Back in February (the 9th, to be exact) I did a list of 13 things in my house. I said the second 13 would be up the following week…hmmm…eight weeks later, here it is!

13 things I have in my home, continuing with the letter N:

N – Napkins, cloth & paper. Usually the paper ones have flip flops on them, or crabs…I don’t usually buy (or use) napkins anymore.
O – Oatmeal! Steel cut oats are my favorite, but I’m not above a bowl of quick oats…although lately I’m really digging overnight oats!
P – People, usually just two, sometimes more
Q – Quinoa, my few go-to grain, I love the little teeny curls!
R – Recipes, many, many recipes, in books, on pieces of paper, stuffed into folders. What’s your latest favorite recipe?
S – shiba inu, of course! A live one and lots of pictures of them, and stuffed animals, and felted ones, even a Christmas ornament or two
T – Toilet! What home would be complete without one in this day and age? Hmmm…I had a dream last night about an old friend…went to visit him in CA and he didn’t like toilets, so he had come up with a new idea, and all you had to do was sit on a screen like wooden thing and there was something underneath you that cleaned it all up. Weird, eh?
U – Underwear, lots and lots and lots. I might have a problem LOL!
V – Vittles. Although the freezer is looking mightly empty lately, but I kind of like that!
W – Wishes. Wishes for love, for happiness, for peace (sometimes for quiet), for abundance of good, and a lack of sorrow.
X – Xylitol, which is a toothpaste ingredient that clinical studies show aids in preventing cavities and gingivitis. Hey, I’m all for that!
Y – Yachts! No, no there are no yachts in my house, or near my house, for that matter. There are lots of yams! Have you roasted a yam, tossed with a bit of olive oil, salt & pepper? OH YUM!!!
Z – Zippers, and all of them work!!!

And for getting through that list, here’s a bonus picture of Wolf looking so damn cute at the beach last weekend:

This week’s theme over at The Saturday Photo Hunt is “Texture”.

look at the texture of this…thing…I found at the beach!

Awhile back, on sniqueaway.com, I got a great deal for a hotel Washington, DC. In the Capitol Hill area. Within walking distance of all the museums. On the cheap. A nice getaway for us, I thought.

Yeah.

Well, you know what? We took Dave’s 14 year old grandson with it, and it was a GREAT getaway! We walked and walked and walked and walked (I had blisters on my blisters). The grandson and I rented bikes and rode around for a couple hours. We introduced him to Popeye’s fried chicken. I went to the Cherry Blossom Festival and parade, while the boys went to Ford Theater and a couple of the museums. We had amazing meals…shrimp and grits for me both nights LOL

My only disappointment was that the Julia Child exhibit was closed! That was one of the reasons I wanted to go. But…still…had a lot of fun!

yeah, sorry, I’m 12, this made me laugh!

Derfs!

by night

the Capitol x 2

lovely xxdirty martini I had at the restaurant in the hotel…delish!

Ford Theater…anyone know what happened there?

I was OH SO PSYCHED to spy this place on the walk to the Japanese festival…it was my favorite little bakery in Paris!

The Navy…for Aislinn!

Okonamiyaki!!! One of my favorite Japanese treats!

shiba notebook!!!

Korean war memorial. This was my first time seeing it…breathtaking!

the boys Love them!

Are they any phrases that your significant other uses that drive you batshit?

There is only one (yes I’m lucky) that Dave uses that not only drove me batshit, but we actually had words over. That phrase is: “don’t worry about it.” Four simple words, right? Might not cause you to blink an eye. But…OMG! If you want to stir up my red headed temper, go ahead…say those words to me.

The funniest thing is…I have no idea WHY it drives me crazy! Maybe because when he used to (get that? “used to”) use those words it would be when I was on him about his smoking…or his driving…or some other health related issue (and if you ever saw his driving you’d KNOW it was a health related issue LMAO).

Speaking of health related issues, we agree last year that once I lost 30 pounds he’d quit smoking. I stayed with WW until June or so (even going to weigh in on vacations down the cape, in CT and in NYC). Then…I fell off the bandwagon. Why? I don’t know. Gained back everything I lost, too. damnitalltohell

The beginning of this year, I decided to weigh myself each Monday on the WW scale here at work. Up and down, up and down, up and down until I decided to go back on WW on 3/26/12. Since then, I have consistently lost (except the 4/16 weigh in…I had Popeye’s twice when we were in DC. But I did learn from that. I learned that I don’t have to have two pieces of Popeye’s and a whole biscuit…that I can have one piece and half a biscuit and enjoy it more, perhaps, than I would two!).

I’m almost a third of the way to my 30 pound loss, so Dave better get ready!

This week’s theme over at The Saturday Photo Hunt is “Reflect”.

My legs, reflect[ed] in a window

Also, many things reflect in one!