Playlist Wednesday/Thursday

Ahh, I feel like my night blogging methods are failing me again! I always fall asleep while blogging and wake up praying I didn't post anything while delirious!!! This week has been pretty good run-wise! I got back from the NYC trip (more on that later) super late Monday night (Tuesday morning?) Here is what got me through my runs on Tuesday, Wednesday, and hopefully will get me through the rest of this week's runs!

• In a World Like This- Backstreet Boys
• OMG I am SO excited about new BSB music!! I listened to this on Live with Kelly & Michael and I am obsessed! Anyone who knows me knows my love of BSB! Download it from iTunes and enjoy all their amazingness! ILY nick carter 4EVER.
• Run this Town- Jay-Z
• THis has got to be one of my all time favorite jay-z songs on my running playlist! Yeah, it is definitely pretty old but I don't care.  This song never fails to get me going whenever I'm in a slump during a short or even long run!
• Put It On Me- Ja Rule
• Ahhhh Ja Rule. WHY couldn't you pay your taxes and be a productive member of society?? OR at the very least you could stop playing with guns. COME ON. This was probably one of my favorite rap songs when I was in high school that I always had on my playlists  and is ridiculous enough that I can't not listen!
• Fantasy (Remix)- Mariah Carey & Ol' Dirty Bastard
• Another favorite of mine! My law school bff Becky and I would sing this on the regular and it was pretty amazing! Listening to this song/rapping along with it was one of my favorite middle school life moments so it has been a regular on my playlists for years!!
• Shake It Off- Mariah Carey
• Oh my. This song is appropriate on SO many levels right now in life. I remember when my freshman year chem lab (I know you're thinking, I took chemistry?!?!!!) partner in college made me listen to MC's new cd The Emancipation of Mimi and I was addicted! I love that album so much I literally listen to it all the time! I particularly love the message of this song ("Boy I gotta shake, shake it off, Gotta do what's best for me, Baby and that means, I gotta shake you off"). Along those lines, my BFF told me to re-watch Aladdin the other night to restore my faith in man so I did just that and seriously Jasmine, I feel the same!

this is how I feel after this past week filled with total dick moves by people..

 

Coming soon: recaps of my NYC weekend when my brother proposed to his girlfriend!

What are you listening to this week?

Sunday Recipe! Veggie Nachos!

Ahhhh the long awaited return of Recipe Sunday! I haven't really been cooking much since I mean, I hate cooking for just me and then having leftovers for like a week but today I made an exception. For Father's Day, I offered to take my dad out to lunch wherever he wants, on me, and if he wanted I would make something too.  We went to lunch and before I left town, I made him some of my nachos that my whole family loves! I did make some alterations as to how I usually make them but he loved it nonetheless!

Here's the ingredient list, method, and some pictures I snapped today!

Veggie Nachos

Ingredients

• Your favorite tortilla chips (my dad loves On the Border)
• 1 can light red kidney beans (as prepared HERE)
• 2 roma tomatoes, diced
• ½ large or 1 small/medium white onion, diced
• 2 fresh jalapeños, diced
• small handful cilantro, chopped
• Pace Picante Sauce (Medium)
• Hot Sauce (Cholua all day every day!)
• ½ jar Pace Queso con Salsa
• handful shredded cheddar cheese
• (Other items I didn't use but you might like- sour cream, pickled jalapeños, black olives, etc.--I usually add shredded lettuce too but my dad doesn't like it so I didn't add it today)

Method

1. Preheat the oven for 400 deg F
2. Spread tortilla chips on a non-stick cookie sheet
3. Prepare the kidney beans like I did for the Mexican Pizza recipe HERE
4. Spread the kidney bean mixture on the tortilla chips
    
5. Spread the queso con salsa over the tortilla chips (be conservative here because more cheese is coming later)
    
6. Sprinkle the tomatoes, onions, and jalapeños evenly over the entire tray 
    
7. Add in any other veggies or spreads you like!
8. Add the Cholua hot sauce and picante sauce LIBERALLY over the veggies!
9. Sprinkle the shredded cheddar cheese over all your veggies and toppings 
10. Finally, add the chopped cilantro on top of the cheese 
     
11. Bake Nachos for 6 minutes or until cheese and toppings are all bubbly and yummy
12. STUFF YOUR FACE AND ENJOY!
     

My dad LOVED these nachos! If I were making this just in general (UM YES SUMMER FIESTA) I would have added shredded lettuce, not used the queso con salsa, and more tomatoes, onions, and cilantro! 

BONUS PICS FROM SATURDAY

He loves me!

a hot Saturday morning!

 

Did you make anything special for your dad this Father's Day??

Happy Father's Day!

Happy Father's Day to all the dads, stepdads, & grandfathers!!!

I came to Danville for the day to spend some time with my dad, especially since my siblings are working so I'm the only kid left! My dad and I don't always see eye to eye on a lot of life's issues (he called me his argumentative child once haha but now I take that as a compliment) but we do have one major thing in common- how we feel about our family.  He cares very deeply for his brothers and sisters and us and so I think I definitely got that gene from him (and my mom duh) in that I care very deeply for my close family members.

Daddy & I on his 60th birthday in August 2010

I think what I love most about my dad is how much he loves my Rusty! He is the typical grandpa and spoils Rusty so much whenever he's in Danville.  He always sneaks Rusty treats and gives him the longest belly rubs! True story: he asked to make sure Rusty would be coming this weekend, not me haha!

I hope all the dads (and dog dads), grandpas, etc have a wonderful day! I'll be spending the day with mine and hope everyone gets a chance to tell their dad how much they mean to them!

Casual Friday!

Oh hey Casual Friday!

Every Friday is a dress down day in the office where I work and so I thought, why not take advantage of that option this week?! I definitely don't dress super casual (ugh jeans I hate pants) but I still wanted to be comfortable! I picked out some of my favorite pieces to assemble today's comfy and cool outfit since it was pretty hot today! I've been feeling kind of down so I definitely wanted to wear some of my favorite pieces and colors.  What girl doesn't get happy with a bright pink top & black?!?!

• Cardigan & Shell: Ann Taylor
• Linen Skirt: H&M
• Watch: Rolex (law school graduation present)
• Necklace: Pearls from Hawaii
• Rings: VT Class Ring & David Yurman Petite Albion Ring in Garnet
• Bangles & Earrings (white gold/diamond hoops you can't see in this picture): Malani Jewelers
• Shoes: Etienne Aigner via Marshall's (not pictured)

I loved this outfit and even though I have some casual pieces, I still looked put together and professional.  I super straightened my hair so I didn't have any of that frizzy mess today!!

Does your work have casual dress down days?

Potpourri for $1000

I both love & hate that Potpourri category on Jeopardy since I'm just like HOW do you prepare for that?? Anyways, I figure this week I would try a Potpourri post with a round-up of random musings from my crazy week! Enjoy!

Rusty and I did NOT enjoy the random rainstorm yesterday. 

Happy it's finally summer!

My all time favorite coffee for my keurig!

My current favorite/obsession on the Pandora 90s R&B station!

WTF at this facebook page suggestion on my news feed?!

I hate math. srsly. 

I've been watching a lot of old episodes of The Office on netflix to keep my mind occupied this week..
SO much happening in the next few weeks!

Forever favorite.

Hahaha I love Tom Haverford.

Sweet Rusty watching the squirrels play!

My thought every single damn day this week.

Happy Friday!

Any fun weekend plans??