Browse Day: March 25, 2012

Crumb Catcher

This morning, we both woke up hungry since we skipped dinner the night before.  In fact, I found myself up at 3:30 this morning eating a peanut butter and jelly sammich.  Since we were up early enough, we went out for brunch at Plow.  It’s becoming one of my favorite brunch places.  This time I had the French Toast with kumquat and bananas and a side of sausage.  And yes, my breakfast came with bananas.  I think the whole combination and eating only the burnt banana pieces made it doable for me.  I also ordered the Meyer Lemon Tart for dessert and it was sooooo tart and yummy.

Anyway, when I sat down to eat, I placed the napkin on my lap as usual.  Then I looked down and realized it was completely useless since my baby bump was going to catch whatever falls before it has a fighting chance to get down to my lap.  So, Jes said to just place it on my tummy instead.  I felt pretty silly but it totally does the job.  I look like I’m wearing an apron.

On another note, after a long day of rain yesterday, the sky cleared and the sun came out.  I took this photo as I was walking the dog this afternoon.  Aaaah…a little Vitamin D feels so good.

Baby Bucket List

Saturday morning started out in the usual way:

  • I was up super early and hung out in the fort (a.k.a. sofa with my pillows and comforter) until the sun came up.
  • Jes made bacon and eggs for breakfast.
  • I did 40 minutes of my Pilates video while Jes went to the gym.

That was a good start to the day.

However, by about 1:00 pm, I was getting antsy and Jes was hungry.  So, we ventured into the rain (it rained ALL DAY) and had a late lunch at Hukilau, a Hawaiian place I’ve wanted to try for quite some time.  We’ve been going out to eat a lot more frequently lately since it’s so easy now and we don’t know how often we’ll get to do things on the fly once Kumquat arrives.  After our tasty plate lunches and Jes’ two pints of Longboard (on draft!), we were stuffed and ready to move on.

We decided to actually go to see a movie – in a theater!  It’s one of those things that people have been telling me to do before the baby comes.  Sorta like it’s on a Baby Bucket List or something.  So that’s what we did.  I think the last movie I saw in the theater was “Kungfu Panda 2” with my family and I seriously don’t remember the last time Jes and I went to see a movie together.  So, we went to the Westfield Shopping Center to check out what they were showing.  I’ve been carrying these Costco tickets in my wallet for about 4 years now and finally used them.  At first, we would see Hunger Games but was turned off by the crazy line that was forming 2 hours prior to each showing.  So, we settled for “Friends with Kids”, which was an appropriate movie for the occasion.  We had some time to kill so we went to a bar nearby for a drink.  In the spirit of my Hawaiian lunch, I ordered a strawberry lemonade that was made to look like a lava flow.  It was good but I can’t wait for my next lava flow in a few months from now.

The movie itself was cute but definitely something that I would have normally just put on my Netflix queue.  Jes also bought me popcorn and an ICEE and he got a box of chewy sweet tarts, which costed an arm and a leg but I guess it’s all part of the experience.

We got home around 9:00 pm and I was tuckered.  I pretty much passed out in bed and Jes ended up having to walk the dog in the rain and we skipped dinner.  Good times…

So, now that we’ve gone to a movie, go out to eat about every other day, and I’ve got the random naps through the day mastered, what else should we have on the bucket list?  Only 3 more weeks to go!