SAME PICTURE. NEW POST. FOR REALS.

Oh my gosh. At this point I'm ready to stick my head in a paper sack, delete the blog, and live in a shack alone forever. But on the other hand, I'm laughing. Really hard at how funny this all is. I came up with not one but two inappropriate names, plastered them all over my verrrry family friendly blog, and then got laughed at by strangers for being clueless. It's kinda hilarious. Except for that last part.
Toph asked me, "What have you learned from all of this, Meredith?"
At first I said, "A buttload of NOTHING. Except some new dirty phrases. Yay." But then I realized I'd actually learned a few other things:
1- There are lots of nice people who read this blog and who want the best for me. (THANK YOU for the emails!!! Thank you for telling me what the heck I was doing wrongggg!!)
2- I reconfirmed that I have to think lots before I publish anything. The internet is big and forever reaching. And full of nasty that I so don't want to contribute to.
3- I remembered that boss report was really high on my list of new blog names. I Googled and Googled and Googled this one! I second guessed it and Googled some more. It's here to stay. If you hate it, please don't tell me.

Anyway, feel free to laugh at/with me for a little bit more but then maybe let's stop? As Scarlett would say: Tomorrow is another day .... *a day where no one remembers how dumb Meredith is anymore!!

*Scarlett and I are real close. ;)

CLOTHES BRIBERY

We went to a baptism on Saturday and it was awesome! And B would only agree to come if we let him wear bball clothes under his church clothes. Done. (Lately he's been really into doubling/quadrupling up. Layering? I'm down with. 4 pairs of athletic pants/shorts on top of each other? Not my fave. There have been lots of baby voiced, "Oh no!! My pants are stuck!!" cries echoing from the bathroom lately. Fun phase for sure.) After the baptism we hit the church gym to let B run wild. (He wasted zero time in stripping down to his uniform.) I even made two baskets! And I managed to keep my church clothes firmly in place while doing so.

CLEAN EATS

One of my favorite things to make (and eat!!) are tortillas. Oh man, they're so goood. 

And so simple. Here's the recipe I've been using for a while: 

           Ingredients:

           3/4 cup warm water 

           1 tsp salt

           2 cups flour 

           1/3 cup butter (or coconut oil)

Put the warm water in a bowl and let the salt dissolve in it. Add the flour and butter (the butter should be semi softened but super super soft) and mix it all together until it forms a nice dough ball (add a bit more flour if it's too sticky or a tiny bit of water if it's super dry). Cut the ball into several pieces (I usually get about ten pieces from each batch) and roll each smaller piece into a ball. Cover all of the little dough balls with a kitchen towel and let them rest for about 15 minutes. After they've rested, roll each one out on a floured surface with a rolling pin. Cook the flattened dough on a hot skillet for a few minutes on each side. Enjoy hot and smothered in avocado!!!!

 And beans, and cheese, and onion, and anything else you can fit on them.

PIC PICK OF THE WEEK//11

My hilarious friend from church is an awesome hair and makeup stylist and she's in the midst of building her portfolio.
To do so, she's cutting, coloring and styling different hair and then having mini photo shoots of the finished product.
Anyway, she asked me to be one of her "models" and after thinking, "Whaaa? Me?! I can't be serious when other people take my pics!" I said yes. SO glad I did! It was supah fun and I love her work. I got a trim and a subtle ombre and then she curled my hair and IT STAYED FOR TWO DAYS. Hurrr miracle for stick straight over here. Here are some of the shots from the shoot:

These were shot with my camera by the very talented cousin of the hairstylist. I got to pick what clothes to wear and then basically just sit back and get pampered. Hair + makeup + B running wild til Toph got home (thank goodness for bokeh) = a very fun Thursday afternoon.

 

INSPIRED BY THE TUBE

We were all watching Cupcake Wars. Bad idea.

It made me want to throw bricks through downtown cupcake shop windows and high tail it, stolen sugar laden mini cakes in hand. The very worst (and illegal) kind of want. Instead of doing that, I turned to plan B: switch off the TV and make some clean cupcakes with Bronze.He wore one of my aprons, I wore one of my aprons. I have an extensive collection. We made a dozen, we ate a dozen; there were no survivors. So basically: we won the cupcake war.