Oil of Oregano: Devil Juice

As usual I was bummed to wake up on Monday morning but because of the madness that is my work life right now I figured it would pass in a blur... Until I started feeling like crap right before lunch.  It just kind of hit me like a wall, headache, sore throat, achy body... All I wanted to do was crawl into bed and knock myself out with some NyQuil, but that wasn't happening.  So I worked until 6pm (ugh) and then as soon as I got home I let hubby do it.  I let him torture me.  Torture as in putting 3 drops of oil of oregano under my tongue.  He won't let me swallow for at least 30 seconds (minds out of the gutter ladies!) and then I still can't drink for like 5 minutes.  If you haven't tried it, let me tell you that this shit is disgusting.  DISGUSTING!  I gag every time.  But his grandparents swear by it and they just celebrated their 70th anniversary so I feel like I can't really go wrong here.

Devil juice (aka oil of oregano)

I woke up this morning feeling a bit better and the best part? No sore throat. Fever is gone too but I still have a stuffed nose but that's ok, a cold I can deal with.  

They always seem to know when you need a little love the most

Does anyone else have any good cold and flu remedies?  There is no chance of a sick day in my near future so I need to kick this thing in the ass!

Happy Tuesday friends!

Recap: Date Weekend!

Not only did I have date night with my husband, we spent the whole weekend together!  I had plans to go out with couple girlfriends on Friday night but they ended up falling through.  Half of me was super bummed because we were going out for a delicious steak feast and lots of yummy wine and my two friends are a blast, but the other half of me was looking forward to a chill night.  I definitely need to get our girls night rebooked ASAP though!

I left work on time Friday and hurried home, poured a big road pop and headed out with hubby to do our grocery shopping.  We rented a couple movies and picked up dinner on our way home, I barely made it through the movie and then headed up to bed.

Road pop... shhhh!

I slept in on Saturday and hubby brought me my coffee in bed as I lazily watched a couple of shows. Eventually I got up and organized all our laundry into piles (I've been slacking for a couple weeks so we had A LOT) and it was the perfect excuse to settle in front of the TV to watch another movie. Real productive hey?  Pretty sure I also pinned about 200 projects/recipes/home ideas... wonder if I will ever accomplish any of them?! 

Hubby and I eventually headed out for some drinks at a new restaurant near our house and I discovered a beer I really like.  We enjoyed a few drinks, a couple appies and eventually ordered dinner.  The food and drinks were all delicious and it was great to hang out and relax with my hubby.  

Goodbye wine, hello beer, welcome to the roster!

After we got back home I decided to do something I haven't done in so long - I baked!  I promised hubby a couple weeks ago that I would bake him a chocolate cake with Skor bites plus I have wanted to try a layered cake for a while.  Saturday night baking with a drink is so fun for me and I find it really relaxing as opposed to cooking where I always feel like the donkey in Gordon Ramsay's pressure test! So I decided to bake both cakes.

Chocolate cake topped with Skor bites

My first rainbow cake

Sunday morning I was anticipating a brutal hangover but I actually woke up feeling pretty good, so good that I actually whipped up quite the Sunday-worthy brunch! Oh and I actually found one of the ideas on Pinterest so ignore my comment above.  Needless to say hubby was happily surprised when he came downstairs in the midst of my cooking :)  I made scrambled eggs, baked bacon (easiest way to cook it!!) and pancake cups topped with strawberries and cool whip (the pancake cups didn't actually mold into cups the way they were supposed to but they still tasted like pancakes).

Sunday brunch deliciousness

After brunch I did some stuff around the house to get ready for the week and then went to meet my mom for coffee.  On my way home I picked up my new favorite beer (see above) to end the weekend a little easier.  

I have a week full of long days ahead of me as I finish pulling everything together for our affiliate seminar next week.  We have 24 people coming to town for a full week of training and I am praying that it goes amazingly well.  We have never done something of this magnitude and it's important we pull it off... Wish me luck!

It's been a while since I have linked up Lisa and Bella for the weekend recap so here I am and can't wait to read about everyone else's weekends... hopefully some of you had some sun?!?





Cherry Blossoms!

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The cherry blossoms are in full bloom on our street! I managed to get this shot during a break in the rain. Not much sun but the trees were gorgeous!

Is everyone as excited as me that tomorrow is Friday?  I know, a silly question lol :) I am most excited for a good sleep in. And wine. Or vodka. Or wine and vodka. It's been one of those weeks.  Oh and I am also checking out butter ripple schnapps! Good on ice cream, in coffee and/or hot chocolate? Could this be my new baileys? I'll let you know...

Long Time No Blog

Hello Blogland, remember me?  I do not understand how all those full-time working mommas write kick-ass blog posts four to five times a week... I have barely been able to manage 2! I used to get away with working on them during my lunch break but those are unheard of now.  Oh well, at least I'm banking a bunch of overtime hours (and can hopefully convince my hubby to let me take off back to Palm Springs for a week next month!).

I had a good first half of my weekend.  Friday night I ditched the husband for a girls night with friends.  We had appies, ordered Chinese, drank too many cocktails and too much wine, stuffed our faces with a variety pack of macaroons (including red velvet, DELISH!) and passed out early Saturday morning.  Frozen was on at some point I'm pretty sure.  

One of the wines we polished off, only photo I managed to take!

