Words on Some Paper Folded Up And Cooked

We went and had Chinese food for dinner (which I recommend if you have not done so lately, because it is indeed delicious). And since it was Chinese food, there are fortune cookies.

Oh Internets, we got lovely fortunes tonight.
I will let you guess who's was what.

D picked first, and I'm not exactly sure what the "rules" of Fortune Cookie Choosing are, but I'm fairly certain they are not followed.
But it really did work in our favor in that respect.

xoxo, Jess (who highly recommends the fried shrimp!)

Not the Night

Tonight, dear Internets, we are feeling sickly. Not ill, just sickly. It's the in-between state. I am rather flushed in the cheeks, and cannot decide if I am warm or cold or just right. Have been feeling rather off all day, to be honest. And D was coughing funnily this morning, told him he was sick and of course he denied it. Such is the way. I'm not sure, though, he seems fine now. I, however, am not. 'Tis a strange thing, really. I dunno if it's from inhaling too much Simple Green while cleaning shelves at work, or I'm finally falling captive to the bug that's been going around. Either way, tad bit frustrating.

But dishes are in the dishwasher, being dried.
Dinner is cooked - Spaghetti, but with Italian Sausage (with added Tapatio sauce), Rotini noodles, and red sauce. Delicious, just so you know.
There is nothing else pressing to get done, and a shower sounds rather lovely. Warm up/Cool down - something!

Before I go, I would like to share a plan. This. And it is good, oh is it. And yes, it truly does make your house smell amazing. I made some at the end of last summer,  and it was great. Other than D did not tell me he did not want almonds. So I added almonds. Turns out, he doesn't like them (and neither do I). So we had to pick them out. That got boring fast, so we didn't finish it off before it went sour, but it is damn time to try again! I suggest you do the same at some point (if you don't already make your own granola!).

I dunno who decided honey needed to come in these little bears, but I'm so glad they did. They are so cute.

This bag probably needs to go away, seeing as it's from September....I thought about looking in it, but am rather scared. Will need to get more! Good thing is, a 5 pound bag of rolled oats can  be purchased for about 4 dollars.

21 cups of space right there. And yes, Mountain Dew cans - we "do the dew" in these parts.

I am going to have to re-configure the recipe though. This one makes far too much. This 21 cup container was bursting, and another container as well had a whole bunch in it. We will  never get through that much in a good space of time - almonds or not!

xoxo, Jess (who is planning for Thursday Night to be the Granola-Making-Night, since she doesn't work early Friday morning, and can enjoy a delicious smelling house)

**Note of suggestion. Don't look too far into Simple Green. It's a terribly foul beast of a cleaner. I promise. Nobody at my work will dilute it (which you ought to do). Some leaked out of a bottle onto the floor (which is a tile, that is waxed every other week or so), and it ate through the wax. I am not joking, embellishing, or trying to make this sound more freaky than it is. If you need a powerful thing, go for it. Just make sure to open all the windows first. It is foul smelling!

Sad Things And Some Strange Wins

Internets, I forgot to get more thread tonight after work. I need more. Not that I got through a whole spindle (are they called spindles? I'm not sure). But I wanted to double up the thread - for heavier yet still lacy - instead of getting a larger string, just use two little ones! It's worked well in the past. I promise.

Also, dinner looked like mush. No really! But I've heard it was delicious.
You know how I was supposed to start a meal-planning activity of sorts? Well, this week we've been winging it. And just deciding at eating.
Monday was tacos. Tuesday was macaroni and cheese with hot dogs and garlic bread. Wednesday was chili (with hot dogs again!) and cornbread. And tonight was mush-looking.
Erm, it's delicious, though! If you get past the sickly pale colour.
Chicken, all cut up and cooked (seasoned to your liking - I like onion, garlic, red pepper flakes, and Tapatio sauce).
White Rice, all cooked up following regular directions.
And a can of condensed cream of mushroom soup. The little cans, not the family size. This you leave uncooked.
Then, when the chicken and rice is done, put in a baking dish, add soup, mix together, and bake for ten-ish minutes at 200 degrees or so. You can guess, I promise.
And that was dinner, and I was told it was good. Not that pleasing to the eye, but good.

This is something I grew up eating, even, and had entirely forgot about it until last night, shame on me!

I will leave you with that, I suppose, seeing as my new projects of sorts are on halt for the evening. I need to go work on the red and black blanket. Should probably do some dishes, but that doesn't sound fun!

Oh, and this.

 

Yeah, that's a canning jar.
Yeah, that's a lid to drink out of on it.
And yeah, everyone says it reminds them of a sippy cup. But it is the most delightful way to drink your coffee. I promise. 

xoxo, Jess (one more day...and then the weekend shall be hers!)