It's only been a few days since my unemployment and I've already made progress (meaning I only spend half my time laying like broccoli-Pretty Woman anyone?). I made a ton more dog treats yesterday because I came to two realizations. Realization #1: I have no job and therefore nothing better to do. Realization #2: They're super easy to make and my dogs went nuts over them. Plus they've gotta be way better for them than anything I buy at the store.
Batch #1
Peanut butter, banana, oatmeal...yum! I used 1 egg, 1/3 cup peanut butter (unsweetened), 1 cup whole wheat flour, 1/2 cup oats and 1/2 cup mashed banana (which is basically one banana). I combined everything and got to the dough ball stage:
Super crumbly, so I added a bit of water. Then I rolled it and used my trusty heart cookie cutter and baked at 300 degrees for 20 minutes. Oh yea, and use parchment paper in case of stickiness.
Batch #2
Apple carrot, say what?!? I used 1 cup brown rice flour (you can use whole wheat flour, just make sure your dog isn't allergic!), 1 cup grated carrot (about 1 medium carrot), 1 egg and 1/2 cup unsweetened applesauce. I combined until I got to the dough ball stage:
This one was crazy sticky, so I just formed flat, little balls with my hands, put them on parchment paper and baked at 350 degrees until golden (about 15-20 min for my size balls...hehehe).
Batch #3
Pumpkin peanut butter (same as the other day, except I used brown rice flour this time).
Here are all my batches of cookies:
Left to right: Peanut butter-banana-oatmeal, pumpkin-peanut butter, apple-carrot. The orange color comes from the brown rice flour, believe it or not. The dogs loved all the flavors!
While I was baking (it was like 3 hours because I made so many!), I had my iPad contraption in front of me:
and I was watching an awesome show on Netflix called:
It reminds me of The Killing, which was EPIC, the only differences are that it's British and there's only one season. I already watched the entire season (man, I need a job) and although I did figure out who the murderer was before the end, I didn't mind because I thought it was really well done. Bloody good, old chap!
Another awesome show I watched on Netflix was a documentary called The Square. It's about the recent Egyptian revolution and it was crazy good. It's subtitled though, so you gotta pay attention.
So, today I ran errands. I finally went to Costco to get my contact lens supply for the year. While I was there (it was packed as soon as it opened, I'm convinced people slept there), I saw some really weird brands of glasses.
Okay, so a little weird, but I guess when you're duck-hunting you wanna be able to see really well. I get it. Moving on:
I'm sorry, Argyle Culture?? DUMB! I can't imagine ever buying a pair of glasses and having to tell people the brand is Argyle Culture. What a tool!
Lastly,
Umm, NO. Just, NO! Even worse than Argyle Culture is Randy Jackson Signature! So, I guess just being a D-list celebrity qualifies you to style glasses for people to legitimately wear, like in public!!
To sum it all up, don't get glasses at Costco, it's a who's who of next season's Celebrity Apprentice and I just can't support it.
After Costco, I drove to downtown Oakland (against my better judgement) because I dropped my camera and broke it...opps! What can I say, I'm super clumsy. After I dropped it, the lens wouldn't retract when I turned it off, so I called all over the place, from Pleasant Hill to Berkeley to Mill Valley trying to find a place that fixes cameras ON-SITE and I found NOTHING! All these fancy, schmancy pretentious camera places take your camera and ship it somewhere else to get fixed, taking 4-6 weeks! I take it as a microcosm of how dumb we're getting as a society. Your business is cameras, yet you can't fix my camera without sending it to someone else?? Just give me THAT person's number then, you moron! Whew! Anyway, I finally found the one person in the Bay Area who isn't a camera idiot and he's in Oakland. Ugg! So, I had to schlep my happy ass to 12th Street and Broadway (can I just say, it's never a good sign when the streets are numbers. You just know shit's gonna be super confusing) and I circled 3 times trying to get into the correct parking garage and then there I was:
Super hole in the wall, but fantastic! This place was chock-full of cameras and equipment and stuff, I had to sneak some pictures:
I even found this old gem:
Good thing he didn't let me touch it because I definitely would have dropped it. Anyway, this super tiny Asian guy was a genius! He immediately knew I needed to replace the lens and said he could do it in a week and he gave me a great price! He even showed me what a lens looks like:
Pretty cool!
So as you can see, I'm slowly making dents in the things I need to get done and I gotta say, it feels great!
*HOMEWORK*
Dust off your To-Do List and take a day, an hour, 5 minutes, whatever time you have and scratch some stuff off your list. I'm telling you, it feels amazing! Although, if you're like me everytime you check something off you add 5 more things to do. Either way, it feels like a weight off your shoulders, a weight you didn't even know you were carrying. DO IT!
Batch #1
Batch #2
Pumpkin peanut butter (same as the other day, except I used brown rice flour this time).
Here are all my batches of cookies:
While I was baking (it was like 3 hours because I made so many!), I had my iPad contraption in front of me:
and I was watching an awesome show on Netflix called:
Another awesome show I watched on Netflix was a documentary called The Square. It's about the recent Egyptian revolution and it was crazy good. It's subtitled though, so you gotta pay attention.
So, today I ran errands. I finally went to Costco to get my contact lens supply for the year. While I was there (it was packed as soon as it opened, I'm convinced people slept there), I saw some really weird brands of glasses.
Lastly,
To sum it all up, don't get glasses at Costco, it's a who's who of next season's Celebrity Apprentice and I just can't support it.
After Costco, I drove to downtown Oakland (against my better judgement) because I dropped my camera and broke it...opps! What can I say, I'm super clumsy. After I dropped it, the lens wouldn't retract when I turned it off, so I called all over the place, from Pleasant Hill to Berkeley to Mill Valley trying to find a place that fixes cameras ON-SITE and I found NOTHING! All these fancy, schmancy pretentious camera places take your camera and ship it somewhere else to get fixed, taking 4-6 weeks! I take it as a microcosm of how dumb we're getting as a society. Your business is cameras, yet you can't fix my camera without sending it to someone else?? Just give me THAT person's number then, you moron! Whew! Anyway, I finally found the one person in the Bay Area who isn't a camera idiot and he's in Oakland. Ugg! So, I had to schlep my happy ass to 12th Street and Broadway (can I just say, it's never a good sign when the streets are numbers. You just know shit's gonna be super confusing) and I circled 3 times trying to get into the correct parking garage and then there I was:
So as you can see, I'm slowly making dents in the things I need to get done and I gotta say, it feels great!
*HOMEWORK*
Dust off your To-Do List and take a day, an hour, 5 minutes, whatever time you have and scratch some stuff off your list. I'm telling you, it feels amazing! Although, if you're like me everytime you check something off you add 5 more things to do. Either way, it feels like a weight off your shoulders, a weight you didn't even know you were carrying. DO IT!
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