A Photo Shoot With Sir Gordon & The Pillows Pep Made Me

I found this fabric at JoAnn's when I was looking for something to protect my sling for my broke-ass arm back after my very serious* injury in March. I fell in love with it immediately and turned to my mom like 'What kind of magic can you work with this?'

3 months later, I received these lovely pillows.

I was SO excited that I wanted to post them on HSCOOC so I needed to take photos. My dog is quite the HAM (not sure if you're aware) and I just can't resist his face so here I am to share it with you. Thanks, Pep for the pillows. Gord hasn't even picked one up in his mouth yet so he either really likes them or thinks they're too girly for his taste.

*not very serious at all, really.

Taste Tester

Have you known me for very long? If so, how many foods have you witnessed me trying for the first time? How many did I like? If you have not known me very long (or at all), please read this to have a better understanding of this post.

Now, be prepared to have your mind BLOWN.

I went to dinner at PF Changs last night for SSFS. Some of my girls were there to eat, some were there just to witness (Lobo). I didn't overthink it, I just went in and looked at the menu without reading the small print and went to town.

I tried not one, not two, not three but FOUR new things last night.

Chicken Lettuce Wraps...I'd heard the hype, and am now a believer. Pretty delicious.

Crispy Honey Shrimp....delicious.

Chang's Spicy Chicken....definitely my favorite of the evening

And Double Pan Fried Noodles with Vegetables....not my favorite but hey, 3 out of 4 ain't bad.

I've come a long way but no, I am still not interested in trying a bite of your hamburger. Thanks, though.

PB&J

I made PB&Js for a date last night and I wanted to share this with you because I think everyone should know how to make a proper PB&J and let me just tell you, I make a KILLER PB&J.

This really shouldn't come as a surprise to anyone but I take this very seriously. It's pretty much an art form in my world. So next time you have a craving for a PB&J, I want you to follow this recipe, OK? It's pretty life changing. You'll be thinking, "did my mother not love me enough because my sandwiches were never this good as a child."

Ok, here goes:

Bread = Wonder Whole Wheat White (so much for my Aunt Karen's 'the whiter the bread, the sooner you're dead' theory!)

Peanut Butter = Skippy Honey Roasted Nut (it's a smooth, not a chunky)

And last but certainly not least, Jelly = Smucker's Strawberry Preserves.

You can thank me later.

Let Me Tell You About Going Out On A Wednesday Night

It is hard. I know from the photo above, we make it look so easy.

You're sitting at home, you've already done your normal after-work routine (i.e. feed and walk the dog, make dinner, watch SYTYCD while laid up on the couch) and then all of a sudden you have to GO PUT A DRESS ON and touch up your make-up when usually in about an hour, you'd be hitting the sack.

How do I get myself into these situations? You see, working in the very glamorous (see: NOT) world of PR, you get invites to any and every event ever. You can imagine that in Vegas, this means there is always something going on. Well I got an invite from Las Vegas Magazine about two weeks ago about this Singles Event at LAX. See, hosted bar = sold. So I sent the invite to Anika asking if she wanted to be my date and of course, she was on board.

Then all of a sudden, July 22 rolls around and the last thing I want to do is get all dolled up to go out way past my bedtime on a Wednesday night. BUT we did it. We pre-partied with Gordon at my place and then headed down to The Strip. We get to the Luxor, after almost getting lost because who the f goes to the Luxor, and of course, there is a CRAZY line outside of LAX. It takes Anika and I like 15 minutes to figure out how to by-pass the line. We eventually do and walk into the club. But, oh wait, IT ISN'T EVEN OPEN YET. Here I am, at 10:40 p.m. ready to pass out and a place hasn't even opened it's doors for the evening yet. Luckily, Noir Bar dropped its exclusivity and we were welcomed inside. This bar is actually really swanky and cool, it's got a great vibe to it, all tucked away. So we get our first free drink HOLY CRAP THIS IS SO STRONG and before I know it, we're rapping along to Wyclef Jean sitting in our plush leather chairs and I'm saying "DO YOU WANT TO GO DANCE????"

Yeah, here I am, Club Monster Katie, out on a Wednesday night doing JT's version of The Single Ladies dance without a care in the world.

Funny how it comes back so easily.


Today was rough though, stopped at Sbux and added shot. 'Cause yeah, the evening was like that.

B.F.F.s

Now, when I say B.F.F.s that is according to Sir Gordon Snacks A Lot. Allie (black lab) and Darby (golden) would want me to make this perfectly clear.

Gordon looks up to them like they are the Prom King and Head Cheerleader of his high school. Like THEY would have backstage passes to The Jonas Brothers because they are just that cool.

Darb and Allie, on the other hand, view Gordon like he is...well a huge fan of the Jonas Brothers, wears a Sock Monkey collar, looks like a teddy bear and insists on biting their ears and pulling their back leg when they are trying to run away from him. Oh and that he has a ridiculous hair-cut. But it's growing out, guys so cut him some slack.

The 21st Century

Welcome to the future.

I am officially connected to the World Wide Web from my house. Want to know the best part? I am not even sitting outside in the 108 degree heat stealing the internet from the Buffalo Wild Wings across the street. No, I am sitting in my air-conditioned condo, with a panting dog and a blue-eyed cat typing on my Macbook. (I'm typing on the Macbook, not the blue-eyed cat.) This whole high speed internet thing is blowing my mind. What will they come up with next?!?

I know, I KNOW! So exciting. I don't even know what to follow this up with. I feel like I should just keep writing because I CAN.

What else can I tell you? It's hot. Real hot. I am very excited for this weekend, mostly because it's the first weekend in a loooonnnggg time that I don't have any set set plans. The only thing I know is I have FFFT (F*ing Fun Friday Times) with Miss Anika Jones tomorrow to kick off the weekend, I may have a hair appointment on Saturday, hang with Pep on Sunday, gotta go grocery shopping, gotta get to Target and I'll probably try to catch a movie. Does that sound like a lot of plans to you? Because for me, that is nothing.

But that doesn't mean it won't be a whole lot of F-U-N.

Knochers....signing off....from HOME :)

6 of None or One of the Other

So you know that saying that goes something along the lines of Six of One or Half a Dozen....whatever whatever....yeah, I can't ever get it right but for whatever reason I insist on using it ALL THE TIME.

It always just seems to fit but then doesn't fit at all because I end up totally screwing it up. Why can't I just say "Either way" or "50/50"? No, I try to use the egg one every time and end up saying stuff like this:

Six Of One or None of Another

Six of One or Another of Another

One of the Six or One of the Other

Six of None or One of the Other

Six of a Ton and Lots of the Other

Do you see what I'm getting at here? So if you ever happen to give me two options that are pretty much the same and won't really make a difference to me either way, just be prepared for one of the above responses.

And good luck trying to correct me. What's it matter anyway? It's All of One or Half of the Other, anyway ;)