Sometimes (Day)Dreams Come True

I just watched the ambulance driver across the street crash into the side of the garage while backing the ambulance in! I've been waiting for months for them to hit something! (Not because I'm a vengeful and horrible person, just because that ambulance is huge! It's inevitable.) I’m glad I’m not the only one who doesn’t always use my rearview mirrors to their full and intended capacity. His lack of steering ability could have stemmed from the fact that it snowed, again. Just enough to make getting out of our driveway impossible. We shoveled last night and this morning and tried to chip the ice away, but no luck. I’m ready to move before next winter, to a house with a short, flat driveway, where we won’t have to spend hours digging ourselves out. Maybe the house will also be in Florida, where it doesn’t snow! I just kept thinking, I can’t slip on this ice and bruise my tailbone, because we’re racing next weekend! I also keep thinking that shoveling should burn a lot of calories--the exertion from shoveling + the rage that I feel that I need to be shoveling in March!

Luckily, I made some comfort food last night, shepherd’s pie. I modified my recipe from Frisky Lemon.

Basically, I didn’t add peas, and I just used grilled sweet potatoes, peeled and mushed with a fork, for the topping—they’re so good on their own, why would you need to add milk and all that other stuff? I’m not a fan of mushrooms, but they’re all blended in, so you don’t really notice them. Last time I also added spinach, but I was too lazy to wait for it to wilt, so not this time. I also made salad dressing: 1 pear, 5 strawberries, 2 T apple cider vinegar, and about ¾ C light tasting olive oil. It’s so sweet from the fruit that you don’t have to add sugar! Delicious! 

Today, I had a "monkey bowl" at lunch (found that term on Pinterest), which is bananas, coconut, pecans, raisins, and a few milk chocolate chips. It's my favorite thing right now. Sometimes I use cashews or peanut butter instead of the pecans. I chop up the banana and eat it with a spoon. I think I've posted about it pretty much everywhere else, so I'll add my recommendation here and make your world complete.