(Monday)
Labor day!!!!!
Well. We didn’t do anything special for Labor day this year. My husband had to work today. I had a day off. So that kinda stinks.I went to see a movie with my little sister. We watched Walle. It was good I suppose. We had lunch at Burger King before going to the movie. And after the movie we got some milk shakes from Steak and Shake. All and all, it was fun.
I did laundry this morning. So tiring.
I cooked dinner in the evening. I made myself some soy-crumble stir fry with snow peas. I fried one egg. I ate them with steamed rice. It was good. Simple and filling. I am having the same thing for my lunch tomorrow. Lunch. Work. Uggh. I hate going to work at my office sometimes. Oh well. I guess I have to earn money somehow.
I made my husband ground beef stir fry with snow peas. He ate it with steam rice. He said it was good. I didn’t really taste it so I went with my gut when seasoning it. I also made my husband little burgers to eat with salads. I seasoned them so I hope they taste pretty tasty. If not, my husband can always drizzle some hot sauce on them.
I am tired. It is almost 9.30 and I want to sleep soon. My husband is watching Prison Break. It’s the season premiere I think. He is a big fan of the TV show.
Tomorrow will be Tuesday already. We’ll only have 4 working days this week. Woohoo. And the weather men said Hurricane Hanna is coming our way so I am hoping we get some days off. I am so lazy this year I don’t know why. I have so much in my mind I guess. I don’t know. I am going to bed now.
The internet at home was not working for 2 evenings. It was a bummer but we survived.
I am excited that this is a long weekend. We have Labor Day on Monday so no work for me. Wooohoo. I get to spend an extra day with my husband.
One of our neighbors is having an estate sale. I bought a huge beautiful Venetian mirror for $160. It’s huge. And very, very pretty. I plan on displaying it in the entrance hallway. Today we went to the estate sale again and wanted to get a lovely vintage sofa but we decided to wait tomorrow morning when they open at 8 to see if it’s still there. They will be offering 50% off tomorrow.
Today my husband and I had dinner at Sweet Tomatoes. It was pleasant as always. After that we went to Ross. Then we went to the mall to return something at Belk. We ended our trip by going to Babies R Us. We just looked around. I saw the baby bedroom set that I like. I sure hope to purchase them one day. We both were surprised by the price of some of those things they sell. Well, I guess this is why we need to start saving agressively!!!
Now I am at home. Relaxing. I am getting tired and ready for bed. I bought a beatiful bedding set at Ross. It was only $24.99. Can you believe it??? I love it. I’ll wash them tomorrow so I can use it for the weekend.
Ok. Time to sleep.
I just ate dinner. My husband is riding his bike again tonight. I told him to be careful because it looks like it might rain soon. Tropical storm Fay is coming our way now—it’s going to be come category 1 hurricane they said.
I am at home enjoying my quiet evening. I cooked dinner for my husband. I made him Mushroom Beef with 3 different sides: corn, steamed green beans, and garlic roasted potatoes. I had left over from last night (which is still enough for one more lunch and dinner for me). I don’t know what we will be eating tomorrow evening. I have a pound of ground beef and about 2 lbs of boneless skinless chicken breasts for my husband. I have been wanting to make a white bean and tuna salad for myself so I might make that tomorrow evening for my dinner. As for my husband, I need to make him something light. Maybe he wants to eat Grilled Chicken salad.
Found a dog. He was hanging out in my front porch.
I called my animal rescue club and we’ll be taking the dog to the vet tomorrow morning. Someone is going to pick him up from my house. We have to keep the dog in a crate in the back porch since we have 6 dogs in our house right now. The dog is in a bad condition. His long furs are all matted. It looks like he has a skin problem. Poor puppy. He is a medium-sized dog. Anyways. I am sure he will find a new home soon.
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I am tired.
I did make a cake tonight. Pineapple cake. It’s supposed to have coconut flakes in it but I don’t have any. The cake is done. I cannot wait to taste it. I am going to bring a big slice to work tomorrow to eat as dessert. Yum.
Ok time to rest.
I watched Julia Child cooking the first time almost 8 years ago on Food Network TV. She was a guest chef for one of the TV shows. Growing up outside the country, I didn’t get to watch her original TV shows (well, it was released long time ago anyways).
