Yum. I'm munching on freshly baked Chex Mix. There's nothing like multi-bran cereal drizzled with butter and garlic to bring a smile to my soul on a cold Sunday in eastern Pennsylvania.
How lame that is one of my simple pleasures? Wait, what's up with that sentence construction?
These are some of the things I'm into:
Maybe instead of warm and salty Chex Mix I should be eating those new Special K cracker chips. Then I could lose weight, right? Ha, ha. But they're absolutely yummy so if I have a craving for chips, which is almost every day, I'll hit up that box.
I took my gift card for Ulta to the store to buy some Ahava oil-free cleansing gel, and they were having a buy-2-get-1-free deal. So when the stuff is like $20 a tube, I took advantage of the deal and I'm going to try the Dead Sea Liquid Salt to get rid of some winter uglies. Israel-loving Salty D. informed me that there was a loosely organized boycott against Ulta for carrying Israel-made Ahava. That's just silly.
I needed some non-fussy accessories to throw on my turtleneck sweaters, and I found those two easy pieces of braided, beaded necklaces for 80% off at a local department store. The sales right now are sick.
Now, I really like the iPad, but I don't know that I'm doing it right, because I'm not in LOVE with it. Maybe I have to read one of those iPad guides.
But what I dig is finding recipes on one of the cooking apps like Epicurious and then propping up the iPad on its handy stand in the kitchen.
Check out the stand - this one is invented by a kid and his dad in my hometown. It's simple and elegant and it's perfect for the kitchen.
Along with the Scrabble app (because Oprah told me to get it) I also bought some songs.
Here's what I'm car-dancing to:
Far East Movement "If I was you (OMG)" with Snoop. This song makes me laugh every damn time I play it. The best lyric: "She said she wanna go back to my C-O-N-D-O" They also spell B-O-O-T-Y. Very educational.
I know I sound like a hipster when I say "I kinda like Broadcast" but I had never heard of Broadcast until the singer died recently. So I bought this song which is haunting and beautiful. I'm not hip.
Kardinal Offishall "Numba 1 (Tide is High)" a little more aggressive than I usually like my hippity-hop, but of course the Tide is High part is the best and I love Keri Hilson.
Every once in a while a free download touches me the right way. Tennis' "Marathon" makes me think of the trip to the Florida Keys I took a few years ago. But D. heard it and said, "Is this that chick from the Hyundai commercials?" No, it's not.
I've eaten too much Chex Mix while writing this.
My little fam is obsessed with Chex Mix -- I make it for them at least once a week. Have you seen how many different kinds there are now? Pumpkin Pie Chex Mix? Ew.
Oh, have you tried the Wegmans multigrain coco pops? Sort of a rice cake for the new millenium (sp? too lazy to spellcheck). It's the size and shape of pita bread but light and tasty (not cardboard-y like rice cakes) and has very few calories and carbs. They are delish with hummus, dips, spreadbale cheeses, etc. I'm low-carbing it right now and these are my saving grace. The girls love them, too, plain or dunked in babaganoush.
So, if you crave crunch, check them out. They don't replace chips in flavor but if you just want a crunchy guilt-free conduit to get your favorite dip into your mouth, check them out. Or, use celery, I guess. Boo.
Posted by: lg | 24 January 2011 at 09:11 AM
I'd never heard of Tennis until this weekend, when I was driving and heard an interview with the band on NPR. They are adorable, and their music is a mental respite from the 5 degree weather in PA today.
http://www.npr.org/2011/01/22/133121496/tennis-the-band-retraces-a-route-and-a-relationship
Posted by: Lehigh Valley Transplant | 24 January 2011 at 09:47 AM
I know not your bands. But I trust you.
Although let's be honest - there's no such thing as "too much Chex mix."
Posted by: KtP | 24 January 2011 at 01:20 PM
LG - I have tried the CocoPops which are curiously made right in the store? Hmm. I like them. Thanks for the reminder!
Lehigh Valley T - thanks for the link. that free download was my first Tennis experience too!
KtP - Far East Movement does "Like a G6" which you totally know.
Posted by: blaugra | 24 January 2011 at 01:40 PM