a new month, a new book

At the beginning of the year my Goodreads app was like, "yo, you wanna set a reading goal for 2016?" And me, being a book lover was like, "you know ittttt, but.. I've been like, super busy with school."

So to be fair to myself, I thought I made a reasonable goal of 24 books. 2 books a month? I can easily do that with everything I've got on my plate. Haha, January-May I was super struggling with school, and then in July I got my new job that has me up and around for the better part of 8 hours a shift. Merp.

I thought I would finish A Rule Against Murder while I was in North Carolina, but that didn't happen. It has been nice being forced to take my time with a book but I have many books on my list that are not good "pick it up when you can" books. Luckily I am still creeping through the Inspector Gamache series so it isn't really an issue.

Next up is #20 for the year. The Brutal Telling by Louise Penny. I'm hoping to meet my goal, guys! I'm only a few books away!

I absolutely looked like an idiot for the sake of this. So, appreciate it. 😂

This series is really worth checking out. Penny is really good and not making character introductions too redundant. This has to be done though because alas, while these books are part of a series they could very much be stand alone novels. If anyone recalls, I stumbled across one of the last books in the series which prompted me to start from book one. It's been a nice ride so far!



Poor Jeb Bush though, hahahaha.
Leia

happy leonardo diveteran's day

On this fine day we honor all those that have served in our armed forces; a task I will never bring myself to do. Hats off to all of you men and women!

Also, we celebrate my bae turning 42. I'm positive that 42 has never looked better on anyone else and I'm going to take a chance and say that this was your best year yet. You finally won an Oscar and for that I am proud. You also met with so many intelligent people from all over the world including joining forces with President Obama in regards to climate change (an extra hot solar flare for those who think that it's all a hoax).

But really, I love you. I hope you had a great day. Sad we weren't able to coordinate dinner this year!

I'M NOT A FUCKIN' CAWWWPPP!

Leia

"mid-week" meal share: election soup

Cost effective: It will cost you all your morals.

Easy to concoct: Not even a little bit.

What you need:

a pant suit in every color

a comb over

clinton emails

filler words vs actual plans of action

pussy grabbing

clinton emails

sexist and racial slurs

clinton emails

family feuds

clinton emails

"proper" culture appreciation

clinton emails

clinton emails

20 tax free years

1. Add all your required ingredients to the largest pot you can find.

2. Simmer until it burns.

3. Enjoy.

Money really can buy anything.

Leia

election 2016

GET

YOUR

ASSES

TO

THE

POLLS.

Or else.

Leia

student loans

When you didn't get things figured out with school for the Fall semester and your loan company expects a payment valuing more than $700.

Oh wait, even that won't help me.

Yah, no.

Leia

mid-week meal share: pot roast

Recipe by Rachel, cooked by Brendon. This is a bomb ass recipe and the Thursday vs Wednesday posting will totally make up for it. It's incredibly easy to make and you're gonna want to run to the store to get the stuff right meow to throw in the Crock-Pot tomorrow.

Cost effective: It'll cost you about an Andrew Jackson.
Easy to concoct: Yaaaasssss.

Long list of stuff guys, no fancy picture this time around. Likely you'll have a lot of these patiently waiting for you in your cupboard.

chuck pot roast
¼ cup kosher salt
1-2 tbsp italian seasoning
4 cups beef broth
½ cup balsamic vinegar
2 tbsp worcestershire sauce
2 tbsp soy sauce
2 tbsp honey
1 tsp red pepper flakes
2 tsp garlic powder
baby carrots
potatoes

1. Overnight (or 4-6 hours) you are going to brine your meat. In a pot large enough for your chuck roast add your salt and italian seasoning (feel free to choose seasonings of your liking or familiarity as well). Add a little water to mix salt up a bit, add your meat and fill the pot with more water until the roast is covered. Place in your fridge.

2. The next morning (or at midnight like us) you are going to mix all the remaining ingredients, aside from the carrots and potatoes, together in a Crock-Pot and remove your roast from the brine.

3. Cook on low for 12 hours (or on high for 6).

4. Near the end of your window you will want to pre-heat your oven to 450ºF and prepare your carrots and potatoes.

5. I sliced the potatoes and drained my carrots and mixed them together in a freezer bag with olive oil, salt, pepper and more italian seasoning making sure to spill the olive oil everywhere.

6. Spread carrots and potatoes on a foil lined pan and cook for intervals of 10-15 minutes turning them each time until they are cooked to your liking. Cooking them in the oven made them perfect and kept some of their firmness. Soggy carrots and potatoes? BYE.

7. Shred up your meat and remove the fatty portions (or don't).

8. Get some roast, broth, and veggies in your bowl.

9. Enjoy!

This was the first time I had ever made roast so leading up to the preparation I was non-stop texting to ensure that I was doing things correctly. One would have assumed that it was the first meal I had ever prepared after moving out from my mom's had they seen my frantic messages. Whateva. I got one life and I wanted it to be perfect!

Let me just say that waking up to a house that smells like roasting stew is glorious.



First Fall recipe. Check.
Leia

conversations with kennedy

It's barely November which I guess technically is an appropriate time to get your Christmas list bases covered.

Kennedy: "For Christmas I want a land sea turtle."

Ho ho ho.

Leia