New Things: Top Ten {Tuesday}

So. Have you done anything new lately? I have. Well, they aren’t super exciting like jumping out of an airplane or anything. But I thought they deserve at least a little bit of attention.

Ready? Are you salivating at this topic? I know you are.

TOP TEN NEW THINGS I’VE DONE LATELY (AND IF THEY AREN’T NEW I HAVEN’T DONE THEM IN SO LONG THEY FEEL NEW)

1. I made English Muffins. From scratch. Like I didn’t open up a package and open them with a fork. I actually made them. Did you know you just make the dough and then basically fry them in a pan? They were super yummy. I used them for Eggs Benedict. Which is probably the greatest food known to man.

2. I bought an exercise DVD. It was under $4 on Amazon. It’s a pilates DVD which I like because of the stretching and the lack of running and complicated gyrations and steps.

3. I actually DID said exercise DVD. OK, not all of it and I was wearing jeans which made it a little difficult to do all the stretching and toe pointing. But still. I think my abs might be sore tomorrow. (Which, clearly, wouldn’t take much.)

4. I made whole wheat biscuits. You know I grind my own wheat, right? Well, since I’ve been doing that (probably over a year!), I have not been very adventurous. I make the same bread over and over. Once or twice I made cinnamon raisin bread but it came out like a brick. I’ve made drop biscuits before. And even tried to do a Red Lobster cheese-garlic thing to them. But they weren’t so yummy. But these whole wheat biscuits? Awesomesauce.

5. I joined Amazon Prime. Seriously. I am totally head-over-heels with this. It’s $79 for the a year. Which seems like a scam, doesn’t it? But I get free 2 day shipping. Which means if I need to order oatmeal, or books or pencils, I don’t have to load up the kids in the car and go shopping in a crazy store. I can sit on my couch and just CLICK it. Then it will show up on my doorestep in two days. It’s like having a little genie in a bottle.

6. Watching Hurley. You know, Hurley from LOST? Well, he’s not Hurley anymore. He’s just Jorge Garcia playing a new character on Alcatraz. We’ve only watched 2 episodes but I think I like it. Anyone else watching it?

7. Speaking of Lost, are you watching Once Upon a Time? It’s got a LOST feel to it with all the back stories and present day stories in the same episodes. It’s a little bit cheesy with the bad green screens and the modern conversations coming out of the storybook characters. But I like it. And also, they show Apollo bars like every episode. Anyone noticed that?

8. I Drank Aloe Vera Juice. My husband was sick all last week–like 103 fever for two days. The doctor thinks he probably has diverticulitis. Which is a really yucky colon infection thingie. Anyway, Aloe Vera Juice is supposed to be calming and healing. Of course, he wouldn’t drink it unless I tried it. So, I did. And it kinda tastes like electricity. If electricity had a taste.

9. I Made Butter. I know we made little bitty butters at Lydia’s Little House Party, but I bought some heavy cream from a farmer, poured it in my food processor, turned it on and voila! Ten minutes later I had a huge chunk of butter! YUM.

10. OK, so none of them are life-altering or earth-shattering. What new things have you done lately?

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