Monday Matters (aka a bunch of random things for me to tell you:)

I have only had Chipotle twice but I liked it! We JUST got one in our city (I’m in Canada) but I haven’t checked that one out yet. I’ve heard they are very, very busy!

Lunch today was a bowl of red lentil/chickpea/sweet potato soup that I made plus some cucumbers and hummus that I snacked on while I was making lunch.

Just finished reading The Girls by Emma Cline.

I can’t believe you don’t like Chipotle. To be fair I’ve never had Cafe Rio, but being inside of a Chipotle is one of my favorite places to be!

That tip about treadmill running gives me anxiety! I run really close to the bar because I am terrified of flying off the back, haha!

Ha! I remember those nursing textbooks!

Wait a second, I’ve been reading your blog a LONG time and I just found out Chipotle is not a favorite of yours?! WHAT!?! For real? I stopped going for a good while when people were getting sick and missed it SO much. We recently went back and I feel complete again with my fast casual restaurant choices!

i do like chipotle but i think it is way overrated. i can make a better bowl myself!!

Lunch was a big salad with a whole avocado (perfectly ripe…$$$), sweet potato, roasted almonds, and dried cranberries. Yummy

I had a coconut yogurt parfait for lunch! So yummy.

Currently reading “The Nest” – Christmas gift from my mom that I’m only now getting around to reading!

I just finished Long Way Gone by Charles Martin. It is a modern day version of the prodigal son. His writing was outstanding and the story sucked me in. I’ve been thinking about it since I finished it on Saturday. The story also talks a lot about music and how it affects all of us. As a musician it gave me a lot to think about.

Lunch was Green Papaya Salad at Maile’s Thai Bistro in Hawaii Kai.

Not a Chipotle fan but we do enjoy Qdoba. To be honest lately it is all about Wegmans. When I take my girls out that is what they pick. I think it is because we can all quickly pick a variety. I got my oldest into their California roll sushi. It is one grocery store out there that really does have excellent sushi!
I have my yearly self directed plan to present ( I am a teacher) on May 5th and my research piece is to present on 3 books, along with the social skills program I put into place in a preschool. So I feel like at this point that I should have one of those research books in my hand rather then a book for pleasure. It isn’t exactly working out that way…. I need to just finish those books so I can read some things for fun. My girls just started swim team tune up which is 3x a week so I really do need to find a book.
Lunch today- Spinach, Kale, Hardboiled egg, sweet potato with barbecue sauce and half a cinnamon roll to celebrate National Cinnamon Crescent day. I was proud of myself, I actually made them completely by scratch.

Chipotle=Yasssssss
It’s a pretty serious thing in our house and everyone is a chipotle devotee. :)

I like Chipotles…but I don’t think I’ve been there in years, so apparently not enough to actually go there lol. We have SO many taco / texmex places in Austin, that we usually go to more local ones.

hahah Brooke bought gold shoes to grow into? That is so cute and so somethign I would have done as a kid. I’m pretty sure I learned about maple bars from your blog and have never had one yet seen one in real life, but they look so good! I was not that huge of a chipotle fan.. until they got tofu! That tofu is soo good and now I love their burrito bowls a lot

I’m with you … I don’t love Chipotle at all! I could be down for their chips and guac but their bowls/burritos just have too much stuff going on in them. It’s overwhelming!

I don’t really care for Chipotle. It’s too expensive for meh tacos and burritos. But I’m spoiled here in Houston with very cheap and homemade good tacos out of these little taquerias and trucks (before food trucks were a thing).

I’m currently reading two books (one for the downstairs and one for the bedroom). The downstairs book is The Heighs of Macchu Picchu by Pablo Neruda. I just got back from Chile and he’s a famous poet. This book has his poems inpsired by a trip to Macchu Picchu, which were analyzed and translated into English (but also shows the Spanish). I’m not a huge poetry fan, but it’s a short read and I did buy it. The upstairs book is Haunted by Chuck Palhniuk (who wrote Fight Club). It’s a about people locked in a house for three months to write their epic poem, story, film, etc. It’s all him writing, but each character in the book writes a chapter from their perspective. It’s an interesting read.

I just got done reading The Summer Before the War by Helen Simonson about a Latin teacher in a small English village right before WWI happens. It’s really great and I ighly recommend it. I bought it in the airport on the way to Chile on a whim and was happy with my choice.

I have a random question, did you ever do a post about all the house projects you guys did?? I remember you said you were going to and I kept looking for it! Just wondering if I missed it. Your house looks super cute from it being in the background of photos! And I’m a sucker for seeing and hearing about how house projects turn out :)

Been a nurse for about 2 years now and seeing those books brings back some painful but great memories! Definitely tough going through nursing school but the end reward is so satisfying…sending positive vibes to Andrew! Also that tip about the treadmill…super helpful and something I definitely need to work on especially before summer rolls around. Texas does not play when it comes to heat in summer! Love and Light from San Antonio! ☺

Chipotle…YAY! We eat there at least once a week.

I’m reading Lauren Graham’s new book “Talking As Fast As I Can.” It’s good. Very funny.

I haven’t eaten lunch yet. Probably something left over from dinner last night…taco Tuesday!

Crazy that you know Mel. I follow her on IG. She’s friends with some BASE teammates of mine. Small blog/social media world.