Same Page Monday

October 21, 2013 By 1 Comment

1.  The Milly & Grace Girl’s Saturday Nights courtesy of Instagram… I’m sure you can guess whose is whose!

ShuckingonNantucket

^ So Nantucket local.   Tag line: “I’d rather be shucking.”

AllisonNightOut

^ So LA.

CarolineStudying

^ So college student in Switzerland.  “These cozy socks really help me study.”

2.  Emily claims that her hair is thicker due to her increased intake of avocados.

3.  I’m still jealous of Emily’s Saturday night on Nantucket.  That JCrewesque catalogue photo made me want to pick up everything in LA and move to Nantucket.

4.  Picture of Ivy in her first sweater!!

Ivyinasweater

^So Nantucket puppy.

5.  It’s beginning to look a lot like the season for my favorite movies – Love Actually, You’ve Got Mail, The Family Stone and The Holiday.  They will be on repeat soon enough.

6.  I can’t hear Miley’s Wrecking Ball and not cry.  It’s really bad.  Especially when they play it at the gym and I start tearing up.  It’s embarrassing on all levels.

7.  This is the 5th Same Page Monday.

8.  Patriots lost to the Jets in overtime.  I mean, it doesn’t get much worse than that.

9.  Red Sox are going to the World Series!!! I mean, it doesn’t get much better than that! GO SOX.

10.  For the Non LA people… this will give you an idea of some of the crazy things they are casting for in LA.  I’m not quite sure how I feel about the following casting notice… To submit or not submit: that is the questions!

Matchmakercasting

^So LA.

This is how I read it… Did you ever dream of being so broke that you had to become a stripper?  Your only hope is to go on dates with guys for money?  Maybe Millionaire Matchmaker, Patti, needs to go with another angle!  Tempting but no.  NOT SUBMIT.

AND THAT IS IT FROM LOS ANGELES!  Until next Monday… XO

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Spooooooky Brownies

October 18, 2013 By 2 Comments

I have stumbled across this recipe quite a few times on Pinterest lately…

I thought I should give it a try!  These brownies are spooooky good, and so easy that it’s spoooooky!!

There are just two ingredients.  One box of brownie mix and one 15 oz. can of pure pumpkin.

Ingredientsforspooookybrownies

Preheat the oven to 325.

Pour the brownie mix and can of pumpkin into the bowl.  Stir ingredients!

StepsforSpookyBrownies

Grease the pan.  Pour the ingredients into the pan.

Bake the brownies for 39 minutes.

Let cool!  Then enjoy!

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You can do something fun for Halloween, like cut them into cute shapes and place edible googley eyes on them!

Spookybrownies

You could also serve them with a little dollop of cool whip!  Yummy!  Try them!

Note:  You can definitely taste the pumpkin.  I love pumpkin, so I didn’t mind.  They are very rich though so you only feel like eating a little piece!  I think the light and fluffy cool whip will help cut the richness.

spookypumpkins

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Same Page Monday*

October 15, 2013 By 1 Comment

Same Page Monday on a Tuesday???  What??  I know you all probably came to the blog yesterday looking for Same Page Monday and were so disappointed that it wasn’t there and that something must have gone horribly wrong.  Well it did.

Dearest Caroline, I promise I have a doctor’s note to excuse me from my failure to meet my Monday deadline.  (Caroline is the boss lady who runs the M&G Girls show.)

TMI WARNING:  Last night, I was up all night with food poisoning or a stomach bug!!  I was, well let’s see… how can I put this in ladylike terms… I don’t think there is a way, throwing up from 9 pm to 2:30 am.  Little did I know,  so was the rest of my family members who were on that girls trip!!  My poor sister and cousin were sick on their red eye flights home, but luckily a few of us had already made it home before we got sick.  Three out of the 9 girls did not get sick.  We are group texting right now, trying to figure out the culprit.  What did you eat?  I ate this.  Well, she ate that too and didn’t get sick.  I will keep you posted on what we think made us sick.

To add to that drama, firemen showed up to my apartment building around 3:30 am this morning!!  Supposedly our basement flooded, so they had to pump out the water and turn off the water!!!  I did not open my door to find out the details.  I just stared at them through the peep hole.  I was so worried that these hotties were going to knock on our doors that I changed my pj’s, cleaned up my apartment, and tried to make myself look like I hadn’t been sick all night!!  They didn’t knock.

Fireman

Now, lets get on to how I was going to start Same Page Monday before all that drama.

1.  Emily and I had to keep ourselves entertained at the Reno Airport for 3 hours on Friday.  We decided to spend out time hitting the slots (like our Milly would have) and picking up some classy souvenirs.

AirportFun

2.  Patty has taken eyewear to a whole new level.  How can we take her out in public?  Just kidding!  We still love her… 6 eyes and all!  The Milly & Grace Girls think it’s trendy, Patty!

PattyGlasses

3.  Emily missed her puppy girl so much during the trip.  It was Ivy’s four month birthday while she was away.  :(  She would stare at pictures of her, talk to the pictures and kinda tear up.  Yep, she is one of those…

EmandIvyonplane

Side note:  This conversation just happened… Me: “Em, we need to leave for the airport!”  Em:  “Hold on!  I have to sign Ivy up for puppy training…. Oh no!  It’s sold out!!  I guess I will have to sign her up for the session in November.  (Baby voice)  Ivy…she’s such a good little puppy.  She’s such a good little girl.”  (20 minutes later… we leave for the airport.)

4.  If I were to be on a reality TV show, what would you think I would go on??  Let me guess, you all probably guessed something like the Bachelor or Bachelorette.  Nope.  After the ropes course/zip line/ treetop adventure course we did this weekend, I know I would dominate in Survivor.   Sign me up right now!  I would win immunity every time.  For real.

5.  Caroline is in the south of France.

6.  I am in bed.

7.  Patty and Emily are still sick.

8.  Sorry that I had to share your day with you, Tim!  Miss you!

* Same Page Monday Disclaimer:  I don’t take myself seriously.  I hope you pick up on the sarcasm.  I am not trying to be mean or stuck up.  I love everyone… even if I make fun of them!!  XOXOXOXO

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