An Apple a Day

Recently I started paying $0.99 per month to Apple, in theory for more iCloud storage, but really it was so they would stop alerting me twice a day about my lack of capacity remaining. 

 

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Yes, I am a sucker.  But also, if the price for getting Apple to shut the hell up is 99 cents per month, then I'll pay it.

 

And I highly doubt I'm the only one.  Proving once again that the evil Apple geniuses know exactly what they are doing.

 

Can you even imagine, assuming there are another million people out there who did the same thing that I did, getting over $1,000,000 just for annoying people to the point of paying you to stop?? 

 

Besides over kissing Jack and asking Grant too many questions, which I'm definitely not getting paid for, I can't think of my money making annoying habit.  But I'm sure I have one just waiting to take to the bank!

Got Milk?

The first time I really, truly realized I was a mom, even after a full year of diapers, being tired literally all of the time, and looking like Sir Frumps A Lot, was the first time I bought a gallon of whole milk. 

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I just kept thinking, "I'm the mom.  Of a boy.  This is really real."

And it is amazing.  And so, so messy. 

That is the dream

PF Chang's Chicken Lettuce Wraps

I forgot just how delicious PF Chang's Lettuce Wraps were until I got to eat at the restaurant again last week in Denver.  You see, we small town folk don't have all the big city restaurants like the super delicious chain PF Chang's.

I loved them so much I searched the World Wide Web for an at home recipe and I found this gem from damndelicious.net, that I dare say tastes even better than the real thing and is an absolute cinch to make.

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PF Chang's Chicken Lettuce Wraps

INGREDIENTS

• 1 tablespoon olive oil
• 1 pound ground chicken
• 2 cloves garlic, minced
• 1 onion, diced
• 1/4 cup hoisin sauce
• 2 tablespoons soy sauce
• 1 tablespoon rice wine vinegar
• 1 tablespoons freshly grated ginger
• 1 teaspoon Sriracha, or more, to taste
• 1 (8-ounce) can whole water chestnuts, drained and diced
• 2 green onions, thinly sliced
• Kosher salt and freshly ground black pepper, to taste
• 1 head butter or iceburg lettuce

INSTRUCTIONS

• Heat olive oil in a saucepan over medium high heat. Add ground chicken and cook until browned, about 3-5 minutes, making sure to crumble the chicken as it cooks; drain excess fat.
• Stir in garlic, onion, hoisin sauce, soy sauce, rice wine vinegar, ginger and Sriracha until onions have become translucent, about 1-2 minutes. Stir in chestnuts and green onions until tender, about 1-2 minutes; season with salt and pepper, to taste.
• To serve, spoon several tablespoons of the chicken mixture into the center of a lettuce leaf, taco-style.

NOTES

Adapted from Eat. Drink. Love.

I used some Veri Veri Teriyaki as my topping sauce which was wonderful.

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That'll Do News Donkey, That'll Do

I care as much about Hillary Clinton's emails as I do about legalizing pot.

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One bores me to tears and the other makes me eat too many Doritos. 

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And neither one affects my life at all right now so I am about sick of hearing about both on the news every single day!  

Enough already!  Let's talk about something new, like the weather!

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Danger: Costco

Aside from, oh I don't know, Fallujah and the Gaza Strip, Costco has got to be the most dangerous place on Earth.

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I recently became a member.  Which takes my number of memberships to up to 2.  (The first is Winnie's Burger Tavern here in Wilmington.  And to become a member there you pretty much just have to check the box "yes" for "Do you like to play pool?").  I'm basically an elitist.

 

Anyway, I always go in with great intentions.  Then I always come out with 2 pounds of strawberries and 500 vitamins I didn't meant to buy.

 

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I guess this makes me nouveau Coscto riche.  I hope I don't accidentally start buying gold chains from the jewelry counter on an innocent trip for 100 bagels.

The struggle is real.