Applesauce is Amazing

So I have been baking...like I said. I have been trying to make things I normally make along with some lighter deserts since I have a CRAZY sweet tooth...I have been using applesauce to replace sugar and butter and its been a wonderful adventure.

Oatmeal Raisin Cookies.

I hate raisins so these obviously are for Q since he likes everything. They actually turned out more like a breakfast cookie type of thing. I ate one for breakfast with a glass of skim milk and was good until lunch.

Applesauce Cake.

I loved this cake. I loved that the applesauce took the place of most of the sugar and butter and made the cake super flavorful. It was also super simple. Yes its true. I surf the pages of allrecipes.com during my spare time!!!! I just added a basic cinnamon glaze to the top of the cake when it was done. Yum!!!

Good is the Enemy of Great...

So...I'm done my first week back at T-Mobile. And I'm having a hard time figuring out why the heck I left in the first place. Everything seems so clean and new and shiny. I know what really lies beneath but I'm now focused on remaining positive.

Our vice president came today to have a Town Hall...and she basically reiterated EVERYTHING I read in Good to Great (Jim Collins). I knew that I saw a lot of our values in the meat of the book, but I didn't expect her (Sue Nokes) to speak from it. She even said...we want the right people on the bus. She could have at least used a different vehicle for her example like a train or car or something other than bus. I digress. I love that book...its has been extremely beneficial in my quest to really grow up.

We all need to take a look in the mirror every now and then and be real about what we see staring back at us. Good and bad. I feel like such a better person for doing that recently. It is exhausting living beneath your potential. Acheiving greatness on the other hand is ridiculously energizing. I took inventory and alot of the values I want to embody we missing...dont know when they left me but they are gone and I need to get them back. Not saying Im a bad person but i want to be a great person.

No Im not running a 5k but I will tackle my health issues next. I know what I need to do...doing it is another story all together.

Im Back I Guess

So...I have been MIA. Dont ask me why. I think my desire to goof off at work turned into my desire to get a new job before I ended up being escorted out of the building in handcuffs with a red substance dripping off of my manicured nails (no polish thank you) and splattered on my white birks (I will talk about them at a later date).

I mean I just couldn't take it anymore. And I demn sure couldnt take it for pennys a day. I mean I considered going to work at pizza hut to get out of the situation. I felt like a pigeon being tossed bread...actually it was more like it was being thrown at my head. Ok enough complaining.

I decided to go back to my old job. They welcomed me and my exceptional performance back with open arms and more money. I mean money can't make you happy but seeing the figures in my savings account grow is incentive for me.

I have decided that most of the people in the world hate their jobs but are glad they have one. So I have decided to grow up...stop day dreaming and be an adult. lol...I will have a lot of stories to tell once I get back on the phones. For now it's training...

P.S. I made pound cake last night for desert. The Smith's came over for dinner and Hot Shots Golf. We gave half of it to our drunk/high neighbor tonight...Im sure he will get the munchies later on. That was random...and served no purpose. But what fun is blogging if you can't ramble from time to time! Anyways I wanted you to know I am using the crap out of my Kitchenaid. THANKS MULZACS (and you too Ev)!!!!!

P.S.2. Cunt is the insult of the year (thanks John McCain). My last day is tomorrow. Today we had a faculty meeting. I took my desk chair down to the conference room because my butt is too good to sit on those dusty chairs they have in there already. My boss sits in my chair and I was forced to sit in the back of the meeting making jokes about her...like I did in middle school. She had no idea why some were laughing at awkward times...I hope she didnt fart in my chair.

Bad Case of the Blahs...

So I have not had any desire to write...or post...or read. I am feeling so...blah (cant think of another word to describe it). I think it has to do with being extremely unfulfilled with regards to my 9-5...or should I call it my 8is-430 on the dot.

I mean no one respects me at all there because most of the faculty is over 60 and Im just a youngin'. But i mean really are we having to argue the fact that 1200 am - 1201 am is one minute apart not 24 hours. And after you finally get it...can I get an apology? ::rollingeyes::

I digress. I made my own bed now I am lying in it.

I made biscuits tonight...yes from scratch. I am soooo over anything that isnt. Its a bad trend though. Bored? Bake something! Luckily I just got Hot Shots Golf on the PS 3...it consumes me.

Yesterday I found out that my mother is officially starting dialysis. I was heartbroken. She is on a list to get a kidney transplant. I feel so guilty about not being able to spend time with her because I'm in Nashville. My extra money will be going to plane tickets so I can go home more than once or twice a year, probably every other month. I mean I was with my grandmother from the beginning of her treatment to the end of her life which wasnt very long.

My mother is well aware that I am worried to death and keeps trying to console me by saying "Its not like it used to be technology has advanced in that area." But I still can't help but be concerned. Really it just makes me realize that my parents are aging...and I had better show them all my love now while they are still with me!!!

