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What’s in My Purse?

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Idea from Angela at Craving Cupcakes

They say the content of a woman’s purse is a mystery. (Okay, maybe they don’t say that, but sometimes you gotta wonder!) It seems like I have a lot of stuff in my purse, but it’s a big freaking purse!

  1. Tampons. Yeah. We’ll get that one out of the way early, shall we? At least they’re hidden in an awesome case!
  2. Re-usable cloth bag from Target. My grandma gave it to me. I actually use it, except for when I’m actually grocery shopping. Heh.
  3. Tide To-Go pen. Accidents happen.
  4. Advil. Headaches happen.
  5. Hair brush. You gotta keep the mane tame!
  6. Change purse. I keep my change for parking in this bad boy (girl?)
  7. Wallet. My mom gave this to me for Christmas a couple years ago. Very rarely does it actually contain money. My boss has the matching purse, lol.
  8. Kleenex. My nose runs a lot.
  9. Allergy pills. Just in casei have an allergic reaction to anything random.
  10. Sunglasses. They used to be in a little cloth pouch, but they fell out all the time. I bought this bad boy to keep them from getting scratched.
  11. Halls. I had a cold and my throat was soooore. Cherry Halls to the rescue!
  12. Lemongrass lotion. I got this at the Hyatt Regency in Vancouver. Smells SOOO good :)
  13. Hand sanitizer. Things are gross. Hands get dirty. Problem solved!
  14. Cellphone. It’s an LG Rumour. Shazam!
  15. Swedish Berries & hair elastic. I took the berries to work but didn’t eat them all. The elastic kept the berries from escaping into the abyss of my purse.
  16. A pen. You know, for writing stuff.
  17. A notepad. Sometimes I leave love letters on people’s windshields.
  18. Gum! Fresh breath is nice to have, and it apparently strengthens the enamel on my teeth. Win-win!
  19. Work keys and USB memory stick. Also attached is a Canucks bottle opener.
  20. Chapstick. A must-have!
  21. TRU lanyard and all my other keys. They include house, car and truck.
  22. Some random receipt. Not too sure where it’s from. Movie theatre maybe?
  23. Earplugs. Not so I don’t have to listen to people, but so I don’t go deaf at the gun range. Heh heh.

So, what kind of surprises are in YOUR bag, hmm?

Friday Food: Yam Fry Adventure

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Instead of posting a recipe for today (mostly because I don’t have one …) I decided to make yam fries, as per the recipe posted here on Kyla Roma‘s wonderful blog. (If you haven’t checked it out yet, you probably should!)

I’ve never made yam fries before, but they’re freaking dee-lish (Rachael Ray whaaa?) so I figured I’d be all domestic and make them from scratch.

First, it started off with peeling the freak-of-nature giant yam (FONGY):

This guy was huge! Kyla’s recipe called for two medium yams, but the grocery store only had steroid-sized ones. They aren’t easy to peel either, with all the funny dips and bumps.

So after peeling, it was time to cut into fry-sized pieces, and I managed to do so without losing any of my fingers; Good thing too, as I was home alone and probably wouldn’t have been able to drive myself to the hospital. I put them in a bowl as I prepped the “glaze”:

The glaze consisted of olive oil, maple syrup and cayenne pepper. (Note to self: cayenne pepper, like many other peppers, will make you sneeze if anywhere near the nose.) I honestly didn’t think it was going to be enough to coat the julienned FONGY, but it did quite nicely! Here’s le glaze:

I also noticed that the syrup comes right off the tablespoon if you use it for the oil first! Yay!

It was now time to toss my fries onto my baking sheet and spread ’em out nice and even like. I thought I was going to need a bigger sheet, but it worked out okay!

So from there they went into the oven for 30 minutes, with a quick toss half way. While I was waiting for them to cook, I made the yummy sauce consisting of mayonnaise, ketchup, hot sauce, cayenne and lemon juice. It was really tasty!

My fries came out of the oven a little mushy but still AMAZING. A couple got stuck to my baking sheet where I didn’t hit it with cooking spray but there was so much for little ol’ me to me!

So final verdict! AWESOME! I may have added a little too much cayenne as it was slightly spicy (or maybe that was the powder stuck in my  nose) but over all, they were really good and EASY to make! Thanks Kyla for sharing that with everyone!

Do you like yam fries?

If I were …

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Borrowed from the lovely Craving Cupcakes blog :)

If I were a month, I’d be May.

If I were a day of the week, I’d be Friday.

If I were a time of day, I’d be 5pm.

If I were a planet, I’d be Neptune:

If I were a sea animal, I’d be a seal:


If I were a direction, I’d be West.

If I were a piece of furniture, I’d be a chaise:

If I were a liquid, I’d be a shot of espresso.

If I were a gemstone, I’d be an emerald.

If I were a tree, I’d be an oak.

If I were a tool, I’d be a welding machine.

If I were a flower, I’d be a Gerbera:

If I were a kind of weather, I’d be a warm spring afternoon.

If I were a musical instrument, I’d be a piano.

If I were a color, I’d be yellow.

If I were an emotion, I’d be love.

If I were a fruit, I’d be a grape.

If I were a sound, I’d be bass.

If I were an element, I’d be Earth.

If I were a car, I’d be a yellow sports car.

If I were a food, I’d be pasta:

If I were a place, I’d be Bora Bora:

If I were a material, I’d be high thread count cotton.

If I were a taste, I’d be sweet and salty.

If I were a scent, I’d be vanilla.

If I were an object, I’d be a notepad.

If I were a body part, I’d be the eyes.

If I were a facial expression, I’d be a scowl.

If I were a song, I’d be Everything I Do (I Do It For You).

If I were a pair of shoes, I’d be your favourite, comfiest pair.

Images found here, here, here, here, here and here.