2012 August

You call that a salad…

August 22, 2012 by Peabody · 21 Comments

I went to a potluck in the south once and looked down at a concoction that I had not seen before. And the woman next to me said “oh that’s salad” and I said “it has Snickers in it” and she said “yes, it’s Snicker Apple Salad”. Oh well of course. I put Snickers in all of my salads…don’t you? I thought she was crazy until I ate it. Apples. Good. Snickers. Good. Whipped Cream. Good. Back in those days that’s all they put in the salad. I guess if Waldorf can be a salad and that Strawberry Pretzel thing…this can too. I have been craving apple pie like crazy lately. I’ve tried to ignore it almost breaking down and eating a Hostess apple pie when I got gas the other day (don’t judge) but I clearly needed to feed the apple pie beast within me. Since I tend to do things with a twist on here I decided to do a twist on the salad into tart form. And gotta say yum! Now it’s not apple pie-y apple pie but it’s good all the same. And hey…it’s salad. You can … [Read more...]

Filed Under: pie · Tagged With: Apple, Salad, Snickers, tart

Is Simplicity Best? Or Simply the Easiest…

August 20, 2012 by Peabody · 13 Comments

I am a girly girl even though to see me most days you would not really get that impression (I mean I’m wearing a hoodie that says “I Like Naps” right now) so it was a bit of a surprise to me when I married the picky eater that I didn’t really care about the dress or so I thought. I had picked one out in a magazine. I found where they sold it locally and went and tried it on. And told them okay, I’ll take it. The girl was like, don’t you want to try others on? I said no. She said but you need the bride experience. Um, okay. So I tried on 10 dresses. Left with the one I came for. That all turned out like I thought. What didn’t turn out how I thought was when I started going for fittings and then the actual day I got to wear that dress…I loved that dress. And not even that dress as a general rule, the wedding dress. So this time around I know that the dress is very, very important to me. Yes, I know you that you only wear it once. And my last dress was rather costly … [Read more...]

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The uniform…

August 14, 2012 by Peabody · 15 Comments

“IF YOU WALKED OUT OF BED TODAY AND HAD A JOB TO GO TO, AND A HOME TO COME BACK TO, AND SOMEONE WAITING THERE WHO CARES ABOUT YOU? FOLKS, THE GAME’S OVER, AND YOU’VE WON” –Larry Miller It’s really that simple. People don’t think it is. They get distracted by what they think they need. More like what society tells you that you need. I stick out like a sore thumb in my area. For one thing I don’t wear the uniform as the men who know our area call it. Let me start by saying it’s not an ugly outfit…it’s just that every woman around here wears it or some version of it every freaking day. I walked into the grocery store one time and it was like I was fresh out of the Stepford Wives movie. For those wondering the uniform in question is LuLulemon Black Yoga Pants, a long t-shirt, either a North Face or Patagonia Puffer Black Vest Jacket, Uggs (unless coming from gym then running shoes are acceptable) and usually a Nike baseball hat of some sort (though usually also … [Read more...]

Filed Under: cake, caramel · Tagged With: German Chocolate, Whoppie Pies

Weighing my options…

August 12, 2012 by Peabody · 23 Comments

Other than when is the wedding the other question people feel compelled to ask me is if I am going to lose weight for the wedding. First off not telling right now when the wedding is but I will say it’s a while off. Wedding planning is fun and pretty…why would I want that to end? :) Plus it’s nice to have a wedding board for a reason instead of the oh gee I want to get married I guess I should get a boyfriend board. :P As for the second thing….first off how rude? And second am I going to lose weight for the wedding? Maybe. I have been tracking what I have been eating and sometimes I let that influence my choices and sometimes I don’t. And if at the end of it when it comes time to throw on the wedding dress and I am smaller so be it. If not, oh well. I wasn’t proposed to when I was a bikini model. I was proposed to how I look now. And I look good. And I look good to MDP all the time. I mean the man has seen (and smelled) me at my worst as we play hockey together. Let me … [Read more...]

Filed Under: cupcakes · Tagged With: Creamsicle, cupcakes, orange, Vanilla