–Chris and his friend were talking about the apple cloud hack and Chris says, “If you post your tits on the cloud, you will make a lot of men proud.” (notice he rhymes)
–We were watching a football game at World of Beer and Chris says, “New England hasn’t seen a rape like that since the Catholic Church scandals.”
–While watching TV, a hot pocket commercial comes on. It is the one where the pinata hits the ceiling. Chris says, “Damn! What’s in hot pockets? Crack? Cocaine? Meth Pockets!!!!!!”
–Chris sends a text to someone who was asking if a date change on an event would work for him. Chris says to me, “I just said I’ll see what I can do with a side ways smiley. So basically….it’s not looking good.” Obviously, the universal code for :/ is not looking good folks….
And there you have it! Another installment of Shit Chris Says!
Oh hey, Monday! You came way too soon. WAY TOO SOON! I had a super busy weekend, so let’s just get right to it…shall we?
Friday – I met up with my friend Chris for lunch Friday. We met at Jimmy John’s down the street from my office and it is always a pleasure to have lunch with her 🙂 I ordered the beach club…because avocado….and it was delicious as always!
Friday after work I met up with Laura to go to the Southern Women’s Show! It was ladies night out on Friday Evening. There were a ton of venders there with cosmetics, clothes, services, etc.
At 6:30 pm there was a firefighter fashion show to benefit breast cancer. Laura and I are glad that we stuck around for it! The show was PG 13, the guys came out in some very nice outfits provided by Macy’s…and they might have started taking off their shirts 😉 Then at the end they all came out in uniform. The sacrifices that Laura and I make on a Friday evening for charity…and blogs….ya know….
Saturday – I woke up early Saturday morning and got a few things done around the house. I then got ready and met up with my mom in Trussville for a little while. She was at Kohl’s when I got there so we walked around there for awhile. I tried on some things just for fun and she ended up buying me a bunch of it for Christmas! Soooo can December get here please? After that, I headed out to my friend Courtney’s bridal shower.
Chris, Rashmin and I will be heading to Houston Texas for Courtney’s wedding in November! Girls trip!
The bridal shower was at 2:00 pm and the Bama game started at 2:30 pm, so after the shower I raced back to Trussville to meet up with Chris at his parents house to catch the last quarter of the game. It was a sad day for Bama fans as we fell to Ole Miss. At least my GA Dawgs won.
Sunday – I woke up early Sunday morning and finished cleaning the house. We met up with Laura and B at World of Beer for a mimosa before we headed to Breaking Bread.
We had media passes for the Breaking Bread and we were super excited! Laura and I talked about how when we were in high school, we both really wanted to be in journalism some how when we grew up. While neither of us are writing for a newspaper or TV station….having those media passes made us feel super awesome!
This event was amazing!!! We could not have asked for better weather for the day! It was perfect! There were a lot of people there, but not so many that it was uncomfortably crowded or anything like that. We didn’t really have to wait in lines for food either. You basically walked right up to each restaurant and could talk to each of the people working about the food, or their venue, or anything else you wanted.
And you guys….the food…..the food was AMAZING. Some of the best restaurants in Birmingham were represented and you could tell! I let Laura take most of the pictures for with her fancy camera, but I did snap a few with my phone for this post today.
Braised short rib over slaw
Homemade ice cream with warm apple cobbler
Salmon on a sweet potato chip
ham and cheese sandwich
different types of sausage, one was dipped in pepper jelly and there is a sausage spread on the piece of bread that was just delicious!
Not pictures was tons of amazing food! Hot waffles with pork and a balsamic glaze reduction, sausage over corn bread pudding, scallops, sausage sliders, pumpkin cheesecake, chocolate beer pudding, and so much more!!!!
I am so happy how far Birmingham has come. It really has turned in to a foodie town and these restaurants make me proud. The event was held at Railroad Park, which in itself is another huge accomplishment for Birmingham. The park is beautiful! I may share some of Laura’s pictures later this week with you!
After eating all of the food, sitting through a wine tasting and drinking lots of local craft beers in the beer garden, we made our way over to the lawn to sit and listen to some live music. They had a great band there that was playing what Chris called “whiskey music.” Just take a look at how beautiful the sky was!
I tried to be all artistic and get the skyline in Chris’s glasses
After we left Breaking Bread, Chris and I headed to Target to get some groceries for the week and came home and called it a night…watching reruns of How I Met Your Mother while doing some laundry.
Favorite Thing to be Excited About: Breaking Bread – I am beyond excited about this Sunday you guys! Breaking Bread in an annual event in Birmingham that is being held at Railroad Park. While the main feature of this event is the food (yum); there will also be a beer garden featuring local brews, wine seminar and tastings, activities and live music, animals from the Birmingham Zoo, pumpkin carving, boat races, and REV Birmingham will be offering a farmers market where local produce may be purchased.
Here is a list of the food and beverage presenters:
If that didn’t sound awesome enough, did I mention that it is unlimited food and drink with your $50 ticket purchase? Because, it is! You also get a gift card to a participating restaurant of your choice. Most importantly, this event will benefit Camp Smile A Mile and Make A Wish Foundation of Alabama, two local charities that are doing a lot of good in our community!
So if you live in the area, be sure to wear some stretchy clothes (so you can eat of of the yummies) and come hang out on Sunday because this is going to be awesome!!!! The event is from 1:00 pm to 5:00 pm and you can purchase tickets here.
