5)

Thursday
Apr052012

Thursday Thoughts

1. I have a 4 day weekend starting tomorrow. Woot!

2. In the wake of my Delirium withdrawal, I am now reading Divergent. My feelings on this are...eh. It's definitely not nearly as good as Delirium and compared to Hunger Games? No. Just no.

3. I've eaten about a million of these this week...

and these...

I can't stay away from the chocolate egg versions of candy bars, apparently.

4. Starbucks or Dunkin' Donuts? I had my first DD iced coffee of the season yesterday and it was wonderful. There is nothing better in warm weather than iced coffee. Yum. I would take Dunkin over Starbucks anyday.

5. Did you see they made 'Once' into a musical? I actually never saw the movie but am obsessed with the song from it.

 

6. Baseball season starts today. I dread this day from November to April 1. At least football only takes up one day per week...baseball is on like 100 times per week.

7. I'm debating on what color to paint my nails for Easter. It's a toss up between:

OPI's No Room for the Blues

and Essie's Lilacism

Thoughts?

8. Peeps!

9. Did anyone watch The Pauly D Project last week? What were your thoughts? I thought it was pretty boring, but he's still adorable and so I'll likely continue watching :)

10. colored jeans. I hope these are happening tonight!

11. I forgot to announce it yesterday...but the winner of the gourmet candy bar giveaway, picked at random, is Amy! Thanks to everyone who entered!

Time to head off to work...it's my Friday!!

What are your thoughts this week? What are you loving?

Thursday
Mar292012

Thursday Thoughts

1. The weather went from cold to rainy to sunny and gorgeous yesterday. My sinuses hate me and the world. But I'm excited that I can wear a skirt today.

2. Shaun has had fantasy baseball drafts all week. I'm not really so down with baseball season because I find it boring. And it goes on forever. Unless watching a game is accompanied by a hot dog and soft serve vanilla ice cream with sprinkles in a cup shaped like a baseball helmet...I'm not really so interested.

3. Last night I watched Something Borrowed. Again.

4. Last night I also went to the gym. Despite running a 5K on Sunday, my legs felt like they had lead in them, making it impossible to go more than 2 miles.

5. Yesterday I tried a deep-fried Milky Way. Yeah, it was pretty amazing. It made me long for hot summer days and boardwalk food.

6. I need a new book to read, stat. Help me!

7. I'm probably late to the party, but I'm so obsessed with this song:

 

And this one.

 

8. Last night I whipped up dinner in a flash and it was great. I cooked up some quinoa and roasted leftover broccoli and cauliflower. Topped the quinoa with a little soy sauce and voila...dinner in 15 minutes.

9. I also had a sweet triple chocolate banana milkshake. It was just as delicious as a few nights ago. I don't see why you can't replace the bananas with any fruit of your choice, for those of you who asked. Also, I got the straws from HeyYoYo's Etsy shop, along with some pretty cupcake liners. I had ordered them before the holidays and never used them. I decided that I'd rather just use them up on a making a random night a little special!

10. Shaun and I have been watching Jeopardy in the evening. Actually...we've been DVR'ing it so we can watch it when I get home from work. Not sure if I should feel sophisticated and intelligent or if I should be readying the jeriatric unit for our arrival.

11. I kind of have a crush on Josh Elliott from Good Morning America. Just sayin'.

12. Pauly D Project starts this evening...yay or nay? We will most likely watch it. He's cute.

So those are my thoughts today!

What's going on with you?

What songs are you digging?

What foods are you loving?

What shows are you watching? books are you reading?

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