Jan28

The Smorgasbord Song

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The Smorgasbord Song

Good morning from a snowy Centrailia! :)

I never thought I would follow any statement about snow with a smiley face, but being here with such wonderful people just makes the snow a little more bearable than usual.  The big ol’ cup of coffee that I’m sipping on as I write this is definitely doesn’t hurt either.  Good friends, great memories and coffee are all you need in life, right? :)

Well, after Hilliary arrived in Warrensburg yesterday, we chatted for a little bit in my room before loading up the car and headed to lunch.  It seems like the turnover rate for Mexican restaurants in Warrensburg is at an all time high, which means that our list of places we want to try has been expanding, so we went for it!  We tried a new restaurant called Cancun and it was delicious.  There wasn’t much cheese at all in my quesadilla, but I got over it because the complimentary chips and salsa were to die for.  I NEVER ever crave chips.  It’s weird, I know, but chips just aren’t something that I’m crazy about.  However, the warm tortilla chips at Mexican restaurants suck me in EVERY SINGLE TIME.  Yum.  We enjoyed lunch and catching up, ran a few errands, grabbed Ash and then hit the road!

I read lots of magazines, and found my lover Joe Jonas! :)

Once we arrived in Centrailia, we enjoyed quite the smorgasbord of food for dinner including: homemade chili, potato soup, chicken fajita soup, a few different dips, veggies and cowboy salsa.  For any of you who don’t know what cowboy salsa is, I will take a picture today when it makes it’s second appearance because it’s delicious!  It’s a mixture of black eyed peas, avocado, tomato, yellow and white corn, cilantro, red wine vinegar, garlic and jalapenos.  Yum, yum!!!  The rest of the night was spent visiting with friends, finishing up homework and engaging in a little reading party before bed haha.

*Let me also mention that while I was typing and trying to figure out how to spell smorgasbord, Hilliary began singing some song from Charlotte’s web about a smorgasbord and now it’s in everyone’s heads.

 

Katy and Fern came for a little bit!

This is what our room looked like. Yep. We're book nerds.

Hil, Me and Ash!! HUNGER GAMES!!!

Goofy faces :)

We went to sleep around 2 after a little reading and a hilarious conversation with Jeff and sleep was very welcome amongst all of us.

Everyone’s up now, breakfast is a cookin’ and my tummy is rumblin’, so it’s time to go help and then eat up!!   :)

Here’s a Thought:

Talkatchalater,

Happy Hippie

Jan27

Shrimpfestivities

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Shrimpfestivities

Guess what?

 

It’s the day that I’ve been waiting for ALL WEEK!!!!

 

SHRIMPFEST WEEKEND DAY 1!!!!!

I’m currently waiting for Hilliary to get here from Sedalia and as soon as she does, we’re going to grab Ash and hit the road!! :)

I was SO excited about all of the Shrimpfestivities (term coined by Megan) last night that I couldn’t fall asleep until 5:00 am.  Wanna know the best part?  I woke up at 8.  Hopefully I can catch some sleep in the car because I have a tendency to be slightly unbearable to be around when I haven’t slept.  Whoops!

Waking up early was not the best way to start the day, but breakfast definitely made up for it!  This morning I had another batch of overnight oats, made the same way as usual with the exception of putting a spoonful of PB2 on top.  I see that a lot of different bloggers do this and I assumed that since I LOVE peanut butter, it would be a great addition!  However, once I mixed it in I couldn’t even taste it.  Bummer.  :(  The oats were great though, and there was a slight hint of peanut butter, so I was a happy hippie. :)

After breakfast, I power cleaned my room/ dished/ bathroom because there is nothing worse than coming back from a weekend away to a room that is dirty and a list of chores that need to be done.  Once everything was spic n’ span, I hopped in the shower, got ready and packed my bag.  SOOO excited!

Oh, and ps:  I had told you that I bought a little surprise to tell you about yesterday, but since I didn’t post yesterday I left ya hanging.  Well, hang no longer!  I bought my very first rutabaga!! :)  What’s a rutabaga you ask?

Quite possible the ugliest vegetable in the world.

Upon seeing rutabagas at Walmart, my mind immediately went to this:

Mandrakes!

 

Yep.  I just referenced Harry Potter.  I’m a huge Harry Potter nerd, so judge away!!  Seriously, though, rutabagas are freakin’ ugly.  However, I had seen numerous recipes for baked rutabaga fries, which had been deemed delicious and MUCH healthier than fries from potatoes, so I figured I would give it a shot!  They actually turned out great!  The only complaint I had was just about how big of a pain they are to peel and cut up, but that could be because I used a butter knife.  I literally have more random dishware in my dorm room than anyone you could imagine.  Muffin tins, vegetable peelers, measuring spoons, spatulas, etc… but I don’t have a sharp knife.  Weird.  It’s on the list of the things to buy!  After peeling and chopping the rutabaga into fries, I threw them in a bowl, sprayed them with cookie spray and sprinkled garlic salt and season salt onto them.  I tossed them around a bit to coat them, spread them out on a cookie sheet, and baked them for about 30 minutes (flipping them halfway through).  Pretty darn good for being so healthy!

They look just like fries!

 

Next time I make them, I will probably leave them in a bit longer because they were a little on the crunchy side, but other than that I was very pleased!  I think it’s really important to never rule out a food that I haven’t tried before, even if it’s uglier than dirt.  I love being able to be surprised! :)

 

Alright, well Hil is here and that means that it’s just about time for the Shrimpfestivities to begin!!  HOLLA!

 

Here’s a Thought:

 

Talkatchalater,

Happy Hippie