Oh my goodness...... I feel like garbage. Breathing is so much more challenging than it needs to be. Nothing is helping. I am so overly medicated right now. I am definitely going to have to visit the pharmacy, sign away a child, and get the good stuff.
I just want it to end.
I am so minimally exposed to people, I can't even believe I caught this thing! I am so disappointed!
I have a feeling my immune system is compromised by my state of mind. I think this is how the stress is manifesting itself.
Hopefully all of it exits quickly. Because I am so NOT down with the sickness.
Mar 29, 2010
Mar 16, 2010
delicious endeavors, vol. 2
There are some yummy yummy in my tummy ideas this week. (Like these.......mmmmm.......)
Please stop by Delicious Endeavors and check out volume 2. Challenge yourself to trying something new this week!
Happy Eats!
Please stop by Delicious Endeavors and check out volume 2. Challenge yourself to trying something new this week!
Happy Eats!
Mar 15, 2010
mushroom onion pork chops
I do not typically cook from a recipe. Even when I do, I find myself not measuring, tweaking and changing things, and always adding extra spice. With this in mind, I want to give you a "recipe" for a meal I made last week.
It started with me having pork chops, and not knowing what to do with them.
I heated my frying pan and added olive oil.
Added the pork chops to the pan.
Seasoned with salt, fresh ground pepper, garlic powder, onion powder, and adobo.
As they were frying, I chopped an onion. I flipped the chops when they had browned on one side, and added the onion to the pan.
When the chops were cooked through on both sides, I think I added a pinch of minced garlic to the pan, then removed the chops to a plate. I put about a half cup of white wine to the pan, and used a whisk to deglaze the pan while the wine reduced. I then whisked in a splash or two of half and half, and added a can of cream of mushroom soup.
Once blended and heated through, I added the chops back to the pan, covered, and reduced the heat to med-low.
Cooked a pot of white rice, and served the chops and sauce over the rice. Add something green - this meal cries for a salad, green beans, steamed broccoli, etc.
Yum yum!!
And for something I threw together, it was a delicious dish that tasted complicated, but wasn't. I will definitely be making this again. I could see adding mushrooms or broccoli to the dish as well. Play and have fun - that is the point after all. Don't let a recipe bind you!
Enjoy!
It started with me having pork chops, and not knowing what to do with them.
I heated my frying pan and added olive oil.
Added the pork chops to the pan.
Seasoned with salt, fresh ground pepper, garlic powder, onion powder, and adobo.
As they were frying, I chopped an onion. I flipped the chops when they had browned on one side, and added the onion to the pan.
When the chops were cooked through on both sides, I think I added a pinch of minced garlic to the pan, then removed the chops to a plate. I put about a half cup of white wine to the pan, and used a whisk to deglaze the pan while the wine reduced. I then whisked in a splash or two of half and half, and added a can of cream of mushroom soup.
Once blended and heated through, I added the chops back to the pan, covered, and reduced the heat to med-low.
Cooked a pot of white rice, and served the chops and sauce over the rice. Add something green - this meal cries for a salad, green beans, steamed broccoli, etc.
Yum yum!!
And for something I threw together, it was a delicious dish that tasted complicated, but wasn't. I will definitely be making this again. I could see adding mushrooms or broccoli to the dish as well. Play and have fun - that is the point after all. Don't let a recipe bind you!
Enjoy!
Mar 11, 2010
100 Books: A Million Little Pieces
Last summer I expressed my desire to try to become more well-read, and somehow I have actually managed to squeeze in some reading here and there. I have been adopting the method of reading two books at once - one on the nightstand, and one in my gigantic purse. Having that book on the go is great for me. It is amazing how often one is idly waiting while out and about, and having the book handy fills these moments quite nicely.
First up was A Million Little Pieces, by James Frey. This was already on my bookshelf from when it first came out. In fact, it still had a bookmark in it from when I had begun reading it in 2006 when it came out, and then real life got in the way. I just pulled the bookmark out and began again.
I breezed through it pretty quickly and easily. It nicely coincided with a series of appointments and monitoring and dealing with doctors for surrogacy #2 (failed attempt #1), so I was able to appreciate his sterile and under the microscope existence in the rehab facility.
I related to his defiance to following the rules and insistence that he would succeed his own way. I understood the powerful draw of addiction, and how it manifested itself in other things when the main source was removed.
And here's the thing..... I read it as a work of fiction. I waited until I was through with the book before looking into the controversy surrounding it upon its release. It seems that the mistake that was made was that the author/publisher categorized the book as non-fiction, and then everyone began challenging it's validity. I'm not sure how it was ever possibly allowed to be that way, as there is no way that he would have been able to accurately remember or portray the first third to half of the book as he was still detoxing at that point. I am quite sure he has no clear memories of that time, and there was certainly no mention of him keeping diaries through that time.
But he messed with Oprah. And nobody gets away with making Oprah look like a fool. So I suppose he had to pay.
Overall, I would recommend the book, as long as you take it as a work of fiction about conquering addiction, and not a non-fiction how-to guide. And as long as the f-word does not offend you.
First up was A Million Little Pieces, by James Frey. This was already on my bookshelf from when it first came out. In fact, it still had a bookmark in it from when I had begun reading it in 2006 when it came out, and then real life got in the way. I just pulled the bookmark out and began again.
I breezed through it pretty quickly and easily. It nicely coincided with a series of appointments and monitoring and dealing with doctors for surrogacy #2 (failed attempt #1), so I was able to appreciate his sterile and under the microscope existence in the rehab facility.
I related to his defiance to following the rules and insistence that he would succeed his own way. I understood the powerful draw of addiction, and how it manifested itself in other things when the main source was removed.
And here's the thing..... I read it as a work of fiction. I waited until I was through with the book before looking into the controversy surrounding it upon its release. It seems that the mistake that was made was that the author/publisher categorized the book as non-fiction, and then everyone began challenging it's validity. I'm not sure how it was ever possibly allowed to be that way, as there is no way that he would have been able to accurately remember or portray the first third to half of the book as he was still detoxing at that point. I am quite sure he has no clear memories of that time, and there was certainly no mention of him keeping diaries through that time.
But he messed with Oprah. And nobody gets away with making Oprah look like a fool. So I suppose he had to pay.
Overall, I would recommend the book, as long as you take it as a work of fiction about conquering addiction, and not a non-fiction how-to guide. And as long as the f-word does not offend you.
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