Borrowed from Anna May who stole it from Running42K.
1. How do you like your eggs?You know, I used to like my eggs very well cooked. BUT, a couple years ago I went to my cousin's place for breakfast and they didn't ask how I wanted my eggs done. Instead of asking for new ones, I ate the over easy eggs. Now... that's what I eat. If they're scrambled, however, they need to be dry.
2. How do you take your coffee/tea?I used to have one milk and one sugar in my tea, but lately I've been doing the stevia thing. I eat way too much sugar, so I thought this might be one way to cut back.
3. Favorite breakfast food?I go in waves. Sometimes I'll do toast and peanut butter. Sometimes I'll do cereal. Lately, however, I've been having muesli and plain yogurt. Sometimes with honey and usually with extra raisins. I first had it in Germany while visiting family, but most recently I had it while visiting my aunt in Toronto. The thing is, though, that she had the ULTRA YUMMY
Liberté Mediterranée Vanilla Yoghurt. Yeah, nothing like 50% of your daily saturated fats in one sitting. So. Good.
4. Peanut butterUsually I like crunch, but we've been buying freshly ground PB and that only comes in one texture which I like to call coarsely ground smooth.
5. What kind of dressing on your salad? Since we eat salad pretty much every day, there was a period there where J and I would go through a bottle of Kraft dressing in a week (or there abouts). #1 That's kind of gross. #2 Once I found out that Kraft is a division of Phillip Morris, I will no longer buy Kraft. So, lately we've been bouncing between
Brianna's French Vinaigrette and a basic balsamic vinegar and olive oil.
6. Coke or Pepsi? Pepsi, although I very seldom drink pop.
7. You’re feeling lazy, what do you make? Burrito with homemade refrieds from the freezer.
8. You’re feeling really lazy. What kind of pizza do you order?One of those vegetarian ones from down the road. Possibly with chicken.
(Yes, I understand the irony)9. You feel like cooking. What do you make?Possibly something from one of our many cookbooks, but most likely something from
epicurious.com.
10. Do any foods bring back good memories? There are these wonderful buns that always show up at the gatherings held by my mom's family. Them and five cup salad (1 cup each of: mandarin oranges, crushed pineapple, coconut, mini marshmallows and sour cream - it might sound disgusting... but I really like it... in small doses).
11. Do any foods bring back bad memories? Hmmm, don't think so. Well, maybe HUGE pork roasts. Not really a bad memory, but it could have been. For a while when I was young, my mom really didn't have any money and my aunt, who worked at a grocery store, would grab all sorts of stuff they were going to throw away, and give it to my mom. We ended up with many pork roasts and green and yellow peppers. We got so sick and tired of pork roast (in all it's possible forms), but at least we had food, right?
12. Do any foods remind you of someone?Does anyone remember those cheese wafer crackers? They looked like
this, but were smaller and had a weird powdery cheese in them. They remind me of my grandma. She always had them.
13. Is there a food you refuse to eat?There is very little I won't try. I've tried oysters with lemon and tabasco sauce, but didn't really like them. Unless I was really hungry or needed the money, I most likely will NEVER EVER EVER try
balut eggs. I understand that they are a cultural food, but the entire idea grosses me right out.
14. What was your favorite food as a child? I don't necessarily think it was my favorite food, but I ate a lot of fresh produce from the garden as a kid. Carrots, peas, beans, etc. I have wonderful memories of eating peas from my grandma's garden. I can smell the sun warmed tomatoes just thinking about it.
15. Is there a food that you hated as a child but now like? I really didn't like shrimp as a kid. I think it was eventually a breaded shrimp that won me over.
16. Is there a food that you liked as a child but now hate? Don't think so.
17. Favorite fruit and vegetable:
I pretty much love all fruits and veggies, but here are some highlights
Fruit: Strawberries, mango, kiwi, raspberries
Veg: Broccoli, zucchini, Brussel sprouts, mushrooms
18. Favorite junk food: Usually sweet stuff. Chocolate, candy, chewy caramels/toffees, hard candy, etc. You name it, I probably like it.
