Three things Thursday-big hats, compliments & Quesadilla

1) The past 24 hours I have been trying to get my surgery scheduled and have had little to no luck. It seems that everyone is booked between now and fall. Really?!? Long story short I am going to do a post on the whole reason I am having a 2 day (4-8 hour) procedure done. 2011 for heath has not been a good year thus far. Female issues and a procedure all the way down to the latest and greatest I found out about just a couple of weeks ago.

 Let's just say I am wearing more hats then ever before. 

biggest hat ever.... where on earth can i score one of these?




A dear friend of mine suggested I look outside the box and meaning outside of the box, she was implying I look at surgeons that are not listed on the recommended paper my main doctor suggested.
 Right, what a good idea!!  Now why didn't I think of that in the first place? Maybe because I have been so busy freaking out about this whole thing, too busy running half marathons the past 3 weekends, planting 27 rose bushes or it could be I am over whelmed. All are good excuses. So this morning I dialed up a few names that I found after google searching and found Dr. Miller. He can take me in June! OMG I will take it I said firmly to the woman on the phone. So I am booked, scheduled my PTO at work and even got me a nice driver willing to take me at the ungodly hour of 7:00am up the Baltimore beltway in the nasty traffic. June 30th and July 1st in case you were wondering.

 More details to follow...........


2) After combing stalking  my favorite blogs I stumbled upon a new blog that seems to be a woman who is sort of just like me. If that can even be the case. After reading her blog from today's post to the past 3 months she came up with a funny post called "Free Compliments" I thought that was a cute idea and had to steal her idea. Whoops..... So instead of stealing one I stole the idea and changed them to be more in what I need to hear right now.

1. Your SMILE makes my DAY!
2. Your eyes are so GREEN!
3. Your laughter makes me want to laugh with you!
4. I love you!
5. You look adorable in your sparkle skirt!
6. You are SO generous!
7. What I like best about you is that you don't try to hide who you really are!
8. You always seem to know how to fix things at work.
9. You are a fantastic friend!
10. You are make me want to run with you since you seem to have so much fun!

3) Mash-Potato Quesadilla might just be my new FAVORITE thing to eat!!!


I love my self some Mexican food BUT this little bugger I have to say I love more then a cheese and chicken quesadilla. Last night after coming home from work stressed and depressed, Mr. P suggested we hit up happy hour and catch up. We have been so busy the past couple of days it was time to sit face to face and chat with no one around. Mom was in town for a visit so I had spent time with her and neglected to spend time asking my sweet P how things have been at work or talk about my up and coming surgery that has been lingering in my mind. He suggested Mathews 1600 just about 2 blocks from the house and walking distance.
Well we saw they had added a few new specialty items on the menu so we quickly discussed trying a new item. Mr.P suggested the quesadilla knowing how much I love them so much so I said promptly YES! I am so in love................ Ok not that I can love food as much as someone but if I can say this and stand firm this might just be one of my favorite things to eat on earth! YES I can actually say this. The potato, cheese and bacon melt in your mouth making you want more. As soon as I got home I quickly looked up how to make them as this is something that is going on my MUST make list for this coming weekend..... I figured you all might be interested in the oddly wonderful side dish as well.

Enjoy and I hope you love as much as I do!!

Ingredients

• 2 cups mashed potatoes
• 6 slices cooked bacon, crumbled
• 1/4 cup sliced green onions
• 8 flour tortillas
• 2 cups shredded Cheddar cheese
• 2 tablespoons softened butter
• 1 cup salsa
• 1/4 cup sour cream

Directions

1. Stir together the mashed potatoes, bacon, and green onions. Spread the mashed potato mixture onto one side of half of the tortillas, spreading to within 1/2 inch of the edges. Sprinkle the shredded cheese on top of the mashed potatoes and top with the remaining tortillas. Lightly butter each side of the quesadillas.
2. Preheat a large skillet over medium heat. Place a quesadilla into the preheated pan, and cook until golden brown and crispy, then turn over, and continue cooking on the other side until browned, 2 to 3 minutes per side. Repeat with remaining quesadillas. Serve with salsa and sour cream.

Hope you have a wonderful fun filled day and evening.

Love,
C.

Three things THURSDAY-Cinco style!

Happy Cinco de Mayo Amigos!



Cheers!



For those of you that know me, you know how much I love Mexican food. Not only do I love Mexican food but I love Mexican drinks. That includes the Sangria, Margarita and not to forget an ice cold cervasa.
I think about Mexican food all the time( tacos, burritos and enchiladas). In fact we use so much hot sauce in our house that its almost a joke when we run out of it. We have mild, HOT, burn your butt off hot (yes the bottle does say this) and green/red chili sauce. This leads me to my 3 things for this Thursday....


