Much Love Monday: Foodie Moments

Cake Batter Truffles made by KayKay. Recipe can be found here. 

My newly beloved Monkey Burger. Very close to my new job. It's a dangerous situation for me. 

Grilled Chicken Greek Salad proudly made by me. Recipe can be found here. 

Strawberry Lemonade. As made by me. Skyy vodka, Simply Lemonade, sliced strawberries. Summer drinking perfection. 

Because This Is My Life...Purse Problems

Because this is my life....I can not judge what other ladies keep in their purses because I keep a lot of really random weird stuff in my purse.

So a large group of my friends and I were out for dinner one night. Shortly after we are served water, my bestest pulls out her giant purse, digs through it, and pulls out a full-size bottle of lime juice. I begin to proclaim my surprise at this and before I can get a sentence out, she gives me a look and says,

"Don't even start with me! You keep SPEAKERS in your purse, remember?"

Well played bestest. Well played.

Several people at the table burst into laughter. They all recalled the time that we were sitting in Russian class and the instructor was having technical difficulties. He said he needed speakers. Everyone started looking around a little at a loss because it's not like you come to Russian class equipped with speakers. Except that for reasons I do not remember, I did, in fact, have a set of small speakers in my purse. And so, I piped up, "I have speakers!!!!!" And everyone stared at me like the total freak that I most definitely am and then burst into hysterical laughter as I proceeded to pull a set of speakers out of my purse. Sadly, they were not the right kind for the situation, but still.

Ladies, what do you keep in your purse?

Workaholic.

Here I am, sitting at Paradise Bakery, working.

Sidenote: Paradise Bakery is owned by Panera, which means that Paradise Bakery IS for all intents and purposes, St. Louis Bread Company. Now all I need is a Steak-n-Shake and my life is complete.

Sidenote to my sidenote: If you are from a Steak-n-Shake area and you now live in Tucson, Freddy's is not, in my opinion, a good substitute for Steak-n-Shake. 

Where was I? Oh yes. Sitting at Paradise Baker working. Legitimately working on work-type things. When I realized that it is STILL Tuesday and there is STILL time to create a Ten on Tuesday post and not neglect my blog. Except that as soon as I opened up my blog to start my Ten on Tuesday list, I realized that it is actually Wednesday.

So now I am writing this post about how I thought it was Tuesday instead. And here is why I thought it was Tuesday: For this week and next week, I am working three jobs. In fact, let me just give you a run down of my life for the rest of this week and all of next week.

Work most of day at job 1.
Go to shiny, sparkly new job for training for 2 hours.
Go be Exec. Director of a non-profit for at least an hour.
*Please note: I do all of the above while wearing very high heels. Why is that important information? Because I am woman, hear me roar. That is why. 
And then either go home and wash dishes and/or do laundry, and/or a million and a half other around the house type chores or or work some more (like tonight) and THEN go home and more than likely do a face plant directly on to my bed.

Then on Saturday I am volunteering and I have to be there at 4:30 AM. Yes. Be there at 4:30 AM. Then on Sunday, my day will start at approximately 5:30 AM and run for about 12 hours.

Then next week I will work 3 jobs again all week.
And volunteer the following weekend, and yes, I will again have to start my volunteering at 4:30 AM.

And I am delighted. I mean, I complain, but I am also filled with perverse delight at how stupid busy this week is and next week is going to be. And when common sense starts to kick in and try to tell me how incredibly stupid this schedule is, I tell common sense to just think about how nice and pleasant and relaxed life is going to feel after these two weeks. Assuming, of course, that I don't find another third job. And let's be honest, with my track record, I will more than likely find another third job.

Friday Finds: Funny Kids.

Why not go into your weekend with some laughter?

The Honest Toddler  is written from the perspective of a toddler and it is hilarious. KayKay and I DIE reading this out loud to one another. True Story. Here are two of our favorites:

Dear Juice CEO. 
Big Bed


Look, I realize I am bias, but I am having a hard time finding anything that makes me laugh harder than my 2-year old nephew's take on some of his books. Check it out:

http://youtu.be/2LQHckx1K9A
http://youtu.be/CsRs2bYiHpU


Suri's Burn Book. Yes. Please.