WoW

Sorry, instead of keeping up with this... I have been playing World of Warcraft instead. Tomorrow will begin a new day of blogging.

I didn't forget!

I didn't forget about this blog... but I've been eating the same leftover chicken for like four days. Do you really want to see that?

The patio is supposed to be ballin'

Woke up. Another ten cups of coffee in my veins. It felt like the longest day ever in its entirety. Let's find out why.

Water Street Brewfest

Got to work and discovered that my section was the patio for once. Yay! Not so yay. It was too hot and no one wanted to sit outside. I only had four tables. How disappointing. The patio is usually hoppin' and I should have been able to make it rain. Spoiler: I didn't. I didn't even get sat for the first hour of work. Not to mention before that I was moving tables and sweating balls in the back because the carpets got cleaned so we had to move everything back. It's ok, though. I got a chance to eat breakfast.

Watermelon. I mean, we have about 400 pounds of it in the fridge. Why not?

My favorite thing that happened during my whole shift was when my first table asked me how I was. I told them I would probably be hot in a minute. What do you want from me? Outside was hot and humid. As evidenced by four tables. It's ok, though. I got an email and a phone call about my resume, so something must be pulling in my favor.

Sad news of the day: I had to take my hedgehog to the humane society =( I just couldn't give him the attention he needed with the hours I work. I'm the worst kind of person, returning him to the place I got him from. I really hope that he goes somewhere where he can get the love and attention he deserves. 

Home

I got home from all my adventures at about 3 and sat on the couch, debating between a shower or a nap. I made a sandwich instead. Boar's Head maple honey turkey, gouda cheese, and some light mayo on an everything bagel thin.

Just when I was about to go take a nap, Leah knocks on the front door. I told her my brother wasn't home. She came in anyway and my brother arrived about five minutes later. This girl is like a vampire. Once you invite her in... =P

They were going to go to the Johnson Creek outlet mall. I was all, hey I made $23 today; why don't I come along and spend some money too? So that's what happened instead of doing either of the things I wanted.

Quizno's

First of all, I didn't even know this place was still around. I don't think I've even eaten at a Quizno's since 2004 or 2005. Second of all, still not impressed, though they have a much bigger selection than they did 500 years ago last time I was there.

Greek chicken flatbread sandwich. It was ok. I don't think I'll be hitting up a Quizno's any time in the near - or far - future.

Brother's truck

Just nibblin' on some sea salt and vinegar chips on the way to shopping. NBD. And in case anyone was wondering, sea salt and vinegar is the best flavor for chips.

I bought a thousand earrings, one set involving breakfast foods, and a couple bracelets. I didn't find one clothing item that I wanted to buy, which is weird for me. Or maybe it was because I couldn't justify spending $35 at an OUTLET MALL on a skirt.

Delafield Brewhaus

I met up with my pal Curt at this wonderful establishment. We shared a beer sampler and I got some tasty buffalo chicken tenders. They weren't very impressive. It may also be because we got there an hour before they closed. 

His appetizer was definitely more tasty than mine. Battered mushrooms. I just had to have one... or two...

Apologies for the lighting in both of these.

All in all it was a productive day. I didn't even get to do any of the things I originally wanted to.

10 cups of coffee for breakfast

I spent this entire day off taking care of adult things and posting my resume on every job site imaginable. I was also left with the question, why is it so hard to find out where my student loans come from? I had to call three different places. Shut the front door. I should only have to call one place, and that one place should be the place from whence my loans came. 

During this time, I enjoyed about ten cups of coffee. Mostly because I like coffee, but even more so because I can't talk to people unless I've had at least six cups (relax, the mugs I drink out of hold two cups, so it was only three mugs). 

Nathan was watching Pitch Black last night. I told him to stop because I wanted to watch it too. I even enticed him with the prospect of me making dinner and watching it. He agreed. He finished watching it anyway. Sneaky. I still made him dinner, since I am so wonderful.

Nathan's

Went to Best Buy on the way to the grocery store. I saw about a million display laptops hanging out, connected to the internet. The only logical thing to do was leave my blog on all of them. We headed to the grocery store. Bought a ton of salad goodies, and also chips and salsa since we wouldn't make it through the salad prepping phase without nourishment.

