Kitty Finds a Home, I Find Lunch…

A while back I posted about a kitty that had made a home where I work. My boss and I had fed it and gave it water but it still decided to live in the bushes. Every time we tried to get close it would run away. Well, that isn’t the case anymore…

My boss caught the kitty. He also took it home. It has found a very nice home and plenty of little critters to play with.

On another note there is this wonderful salad that I just can’t seem to get enough of. Fortunately, my boss knows how to make it. He happened to be craving it at the same time I was and he made it for us. Not once, but twice. I had the wonderful salad with an amazing Hot and Sour Soup. Some days you just can’t beat soup and salad. Thanks for lunch, Boss. Both times.

Miss Nala

So, my son won! We now have a new addition to the family. Her name is Nala. We aren’t sure what she is yet except for being a dog. I secretly hope that she isn’t a Great Dane. She really isn’t big enough to be one but you just never know…

The truth is that she took one look at me and I had to take her home. I got her from the Animal Defense League. Isn’t she just beautiful? We are working on the potty training thing…she is doing really well. She is a puppy after all.

Bad Blogger

I know I have been a terrible blogger lately. I have been busy reading the Twilight Saga. Yes, I know, it’s a little silly but I really enjoyed the books. I’m finally done. I read all 4 of the books in approximately 2 weeks. I’m glad I’m through.

Anyway, the guilt is terrible. How can I make it up. Perhaps a Spicy Banana Muffin?

I modified this recipe. While the recipe looked delicious I didn’t have all of the ingredients.

1. I substituted cake flour for AP Flour.
2. Instead of Cardamom I used Chai Spice
3. I love Nutmeg so I used it instead of cloves
4. I used Soda Water instead of coconut milk to cut down on the fat. Next time though I will probably use a fruit puree.

All in all they were delicious. Hopefully, they will do the forgiveness trick.

Also, there is a new member in the family. I haven’t been able to get pictures yet but I will be doing that tomorrow. I will have new and wonderful pictures of little miss Nala…tomorrow.

Dilemma

Well, it finally happened. My two year old has become conscious of his surroundings. Without warning, all of a sudden one day, he became a toddler. He was full of words and demands. He was walking along and he stopped and said, “Mother, I would be incredibly thrilled if I were to acquire a canine.” Well, it wasn’t quite that eloquent. It went something like this:

Bean: (insert big beautiful hazel eyes looking up at you), “Mommy, puppy?”

Mom: (insert gulping sound), “No Bean, you can’t have a puppy. Not right now.”

Bean: (insert, thoughtful two year old look), “Mommy, baby?”

Mom: (insert humongous panic attack), “What color puppy do you want, sweetheart? Want two?”

Welcome to my Tuesday morning, everyone. I just had to share this wonderful experience with everyone. I might be having a puppy, you know! So the manipulation begins. How do they pick it up so quickly? He must be getting pointers from his dad. Omnidude has those puppy dog eyes down pat, let me tell you.

Hummus Veggie Wrap

Just a quick post about my delicious lunch. I made Hummus Veggie Wraps. They are so good and fresh.

Omnidude absolutely loved these. I was extremely surprised because he isn’t much of a veggie guy. He had two. He couldn’t decide what part he liked the best so he had to try more than one. You can put anything on them because they are very mild. However, Bean didn’t really want to eat the wrap. My guess is the rawness of it was a bit much for him. He did however want to eat broccoli…and hummus on the side. He’s into dip right now.

Homemade Hummus

1 can chickpeas drained

3 tablespoons tahini

1/2 lemon

1/2 cup artichokes (yes, I put artichokes in some of my hummus variations)

Salt & Pepper to taste

Slaw

2 cups shredded cabbage

Mayonnaise or Vegenaise to coat

Sriracha to taste

Veggie Filling

Broccoli

Tomato

Green Beans

Directions

Take a whole wheat tortilla and put plenty of hummus mixture on it. Layer broccoli, green beans, and slaw onto the wrap. I put some Smart Life Bacon on mine and added tomatoes at the very end. The picture doesn’t show the tomatoes. Oops. The picture also doesn’t do the yumminess justice.

“Say hello to my little friend…”

Sometimes at work the most amazing things can happen. I came back from lunch and saw a little kitten over by the window in my office. He looked lonely, wet and sad. Honestly, I’m not sure if he is a he or a she. Anywho, I decided that I needed to do my part to keep him safe. So, my boss and I went and bought him food and a bowl and have been providing him with much needed nourishment. Last night, my boss (”cat-hater extraordinaire”) sent me this picture on my phone.

Isn’t he cute? He seems happy enough. I’m a little worried now because there is a hurricane that hit south Texas and it is causing havoc here in San Antonio. I hope the little guy doesn’t float away. Anyone know a safe way to catch a cat?

