The other day, I was on Garden & Gun's blog, and I saw this tid bit about Elvis' peanut butter, jelly & bacon sandwich, and I swear, I was juuuuust thinkin' about makin' a pb & j,
and of course, we had some bacon, so I had to try it.
It did not disappoint.
Here's to hopin' Nita Nikon is on her way to recovery so we can get back to decent food pics
Know what else is good?
Goat cheese grits cooked in chicken broth {I used leftover broth from the chicken salad I made yesterday) ... with just a dab of butter and pepper.
Omygyahh.
And, did y'all see PLL last night? I am so mad at me for gettin hooked on this madness.
I want to smack Mona. And Toby. What is he doin?!? And Paige, she gets on my nerves.
And whattup with Aria's creepy ass dad?
The thing that makes me whack is that they never answer any questions before creating more freakin questions.
Do you watch the show?
What's your theory?
And that's about it on this random-as-hell Wednesday.
What a week. I'm past stress and now entered into a state of almost numbness. But - I can say this. Throughout my life, God has never given me an extremely difficult situation without also giving me friends to help me through. What a blessing.
I'm so very thankful for friends. And for my wonderful husband. Blessings that not everyone has.
After a very stressful day, I just wanted to ride around on back country roads in the warm night air. For as long as I can remember, I've always loved to just ride to relieve stress. As a baby, my mom would drive me around to get me to go to sleep. As a teenager, I rode around with my friends to vent and get things off my mind. It's still one of my favorite things in the world. Especially at night.
These are two songs I've discovered (thanks to Pretty Little Liars) that I am now obsessed with. And they make my drives that much more relaxing. It's all about the little things. :)
Wicked Game, by Gemma Hayes
Don't Leave Quite Yet, by Adam Agin
Have a peaceful and relaxing weekend.
Find something positive to smile about and be thankful for.
Remember forever ago when I posted about my new found love of PLL?
Well, I totally failed on the whole, "I can't wait til January so I can start watching new episodes" thing. But, I realized it, and guess what? THERE WAS A FRIGGIN 7-EPISODE MARATHON today to help me catch up on whatever I missed! Holla! Hubs and I both were home, and although "he didn't watch", he sure did ask 1.25 million questions. (He loves it too).
Bad part? When you watch for 7 hours straight, and then, there is no more ... ? SUCKS! Waiting til next Monday night is gonna be rough!
I have never been hooked on TV. I can be home by myself all day for weeeeeeks and I don't even turn the TV on. That is, until I discovered this show.
Kind of hard to catch back up when you came in way after the show first aired though, because you have to rely on google, and then there is the book (s?) ... and the stories aren't the same. People be sayin all kinds of random stuff, y'all. And I'm like whaaaaaaaaaaat? This is awful! Torture!
It says a lot too, that I don't want to strangle all the girls after watching them this long, because it usually doesn't take long. But - instead, I am like, man, I wanna grow my hair out so I can attempt (and fail) to get my hair to wave like that. Or .... hmmm, I really like her eye makeup.
I need answers!!! I need to be in some legit weekly chat session so I can ask questions because these peeps on the website in the "blog party" just keep saying, "Ooooh, he's cute!" or "I loooooove this show!" I mean, GYAH, they act like this show is geared toward teenaged girls or something. Sirrusly.
Anybody else hooked?
Oh - and can anyone confirm this? (The TV show version of the story!) What happened with Jenna goin blind? This seems to explain it the best, I think ... again, the TV VERSION.
And know what else, these chicks always talkin bout grabbin some coffee ... or they're always walkin around with some coffee. And, duhhh, you know I want some after I see them all with it = not good at 8:00 pm = me up all night long.
Perhaps writing this post will make me sound like the biggest lame eva. But, I'm okay with that. See, I don't watch much TV, and I definitely don't keep up with the reality shiz that America watches because honestly, it gets on my nerves. Sometimes I feel left out in all these "Real Housewives of BFE, Bachelor(ette), whatev, whatev" convos. I just feel like people in real life are irritating as all get out, so why watch more of it on TV? But, that's just me.
But - sometimes, I'm not strong. Sometimes I fall off the wagon when I leave the TV on ABC Family as my background noise. PS - I don't think PLL should be on anything with the name "family" in it. But, nobody asked me. But, when I get sucked into that background noise, they are really good at suckin you in, before I know it, I can't pull myself away.
Disgusting, I know.
This happened once with Lost when my friend Lindsey got me addicted, but by the time that happened, I needed to catch up on 2459 episodes. And I felt overwhelmed. And I quit.
Well, it's totally happened again with Pretty Little Liars. I'm kind of ashamed. Part of me likes to watch it so I can dream of having long, wavy locks. Or bomb eye shadow. Or wonder what it's like to be tall and skinny. But, I have to admit, its not just the "I wanna look perfect all the time like they do" aspect. I really am left hanging on the edge of my seat when they get those stupid texts. And the random clues that they sneak in here and there? Dang it!
Anyway, I need help, people.
You see, since I got addicted late, I hardly have any information regarding what is really going on. But, I'm still hooked.
Here's what I get:
*Disclaimer: If you've been watching PLL and this isn't new to you, you will be like, "Duh, Shug in Boots, thanks for stating the completely obvious." But sometimes I need to think my thoughts on paper, mmmk?
{1}
The four chicks, Hanna, Spencer, Aria and Emily were friends with this typical mean girl/beezy named Alison, who has mysteriously disappeared and was missing for a year, then all of a sudden her body was found. She was a conniving, manipulative Beezy who thrived off of others' humiliation and need for her approval.
{2}
They get these creep-o texts/messages from "A" first about secrets that Ali would have only known about any of the four given girls, like Aria's dad's affair, or Hanna's food issues, etc. Since it's crap only Ali would have known, the girls wonder if they are from "A" ... like, is she really dead?
{3}
There's lots of other randomness going on in the town - you know, like, Hmmm, what's she doin hangin out with him? I didn't realize they knew each other. Why's her dad care about him being around? Her mom knew him BEFORE?! Who took those pictures? Who was that in the background? etc.
But - the "all new" Halloween episode, which aired Oct. 19, synopsis found here ... tells us that "A" started harassing people, including Ali, BEFORE Ali disappeared/died, along with several other nuggets of info that fill in some holes.
What the heck is goin on, y'all?!
I missed a LOT of episodes in between the pilot episode (which they also reaired on Oct. 19 after the Halloween special - thank you ABC Family) and now. I read the synopsis of the other episodes but y'all know that's just not the same. Clearly, I will be spending nights stalking my computer to watch old episodes to catch up before January when the show airs again.
