I have a few unimportant things to cover today before getting to lunch!
First, guess who turned 30 today?
(I love how Colleen tweeted to me about this, two of you – Heather and Laural – emailed me and Stephanie commented to tell me about his birthday. Long live Tiger Beat!)
Well, I don’t know about you, but I refuse to believe that JTT is any older than 15. He is solidified in my mind as the Randy from Home Improvement, Ben from Man of the House and as the voice of Simba, of course.
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The next completely unimportant order of business is the two horrendously scary obstacles Sadie faced today.
The weather in Ocala is absolutely gorgeous, so I’ve been working from our screened in porch and Sadie has been having a field day.
First, she had a run-in with this beast.
Apparently the bugs mean business in Ocala.
Then, the pool cleaner vacuum thingy (that’s its technical name) gave her the heebie jeebies.
Every time it would suction something up, I swear Sadie almost dropped a turd.
Her life is so stressful.
She’s currently chasing the shadows of dragonflies as I type this post.
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And our final order of business is some news for my fellow Bachelor Pad fans out there.
Poor Michael. One of you nice girls out there needs to go date that sad, neglected boy, STAT… and then report back, please.
Lunch
I was planning on having a leftover chicken apple sausage for lunch today but Ryan (and Sadie) were hungrier than I anticipated last night, so leftovers were not available.
I honestly didn’t know what I wanted to eat when lunchtime rolled around and eventually I settled on pancakes.
Random, I know, but I really wanted to take another stab at perfecting the pumpkin protein pancakes I attempted yesterday.
Well my second attempt failed miserably. The pancakes weren’t as dry as yesterday’s ‘cakes, but they totally fell apart when I tried to flip them.
My pancakes quickly became a pumpkin protein pancake bowl, topped with honey Greek yogurt.
It looked pretty sketchy, but it tasted fantastic!
I also ate a whole wheat tortilla on the side.
Of Possible Interest
- Zumba Tips from an Instructor for Newbies (FitSugar.com)
- 8 Best Cities for Outdoor Exercise (FitBie.MSN.com)
- Men’s Exercises Women Should Do (Shape.com)
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I’m sad about the engagement. And, very surprised.
Yum!! Can’t wait for you to perfect that recipe so I can immediately make some. I have an open can of pumpkin in the fridge right now…
And Sadie is such a goober haha, but to be honest my parents have a pool and that same vacuum cleaner and it startled ME a few times too! 🙂
Oh man all your eats look so good! 😀
And what a huge grasshopper? cricket?!
Aww! Poor Sadie! She looks super worried looking at the thingy.
TOtally (un)important Question: Do you nibble the tortilla on the side just on its own, or put bits of the bowl in it?
Figured I’d stick to the theme of the post, as I mourn the loss of quality bachelors left and right.
i ate it plain jane style on the side. 🙂
A girl I went to college with went on a date with JTT when they were like 16. Sadly, she said it was pretty uneventful. Still jealous!
lucky!!!
16 was JTT in his prime!!
I love your random lunches! Pumpkin pancakes… and a tortilla! Haha. Not gonna lie, I eat tortillas out of the package too. Sometimes dipped in hummus or peanut butter, sometimes not. 😉
oh my GOSH! you just made my day by telling me holly and blake are engaged! Michael creeps me out and for some reason I feel like he does a lot of coke. And that grasshopper thing/monster is really scary!
mmmm pumpkin pancake bowl 😀
Poor, poor Michael! The longer that Holly was on the show, the more I started to turn against her. It bothered me that she kept referrng to the fact that Michael broke up with her when she was the one to break off the engagement! Oh well, at least Holly won’t torment Michael anymore…
Wow, JTT is 30. I didn’t realize he was only a year younger than me. I still think of him as a 15 year old and the voice on Lion King.
LOL on the JTT thing! Tiger Beat wasn’t one I read but did you get BB or Bop? Those were the best – and they had tons of JTT in them! The bug on that screen looks enormous!!
I just about died when I read about the engagement. What a disappointment. For their sake I hope it lasts.
I had my first pumpkin spice latte today from Starbucks. Soooo good!
I love to eat tortillas like there is no tomorrow in Mexico, then when I come home to Canada they just as not as good.
JTT!!!! I just knew we were destined to be soul mates. Haha. Actually, about a month ago I couldn’t sleep and caught an old re-run of Home Improvement. My heart still skipped a beat…which is kinda gross now considering I’m 27…but still. He will always be my first crush. sigh. 🙂
JTT!!!!! He will always be Randy in Home Improvement for me – my family watched that show every night! And that pancake bowl looks insanely delicious. like woah. haha
30? Really? Criminetly. I guess we’re all gonna turn 30 someday. Just not JTT.
i love that you just said criminetly.
I can’t help it. I also say “fiddle faddle” and “jiminy Christmas.” Because apparently, I’m 80.
my mom busted out “golly ned” the other day.
Love it.
Hearing “old people talk” like this makes me roll laughing. I always make fun of my man for saying stuff like that. His most common saying is “welp babe I think I’m gonna hit the hay.” That is an 80 year old if you ask me! lol 🙂 Maybe I will have to drop a few of your lines to him and see if he knows them!
I just saw that Holly and Blake were engaged… and I was shocked. While I didn’t think Holly and Michael were going to make it, engaged, really? It’s only been 2 months since they stopped filming. Craziness… That’s why I love my reality tv.
If JTT has really turned 30 today, then I feel old! Long live Randy!!
HAHA- long live 15yr old JTT.
Sadie cracks me up!! My dog, Bentley will go crazy about our pool vaccuum as well as our regular one! She FREAKS out. I have also been on crutches for 3 days and she is terrified of them.