19. Favorite between meal snack:I try to eat good stuff like a handful of almonds or a piece of fruit or something. If there's something sweet in the house, however, I generally go for that. That's why I try to avoid having nasties...I mean tasties.... in the house.
20. Do you have any weird food habits? Don't think so. I don't like dunking cookies in milk. I like to eat my cereal fast so it doesn't get soggy. Are those weird?
21. You’re on a diet. What food(s) do you fill up on? Fruit and veggies
22. You’re off your diet. Now what would you like? Fruit and veggies... maybe some bad nibbly stuff.
23. How spicy do you order Indian/Thai? Medium
24. Can I get you a drink? Sure, water with no ice please.
25. Red wine or white? Red please. They make white wine? Why ever for?
26. Favorite dessert?Something with chocolate, whipped cream, sugar or butter... or all of the above.
Spent the past few days at a conference that has given me a lot of food for thought. Lots of sessions on the state of our planet and what we need to do to help it bounce back. My god it was depressing. Stephen Lewis spoke, Elizabeth May spoke, Bob MacDonald spoke. Jean Lemire spoke. The three days were stacked with speakers and it was amazing. Depressing, but amazing and powerful. I cried many times.
The formal itself was pretty fun. I wore my hair up in a French roll, the corsage that F brought me and a navy blue dress that had navy blue lace over top and buttons down the front. I'm definitely not a lace person, but it was subtle enough that I went for it. Even then I had a hard time finding stuff to fit my body, so I settled. I ended up having the same dress as another person at the formal, but she wore the little jacket that came with it, so that's fine.
I've decided that I'm in a constant battle with myself. I'm a bit of an enigma, even to myself.
The master bedroom is currently sporting some very lovely wallpaper, border and window coverings. Not only do the window coverings and border match, but the carpet in the bedroom is also a lovely dark tealy green!
The fun fan in the 'back' bedroom. What makes this fan fun is not only the design on the fan itself, nor the fun lightbulb... but the double receptacle. When someone installed the fan, they chose to put in an entirely different supply box for the electricity rather than use the one that was already there. Not quite sure why, but that's what they did. Something for the electrician to deal with.
Well what you see here will not be in existence when we get our hands on the bathroom and completely gut and rebuild it. In some ways it's a shame because just look at this border!!! Isn't it beautiful? Usually I just look at wall paper and wall paper products and shake my head, but in a bathroom? That's just wrong!
And now the real piece de resistance.... the toilet. Not only is it a beautiful swirly grey-green-purple, but it's also outfitted with a MASSIVE tank! I swear we could fit our entire new toilet in the tank alone! The funny thing is, we're thinking of moving the tank to the basement to use it as an indoor pool... seriously though, we're going to put a few thousand bricks (or other) in the toilet to reduce the volume and use it as a backup toilet in the basement.
While the carpet in the house is widespread, as is the wall paper, we have some inside information that the floor under the carpet is hardwood (yes, they're dirty... shush!). We're going to rip that carpet up and refinish the hardwood so that the house just shines! We're not sure if we're going to sand the floors and refinish ourselves or hire someone to do it. We're going to get some quotes to make that decision for us.
In addition to the floors, there is also some beautiful woodwork in the stairwell. This curly banister is simply too beautiful to ignore. A shot of the banister from upstairs was one of the things that really caught us when we were looking at the house online. So much character!
NEXT! We're checking out some houses this weekend. That's exciting. The picture to the right there is from a house we're really interested in. Not necessarily my decor, but whatever... It's also not in the most ideal neighbourhood, but... that can be overlooked for dreamy hardwood and a 16x12 master bedroom, don't you think? Then again, the kitchen is totally dinky, so we'll have to see.
