What’s up, what’s up?
I want to share with you a little something that goes on in our household every morning. It’s called The Waking Of The Children.
It goes something like this:
Mama D: SABRINA!!! TIME TO GET UP!
Whit: SABRINA! GET OUT OF THE BED!
Mama D: Whitney, hush.
Me: Well, she won’t get up!
Sabrina: mrrmmph
And so the vicious cycle repeats itself.
Again.
And again.
And again.
Until…
this happens:
bump.
bump.
bump.
A train, Cecily in front, being steered by the engineer from behind, comes barreling down the stairs.
I wish I had more pictures to share of this incredible event, but alas, I grabbed my green smoothie and headed out the door to start my own day. [and for the record, I am notoriously hard to get out of bed as well.]
I am bringing sexy back all my old breakfasts back! Can’t believe I haven’t had a green monster in what seems like forever!
In the TALL cup:
- banana
- protein powder
- rice milk
- spinach
- frozen fruit mix
When ‘What Not To Wear’ came on at lunch, I was armed and ready:
‘What to eat’? That’s my show!
Start with a filet of tilapia.
[which would be preferably at the freshest you can find it, and not sitting in your freezer for God knows how long.]
Add a few peas and some rice on the side:
[if they are leftovers you have managed to reheat, you get extra points for recycling.]
Take those extra points and redeem them for dessert:
[Chocolate, oh my!]
Spend the rest of your day planning dinner, because it is most likely going to be fabulous.
You, see you get to dine with celebrities. 😉
Holly, of HealthyEverythingtarian fame was in town visiting friends. I of course took it upon myself to whisk her away from them and off to dinner at Blu Basil.
Meredith, Jessie and Stacey joined us.
Oh, I was making certain I was in that photo, for sure! Look at my obnoxious head. [Believe it or not, I can be pretty obnoxious.]
Obnoxiously, I took the liberty of ordering an appetizer for the entire table, never asking what anyone preferred.
Olive hummus + flatbread.
I’m going to go ahead and be obnoxious again and tell you it was delicious, and no one complained.
I had texted Holly earlier with this message: B-nut squash ravioli in t-minus 2 hours.
Of course making such a bold statement as that, I could be expected to do nothing besides order butternut squash ravioli.
Thank goodness it too was delicious, because apparently my obnoxious text had compelled Holly to do the same.
[sorry for the lighting. She’s really not purple.]
Also on the menu for tonight was dessert. After an long winded perusal of the display case [yes we DID], and some hard lobbying on my part for the tiramisu, it was decided that we should have tiramisu, turtle cheesecake and triple chocolate cake.
In order:
[just call this next series ‘Holly Models Cake’]
Marisa Miller ain’t got nothing on this girl, except the affections of Snooki.
Jessie and Stacey left us after dinner, but not without many hugs and well wishes. Left to our own devices Mere, Holly and I hit up the local Marshalls.
Coming soon to a beach near you:
With a special appearance at the Kentucky Derby:
Then they kicked us out of Marshalls.
Sad to call it a night, I dropped Holly off at her friend’s house, making her promise we would hang out again before she leaves this weekend.
See? Obnoxious.
OMG…I LOVE YOU! and why we don’t live in the same city is totes beyond me? that ain’t right. your motor mouth + my add make for a killer combination – that’s all i have to say about that.
thank you for a fab evening, driving, taking pics for me, introducing me to duck shoes, never taking family vacations and understanding that being a single lady is quite fabulous.
love you girl!
was that enough love? now who is the obnoxious one? 🙂
Love. love. love. love.
[oh yes, don’t challenge the obnoxiousness.]
Wow I’m getting old! It’s been like 20-22 years since I went through the morning wake up thing. Except it was usually me getting yelled at and I’m the oldest…lol.
I had almost the same smoothie today except traded the spinach for oatmeal. Just love bananas in a smoothie!
hummus appetizer and butternut squash raviolo? doesn’t get much better than that chicaaaaa
calzones, pancakes, chips and salsa.. MEETUPS WITH AWESOME BLOGGIES?! i have been missing out on your posts lately. thank god i decided to pull an all nighter so i could have one last hurrah with whit’s getting fit. i love you and will miss you!
Yayyyy! I will miss you too! Hurry back from Jamaica, Janetha B.
Haha. Sorry I missed the Marshalls fun! Dinner was a blast 😀 I always love meeting new bloggies!
That thing with your sisters in the morning is hilarious. My sister and I used jab each other with stuffed animals if hollering didn’t work lol. See you Saturday!
Oh yes, you missed out indeed! See you this weekend!
hahahhh what a fun night!
That is too funny about your sister in the morning too. I have an older sister and that was a daily morning occurrence on school days.
