There goes the bride.

I had yet another awesome weekend in Maine.

I took a long weekend to do some quality fam hang time.

On Friday I took Lily to see The Lion King in 3D.

We had some fun after the movie.

She tested some beds at Kohls.

We got home and played with the replacement dog.

Bruno!

My fun wasn't over.

I decided I could afford to have drinks with a friend the night before the wedding.

We had the best beer sampler everrrr at the Liberal Cup.

But it was early to bed and early to rise. I had a wedding to get to!

Kayla was a beautiful bride and it was a beautiful day.

We busted some moves and danced the night away.

I spent Sunday at home with my fam. Getting some sleep and trying to eat some food.

Today was a Monday. You know how Monday's go.

I worked the day away and then made a delicious dinner.

Spaghetti Squash Lasagna. Here is what's up:

1 spaghetti squash

1/2c ricotta cheese (I used part skim)

mozzarella cheese (I used part skim)

Parmesan cheese (just a dusting)

1 c pasta sauce

mushrooms (optional)

Cut squash in half and bake at 425 until you can pierce the skin. About 20 minutes. Remove from oven but leave oven on.

Saute mushrooms with some garlic and olive oil.

Sauce the bottom of your pan.

Layer in squash, sauce, ricotta, mushrooms and mozzarella. I did two full layers.

Finish with some parm on top and bake.

So delicious!

Overall- a pretty decent weekend. A few bumps along the way. One even gave me a flat tire.

See-ya later bank account. My car is getting repaired as we speak. Turns out I need new brakes as well.

Good thing I have a birthday coming up to receive these goodies as a gift.

I have to wake up for an early morning run tomorrow. I signed myself up for a 16 miler. Ok- it's not until May so I have plenty of time to prepare but I've also been considering some other races in the mean time. Wish me luck!

2 lunch kind of day.

I've had some serious migraines for 2 days.

At first I thought it was a lack of food.

I had 2 lunches yesterday. This was the second part. I always think that when I'm sick coffee and food help. It's never true.

My dinner last consisted of eggs mixed with left over chicken sausage and toast. Real exciting stuff. You can see my migraine we still killing me.

Today I woke up feeling better. I did a run and a huge breakfast.

I had a dentist appointment and had to apologize for eating. Sorry but I can't wait til after 9am to eat!

I started feeling like death around noon again. I needed 2 lunches.

A salad and more risotto. I'm over risotto for awhile.



I decided that I was wasting my time being at work since my head couldn't concentrate. I took a half a day. It was ok because I had to drive to Maine anyways and it was better to drive with a migraine in no traffic than with a migraine with traffic. If I had gone with choice #2- I'd be in jail right now. Hopefully Lil Wayne somehow ended up in the same place as me. I'd get to check that off my bucket list.

number 34- spend a day with Lil Wayne.

Since I got to Maine early- I picked Lily up from daycare. She was doing some real crazy things there. I enjoy picking her up because she does funny things and then has great convo in the car. We sang the entire way home about who would let the dogs out. Literally... we sang sentences to each other.

We had dinner with my mom. I had another bucket of salad, 6 french fries, 3 bites of grilled cheese and finished with 7 bites of chocolate and peanut butter cake. Woah!

We are having a tea party now at my parents house.

My Q&A with Lily- part 1

What's your favorite color?- Pink

What's your favorite animal?- puppies

What's your favorite thing to do?- play in sandboxes

Where is your favorite place to go? - the beach

What is your favorite place to eat?- Rainforest cafe

What is something people should know about you?0- I like cute birds.

What is your favorite food?- macaroni and cheese

What is something you want to do that you haven't done?- Run in the park. But a brand new park.

What is something you want everyone to know?- I do like princesses.

There you have it. We have a lot more to learn about this girl. She has agreed to let me video her doing a tap dance for us. It looks more like an irish jig than anything at this point.

Is there anything you want Lily to answer?

The perfect quickie

Today flew by!

I love days like that. Especially since today was like my Wednesday!

Two more days of work and it's the wedding weekend!

Today I meant to wake up for a nice run but I somehow set my alarm for 5:30pm. Not am.

That won't work. Luckily I still woke up in time for pancakes.

I had a meeting at work to prep for. Being late was not an option.

I was ready for lunch when it was over.

Lunch was an array of items. This delicious cup of yogurt that I practically got for free from coupons acquired at Life is Good Fest. Vanilla covered in Chocolate. Yeah so good.

 

 I also had some mini triscuits and hummus and green beans. Yeah- an array of items in the house.

I tried to get my phone fixed on my lunch. I thought this man at the iStore solved the mystery. Wrong! He actually made it worse! It was working properly but got a little hot from time to time. Now- it shuts off every five minutes or so. So I'll head back tomorrow. Nice way to spend my lunch break.

I came home to cook a quick dinner. I borrowed an idea from Tina at Carrots'N'Cake. It was terrific.

I cooked all the items separately and then combined. She was right- it was the perfect quickie (for dinner-get your mind out of the gutter).

I roasted the broccoli. I also roasted some brussel sprouts for lunch tomorrow!

