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summer movies

I don’t know why I get so excited about summertime movies, because we’re not really huge movie-goers. The last few years though have had a bunch of exciting movies come out between May and July and this year is no exception. Only thing is that I didn’t realize movies I wanted to see were coming out this summer so, here’s a list of what I (we) want to see.

  • Iron Man 3 – saw that this weekend. It was SO much better than the horror that Iron Man 2 was. RDjr did an amazing job of making Tony Stark likable this time around. – MAY
  • Star Trek 2 (Into Darkness) – MAY
  • EPIC – MAY
  • Much Ado About Nothing – JUNE
  • Man of Steel – JUNE
  • The Wolverine - JULY

And these are my MAYBE movies:

  • Monsters University – JUNE
  • Mortal Instruments – City of Bones – AUGUST (maybe)

All through the previews before Iron Man 3 all I could think was…. man, it’s depressing not having any sort of preview/teaser for a new Harry Potter movie.

Seriously. Am I the only one who feels that way? Who longs for those first few notes of the Harry Potter music to start against a dark screen and then… MAGIC OH MY GOD IT’S HARRY POTTER! and all of the FEELS!

I miss Harry Potter movie previews. Sigh.

Are there any other movies I should be looking out for this summer? I’m letting Shawn see World War Z on his own since I can’t do zombie movies… but even the previews before the movie (aside from Thor in November!) were unforgettable and uninteresting (Lone Ranger just looks BAD.) Let me know what you’re looking forward to the most this summer in movies!

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meal plan monday january 13 – 19

Even though I am often lazy about food and cooking, I like the challenge of making a meal plan. I read Monkey’s meal plan posts evert week and think, “oo, that sounds good!” and then convince myself I can do this. It doesn’t always happen, not on the blog either.  I also find that meal planning helps me stay on track eating healthier and with weight watchers. Added bonus of having lunches pre-made as I take leftovers to work all the time.

What I have learned in the few attempts at this meal planning thing I have done, is that I can’t start my week on Monday. I tend to think of weekend meals on the spot, and often I do most of my cooking on Sunday. So regardless of this feature’s name, I will now attempt to post my meal plans on Monday, but they will go Sunday – Saturday, yo. Deal with it.

Sunday: Chicken with Peanut Curry sauce – so, when I went to visit Monkey in December, she made this one night for dinner and I fell in LOVE. We have since made this meal twice and we put it on rice vermicelli rather than on rice. Extra score, I have two lunch-sized containers of left overs for work this week!

Monday: Corn pasta with tomato sauce – Mondays seem to be a staple pasta night. We’ve found that the spirally corn pasta from Le Veneziane is the best gluten-free pasta out there. It cooks a lot easier than others, including other forms of pasta from the same company. No slime! And it tastes pretty great. I prefer the Classico garlic and olive sauce from a jar when I don’t have any of my own homemade sauce available. (ooo reminds me! My father brought some of his homemade sauce when my parents were here! Huzzah! This is now out of the freezer, defrosting for dinner!)

Tuesday: Slow cooked chicken stew – this is a staple for the winter it seems. We make it at least twice a month. We eat a lot of chicken. Bonus – always have lunch ready for the rest of the week!

Wednesday: I don’t know! Maybe we’ll do the Thursday dinner tonight. Often by mid-week I am so exhausted I don’t really feel like eating much at all. Sometimes I just end up eating tomato soup. Maybe grilled cheese. Hmm. Ideas!

Thursday: Eggplant & turkey linguini – from Clean Eating magazine. We have made this a lot in the last year and it’s actually always better the second day. (Hmmm, lunch!) My version is pretty altered from this one though, I made it gluten free and I use ground turkey instead of the sausage.

Friday: Pizza? I have been having pizza cravings once a week lately.

Saturday: Roast beef with sides! I’m having a visitor and then some people over as a pre-birthday celebration. I will make my own roast beef and gravy and turnips & carrots and mashed potato & sweet potatoes. I might also attempt making a birthday cake the Betty Crocker gluten free mix. I have seen many mixed reviews of this cake mix though, so I don’t know how it’ll turn out.

I also want to try making the sweet potato and black bean soup Monkey made while I was there. (I swear we did other things than eat. We drank tea, too!) Maybe I’ll make that for a meal this week. Hmm. Need to return to the grocery store though. Of course I have to actually pick up the roast and cake mix for Saturday so I know I’ll be heading back there. Oh, I need to get eggplant, too.

As lazy as I can be about cooking and eating right, at least I know I’ll always have Monkey to provide meal ideas and make me want to do this myself. She challenges me without even trying! That’s what friends are for. ;)

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24 days of tea – days 5, 6 & 7!

Day 5 – Organic Cream of Earl Grey

Finding time to blog this month is proving to be difficult. I have been updating my 24 Days of Tea collages though on Instagram, so if you follow me there (or on twitter, or facebook) you can see them. I happen to love the tea from Day 5 and I have a can of it in my kitchen already. It was late at night by the time I got to open my calendar and I wasn’t about to have caffeine or tea before bed (awake & peeing all night? No thank you!) I am happy to have a fresher stash of this tea though, since mine is pretty old. I did bring it to work but didn’t drink it because Day 6′s tea is one of my all-time FAVOURITES!

Organic Cream of Earl Grey

Black tea, cornflowers, with natural vanilla and bergamot flavouring.

Day 6 – Glitter & Gold

I LOVE this tea! It sparkles and it tastes like Golden Grahams cereal. I think I have talked about it before on the blog (or maybe on my book blog?) either way, this is one of my favourites! Alas, the sparkle in the tea does not show up in iPhone photos, so you’ll have to take my word for it. This is one yummy tea! Finnegan made sure it steeped properly by keeping the lid on nice and tight with his big ol’ ephelant bottom. He’s getting pretty good at making tea.

Glitter & Gold

Chinese black tea, sugar crystals, gold sugar balls, vanilla, orange peel, cloves.

Day 7 – Organic Crème Brûlée

This was not a favourite. I tried it and drank a cup of it because I promised myself I’d drink one cup of each of these teas, but I can’t say I’ll be buying it any time soon. I had to add sugar and cream because it just didn’t make me all that happy. However I DID have a ton of fun turning my collage into a cheesy 70s type Christmas photo. heh Look at that oval in the middle! And the filter from instagram! At least I am having fun, right?

Organic Crème Brûlée

Green and red Rooibos, safflowers, calendula marigold.