In deep…

It’s official. I need an intervention. I’m hopelessly enraptured. I’ve succumb to words on a page and I cannot relinquish this subtle form of legal crack. I’m jonesing in a major way. I have discovered…”Twilight“, by Stephenie Meyer. My name is…Screwed, and I have an addiction. I haven’t blogged in days. I haven’t put the book down. I finished it yesterday, and I’m on to the sequel. I don’t know if it is the impossibility of the events ever happening to anyone or the fact that the book is exceptionally well written. Whatever it is, I can’t put the book down.

I can’t help it. I didn’t want to like it, and yet, it has overwhelmed me. I feel like a teenager with a crush. I like it. I have to go read now. Really. I guess the first step is admitting that I have a problem. There, I said it, I have a problem.

Walmart & Yoga

I don’t like Walmart. As a general rule I find it an awful, consuming, selfish, hateful place. But that is just me and I have strong opinions. However, something relatively funny happened today with regards to my dislike. A friend of mine at work was talking about going shopping today on our lunch hour.

HER: “We should go shopping.”

ME: “Target?”.

HER: “No. That other place. The one you don’t like. I’m not going to say the name.”

ME: “Volde-mart?”

I’ll wait for the laughter to subside. I know, you had to be there. I was pretty proud of myself for coming up with it though.

Now, to yoga. I haven’t taken a yoga class in a while. I’m usually a do-it-on-my-own kind of girl. However, last night I did decide to try one out. It was one of the best workouts I’ve had in a while. I am feeling it though today. I got into a position that I haven’t been able to do in the longest time. It’s called pigeon pose and it is somewhat convoluted. I was able to touch my forehead to the floor and stretch out all of my muscles. It was wonderful.

Dinner tonight was pretty good. I think Bean really enjoyed it. He ate three servings of my Chik’n Hash and two servings of broccoli. The bowl of broccoli was full when I put it on the table. Bean just couldn’t wait to grab a bite. Notice the difference? I’m just so happy that my wonderful 2 year old son eats his veggies.

He just reached across the table with his fork, picked up a piece of broccoli and put it in his mouth. We told him no. He didn’t listen. He reached across the table and picked up another piece. We gave up. It could be worse. He could be going after Oreos.

Yummy lunch…

Well, I’ll keep this short. Vegan Saturday is becoming more of a tradition it seems. Mondays are not working out what with work and the craziness that is my life. However, Saturday has become the day that I have to fend for myself. It’s an Omnidude and Me tradition. We can’t decide what to do with lunch so we just give up and make our own. I opted for a salad.

Oh, and what a salad. After I got back from the gym I had to carboload. My body was screaming feed me. That, and my trainer is out to get me. She is determined to torture me into some sort of Gold’s Gym submission. I can feel it already. Ok, now back on track…Salad.

Ensalada Encurtida

Salad

Black Beans

Green Beans

Onion

Artichoke Hearts

Lightlife Smart Bacon

Mushrooms

Green Olives

Capers

Dressing

Spicy Brown Mustard

Olive Oil

Red Wine Vinegar

Salt and Pepper

Take everything and mix it all together. Make sure it looks pretty for the picture. Eat. Encurtida means pickled. Since the dressing has some vinegar and the olives and capers are somewhat pickled, I thought the name fit.

I forgot to mention, I won!!! I, along with Magpie and Erin, named The Happy Herbivore’s tacos. I feel extremely privileged. Not to mention hungry.

I had to start taking a new medicine today and it is making me feel a little ooky. I used to take it to handle diabetes, however I had stopped taking it because I had gotten it under control. Now, it’s not so under control. My body has decided to regress to what I used to deal with. Yes, it’s all out of whack since I didn’t take the meds. It bums me out because everything else I do is so natural and clean that this pharmaceutical addition makes me feel like a physical failure. Hopefully, it will do its work and I’ll be “normal” again. What does that mean anyway?

Life needs a DVR…

I don’t know if I have just been recording too many things or I really want to control it all, but recently I have noticed how much I really wish I could fast forward through the bad stuff. This has been a weird week.

I have a friend that is battling cancer right now. Her life is coming to an end. I’d like to hit Rewind.  Then Go Back and make different decisions.

I heard a really crappy story on NPR, I wish I could’ve just hit Skip Forward.

My dad is under the weather. I wish I could hit Play so that he could enjoy life…or just speed past all the downers.

Most of all though I want to hit rewind. There are a million things that I want to relive.

Life would be so much easier if everything came with options. Truthfully, I think my DVR has simply spoiled me. I really should just relinquish my cable box and live free of technology. But, then how would I blog? Oh, the irony.