Fresh Flowers & Banana Bread

The work week was a tough one so I tried to fill the week with other positive things.
I tried to be productive with my mornings, so I spent my few morning hours cleaning, shopping, and cooking. If you know me, you know I don't cook. I never understood why someone would begin to prepare desert for tomorrow @ 9am today. Although I'm not doing that, I am trying to experiment with a bit more cooking. I think now that I have my own home, that I know I will be at forever, at least for a long time, I can keep my kitchen stocked with ingredients and can spend more time on things like home decor and cooking.

The floors we started last weekend, were not a huge chore. We ripped up the carpet, pulled staples, cleaned the floor, and did some "Liquid Gold" to finish. We are happy with the outcome and are still trying to decide on an area rug, before we move the furniture back into the room.

                                      

For Lunch this week, I packed my quiche. Considering I usually make myself a huge smoothie for breakfast, and breakfast isn't until about 11am, something lite, yet filling is good for lunch.

Monday Morning Quiche

                           
                                        
For my "brother-in-laws" brother's birthday we went to a Hibachi restaurant to celebrate with some people from work. Vince and I did some shopping around before we all met for dinner, so I went fairly casual. This is pretty much my "uniform" if you know me. I live in stripes. <3

 

 Saturday Night Casual Dinner

  

Scorpion Bowl. Photo: Courtesy of @Beigeandhoney (Instagram)

Beautiful Sunset captured by my sister to finish up the week*And again, without permission, courtesy of @beigeandhoney

           Since my niece was born, my sister has done few outings and they don't usually consist of drinking, but we went a little "wild" and shared a Scorpion Bowl to drink. Deliciously made with pretty much every type of liquor on stock. We enjoyed our "blazing-ly" good drink..that was served to us on fire!!

We stopped for ice cream at one of the best little stops around, on the way home from dinner and my sister captured a beautiful, country sunset** I had to share...Follow her Instagram to see more of her great pics! https://instagram.com/beigeandhoney/


And for Sunday snack, my weekly baking "experiment" was Chocolate Chip Banana Bread. I was quite proud!

                                                       


Until next week, go enjoy some banana bread! :-)