Chips and salsa while the chicken finished pan frying. I don't know how I didn't know this already, and maybe I did but forgot, but plain chicken is really bland. Anyway. 

Here's the salad. It was a really tasty summertime salad. Here's what I used:

Summer Chicken Salad (better name later?)

1 head red lettuce

~2 chicken breasts, cooked however you want

strawberries

raspberries

blueberries

cucumber

red onion

shredded cheese of choice

dressing of choice (we used parmesan peppercorn)

Then we watched Pitch Black. I'm still not sure how I feel about Vin Diesel about an actor. I think it's because Vin Diesel sounds like a porn name to me, but maybe that's just me. I liked the movie though. I just wanted to see the aliens, but maybe it's best left to the imagination. I was kind of upset at the end of the movie. Watch it if you haven't seen it and then you will know why.

Home

I arrived home and was kind of hungry. I raided the fridge and knew it was summer.

Dad cut up a watermelon.

Sunday Funday

So after work last night, my brother had some people over. I also had some people over. We mostly just sat outside, enjoyed a few adult beverages, swam, and went in the sauna. It was a really fun night and I'm not sure how Nathan still likes me after seeing me wake up in the morning. We cleaned and went to breakfast.

Spring City

Again with the bloodies, coffee, and water. First of all, it was the best day ever when I saw apple cinnamon jelly. Second, I still have no idea where Nathan puts all his food. Here are some wonderful pictures of me eating things.

Sausages and eggs and toast and hash browns - oh my! And my cousin making a wonderful guest appearance. Two eggs, over hard, with sausage links, sour dough toast, and hash browns. Yummo! 

We then went on a mission to dispose of the evidence from the weekend. You can see post-breakfast shenanigans here: Dancing (also make sure you check out other videos on my channel... it's something else I'm working on. There's even one from breakfast!).

Patio at home

Leah came over after work yesterday and Zach went to purchase chicken and potato salad for dinner. She basically ate the entire two pounds of potato salad on her own. 

There I am with one of the few forkfuls I got of deluxe potato salad. I don't care how much I detest Sentry, that is pretty much the best potato salad in the world. I'm also an uncivilized human, so I don't wait for knives to cut into the chicken with. My brother definitely grills the best Cajun chicken. So juicy and spicy. 

We cleaned up the patio, then decided it was time for ice cream.

LeDuc's

The greatest thing I could ever see at a frozen custard place is the flavor of the day being Blue Moon. I don't even need time to think when it comes to Blue Moon. This is the exact conversation that happened when I went up to the window:

Girl: Welcome to LeDuc's, how may I help you?

Me: I need some fries and three scoops of Blue Moon with a cone on top of it.

And all my dreams came true.

Blue Moon. That is all that needs to be said about the frozen custard of deliciousness. And fries. I was regretting the fry decision. Oh, who am I kidding? No I wasn't. Fries are pretty much my weakness. I don't care how bad they are. Sour cream and chive fries, cheese fries, sweet potato fries... ALL THE FRIES!!!

Slowest Saturday ever

I am so tired today. My parents went out of town and I couldn't sleep because my brother had people over, two of which I didn't know, so I'm laying in bed worrying about if anything is going to get broken or stolen or if they were drinking too much and they would crash their car on the way home. You know, just petty stuff like that.

Couch at home

I woke up later than I usually do, so I only had time for eight cups of coffee. And this.

A delectable low-cal English muffin with crunchy peanut butter. I know I have previously stated this, but crunchy peanut butter is the only kind of peanut butter. Smooth? Who even likes smooth peanut butter? It's a waste of peanuts if you ask me.

Went to work for a decent lunch shift. Nathan came with a stack of froyo coupons for his place and I was rid of them in a short amount of time. Us girls, we love our froyo. You guessed it - none of the guys wanted them. That's fine. More for us. 

Froyo

Leah decided that we just had to go to BerrySimple on our break since I handed out the coups. Nathan told me about this caramel turtle flavor by describing it as "effin raw." So... do I eat it? Yes. Yes I ate it. I died and went somewhere wonderful when it hit my lips.