Hahaha, dogs are so weird. Black garbage bags scare the crap out of my dog. He’s also now very afraid of a certain treat container as the result of a very unfortunate accident involving his head getting stuck inside of it.
what what..holly and blake got engaged!!!
Oh my gosh. You’ve just made my day by making me remember Tiger Beat. That was far and away my favorite magazine of the time!! LOVED JTT (and Home Improvement for that matter!)
Sadie cracks me up.
Thanks for the links at the end of your posts. Do you do those manually or are they feeds? I’m reading the Men’s exercises women should do article now.
i add them myself based on articles i read that i found interesting around the web! 🙂
People Online actually has a photo today of a Home Improvement reunion with JTT : http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20526769,00.html
I was rooting for michael and holly just because michael seems so pathetic and sad without her!!!!
Have you seen Tina’s Pumpkin Pancake story? http://carrotsncake.com/2010/04/pancake-disaster.html Apparently those puppies are difficult. Stick with it! They sound amazing and I want to eat your recipe 🙂
Why are Florida pools screened in that way? LOL So random but I’ve never seen such pool screens anywhere but on your posts. 🙂
Do you still get sun? Is there a ceiling? I’ve been very intrigued by this for some time now.
from bugs! and to keep debris out of the water since they’re full yearround. 🙂
yes there is a ceiling and you can definitely still get sun through the screen, though i typically lay out outside of the screen if i’m looking to get tan.
OH..true I forgot they stay full in winter- lucky girl! As soon as I typed it I thought DUH the freaky bug- haha! Awesome it looks gorgeous.
Well, I’m officially never moving to Ocala. Bugs should not be allowed to be that big under any circumstance.
I love that Sadie is freaked out by the pool vacuum cleaner. That’s so precious! My dog is scared to death of the real vacuum cleaner, though the pool one doesn’t bother him so much…possibly because he’s too afraid of the pool itself to get anywhere near it haha.
UGHH….say it ain’t so! I’m not a fan of Holly and Blake. I’m single and would totally love to date Michael….send him my way 🙂
JTT is 30?! OMG. I can’t even imagine him that old! Wonder how tall he is now?
I HATE it when I can’t flip the pancakes right. Boo. But who cares, in a bowl or on a plate, tastes the same!
I think that IS the pool cleaner’s technical name, you’re right! ha 😉
OMG I was totally obsessed with JTT back in the day! What the heck happened to him anyway?
I love reading anything about JTT — I cannot believe he is 30!
I like how you share links with us, thanks for that!
Did you just eat that tortilla plain, without any filling??
yep! it was a total afterthought to this lunch and i just wanted it plain. 🙂
TJ’s birthday is TOTALLY important! he definitely made home improvements
Poor Sadie. Life can be so hard sometimes with tricky pool cleaners =/
I’m not really sure why everyone feels so bad for Michael. He broke up with her! He only wants her back because he sees her with someone else.
Would you still feel bad for Michael if you knew he cheated on Holly??!!! Who knows how true that info is.. but then again who even knows if Holly & Blake are really engaged..
if he cheated on holly, i’m pretty sure my feelings for him would change dramatically…
Which is what happened to me! I promise I’m not just cold-hearted 😉 ha!
Oh JTT, you still have my heart.
Well, JTT sort of still looks 15, so you’re in luck! I just saw him on People.com haha. He’s so tiny!
I LOVE this kid in Home Improvement! I cannot believe he is 30 now! 🙁
I always have trouble flipping pancakes! It’s okay, a lot of my pancakes turn inot pancake bowls! 🙂
Super disappointed to hear that Blake & Holly were engaged!!! My heart was always hurting for Michael and his sweet little self! P.S. Blake is from where I live and my friend and I saw him in a Target about a month ago 🙂 He is much shorter and skinnier than he appears on TV.
really? he definitely looks like a tall guy on tv!
Shut up about Holly and Blake!! That girl gets engaged FAST!
Amazing! I was (…am?) in love with JTT…I explicitly remember sending him a Valentine card every year, the best being a Lisa Frank one with a ballerina bunny that said, “You are TUTU cute!!!” I was beyond pumped when I received an autographed picture of him in the mail months later; he must’ve loved the card! That is, until I realized his signature was a stamp. Womp. Heart broken.
I’m glad my dog isn’t the only one who freaks out at the vacuum things! She hates pools to begin with and when that thing would come up the side she would run inside and get her little butt as far from it as possible! Gotta love the ferocious dogs who are afraid of teensy little pool vacuums (or even regular vacuums in my dogs case)!
So I don’t love Michael, nor do I feel sorry for him. I think Blake is just gross (thought the same thing when he was on Ashley’s season). YUCK!!!!!
No way! He is not 30… I thought Hollywood stars never got older, sad day to wake up to reality 🙁
bahahahaha omg I died laughing when I read ‘sadie dropped a turd’ !
And… crazy huge bug!! thank goodness you’re protected by a screen I couldn’t deal with that! haha everytime I find a grasshopper I put a red SOLO cup over it until my BF comes over to get rid of it… he said during grasshopper season my house looks like a mine zone.
Engaged?? Say what?? I always thought he was kind of a jerk, but he has nice teeth! lol!!
is it just me or is everything on this page crossed out?
Despite that… the Sadie ‘dropping a turd’ line made me laugh out loud!!
yes! i was trying to edit an error from my phone b/c the internet in our house went down and THAT happened! should be fixed now!
Awww…. poor Ms Sadie….give her a belly rub for me…
saw this on another site and thought of you
http://spabettie.com/2011/08/30/peanut-butter-crunch-smoothie/