Check out what I cam home to yesterday:

BRAND NEW DOORS!  FINALLY! After almost 2 years of living in our house with old, drafty, out-dated doors – we finally have nice pretty new ones!  WOOOHOOOO!  Now if I could just get rid of that damn awning…

Yesterday was insane – I was up and moving from 6am until midnight!

For my afternoon snack – I had some more edamame:

and I FINALLY got to try the Pumpkin Pie Kashi bar that I have been craving for so long!

Look at how gooey and pretty the inside is!

This bar TOTALLY lived up to my expectations!  It was fabulous – just the right amount of spice – and I loved how soft the topping was!

After work I ran to Target to pick up some drugs for Mike – (he’s caught “the death” if you ask him) – and then headed over to my parents because my brother was home from C-bus, and we were all headed to see my cousin’s play!   We had salad:

and CHICKEN KELLY!

I love this stuff!  I know I posted about it before – but I just always assumed this recipe was as well known as “chicken parm” or “chicken piccata” – but apparently it isn’t.  I’ll have to get the secret recipe from my momma and post it for you ladies!

When I got home from the play – I had a package waiting for me (HELLO – PACKAGES ALWAYS MAKE A DAY BETTER – “that’s what she said”)

It was my POM samples finally from the wonderful POM Blogger – Diana!   I can’t wait to try these out – but I was so tired last night – I just couldn’t break into them then!

This morning – I started with spicy oats:

Then headed home at lunch to check on Death Boy – and made a quick chicken sammich and salad!

When I was finished I was totally looking for something sweet – and was super excited to try these balls (“that’s what she said” – boom twice in one post!)

They sounded and looked absolutely fantastic….

But I think it got too cold sitting in my cabinet, because it was rock hard

And there you have it – I’m ready to finish up this Friday afternoon and head home to do some cooking and cleaning!  My birthday is next week – and I decided I should celebrate this weekend, instead of next – so I’m having a whole bunch of friends over on Saturday – CAN’T WAIT!

I’ll warn you now – I’m one of those people who LOVES to celebrate birthdays….so you have at least a week’s worth of posts coming up with me talking about my birthday – feel free to leave my comments saying “Shut the hell up already!”      Happy Friday!

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