food thoughts

so i am starting off my morning wrong concentrating on the wrong thing-food fantasies!!

So yesterday I cooked it up sorta-I made Fiber One Apple Cinnamon Muffins-can i say WOW-those things are nothing short than AMAZING-delicious and nutritious! NOW I will warn that one is equal to 35% of your daily fiber intake-and i will just say despite my better inner smarts-I just ate two-dang it -oh well no turning back now

so i also made white bean and garlic soup-sighhhhhh

im excited for lunch so i can taste my new soup-it smelled so savory!!!

ok im keeping it short today

it's here it's here

so today is MY friday! Im so excited-not because i have any particular plans but just because its friday and if i wanted to do whatever i wanted to i could and it marks the end of yet another week and countdown to Christmas 2009 continues!

So while in Whole Foods yesterday-they had rosemary trees and cinnamon brooms-oh my gosh the smell was so aromatic and holiday-esque I can NOT WAIT!!!!

As SOON as I return from Alabama-full holiday mode commences-my tree-my garland-my wreath-as a matter of fact I think I may put my wreath holder with the bell on it up next week!!!

a little extra pep in my step and a bigger smile-because indeed it is my FAVORITE season!!

Sooo tomorrow I finally get to go my fairy loc momma and get my hair done-much needed much needed!!! I cant wait-and I know when I walk out I will be look 2 steps past dazzling!!!! oh i cant wait

sunday-im going back to my new church and then my god sister and i are heading to baltimore to meet her mom for dinner!!! got to love when parents come to town!!!!!


sooo here i am at work with some maxwell playing and i am getting it in-plowing through my work and at 12 i plan to be in the parking structure rolling

my other half-the bigger burlier deeper voice and different genitalia half of me is AT home in the bed SLEEP-he took the day off SLACKER SLACKER-so i can guess right now he is trying to spread out across the ENTIRE king size bed-rats!! yet im here at work-something is SO wrong with this equation but whatever *eye roll double eye roll*


did i mention my hair is being rescued tomorrow...maybe i did

so i just looked at my other brother's wedding album-Fred and Kameela looked SO amazing-im telling you if you can look at their pics and not believe in love and all that is brings-then clearly you are dead and there is NO hope-the love and happiness radiates off of them and they exude every love story and love poem...i dont see how anyone can not want that exact same thing

sooooo i hope everyone has magnificent weekends and talk to you soon

love hugs and kisses
me

almost there

so its the day before my favorite day..well not really-i think i love saturdays-the late sleep in-the maybe staying up late the night before-just a lazy day in the sense that its all about you and your personal responsibilities and not work related ones.

so i am at my desk with my grahams and tea-another hour til oatmeal time
i am craving some split pea soup right now-omg!!!!

guess i will make some this weekend..for the upcoming week
so i am pretty excited about my upcoming favorite holiday-just fyi on ABC family they started the countdown til the 25 days of christmas and well YUP ive been all in
i am super excited about getting my christmas tree and decorating it with my HTB...its a tradition that was big in my house and i have always looked forward to being able to do it in my own house...and since i dont have kids yet i am doing an adult sophisticated tree before they start making ornaments at school that are the ones only a parent can love and then i will have to have them on my tree until they are good and grown and then their Mom (Ellen B) says ok enough is enough and stops putting them up-THEN again-once I have kids maybe I will ship their ornaments to grandma Ellen and then she can have "THAT" tree again

anywho-my theme this year is chocolate and gold-I saw some fab ornaments that were deep chocolate and gold so I am going with those and then some standard gold and then white lights and since i have an amazing banister-oh yea im wrapping that up in garland..

and for the classic look since i suck at doing the lights int he windows i will just get the plug in candles and put one in each of my front windows!! Yup Christmas in the Crump house!!!!!!!

question of the day

WHY is it-in the morning, when its time to get up-WHY at that very moment does the bed and the pillows all of a sudden become THE most comfortable EVER! At night when its time to unwind-the bed feels ok the pillows are all right too BUT its when the alarm goes off that suddenly you feel like you are sleeping on the highest thread cotton of some material made for God or something
and yet that's when you must depart...

