its hump day.

the salad turned out great!

it may not look exactly like the picture in the book, but it was just as good, i'm sure.

and that's right folks, those are our new painted walls in the background (+ our new beautiful walnut table!) more (better) pictures to come of our "work in progress" kitchen.

i must apologize for my recent photographs - they've all been from my iPhone. i've been very bad and haven't been taking my camera everywhere, but i will be sure to lug it around my neck this weekend.

yes, i already have the weekend on my mind.

1) i'm excited its a 3-day one!

2) facial this saturday with taylor's momma

3) reggae festival at UCLA on sunday

i'm sure there will be more fun planned as the weekend gets closer, but these 3 are reason enough to keep me excited!

HAPPY HUMP-DAY!

p.s. leave a comment or email me for the salad recipe if you're interested!

trash to treasures.

if you know me well, you know that real simple is my favorite, favorite, magazine.

i have a whole book case full of them dating back nearly 3 years!

i'm helping out a friend at work (who is moving) sell her unwanted books and this was one of them!

how did i know know real simple had a cook book!?

lucky me, she let me have it as payment. i'm going to make this tonight for taylor. we need to add some more greens to our diet. lately its been pasta and hamburgers and rice... yummy, but we need the fruits + veggies!

this is a chicken salad with peaches and blue cheese

i guess its true, "one makes trash is another mans treasure"

i'll update later tonight show pictures and how it tastes.