monday, monday

another monday. i really like mondays. i usually just stay home and clean/straighten up the house. today is my favorite kind of monday because it is dark and rainy~i love those kinds of days! i'm going to put on an old movie (most likely a musical~since no one wanted to watch musicals this weekend. well, ever, really) light some candles and enjoy my day cleaning.

the cleanse is...going. that's about all i can say. i feel good physically so that keeps me going. this time around it's affecting me much more mentally. i just crave sweets and carbs. we took the speaker out after the meeting to cheddars and i almost lost it. of course it didn't help that the person sitting on one side of me got ribs and mckinlee on the other side got a burger and fries. oh well~such is life. i made it through and was pround of myself.

here's my review on the spaghetti squash and marinara from last week...

if you're wondering if squash makes a good substitute for spaghetti noodles, let me put your mind at ease and answer you most assuredly, it does not.

the squash part was actually very good and it does just shred apart with a fork, but adding the marinara on the top was like eating sweet mush covered with tomatoes. needless to say, chris did not ask for seconds. i don't think he even finished his firsts!
the marinara was wonderful though and i've made it again and will probably use it in the future for regular sphaghetti.
last wednesday was the first day of our stampin' up class this year. we made these cute things: a bookmark showing the new in-colors, a technique example of how to do faux icicles and a darling slide card.
here's a close-up of the card. it was complicated but turned out very cute!


just a shot of what the corner of my counter looks like these days. this is right where my coffee maker usually sits. sniff.sniff.

here's my lunch one day this past week. i found pasta that is only made out of organic brown rice and water. i grabbed that bag up as soon as i could and i have to say, i actually crave it now. that broccoli is quite possibly the best broccoli i've ever had. i got a huge bag of it frozen at costco and it is really great. we saute it with olive oil and fresh garlic with a little seasoning on it. we've eaten loads of it!

my hibiscus was looking so incredible. it had 4 huge blooms, so mckinlee and i practiced taking close ups. i'm so glad we did because the next day is when all the rain started and the blooms were destroyed!

aren't the colors in these veggies beautiful? we've been making this wonderful stir-fry with red pepper, purple onion, squash, zucchini, asparagus and garlic...delish!

tomorrow is day 11 of our cleanse and we finally get to have meat. (i'm glad, but sure wish i could have some chocolate chip cookies instead!) i'm getting some salmon and chicken and will try to post my menu later. it will be much better than last week. someone may even want to try some of them this time!