this just doesnt seem fair

untitled

I have the ultimate headache this morning-

i have a bunch of random thoughts in my head-so here goes

well first i went to church yesterday-a new church-i liked it and part of the message was on being humble and it says putting God first then others and self last-so i wonder how many people really do that-when most people put self first and try to follow self preservation and blah blah-or how often do people perceive they are putting others first when in reality they are still satisfying their own self interests

i had like 3 things bothering me-3 different complexes
the first is the "bad relationship drama-yet i do the same thing time after time expecting a different result"
its like come on now MAYBE you need to try something different MAYBE you need to look at you BUT then again we never can see our own flaws-

now i am not on my soapbox really i promise but we are never really truly honest with ourselves we just arent

then its the whole " i can get mad and behave anyway i like and then in the morning when i feel better you have to feel better too" there are people who need to vent and there are people who need to sleep it off unfortunately the sleep its offs do not realize no matter how many times-that when they go to sleep it off and ignore the person who needs to vent they only make it worst and in the morning there is not calm there is a brewing storm-but hey maybe thats the person who vents personal problem-maybe they are the selfish one

and my 3rd is people who aer so self righteous and so controlling that they think they can control love and life-its like a big chess game and they somehow in their screwed up logic think they can dictate and regulate all the actions of the people on the board
instead of realizing what a gift love and life is and just enjoying it-they spend all their time being the masters of their own demise-what idiots-we have all been hurt before but you know what you get up you brush yourself off and keep going you dont let love become a crippling disease

there are too many things in life there are far worst for us to all wallow in our self pity-im sick of the shit
you have a job, you have a roof over your head-lets count how far ahead you are with just those simple things-there are people with no jobs hell no food, no place to go, no chance to survive and yet we worry about some silly shit and have multiple tvs, toys, and outlets
the nerve-its like get over yourself and quick-yes money is always a stressor for MOST people but hell there are people with absolutely NONE-do you want to switch places....people act stupid and get all caught up and fixated on one person hell at least you have the freedom to go find someone else at least you are free to love and not worrying about war and weather you are even going to wake up the next day

so my point is folks to put your life in perspective and think about what really is important and before you bitch and moan about how rough you have it turn on the news and get a reality check, were you in Ft. Hood? are you in Iraq? quit your crying and do something about it

TGIF

so yesterday after my evil brother lured me into thoughts of food ALL day-i went home and NO I did not have any cheese fondue nor cheese fondue with any of the dippers that we discussed -it was a true let down for my taste buds

but instead me and R made some of those pizza kits-now i must say my pizza was more on the gourmet side with fresh garlic and lots of cheese and oregano and other yummy necessary pizza toppings

since my vacay last week i am trying to get back on track with my eating and i must admit i am struggling-all the yummies that i am usual so resistant against-have just been calling my name and i have been answering them all...although i am at my desk now with a bowl of high fiber oatmeal with craisins in it....but saturday i already have plans to indulge in obscene amounts of unhealthy food with a friend to help her aching heart-i'm talking 2 maybe 3 scoops from coldstone PLUS some papa johns more than likely-im wearing my sweats directly to her house with NO shame whatsoever and then i'm going to lounge all over her couch and bean bag with wreckless abandon

ahhhh-what can i say!!!
sooo im excited to try this new church Sunday that my Mom gave me the info on-stay tuned!!!

can anyone believe we are rolling into the 2nd week of NOVEMBER-man its almost Turkey day which means almost ME day!!!!! then 12/31!!!!

im back

whats up peoples!!
So i have been off for like a week on a vacay with the HTB-had a great time, well had a great travel companion and great food, the HEAT was NOT my friend-i just dont think im cut out for the southern thing....i HATE to be a victim to hopeless sweating...some sweat fine-but when places on your body sweat that are not meant to sweat-ie ear lobes, the outer elbows-well that's a problem..


dont get me wrong-i LOVE LOVE tropical Jamaica heat, DR heat-island vacay heat-BUT the plantation heat-oh I can SO do with out :)

but it was nice to be off from work and allow my body to rest and destress from a month of cooties!!
I go under the knife for my big throat chop on Jan 21st-not excited but REALLY trying to look at the bigger picture-no tonsils no more sore throats after one last mother load of a sore throat!
although i know i will be in amazing Nurse hands so I should be just fine!!

so coming back to work-i got here on time-and i feel pretty good-i will try to upload the pictures tonight-not that i took all that many but hey i took some

sooo im glad to be back and catching up with yals

xoxoxo

oh one further sidebar
when i think of orlando i think of the ultimate tourist stop-what i did not think of was the ghetto inhabitants they have...hmmmm that's all i will say about that