Not enough pictures

Hey there — are you still in a food coma?  I’m slowly emerging from my very delightful one.

I didn’t take nearly enough pictures over the weekend, so below are just a smattering of some along with some other odds and ends.

Wednesday afternoon, two of my girlfriend coworkers and I left early to attend a Dailey Method class.  We followed it by a Starbucks and a cake from Satura.  Totally normal right?

That evening I went on my baking frenzy: 2 pumpkin pies (one with crust, one without + 2 extra ramekins) and 2 full apple crisps.  Nom.

I ate both ramekins, 1 slice of the traditional pie and about 3/4th of the crustless pie.  I have no shame.

Bean was festive for the big day:

And by festive, I mean the turkey bib he sported.

Our friends did an incredible job with the turkey.  Dark meat was braised in some sort of apple cider something while the white meat was barbecued on the grill:

It was quite good…actually it was great.  That being said, I still think I may go back to being a vegetarian full time (I’m about veg 96% of the time these days).

Friday I completely avoided the malls, did some Xmas shopping online, and had a play date for Bean.  Much more enjoyable this way.

Saturday, however, I was able to force Zach to the Gilroy Outlets.  The shopping was a-maz-ing.  If only we had about 20 more hours.  No seriously.  Even Zach would have shopped more.  There was a line outside the Coach store just to be able to get in to shop.  I had to text Zach pictures while he waited outside — like this one, to see if it would fit my laptop:

 

Let’s just say, I found out it does

I found a million other things to buy and Zach tried to see if he could get it and say it was for Xmas.  No.  Big fat no.  I’d rather get something I didn’t ask for than be present while getting my gift.  Am I the only one that feels this way?

Sunday was lovely and productive: morning hike, some ceramic painting, groceries, laundry, a big batch of chili, and cleaning.

The only thing that has me down starting into this week is my lack of leftover pumpkin pie

 

 

WICW: What I’m Craving Wednesday

Well friends, by the time you read this I should be at my 38 week (and 2 day) doctor’s appointment.  I think I’m ready for baby.  No, I know, I’m ready for baby!

Except for the fact that we are having major bassinet issues.  I really had planned on doing the co-sleeper, but also wanted a bassinet.  The Graco pack-n-play is too big for our room so now we’re scrambling.  Ugh.

Anyway, I’ve been neglecting taking photos of food, and only managed a few.  That being said, for Jenn’s What I Ate Wednesday, I decided to show you what I’m craving!

Ever since Thanksgiving, I’ve wanted stuffing.  Heck I want stuffing all year round, but T-day gets those taste buds going, so I had to buy Trader Joe’s cornbread stuffing and made it up on Monday night:

I paired the stuffing with TJ’s savory tofu atop an English muffin with Swiss cheese and mustard.  Quite the tasty meal actually! 

I’m also craving deep dish pizza.  Then again, when am I not? Pregnancy has turned me pizza obsessed.  I’m fine if this obsession never goes away.

I’m craving pumpkin pie.  Maybe it’s the same thing as the stuffing.  I’m not questioning it, but do need to make a pie pretty darn soon.  Perhaps Friday? 

I noticed on other blogs a fair amount of gingerbread talk.  Frankly, I sort of suck at making gingerbread cookies.  I’ve only tried a couple times, but I just feel that  they were off.  But since I’m craving them, I decided to go the easy route and bought these:

I’m thinking I should make these today.  I’ll probably skip the ‘making the men’ part and just do something more like gingersnaps.  Easier, and faster –> quicker to getting in my belly.

And last but not least, I’m craving a Chipotle burrito bowl.  I never really liked Chipotle, but pregnancy has me craving the bowls – my guess is it’s the salt (odd since I kind of hate salt).

So tell me…

What are you craving?

Do you have a fail-proof gingerbread cookie recipe (provide link!)?

Tackling my lists

Good morning my friends!

It’s officially the countdown to Christmas!  But first, I hope you had a fabulous food-coma filled Thanksgiving! 

Today marks my 36th week of pregnancy and I have used the last few days to tackle my to-do lists.  I think Zach is actually concerned how crazy I’m getting

I tackled Thanksgiving (oh yes, it’s possible to tackle a holiday if you consider how much food I ate):

I tackled the cupboards: rearranged tupperware cabinet, baking cabinet, spice/baking goods cabinet, pantry, misc cabinet….and yes this required my big bellied self climbing on counters and tall stools to make things just right.  I can see my Mom cringing at this right now

I tackled a hike!  All of the places in NorCal are pretty hilly and a bit too tough for me at this point, but we remembered a rolling hill place (Arastradero Preserve) that suited both Naava and me! 

I tackled our baby registry (thanks to coupons and some gift cards, we paid only $170 for over $800 worth of goodies – WIN!)

I tackled Sawyer’s closet.  This may be round 3 of doing so, but I swear it’s the last time.  With all the rearranging and moving and cleaning, the closet became a dumping ground and I wanted to make it more organized and a dedicated space to our little man.  It looks great!

Now if you’ll excuse me I have errands to run and a glorious prenatal massage awaiting me

Happy Monday!

What are you tackling lately?

Best thing you ate over Thanksgiving?  For me, it was probably the bourbon brown sugar sweet potatoes topped with marshmallows.  Mmmm…..