1. The "ME" version of the Mexican Margarita!!

    Not only do I love these little buggers but these are packed full of calories so I try not to drink them or make them too often. I know you can get the "skinny" version of them BUT why bother with that as the calories are not that far off and if I am going to have 1 or 2 of these on my patio I should have them with out thinking too hard of how much I will have to run to burn the calories off. So here is what my recipe is.....

• 6 fluid ounces tequila
• 2 fluid ounces triple sec
• 1 (6 ounce) can frozen limeade concentrate
• salt for the rim of the glass and sliced limes to garnish
• blend until ice is crushed in blender (on extra hot days i leave big chunks of ice in mine)



A perfect drink for a hot day on the patio. Olay!

2.  My Second most favorite thing is Mexican Art. I love all kinds of art but I tend to find my self VERY interested in this country's art. I am not sure why but I went to Mexico for he first time when I was 21 years old with a girlfriend of mine on our 21'st birthday cruise. We walked threw the streets of Puerto Viallarta and looked at all the little shops and saw so many neat dolls, paintings and pottery pieces. That could have been the start or it could have been later in the years when I went with some girls friends from later in life trolling the streets of Cabo in search of the next silver picture frame. I have a small collection of these (ok I have like 20 picture frames).

Amazing piece of art for sale in Cozumel. It didn't fit in the carry on so I couldn't buy it. DARN.....

I have about 5 of these little guys and LOVE them!!!!

Amazing picture on the wall of a hotel I was visiting

Some more of the AMAZING art that this country produces.

"ME" in the bathroom at Oyamel. They have awesome art inside the bathroom. GO FIGURE?!?



NOT to forget the people and the costumes. This was taken outside of Chitzen Itza 

 
3. My number THREE hands down has to be my travels and how much I have loved it..............

Island of Esmeralda



Some of the delish fish tacos Mr P and I had on our trip over to Island of Esmerlada



Mr P enjoying him self in Cancun

My girl friend Paitence and I in Cabo (old school)

Spring break 1995 (yes I am old!) with the girls in Cabo

Puerto Villarta with Julie and Linda (i miss those girls a ton and true friends!!!)

Chitzen Itza

Tulum

So those are my 3 Favorite things about Mexico! Happy Cinco de Mayo and hope you have a safe and wonderful day!

Thank you for the emails readers on the well wishes and feeling better by Saturday. Today I woke up feeling about 75% better then yesterday. 2 days until race day!!!!!!

What are you doing for Cinco de Mayo? Are you staying home and not celebrating this day or are you running out like me after a long day at work and getting your Mexican food on?

Love,
C.




this thursday has 3 things.

Today is the first day in a WHOLE week where the sun is out shinning and it's not raining. thisis one thing but I am not going to count it as my 3 things. I can do that now since this is my blog and my rants!

The weather for April here in Maryland is always sort of bi-polar (rain, snow, sun and even heat)  but this month has been a really crazy depressing month full of Oregon like clouds and rain. I can't wait to get outside and actually get some sun on my skin since Mr Sunshine is here to visit today. I have to be honest I might just be the whites woman on earth right now. I mean my legs right now are so white if I had a skirt on you might think I have white tights on and not bare legs. EEEGads!


This is how white they look currently.



So let me cut to the chase for a second and tell you about my 3 things this week!

1. A very dear friend that I really love here at work has seen that I am not my chipper then usual self and left me a note on Tuesday morning and a little snack. She and I both share a love for running, eating sweets and talking about our daily soaps. So she knew I was going to be coming in on Tuesday a little uneasy about my appointment, nervious and restless all in one. This dear friend knows how to turn my frown upside down and left me a whole box of...... PEEEPS and of all kinds chocolate covered. DELISH!!! If you are a peep lover I must say run not walk and get some! BTW Thank you dear friend for the really sweet note, peeps and the flower. You are a true dear friend!

mouth watering PEEEEEPS!!!



2. I am on the look out for a new leash for my best running buddy and me. I found a couple of them but find that they are expensive. I even thought about buying an extra large one but was scared if I do that it would be too tight around my waste. So long story short this item is on my shopping list right now. It's dog running season for sure. Do you know anyone who has one that could recomend a good one?

3. I am desperate for a VACATION. I am counting down the weekends until my toes hit the sand again. Mr. P and I are so ready for a nice vacation to relax, get in the sun and do my 5th half marathon in 5 months!!!

Hope you had a great day!! Today was a good one for me or at least it feels like a good one. I found out I am only 10 THOUSAND points away from a free Sandals.com vacation. HOOOORAY!! Best news in almost a full 2 weeks. Oh yea and my ring is in the shop getting fixed.

Make it a great day.

Love, C.