Friday, November 14, 2008

Blender Fiasco

Yet another kitchen fiasco from yours truly. I can't even call it cooking fiasco because I didn't get that far. The other day, I was going to attempt to make pesto, but in getting the blender out of the cabinet I caught it on the oversized lunch bag I had in the cabinet and the whole thing tumbled out and broke :( Our brand-new, fancy, schmancy blender. I cleaned up the glass, and was just mad at myself for letting it happen. I figured I could remedy this by using the old blender we never got around to getting rid of (why couldn't I have broken it instead?), but then saw that the fresh basil I had was 1) probably not enough, and 2) slimy - thanks packaging that I can't see through. I wanted to pick out my own, but HEB had about every other kind of spice in bulk, so I went with the pre-packaged in the produce section, never again.

I was clearly not meant to make pesto, so I abandoned that plan and went to plan b (invented on the spot) of making the Mongolian Chicken that we had a spice packet for. Turned out pretty well for being a plan b but it is so salty we probably won't have that for a while, at least until we figure out a better way to make it. The oversized lunch bag is now in a closet, far from the kitchen, and yesterday morning when I went to throw out the broken pieces, I cut my finger....not too badly, and I bandaged it up, but just one more haha from the blender.

In happier news, this was my first week with fitness release time and I love it! I am impressed that I remembered my clothes each day and was able to get out of the office and over there each of my three days. I did almost forget my gym back there yesterday, but realized it as I was walking to my car and hightailed it back over there, not that I think anyone wants to steal my clothes but would not be good to leave it there overnight.

I left work at 4pm three days this week (M, T, TH) and went to the gym, changed clothes and worked out there until 5pm. Monday I took a class and T and TH I did the treadmill. I like getting to workout on work time and it should help me to be consistent in my workouts. I did get up W and do a little bit of weights, but did NOT get up today. Its perfect time since the weather and the daylight are reflecting that yes, it is winter.

2 comments:

  1. wow that stinks about the blender :( I hate it when stuff like that happens...

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  2. Stuff like that always happens to me. It sucks!

    Next time you need fresh basil, give me a call. I have a serious bush of basil - which started from a $3 basil plant at Home Depot. It's huge - as in, I bring my mother in law gallon bags of basil each time I go up to see them and it doesn't even look like the plant has been touched.

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