Chocolate Caramel Turtle flavor with pecans and white chocolate chips. Go eat it. You will thank me. 

Home

Stopped at Jimmy John's before froyo. Ate it after we got back to the house. Like a boss.

Here we see a wild #6 vegetarian in its natural habitat, its natural habitat being my digestive system. I kind of did it my own way though: extra tomatoes, extra cucumbers, add onion, add hot pepper, no mayo, add dijon. Yum yum yum! Except the cucumbers tasted kind of bitter so I ended up pulling all of them off =(

And then we went back to work, where we experienced the slowest Saturday of our lives. I think Leah only had two tables and I wasn't even busy once. Didn't even meet my tip out goal. 

Happy birthday, Sam!

I wasn't hungry this morning, so I just enjoyed about ten cups of coffee instead of eating. Until I arrived at work. It is my manager, Sam's, birthday today. There was Starbucks (of which I did not partake) and homemade birthday cupcakes! 

Water Street Breweryyyy

Fatty with a cupcake. 

Home

I came home on break, but I had Cousins with me. Mmm hmmm. For my favorite subs, it's definitely a close race between Cousins and Jimmy John's. I have to have the Jimmy love. I used to work for the elephant hunter. Even if I don't support Jimmy's wild safaris, I will eat the soul out of any of the subs there. That's right. The soul.

Turkey sub, light mayo with no salt. Turkey is already salty enough. I don't need more salt. At least I'm in the enclosed tonight. I should be done at a relatively sane time.

Dwelling

After a somewhat lame shift (though I did meet my tip out goal), I arrived home to find dog pee all over the floor. For those who are uninformed, my dog Cleo is 13 1/2 and has to wear a diaper, lest she piss where she pleases. But alas, there, on the counter, were chicken enchiladas.

Yup. And now I am sitting on the couch. The exciting life I lead. You're jealous, I know.

The roughest day

Another day off. Michelle and Nathan came over last night. He met the parentals and the brother. At least he wasn't scared. I don't think. We imbibed a bit. Slept til 9 this morning, laid in bed until 10 (Michelle and me, for clarification), went to breakfast at 11.

Spring City Restaurant

This was an interesting time. We promptly ordered Bloody Marys, water, and I added a coffee. I needed all those things, very obviously. We had a very interesting server, to say the least. He dropped off the Bloodies and told us it was party time. We were all #yolo. I told him that my delicious breakfast was going to make an appearance in my blog. He inquired, I left him the address. I don't think he's going to check it out, even though I did leave some fantastic artwork on the receipt, which was a stick figure (me before I eat things) and a whale (me after I eat things).

Sour dough toast totally trumps the healthier wheat option. Don't even care. American fries instead of hash browns was a fabulous choice. I then enjoyed a Western omelette with Swiss cheese that suspiciously resembled AMERICAN CHEESE. We sat and giggled for awhile, the loudest people in the fine establishment. 

We then went shopping at Goodwill. It was the best experience of my life. Mostly because this happened:

I know this isn't me eating anything, but I just had to share it. Total expenditure: $4.47 (this included A Goofy Movie VHS, a book, a saber tooth tiger, and the Nine Days album from 2000).

BerrySimple <-- go like this FaceBook page.

I was supposed to meet Nathan at the froyo he is partners in at 7:30. THEY HAVE DELICIOUS FLAVORS. Like red velvet cheesecake. My two favorite kinds of cake (I don't care, I still think cheesecake is a pie, even if it technically isn't). 

Red velvet cheesecake with graham cracker pieces. Ate the shizz out of that froyo. And if any of you have stumbled upon this because of the massive wall message I left at BerrySimple, you are my new favorite people.

Fuzzy's

The only good thing about a Tuesday or Thursday night is wings. Wingswingswings. I usually go to the good ol' Sports Page, but neither one of us felt like driving out there, so we hit up Fuzzy's (sorry I tried to link to their website but they don't have one) in downtown Waukesha. Not sure how I feel about the establishment, the waitress was kind of short (as in snappy), but the wings came out in a timely fashion and were delicious.

