No!  Butter Beans!  You’ll see.

Saturday morning – I woke up – with not a single thing to do on my schedule.  I absolutely LOVE that feeling.  If I wanted to stay in my pajamas until 3 – I could have – but I decided to head to the gym and get my workout over with!  I was in, and done by 10:15 – that’s my kind of weekend workout! 

I decided to go what the big game over at my parents, so I rushed home, and hopped in the shower.  When I got out – Lando was no where to be found, which only means trouble.  I finally knelt down to find her under the bed, chewing on my favorite pair of Jessica Simpson heels..

I grabbed the shoes away from her immediately (no time for a photo opp), but she hid under the bed for another 5 minutes or so because she knew she was in trouble…

She is so dang bad – and yet so flipping cute at the same time.  I just can’t win!

My entire family was home (both of my brothers live with my parents again) – so it was nice to be able to hang out and watch the game with everyone. Oh yeah – and steal all of my parents delicious food.  Like this delicious chili:

eaten with these delicious chips:

I was at least polite enough to make sure that I brought some “appetizers” for Lando (hey – I can’t expect my parents to provide for EVERYONE right? )

I found these on clearance at Target (you can see the sticker) – and Lando LOVES THESE.  She actually runs away from us when we give them to her, as if she is afraid we are going to take the treat away from her (which we NEVER EVER DO!)

The treats are actually different vegetable shapes (celery stalk, carrot stick, an ear of corn) – but I fed Lando the last one without snapping a picture.  Instead – you get 2 blurry pictures of her CHOWING down!

(Sorry Lander, those are very flattering pictures of you! )

I also munched on these throughout the day – they are so addicting – I started with “Oh I’ll have just one” – and probably ended up having at least 5 handfuls!

After OSU’s absolutely expected victory (:razz:) – I headed home to do some cleaning and work for work.   Around 7, I decided I SHOULD really start cooking dinner (since Mike had been gone for over 12 hours at this “Law School Event Thing” and would be home any minute) – but was not feeling inspired to do so.

Then I tried a little old school bribery.  On myself. 

“If you start cooking dinner now – you can have a glass of wine!” – DONE!

To make that glass of wine even tastier – I relied on my FABULOUS FRIEND – Mr. Soda Stream!!!  I made a quick bottle of carbonated water so I could make my glass of wine a “white wine spritzer”.  Refreshing!:grin:

I cooked some Hot Italian Turkey Sausages (TWSS?) for Mike, but didn’t snap a picture.  Mike had also requested that I make the last box of Velveeta Shells & Cheese that we had in the cupboard – which I did – but stole half of, for my own dinner! 

Meat – check!  “Grains/Carbs” – check!  Veggies????? – of COURSE check!

I roasted up all the veggies I could find in the fridge, so I could bulk up my Shells & Cheese dinner – and I also decided to experiment with these for the first time:

I always tend to buy the same 5 or 6 types of beans – and the last time I was at the grocery store – I decided it was time to branch out!

The final product:

Definitely a hit!   The mixture of the veggies and the cheesey noodles was perfect!  As for the butter beans – I’d say they taste like “a better tasting lima bean”.  They are similar in shape and size – but have an easier consistency.  Does that description even make sense?

Funniest part of the evening?  Mike didn’t even need dinner when he got home, because he had been given all the leftover swedish meatballs from the “Law School Event Thing” Reception:

Figures! 

We ended up heading back over to my parents around 10pm to watch the UFC Fights last night!  We had a few drinks and some appetizers, but I didn’t even think to take pictures.  I was too tired, and operating on auto-pilot!   

Hope you are all having a great weekend!!!!

All I can think about today?  In 3 more days we’ll be in MEXICO!!!!!!!!!!!!