Public service announcement #2: Don't let popcorn burn!The house still smells like smoke from my microwave popcorn incident. I'm not sure the smell is ever going to come out of the microwave. I'll have to look into buying a new glass tray for it, but I'm not sure how much that will help either. I have looked up a few suggestions online and will try those shortly.
Public service announcement #3: Avoid the bakery section of the grocery store. I headed to New Seasons Market (like Whole Foods, only locally owned) to do the shopping for dinner last night (lasagna test drive for D's recipe). From an impressive distance, I spotted this cake at the bakery counter that looked very much like the marionberry poppyseed cake from Piece of Cake that I love so much. I rushed over to the counter and the sign says it is indeed the cake and it's from Piece of Cake! My only hope of not gaining 10 lb per year was that the Piece of Cake bakery is no where near us. Now I know that all I have to do is drive to this grocery store?! Not good news. I, of course, bought two pieces and D and I enjoyed them before we ate dinner. See, I have no discipline.
I did manage to walk the dogs in the pouring rain yesterday. Both were going stir crazy in the house, so I get them into the garage and I get all suited up in my rain gear. I open the garage door and proceed to walk out. Eddie runs until he sees that it's raining and then decides he does not want to go after all and plants himself firmly in the garage. I had to drag him outside. I would have skipped the walk, but I know that if I'd not made him go, he would have gotten inside and still kept bugging me for a walk. So we walked in the pouring rain. Not drizzle as is standard mind you, but pouring rain. The only good part of the weather being so crappy was that I knew no one else would be out, so I didn't even bother to put their leashes on for the walk back from the trail. I just made them walk beside me, though Eddie constantly creeps about three steps ahead of me in this situation unless I constantly tell him no.
Using this blog as a tool of procrastination will only get me so far. I'm going to have to work on party prep at some point. I know this is just like working out. I dread doing it, but once I start, I'll be just fine and will get into a zone.
Picture taken before we got our ottoman. Eddie thinks he fits just fine:
Megan- I have been browsing through your posts, and I feel like I need to confess that I think we may live in the same area of Portland! I enjoy your blog and look forward to reading more. Kristine
ReplyDeletePS- do you have a good dog sitter? I need someone local.
Wow - that would be very ironic if we do live close to each other. I enjoy your blog, as well. I think I found it about 3 months ago. That you're doing NoBloPoMo is so great for me!
ReplyDeleteYes, I do like our pet sitter very much. We use Town and Country Pet Sitting: www.tcpetsitting.com. Perri is the owner and has recently hired another pet sitter, Amber, who is the one who dog sits Turtle & Eddie. The dogs have really done well with both Perri and Amber.
PS My email address is megmoo75@hotmail.com if you want/need more detailed information on the dog sitter or whatever.