i don't have you with me but i keep a good attitude.
so this weird mindset started yesterday after i was reading the latest issue of blueprint, where i started to get really crazy about organizing and redoing my apartment. to be real, it started because they profiled a woman's apartment in chicago and i loved her color scheme for paint. immediately i started thinking about how much i want to repaint my apartment, because i feel like i painted it colors that i don't even really like, but i felt i had to make a fresh start or whatever and so i just went apeshit.
i thought about it for awhile, and then decided that repainting isn't really an option since i don't anticipate staying here that much longer, and i'll have to paint it back before i move out anyway.
then, i started looking through old issues of real simple. i have an issue where the whole thing is "solutions" for different areas of your home/life, and i came across a spread entitled 'pantry staples' and decided i absolutely had to go to the grocery store to get things. really, this is a pretty practical idea since i hadn't been to the grocery store for a real stocking up trip for almost 2 months. it also led me to do a little bit of kitchen reorganization which was badly needed. there is still work to be done, but now at least when i open my cupboards i know i can make something from scratch instead of just eating campbell's soup and pb & veggie sausage sandwiches every day.
speaking of my kitchen, i have actually cooked real meals in the past three days. the other morning when i was home sick from work i made eggs, veggie sausage and toast. (nbd, but seriously it had been awhile.) last night i made roasted salmon with lemon herb vinaigrette (also courtesy blueprint) and it was really good. sometimes salmon is one of those foods that i feel like i convinced myself i love because it's good for me, but this was excellent. the other filet is sitting in my fridge and i need to eat it tomorrow. tonight, i made winter beef stew from an old recipe that was in a binder of page tears from magazines. it didn't blow my mind or anything, but it's full of vegetables and it was super easy. now i have a ton of it left over that i will be pushing on people for the next day or so.
i also have plans for leek and potato soup and vegetarian pasta e fagioli for the rest of the week. these other soups i will be eating some of, but freezing the rest so that on nights where i don't feel like making dinner (75% of the time) i will be able to eat those. i am also using a macy's gift card to buy a slow cooker so i can put all the junk in before i go to work and then come home from the gym and eat without having to do anything. 2008 is the year where i reclaim my kitchen, i guess.
tomorrow i'm going to do more cleaning/organizing. currently i am using my laptop as a heater and watching horrible msnbc docu-dramas. this week more than anything i must do my portfolio. and i also need to stop almost being brought to tears every time msnbc runs their 'place for politics' election 2008 commercial. dear erin, get a life.
i thought about it for awhile, and then decided that repainting isn't really an option since i don't anticipate staying here that much longer, and i'll have to paint it back before i move out anyway.
then, i started looking through old issues of real simple. i have an issue where the whole thing is "solutions" for different areas of your home/life, and i came across a spread entitled 'pantry staples' and decided i absolutely had to go to the grocery store to get things. really, this is a pretty practical idea since i hadn't been to the grocery store for a real stocking up trip for almost 2 months. it also led me to do a little bit of kitchen reorganization which was badly needed. there is still work to be done, but now at least when i open my cupboards i know i can make something from scratch instead of just eating campbell's soup and pb & veggie sausage sandwiches every day.
speaking of my kitchen, i have actually cooked real meals in the past three days. the other morning when i was home sick from work i made eggs, veggie sausage and toast. (nbd, but seriously it had been awhile.) last night i made roasted salmon with lemon herb vinaigrette (also courtesy blueprint) and it was really good. sometimes salmon is one of those foods that i feel like i convinced myself i love because it's good for me, but this was excellent. the other filet is sitting in my fridge and i need to eat it tomorrow. tonight, i made winter beef stew from an old recipe that was in a binder of page tears from magazines. it didn't blow my mind or anything, but it's full of vegetables and it was super easy. now i have a ton of it left over that i will be pushing on people for the next day or so.
i also have plans for leek and potato soup and vegetarian pasta e fagioli for the rest of the week. these other soups i will be eating some of, but freezing the rest so that on nights where i don't feel like making dinner (75% of the time) i will be able to eat those. i am also using a macy's gift card to buy a slow cooker so i can put all the junk in before i go to work and then come home from the gym and eat without having to do anything. 2008 is the year where i reclaim my kitchen, i guess.
tomorrow i'm going to do more cleaning/organizing. currently i am using my laptop as a heater and watching horrible msnbc docu-dramas. this week more than anything i must do my portfolio. and i also need to stop almost being brought to tears every time msnbc runs their 'place for politics' election 2008 commercial. dear erin, get a life.