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Ten on Tuesday

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Here’s another edition of Ten on Tuesday, brought to you by Roots and Rings!


1. When you were a senior in high school, what career did you think you’d choose? Did you? Why or why not?
I thought I’d get into Marketing because I though Mel Gibson’s job in What Women Want was awesome. As it turned out, I was horrible at all classes business-related. Good thing I had a back-up career in mind! I switched to Journalism and never looked back or regretted it!

2. What one thing about the “real world” did you find most surprising once you were on your own?
I’ve never actually been “on my own”. I lived with my Dad after high school and moved in with Kyle half-way through my final year of university. But, not living with my parents has taught me that shit is expensive. Groceries, bills, etc. I knew it would be pricey, but sometimes it’s stressful.

3. Name 3 things you think your closest friends DON’T like about you.
– I tell them things they probably don’t want to hear, even if it’s the truth
– I’m really sarcastic
– I tend to be a control-freak

4. In order to sleep, do you need background noise or absolute quiet?
It depends on my level of exhaustion, but when I go to bed at night, I like absolute quite. If I’m just having a nap, I don’t mind background noise.

5. Why do you choose to reside in your current city? Yes, you have a choice :-)
Well, I moved here to go to school and I’m still here because it’s not too big or too small and it has a lot of amenities that make living easy. Plus it’s not overly expensive, the weather is gorgeous and the people are (more or less) friendly.

6. Are you close to your parents?
We’re not BFF or anything, but I do feel close to them, yes. I know they’re always there if I need them for anything, no matter what.

7. What is your favourite fiction book? Poem? Blog?
Book – Most likely Marley & Me
Poem – No idea!
Blog – I love them all!

8. Do you enjoy cooking or is it a chore?
I enjoy cooking when I’m in the mood. I love trying out new recipes and being domestic from time to time, but sometimes I’d rather just order pizza or toss pot stickers into boiling water.

9. Be honest. What one thing would (the majority of) your blog readers be shocked to find out about you?
That I have a hugely perverted mind. I live with two welders and hang out with them all the time, so I have heard and gotten used to “shop talk.” If you can’t beat ’em, join ’em, right? I have developed a huge database of witty comebacks and insults.

10. If you were given your own national holiday, what would you require people to eat for breakfast, lunch and dinner on the Day of You? Would there be a parade? Greeting cards?
For breakfast we shall dine on Eggs Benedict, sausage and sourdough toast. For lunch we shall have Bagel Bites and dinner will feature a 7-course meal of my favourite foods. There would be a parade of puppies and free Starbucks for all.

What’s in my head?

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Here’s a list of the Top 25 most played songs in my iTunes library.

I saw this idea on A Day in the Life and I thought to myself, “Self, that’s an easy thing to do before you leave on the weekend so you don’t have to whip up the energy to blog Sunday night when you really don’t feel like doing anything except relax.”

So, here they are, embarrassing in all its glory, the Top 25 Song in My iTunes Library!

  1. Kevin Rudolf & Lil’ Wayne – Let It Rock
  2. Buckcherry – Crazy Bitch
  3. Pitbull – I Know You Want Me
  4. Flo Rida – (Right Round)
  5. Lady Gaga – LoveGame
  6. Kanye West – Love Lockdown
  7. Black Eyed Peas – Boom Boom Pow
  8. Daughtry – It’s Not Over
  9. Chris Brown – Forever
  10. T.I. feat. Justin Timberlake – Dead & Gone
  11. Black Eyed Peas – I Gotta Feeling
  12. The Pussycat Dolls – I Hate This Part
  13. Common – What a World
  14. Roisin Murphy – Ramalama (Bang Bang)
  15. Avril Lavigne – Girlfriend
  16. Jason Mraz – I’m Yours
  17. Jason Mraz – If It Kills Me
  18. Christina Aguilera – Candyman
  19. Big Ali, Bob Sinclar & Dollar Man – Rock This Party (Everybody Dance Now)
  20. Duffy – Mercy
  21. Taylor Swift – You’re Not Sorry (CSI Remix)
  22. Keri Hilson feat. Lil’ Wayne – Turnin’ Me On
  23. Nickelback – Burn it to the Ground
  24. Beyonce – Single Ladies (Put a Ring on It)
  25. Kid Cudi – Day ‘n’ Nite

On my iPod I have a playlist of the most recent songs I’ve downloaded so they’re easy to access when I’m in my car. I just took “Let it Rock” and “I Know You Want Me” off! And “Crazy Bitch?” I can’t even remember the last time I listened to that one!

I’m surprised more Lady Gaga didn’t pop up on that list since that’s who’s stuck in my head at the moment. I’m LOVING The Fame Monster!

Any songs stuck in YOUR head right now?

Friday Food – Lasagna!

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Lasagna is probably the dish that I have mastered. I can pull off an amazing batch of hot, flavourful lasagna every time I make it. The best thing? It’s Kyle’s favourite, so that can’t hurt either! He actually first tried my Mom’s lasagna once when he came over for dinner and commented on how good it was. I took that as a sign (how often does the in-law’s cooking gets props?) and got my mom’s recipe, which is amazingly easy but SO delicious.

I figured I haven’t featured a recipe in a while, so here we go!

Ingredients:

  • 9 lasagna noodles (pre-cooked to Al Dante, but I use the oven-ready ones!)
  • One lb of hambuger
  • 1/2 an onion, diced
  • 3 large garlic cloves, minced
  • 766 mL canned diced tomatoes (A little more than three cups)
  • 680 mL tomato sauce (About 2 3/4 cups)
  • Italian seasoning
  • Dill weed (I use the dry stuff)
  • Dash o’ salt
  • 250 mL cottage cheese
  • One bunch of fresh (Not frozen!) spinach (I buy the big packs for yummy salad later!)
  • Grated cheese to top it all off!

Brown up your hamburger and then add the onions and garlic. Cook until nice and frangrant!

Add your diced tomatoes and tomato sauce next and mix it all together! Then add your salt, Italian seasoning and dill weed. I don’t measure the Italian seasoning or dill weed, but it looks like it could be about 4 tablespoons of Italian seasoning and 1 tablespoon of dill. (You can always adjust to your own personal tastes!)

Let everything simmer for at least 2 hours to give the flavours a chance to say “Hello” and blend together. Then it’s time to start building!

Preheat your oven to 35o Fahrenheit.

Prep a rectangle-shaped casserole pan with a little cooking spray. (Helps make for easier clean-up!) Then add a enough sauce to the bottom of the pan so the bottom is just covered. Then it goes like this:

  1. Three noodles
  2. Sauce
  3. Cottage cheese
  4. Three more noodles
  5. Sauce
  6. Spinach (I use one nice layer that just covers all the sauce)
  7. Noodles
  8. Sauce
  9. CHEESE!

Pop that in the oven for 30 minutes and you’re good to go! It’s delicious, pretty easy and makes your house smell yummy! Enjoy!

Happy weekend! I’m heading to Vancouver tomorrow, so there may not be a post for Monday :D A little blogging break is good every once in a while, right?

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