Something to ponder

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Treat Chicago Gangs as Terrorists

Really?

While shopping in Victoria's Secret today (wahooo secret rewards card!), I spotted a girl no older than 16 take a selfie of herself in front of some lingerie.  It was then that I stopped dead in my tracks, stared at her, and asked myself, "Is she for real?"  She's lucky I wasn't suffering diarrhea of the mouth at the time.

Bed: A man's perspective

Yep.  That's sounds about right.

Eggplant

With few vegetarian take out options and a tight budget, Mike and I try to cook at least five to six meals a week.  Ughh but cooking dinner is one of the last things I (or anyone else I would assume) want to do after a longgg day at work.  That's why we try to prepare at least one meal on Sunday that can be quickly heated up for dinner on our most tired of days.

Today we began preparations for eggplant parmesan.  Yum yum.  After peeling a ginormous eggplant from our farmer's market, I thinly sliced the eggplant, coated it in flour, eggs/milk, and italian seasoning, then threw it on a greased up pan and doused a little more oil on the top and tossed it in the oven at 450*.  I prefer baking the eggplant over frying because of the flavor.  When the eggplant is saturated in grease I can barely taste the eggplant.  Who needs all that oil anyway?  Oh, and, it takes less time to cook and is less of a mess to clean up!

Grandma would be very proud of how thin I got them this time.  She would not be proud, however, of how I finish off my eggplant parmesan...

After I devoured a few small slices (a chef's gotta test out her food before serving), I put the eggplant in a ziploc bag and placed it in the freezer.  Remember, I'm doing the labor today and putting it together for dinner one day this week.

On the night I plan on eating this, which might be sooner than later, the first step would be to defrost the eggplant.  Then, slather the bottom of a baking dish with Trader Joe's Three Cheese Tomato Sauce (forgive me, grandma!) and layer on the eggplant and some mozzarella cheese.  Continue to alternate eggplant, sauce, and  cheese until you run out of eggplant.   Top it off with your remaining mozzarella  and sprinkle with parmesan cheese.  Cheese Cheese Cheese.   I don't remember what temperature to turn the oven on to.  I usually call my mom and ask.  But my gut tells me it's around 350* or 375* and cook until the cheese starts to bubble.  A piece of garlic bread would be an excellent side dish.  This part of the process should take no more than 10 minutes to assemble...maybe 20 minutes if I'm drinking a glass of wine.  The perfect amount of time I want to spend in the kitchen after a hard day's work :)

Icona Pop - I Love It (feat. Charli XCX) [OFFICIAL VIDEO]

My current anthem

Truth.

The Selfie

If boys took "selfies" our facebook walls could look like this:

"Getting wasted tonight.  YOLO."

"Do these glasses make me look smart? 

Because I'm going for hipster." 

I think we are missing out on something.  

And then there were two

All alone again.  Da da da daaaaaaa.

It's been a long two weeks.  And I'm sad they have come to an end.  We've had non stop family (from the bitter cold up in NY and NJ) visiting sunny southwest Florida this month.  First it was Mike's sister.  Then it was Mike's parents.  Then it was my parents!  Busy.  Busy. Busy.  I loved every second of it.

Here is a highlight reel from the past few days with my parents.  Well, not really.  My parents want nothing to do with their pictures floating around on the internet.  So, maybe "highlight" isn't the right word for the following pics.

Easter Sunday airboat ride in the Everglades. 

A pelican joined us on our airboat 

for a portion of the tour.   

Unbelievable seashells in Sanibel Island.

I don't think there's anything better than watching 

your parents drop their beach gear and 

run like hell to the water to start collecting shells. 

Probably the most fun I had with my parents.

And, finally, a LOUD video of our airboat ride through 

the Everglades.

I can't think of a better way to spend

the holiday weekend than with my family.