Glamorous Life: My weekend in pictures

 I got a haircut! I know the lighting's bad - but it was much needed. A trim + a little color + plus coffee talk with Ashley! She always makes me feel pretty.

It was absolute beautiful on Saturday! It hardly felt like October.

On my way home from Capitol Hill I stopped at Value Village - I'm always after a bargain. Guess what I found? A juicer for $8! It's European, which means I couldn't test it in the store (no Value Village does not have outlet converters). But, after digging out the converter from our Mexico adventure I was in business making the greenest, grassiest juices around. They're really pretty good, but after only a few hours my body was telling me that I'll need to ease on into a juicing. I'll keep you posted on that. :)

In love with: Chicken with couscous and orange

Every once in a blue moon I get motivated to make dinner. It doesn't happen often - one day I'll be Martha Stewart in the kitchen - but until that day comes I'll be inspires by her simple recipes on the days I do cook. Today all I could think about as I walked to the grocery store was this amazing couscous recipe. I tried it for the first time last year, and it quickly became one of my favorite dinners for those nights John works late.

The recipe, from Everyday Food, is as follows:

1 cup couscous
1 cup shredded rotisserie chicken
1/3 cup pistachios, toasted and coarsely chopped
1 navel orange, peeled and coarsely chopped
2 tablespoons chopped fresh mint leaves
2 teaspoons extra-virgin olive oil
2 teaspoons red-wine vinegar
coarse salt and ground pepper
Directions


In a medium bowl, pour 1 cup boiling water over couscous. Cover and let sit until tender, 5 minutes. Fluff with a fork. In another medium bowl, combine chicken, pistachios, orange, mint, oil and vinegar. Season with salt and pepper. Toss couscous with chicken mixture.

Voila!

Glamorous Life: A trip to the Optometrist!

The verdict? I need glasses. We'll call them desk glasses, since they will assist me on my marathon work days as I gaze intently at the computer screen. I am so cool.

Hot Bodz: Have you seen this yet?

So, I snuggled up on the couch last night with a cup of tea in my pjs and decided to rent a movie --- something I hardly EVER do. But, John's been gone and I'm caught up on all of my tv shows (the usual suspects: Glee, Grey's Anatomy, The Office, Parks and Recreation, Modern Family, How I Met Your Mother, New Girl) I started perusing Amazon on my Roku and came across Fat, Sick and Nearly Dead.  The only thing I knew about this movie is that it's about juicing, and my friend Victoria promptly went out and bought a Jack LaLanne juicer and started coming to work with Mean Green's after watching it. I love a good documentary so I invested the $3.

It's got my wheels turning...I may do something drastic. Who wants to go shopping with me tonight? :)

Glamorous Life: My week in pictures.

Thanx Lotz: Tttttuesday.

1. I heard from 5 of my best friends yesterday. They like me, they really like me! Best message? "Watch the mail, I'm cooking up a wee plan." Hahahaha! I've been running that sentence through my head for hours!

2. I never take good, restorative sleep for granted - and last night I got some! This is why I'm a morning person!

3. I have a job. Working for nice people.

4. My husband lets me wake him up a million times a morning without complaining...no matter how late he went to bed.

5. He will also put up with my shenanigans and hair brained ideas time and time again.

6. My family is generous - and though we all bring a little something different to the table...and may not agree on everything - I know they're looking out for me.

The Word: 1 Thessalonians 5:16-18

Rejoice always, pray without ceasing, give thanks in all circumstances; for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus for you.