Nathan's arm has made another stunning cameo. I'm just trying to eat my parmesan garlic wings. I was not upset with the flavor choice. It was a dry rub instead of sauce, which sometimes I prefer, as I did this fine evening. After dinner, we went back to Nathan's and he played guitar and serenaded =) What a relaxing night. 

#firstworldproblems

I hate to inform everyone, but today is one of those days. Just overall blah. It's cloudy, I worked for about three hours, and I just got home from getting a haircut/eyebrow wax. And now... I want to go to the gym, but I also want to take a nap. But then I also want to make dinner, but I don't have anyone to make dinner for. #firstworldproblems

House

Breakfast was a mug full of generic Cheerios. A feast for kings. I basically had to eat and run since I had flower duty (I hate that word, but it most accurately describes my job) this morning, so I had to leave early to get to the store so I could be to work on time and so everyone else could cut the stems off the flowers and ferns and get them to the tables for decor which is pleasing to the eye.

Work

However, I made a separate purchase while at the store. It's one of those days.

CHOCOLATE!!! In the form of a Twix bar. I know all of you are worried. Don't fret, I didn't eat them together like that. Do I look like some kind of noob? One at a time, one at a time.

Work was slow and I was cut by 12:30. I went shopping for nail polish after work and came back with six new colors. I have such a rough life, I don't know how I keep myself together sometimes.

Back home one more time

I got home with about 45 minutes before I had to leave again to get my hurr did. So I looked in the fridge and this is what I found:

Some rotisserie chicken. I'm trying my best to be civilized, but I just don't want to get the BBQ sauce I put on it on my fingers. Spoiler: it didn't work.

Nathan's Casa

Went over to Nathan's. Made him and his roommate dinner. I enjoyed the scraps.

Apparently the boyfriend thinks garlic bread goes real well with chili. I'm still unsure about this, so I ate the garlic bread by itself. Then I shoved chili into that gaping hole which is my mouth. Here, you can even have the recipe. Everything is pretty vague, mostly because everything is to taste:

Kaylan's Fantastic Chili of Deliciousness

2-3 lbs ground beef/pork/turkey/whatever you want

2-3 large cans of petite diced tomatoes

1-2 packs of chili seasoning

1-2 red/green/yellow bell peppers

1/2-1 onion 

1 bag frozen corn

1 can pinto beans

1 can black beans

NO KIDNEY BEANS EW.

fresh minced garlic, but the dry stuff works if you're in a pinch

any kind of chili powder (mild or hot)

cayenne pepper

salt

pepper

sour cream and shredded cheese of your choice for garnish

Double double double

Double today. Seeing a double on Tuesday is almost as bad as seeing a double on a Monday. And being a double on a Tuesday is almost as bad seeing a flower next to your name on a Wednesday (which I have the privilege doing tomorrow). That means I have to leave for work earlier than usual =(

House

I played around with some of the camera effects on my phone this morning. I was getting kind of bored with the regular camera. I opted to give everyone an action shot of the banana this morning, as well as the blueberry Chobani yogurt I was shoving in my hole this morning. 

I get to go between shifts and buy a new nose ring since the jewel decided to fall out of it sometime between leaving for The Great Gatsby and returning home.

Home on break

Well I went and got some new nose jewelry. Tried to put one in and I think it's a little too curved because the hole started bleeding. I opted to shove a stud in that I have had since back in the day and hope that the hole doesn't start closing around the end of the stud. Whatever.

I found some tasty treats in the fridge. There was some bread. There is nothing worse than cold bread. I ate it anyway. But then the thing happened that I was waiting for - ribs. Ribs ribs ribs. There is every part of me that does not want to go back to work.

I didn't eat anything while I was at work so I will just continue this one. I was at work for 4 hours. Three tables, making it a whopping six tables all day long. I eventually gave my section to someone else because it definitely wasn't even worth it anymore today. I expoed food for the remainder of my night. 

Mom brought home some broccoli salad and turkey wraps from Sam's Club on a earlier excursion of hers this afternoon. What a boring day. I'm going to pet the dogs.

Days off are so wonderful

I had a day off yesterday. It was really nice; I got to sleep in, I leveled my WoW character like 5 times, I went to the gym... it was pretty solid. The best part was seeing The Great Gatsby and having dinner after with Nathan. I don't know why people said that movie was bad. It was actually really good. The soundtrack was a little odd, but I guess they had to modernize it somehow. The costumes were great and Leo looks amazing in a pink suit. 

