Sunday Social

1. Top 3 favorite kinds of food

mac and cheese

mexican

sushi

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2. First 3 things you do in the morning

change/feed Evey

check my phone (while doing the above)

coffee

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3. Last 3 things you do at night

get a glass of water

fill the humidifier

feed Evey

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4. 3 TV shows you NEVER miss

RHWOBH

Chelsea Lately

Big Bang Theory

(we don't regularly watch TV but these get DVR'd and watched eventually)

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5. 3 places you want to visit

Mainland Japan (Tokyo/Mt Fuji/Osaka/Kyoto)

Great wall of China

Rome

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6. 3 people you can always count on

mom & dad (they count as one entity)

My sister

Paul (even though I am giving him the silent treatment right now)

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- Alana

Merry X-mas

Paul and I have never been huge on Christmas. We put up a tree, and buy a few presents, but it's not been a huge deal to us. We don't do a whole lot of decorating, besides the tree. 

I think with the impending arrival of our wee one, I am really sort of getting excited about it. I am really hoping that we are in our new home so I can decorate, and go overboard, and give her the best first Christmas she'll never remember. 

Pinterest has given me lots of ideas too. In fact, I think Pinterest has really created this whole feeling of excitement. 

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I think these would be cool if the hot glue were done on some fishing wire, so they could be hung in a window. 

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fill a jar or a bowl with these

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The blurb for this one says "Kids' Christmas list in an ornament with the year. It would be so cool to go back and see what the children asked for years ago"

But for babies first few Christmases you could write down what baby got. 

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Before I got pregnant I actually was saving bottles for this very project. I have an assload under my kitchen sink. More than I'll ever need. 

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Okay, that's enough. 
But you can clearly see I am a little excited about this whole thing. I just hope that it's as perfect as I am imagining it. 

- Alana

Sunday Social

1. If you could only eat one thing for the rest of your life, what would it be?

Pizza, because it's so versatile. 

Jalapeno and Pepperoni.

Cheese and Peppercini.

Mushroom and sausage.

Garlic and cheese. 

Taco Pizza from Pizza Parco in Okinawa, YUM!!

2. What's your guilty pleasure/comfort food?

I can't think of a guilty pleasure food, but Mashed Potatoes is a comfort food for me. I love d mashed potatoes. 

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3. What's the weirdest/craziest thing you've ever eaten?

I ate lots of things in Japan that are weird to Americans, goat, horse, all kinds of raw stuff, but my favorite was raw octopus, called taco-wasa. taco-octopus wasa-wasabi, it's a squishy slimy crunchy food, that looks like boogers, but tastes very good. 

(above raw oyster, cuttlefish curry, tacowasa- click for larger images)

4. What foods do you avoid at all costs?

carrots. I tell people I am allergic, I don't like them that much.

5. What meal reminds you of your childhood?

Mac & Cheese

6. Share one of your favorite recipes and the story behind it.

Too many favorites to choose, but here are my top 3 

French Onion Soup

Cheating Enchiladas 
Bloody Mary Tomato salad- 

(this is not my recipe, but the salad is amazing.)

Let me know if you are playing along so I can read yours too!

Have a great Sunday!

-Alana


 

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Go link up with Joslin

We all love pinterest and Joslin has a link up where we can share a successes and failures from Pinterest! 

In the last week I have had my way with two recipes from pinterest.
First:

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This was freakishly amazing. The only mods I made was instead of cream of celery (which I just didn't have on hand) i subbed cream of mushroom. And I also used one can of chopped green peppers and one can of chopped Jalapeños. This meal was a total success. We ate it as leftovers for a second night with...


Second:

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Again, another success. I made a few modswith this one, I didn't have dried ancho chilies so I used powdered. And I threw in a few handfuls of shredded mexican cheese to thicken it up. Totally delicious.

Both these recipes will stay in my book for future use.

Go find Joslin

Have a lovely day, and remember to find me on Facebook!

-Alana