Another new shoe post!

Because I love shoes!

I have slowly been building up my shoe collection and while it still needs a lot of work (watch out Marc!), I am adding different styles of shoes. I have some practical shoes and others that...well I wouldn't wear them all day or everyday. The shoes I am about to show you fall in the second category.

I got them on sale at Spring Shoes and while they are very different I actually really like them. They are like 5 inch platform wedge. So I'd say I'm well over 6 feet in these suckers. I tower over the husband, but he doesn't mind ;)

Here are the lovely shoes:

Sorry the pictures are really dark. I had to take them with my phone and apparently the sun was not as bright as I thought :P.

Link to the shoes. I bought them in size 11 and I am surprised at how big they are. If I knew i'd only be wearing them with nylons I would order a size down but it could be tight with socks. But really I find they fit great and I like when a shoe is just a little larger. The laces are a little stiff though, but I can just go out and buy some to replace the ones on the shoe. They are easy to walk in, I thought they would be too high for me to walk in but I had no trouble walking around my place. If you have really wide feet they might be too tight. Overall I like these and i'm already planning outings for them :)

Cooking and an outfit post!

The heat and humidity has returned. At least it's making me drink a crap ton of water :).

Yesterday was miserable though, Marc got sick because of the heat and because I realized he hadn't really drank any water :P. Once I got some water in him he felt better. But because of the heat we didn't really feel like cooking, much less eating what we cooked. But we did anyways because I found this recipe online and it sounded yummy.

I forgot to cut the chicken breasts in half so I ended up cooking two big chicken breasts but it gave Marc some left overs to bring to work :).

I wrapped a sprig of rosemary in and then wrapped two pieces of bacon around the chicken (wondering why one piece wasn't big enough until Marc informed me the chicken needed to be smaller :P). Anyways, I then realized I forgot to add the garlic so I sprinkled some garlic salt on top.

Looks good!

Then I stuck 'em on the bbq! Because of the size of the chicken it took a lot longer than the recipe says- 8 minutes per side. I had them on the bbq for at least 30min or so. Maybe my bbq doesn't heat up as fast.

BBQ Goodness

In the mean time we boiled some veggies. When we cut them up to start eating they were soooo juicy. The bacon added a great taste (but bacon adds a great taste to anything!) and the rosemary was a nice touch. The chicken and veggies were the only thing we cooked, we just didn't really feel like eating much in the heat. But it was a nice meal for a hot day, it did not feel heavy in my stomach afterwards.

Yummy!

Today I made a spaghetti sauce but didn't document it because it was hot and I just wanted to get it over with ;). Tomorrow we are heading out to pick up Marcs sister and our niece! It will be nice to see them.


O and I got this dress yesterday:

My hair is a mess and my makeup is trying to escape my face, it is that hot :P

And here are some glamour shots of my babies :):

Yes, I will take this corner. Thank you.

Today is the day folks. Today I try Chinese take out. My stomach is already doing the nervous dance.

I had a mini rant about someone today with Marc. Not screaming or anything just a rant. I was sad and frustrated (and out of bagels). Mid rant Marc says his dad might be going home today, awesome! I'm glad they could be sending him home so soon. I do believe that if it's not serious (need constant watch) being home to heal is a lot better than the hospital. You are around people you love, you are not constantly stuck on someone else's schedule (and most times the person caring for you does not want to be there), you don't have someone coming in to probe you every half hour etc. You can relax and be in surroundings that are much more comfortable than a hospital room.

I had a horrible moment today. I had the "I have NOTHING to wear!!!" moment. You know when you open your closet and suddenly it is empty. O, there are clothes but there really isn't any clothes. I hate those moments. So I crawled onto my bed and pouted, then I spent ooooo 2 hours trying on everything I had. I think the lack of a strapless bra is starting to get to me. Suddenly I have no clothes, it's like I can NOT dress myself without that damn strapless bra.

So I gave in: I put clear straps on my falling apart strapless bra and went about with my day. BUT then the outfit turned on me. It didn't look right. NOTHING looked right. It's the horrible twin sister of the "I have nothing to wear". You see all these clothes and possible outfits you can put together but once on your body...well it's a mess. That dress looked great on me two days ago, what the hell is wrong with me? Dammit body stop messing with my head! I put said outfit on, but no I have a lopsided boob, my ass looks gigantic, my legs are horrible!! I become a mess. What did I do? I went pee and ignored the mirror.

