The Day We Ate Snails

When my Gramma calls she says the same thing about Jared every time. "He is such a good husband to you." And that friends, is spot on. I have been itching to go to the ocean for a few weeks now but it is SO FAR AWAY.  This seems like it would not make sense since we are a coastal state, but the only thing within driving distance from us is the Puget Sound. So Jared took me to the bay and saved the ocean trip for another day. He is also very good at picking up my hints (Which seems to be a rare trait among men! hehe) and he knew I had been craving seafood so we went out to eat at a little place called ...

Oyster Creek Inn! Where I had my first positive experience with eating oysters and Jared felt brave enough to try escargot! Sadly, once again, we dug in so fast we forgot to take pictures!

As it turns out, snails are much softer than I imagined. I thought they would be more like squid.  Jared thought they were a bit to earthy for his taste. He said they tasted a bit too much like the forest floor. Haha, coming from Jared who eats mushrooms all the time off the forest floor I found that a bit humorous. 

Here is us! At Larrabee State Park.

 

Jared

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Me

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Baby!

We are both really anxious to know the gender of our future "little". 

Just a couple more weeks to wait! 

One of the funny things about Jared is he LOVES flowers. 

I would rather have vegetable plants, but he is so stuck on all the pretty flowers. 

He was just amazed at the amount of rhododendrons at the park.

I caved. I admit. I don't like flip flops and I am very partial to skinny jeans but lately...

Who cares!? 

I am chubby, waddling and sassy... so fashion can come back once I have this baby!

Jared, not waiting for Madam Slowpants to waddle my bottom through the tunnel.

He just wanted to get to the beach.

And finally we were there.

Oysters and slugs in our belly.

It was such a good adventure.

Until next time...

Peace!

The Ending of "Date Month"

Well, I am going to admit I am a little disappointed we did not get to complete all of our dates, but truth be told, money was tight last month and I am glad for what we did accomplish.

Date night involving LED lights a couples years ago...

Dates we completed:

# 4 Volunteer somewhere. DONE!

# 6 Go to a local sporting event. DONE!

# 19 Try out a new restaurant. DONE!

#13 Romp around the great outdoors and have a photo shoot. DONE! 

# 14 Look up our favorite restaurant's menu online. Recreate their food and add a fancy dessert!

#16  Have a game night. Every kind of game! Cards. Console. Board games. DONE!

#8 Go to the Seattle Art Museum when it is a free Thursday. MISSED EVENT :( 

#11 Exercise together. It is not glamorous but it makes it a lot more fun! 

# 17 Take a drive. Here, there, anywhere. DONE! 

#5 Make a very fancy breakfast. DONE!

#2 Go to an arcade. DONE!

#9 Make lemon meringue pie together. DONE!

Things we are going to do later: 

(At least that is how I like to think of it!)

# 1 Fly kites.

#3 10$ Thrift store contest. May the coolest findings win!

#7 Have a picnic. Indoor-outdoor doesn’t matter!

#10 Make indoor s'mores and camp out in the living room.

#12 Have a movie marathon and make snacks.

#15  Have a spa night. Get the mud masks and cucumber slices out!

# 18 Have a coupon date.  Only go to places you have coupons for. 

#20 Visit a bakery and choose treats for each other.

#21   Take a free factory tour. Anywhere will do! 

#21 Have a "crazy dinner." Each person gets 5$ for any gas station food. Each going to different stores and go home to combined what you got!

# 22 Be a tourist in your own city. Go to a free movie night and take cheesy photos around town.

There is always time to be together. 

Date #11 Work Out Partners and #14 Gyros

 Today, Jared did yoga and paliates with me. 

Isn't working out next to someone really awkward!?

I made funny puffy faces doing arm exercises and breathed heavy when doing crunches.

Thank goodness I got Date # 11 completed! 

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Work out together.

It's finally crossed off my list! 

We also finished:

Date # 14. Look up a favorite restaurant's menu and copy one of their entrees!

http://www.kafeneo.net/images/KN_PDF/KN_Edmonds_Marysville_ldt_Menu.pdf

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Have you never been to a Kafe' Neo? There are only a couple but you should check em out!

We.

made.

GYROS!

Inspired by Cafe Neo's Vegetarian Gyro.

We added:

Lettuce

Feta Cheese

Onion

Tomato

Yellow Bell Peppers

and Tzatziki Sauce with Cucumber and Vinegar

How to make Tzatziki sauce:

1 Cup sour cream

1 Cup plain yogart

3 TBSP of Oil

1 TBSP Vinager

Salt and Pepper

Half a chopped cucumber

Ta-da!

I could not find any proper gyro wraps so I supposed gordita shells would do.

So tasty! I will definitely be making these again!

Only 11 Dates to go!

Life Lately and The Worlds Easiest Peanut Butter Cookies

I decided to stray from my usual eggplant recipe and make an eggplant pie of sorts. Awesome as always!

I like peanut butter and I like cookies but I don't really care for peanut butter cookies. 

They are far crunchier than cookies should be in my opinion. But my sister shared a super easy recipe with me and they turn out so chewy.  Mmmm! If you want to know how to make them...

Preheat oven to 350 °

1 Egg
1 Cup O' Sugar   ...you could borrow it from your neighbor if you don't have some!
1 Cup of Peanut Butter.

Mix until .....mixed?

Bake on cookie sheet for approximately 8 minutes. Add about 2 more minutes if you made 'em big like me.
Done!

Date # 5 Make a very fancy breakfast in bed. DONE!

The picture on the left is me getting all dolled up to go somewhere and the photo on the right is me being grubby and working on the garden. It is weeded and expended, ready for spring! 

We also completed Date #9 Make lemon meringue pie together. 

... But it was eaten so fast there were no pictures! Sorry!

Totally random but, I don't know why I never thought of layering tights before. I thought it looked pretty rad! 

Date # 17 Take a drive. Here, there, anywhere is now complete!

You can't tell in the photo above but there were so many swans flying above us!

The short way home.                                                 The long way home. 

We love Washington.

We also finished Date #16 

  Have a game night. Every kind of game! Cards. Console. Board games. 

FYI I have become rather vicious at Poker if I do say so myself. Watch out!

Date #2 Go To An Arcade

This is what we did for Valentines day. What did you do?

Only problem, we ran out of quarters!!! 

Dates # 6 and # 13

Date # 6  Go to a local sporting event. 

We had the honor of going to one of my little sister in-law's basket ball game last night.

( Sorry, no photos for that one!) and...

Date # 13 Romp around the great outdoors and have a photo shoot.