Doncha love the Sound of Music? I mean, who doesn't love the sound of music?
Anyway, no idea why, but I wanted to post some of my favorite things as of late. As I said, I don't know what prompted this post. Completely random.
Everyone has favorite things, whether they are things they enjoy doing, products, food, whatever. And when you share your favs you give the opportunity to give someone else something totally awesome, too. Plus I love reading other people's posts about favorite crap, so I am stealing the idea :)
1. Pockets- First name, Polly :)
I'm smitten. She's a handful, but I love my new dog. Our latest adventure? I took her to the dogpark yesterday, in hopes that I might wear her out (ha, what a joke). We literally went for 2 hours, played fetch, she splashed in the lake and got completely filthy. We walked, she played with other dogs... We came home and I pretty much tricked her into taking a bath (bc I mean, she was COVERED in mud). Yeeeaaahh. She went a little nuts. She was ok during the actual bath, she didn't want it, but she let me hold her in the tub and wash her. After, though, she ran up and down the stairs like a demon-possessed banshee. Like she was trying to get the bath off her! It was nuts. I might buy a hose just to avoid the bath experience in the future, not kidding. The bathroom after she got out was covered in mud and hair. But seeing her splash around the lake and chase the birds- priceless :).
Wish I had a photo of how dirty she got when we went to the park, now THAT would be a good photo!
2. LOST
So yeeeaaahh. This show has been on for a while now. Like 6 seasons... I JUST started watching. It's great. Super great. I never knew what it was about (what is it with commercials that make no sense?) but it is about a group of people traveling (from?) Sydney back to America who crash on a very strange island.... The characters are awesome and weird and freaky stuff happens every episode. There is definately something strange about this island :)
3. The Ultimate Shortcut Cookie Book
The first time I saw this cookbook, I knew I must have it. And it is AWESOME. I love cookies, so a cookie recipe book chopped full with 745 recipes obviously makes me happy. But a cookbook with SHORTCUT recipes that ALL sound delicious? Now that I am excited about. So what makes them shortcut recipes you ask? Well they use brownie mixes, premade cookie dough (yup the Pillsbury kind (or WalMart/Kroger brands for those of us that are a bit poorer), or cake mixes that you buy at the store) as the bases of all the cookies, brownies, and bars. Now I haven't gotten through the whole book, but here is one recipe I thought I might post, just to give an idea of what the book is like. I mean this recipe has FOUR ingredients, people. If that's not easy, I don't know what is. That is almost easier than just buying the plain old mix, and much more delicious.
Chubby Rocky Road Bars
1 (16.5 ounce) roll refrigerated chocolate-chip cookie dough
1 cup semisweet chocolate morsels, divided
1 1/2 cups miniature marshmallows
1/2 cup chopped walnuts (or pecans)
Preheat oven 350 degrees F. Spray 8-in square pan with nonstick cooking spray or line with foil.
Break up dough into the prepared pan; with floured fingers, press dough into pan to for an even layer. Bake for 27-30 min or until toothpick inserted comes out clean. Removed from oven and immediately sprinkle with half of the chocolate chips; keep oven on. Let stand 5 min until chips are shiny; spread chocolate chips with a knife to cover cookie layer.
Top with marshmallows, remaining morsels, and walnuts. Press down slightly. Bake an additional 15 minutes or until marshmallows begin to puff.
Remove from oven and cool on wire rack 15-20 min. Cut warm bars to pieces with wet knife.
(credit: pg 216 The Ultimate Shortcut Cookie Book by Camilla v. Saulsbury)
The recipes I'm most looking forward to trying next? Baby Ruth Brownies and Granola cookies!
4. Lipton Diet Green Tea
I love this stuff, especially love the berry flavor.
5. Song: Like Boom by Vita Chambers
Apparently opening for Justin Beiber, I happened to hear her stuff on the radio. (I never hear new, good stuff lol.) Instantly thought this song was fun, and made me want to sing along like a kid.
6. My kickboxing class!!!
My teacher is probably- oh I would say 50 or over- no joke. And she just about kicks my butt every class. It's a high-intensity cardio workout, and I L-O-V-E it. I have always been a cardio junkie though, so anything that's a change from my daily jog is fun. I think my favorite part about the workout is the arm workout. I hate to workout my arms, and kickboxing provides the perfect cardio workout to mask the arm workout. he he.
7. Charming Charlie
Ok, the first time I went in here, for some reason I didn't see much I liked. Crazy, I know! I don't know, maybe I just didn't take a good look. Don't know what happened, because my second trip here I wanted to buy the whole store... If you haven't been to one of these, ladies, you are missing out. They are basically the largest jewelry store.. EVER. Jewelry, bags, shoes, clothes... But mostly jewelry. All colors, all kinds. Whatever jewelry accessory you are looking for you can find it here. And for pretty decent prices. Can't really shop online though, so here's a link to store locations:
http://www.charmingcharlie.com/locations
Just a taste ....
