Those fajitas that I’ve been trying to make since Friday?  They finally got made for lunch yesterday.  I forgot to buy beans so I decided to make some nachos.  Here are Shaun’s fully loaded nachos:

I didn’t take a picture of mine because they weren’t nearly as pretty.  I had about a fourth the amount of chips and I used goat mozzarella that I picked up from Traders-no tummy issues! My fajitas were not as tasty as they normally are so I’m going to hold off on posting that recipe until I have it figured out (again).  Isn’t it weird how you can be really good at making something and then it just goes away?  This happens to me occasionally.

The pancakes I made yesterday (sorry no pictures-it was in the middle of the sink crisis) were made from this recipe. I subbed 1 TBSP of agave for the brown sugar and I should have used more.  They were just okay but Lu liked them!

A lot of you were asking about the lentils from yesterday.  When I was making them I felt like there wasn’t enough spices.  I added a little more than the recipe called for and I added red pepper flakes.  About halfway through cooking I tasted it and it was NOT flavorful enough so I doubled up on the spices.  Shaun had a bite and still thought it lacked a little flavor.  I’m having it for lunch today so hopefully sitting overnight helped it.

As for the pumpkin butter, I’m creating this recipe and I’m still not 100% happy with it.  I’m going to work on it tonight and see if I can get it just right.  Then I’ll post an entire tutorial   Some of you may even get some

Last night we went to Shaun’s Mountain Bike Boot Camp end of season party.

I LOVED the house that it was at.  Usually in the Bay Area you find houses that are HUGE on teeny tiny lots.  Shaun and I both feel strongly that a 3-4 bedroom house is perfect for us. I’d like 4, Shaun would like 3-I want a craft room . This house was the PERFECT size, a GREAT floor plan and it was on a HUGE lot.  The back yard was like 2 football field lengths and at the back they had a playground.  Not a play structure but a PLAYGROUND.  Our friend owns an upscale construction business and his clients ask him to haul away things all the time that he adds to their play area. I wish I had gotten pictures but I left the camera in the house   We had a GREAT time and Lu did so well.  I had total house envy.  Too bad we’ll never get a house like that here.  *sigh* I need to win the lottery! That means I’d have to play the lottery…

Here’s another picture that I LOVE-too bad it’s all blurry

This morning I had the alarm set for 5:30 to workout but I turned it off at 5:25.  I had a hard time sleeping last night with Lu coughing and I seem to have come down with a touch of what Lu had/has. I’m also pretty sore from running on Saturday and Kenpo yesterday.  My IT band is KILLING me   I foam rolled it out and hopefully I’ll be 100% tomorrow.  I plan to go for a nice walk at lunch-I wore my running shoes today and everything.

Lastly, my sweet husband let me start wearing my birthday present a few days early-isn’t he awesome?  Here it is:

The “diamonds” are a bit blingy for my taste but the Coach one that was almost exactly the same without the “diamonds” was 4 times as much.  So I’ll get over the bling.

Gratitude

I’m grateful for MY house.  It’s pretty awesome and I own it which makes me smile.