Blech.

Well, it's finally Sunday and I am ready for it to be over with already. I do not feel very well...I think I am trying to come down with something, no wait-scratch that, I have come down with something which is not good since we are going to be stuck in a car for 16 hours tomorrow. We had originally planned on splitting the drive up into two days but since we are taking kitty #1 and kitty #2 back with us we are going to do it all in one. So instead of driving today we sorted through some stuff in my MIL's basement that we need to get ready to move to TX and went and finally bought a pet carrier for the kitties.

Since I am feeling crappy nothing has seemed very appetizing in terms of food. For breakfast I had a whole wheat bagel with peanut butter and jelly. It was quite tasty but I forgot to add the wheat germ...oops. At the rate I'm going it's going to take me years to work through this jar of wheat germ. Unless I can put a crapload in some bread I'm going to make...hmmm, that's an idea! May have to try that. As tasty as it was, what I am really craving is miso soup. And edamame. I'm needing it...bad...just don't know if the grocery would have that here. Kind of doubt it but may have to brave the cold and go see.

For lunch I had my left-over pasta from last night with broccoli and cauliflower and some squash. I think I remember reading somewhere that garlic is good at fighting off the crud so I loaded it down with garlic...I *really* liked that and it's funny when my husband swears it's my new perfume. I wish I had something to eat now that I could add a lot of garlic to...I seem to be craving that as well. And sriracha. What up with that?

Dinner. No idea what I'm going to have but I wish it was comprised of miso, edamame, sriracha, and garlic. Too bad I only have the garlic. Most likely it'll be a peanut butter sandwich...and some green tea. That would be quite soothing to the throat...and it's been 24 hours since I have had any. Which brings me to the question, 'Can one have too much green tea?'

Hope your Sunday is treating you well as I'm sure it's your fun day. You know, that you don't have to run day. Happy Mo*cough*cough*Fo. Oops, sorry 'bout that...

Greg and his mommy, two of our traveling companions tomorrow:

My most-likely dinner option (picture obtained from here):

A Watched Pot Will Boil...If You Wait Long Enough...

Morning all (yes, I know it's after 10pm CST, but hey, it's morning somewhere, right?). Another long day, punctuated by an early awake time while at my parents' house as my brother and his girlfriend came out for breakfast and a visit before I had to leave, heading back to my mother-in-law's. Despite the fact I was not very awake, it was a good visit and I had a nice hot bowl of oatmeal with brown sugar and a sliced banana. I was freezing when I woke up and the oatmeal hit the spot. They had biscuits and gravy and that made me kind of crave some, so when the Man and I get back to Texas, I have a feeling I'll be making some of Happy Herbivore's Southern-Style Biscuits and Gravy. I *heart* this recipe and I must say...if you haven't tried it yet you are seriously missing out.

After all the eating, drinking (coffee, of course!), and visiting were over, it was time to head back to my MIL's. My dad drove me half way to meet my husband in Bardstown, KY, and before leaving there the husband and I decided to grab some lunch. Options were a little thin but we did spot a Fazoli's so we headed on over and I had some spaghetti with marinara and a side salad. It was a nice break from the holiday food of the past several days.

Once getting back to Glasgow we made an ill-fated attempt at locating a specific style pet carrier we wanted to buy as we are planning on taking our two kitties, Mommy Cat and Greg, back to Texas with us. No ordinary carrier will do...we want them to ride together and MC is approximately 15# but her son, Greg (aka Greg A. Muffin) is a solid 28#. So the search continues...if only something like the Kurgo 00044 Skybox Pet Booster Seat would work. That would totally rock.

Dinner time finally rolled around and I decided to continue the noodle kick. We had some whole wheat pasta that was begging to be cooked up...so that's what I did. Contrary to popular belief, if you watch a pot long enough, it will indeed boil. Just thought I'd throw that out there...

There was some stray broccoli, cauliflower, and squash lying around and I decided to saute some up to have with my pasta. A little bit of EVOO and garlic and things were smelling good...

Finally, everything was done and it was time to eat...I was so hungry I didn't take time to plate it up all 'pretty-like' but added just a bit of rosemary, oregano, salt, and pepper, and the taste was good nonetheless.

While I was cooking I decided to have some bruschetta on pita crackers for a quick little app. As you can see, there was a little bit of evil eyeballing my cracker...

That's about it...think I'm going to have a small (or maybe not so small) glass of soynog while reading. Happy MoFo all...