Sara
http://www.findingbalanceandbliss.wordpress.com
Love the cake model series! What a glorious blogger meet up. Is it supposed to snow in North Carolina this weekend? Hope it does for your sake!
It’s supposed to do ice/sleet stuff. It’s raining HARD right now. 😦 We have weird winter weather.
WHIT!
I meant to email you last week. Love your new cut. It’s so cute. Very “Posh”.
Gonna try that breakfast cookie deal for tomorrow morning. I need some serious switch ups with my meals. Everything is starting to get old. Ugh.
Have a great weekend!!
Thank you, thank you! And bfast cookies are da bomb. So easy and [get this!] READY when you WAKE UP! Can’t beat that.
I totally haven’t had a green monster in forever too, and I have no idea why 😦
LOVE the hat picture! And the cheesecake looks amazing 😉
I love the Derby hat photos! So awesome 🙂
Great night!!
Tiramisu is my favorite and that slice looks amazing!!
so fun!!! love the meet ups all over blogosphere…too funny about the morning routine, same thing happened in my house when we were younger!
I would love some of that b-nut squash in t-2 hours 🙂
The hummus was amazing, as are you. It was great to finally meet you! I am definitely looking forward to hanging out again in the future.
Great to meet you as well, and more meet ups are a MUST! So fun, girl!
Haha I can’t believe you’ve gotten kicked out of Marshall’s! I’ve been threatened at Claire’s before, but never kicked out. You are so bad@ss, I love it.
What a fab fun bloggie meet-up! You ladies are all gorg!
Oh, that may be slightly misleading…they were closing, so I said kicked out, just meaning they kept announcing very loudly over the speakers to leave.
Tiramisu looks amazing to me right now- it’s the one non-chocolate dessert I crave on a somewhat regular basis… mmmm
ah, what a fun night!!! all the food looks great, and the company looks even better 🙂
What a fun night. I love being crazy with the ladies. I have never had tiramisu before and never will… too many addictions as it is. That butternut ravioli dish looks divine.
P.S. You should feel special that my sister comments on your blog. She NEVER does that. SHe’s a reader but never comments.
Oh, I do feel special, I do! 😉
Really, you should try tiramisu. Just once.
Talk about a fabulous and fun globbie get together. I think we all wish we could have been there. 🙂
LOL!!! Girl, you crack me up. Seriously.
Anything with butternut squash is OBVIOUSLY the way to go. Also, how to you cook your tilapia? Whenever I try, it ends up dry. I’m usually pretty good at cooking fish (normally I sear it, occasionally I broil or bake it), but tilapia is the one that I can’t figure out.
Christine, I usually just pan sear it with a little olive oil. [can you sear and use oil? idk] I also season it with lemon juice and salt and pepper. I never have a problem with it being dry!
OMG – buttnut squash ravioli? I must try this at once. Time to hone my mad homemade pasta skills!!
Becky
http://flybynyght.wordpress.com
That restaurant looks so amazing! I wish I could have been a fly on the wall during that dinner. Or really, just been there at the table as a human. That would have been infinitely better.
I wish you had been at that table as a human as well. Infinitely better, for certain!
Our daughter does the same “dance” down the stairs. She thinks she so stealth about it too. To quote Bill Cosby, she “doesn’t yet realize that sound travels”.
haha, I love it!
FUN! FUN! FUN!
AHH soo fun.. you guys are adorable 😉
you da SWEETEST girl eva!
okay if i ever go to charlotte we are SO eating there bc im a loser and looked at their menu and it looks totally delish! and your posts are hilarious..that hat is SO you! you should totally get it! baha 🙂
If you come for my birthday I will treat you to a dinner a Blu Basil. 😉
I think I have a permanent indent in my butt from taking one too many “train rides” down the stairs. Totally worth it – it’s a good time!
blogggggggggggggies!! love y’all!
AHHHH I LOVE YOU GUYS!!!!!!! SO FUN SO FUN SO FUN! CAN’T WAIT TIL DA DAY WE ALL REUNITE AND RUN AND EAT AND DO DA DAMN THANG ON THE DANCE FLOOR. EEEEK YOU GUYS ARE ACTUALLY MY SOULMATES… 3 DESSERTS?!?!?1 HEELLSSS YESSSSS
YES!!! WE NEED TO MAKE CERTAIN PLANS. I HAVE TAX REFUND MONEY. HOLLA!
hahah looks like you guys had SO much fun!! holly is awesome and …yes…FUN!!! I love the pictures of shopping…hehehe super cute!!
Awh…I’m so jealous that you all are able to meet up like that. It would be so much fun to have the chance to join you guys! You’re just like me 🙂
Hope you had a great weekend, Whit! 🙂