Oh and the food posts are boring to me now. I mean I ate a peanut butter and jelly sandwich and apple for lunch and cheese and ritz cracker sfor dinner. Who wants to hear about that in detail!

Sugar Addicts Unite!

Word on "the street" is that Friday June 6, 2008 (TODAY) is National Doughnut Day so Krispy Kreme is giving out a free doughnut of your choice.

Okay first free ice cream now a free doughnut. These doughnuts in particular...are so good. They are like crack to me. Its like you know its wrong but it just feels so good. Needless to say I will be going to the crackhouse to get my free hit. I cant wait for it to melt in my mouth and send shivers down my spine and fuzzy feelings to my fingers and toes.

Okay some dont think the crack reference is funny. But....I do so I will post this without any thought to how it will come across...any guilt I may feel will be wiped away by my doughnut!

By the way...NEW YORKERS..get em while you can. Aparently they have banned the use of transfat in the state (back in 2006). Yes just transfat...but smoking is still allowed in publc. And yes...there are alot of other harmful things which not taken in moderation can also be harmful (Beyonce and Jay, Mariah and Nick). This is obviously a joke.

Nothing is wrong with the transfat...just the excessive CONSUMPTION of it. Which is why Im glad KK is giving away one and not a dozen.

Thirty-One

I remember the days my parents would take us to Baskin Robbins to get ice cream. I would always get Mint Chocolate Chip. We would take it outside and sit on the bench and indulge ourselves in the tastes of summer.

I also remember getting a free scoop for my birthday. I would stalk the mail and bug my mother to let me go to the mailbox to see if my free ice cream scoop had arrived. I still stalk the mail in the same way. But for different reasons.

So I was looking for free samples online and came across the Baskin Robbins site (yes I was at work...the wedding planning is over what else am I supposed to do here).

Weeelllll...I learned that I can still get my free scoop! Gotta love that right!!!!! Right! Well it was May 22nd or something so I just put that my birthday was May 25th (its may 19th) and immediately got an email for a free scoop of ice cream. Now I considered defrauding them and putting in a bunch of different email addresses (Lord knows I have a bunch)...but I resisted the urge. I don't need to taste all THIRTY-ONE flavors. Just Butter Pecan. Plus my hubby had gotten me an ice cream cake...no need in me being greedy. Yeah my box looked just like the one Brad and Zahara had...i.e. Ice Cream Cakes are sooooo in.

I digress.

I went. I got my free scoop. It was not my normal Butter Pecan. It was York Peppermint Patty. It was delightful. Cool. Minty Goodness. Just like a 'holic I'm getting excited thinking about it. I got to work today and checked my email and I had a coupon for a 31Below, buy one get one free. Its their new frozen treat. It uses their soft serve and its pretty freaking good. Way better than a Blizzard or McFlurry. Me and Q have been abusing Baskin Robbins the past month, but the soft serve machine is down so we were forced to quit cold turkey. Needless to say he told me to give the coupon away. I will hold on to it for now.

All this to say...Baskin Robbins wants us to eat their Ice Cream. They are practically giving it away. So go get some. They have frozen yogurt and sorbet for you "want to be healthier folks".

Item: Scoop of Ice Cream/31 Below
Price: Free/3.49
Purchased at: Baskin Robbins
Rating: 9 out of 10
Pros: Great low price. High Quality. Brings back old memories. Melts in your mouth. Makes you feel better after a rough day.
Cons: I'm the only one here. I cant stop eating ice cream. All the irritating people in the line and their irritating off spring. Quitting cold turkey because the machine is down.

Kashi Mountain Medley Granola

So I got my first free sample.

My husband walked in the door with the mail and I saw a small box in his hand. I ignored the bills, and went straight for the turquoise box he had wrapped the bills around.

Ahhh....imagine my excitement.


Kashi Mountain Medley Granola


Yum Yum. I mean really people...its granola! Some time in the past three months I have literally fallen head over heels for granola. I mean I have to have it. Life is so blah without my granola. And this one...this little bag full of rolled oats, rye, barley, almonds, pecans, cranberries, and raisins REALLY knocked my socks off. I mean...I literally melted as it slid upon my tongue!

I'm so in love with this granola, which would be great by itself with milk or mixed into so creamy yogurt...that I'm sharing the wealth with you all! Yes. Yes I am sharing the wealth.

Get your free sample of Kashi Mountain Medley Granola HERE.

Let me know what you think of it...when you get it!

Item: Kashi Mountain Medley Granola
Price: Five Dollars-ish In Stores
Purchased at: Free Sample
Rating: 7 out of 10
Pros: Not sugary sweet. Nutritious (it is granola after all). Crunchy. Free sample.
Cons: Not enough raisins, cranberries. Sample was to freaking small. Nutritious (it is granola after all).