Today, I have the chance to watch one of her DVD’s. It’s black and white. So clearly, it’s got quite old shows. I own and have read Julia Child’s cooking books before so I was quite excited prior to watching the DVD. The first recipe she made was French Crepes, which I happen to love. To my surprise, she used so much butter, sugar, and liquors for the recipe. Butter for the crepes batter, butter for the almond butter spread, butter for when you’re baking the crepes in the oven, and more butter to bath the crepes in right before you eat them. Oh and she also drenched the crepes in liquors. Oh my. I think I had a heart attack just watching her making the crepes. Don’t get me wrong I think Julia Child is a very good cook and chef but that one particular crepes recipe sounds too outdated. I make my own crepes and I use way less butter and sugar than her recipe. And since I don’t drink (alcoholic beverages), I tend to avoid use of any liquors in my recipes. Anyway. I am sure her crepes would taste good but I doubt I would make her recipe though.
I have to admit that I learned valuable new cooking tips and tricks from Julia Child.
Though I love Martha Stewart dearly, I cannot stop to wonder what our future generations would think of Martha Stewart’s cookings….
My husband and I have been trying to eat super healthy lately–lots of fresh veggies and fruits in our diet. In general, we eat pretty healthy. I cook at home a lot so we eat home cooking most of the times. We bring lunch from home.
I feel responsible for what we eat. My husband pretty much will eat anything I cook for him but I don’t want to just cook him something unhealthy. So I started serving salads more often. We also eat more fresh fruits.
Tonight my husband had Cobb salad and I had my super duper yummy salad–yellow corn (canned), spring mix salad (premixed; in a bag), tomatoes, cucumber, boiled egg, tuna (canned), cubed white cheddar cheese, and i topped it with caesar salad dressing. It was gooooood!!!! I especially love the yellow corn. I can eat a big bowl of those corn alone!!!!
For dessert, we had fresh papaya. I bought a medium size papaya 2 night ago from the grocery. It was good. My husband didn’t grow up eating tropical fruits so he was excited eating the papaya. He thought it was good.
For lunch, I packed us salad for lunch (same as what we had tonight) and some cut watermelon for dessert. I also packed myself some trail mix for snacking.
Tomorrow evening for dinner, I am going to make some Shrimp, corn, cucumber, and avocado salad. Mmm mmm good.
We finished day 2 in Savannah with great success. We started the day with a sweet visit to Back in the Day Bakery (www.backinthedaybakery.com). Tell me what a better way to start your day than having a cupcake as breakfast? I had a Vanilla cupcake with pink icing (it’s basically vanilla on vanilla). My husband got the blue one. We sat on our little table next to the window. I loved every moment I spent in that place. I savored every bite of that cute little cupcake. I even had the courage to order 3 more!!!!!!! to-go of course. I had the chocolate cupcake with chocolate icing, coconut-lemon cupcake, and another traditional vanilla on vanilla cupcake. I left that place happy!!!
We then head off to downtown. The intention was to have small lunch at Paula Deen’s restaurant The Lady and Sons (www.ladyandsons.com) . I saw the menu online the night before and I already knew what I wanted–crabcake. That was it. I love crabcakes so every time I go to a restaurant that serves crabcakes, I always try one. Anyways. After several rounds trying to find a parking spot, we finally parked somewhere and walked to the restaurant. We saw a line–wasn’t that long. But it never moved. So I said to my husband, let me go to the gift shop (there is a gift shop next to Paula Deen’s restaurant–it’s owned by Paula). I was at the store for about 5 mins when my husband came up to me and said, we can’t lunch at the restaurant. I asked why. He said because we didn’t have a reservation. Ah what a bummer. We left the place.
I decided to visit a kitchen store called Kitchen on the Square. It is located not too far from Paula’s restaurant. I bought all sorts of cookie cutters, pie weigh, and some scoopers. I really took my time at the store. I just loved it.
Well, by the time I finished shopping, we felt kinda hungry. So we decided to eat at a small restaurant called Zunzi’s (http://www.zunzis.com/). We’ve always gone there everytime we visit Savannah. They have vegetarian-friendly menus. I orderd my favorite Portabello Mushroom’s sub (served on a baguette). Oh it is sooooo yummmyyy!!!! And it is HUGE!!!! My husband had the Beef Curry served on white rice. We both ordered African sweet tea (one of the owners is from South Africa). It was the perfect lunch. Affordable and very very good for your tummy.
After that great lunch, we decided to do some window shopping. We walked around downtown Savannah (Broughton street). I bought an antique gilded mirror ($60); bought two lottery tickets ($2); bought one supersize + super cute ring ($32); and bought 2 vintage wire caddies–different sizes and style ($21 and $10). I saw some cute clothes but they were too expensive so I didn’t buy them.
