Estate Sales, Baskets, and Good Eats :)

I am beyond disappointed with the weather in New England this year. Last year wasn't as bad, but come on... we haven't had a sunny day in weeks. Except for yesterday. We've been planning to have a yard sale for the past couple of months but every weekend the weather reports say rain then nothing.. or it says nothing, then it'll pour. I don't know anymore. It's probably just going to have to be sporadic. We had all of the goods pushed to the garage door so then all we'd have to do is pull it out and get to sellin'. But no. When I checked the weather again last night it said... "9am t-storms", so we put it off. I woke up and checked it, it said "1pm t-storms" and it's almost 10pm and still hasn't rained. What gives?!?! Whatever! *attitude*

Anywhoo, I didn't do breakfast yesterday because my stomach was still a bit upset, so I made a chocolate smoothie with 1/2 a scoop of 365 chocolate whey protein, a banana, a scoop of PB&C dark chocolate, a cup of Simply Orange OJ w/ pulp, and a banana.

Fine results. I'm bummed not to be able to have wheatgrass but I'm just going to double up on the spinach as a few people have suggested :( Oh well, it's still green right?! Lol.

I went to an estate sale in Newton/Auburndale yesterday via a great post on Craigslist. M's mom is an (as she would say) "Craigslistaholic" haha. Ooooh man! No comment! I've never seen anyone shop like her. She's a great cook. So after I grabbed all of these...

I plan on using the baskets to help keep our new room organized. The floors are a dark mahogany-esque wood so I think baskets will help keep the room very natural looking. I'm all about the relaxing nature vibe. This big basket I got for $4! I was stoked. This one will be in the bathroom with the jet-spa tub instead of a closet. It's easier to grab them and you get the real spa feeling. The other bathroom with the walk-in shower will have towels hanging. I have a laundry basket that's the same size that I got last year at HomeGoods for $20! By the way I love me some baskets haha :)

The men had a bunch of work so we cooked it up. I made us a salad with a hot dog on the side, because well, my brain was not in creative mode. So we ate it up and sorry no pics b/c I didn't have the memory card in my cam and so they're on the cam but not the card haha. This is what we made for the evening.

On the Menu:

- Organic grilled String Beans

- Asparagus with a light cream sauce

- Grilled Salmon Fillets (we grilled quickly thinking it was going to rain.. grr, I won't go there...)

- Baked broccoli (in a glass pan in the over covered with cream sauce)

- Small golden potatoes (boiled in skin then slowly fried- M's mom keeps telling me they're less fat if you cook with the skin first... I only ate a 1/4 haha)

- Tatra Polish beer

- Yellow cake with an Apple Sauce filling

It was such a busy day. The kitchen was smoking hot. I did manage however to lay and read my book a bit. I've been reading it forever. I really enjoyed Devil Wears Prada (great movie btw one of my faves) but for some reason I can't finish this book. It's called Chasing Harry Winston. By Lauren Weisberger. It follows 3 best friends that are all in separate places in life. Think Sex and the City-esque, but not much sex and it's a worldly book. It's hard to follow all 3 women though. Maybe it's the way it was written. Not too sure. But... she's a great author. I read a lot of chic lit.

Sunday Plan:

- Scan paperwork and send to necessary parties

- Work on site design and order gift basket sample supplies

- Put all Yard Sale merch in spare bedroom

- FINISH Chasing Harry Winston with hot green tea

Movie Alert!!!: New movie coming out called Julie & Julia; about a cubicle-worker who in 365 days cooks 524 of Julia Childs' recipes and creates a blog. Featuring Merryl Streep and Amy Adams. Based on two true stories. This is soooooooo my type of movie. August 7th. I'll be there.

Coming Up: Products that I use, what's in my purse, my messy office (M's too, his desk is bad haha), books that I NEED to read/use, and what's new in my blog.

I'm off now to get things done today. Ciao friends!

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