Great news about this dinner. It will be for lunch tomorrow with the brussel sprouts. Yum!

I let my stomach settle and then hit the gym and got in a 5 mile run! Ah go me! Sometimes you have it in you and sometimes you don't.

I have the wedding weekend fast approaching and about a million things to do. But I also get to see Lily this weekend! We are going to see the Lion King in 3D. I'm also going to have a Q&A session with her that I'll post on here. People are fastened with my little monkey of a niece. She is more like a firecracker these days.

It is hard to believe she used to look like this.

My peanut practically has her drivers license.

Food Hovering.

Another nice weekend. If I were wearing a belt- it would be underneath it.

Yesterday I headed out to meet Katie at her place and then we walked to Emily's new place for the BBQ. I think I walked 6 miles yesterday. It was also a birthday celebration for Joe and we drank plenty of beers and ate plenty of food to celebrate the occassion.

I basically hovered around this table for the day. I'm always a food hoverer.

We hung out on the roof. There were lions there.

There was also beer. It was clearly safe up there.

And a lot of talk about Matt Lauer. Yes- he has an 8-pack and yes- I love him.

He's on the top of my Holywood list. Look at the sexy squint and rippling muscles. How many older men look like this?!?!

Ok ok, back to the weekend.

It was great to see friends and hang out. I came home sleepy and out of it. I wanted to be rested for my day with my mom and Lily.

I was ready today! I got a quick run in and some pancakes of course. I was ready!

I met them in Burlington for a day of shopping. We had lunch at the Rainforest Cafe so Lily could have some fun.

 We watched the fake alligator. Lily screamed everytime it moved and refused to get too close.

Lily became a photographer and was mad I stole the camera.

But then she got her grilled cheese and life was good again.
We did some shopping and Lily borrowed my camera and took some photos. She will be shooting for National Geographic in no time.

She also took this awesome photo where she somehow caught herself in the photo.

Check her out. She also caught me catching her!

We had a great day! New Clothes and food in the house= Kandi with clothes on and not starving to death.

I love spending time with my Mom and Lily. We always have fun. Mostly because I let Lily do whatever she wants and my mom has to be the bad cop. I can't wait to see them again in a couple weeks!

I got home and was starving and whipped up something quick. I took broccoli, cole slaw mix, faux chicken and peanut sauce. Saute and Voila. Dinner in a flash.

I'm ready for the work week and my coffee breaks. They always bring a fun conversations. Last week we talked about non-negotiables in a relationship. I've come up with a few of mine:

1- You must love dogs. Or be open to loving them.
2- You must like travel. Or be open to traveling. Or daydream about getting away.
3- You must love food. I love to cook. Maybe you don't so hopefully you at least will eat what I cook.
4- You must enjoy being somewhat healthy and being outdoors.

I personally think these are all valid points for my life. Maybe your's are different. You might like cats or maybe you like eating and need someone to cook for you. Point is that we all have things we look for in someone/partner. In reality, someone might come along that doesn't fit the mold and our minds change completely.

Veggie Wraps and Tutti Fruity

Weekends go too fast don't they?

Well I had a heck of a weekend!

Friday was spent relaxing with a ddelicious Maine delicacy-

Amato's!

I had 3 of these veggie wraps this weekend. Not joking.

Saturday was the day of celebration! Danielle did a great job planning a surprise bachelorette party for Kayla.

We met at the nail salon for some pampering.

Surprise! We had a great time getting pampered while having some tasty champagne.

We headed back to the hotel to get ready for our night!

First there was a tasty cake and new man waiting for Kayla.

Wahoo! Let the good times roll.

We had our whistles ready!

And Kayla was ready to let loose!

We got to Fuji and a few scorpion bowls were had.

We had hibachi and I also had some salmon sushi.

We hit the town for dancing and lots of fruity tutti girly drinks with weird names we can't remember.

Multiple bar stops and a stop in the local sexy time shop. We were kicked out due to our hooting and hollering. I was unaware that people like to buy naughty/adult items in silence.

But we had time to purchase these nice labels so people could identify who we were. 

I ended my night with a friend at a bar we closed down laughing our butts off.

Ok- She might have just been laughing at my ridiculousness. I have a habit of saying whatever thought comes to my mouth. Is that good or bad?

We talked about how much I love Portland and hope to move back. I also fell in love with about 12 different men in the whole 8 hours I was there. 3 of these loves happened in a hippie coffee shop. This will be my Central Perk if I move there.

Today has been a day of catching up on sleep and eating another veggie wrap. I also drank a gallon of vitamin water. I have a sick obsession with this stuff.



Overall- it was a great weekend with great friends. Yes- I'm really tired today. Yes- I ate like crap for the last 24hrs. And Yes- my head has been pounding all day. But- it was so worth it to see friends and have fun together. I've been lucky to be having these kind of weekends lately. Great friends and great weekends.

Now I have to prepare for the week. I made my batch of iced coffee for the week and some pumpkin protein pancakes for dinner. It was exactly what I needed!

I leave you with a Lily update. She went to the Litchfield fair and rode all the rides! Check her out:

Next time be prepared for my worst date story. It's a good one.