Rainy Day

I ADORE rainy days. I realize I am probably by myself here. I know my mom will agree with me though. I must have inherited my love from her. You see, I like rainy days most if I have nothing to do. Today I worked from 9-12 then have been lounging at home the rest of the day. If it is raining outside, it is perfectly acceptable to curl up with a good book at rest my weary body. On a sunny day, that is just not ok. Pressures to "go out and enjoy the day" prevent me from relaxing. I am reading The Namesake now and am off to finish it. I also realize I am in a stage of life where this is still permitted. My feelings may change once I have children than cannot lounge inside with me. As for now, this is my favorite kind of day. Thanks Mom.

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Currently what's in my favorites..

1. Cute coffee sleeve
Totally digging this and think it is a very green stocking stuffer. What do you think mom? I mean Santa.








2. Love this stocking
We probably don't need it, but I think it's adorable











3. Love this necklace
I have bought a few birthday gifts from her and have loved them all










4. Fun tags

Random Thoughts

1. The senses are very funny. I have a patient who smells like a chimney so much so that I can barely breathe when he comes to the pharmacy. I answered the phone, he said his name, and I was suffocated by smoke. Isn't that funny? It was strong and unmistakably smelled of him. Gross.

2. I was listening to the radio on the way home from work and was immediately annoyed. The Christian station has this "what's your status" where people call in and say what they are doing. It is strangely addicting as I leave my finger on the button to change the station but never do it. Why can't I just change the station?? The last lady said she was cooking saLmon and that just did it for me. New station please.

3. My patient who is now getting his Cialis from India gave me the update tonight. I've unfortunately mentioned him before because this is a trend. Anyway, he wanted to tell me all about it and I quote, "worked the same as the other one". Thank you.

4. Adam and I tried a new Japanese restaurant tonight. About half way through our dinner our waitress brought Adam these "baby" chopsticks. Good job sweetheart. I needed a picture. Notice the rubberband with a napkin between the chopsticks.

Words with Friends

Apparently all my blogs are about food. You know where my mind is. So, I thought I would share one of Adam and my current obsessions. Tonight we sat on the couch for at least an hour and played each other in Words with Friends on our iphones. It is totally addicting but is the coolest app. Thanks Rachel for getting us hooked. For the record, in the game tonight I beat Adam. I'm an awful winner, I admit. I really love bragging to him about it. So, if you ever want to play, we are totally in!

Chocolate Bar

Adam and I went to The Chocolate Bar on Friday night in Decatur. It was super fun. I look forward to any uninterrupted time with my husband, so this was a treat. I had to work all weekend, which means we didn't see each other much. We went on Friday night after a long work day and had a great time. I had a chocolate martini and an oreo pie thing. Umm-o. I had been once before for my bachelorette party. If you live in the Atlanta area, it's a must do.

Recent Pictures

Susan and me at Keeneland

I wish this guy wouldn't have been in the way of the beautiful horses

Rachel and me with our tickets and wrist bands for Kings of Leon. I have listened to the CD nonstop since the concert.

Yeah we had great "stands"

Spiced Pumpkin Bread

I made this tonight and it is really, really good. The only thing I changed was 1 c brown sugar and 2 c white sugar because that is what some comments said to do. Yum.

Ingredients:

• 3 cups sugar
• 1 cup vegetable oil
• 3 large eggs
• 1 16-ounce can solid pack pumpkin
• 3 cups all purpose flour
• 1 teaspoon ground cloves
• 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
• 1 teaspoon ground nutmeg
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
• 1 cup coarsely chopped walnuts (optional)

Preparation:

Preheat oven to 350°F. Butter and flour two 9x5x3-inch loaf pans. Beat sugar and oil in large bowl to blend. Mix in eggs and pumpkin. Sift flour, cloves, cinnamon, nutmeg, baking soda, salt and baking powder into another large bowl. Stir into pumpkin mixture in 2 additions. Mix in walnuts, if desired.

Divide batter equally between prepared pans. Bake until tester inserted into center comes out clean, about 1 hour 10 minutes. Transfer to racks and cool 10 minutes. Using sharp knife, cut around edge of loaves. Turn loaves out onto racks and cool completely.

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