- Finished The Readers of Broken Wheel Recommend. Started Evicted (NetGalley) and will be bringing that and American Housewife with me on vacation next week. Put The Nest on hold. I don’t ordinarily put new, megahyped releases on hold immediately but something about this book is making me need to read it NOW. Don’t forget, next Show Us Your Books is April 12th. It will be here very soon.
- iTunes approved The Armchair Librarians!! As of this writing, we’re still not in the directory but we will be soon!
- Found a dead cat on the road behind my house. It looked identical to my cat but thankfully, it was not. We learned this after my husband inspected the dead cat’s face (and after I picked it up off the road, thinking it was my cat and she needed a proper burial). This is why I HATE having an indoor/outdoor cat. We also gave the not our cat a name and burial (Mrs. Louie Meowzer, RIP. Also, the child named her).
- My daughter’s cheer squad is going to US Finals! Talk about an emotional decision. Long story short, they should have won but made a huge mistake in their routine and it cost them first place and a paid bid but we’re going anyway. Virginia Beach, we’re coming for you! My poor wallet is screaming, though. Can you hear it?
- Made taco stuffed peppers. Super easy. Cook turkey or ground beef and season with your favorite taco seasoning like you would if you were making regular tacos (I use a homemade one that I’d link to except I can’t remember my Pinterest password to get it from my laptop). Cut 4 peppers (any color but we used green) in half and spoon the taco filling into pepper halves. Sprinkle (or use heaping handfuls. Your choice) your favorite cheese and bake at 350 for roughly 20 minutes. Top with salsa, guacamole, sour cream or whatever else you feel like using because you’re an adult and can top your food with whatever you want. Stuff it in your eating hole.
- Am currently 3 episodes behind in Better Call Saul and 4 in Generation X. I blame House of Cards.
- BOUGHT CARNIVAL OF MADNESS TICKETS!!!
- Got my speaker badge for FinCon16 that WP won’t let me upload for “security reasons”. WTF, WordPress? But I do have all kinds of feelings about being a speaker for realz and not just running a mentoring session. Public speaker I am not.
- Internet reads: A whole bunch of things people wish their friends knew about depression (from Buzzfeed). This real life version of The Leisure Seeker (and you should totally follow her on Facebook. It’s amazing to watch and she is my idol). This perspective on child support from a man who loves his children but is hugely delinquent in his payments.
- Funnies:
That’s all for me this week. I’m headed to Boston on Monday so if you don’t see me around next week, you’ll know why. I still have some posts coming at you, including a new episode of The Armchair Librarians on Thursday (tacked to the bottom of a post, per usual). I don’t know how many pictures I’ll be sharing but you can follow along on Instagram if you want. See you when I get back! And happy Easter!
congrats to your daughter’s team!! i hear cheering is crazy expensive!! glad it was not your cat. whew!!!
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It was such a relief finding out it was not ours.
The Nest is waiting on the hold shelf for me at the library, I put it on hold in January when I first read about it in a spring books summary. I’m interested to see if it’s worth the hype it’s gotten since.
Yayyy for cheer finals! That’s awesome, they’ll do great. There was a cheer competition here this week and I thought about you guys.
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I just love the author’s story. It’s what drawing me to the hype.
Okay, I just put The Nest on hold. And in the process put five other books on hold that I know nothing about and read no descriptions of. I blame you for sending me to the library website in the first place. You may also take credit if any of these unheard of books rocks.
It’s been a while since I made stuffed peppers of any sort. I should do that soon.
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You are welcome. These peppers were SO good!
My mom always said that picking a president was really just picking the lesser of the evils. That’s what it’s definitely like this year.
Your poor wallet. You put your kiddo in the most expensive hobby there is.
I have THREE books on hold. I guarantee they’ll all come in the same day.
Poor cat. There was a cat curled up on our deck chair when I went outside the other day, and then it ran away. I hope he/she’s okay.
She picked cheerleading. We tell her all the time she’s lucky she’s an only child or she would not be doing it.
Congrats on the podcast! That’s incredible. Also, those taco stuffed peppers look amazing; I made stuffed peppers recently but it was more ‘italian-style’ – anything with the word ‘taco’ in it gets an ‘A’ in my book 🙂
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They were so delicious!! I can’t wait to make them again.
Hooray for getting into iTunes and for your trip to Boston! Boston is seriously such a great city and I know y’all will have a blast! Congrats to your daughter for making it to nationals! That’s definitely no easy feat to qualify! I hope you have a great weekend and an even better trip!
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95% of our vacations were for our kids’ activities. Time and money well spent.
Now we go to our grandchildren’s events.
Good thing I am not big on traveling! And with 3 dogs , oy vey, the kennel costs. Virginia Beach is a nice venue!
Grateful for such nice weather during this early Easter.
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We definitely try to combine when we can.
bahahaha that lays chips picture. gross.
the guy behind on his child support payments.. that was definitely an interesting perspective. my father was definitely not like that.
okay so i like stuffed peppers in theory, but i find them so hard to eat. i might as well just make a taco/beans/pepper bowl, which i do.
oh the poor not your cat 🙁 poor Louie. so sad!
1) Glad it wasn’t your cat.
2) Congrats to the kid and her squad
3) WHAT DAY ARE YOU SPEAKING! Please tell me it’s Friday or Saturday so I can be in the front row making stupid faces at you the whole time 🙂
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Congrats to your daughters team! That’s an awesome experience. Never having experience with cheer I always envision the big competitions to be like Bring It On – hopefully for your sake and hers its not really that way.
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Yay for being on itunes!!!! I will be sure to go subscribe! So sad about the kitty but so sweet of you guys to give it a proper burial! Your taco stuffed peppers sound awesome! Have fun in Boston!
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Poor kitty! How sad.
After we finish Breaking Bad, we’re going to start Better Call Saul. He’s pretty funny.
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Way to go, E’s cheer team! I know that is super exciting (and super expensive).
That story about the cat is why my cats stay indoors at all times. Neil’s previous cats were indoor/outdoor. But, in our old neighbourhood (where we lived when we got the kittens), we lived on dead cat’s curve. I swear I’d see dead cats there at least once a week. So, when we got them, I said “no way, Jose” to going outdoors.
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