Month: August 2006

Joey’s Birthday

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We had such a busy evening after work yesterday. I didn’t even have time to read any blogs! It was Joe’s birthday, so I had to run to the store during my lunch to get a card and a gift because I’m a bad wife and never know what to get him which is partially his fault for not being materialistic enough. I had ordered him a White Sox World Series baseball card set on Saturday and it was delivered on Wednesday. I was impressed; UPS seems to be on fire lately!

I didn’t want that to be his only gift, so I looked around Walmart for something cute and found a 500 piece Star Wars puzzle. I would have preferred 1000 pieces, but it’s double-sided which is cool, and should provide more of a challenge.

While I was at the hell hole known as Walmart, I picked up some chew sticks for Peanut. You should have seen her last night trying to drag this huge piece of wood into her den. I also got a box of dice (or is it die?) since we never seem to have enough when we’re playing board games.

After work I rushed home to beat Joe so I could wrap his gifts. I made him open them before we went to dinner at his favorite place, Red Lobster. He got his usual: shrimp pasta. I got a trio platter with scampi, popcorn and coconut shrimp. We also had shrimp cocktail for an appetizer. They have the best cocktail sauce! It’s very tangy!

After dinner we came home and cleaned since my parents wanted to visit today. I hate cleaning but love how nice the place looks after the fact.

I baked strawberry cupcakes while we watched the copy of Old School we just bought. I love that movie so much! It seems more funny every time I watch it. When I went to frost the cupcakes, I couldn’t use the buttercream frosting we had bought because it was already open and someone had stuck their finger in it. Gross!!! Who would do something like that? I wouldn’t even think to check under the lid since there’s that foil seal. But it was broken and some frosting was missing. Luckily we had some vanilla frosting we had bought for the girl’s upcoming birthday so we used that instead.

I fed Peanut, hopped on the computer for five minutes to do a few quick things, then headed upstairs with the birthday boy. This weekend is looking to be much cooler temperature-wise than we’ve had in awhile. We don’t have any set plans other than seeing Will Ferrell’s new movie. Should be fun!

Burger King’s website sucks

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I had a taste for a salad at lunch yesterday. My first stop to check the nutrition values was Burger King’s site. I checked their TenderGrill Chicken Salad since it’s my favorite. Even with full-fat dressing, it comes to only 490 calories (that includes their yummy garlic parmesan croutons) which turned out to be lower than any of the quasi-appealing salads at McDonald’s or Wendy’s. [Why is everyone obsessed with bacon bits? Is it just me who doesn’t care for them?] But this isn’t as much about the food as it is about their website. Although I have noticed that ever since I started counting calories again, I’m appreciating the food I eat more. Or obsessing over it. Semantics.

I understand that everyone and their brother codes their site to include Flash these days. It can be nice, there’s no doubt. But what it can also be is slow and annoying. That’s where BK’s site comes in. Granted, it turns out it’s slower in Firefox than IE, but still, the web designer should have tested their site in the two most popular browsers, don’t you think? Furthermore, I don’t want to watch a paper bag with BK’s logo on it rotate into different shapes and then turn into another animation representing the navigational item I’ve chosen before I get the result I want. If I ask to see the nutritional info, just show it to me. And how helpful is a flash map if I can’t copy and paste the address? I have to write it down? What’s that all about? I think they should worry a little less about how “cool” their site looks and code it to be quick and easy to use. A foreign concept, I know!

Quesadillas

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Last night we had chicken quesadillas for dinner. Believe it or not, despite my love for all things Mexican, not to mention cheese, I’ve never been a quesadilla lover. We bought a Tyson chicken quesadilla meal kit and I wasn’t expecting much. I’ve come to find that most dinner kits lack robust flavor and the portion sizes are too small to fill you up. I am pleasantly surprised to say that was not the case here. Sure, my meal was 750 calories after Joe and I split the food, but it was so worth it! There wasn’t a lot of chicken, which was fine by me, and the veggies were cut up into small pieces so that the flavors blended well together. I’m definitely going to buy these again. They are quick, easy, and tasty. What more can you ask for?

Mexican? Goooood

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I had a huge headache when I got home from work yesterday and didn’t feel like doing anything (although I did work out for 20 minutes before collapsing on the couch). Joey was kind enough to run out and get us Mexican food. First he stopped at Walgreens to grab some Tostitos (the white corn restaurant style are the best) since we had some spicy guacamole at home. Then he went to this place called Taco Real. We never even knew how close this great place is to our house! We discovered them while at the Taste of Lombard. He got me one steak taco (believe it or not, I really only ate one because I’m back to counting all the calories I consume), and two beef tacos, a beef sopa, and a churro for himself. They included a container of hot sauce which was super hot but also super good. Yum yum yum! I think I could eat Mexican food just about every day. What’s not to like? Meat? Gooood. Cheese? Goood. Corn products? Goood.