We also went window shopping on Whitaker street. We visited so many great furniture shops on that street. I found a cute little boutique called Custard (www.custard.com) that sells chic clothes mostly for under $100. The owner showed me a rack that filled with 40% off clothes. I found several pieces I loved and decided to buy 3 of them ($182).
It was already past 5 when we finished shopping. We deciced to go back to our hotel to walk our dogs. We spent few hours with the dogs before we headed back to downtown (River street) area to grab dinner. That evening we went to have dinner at Tubby’s Tank House (www.tubbystankhouse.com) on River street. The lines was long so we had to wait about 45 minutes. We walked along the River street to kill time. I bought some sweet goodies at The Peanut Shop (www.thepeanutshop). We visited many other shops as well. There were so many local artists showing off their talents that night and we truly enjoyed that. We had a good time that evening!!!
We left Savannah the day after in the morning. Before we left, we grabbed some breakfast. I ordered a to-go breakfast from the Firefly cafe (www.fireflycafega.com) –spinach and crab omelette and strawberry+banana smoothie. Breakfast was good but a bit pricey. My husband had some Gyro at a Greek restaurant on River Street. It was good–and affordable– he said.
While we were driving, we passed a Dog park!!! We decided to stop by. The dog park (www.savannahdogpark.com) is not a public dog park so you would actually have to have a membership but since we were visiting, they let us stay. The dogs loved it. They were running around–happy. We stayed there about an hour and a half. We continued our trip to the Forsyth park. We put the dogs on their leash and we walked around the park with them. Fun!!!!!!!! They enjoyed meeting new people. They sniffed and wagged their tails to everyone they met.
When we left Savannah, we felt so tired but very happy indeed. Our dogs were too tired to do anything else but sleep in the car. What a fun weekend we had. I enjoyed this trip as much as my other trips to this city. Savannah will always be in my heart.
I cannot wait to go back there again in the fall….
My husband and I (and the dogs) are visiting Savannah again this weekend from Friday – Sunday. We arrived today around 3PM. We’re lucky we don’t live too far from Savannah. This is our 4th visit to Savannah in almost a year and a half. I am so in love with Savannah. If I won the lottery this weekend, I am going to quit my job on Monday; buy a house in Savannah and move here!!!!!
Savannah is a charming little city. It is packed with histories and old homes–just the way my husband and I like from a city. Although I am only 30 and my husband 28, we both have true love for old homes–Victorian to be exact.
Walking through the streets of Savannah, I always feel some kind of dejavu-like-moments. Like I belong here…my past was here…
I just love it here.
Tonight we went walking down the Riverfront area. We had dinner at Huey’s. I had my favorite Shrimp and Grits while my husband ordered Crawfish Ettoufee. Sure, they are not originally from Savannah (more like Louisiana origin) but they’re still representing the Southern foods strereotype. And of course, we always drink Sweet Tea with our meals when dining out.
Tomorrow morning, we are going to visit my favorite bakery, Back in The Day Bakery (http://www.backinthedaybakery.com/) on Bull Street, to get some yummy cupcakes. The owner has been featured on Paula Deen’s show. Paula Deen is also from Savannah. We plan to grab some lunch tomorrow at Paula Deen’s restaurant, The Lady and Sons (http://www.ladyandsons.com/). Although we have been to Savannah several times, we haven’t had the chance to eat at the restaurant. People say it’s not so good but I love Paula Deen so I’d like to try her restaurant and be the judge myself!! And not far from Paula’s restaurant, there is a kitchen shop I love to visit (and I visit this place everytime I go to Savannah!!), Kitchens on The Square (http://www.kitchensonthesquare.com/). If you love to cook, this place is a must to visit!! Last time I went there, I bought a bunch of cookie cutters in different shapes and sizes!! Very cute.
Anyways. That’s my report from Savannah for now. I will be posting some pics and more stories tomorrow. I love Savannah!!!!
Today was a good day. I had a great day. Woke up at 6.20AM. Left to work at 7AM. Arrived at work at 7.15AM. And then my boss told me I could start training for the new job today. So off I went to the new dept who just hired me. Training was a breeze. It wasn’t difficult at all. The sweetest part was: I got an hour and a half of LUNCH!!!!!!!!!!! Not just an HOUR. This is an hour and a half!!!!!!!! Sweet.
I went home at 4.30PM. Not bad.
After I got home, I felt like making Banana Custard Pie. So I made one. And my husband wanted to eat Meatballs with hot rice. So I cooked the frozen meatballs I have in the refrigerator.
Now I am just enjoying the afternoon. Soon I need to go to the pharmacy to pick up my prescription. I want tonight to be a slow night. Nice and easy.
I am looking forward for tomorrow!!
