Quiet Time

For the last two weekends, I had some quiet time just hanging around the apartment, cleaning, watching DVR, hanging out with Pete. I've become very much a homebody the last year or two and as much as I love being at home with my little family, I think it gets to me a bit. I think I thrive exploring, engaging and being with friends and family.

That being said, here is a sad bulletpoint list of my week:

• Laundry!! Laundry laundry. Hate hate hate.

•  I had a deliciously ripe avocado.

• Pete invited his dad over and made his mom's family favorite recipe - Pot Roast! God I hate pot roast LOL. Always have, ever since I was a kid and my mom made it. I just don't like the taste of the meat (twss). I did enjoy the throwback of using 80 cans in a meal. I thought they all looked pretty lined up. These days Pete makes his own sauces & gravies, so this is an uncommon sight in our household.

• And possibly the biggest development - the cats are starting to bond!! Only 5 months of hissing before Peach allowed Lucy to sit next to her (it only lasted about 3 minutes).  I screamed as quietly as possible to get Pete to come into the living room in time.

This morning, I snapped another semi-bonding moment. I guarantee they'll spend most of the day on these chairs.



"You can stay" ... "Bitch, I know"

 How was your weekend? Next weekend should be entertaining as someone I married is turning 30!!

Three Things Thursday

Don't you love alliteration? I'm starting a new "segment"... 3 Things Thursday! Three things I'm obsessed with and loving! ... or liking... or noticed....or find interesting... etc etc. :)

Irish macaroons!! I was walking down a NY street and stopped dead in my tracks (which is AWESOME for the people behind me...and I love when tourists do that) because I was drawn to this display!! 

I never knew that these type of macaroons existed until Pete brought them home from pastry school. I was only aware of the coconuty version. Can you tell I'm not French?

What I am though, is Irish! (1/2) I walked straight in and then realized the cost and walked straight out! Haha! I will have to wait until payday for these babies!

Peach's paws!
Because I'm a thinly veiled cat lady & love my camera, I often get down on the ground to her level and get some up close photos and candids. Peach is a big ol' bear and she has giant paws. They're cute. Sometimes we hold hands/paws while watching television.

Remember the days of film? I used to be so excited to run down to CVS and see what developed, only to see I had my eyes closed in 3 of them, my finger over the lens in 2, and about 9 generally bad shots. Thank God for digital! haha :)


Mac & Cheese Cups!!

Holy moly... I was reading Emily's blog over at Cupcakes & Cashmere, lazily browsing, when these babies caught my eye.  OMGosh!! I loooove little miniature things. LOVE. I love tiny spoons and tiny cups and tiny whisks and tiny spatulas. Tiny frames, tiny Lego people, tiny EVERYTHING. I can't wait to make these for my next get together!!

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NOM NOM NOM!

Kicking Off The Week Right

How was your weekend? Mine was super low key and included lots of cleaning, DVR and not feeling so great :(.

I decided to start my Monday off right! I woke up early and headed over to the track.

I used to come to this park fairly regularly as a child. The track used to be red and a bit over grown, and now its a new feisty blue!

When I went to sleep last night I told myself I'd hit the gym, but when I woke up, my body just wanted to be outside in the fresh air. It was pretty cold out, but enjoyed the semi nostalgic & brisk walk.

I generally love taking walks around my neighborhood and in the city. While I enjoyed the fact that the track helped me .... track my distance, overall I was slightly bored. I couldn't stop looking at the ground for some reason blueeee prettty  and decided that I much prefer walks with more entertaining views.

This woman is carrying her purse. ha

No martinis??

I accomplished 2 miles. I know it's not much but I was happy to have started my day out right, with the limited time I had. Yay! Hopefully this sets the tone for the week.

Nature!

Last weekend Pete & I wanted to get outside and take advantage of the warm temperatures and explore somewhere new. Pete did a little research and discovered a state park on Long Island called the Caleb Smith State Park Reserve.

Old house on the hill

It was so nice to be outside in the fresh air and to just feel like winter is finally starting to end (even though its barely been that cold this year). Our surroundings were so pretty filled with dead trees, a pond and little random bridges and footpaths everywhere.

This park had a number of different trails, the longest being 3.2 miles. We wandered around mixing and matching different trails and then started getting nervous as the sun sank into the western horizon and all hope was lost... as lost as our two souls were. LOL Nah dawg, it's ok.. we made it out just fine!

This isn't the least bit confusing

Pete is home!

We're a little out of shape

 It was so Peachful peaceful to be outside and one with nature. I kept saying to Pete that I wanted to drive out here and think about my life all the time. I even found the perfect place to do it:

My thinkin' stump

I really enjoyed our day out together! I always love spending time with the hubby :) <3 Mushy mush mush :D

Cupcake Wine

So I am totally failing at my "Blog 10 Times A Month" goal from 2012. Sorry. I will make more of an effort!

How are you? What's been goin' on? I've been working, doing yoga and loving the cats.

"I think I'll try defying gravity"

Last week I had the pleasure of seeing Memphis for the first time. I was super excited to attend because one of my faves, Adam Pascal was in it!

la la la

Pete & I had fun at the show! I think it's an all around entertaining show to see if you're in town. I'm super excited about all the new stuff opening this season. I love living in NYC!
(Thank you thank you Karl for the tix!:)

Over the weekend I went to Patrick's since that is now the hottest club in town. It's a place in trendy Hoboken, where my name is always on the list! I brought a bottle of Cupcake Shiraz with me. No.. it's not cupcake flavored, but it sure is yummy!

I haven't had wine in a while! My faves are Shiraz & Riesling.

Look! People live in their cabinets!

Afterwards we met up with Mike and had some drinks. We always have a good time hanging out :)

Rants

Friday rants!!

 

• Look what I finally found at Target!! I've tried the Blood Orange so far and it is delicious!

I cant wait to try the apple cinnamon! PLUS I tweeted Chobani about blood orange being my new fave and they tweeted me back!

I thought this was pretty cool!!

• My twitter handle changed... I've always had my private one, and my "Unchartered" one...but I think I just want to be me. So, follow me & tweet me! @LauLugo9
• Look what ELSE I found in Target

uh oh...

• This morning I was running late and had to eat my oatmeal at my desk. How attractive and yummy does this look? :p

App-e-tizing!

This and a banana did the job. (Twss).

• Jonah Hill looks odd at all weights.



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• Cake!

• And look at who is getting along 24% of the time! Yay!

Ugh, I hate skinny people watching me eat

That's ma rant!! Have a nice weekend!

Cashew Butter! ....Bless you!

A few weeks ago, I used a Groupon to a place called Elm Heath, a natural foods/grocery store. I had purchased one of these before, and while I thought they were really expensive, (higher priced than Whole Foods) I still felt I was able to get a good deal with the extra money the Groupon provided.

When it popped up on Groupon again I grabbed it, not realizing the location was different! This one was in the convenient location of 1st & 80th which is near no trains. Ah well. Getting exercise to get healthy food!

This time around I only picked up chia seeds, almond milk, pistachios and some packets of nut butters! I was super excited to find the packets because sometimes you don't want to commit to a $15 jar of something you're not sure you'll like!

That was a lot of babbling to get to my pretty breakfast! One of the packets I bought was cashew butter!  When I first tasted it, I thought... this tastes exactly as you think it would....sort of creamy cashews. Not sweet or anything. It seemed fine.

THEN I added bananas and *lightbulb* some honey. Holy moly!! This was SO darn delicious!!

Of course, I sprinkled chia seeds on top.

I will definitely be picking up a jar o' cashew butter!

What's you're favorite type of nut butter??

PS Peach's sleeping positions cracks me up.