I then woke up to an amazing breakfast, and after lounging on the couch for a few hours I dragged myself home.  And back to bed.  We were in bed early Saturday night and then I woke up Sunday feeling like crap.  Sore throat, headache, earaches and chills... I was terrified I was getting sick.  Hubby made me take oil of oregano (that shit is nasty) and cold fx.  I basically slept all day, was fed amazing chili, popped a Tylenol cold nighttime pill and went to bed early.  I woke up this morning hating the fact that it was Monday but feeling so much better.  So I either had a crazy two day hangover, was overtired, or was catching a bug and managed to kick its ass.  I don't care as long it doesn't take me out! 

Hotel worthy breakfast: fresh fruit, egg wraps with bacon, tomatoes and                                       cheese, oj, coffee AND espresso. 

Besides work I have a few things to look forward to this week: my standing date with K for Pretty Little Liars tomorrow and then another girls night on Friday, with different girls and at my favorite steakhouse.  

What does everyone else have planned for the weekend?

It's the Little Things... Being Grateful

I really like Ashley's It's The Little Things linkup, especially right now, because I feel like life is a bit too crazy right now.  This reminds me to stop and breathe and remember to be thankful for everything I have in my life.

What is so crazy in my life right now is work.  We are basically relaunching our company and I am in charge of organizing said launch, which includes a 5 day training seminar with 25 of our sales affiliates and 3 product launches.  The seminar is desparately needed, the training, the product info, everything that we are doing is desparately needed.  Alll the work that goes into that plus everything behind the scenes is time consuming not to mention doing my every day job requirements, so I am working long days and get home exhausted and ready to comb into bed.  But I need to remember that I have a job and I work with some great people.  Some people don't even have that.

I also had a small victory in the eating department! We had cake yesterday to celebrate a colleague's 25 year anniversary with the company (isn't that crazy in this day and age?? The guys get Rolex watches and the women get diamond and sapphire rings - I only have 24 years to go!!) and there was obviously a big chocolate cake with icing and chocolate shaving goodness.... And I didn't eat ANY!  It felt so good.  I think I'm actually ready to give this WW thing a shot.  And I'm actually getting the urge to sweat so I think I'm also ready to get my butt back to working out, yay me! 

I can't wait to catch up on everyone's little things this weekend :)

Weekend Recap... Sorcerer for the Win!

Linking up with Lisa and Bella!

This weekend was the perfect mix of busy and relaxed.  Friday night we ordered in sushi and watched a movie, then went to bed at a decent hour because we were gearing up for a busy Saturday.

Saturday morning we got up early and headed right out to get our day started.  We went to hubby's favorite store Home Depot where he bought... I know it's stuff for the yard but that's about it. Meanwhile I bought four cans of spray paint in great colors, a DIY dream, now I just need to figure out what to do with them.   Then it was off to Target where I discovered all their basic T's and tanks were basically half price, and then it was all over, I am fully stocked for summer!  About an hour and a half later he managed to drag me out of there and we got our grocery shop done.

Saturday night we went to our friend's house for drinks, dinner and game night for the first time since they had their baby (LINK).  One friend is an awesome cook so he made pulled pork tacos and delicious salad, we had lots of wine, and I got lots of newborn baby snuggles.  We played the game Cards Against Humanity (you have to be really open-minded to enjoy this game and I sincerely apologize if it offends anyone) and even better, I won.  Basically someone reads out a statement/question/fill-in-the-blanks (black card) and every one else chooses one of their white cards as the best response, whoever's card wins gets a point.

Two of my winners:

Sunday was, as usual, our somewhat lazy day. We woke up at a decent hour and hubby brought me coffee in bed (I love these mornings!).  After enjoying coffee and breakfast, I set up shop in the TV room to prep all our veggies for the week while watching my recordings.  Oh and I also did five loads of laundry.  But it was great, I was home and relaxing while making the rest of the week easier.  I peeled and chopped two big bags of carrots - we both take them for lunch and go through a ton.  I'm actually not sure if these will even last us until next weekend.  

My veggie-licious haul:

Lazy Sunday naps:

Sunday night we made dinner together and it was delicious.  We had pork tenderloin, roasted potatoes and a broccoli-cauliflower mixture topped with cheese sauce (from scratch, I once made a packet cheese sauce for dinner with my in-laws and they were horrified, I only make the real stuff now!!!).  It was so good, I will post the recipe soon.

Do you have a weekend routine?  Does it mainly involve getting ready for the upcoming week? I would love to hear what other people to keep themselves on track or shortcuts to make life easier.  Please share!

   

Dinner Plan

Happy St. Patrick's Day Eve!  I'm not Irish but as many people know I enjoy a drink or 5 so this is a great holiday for me to partake in... except it's Monday and I have a lot of work to do over the next three weeks so a hangover just won't work for me right now.  But I will enjoy vicariously through all the social media posts and pictures so please put in a good effort.

 

We've had a good weekend and once again I'm so sad that it's Sunday.  Hopefully I won't have much time to be sad that it's Monday and there are four more sleeps to another Friday... I really think it's time we rally for a 4 day work week. 

 

I am still loving our weekly dinner plans but I need to get into the habit of creating them on Thursday... I always end up doing the grocery shop and then the dinner plan which is pretty ass backwards because we always have the same things.  If I remember to plan ahead then we can try different things, maybe even have a goal of one new recipe a week.  Wish me luck.

 

Here is what we have cooking this week:

 

 

I took a lot of inspiration from Skinnytaste this week, the frittata and a couple of veggie sides are from the website and I have never made them before.  I am really hoping they turn out because they look delicious and are somewhat healthy so it's a win-win.

 

I hope everyone had a great weekend, looking forward to all the recaps tomorrow, and to all the Irish ENJOY!!