Urban Cave Girl

I came across this at Barnes and Noble one night while there perusing the positive thinking/laws of attraction books.  It spoke to me so much.  I had to take a picture of it with my phone.  It was a magnet and really I'm not a fan of magnets or I would have purchased it.  The picture on my phone works wonders though.  I can refer to it anytime I need to.  Like today.

Promise yourself to be so strong that nothing can disturb your peace of mind. Look at the sunny side of everything and make your optimism come true. Think only of the best, work only for the best, and expect only the best. Forget the mistakes of the past and press on to the greater achievements of the future. Give so much time to the improvement of yourself that you have no time to criticize others. Live in the faith that the whole world is on your side so long as you are true to the best that is in you! - Christian D. Larson

It's another HOT day in The Bay today!  WOWZA!!!  annnnd, my damn a/c went out yesterday!!
GRRRRRRRR!  We haven't had to turn that thing on all summer cause....what summmer??  It's been colder than a witch's tit around here. Seriously!  Yesterday though was like 100.  It went from low 60's to 100!!!  Overnight literally.  My husband thinks that the a/c has some slow leak of whatever that stuff is that goes in there to make it cold.  Because.......flashback here for ya....it went out one other time.  It was like late May 2008, I was 9+ months pregnant with the baby, we had a MAJOR heatwave with over 100 degree temps and......drum roll....the a/c went out!!!!  I was like a sweltering PIG!!  I put on my bikini and got in the kiddie pool to cool off.  Here is a little eye candy for you.

There are 3 things I think about every time I stop to pump gas.  These aren't in any particular order as each time I'm cursed with the chore of getting gas they come to me at different times.

1. One of my best girlfriends accidentally put diesel gas in her suv.  yes yes, she realized that the nozzle didn't fit in properly but she thought it was "broken"  needless to say a short time after leaving the station the car broke down and she had to call AAA......."Ma'm sounds like you put diesel gas in your car"
my friend.... "what? who the hell would do that?"

I LOL EVERY SINGLE TIME!!!  Cut her some slack, she had pregnancy brain!!!

2. One of my other very close friends drove off, away from the pump, with the nozzle still stuck in her car. I don't think she likes to talk about it because maybe it wasn't as funny to her as it was to me.  But man, I crack up all the time thinking about it!!!

3. In Oregon you don't even have to pump your own gas.  Just something I think about.  Because I HATE HATE HATE to pump gas!

It was kind of like an unspoken clause in our marriage, I would NOT have to get gas.  For YEARS my wonderful husband would take my car and fill it up.  Fully knowing if he didn't, he would be brining me gas on the side of  the freeway.  God I love that man!!!
However, since I've stepped away from the full-time working world I've taken it upon myself to put gas in the car should it need some (aka the gas light is on the car is running on fumes) One time my Prius actually DID run out of gas on the freeway but thank god for that hybrid engine right?!!!  It got me off the freeway and to a gas station with battery life to spare.

Really,  this all has NOTHING to do with my post but just had to throw it out there since I was at the gas station today.

AND -

It is FINALLY hot!  Summer has graced us with her glorious presence after all these days/months.  I was beginning to really wonder about her and to be honest, started talking behind her back!  Not all bad things though. I've been delighted that my power bill is so low on account of not having the a/c on.  There is a silver lining to everything!

On a Primal front, I just finished up another fat fast.   While on my many road trips this summer I picked up that nasty Starbucks habit and by the time I was home again for good I found out that caffeine and sugar had BOTH creeped in, substantially I might add, to my diet.  The fat fast is a fantastic way to put a halt to those cravings and get me on the right track again. Coming off the caffeine this time was MUCH easier than my stint last January when I felt the need to commit myself into rehab.
Now, I'm clean once again and feeling FINE!

Saturday we went to the farmers market and met this delightful girl.  She and her family have a farm up in the north NORTH part of CA and she was telling us all about it.  I think we will probably have to get our next cow from them.  We bought some pork sausage from her and some bacon.  She was telling us that her dad will take hamburger and combine with the sausage to make hamburger patties.  Maybe I'm sheltered but I have never heard of such a thing. Makes total sense though right?!! Sausage is like bacon and can ONLY make things better!  So we tried it yesterday and OMG PEOPLE SLAP ME NOW!!!  That sh*t was gooooddddddd!!!!  My husband and I both said that those were the best burgers we had EVER HAD!!!!!  I used one pound of ground beef from our cow and then half a pound of that sausage we bought from her and mixed it up, pounded out my patties, added a tiny bit of Himalayan salts and some pepper, a little coconut oil, and then grilled them on the bbq.  I'm not gonna lie....I had a burger yesterday for lunch AND DINNER!!!!!

Tonight I'm going to make meatza and for the crust use a pound of hamburger and the other half pound of that sausage.  I'm thinking I'll top it with some bacon, avocado, olives, organic pineapple, and some buffalo mozzarella I got today.  Can't wait till dinner!

Why isn't that damn photo uploader working?? huh?  UGGHHHHH

Happy Friday the 13th!
Not sure about you...but, it's my lucky day!!

Whole Foods had Sigg water bottles on sale today - buy one get one free!
That is a STEALING DEAL!!!  I had seen the sign yesterday when I was there getting a few groceries and made a mental note to be sure and go back this morning.
Bright and early I was there, getting my Siggs.  (not CIGGS, as those will kill you, make you smell, and give you ginormous unattractive wrinkles.  Steer clear!!)

Aren't they pretty??!!

Last night we had the first of our cow, Bertha.  She was sooooo delicious!  Of course I had to pull out and cook the filets first.  I mean really, why save them right?!  They were absolutely divine!  We paired them with some steamed cauliflower and watermelon with mint.  Talk about refreshing!  YUM!



One more thing to share, not exciting, but definitely worth noting.
I'm a laundry detergent fanatic.  It has to smell good and the scent has to last a long time!!!  I normally always go with Tide because it smells good and it cleans really well.  It HAS to be liquid though.  I NEVER use powder.  Every once in a while I'll go with Gain just because of the scent, however, it doesn't clean clothes for SH*T!!!  Especially the clothing of my little Messy Marvins.

Well, while I was away last month my husband had to buy some laundry detergent and knowing my fondness for Tide he got this Febreeze Sport kind and OMG!!!!!!  It is fantastic!!!!  It smells marvelous AND the freshness and smell last for a LONG TIME!!!!  While I was on my cross country road trip, every time I pulled a pc of clothing out of my bag the scent was heavenly!!  I can't gush about this detergent enough.
It's the little things in life I guess huh?!

We picked up our cow today.  I can't wait to start eating it!!!
My daughter is super excited!  She gave me a big hug and said...
"I'm so happy to eat this meat!"
She is still upset because she had steak the other day that wasn't grass-fed.
Apparently she thinks she has been watching too much Food Inc.
Gotta love that girl!!

After stuffing the freezer to the max (I even broke one of the shelves free)
 I ended up taking some meat over to my mother in laws house and storing it in her extra freezer in the garage.



Beginning to wonder if a chest freezer would be inappropriate for the front room.

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