So that was my day. I was attacked by the "I have nothing to wear" monster and by her evil twin sister the "Nothing looks right" monster. I beat them but it was a close thing. The corner of my bedroom looked like a good place to crumble into the fetal position and mumble strange things.

The car is out to get us

I was going to do an outfit post buuuuuut that will have to wait till this weekend or next week. Unfortunately my strapless bra is dead and a lot of my summer clothes require a strapless bra. And I am not of the no bra wearing variety, so some outfits look stupid with my bra straps showing :P

Besides that it is so hot here! I hate it. I need the cold weather back *falls to ground crying*

Marc bought a coupon yesterday for half off at a Chinese restaurant in the area. We have never been to this place but the reviews seem good. I am nervous though. I am not a fan of Chinese, Thai, Japanese....Asian style food, in general (except sushi). But I am picky about Chinese food, I had some bad experiences and only one good one. The one good place is downtown and pretty expensive so that's a no. I guess I have to be brave and try it. I'll let you know how that goes.

Next week I think Marcs sister is coming up with her daughter. It will be nice to see them. We are then having a party or something for Marcs parents but I'm not sure if I will be sticking around for that. What we might do is go down to their place early, and then I will leave to go see my mom and come back when Marc is ready to leave. I'll need to check what my moms doing first but I think that is what I will do. I haven't been to my moms in awhile and since I am in the area it makes sense to take the little detour.

This weekend Marc and I had a spat, we have been really stressed and then the stupid car decided to be an ass. All of it at once was too much for us. We found out though, at least I figured it out, that we have not been communicating much (talking about how we feel, the stress, being on what I have called "death watch"). With my dad gone and now Marcs dad in and out of the hospital we have been pulled all over the place and it got to be too much. We did though end the spat in a good way. We agreed on some things and he realized that I have not been able to see my family in awhile (that's why he's fully supporting me in not attending the party next week).

The car. That stupid car. It pisses us off so much, but I kinda love it in a way. It's our first car and I think 10 years from now we will laugh about it. Anyways, Friday night Marc had a GURPS game. It ended at around 11:30 or so and on his way home he stopped to grab some milk. When he went to leave the car would not switch out of park. So there he is in Ile-Perrot at a Couche-Tard close to midnight. He tried and tried but the car would not move out of park. We are both freaking because it must have something to do with the transmission, and it may not be covered and that could cost a lot of money we do not have at the moment. He calls CAA but when he's on the line he decides to try it one more time and of course the car works! He heads home and then the spat starts.

Saturday we drive around a bit and the car behaves but we are still nervous about potentially spending a lot of money. So more stress on more stress. Marc checks online for issues with our make of car and he comes across something about an issue with people not being able to switch out of park. It is not a recall, just an announcement. BUT the issue is not serious at all. It's just an annoyance. PHEW! Also it should be covered under our warranty so we only pay the deductible (which is totally doable). When we have more time we're going to take it in, but in the meantime it is nothing to worry about :).





Stupid car

New start?

I have been thinking about where to take this blog. Initially I planned on devoting it to Marcs DVT but it became repetitive as things balanced out, and that is a good thing! I don't want this blog to be too much of a journal but thing is I'm not great at cooking and I am still nervous about posting my outfits online. I guess maybe I could do both. I could document my horrible, sad and humorous attempts at cooking and baking (although I REALLY hate to bake, maybe Marc could do baking posts?!). I could also post OOTDs when I feel brave and feel like the outfit is something worth talking about.

I think writing about both experiences can give more substance to my blog. Give me something to WANT to write about and worth a read. So, yes, I think I will try this out. It will be slow going at first as I figure out what is worth writing about when I cook or dress myself, but maybe by the end of this year my blog will have more depth to it. That will be my goal.

As it is summer the cooking posts will be pretty low as I hate to turn the stove and oven on and I don't really know how to cook on the BBQ (except for steaks, potatoes, hot dogs.....easy summer meals). As the weather cools though, that is when I get a little more adventurous in the kitchen. I am willing to take the time and energy to cook and it heats up the place! So I can start with outfit posts, talking about my style, what I like/don't like.

I look forward to having more to write about and actually being excited. I know this blog is one in billions of blogs out there, I am not expecting this to be some kind of amazing thing. But, I want to enjoy my little part of the net.






Be scared