Favorites Song: Plumb – Don’t Deserve You
Favorite Delivery: October Julep box. Not only did this box have a beautiful deep purple and sparkly silver foil color with some hand cream, it had candy corn. Um, yes, please! When I get around to painting my nails, I will share this color in more detail!
Favorite Recipe: I make a Kung Pao chicken that I really enjoy, but I think I might want to switch it up and try this…
Favorite Funnies:
How I feel when I go out:
How I look when Chris asks me to watch his DJ stuff if he has to walk away for a minute
How I look when I walk in the break room and some rude person brought delicious foods to torture me with
Laura and I are hitting up the Southern Women’s Show tonight, tomorrow I have a bridal shower to go to for a dear friend of mine (during the Alabama game so you know I love her) and Sunday is Breaking Bread! Busy, busy, busy! I hope everyone has a fabulous weekend!
1. Work out six days per week (adding an extra work out from my normal five) – I actually worked out six days per week all month, except, I missed the very last day (Tuesday) because I was sick. Whatever, it was still a win for me!
2. Start logging food into Myfitnesspal. – Yeah that lasted all of about 3 days. oops.I just really really hate logging every damn thing I eat.
3. Purchase the next set up of weights.- I haven’t purchased new weights yet. I have had a lot of tension and soreness in my upper back and I don’t want to move up until that goes away.
4. Really watch portion control. – Um I sort of did this….
5. Get that scale to finally budge!!!! – That scale is a bitch!
Let’s see how I did on my summer goals!
1. Make an eye dr appointment and get prescription sunglasses. —I have been wearing my glasses basically all of the time now and driving around half blind during the day with my regular sunglasses. I have decided I need contacts more than anything but have yet to make an appointment because I hate going to the eye doctor. I have been saying I am going to make an appointment since my winter goals last year. WTF Nadine….get your shit together!
2. Finish Body Beast and start another work out program. – I did complete Body Beast and I am over half way through with Body Revolution. (Though I am thinking about switching before the end of this program. More to come later.)
3. Continue to add in extra work outs on top of whatever program I am following. – Instead of adding in extra work outs during the week, I added an extra day of work outs in on Saturdays so I am hitting it six days per week. I also have been cutting the grass, which if you saw our grass, is a huge cardio work out in itself.
4. Cut cheat eating down to one or two meals a week and not an entire weekend. – I have done this a little bit. I have been cheating maybe 2-3 meals from Friday to Sunday instead of every meal on the weekend. I still need to clean this up some more.
5. Try three new recipes – I know I have tried at least two new recipes but I cant remember what they were and I am not entirely sure that I tried a third new one.
6. Try three new restaurants. – Melt, Cantina Laredo, Octane
7. Read 2-3 books per month. I have been a reading machine! I have read 13 books of the Stephanie Plum series and started the 14th one.
8 Visit Atlanta at least twice, make sure to see friends both times. – Yeahhhh um I didn’t see any friends in Atlanta this summer 🙁 I did visit once with my mom and her best friend to go to the aquarium and eat at Meehans and Taco Mac. I HAVE to go some time this fall, even if it is by myself, to see some friends before they are no longer friends with me because I suck.
9. Start collecting stuff for my gallery wall. – Didn’t happen.
10 Research stuff for fall gardening. – Didn’t happen
Wellllll it was summer and I knew that I was going to slack some. I got about half of my list accomplished, which is better than nothing. Or at least that is what I tell myself.
Fall Goals
Body
1. Make an eye doctor appointment. (LOL!!!)
2. Find a work out that is actually going to deliver the results that I want to see. I think I am going to put together my own program, using several different types of work outs from weights, to cardio, to yoga/pilates, dance, barre, etc.
3. Continue cutting down on cheat meals and cleaning up my diet even more.
Mind
1. Finish reading the Stephanie Plum series.
2. Watch two new to me movies.
3. Have a craft day with my mom.
Home
1. Collect items for the gallery wall.
2. Work on clearing the “junk” out of the dogs room.
3. Start putting together my office area.
Food
1. Try three new restaurants.
2. Try three new recipes.
3. Attend local food events.
This month’s challenge has to do with food, which I have incorporated into my fall goals. Additionally, I plan to cut the amount of beer/alcohol I consume to just one or two drinks per week. (Which is really much of a change from the three to four I usually have, but that is still cutting calories.) I am also going to try to cut back on my dairy intake. Not completely cut it, because, hello cheese….but cut back.
Do you have any seasonal goals for the fall? Are you linking up for the food challenge this month?
–I totally skipped my work out Tuesday morning. And this morning. Suck it Jillian.
–I skipped my work out because death is upon me. Fall pollen is no joke and my body is basically in full on strike mode. I think I get so excited about all the fall things, that I forget that I suffer from hay fever every. single. year.
–I went through an entire box of Kleenex in about five hours yesterday. The ENTIRE box.
–A week from today I have to hop on a plane and head to Orlando for work. The anxiety is real!!! It is all I can think about. I really REALLY hate flying. Would it be bad to take a shot at the airport at 5:30 am? Don’t judge me.
–Salsaritas in Homewood closed suddenly. I feel betrayed. That is totally normal, right? But like why did it close?!?!?! It was my lunch jam!
–Livvy snuck a sip out of my water glass the other day, surprise surprise. I pretended like I didn’t see it and kept drinking because I was too lazy to get up and get a new one.
–I am trying to quit diet sodas again. I am sorry for the things I say while going through withdrawal.
