Best. Show. Ever. Jim and Pam make my heart flutter.
Anyway. Tonight’s dinner was so good, I was compelled to proclaim to Chris that I was “becoming quite the gourmet.”
Unfortunately, I really shouldn’t take the credit. Don’t get me wrong – I still will – but I actually followed this recipe from Eating Well almost exactly, cutting it down a little (I’m not sure I cut it in half because I don’t weigh things, but I definitely used less fish, less potatoes and only a tablespoon of olive oil).
It was really tasty. Oh, and those fancy purple potatoes? All my idea. Spinach too. Gourmet, I tell you.
Now I’m drinking a glass of wine, which I would show you, but I took the picture sideways and I can’t get the damn photo to flip around for some reason and I might, might, flip out if I keep trying.
Also, just a little taste of what I deal with on a day to day basis:
Please ignore my blue sweatpants, or what I like to call my “everyday pants.” I have a sneaking suspicion that my neighbors all call them that, too.
I agree – I just finished watching ‘The Office,’ and I can’t WAIT until next week’s episode!! :0)
You really ARE becoming quite gourmet in the kitchen – it’s inspiring! And those purple potatoes are genius.
Jack!! So cute :0)
<3 the Office. And ahh!! Purple potatoes look so good. I can’t find them though.
ahhh, i just love the office. i get just so excited when jim and pam are cute together!!! do you watch 30 rock too?? i am an office lover from the beginning, but i might like 30 rock better!
to go alone with the theme of awesomeness at the gym, i have a winner. there is this one girl who always wears tight sweatpants pulled up really high (in a slutty way, not a nerdy way) so she has a major cameltoe. well, yesterday, after doing serious grinding around the check-in desk (like intense nasty dancing by herself), she gets on the treadmill and screams (screams!!!) along with songs the gym was playing for about 20 minutes. i want to go up to her and say “hun-when people look at you like that, it’s not cause they want to be like you. it’s cause they’re glad they’re not like you.” I go to the best gym ever.
VeggieGirl –
Thanks! He is a little less cute when he makes that face at you ten times a day. See that computer in the background? That’s what I should be focusing on.
Romina –
Really? They sell them at Trader Joe’s in a mixed bag that’s called something like confetti potatoes or something.
Betsy –
I know!!! The Jim/Pam moments are my favorite. I was dying that season when they ended it with him asking her to dinner. DYING. I haven’t watched 30 Rock, but I know I’d probably like it. I saw that guy Judah Friedlander at a show in the west village one night and he was hilarious.
And, will you please, please take me to the gym with you? I need to see this girl. Also, kudos for working “cameltoe” into a comment on a food blog. I’m impressed and I feel like this blog has now been elevated to a whole new level.
How’d you start writing for a living (= $$$) ?
Oh man, I am excited! I don’t have a TV (
) so I have to watch my shows a day or 2 later. THAT MEANS TODAY FOR JIM AND PAM! 
lol!
The Office = Love.
have you ever watched Bones? It’s great.
mmmm, purple potatoes. :p
When I work at home I have a pair of everyday pants just like those
The only way to do it!
Damn it. Ive totally missed the last 2 episodes. I’m obsessed with that show. Except my boyfriend thinks hes totally funny because he says “thats what she said” after he says something, and it never even makes sense. I’m obsessed with dwight. I have a growing collection of Dwight quotes.
That meal = totally gourmet.
You’ve gotta watch 30 Rock if you like the Office. It’s hilarious.
I hear you on the sweat pants (and the dog staring at you. Walk? Now walk? Walk? Walk? When are we going for a walk?). I am seriously in workout clothes like everyday. It’s bad. So bad that when I put on ‘real’ clothes Dustin gets suspicious. I was telling a friend that I have a deep rooted fear that Stacy and Clinton are going to show up at my gym and take me into that horrible mirror room. Seriously. I think about these things.
Everyone should have sweatpants that are everyday pants. I wish I could wear mine to work.
Jack is clearly, CLEARLY, the cutest thing on earth.
I made this picture the background on my desktop.
I did that before I did any work.
Nat –
I have an English degree. Basically, I kind of, sort of, but not really, know about The Canterbury Tales. I think that’s the ticket.
No, I am an editorial assistant. I research/write/interview people/etc. I am very low on the totem pole, writer-wise.
Julia –
I haven’t seen Bones, is it comedy? I really only like comedy. And The Hills. But that’s basically comedy, let’s be real.
Cara –
I’m glad you are with me.
Hannah –
Chris does that every once in a while, too. It’s annoying, right? I love Dwight.
And thank you.
Rebecca –
I will try it. I like Tina Fey.
Robin –
That is exactly what he is saying. And also, “If you don’t take me RIGHT NOW I will pee on your foot.”
I’m scared of Stacy and Clinton, but how awesome would that $5,000 be? Pretty awesome. Although you couldn’t pay me enough to let Nick and his little pube head anywhere near my hair.
Lauren –
I have maybe six pairs, but these are my favorite.
Chris –
I know. Plus, people love it when other people, particularly couples, go on and on about how cute their own kid/dog/cat/ferret is.
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