Mi Casa

I had to look at this for a second because I was like, WTF am I eating? before I remembered it was my leftover tamale from yesterday. I don't know what was supposed to be in it, since it was mainly just the corn husk and whatever the hell they fill it with. Barely any meat, but if I had to guess, I'd say it was pork. It was ok. Not the best Mazatlan has ever  provided for me, but I will live to see another day, and so will Mazatlan.

We will now skip ahead a few hours to when I came home from the gym. After I got ready I was feeling kind of hungry and there was no way I was going to sit hungry through a 2 1/2 hour movie. 

Chowin' the chicken my brother made on Friday. I put some BBQ on that and it was fantastic. Then I basically had to run out the door for the movie. Which, I will say again, was wonderful.

Texas Roadhouse

This was the second time I've ever been to this establishment, and I still can't get over the delicious sugar rolls and whatever they do to that butter to make it taste like a cinnamon roll. 

There I am, being all skeptical of the roll's deliciousness, and there I am again, not caring about carbs or calories (even though I should have since I had been to the gym earlier in the day). 

 

I'm sorry, but there is no reason the Chicken Critter salad had to be that large. What the hell was I supposed to do with what was clearly about FIVE POUNDS of salad? Eat it until I could not eat it anymore, that's what. The dressing of choice was honey mustard. On the right, you see Nathan stealing some of the chicken, which was the whole reason I ordered the salad in the first place. Stealer. It was sooo good though. I was going to take it home but someone ended up eating most of it. 

After closing down Texas Roadhouse, we went back to my car. We ended up closing down the movie theater too. I left last night with my Claddagh ring flipped the opposite direction =)

Most irritating day

This day had to have been one of the most irritating I've had in awhile. Got home too late (worth it though) and slept too late (mildly upsetting). I had to drink the coffee at work - but that's not the worst part. Oh no. We were on a cleaning spree this morning per the manager. Those of us on the first shift had to clean the serving stations in their entirety. So... the second shift was exempt? Didn't think that was really fair. Whatever. Then I only had 4 tables during my shift. Walked away with $20. Wouldn't have been so bad had I not been there for almost 6 hours. When I left, they were a little busy and one of the managers asked why they were letting the expo (me) go. The other one told her it was because I made $20. I took that and basically stormed out the door. I really wanted chicken dumpling soup, but I really wanted to leave more. I almost smacked a couple walking in right in the face. I was on a war path. Not to mention I was cranky from not eating all day from waking up too late.

Mazatlan

I told Nathan about my crappy day. He immediately asked if I wanted to go get food or make some. I opted for dining out, lest he risk running into my "roommates" and we went to Mazatlan in downtown D$. That's the abbreviation for D Money, which is the nickname for Delafield. After taking about ten minutes to decide what we wanted, we finally ordered. There were too many good pictures, so I almost feel like I need to include all of them...

I guess I'll start with the chips and salsa. The chips were a little sweet/something I can't pinpoint, but the salsa was pretty good. I liked the flavor of the hot salsa with the mild salsa. Then I ordered an enchilada/tamale combo with beans and rice. SO CHEESY.

 

Look at all that cheesy goodness. I was skeptical at first, but being the Wisconsinite I am, I eventually gave in and even though I didn't know where to start, I ate all that cheese like a champ. Then the rest of the food. I was eating the enchilada, as seen in the top right image. I couldn't eat the tamale. Too much food!

We walked it off at a local cemetery. We looked at all the old stones. I just think about those people born in he 1820s... I learned about that in history class! It's just so nuts to see that and think about that. History blows my mind.

Le Duc's

BEST. ICE CREAM. EVER. I had a Kit Kat malt and Nathan had a... Chiquita sundae, keeping with the Mexican fashion.

Kit Kat malt. Enjoy this picture of me enjoying that, and then proceed to be jealous. Or not. It's your life. 

Nathan: Thanks for putting me in a much better mood today. I really needed a pick-me-up after work, and this was just the thing =)